MLK in Fortnite causes players reactions

Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist Minister and Activist who became the face and leader of the American civilian movement since 1955 to his murder in 1968, is now in fortnite, but not as a playable character. Today, Epic Games announced an interactive and educational experience to celebrate MLK's life and work. The experience, named March Through Time, is presented by Time Studios, through Fortnite creative and includes the iconic speech I have a dream and the story behind this important moment in the struggle ongoing by civil rights.

According to Epic Games, the experience, which was not built by Epic Games, but by members of the community, is developed in 1963 in a reinvented Washington DC that players can explore freely. As for the experience itself, it includes points of interest inspired by historical museums and images that contextualize the aforementioned speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, collaborative missions in which players must work together to complete several mini-games, emerging galleries and resources Educational .

As expected, shortly after this, MLK in fortnite began to be trend on Twitter, disseminating erroneous information in the process. As noted above, MLK is not an aspect in the game that players can buy or use. However, this erroneous information has been circulating, contributing to the growth of the trend, which is full of tomas ranging from very confusing unhappy.

Is this real?

It's 2005. You're asleep on your desk in the history class. You wake up from a shouting shouting MLK in Fortnite! You look around and all look at you. You are ashamed and you do not know what it means ... but he felt so real. it is real. pic.twitter.com/12okptsocx.

• EM (@embeeonhere) August 26, 2021

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