Fortnite Rescue Gets An Official Memorial From Epic Games

Last week, an entertaining event happened in Fortnite and developer/publisher Epic Games paid tribute to it in the most awesome way possible.

When player Chappadoodle got stuck in a gulch in the new desert biome, a streamer going by the name of MrMuselk kicked off a rescue mission. First he created a series of spiral staircases down to save Chappadoodle, but still couldn’t reach him. Then he got the bright idea to drive a golf cart down, letting him bounce off the roof onto the stairs and accidentally get knocked off the map.

The clip below is just a few minutes long and worth the watch. And yes, there’s no loud yelling in the clip so that means you’re safe to watch this in the office.

Watch as @MrMuselk attempts to rescue a fellow player.

(Engineering x Good Intentions) + Miscalculations = 🤣 pic.twitter.com/Q3KbaJjxoc

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) July 17, 2018

Seven days later, Epic Games memorialized the incident with a tombstone for Chappadoodle, which was discovered on the map by Reddit user StoreBrandEnigma. Epic acknowledged the find by recognizing their creation in the Reddit post, stating: “The legacy of Chappadoodle lives on.”

Not a lot of developers do things like this, at least not this quickly. The North Carolina-based studio and publisher has gained a rep for fixing things swiftly from major database problems to small quality of life issues, and it’s that swiftness that’s let them respond to hilarious player-induced spectacles with tributes like this.

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