Some players didn't get to experience the volcano eruption.

The latest Fortnite: Battle Royale event took place today. Tilted Towers was destroyed as the volcano finally erupted and lava traveled across the Fortnite island.

Pillars spawned in the hatch at Loot Lake and players were forced to make a choice on which one to attack. Each pickaxe swing on a pillar was basically a vote for a previously-vaulted item to return to the game.

Unfortunately for some, however, when the timer eventually reached zero, nothing happened.

https://twitter.com/AshenJag/status/1124752029438623746

it didn't work for me or my lobby u need to apologize pic.twitter.com/VYwDKisRkD — SkyStormKing (@SkyStormKing) May 4, 2019

Dude stop adding stuff into this game and fix you’re servers I missed out on the event because servers don’t wanna work ….smh @EpicGames @FortniteGame pic.twitter.com/nIQsIAupW8 — son nighthawk (@nighthawk2333) May 4, 2019

What should have been a shared event with the community, similar to other events in the past, completely failed for a lot of people. When the timer reached zero, it continuously disappeared and reappeared, leaving players stuck in a lobby unable to shoot or do anything.

This has obviously left a lot of people unhappy. Several fans are asking Epic Games to bring back the event for those who missed it, but that’s unlikely to happen.

Update May 4 3:55pm CT: Epic Games released a statement about this issue on Twitter.

For those players who were unable to participate, we are working to release replay files of the event so that you can witness the Unvaulting from within the client. — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) May 4, 2019

Epic apologized to fans who couldn’t experience the event and said that “for those players who were unable to participate, we are working to release replay files of the event so that you can witness the Unvaulting from within the client.”