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The Renegade Raider Copypasta, also known as Don't Buy the Renegade Skin If You Respect OG Fortnite Players, refers to a copypasta about the 2024 return of the Renegade Raider skin in Fortnite which was an "OG" skin in the original 2017 Fortnite season. Only so-called "OG players" had the skin so, when Fortnite re-released it, backlash against Epic Games ensued. The copypasta comes from a tweet shared by YouTuber Formula which read, "Don’t buy the Renegade skin if you respect OG Fortnite players. It’s more than a skin; it’s a symbol of their early commitment and grind. Let them keep their exclusivity. Show your respect by appreciating its rarity, not owning it. Some things are better left untouched." The tweet was mocked in subsequent memes across social media, spreading to platforms like TikTok and Reddit.

Origin

On December 18th, 2024, YouTuber Formula tweeted,^[1] "Don’t buy the Renegade skin if you respect OG Fortnite players. It’s more than a skin; it’s a symbol of their early commitment and grind…" receiving over 4,700 likes in five days (shown below).

Copypasta

Don’t buy the Renegade skin if you respect OG Fortnite players. It’s more than a skin; it’s a symbol of their early commitment and grind. Let them keep their exclusivity. Show your respect by appreciating its rarity, not owning it. Some things are better left untouched

Spread

In the following days, others used the copypasta earnestly, like X^[2] user @ohnePixel on December 19th, 2024, whose post amassed over 16,000 likes in four days (shown below).

During the same timeframe, others mocked the copypasta in memes, evident in a tweet^[3] shared by FaZe Clan member FaZe Ronaldo on December 19th, in which he replaced the last sentence of the copypasta with, "BUT if you are gonna buy it, use code 'StableRonaldo'!" receiving over 17,000 likes in four days (shown below).

On December 19th, 2024, X^[4] user @MomsAhh7027 mocked the copypasta in a meme representing shooting someone who says the phrase, gaining over 1,900 likes in four days (shown below).

“Don’t buy the Renegade Raider skin if you respect OG- pic.twitter.com/cNuOuwGgVd

— Wayne Kurr 💙 (@MomsAhh7027) December 20, 2024

The copypasta also spread in memes on TikTok, like in a video posted by TikToker^[5] @ananisetv on December 19th, which amassed over 712,000 plays and 42,400 likes in four days (shown below).

On December 20th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @hallalujah44 posted a clip from the Grown Ups film franchise of the characters laughing, adding a caption about making fun of the Renegade Raider Copypasta, receiving over 199,700 plays and 43,800 likes in three days (shown below).

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