This Friday night should be festive for thousands of Travis Scott fans in Houston. But a mass movement made his concert a tragedy. Which now has different effects.
A Travis Scott musical emote has been removed from the Fortnite Item Shop. Out West, which offers a sample of the American artist, has disappeared with others. As mentioned Eurogamer, the day area of the shop is closed until further notice. Something that has been confirmed by Epic Games with no further explanation.
Travis Scott was the first personality to give a virtual concert in Fortnite in 2020. A success: the five appearances of his giant avatar had accumulated 27.7 million players. The withdrawal is related to a tragic event that happened a few days ago.
Time after the tragedy
The sale of this emote coincided with the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston. Unfortunately, this degenerated from the first day, this Friday, November 5th, during the performance of Travis Scott, which led to the cancellation. The crowd literally rushed to the front of the stage where the artist was performing, resulting in the deaths of eight people and dozens of injuries. Scott has been widely criticized for continuing his concert, no doubt out of ignorance of the situation, even if he paused for a moment to ask the public to let the rescuers intervene because of a malaise.
The organization, Live Nation, is also given high credit for failing to handle the flow of arrivals, including many people without tickets. Travis Scott, who has since expressed his shock and pledged to take over the funerals of each victim, is one of the producers of the event, along with Drake. Her responsibility is already questionable: a Texan lawyer is suing her. Just like other festival goers. As for the emote, there’s no doubt that Epic wants to distance itself while cleaning up the gray areas.
