Last week we experienced the delight that was Gamescom 2018, but it was being reported that some people got a little too excited at the event…
According to a report from German website, PlayNation.de, a player who was incredibly eager for his turn to play Fortnite sh*t into a bag which then accidentally got distributed around the players’ hall.
As weird and hilarious as the story was, there’s no need to call the sanitation department, as a few people from Epic Games have tweeted to deny the poo allegations.
I can’t believe I need to tweet this, but this did not happen. https://t.co/P6n0hcatsM
— Nick Chester (@nickchester) August 24, 2018
Retweeting a segment of the story, Epic’s Nick Chester wrote: “I can’t believe I need to tweet this, but this did not happen.”
It is not true.
We got stink-bombed, and someone threw up apparently
There was zero-poo
— AlexCosplay@RIP (@Alex_cosplay) August 24, 2018
A guest at the Gamescom 2018 event also went on to explain just what happened at the Fortnite area, stating: “It is not true.
“We got stink-bombed, and someone threw up apparently.
“There was zero-poo [sic].”
Well that’s good to hear.
The rumour originally got traction after a user tweeted the following from the event: “Someone standing in line for Fortnite literally sh* in a bag and left it there. The source is in German, and I’m on mobile so I’ll translate it later.
“Short version: people stepped in it, the hall started to stink so badly that a young kid had to vomit…
“What the f*ck.
“Edit: Quick and dirty bullet point translation:
“- Suspect probably didn’t want to leave the waiting line.
“- Probably to snag the exclusive spray that was given out there.
“- Used a paper bag to shit in left it on the ground.
“ – The line was so packed that people started stepping on it and spreading it throughout Hall 8.
“ – People complained to the organisers of the Fortnite stand from the get go.
“ – A young boy had to vomit.
“- Service personell [sic] was so disgusted they refused to clean it up
“ – In the end it seems a leading employee (not sure if Epic or from Koln Messe) started to clean up.”
Seems pretty detailed for fake news…