https://twitter.com/DidFaceEmoji/status/974171799905738752
Drake demonstrated his gaming bona fides overnight, hopping onto a Twitch stream of the game Fortnite, playing alongside Ninja, and they were later joined by Travis Scott and JuJu Smith-Schuster. Their Twitch stream smashed the record for most concurrent viewers of a non-tournament game, with over 600,000 people tuning in at the same time. That’s nearly double the previous record of 388,000 for non-tournament Twitch streaming.
It’s easy to see why it broke the record, with multiple celebrities getting involved and Drake offering up plenty of fodder for humor. He spent part of the game camouflaging himself as a bush, heretofore known as “God’s plant,” and people on Twitter couldn’t help but take videos and make jokes:
Look at drake man lololololol pic.twitter.com/YHxSPTUMuY
— Jonas (@jonastheprince) March 15, 2018
Watching Drake run around as a bush is the greatest thing that's happened so far in 2018 pic.twitter.com/HuEcUHht5i
— AMP Agent ⚡ (@CallMeAgent00) March 15, 2018
GREATEST RAPPER AND FORTNITE PLAYER OF ALL TIMEEE! pic.twitter.com/6z72CIPakM
— 👑 (@CodyHettinger) March 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/IamJrFlores/status/974186720357859330
Others were inspired to create photoshops and mashup videos as well:
Drake right now: pic.twitter.com/ssDfkWWJkH
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) March 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/MeninistGaming/status/974165065044643842
People couldn’t believe their luck to be witnesses (in some cases, in game) to the event:
Just got killed by Drake, one of the greatest rappers of all time, on fornite 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/7ZhOtGdg9Z
— D (@DimeBagDalton) March 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/froynextdoor/status/974191589231767552
Girl: Come Over
Me: I can’t, Ninja is streaming Fortnite with Drake
Girl: My parents aren’t home
Me: Can you not fucking read— Marsh (@MarshallJ168) March 15, 2018
Twitter users were unusually hype about staying awake all night and getting fired in the morning:
BEDTIME IS CANCELLED. I AM TOO HYPE TO SLEEP. Travis Scott, Drake, Juju, and Ninja. pic.twitter.com/XcBHhRe2u5
— TUCKER (@JERICHO) March 15, 2018
me as a kid: when i'm an adult i can stay up all night playing video games
me as an adult: i'm staying up all night watching drake and travis scott play video games
— tim cato (@tim_cato) March 15, 2018
"Why are you late for work?"
"Drake, Ninja & Travis Scott were playing Fortnite last night." pic.twitter.com/bt9YhOPMxb
— GoodGameBro (@GoodGameBro) March 15, 2018
imma be real with yall.. we having fun now…………….. but atleast 3 ppl gonna get fired tomorrow for oversleeping and missing work because they were up at 3 am watching drake play fortnite.
— Tony X (@soIoucity) March 15, 2018
I got everyone covered for work and school tomorrow#SickNote@Ninja @Drake @FortniteGame pic.twitter.com/98NDvwAAZ3
— CC (@TheActualCC) March 15, 2018
Even JuJu Smith-Schuster couldn’t believe this all came together:
In the same week I met and recruited LeBron to the Steelers and played Fortnite with Drake, Ninja, and Travis Scott.
What a time to be alive— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) March 15, 2018
Jokes continued into the wee hours of this morning:
It’s 2018 and Drake, Travis, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Ninja just got a Victory Royale in front of 200,000+ people. I’ve never been so happy. #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/lhAJtPRSAE
— Harris Rubenstein (@Sportstein) March 15, 2018
drake is my favorite cam girl
— Noel Miller (@thenoelmiller) March 15, 2018
Ninja: Anyone have some left over minis for me?
Drake: No
JuJu: No
Travis scott: *in the corner sipping on minis not saying a word*
— The Danube (@ThatGuyDanube) March 15, 2018
And many people seemed to agree that this is going to be a definite net positive for gaming, streaming, and nerd culture:
https://twitter.com/Anti/status/974145991816499201
No matter your personal feelings about Fortnite or @Ninja and Drake, tonight is a momentous victory for all of Twitch, streamers, and the entire world of gaming. This happened because people from all walks of life just truly love video games.
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) March 15, 2018
While other celebrities, like Chrissy Teigen, thought about streaming their own favorite games.
Would anyone like to watch me shake trees on animal crossing
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 15, 2018
A++++ would pay bells to watch.