It’s no joke: Epic Games released the Stonks meme skin in Fortnite Battle Royale. Every detail in this note!
While the April Fool’s Day it shoots us 10 fake ads per minute, Epic Games decided to change the rules a bit and launch a new one skin for Fortnite which, in addition to being a joke from the internet community, is also totally real: Diamond Hanz (Diamond Merchant in Spanish) from meme “Smelly” arrived at Battle Royale.
The 🔔 has been rung and Diamond Hanz is ready to answer the call.
Buy! Hold! Win! pic.twitter.com/bmP1czr326
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 1, 2021
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The attire of Diamond Merchant can be bought in exchange for 1200 V-Bucks. It’s about the well-known man “Stonks” with a formal suit dress, although torn in some areas such as the ankles, knees and shoulders. The presentation from the official account of Epic Games in Twitter includes a video of the man Stonks ringing a bell, dancing and with numbers in the background to do full honor of its origin.
Stonks man in Fortnite
Due to the day of its announcement, April 1, April Fool’s Day, you are likely to feel some mistrust about the addition of a skin so out of place for Fortnite. However, we have checked in Globe Live Media the veracity of the ad and we attach a screenshot above this paragraph from the store Fortnite in PS4: the Diamond Merchant with the arrow characteristic of meme. Besides, the skin is available in the pack “To the moon”, a phrase frequently used in the world of stock investments, and which resonated with force (ironically) in early 2021, with the scandal of Gamestop.
The man Stonks comes from a meme that was born from the mispronunciation of “Stocks” which in English is used to make mention of securities on the stock market. When someone performs some absurd action related to investments, Internet users use the Lord’s meme Stonks to say it all with an image.
12 hours to buy the skin
Diamond Merchant, also know as Stonks In the networks, it can be purchased in the store for 12 hours, an extremely limited time. We remind you that a few weeks ago, Fortnite launched a new season with the inclusion of Lara Croft to the battlefield and a survival theme on the map of the Battle Royale.