Epic Games Grants Teacher's Request to Warn Players About Playing Fortnite Mobile in Class

This is a wonderful prank for a teacher to pull on his students.

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Fornite Battle Royale seems to be growing in popularity every day and the new mobile version for iOS and Android has created an interesting situation for the younger players. A teacher going by the name Mr. Hillman sent a request to Epic Games asking them to warn players about playing Fortnite mobile in class, seemingly as just a joke. Epic responded by actually adding a warning to the loading screen.

Dexerto reported that Mr. Hillman took to Reddit to make a plea to Epic with the following message:

“First, I love your game. My friends from college and I play pretty much every night. One problem, since mobile came out my students won’t stop playing in class. Idk if it’s possible, but I told them I’d write you and they didn’t believe me. Could you add this to the loading screen for a couple days to mess with them? ‘Mr. Hillman says stop playing in class.’”

Epic Games responded quickly and the community manager shared a tweet showing off the new live loading screen with a special message:

Fortnite mania has struck across the nation with popular celebrities and athletes getting in on the excitement of Epic’s battle royale mode. NFL quarterback Derek Carr and hip-hop artist Drake have gotten into the mix, but not everything has been positive. Drake’s appearance now carries a bit of a blemish when streamer Ninja, who hosted Drake and a couple other popular faces, got into a bit of trouble for a racial slur said during stream and Good Morning America ran a segment that warned of the addictive nature of the game.

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