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Sure, Fortnite’s map getting sucked into a black hole was a spectacular thing to witness. But since then, there’s no way to play anything, and fans have been relegated to watch that black hole eerily swirl in the distance without word from Epic of when things might end. As of this writing, it’s been nearly a day of downtime.
What are people supposed to do now? Go outside? Play a different game? Whatever the case, the current state of things is sparking a number of hilarious responses to Fortnite’s black hole event, as players either start losing their patience or realize that Epic Games has suckered everyone into watching nothing happen. While it seems likely that the game might be back within a day, until then, we’ve got nothing but memes to keep us occupied (well, that and a secret Galaga mini game.) At least the jokes are good!
Here are some of our favorites from around the web.
Fortnite 2 looks wild pic.twitter.com/NW8Ar1Oiu5
— RyBOOflavin (@RybofIavin) October 13, 2019
Fortnite Dads all around the World right now pic.twitter.com/260e3SSk9Q
— SanchoWest (@SanchoWest) October 14, 2019
Hour 6 of the Fortnite black hole... we’re losing our minds pic.twitter.com/xmO7M81XoH
— LG Nicks (@Nicks) October 13, 2019
12 year olds rn #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/PxgWxUYHy2
— Chongo (Mayor Of Pumpkin Hill) (@ChongoTweet) October 14, 2019
Fortnite is gone... Time for Apex to takeover pic.twitter.com/dHJ9ejI6LX
— NRG dizzy (@dizzy) October 13, 2019
Fortnite is gone
— Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) October 13, 2019
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I'm terribly scared I might have to go outside...
Pokémon fans Fortnite fans
— ⚔️Dry-Steelix (33 days) #SobbleSquad (@Jackson556D) October 13, 2019
Watching nothing for hours
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So it’s officially been a day without Fortnite, got a law degree and married my super hot girlfriend, had 3 kids (all scholars btw ) turned my life around completely and I’m now a jacked 230lb pure muscle ALPHA MALE. I’m the epitome of success and its all thanks to fortnite
— McCreamy (@McCreamy) October 14, 2019
The Simpsons predicted the end of Fortnite #FortniteBlackout pic.twitter.com/f40109Oh8H
— Marvan Vales (@MarvanV10) October 14, 2019
I think the fact that we actually cannot handle Fortnite being offline for 12 hours kind of tells you that addiction really is a thing
— Fortnite News (@FortniteBR) October 14, 2019
Fortnite is dead, just like your hopes and dreams.
— Satan (@s8n) October 14, 2019
fortnite ended a couple hours ago and i finally went downstairs to speak to my family, they actually pretty cool people.
— Vikings 4-2 (@LilTreProd) October 13, 2019
We have better holes to stare at than #Fortnite
— Pornhub ARIA (@Pornhub) October 13, 2019
Imagine your parents said finish your homework and do all your chores and you can play Fortnite all day.
— LG SypherPK (@SypherPK) October 13, 2019
You finish all of it and then epic said: pic.twitter.com/dioAEzC9Uw
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