ShiinaBR, the leaker, confirmed the inside information concerning Fortnite and also hinted at an old visual bug that had been going on in the game for a long time. The skin worn by the Playboi Carti, which is unavoidably the reddest in discussions, was the one affected by the bug the most. The color of the durag, which is supposed to be white, is wrongly displayed as red in-game. Other color edits also do not match the previews in the locker. Cosmetic glitches like this one are occasional reminders for the players who purchased the collaboration skin that their durag is not showing the right hue.
Fortnite has had a few collaborations in the past, and most of them are like perfect? The Marvel stuff, the Star Wars gear, everything looks really good. But then there’s the Playboi Carti skin. The community member challenged ShiinaBR to make some noise about this bug that has been annoying people. The long and the short of it is that the durag is in a total mess. The normal style was meant to have a white durag, but in-game? It is shown as red. Not cool. And the hat from the Blitz edit style? Players do not want to hear about it. The colors do not match what you see in your locker unless you do some weird workaround by switching styles in a changing booth, and even that does not stick. It just resets. For a collab this big, that is kinda lazy? Players surely do want to have it acknowledged.
The replies to Shiina’s tweet are quite a mood. There are some very grateful persons, like user Ehno who stated “Finally! I am fed up with this everywhere.” And BoneRock showed a screenshot and said “been saying this for months”. You can feel the weariness. But then, as always, the chaotic aspect of Fortnite Twitter shows up. Some people are just asking why this issue is even being raised at all. A user by the name of ElioElio152876 wrote, “It’s literally a SIMPLE bug why are we complaining about him anyway there’s worse bugs than this.” Which is a fair point, the game has indeed had its share of major bugs. But also, if you bought a skin, don’t you want it to work as it should?? That is definitely not a crazy request.
And of course, there is the other side of the replies where people are just joking around about Carti’s many, many aliases. SaiyanDeezy simply quoted the tweet back saying, ““aka Carti Guapo💵, aka King Vamp🧛♂️, aka Mr. Anti himself🦇” oh okay 😅”. The drama has gone down to random fan quarrels with users like Chiefkeef_fan11 and hvren21 telling each other to go sleep and discussing “the 5”. Wait what was I even saying? Oh yeah, the bug. It is quite amusing how a petty cosmetic glitch can uncover the different layers of the Fortnite community. There you have the serious bug reporters, the meme lords, the people who believe that any criticism is just complaining, and the ones who just want to reference the artist’s lore.
However, a few players redirected the discussion towards other matters. Flatbread asked, “Can you bring attention to the absurd lobby lag too.” That’s also a very true observation. And homiicide555 pointed out the existence of another glitch: “can we also point out that the red style of this skin doesn’t stop reacting to sounds around you and glowing up your skin.” So it’s not only the durag, the entire reactive feature could be bugged? That’s a significant problem.
But the essential point is that this: usually, Epic Games is proactive in addressing issues. It is especially true for major, paid crossover items. The fact that this has been a problem for months already, as some gamers claim, is actually a bit of a bad look. User thekidjoao even had a theory: “perhaps when the skin comes back to the shop they will do it.” That’s the usual way to go – fixes along with the item shop rotation. But paying customers should not have to wait until the skin comes back to the store for it to be as promised. It is a simple color swap error, not a game-breaking server malfunction. It should be a quick fix.
The whole Playboi Carti skin saga is like a microcosm of modern live-service battle royale gaming. Players spend their money and their personalities on these virtual cosmetics, so when they do not work right it is like breaking the immersion and feeling like a broken promise. While Epic Games is busy with huge updates and new seasons, the community’s commitment to these little details is a good indicator of how much they care about the game’s polish. The developers, like those at PlayStation and Xbox, often face similar scrutiny over cosmetic details.
