Ah, glad they improved on that front, I was genuinely annoyed at the Carlton Dance debaucle.
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Stonks confirmed for Fortnite as a playable skin
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Meme man was made in the bowls of who knows where so it's unlikely an original creator could be found. Unless timotainment created the character, but I'm not certain.
Of course not.. this is Diamond Hanz. He's a wholly original creation by Epic Games.
according to this they took it from an old /3dcg/ post anyways so it's not like they can find the person who made the original model.As for attribution, there is at least a definite origin for this particular meme, so it isn't a question of who should be paid or honored but whether they should be paid
Stonks
Stonks is an intentional misspelling of the word "stocks" which is often associated with a surreal meme featuring the character Meme Man standing in front of a picture representing the stock market followed by the caption "Stonks." The picture began seeing use as a reaction image online in jokes...knowyourmeme.com
Do I understand why he has a bell? Yes, do I disregard that fact and say that I have a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell? hell yeah
The lack of any real source + the minor changes to headshape and the clothing damage mean it's probably safe as copyright law is concerned
I do think some memes would need approval a situation where they're effectively being sold. I'm no expert but, for example, I think Epic could use Drew Scanlon's Blinking Guy meme in a video no problem, but if they just made a digital Drew Scanlon someone at Giant Bomb or Drew himself could probably take that to court if they wanted to.
Big Chungus meanwhile would probably need WB's approval no matter what.
I do think some memes would need approval a situation where they're effectively being sold. I'm no expert but, for example, I think Epic could use Drew Scanlon's Blinking Guy meme in a video no problem, but if they just made a digital Drew Scanlon someone at Giant Bomb or Drew himself could probably take that to court if they wanted to.
Big Chungus meanwhile would probably need WB's approval no matter what.
It's just a funny skin for a game that folks enjoy. I play Fortnite with my son and if something like this gives us a couple of giggles then, whatever.
The way some Era users overthink things like this continues to be absolutely hysterical.
It's a video game, it's not that serious. I play it with my 10 year old, and her friends. She plays it with my friends. Did she know what the Tron suits were from? No, but afterwards we sat down and watched Tron Legacy.
Let people enjoy shit.
The only funnier thing is they way some Era (and all over the internet) users almost feel offended by use of other (game) characters in the game
The same way parents have handled any video game for the past 40 yeato.
What a weird comment.
The old "never give anything away for free " mantra is gonna need apply to Internet memes now
My 9 year old went crazy over this and went straight to use his saved up v-bucks to buy it.
I don't get it.
I don't get it.
Yes, and?
I haven't cringed this hard in a long time 😖
Yep. I don't know why, it's not that different to Smash. Apart from the fact Fortnite includes characters people have heard of, and not just anime sword guy.
Epic deserves criticism where criticism is due, but one can't deny that due to Fortnite's stature and reputation it absolutely gets a lot of bitch eating crackers energy directed at it.
Like, from every corner of the internet.
Like, from every corner of the internet.
a chart with every character Ryu has fought, not updated in a while.
It looks the way it does to mesh with Fortnite's art style. They could have easily used the more demented proportions of the original but that's not what they were going for.
I think the design is different enough that it's very clearly inspired by, but not the same thing. In the same way Reaper was clearly John Wick while not being John Wick. It's creatively bankrupt but hardly immoral.
