'Fortnite' Players React to Servers Being Down
Fortnite players are having a difficult time getting into games right now with Epic Games [...]
Switching to Minecraft
Desperate times call for desperate measures when the fortnite servers are down. @FortniteGame @minecraft pic.twitter.com/1B1WN8L1My
— tyler jøseph ||-// (@brian10905) December 26, 2018
since the fortnite servers are down ? pic.twitter.com/iwsqds3M1V
— кιηg¢αм ☃️ (@qtCam) December 26, 2018
Desperate times call for desperate measures, as one Fortnite player said, and in this case, those measures are Minecraft. A Fortnite player who was experiencing long login times gated by a queue shifted over to Minecraft while the issue is being worked on, and it seems they aren't alone.
Waiting, and Waiting, and Waiting
R.I.P #Fortnite server pic.twitter.com/f2T08ExPKe
— Dimitri (@Soldier_Dimitri) December 26, 2018
Holy crotch. What is the server lag going to be like if we have to wait in line just to open the game??????#fortnite #waiting #serversareseriouslywhack #OMG pic.twitter.com/ygCUUwnXpi
— Mary (@iMaryson) December 26, 2018
If they're not shifting to another game to entertain themselves with while Fortnite is being worked on, many people have resigned to just watch the login screen and hope they can get into a game eventually.
Fortnite Took the Elf
Look like fortnite servers... TOOK THE ELF pic.twitter.com/xiLEImrYAW
— itsPowerz (GC GFX) (@itsPowerz_) December 26, 2018
Fortnite's had a rough day with the servers going down, but it was the delay of the "Take the Elf" emote that started things off on Wednesday.
The emote that's derived from the "Take the L" dance is the reward for completing the Day 8 challenge, but Epic Games said there was a problem preventing it from being distributed properly. According to some players, it's Fortnite itself that's taken an "L" today.
Servers in Trouble
Epic Games servers right now pic.twitter.com/6JwJdhvnio
— Fortnite God (@TacoFanMan) December 26, 2018
Live footage at our house of the great #fortnite server outage of 2018... pic.twitter.com/EsV1D7QuLq
— Jeanine Brosch (@BroschJeanine) December 26, 2018
Electrical rooms on fire are a staple reaction to any game that's having server issues, and Fortnite is no exception. Others showed a "live feed" of what everyone's feeling when they can't play Fortnite.