Stolen hat?
 

I noticed a hat in-game that has a striking resemblance to the hat "Team Captain" within the First-person shooter, Team Fortress 2 by Valve.

http://www.graalians.com/forums/atta...1&d=1356205579

Yes, this could be considered just a general's hat, but the exact resemblance is still interesting. I'm not saying it was stolen; I just want to make sure that the staff team is aware of this.

Sorta' but that hat could just represent an normal solider hat not just TF2

It's too much of a broad image to be viewed as copyright . Even if they did base it off this image, the angle is completely different and its not iconic or detailed enough to resemble this "tf2" hat anymore than its colors and order.
Nice find though.

Since when was having a reference picture illegal?

I thought it looked more like M.Bison's hat from the Street Fighter games.

How is it stolen?
Using another hat as reference for your own work isn't stealing.

Stealing is taking someone else's work and claiming it as your own.

I don't think a captain's hat is copyrighted.

A Mario Cap might be a different story compared to a captain's hat.

Since when did I say it was illegal?

I'm a bit confused. Since forever, the graalian community has always scorned upon hats being translated over from other games. If this was based off of a virtual hat from another company, it's not exactly a good thing.

Stealing = illegal. Unless you live in some weird place where you can steal all you want.

The fact you call it stealing in the first place is (nice word for not smart). You are basically accusing the creator of taking the hat off of the game and placing it on Graal. I bet you %75+ of pixel art on Graal can be traced back to a reference picture of some kind.

Don't call someone a theft without actual proof.

Only if they're copyrighted or directly ripped pixels from another game like the Maplestory hats.

*Sigh*

Also, concerning the 75%+ part, I just looked through my 19 pages of hats. I'd have to say that's a pretty steep estimate.

I don't want to start a flame war with anyone, because I like you all. I was just curious what the difference is between this "hat similarity" and cases from the past. Please don't get defensive when I'm not even attacking you. :\

*looks at title of thread, looks at you, giggles and walks away*

Don't let Jester ruffle your feathers. He is quick to try to start a flame war with everyone.

That's the only reason why I bought it when I first saw it