Last week in Fortnite, an in-game rescue attempt to help a trapped player went awry. The incident achieved near-memetic status, and Epic added a tombstone into the game commemorating the fallen player. Now, players hold mock funerals, and theyâre going just as poorly as the bungled rescue.
It all started when the streamer Muselk happened upon a stranded player last week. The player, Chappadoodle, had fallen to the edge of the gameâs map where itâs not possible to build. Muselk mounted a rescue attempt, building stairs as close as he could and driving off a cliff with a golf cart. The plan was to use the cart to bounce to the stairs, but the cart careened into Chappadoodle and knocked him to his death. After Epic added a tombstone to the game in memory of event, players attempted to organize a funeral.
Community members organized the event using the gameâs Reddit, calling on players to queue into the gameâs Oceanic servers and head to the tombstone. Forniteâs Oceanic servers are often used for player gatherings, as lower player numbers cut down on the amount of trolls who might ruin events. However, a Reddit user with the unfortunate name thederpytroller managed to ruin one of the gatherings by destroy the tombstone with a pickaxe.
Thederpytroller claims it was an accident. âSo, I didnât realize the grave was breakable at Chappadoodleâs funeral, my apologies everyone that was there,â they said on Reddit
Destroying Chappadoodleâs grave set off a violent chain of events. The gathered crowd quickly turned on thederpytroller, smashing them to death with their pickaxes. Some players tried to dance and keep things relatively civil, only to be blown up by grenades.
Itâs common for Fortnite gatherings to go wrong. At the start of the month, a troll nabbed a new kill record after destroying a platform where players were watching an in-game rocket launch. This bungled funeral wasnât quite so big, but it might be a good reason for Epic to turn Chappadoodleâs gravesite into a full-blown graveyard.
