FaZe Rug calls out Stokes Twins for ripping off his YouTube thumbnail
FaZe Clan content creator Brian ‘Rug’ Awadis has hit out at fellow YouTube stars the Stokes Twins, accusing the pair of copying one of his thumbnails.
FaZe Clan are an organization that has, in the last few years, transcended their roots as a Call of Duty content creation group. They now host collaborations with some of the world’s biggest brands, including Man City and Burger King.
Back on January 6, Rug released a video titled ‘Testing Viral TikTok Gadgets’. As you can guess, it saw the 24-year-old trying out gadgets seen on TikTok and trying to recreate the videos that made them famous.
However, controversy arose when, on January 15, the Stokes Twins uploaded an almost identicalvideoto their channel. It is titled “Testing VIRAL TikTok Gadgets To See If They Work!” In the video and its description, the Stokes Twins link FaZe Rug’s original video and thank him for the idea.
However, Rug took issue with their behavior, calling out the near-identical thumbnail used by the Stokes. In fact, the only difference between the two thumbnails was the replacement of Rug on the left-hand side.
“It’s totally cool to do the same idea because I’ve done the same,” the FaZe Clan creator said, “but copying and pasting the thumbnail is where it’s fucked up.. My thumbnail guy spent hours on it just for it to be completely stolen. Crazy”.
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It’s totally cool to do the same idea because I’ve done the same, but copying and pasting the thumbnail is where it’s fucked up.. My thumbnail guy spent hours on it just for it to be completely stolen. Crazy lolpic.twitter.com/Ww3JTET4eD
— Rug (@FaZeRug)August 14, 2025
As you can see from Rug’s tweet, the two thumbnails do appear to be identical, albeit Rug replaced by one of the twins.
Rug’s frustrations seem justified, especially if a lot of hard work went into its original creation, by his own thumbnail designer.
It is not the first time the Stokes have found themselves in the middle of some controversy,being charged back in August over fake bank robbery pranks.The prank resulted in an Uber driver being held at gunpoint after Orange County officers arrived.
