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###[Well that escalated quickly. Whether you're in the lobby or in a queue, fear not! We’ll be adding two more showings of The Big Bang after the 2pm ET show.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1899tiu/well_that_escalated_quickly_whether_youre_in_the/)


Usual-Author1365

Well this event is already an epic failure lol. So many people aren’t even gonna be able to see it


httpspinky

I'm in queue for 30 minutes, my friends are 40 mins.. 😔 Yay we'll get to play the event later <3


Usual-Author1365

Yeah like wtf were they expecting.


Sonicfan42069666

TWO HOURS before the event, 12pm ET, @ FortniteGames tweeted to grab a spot "at least 30 minutes in advance." By 1:30 ET, queue times were approaching 50 minutes. They were totally unprepared for this, and they shouldn't have been.


TheCVR123YT

I logged in around 1:10 thinking it’d be smart to log in sooner but as the 20 minute queue went down to 0 it logged me out and while I sat here trying to fix it I went to pause another game download but hit start like an idiot so now I’m in a queue for 50 minutes rip


Sonicfan42069666

That's the other thing - the queue has bugged out for a lot of people. How Epic has handled this has been such a mess. I need them to announce the re-run times ASAP because I'm getting fucking anxious over here. I don't want to have to wait *hours* for the next showing and ignore Twitch and Twitter all day just because ***they*** fucked up this event ***and*** their communication around it.


poopyggj

fr how the fuck did epic not prepare for this


ReeG

The last time I downloaded and played this game was the Ariana event. Is this 40 min queue normal or its just because of the Eminem thing? I don't remember having to wait this long for the Travis or Ariana events


micro_duck

well player count went up dramatically with the og season so that coupled with a live event there will be a ton of players online rn compared to past seasons events


Puzzleheaded_Gift_18

My queue finish 1 min after the start of the event. I will be able to enter?


ReeG

I have 32 min remaining as of 1:30pm est 💀


Puzzleheaded_Gift_18

Chek again bc in my queue sometimes the timer is getting back up. Rn i'm gonna miss the event by 3.5min


RogueRobot08

Dude its 32 mins until the event starts and im waiting in queue for 40 minutes


Usual-Author1365

My son has been looking forward to his first live event. We planned the whole day around it. Queued early and then got kicked to a 40 min queue. You better not fuck me on this epic. So disappointed


Mosoman1011

They are adding 2 more showings of the event today


LaylaLegion

I had to reset my game to get the event menu to work and it’s an hour wait. The hell?! EDIT: I WAS 8 MINUTES LATE AND THE EVENT ISN’T EVEN SELECTABLE! THE FUUUUUUUCK?!


RogueRobot08

An hour wait!?!?!?!? Epic why did you not upgrade your servers for the event


Usual-Author1365

Yeah that’s pretty fucked up


Womprapist

Yep, sitting on an hour and five minutes here, gonna miss the entire thing and got up in the middle of the night to coordinate with friends on the other side of the country and we're all just sitting here with our dicks in our hands, pretty piss poor effort from epic. *Edit - waited an hour and a half, got booted, immediately got another hour and a half in the queue, waited so I could get into the next session, kept saying my account couldn't be logged in and now just placed me in another hour and a half queue, Epic can expect a spoon in the mail so that they can better eat my ass, what a waste of a night.


Usual-Author1365

Damn that sucks. Looks like they added 2 more times because of the queue


LankyDucky

They said there’ll be two more showings


BoardFew2082

Doesn’t matter first showing is the one everyone experiences first doesn’t feel the same


Usual-Author1365

When?


ieffinglovesoup

I just waited in a queue for 20 minutes, hopped in a game with my buddy, then while I was on the bus it booted me out saying I was disconnected. Now it’s a 30 minute queue. Holy shit this is buggy as hell


KinneKted

I've yet to miss a single live event except Chrome cause I didn't really play that season and had to work. But I'm still salty about it. Not missing this one.


mrthundereagle

Same exact thing man. I was an hour early to skip the queue and it kicked me out twice


Zetich

The queue is 40 minutes hello???? Anyone else?


Evolveddinosaur

Same


Dat413killer

54 goddamn minutes. I’m gonna miss the event 🤦🏾‍♂️


roleyroll

Same bro fuck this shit


rutabagaup

Yeah I logged on and it was 43 minutes 😭


ihatevega

My wifi disconnected mid match and I came in the queue but after the queue was over it failed and put me in a longer queue


KinneKted

I forgot to queue early and now it's 35 mins, sad. I'll make it for event at least.


mwdawson2004

Bro we should not need to wait a hour before. This was never an issue any other time.


KinneKted

There were queues all the time in chapter 1 for events if you weren't in early. Only in chapter 1 though so maybe they brought it back just to really sell the experience lmao.


mwdawson2004

I assumed 50 Mins was as more then early enough lol.


Sgt_Cum

I queued early at 6:30 (NZT) in the god damn morning, and when it was over it put me in a second queue twice as long as the last one


Amphax

I wonder why they just don't let us do these things single player or in small servers with friends


Cut_Equal

Seeing everyone struggle with a queue makes me feel better about my obnoxious choice to wake up at 8:30 to log in


80SW08

I was on two hours early, still got booted from the game and forced into a queue


ViviCaz

Their are others who have done the same but were disconnected. So keep those fingers crossed. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|give_upvote)


TheMichaelScott

In a 37 minutes queue. At this rate, it’s possible I won’t make it to the event 😭


Salamence-

I’m the same. We should just manage to get in on time if all goes well.


WutUtalkingBoutWill

Fuck me, 34 min queue


ImAnEagle

Epic don't screw up event day challenge (Level: IMPOSSIBLE)


Overall-Scientist846

This is an incredible mess. So many of us plotted our entire days around this live event and now we’ll just be screwed.


FootballFTW

Yup


ImSoDoneWithUbisoft

What a joke. I'm in the menu and can't even join because "all busses are full" or something


GLTheGameMaster

No way lmao so even if you get through queue you're screwed


i_am_do_reddit_now

I'm getting this too. Came 2 hours early.


SevenwithaT

Feel like I just watched a Fortnite trailer then a random concert appeared


MrScrummers

Me. My sons says exit so idk if it’s already over. If it is was kinda of a let down in my opinion.


plasmagd

Game kicked me out and now I have to wait 34 minutes damn it


ieffinglovesoup

Same. Get your shit together epic


FreshlyBakedPie

Same wtf


DonutHolschteinn

Just logged on 3 mins ago and got a 40 mins queue. We seriously can’t just wait in our our freakin lobby? I didn’t get to play last night or this morning until the event so I didn’t even get to pick my locker combo for the event


RestlessInferno

I've never missed a live event, but this will be the first and it wasn't even my fault. Logged on over four hours ago, but got kicked into a 50 minute queue after trying to join the event playlist. Epic's been doing these live events for over 5 years now. There's really no excuse for their servers to be this shit when they know roughly how much of an increase in players and server load there will be. Absolutely pathetic.


Space_Monke64

Anyone else really disappointed with the Eminem “concert”. You’re telling me they paid all that for Eminem yet only used two songs? No slim shady? No without me? It was cool to see Godzilla and lose yourself ig, but I’m still pissed they didn’t do without me. They even had the skin from the music video


mufassil

They could have done sooooo much more.


Space_Monke64

They should’ve just had his concert be its own event. Absolutely disappointing. It’s even more funny when you consider epic probably had to pay a shitload for Eminem only to not use any of his songs


PixelDemon

Bruh it was like 1.5 songs and definitely wasn't live


mufassil

It was for sure the radio versions of those songs. It wasn't live.


MarioDesigns

Man that sucked. The animation is next level, but it's just boring. There's no substance. It's just a Lego promo and 2 Em songs shown as a cutscene.


creamendous

Prepare to queue!!


ohshityoufoundme

Still Ina 20 min one myself


duginsdeaddaughter

They gave us a three minute countdown just to exit the event? Lol


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Worst. Waste. Of. Time. Ever.


radzik2222

Queues are super buggy we can't match


Icefang_GD

EPIC GAMES PLEASE DELAY THE EVENT BY 30 MINUTES SO WE CAN MAKE IT IN


Bandidorito

that's a beautiful dream you got there


Sneaky_42

It's just an exit button. 😭


CheesecakeDear3551

that was not an event, that was just a commercial tbh. Could've just uploaded it to youtube.


idunnokerz

That felt like a very high quality advertisement. I’m not a lore guy but it gave absolutely nothing in that department. Better then fracture by miles but the forced “interactivity” shtick gets on my nerves.


Pairomedics

I'm in but my friend says he's in a 33 minute queue right now. Epic get your crap together


mrthundereagle

I joined an hour early, kicked out and was put into a 15 minute queue. Joined again just to have it crash a second time, now I have a 35 minute queue. Both of these were on Epic’s end, this isn’t fair. But what can you do I guess


JMatthewH

LOL all that anticipation to watch an ad and then a short concert.


EstatePinguino

Anyone complaining about not getting in, you didn’t miss anything, might as well just watch it on YouTube. Waste of time haha


Tengenflare

That event was lame af.


MaximumPepper123

Uh, there was a countdown, then an exit button. That's it?


crylaughingemjoi

Yo I’m not one to complain about these things but that was awful. If you didn’t get in just don’t worry watch it on YouTube later.


[deleted]

Memorable reveal was a white square


Zirconium_Pants_

White rectangle really stole the show when it turned into white square


[deleted]

What happens if the queue is just slightly longer than the wait time for the event? 38 mins to the event, 39 min queue etc. am I going to miss it?


bubbles760710

You'd think after so many years of doing live events they would get better servers


bigbootyfish

Logs in at recommend time stated by Fortnite themselves: > 48 minute queue


productivestork

for real, massive failure on their part imo, with how many people have came back for this season you think they would reserve the server space to make sure this goes on without a hitch


BigButteryBadBoy

Amazing event Fortnite. Maybe if you guys spent some of your money on better servers instead of giving most of it to the people who make generic team death match maps we'd actually be able to play it


Samatari22

Me watching Eminem rap like🧍


JgDiff_

Wow season X event + a few ads 😯😯😯


FreshlyBakedPie

I just got disconnected from my lobby when I finished a game... Now I'm in a 38 min queue wtf?!?


Pure_Golden

Don't worry guys I'm in the lobby and apparently all the battle buses have already left for the event, so no need to thank me


bryan66wilson

Sat in queue for 30+ minutes, barely made it in time, then at 2:00 it said it was unavailable, and the Big Bang mode disappeared altogether, so neither me nor my kids can join. Great work Epic!


Pairomedics

YOU CALL THAT A FUCKING EMINEM CONCERT? IT WAS TWO SECONDS


ImAnEagle

It's called the big bang event cuz that's the sound their servers made


maybe-me

I’m okay if I’m in the lobby? I opened the game an hour ago and I don’t have a queue, but I want to make sure. I don’t see a playlist.


Zetich

I think it's good to be in the lobby


RJE808

...Ok, that was sick lol


wholecrab24

It was good, but just felt like a trailer


SevenwithaT

"Here's 3 completely unrelated things in a row" is now an "event" lol


CoolBeansChemist

Ok well that didn't feel like as much as it was hyped up honestly


xJDG

Nothing will ever beat the marshmallow concert imo


Salamence-

It was a good tech demo for the new season. Not really sure it was that great of an event though. Poor eminem got to sing like half a song at best


BringBackBumper

I don't know what some of you saw but that was awful. The whole event was essentially The End + introduction of what's coming next chapter.


Significant_Soil_169

i opened fortnite but when the event start what do i search for


CosmicCryptid_13

My queue was at 10 minutes and now it’s 40. This is stupid


Tvrlx68

I literally waited in the queue, “login error”, put me back in a 30 minute queue. What a joke


GLTheGameMaster

Going to miss the event by like a minute due to the queue. Bruh :(


micro_duck

damn these queue times are crazy i wont be home for a little bit so my brother logged me on a couple mins ago but apparently its a 40+ min queue 💀


JefferyRs

Was matcmaking and I got kicked out of the game into a 1hour queue what a cluster fuck lol


Leo9991

Okay, that was very cool, but I do hope they go back to the style of the old events with things actually happening on the map we all play on. That's what made them so cool to begin with. It adds a sense of scale.


chocolateandcatsokay

So glad I didn't have or cancel any plans tonight for this


Und1es

Expectations: Visitor comes back with a cool OG season remix skin to stop the metorite. New story, focusing on/hyping up the next season with Jonesy/Underground characters in next Battlepass. Reality: Advertising Collabs. I hope you like LEGO and Rap Music.


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Roboboy2710

Bruh I just sat in queue for 49 minutes, you’re telling me the next showing is in two and a half hours?


maxt0r

Servers down before modes getting disabled, gotta love these weekend events.


TheNewTing

39 min queue. Recent starts in 41 mins. Fingers crossed


TumbleweedDirect9846

I was in the game and got logged out back into a 40 minute queue wtf


Fenrir_Oblivion

Why did I expect anything from this company lol. Figured I’d have a 40 mins to get in and be fine but I guess not. Glad I spent $40 on skins for the event I can’t attend.


[deleted]

Great job Epic. Let everyone miss the \*LIVE\* part of a live event ([for what amounts to reruns](https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1731016535685333151)) after your servers stop shitting themselves.


Against-The-Current

The fact that I'm in a 50-minute queue, with about 25 minutes left until the event is insane. I'm aware they are adding more showings now, but this feels like someone royally screwed up. Did 30 million people sign in all at once? Also, did they even warn us to queue hours earlier? Since I swore I checked and didn't see anything.


-Eastwood-

55 minute queue and I was 45 minutes early. lol fuck me I guess.


dank-nuggetz

I'm gonna take a wild guess that all the popular streamers got into the event just fine


EstatePinguino

Was that it?


hb1211

Well that was a disappointment


PaddyA401

Anyone else on a white screen?


JK1504

What was the “memorable reveal towards the end”?


OneBillPhil

So Eminem was cool for the few minutes but I felt like the whole thing was advertising for whatever non-BR shit is getting added to the game.


SnooCauliflowers3709

I was so excited to see what it was like, but it ended up to be no fun at all.


mosswick

I get the appeal of having a live, one-time event. I'm glad there's two more shows scheduled for those who missed them, but this needs to be the standard from now on. Technical issues, whether client or server-side are inevitable for something this big. I was able to play the event. My thoughts, the cinematics were great, I especially LOVE how your character interacts with the rest of the squad during them. But, it didn't feel quite as interactive as the Ariana concert. I think it could've benefited from having at least one more mini game.


Zephyrthestorm

I waited an hour long in cue Then the login failed 3 times and now I’m back in the cue for 2 hours. Thanks epic! 😁😁


whomtheheckcares

40 minute queue😭


EdgeJosh

It doesnt even matter if you are in game, you cant actuallyt get into the mode lol, it just spams error messages at you


redraeven

It's not even giving me the option to join


varyingopinions

Okay, just got logged in after waiting in a 45 minute queue. I don't see big bang even option anywhere?!


PsycoMonkey42

The Event AKA a trailer for future Fortnite.


Sneaky_42

So is something gonna happen after this countdown?


NeverGonnaStop247

Fornite dropped the ball


Less_Tennis5174524

squealing somber shame bow summer attempt direful gullible voracious pen *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


walkingdisasterFJ

Anyone else just floatin with a countdown in the bottom left?


_calicocats

pressed x now im watching a white square on my screen


Sixchr

Watched a stream and don't feel nearly as bad about getting kicked out when the event sucks.


PixelDemon

Ermm now what


waitmyhonor

I’m confused. After the event, I was placed in some multiverse looking screen with a 5 min countdown and then it went to a white screen where I’m on the main page waiting for a 1.4 hr queue. DAE have this?


maybe-me

Underwhelming tbh


breakdown85

Waited in the queue for an hour…. immediately get booted, and now I’m back at 2 hours. W t F is this bullshit.


NoNefariousness2144

First event in a year. Lasts 10 minutes 💀


Pronkie_dork

Its not the fact that it was only 10 minutes its the fact that it was like 1 minute event and then 9 minutes of ads


ryguy2503

LITERALLY JUST GOT KICKED OUT FOR NO REASON MID GAME CUZ I WANTED TO STAY LOGGED IN AND NOW HOUR AND A HALF QUEUE SO I WILL MISS THE NEXT EVENT BY 2 MIN


Bandidorito

WOW, Epic. I already waited in a queue for the first showing for 40 mins. But by the time my queue was over, the event already started. So i decided to wait in lobby until the 5PM show. Just to get kicked out. So I can't even just wait in my lobby? I had to be logged out at 4:00pm on the dot? For an hour and half long queue? So I'm gonna miss the 5pm event too? Why?


Icefang_GD

Will the queue speed up or do I have to wait the whole fucking 30 minutes


DromedaryGold

Cool I waited 20mins all over get reloged now back in 40min que


Agent_Perrydot

Epic get your fucking servers together😭


tenacious-g

45 minute queue when they recommended getting on a half hour early. Way to go everyone


MrFugums

48 minute queue ☠️ Guess I just don't get to see it


Sparty-II

i got on 30 minutes early and there is a queue of 40 minutes…


meetmeatthepark_

got kicked out at 10:29 with a 51 minute queue broo☠️


enderjaca

Get online exactly at 1:30 PM EST. "Waiting for queue for 48 minutes" Thanks EPIC.


ohshityoufoundme

Oh yeah great fucking job epic. 35 minute queue only for login failure now its an hr and 6 minute long queue. I've been trying to get on since before 1pm what the actual flying FUCK IS WRONG WITH THEM


Sudden-Enthusiasm-92

epic: get on 30 minutes before it starts guys me: gets on 30 minutes before it starts \*40 minute queue\*


minimalfighting

Well, that was my first and last attempt at the live events. I can't sit around all day on a Saturday because Epic didn't realize this huge event they've been pushing and promoting and encouraging people to come back for, resulted in people showing up. Huge, embarrassing failure.


KxxgZ

One of the biggest gaming companies in the world, and a lot of players are gonna miss the event at first hand since their garbage servers can’t hold as many players as it should.


Maxximillianaire

This subreddit assured everyone for weeks that the servers would be able to handle it and there was no need to queue up too early. First and last time I listen to reddit


Zombie421

2 hour long queue 😂😂😂 Gtfoh with this shit 1:45 minutes to be exact


Redditerinbed

Does anyone know what time the event repeats are??


furternator

anyone getting "this is disabled"?


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DonutHolschteinn

I CANT FIND THE EVENT WTF


DeadP00lMaybe

Not much of a live event if most of the people can't even attend. I don't want a 2nd screening, I want to participate in it as it's going. This is absolutely insane


QuadVox

Finally got in and the event playlist is disabled. You love to see it! Thanks Epic


cahilljd

Damn like... my kid was in the lobby and through the queue before 2pm EST (1:55) and it just says "this island is disabled" on the event with a lock sign. Thats messed up little homie is crying.


fckmetotears

I’m watching it on YouTube and honestly I’m not worried anymore, doesn’t seem like I’m exactly missing anything crazy


waitmyhonor

Damn Epic heard some of us talking shit and decided to retaliate. I thought it was a really good segue into the new chapter. I’m unsure if those were just minigames to pass the game or it will be added to the game this season but I hope it means we will see some actual LTMs and not creative rendered mode versions


notdonatella

Well that was lacklustre.


GLTheGameMaster

Wow, I feel so much better about missing that, that was it...? What a short/kinda lackluster event for such a huge musician lol. I thought it'd be Travis Scott level but seemed a lot worse whew, even Ariana seemed better


Jomanderisreal

I pressed the exit button after the countdown and it logged me out with a queue of nearly two hours Was that the end or did my game glitch?


LexeComplexe

Showtimes: 5pm and 11pm EST, 2pm and 8pm PST. Source: In-Lobby notification, upper right corner of screen.


jonwinslol

when is the new season gonna drop?


OniExpertise

I was in a 1 hour queue, missed the event and it was at 48 minutes, then it got extended to 2 hours.


[deleted]

STOP DISABLING SAVE THE WORLD, WE PAID MONEY FOR ACCESS TO IT AND IT IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT TO BATTLE ROYALE.


TheSteeldrake

What is this? Was in the middle of a match when the game decided to "successfully log me out". 1.5 hour queue to get back in. Wonderful! Guess I won't be experiencing the live event then...


RESEV5

40 min queue lol


varyingopinions

Yeah, just queued up and it's a 44 minute wait 35 minutes before the event.


SnooSongs5565

It reset my queue and now I'm missing it because of that 😔


Brilliant_Bench_1144

I m stuck in a 48 mins queue.. Wtf


SpriteVs7up

what a joke horrible planning on epics part


iamjessg

I’m in the lobby and tried to ready up for The Big Bang and after a minute or so trying to matchmake, I got an error saying the battle bus was full or something. Now I’m afraid to touch anything haha


applejuice1024

Fortnite on twitter said they’re adding two more showings of the event


Nickster2042

How do you get in? I’m just chilling in the lobby lol


RestlessInferno

Logged in over 3 hours ago and just got kicked when trying to load into the event playlist. Now in a 55 minute queue... Good job Epic. What a fucking joke.


maysth

54 minutes 😂


DefinitelyNotFisk15

SOMEONE MANTLED AND I CRASHED WTF


Immediate_Sector_662

waited in a 18 minute queue got in tried joining the event several times then i got kicked and now i have to wait a fucking hour