Hey everyone. I've seen many blog posts about stolen and unoriginal skins, but haven't seen one about something I think really needs addressed: stolen Ezio skins. If you keep an eye on recently uploaded skins you've no doubt seen multiple Ezio skins uploaded every day. Well, here's the problem: the vast majority of them are not original content. I'd say this ranks near 'teenage boy in hoodie' and 'creeper in a tuxedo' in terms of skin abuse, and it is really starting to tick me off. Need proof? Welp, you my friend are in luck.
To prove my point I searched 'Ezio' under the skin section and found a whopping 26 posted in just the past week. Of those 26, 8 were recolors or blatant copies of this type of Ezio skin (I'm not going to call out anyone here, a quick search will prove these numbers), 6 were recolors or copies of this type, 2 were recolors or copies of this type, one was a copy of this type, etc... I could count on one hand the number of Ezio skins I saw that weren't blatant copies while still not being just fill-bucket flat colors.
I've been reporting all of the stolen skins I see (not just Ezio), but this is really something that needs to be addressed in the community more than it has been. If you see a stolen skin, take a few seconds out of your day to find proof that it isn't original and report it. It's really not fair that submissions that took time and effort will just get buried under a pile of recolors or blatant copies so, please, help me do something about it. Please?