(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So we all know screamo ripped his sotw entry and nearly won. You'd assume he'd at-least be banned from entering the sotw in the future?

I didn't put my name on it and claim it's mine.
It's fine to use other's work as your avatar.

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Yes, I cropped that.
However, I didn't put my name on it and claim I made it.
I'm sure way more than 99% of avatars people use aren't made by them. They're avatars. Not signatures.

its the same thing, someone else still created it,
for example look at DizZi's SOTW entry there he may have made the sig himself, but did he draw or graphically create Batman? No he didn't.

So he must have made a stock produced by someone else whic could be called ripping. Scream was lazy and the fact that no one picked up on is sig until he had 12 votes means it is not is fault.

It WAS accepted so it was deemed acceptable, and action is taken against rippers. This however wasnt ripping, he cropped and added text. Granted he didnt do much but i have taken a stock added text and only used GM and colour balances on it with tiny amounts of smudging. Based on your claims anything using a stock which isnt yours is a rip. He made changes to a stock which was there to be shared, therefore it isnt ripped.

Closed.