Fortnite's BIGGEST Mistake The "MLK Event" Disaster
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- That time Fortnite tried to spread civil rights to kids who couldn't care in the slighest.
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Chapters (please ignore):
0:00 Intro
0:53 Who made it?
1:11 What did they do?
1:47 What it looked like
2:30 Where it all went wrong
3:06 The emotes
4:00 His daughter getting involved
4:57 They did this before.
5:34 Outro
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Bruh ur content is Middddest thing I’ve ever seen so I’ll pass
@@Gingersdad :(
@@BigPapaTesignore him just be yourself
@BigPapaTes bruh the moment you brought up rosa parks I knew you where gonna bring up her husband car
Do you whine about "politics" and lie about Rosa Parks in your discord as well?
Adding a monument about racism to a shooter game with kids on it was bound to lead to disaster
Anonymity + Internet = Yeah, don't do that
Fr!!!
Exactly
People were throwing tomatos at the screen 😭😭
Yes this was a real event glad to be in it, i still got it recorded on my ps4 i lol at it still 😂😂
@ZoolTux disgusting jerks!! Wish I saw it I would have reported him.
lol
Anyone remember how Fortnite removed police cars for the blm thing in 2020 💀
yea
Kind of weird that they removed it when 96% of police want to help people and not hurt anyone despite race, gender, or beliefs, and now the media portrays all cops as evil
never added em back either
Yep. And Flatfoot, an officer skin, went over a year before returning because of it too.
@@cowboi9042 reload oasis map
I remember this event another thing you saw was people using the black skins with fried chicken pickaxes
I was one of them memories....
Or throwing tomatoes
Christ 😬
@@roller7yearsago if your tryna say u was the one using black skins with chicken pickaxes, your not cool or edgy man. your racist, cringe, & a follower
@@itsrj13 He was incredibly cool, shut up and laugh.
This event killed:
Toys
The whip emote
Police-themed cosmetics
That's impressive.
And I still get the stupid bananas and space champ spray spammed in my direction😢 I use black skins in case you can't tell
@@Itz_PuxeReport these racists 💜
@@Xenc5it was 3 years ago in a game with millions of players 💜
@@Waggiesthe was clearly talking about what @Itz_Puxe said
Can you report people for stickers and emojis?
Those tomatoes weren’t from a vending machine.
They were a Battle pass Toy emote where you could either through a normal tomato or a tomato head tomato.
You can buy paint launchers in party Royale though so maybe you got confused.
No wrong in party royale you can get the tomatos throwing in the vending maschine yes there emote is an emote but item is throwable in a vending machine so youre right and wrong
Those toys are one thing that I wish would be banned or at least blocked on certain creative maps, or even in regular modes, there are an absolute nuisance, especially the water balloon. It's become a serious problem on jam stage
@@SlayingMantis676 nah
@@SlayingMantis676"I want them banned cause people throw them at me waaa waa"
@ and that's why you'll die alone one day. Because you think everyone's motives are selfish. What a terrible life you must live
i was so confused when i saw "The whipping emote" then proceeded to laugh my soul out when you showed what you meant.
Bro i was thinking about the dance whip then remembered it was the lashing whip emote
as a black kid i remember just playing that when i was a kid and was like "why is this in fortnite"
Was like 2/3 years ago, wdym as a black kid like ur now a grown man
@@aCrocodileManI’m pretty sure that they meant they are still a kid.
@@aCrocodileMan Lmao
@@aCrocodileMan u don’t become a grown man in 3 years you idiot 💀☠️💀☠️💀💀💀💀💀💀
@@wawanotesy2 "when i was a kid"
_"You_ knew where this was gonna go, _I_ knew where this was gonna go, how did _they_ not?" -Internet Historian, Very Serious Business
Corporate executive brainrot is the most dangerous of them all
Lets not forget the Kamala Harris map on fortnite 💀
yet she still lost
I was actually thinking about doing a video about the wacky shit Kamala did to try to garner votes. She also collabed with Minecraft UA-camrs and even used Wendigoons audio on TikTok
“I grew up in a Free-to-play account on Fortnite"
@@BigPapaTes The Wendigoon one is hilariously ironic 💀
@@BigPapaTesShe did? Damn that’s some new level of desperation 😂
Imagine some kid out there thinks MLK is the "guy from Fortnite"
In that case Gen alpha is cooked, baked, roasted, steamed, toasted, deep-fried, seasoned, sautéed, grilled, boiled, poached, seared, flame roasted, microwaved, salted, and slow cooked
Mid rare Well done
My dyslexic ass was reading the title wondering what the "Milk Event" was
Bro? 💀💀
@@BigPapaTes i was legit so confused 💔
Oh great Heavens, you need water.
@@NUKIRUKIrealwhat has that got to do w dyslexia, u just misread it. “How can I make this conversation about myself” type of guy
That's maybe because Dislexia affects the ability to read properly you know@@aCrocodileMan
I don’t know what they expected to happen in a game full of 12 year olds who think they’re cool
Fr
They were cool for doing that
@@spinosaurusstrikerok diddy
Ngl I’m black, I would do the same thing. Gotta have fun every once in a while.
bro its a fortnite event why u crashing out lmfao
"Dark 1942 RP"
These are the only three words that you need to easily understand how much of a bad idea it is to do this in the video game genre.
Gmod moment
0:40 they should’ve known this would happen💀
People don’t take human nature into account nearly enough. If you’re making an event you’ve always gotta stand back and say “what would the lowest common denominator of people try to do to mess with this event?” Because if you don’t things like this will always happen.
My approach to all of this is that all humans are terrible people unless proven otherwise
Some of the skin combos people made during this event were actually crazy 💀
Me wearing the chicken skin:
4:57 I remember watching that event that felt more like an advertisement for that stupid Epic Games messaging app than a way to raise awareness among players
I was just confused. Like, MLK is base level grade school history stuff. Stuff that I'm sure kids see multiple times every year, especially during black history month.
I'm all for equal rights, but we already have equal rights. I guess it doesn't hurt to honor the man, as he did great things.
Just felt out of place in a video game.
@John6-40 I'm not american but I've heard that there's still a lot of racism there, especially in the southern part of the country.
@@Loco_del_coco_05Plus, there have been stories about states wanting to allow schools to cut out certain programs.
@@Loco_del_coco_05Not really a lot anymore, just a tiny minority
@@Loco_del_coco_05 yeah its a common misconception that theres still a ton of racism. it definitely still exists but 95% of the time no non-white person will be treated any differently in any part of the country
Honestly not sure why EPIC thought this event would be a good idea to begin with did they really think that people *weren't* going to be racist throughout this entire event? besides people spamming the whip emote I saw people going into games with black skins like Jumpshot and pairing it with either the fried chicken or watermelon pickaxe or just throwing tomatoes with the battle pass toy.
It's a good event, it exposed true colors of a lot of whites, showing that they are physically incapable of not being racist.
2:06 fun fact: Rosa parks was actually an experienced activist by the 50s since she started being one in the 30s
They really tried to add education to a battle royale game for kids. It was a disaster waiting to happen.
"I CANT BUILD" - George Flowberry
this is so wrong lmao
THE ONE WITH JAKE THO 😂😂😂
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MLK?! In Fortnite?! Cmon bruh😂
Imagine doing squads with mlk, Malcom x, Jesse Jackson, and John Luis skins 😂
Great idea, put a MLK museum in a shooter game, fantastic, really smart, nice work guys.
The worst part about this whole thing I think was people who went were given a spray and later where given a music pack. So many people complained saying they didn’t know they would get a music pack for going and would have gone if they knew, so Fortnite just gave it to everyone 😂😂😂
All I can do is laugh 😂 It wasn't paying any attention, I didn't realize all this was going on so this is hilarious
I saw this in my recommended thinking this video was going to be some elaborate joke. 😭
Imagine if it was tho 💀
Who expected a bunch of 12-year-olds to sit down and watch MLK's speech without pulling some vile shenanigans 😭
This Event happening proved that Fortnite & Politics do not mix at all 😖
I mean, what MLK wanted wasn’t political at all. He just wanted white and black guys to be equal, which he got in a legal sense.
@@guineapiggames8208his dream has made America a nightmare
@@guineapiggames8208 Yes, calling it "politics" is trivializing the issue, and implies that there was merit to both sides, those who fought for equality *and* those who fought against it, as if there is something positive to be said about racial segregation. It was people fighting for their freedom. That being said, I understand that games can be an escape from real-world issues, but this is not something that is remotely controversial: it's a history lesson.
@ well said!
@@guineapiggames8208
MLK stuff is good. Fortnite trying to do some messaging from it while being out of touch is bad
Bro took me back. Great analysis and vid dude.
Glad you enjoyed
Making MLK "political" is crazy, not wanting segregation is just being a decent human being.
Fast forward, they brought in a Kamala Harris map, and was quickly forgotten
guess what the next video is about
@ ain’t no way lol
This is why you don’t add politics to games. Or better worded, politics that have no reason or connection.
Politices are fine imo if it ads to the games story but when you add politics to a game like fortnite its supid
Don't add them because some gamers are edgy and think they are funnier than they are?
no problem whit politics, the problem is they dont care about the trolls, they have to think better in what games put memorials, Fallout, Bioshock, Metak Gear, CoD, etc
@@Fancyether exactly
This generation has given us some of the craziest UA-cam titles
Honestly yeah, the "don't put politics in video games" argument actually works here. Usually, people only say that when they get mad that there's minorities in their game.
It works everywhere.
@@pestrusiariopaezmengoso2868 I definitely think there's a difference between a character who happens to be a minority being in a character roster and a museum of real-life history in a game.
You will definitely encounter a wide range of races on your local soccer team with the chance of a gay person in there too, however it wouldn't make sense if your soccer team met up on weekly soccer practice but instead of playing soccer you went to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery. That's what the difference feels like.
Who gets mad about minorities in games? Minorities have been in games for as long as we've had games.
No. What people get mad about is when white characters get retconned for black or LGBTQ characters.
DEI stuff is what triggers people, and rightfully so.
And yes, politics should stay out of games. That goes for right or left politics. Just make fun games without messaging.
@@pestrusiariopaezmengoso2868 It doesn't. The majority of stories are inherently political, no matter how blatant or more hidden.
@@ChronorustWAAAH!
George Flowberry event is going to go crazy.
I still have the statue of him in creative as I got it with a glitch
bro you got yourself a sub i deadass spit out my water during the tomato part your funny asf
I appreciate man!
Can’t wait for some kid to just scream „OMG ITS THE GUY FROM FORTNITE!!!“ when he sees those people anywhere
Calling MLK guy from fortnite
mfs learned NOTHING from the Martin Luther King Jr. Superbowl ad from 2018
There’s just no way Epic couldve thought this shit was gonna ride out smooth 😭
Oof thats sad ngl , Love ur content keep it up man love ur videos.
I'd bet 90% of the kids using these emotes aren't even racist. They're just using edglord humor or dark humor.
Yet people will take this and say "yup, look at all teh r8zizm, tis proovs we need more politics in teh game".
Do I approve of these emotes in that context? Not at all. I'm just tired of the victim olympics.
Yup kiddos being kiddos
Ah yes, the dark humor that is just racism.
Doesn't using edgelord humor like that become just blatant racism at some point?
@@ronan8444 no. now quit being ghey
@@ronan8444 if you think it is or cant stand it.. just leave the internet
Tfw when you make a weirdly big deal over Rosa Parks having a car without fact checking it first 😬😬😬...
my desktop shortcut for fortnite is MLK's face from that PlayStation promo just as a reminder how much of a disaster this event was
In a way, it worked: people got together of all races to troll the map
It should be worth mentioning that you would get the DC:63 spray after leaving the event, and I saw people in party royale use that along with the dumpster fire spray underneath to further mock the MLK stuff. The Catwoman whip emote not being disabled because of the licensing agreement was just wild (the player wearing the XEV style of the Fusion outfit knew exactly what he was doing lmao).
Music for the event is very good though, I was pretty stoked to get it as a lobby theme when it became available.
Like I don’t know, I feel like the people are the problem this time ngl
Bro they put politics in FORTNITE
@@Equilyzr how is civil rights woke
I remember watching his speech with my white girlfriend on Xbox in fortnight and feeling inspired. The fact that I wouldn't have met that girl or even been born if it wasn't for him.
“I really should get approval for these kind of things” - MLK in The Boondocks
4:00 this looks bad out of context 💀
I remembered this. I feel bad but the first reason I even joined was because I am an absolute history nerd and the second was for the XP. LOOK THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY NEW QUESTS.
I still weep for the game that could have been, I still long for the true fortnight, looting, scavving, base building, then at night tower defense.
For some reason i remember joining this without a clue on what was happening 😅
I remember seeing the event but I didn't know it would be this controversial.
I made a video criticizing this event back when it released and I remember getting so much flack for it. Looking back on it, it seems the general public seems to have the same opinions that I had about it now.
Well... Back then you had the ,,activists" rampaging across the internet. But recent years filtered them away and made general public braver.
the internet has a tendency to do that
Imagine if they brought it back with a one shot LTM
I'm sure the team only had good intentions and it actually looked well put together, but it's such a bad medium to execute such an event.
The fact he only has 400 subs is quite sad this guys content is great!
I randomly thought about this the other day and now this video just popped up lmao. wtf was epic thinking 😅
I remember joining with my main skin at the time, doing the activities and stuff, chilling because I wanted a spray. I was a big hotdog though and sat with Morty Smith, they didn't consider even for a second how skins could be wildly inappropriate for the situation, even unintentionally. Also I remember it took a hot second for them to do anything I don't remember it being very fast with the emotes and skins being disabled too.
"I have a dream that one day people will stop making r34 of Raven Team Leader"
MLK at a rally in Tilted Towers
dawg stop making shitty rule 34 jokes
You can tell the people who make these decisions do not spend any time playing online with their own game or another 😂
I dont even remember this event but I remember the party royale thibg
I literally only remember it from getting a spray
They should've honestly just stayed out of that. It might sound messed up, but Epic knows what kind of reputation Fortnite has and what kind of audience it has too. There's no way an average 12 year old playing Fortnite is going to take history like that seriously when it's in the game. Epic, please stay out of cultural and historical events that has happened in the world, and focus on fixing your bugs. Stuff like that just doesn't fit Fortnite, or any video game for that matter. Leave that to the educational system.
that catwoman bundle was the killing blow
Ah I will remember this video when Kobe, Kurt cobaine and Tupac drop on Fortnite
Epic Games when it comes to turning serious moments into a catastrophic disaster
We need to get this guy more subs
its not even necessarily putting politics in games, since people can easily just not attend these events and play the normal game.
the problem is that these companies dont take enough action to stop people from being intolerant.
I agree since Creative is 100% avoidable and not connected to the primary game modes like BR or STW. Epic Games does very little to prevent harassment, offensive usernames, or crude behavior from the players. Doing racist things to "protest" doesn't make you funny or a hero in this situation. If you're not interested, just leave it alone. And a lot of players were grown adults and not just innocent children or edgelord teens, and that's still not an excuse to be an asshole for assholes sake.
There is a difference between tolerance and pandering and showing things in your face while lying like crazy. MLK would be ashamed of the people who use his name nowdyas. They became everything he fought against... It's just sad
why so serious
I participated in that event with a friend and her sister. We still have the free spray
This event was completely questionable
Martin Looter Ping Jr. got full boxed ngl
This absolutely geeked me when it happened. This was hilarious that Epic games thought it was a good idea to putbthis event in a game played by mainly teenage boys
I misread it as fortnite milking the event
You'd be correct in that regard too
I remember this map. Epic advertised it in the news tab and everything.
I thought it was boring asf.
idk what they expected putting politics into a game where kids actively scream at their screens because they got one-shot and griddy'd on by UI Goku
At least we got a cool music pack for doing quests in the event
There was an MLK event in Fortnite? I had never heard of it until right now.
i remember that all what happend was kids just screaming weird sh!
Edit: i swear the event happend twice
it did lol
Imagine they make him as a skin and ppl reenact the balcony moment 😂
That’s funny?
@ I mean.. they’ve done more disrespectful things in fortnite. It’s the irony of it lol
Thankfully my lobby was honestly normal and we just ran around collecting the items during the honor.
I always thought I was too old to play Fortnite so I never touched it but it sounds like I missed out on a good time 😂
Nothing says late stage capitalism like commodifying and dehumanizing a disenfranchised peoples suffering. Thanks Fortnite
Marx would have hated him too. Sit down Lil commie bro
@@PattyOflan88 Commie here. Marx sucked.
@JoRdi-ul4xg you'll be forever attached to his meme. No matter what changes you wish to instill, your sprout will come from the seed of Marx
Idk how this has anything to do with capitalism
@@PattyOflan88 Marx sucked, but his ideas were good.
the tomato vending machine💀
Super underrated channel! Should have more subs.
Working on it!
i like the stingy pfp
That thumbnail is killing me bruh 😂
I loved this event me and my buddy always make a pilgrimage back to this event every January and it gets funnier every time
It was a simple educational experience, literally a virtual museum. It wasn't a live event, so no one was forced to attend by just playing the game.
I don't see any harm done, minus emotes being active. Even then you could just queue privately 🤷
Admittedly I loved the MLK even as someone who enjoys American history. I had no idea people were being disrespectful.
here to support as always
The people who created this "Event" are morons for thinking that people would go to a Fortnite map of all things for historical lessons about MLK.
to be honest every thing i see ends up a disaster even tho i end up having a alright time with it
I completely forgot about this event😂😂😂😂holy crap
Every year fortnite players whine about how they lose to final fantasy xiv online for best community I'll always point to 2021...cause specifically 2021 was a huge moment for both of them in the summer
when Berserk creator Kentaro Miura passed away Final Fantasy XIV Dark Knight players lined up to honor him given Guts is a Dark Knight
Meanwhile Time Magazine creates a MLK event as a little history lesson
Fortnite players got several emotes banned even are the reason why Monkey related emotes are banned from competitive
Do people still take Game Awards seriously though?
I was one of the normal ones. Went to the island, thought it was neat, and then left
I still never got the free reward for attending same with fracture
i didnt even know this was a thing wtf 😭😭
BRO I WAS THERE AND I SWEAR I CANT TAKE FORTNITE SERIOUSLY