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Imitation is a strange kind of flattery - Part 2
9 years ago
Part 1
Those of you who have been watching me for a long time might remember the time when someone tried to use my ref sheet to commission a fursuit for themselves.
Well, it keeps getting better.
Some idiot stole my ref sheet to use as their YouTube display picture, and then ended up getting their comment featured in the latest Honest Game Trailers video for XCOM! It appears 3 seconds in.
I'm just glad he didn't steal my name too, and end up making me look like a complete fool. Sadly, I've been unable to find this guy 'Ryujin the Utahraptor' anywhere in the Internet. He may have changed his identity since the screenshot was taken. If you spot him, please let me know so I can have a polite word with him... Yeah.
The above link to the video is also a link to the comment I left on the video, so please upvote it to get the message across!
Thanks to SkyboxMonster for bringing this to my attention.
Update: I've found his Google+ profile now. I've sent him a message and hope he'll do the right thing.
Final update: They never responded, and the account appears to be abandoned. Of course, Google won't do anything about it because neither of us are using our real identities. Therefore, I'm just going to let it be.
Those of you who have been watching me for a long time might remember the time when someone tried to use my ref sheet to commission a fursuit for themselves.
Well, it keeps getting better.
Some idiot stole my ref sheet to use as their YouTube display picture, and then ended up getting their comment featured in the latest Honest Game Trailers video for XCOM! It appears 3 seconds in.
I'm just glad he didn't steal my name too, and end up making me look like a complete fool. Sadly, I've been unable to find this guy 'Ryujin the Utahraptor' anywhere in the Internet. He may have changed his identity since the screenshot was taken. If you spot him, please let me know so I can have a polite word with him... Yeah.
The above link to the video is also a link to the comment I left on the video, so please upvote it to get the message across!
Thanks to SkyboxMonster for bringing this to my attention.
Update: I've found his Google+ profile now. I've sent him a message and hope he'll do the right thing.
Final update: They never responded, and the account appears to be abandoned. Of course, Google won't do anything about it because neither of us are using our real identities. Therefore, I'm just going to let it be.
I haven't watched the honest trailers like in a long time.
SOOOO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY IF YOU FIND HIM/HER
I would imagine you would be flattered that someone likes your commissioned character sheet so much that they just want to steal it and use it. I see so many people using cropped pictures of other furry's artwork in their IM display pictures or other online accounts all the time, and I'm pretty sure that they didn't get any written permission from the content owner before doing so.
What's funny is how this comment got slapped right on top of the stack and stuck for the longest until the video started. Was it the picture of the raptor that made the video creator want to feature that comment on top, or the bad English? How good are raptors at English anyway? =p
Like you said, I wouldn't make a big deal about it. What's scary though is that this may not be the only instance out there of this imitation. This one imitator just happened to get you famous!
Now show the world your bondage stash, kinky raptor! XD