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Mr. Mods......

buck

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Dec 11, 2000
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What would you think about us anandfolk making our own avatars? Alot of people ask and talk about the possibility but .......Thanks for taking your time with this.
 

006agent

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Dec 10, 2000
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c'mon modsquad..do it PLEEEEASEEE. I think that would make this forum just that much better.


 

Thanatopsis

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Feb 7, 2000
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This should probably go in "Forum Issues" but...

It would drain a lot of resources from the servers. Even 1000 little gifs is a lot of time and space for a forum server as active as this one.

Edit: Zuni didn't want to add an option that checked the box in the search page as coming from the last forums you visited. ( I didn't explain that very well ). He said it was a waste of server resources. Think how much more work personalized avatars would be for a server.
 

BiggieN

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Apr 3, 2000
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bring this to forum issues. but the last 10,000 times they told us no...so you decide where to go with it. and besides the mods don;t handle that. zuni does.
 

Ranger X

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Mar 18, 2000
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Plus, we want all the avatars to match. It'll be chaotic if we could choose our own avatars.
 

fallenoncrack

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well we can always push our weight around and tell them if they don't do it then we will leave this forum !!!!
 

Lord Evermore

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Oct 10, 1999
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Why would we want the avatars to match? How is it chaotic to allow everyone to have their own? Chaos is not equal to diversity.

Anyway, server resources prevent it. The servers are strained already, don't want to add to the problems.
 

hippy

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Oct 9, 1999
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Why the hell... are so many people obsessed with what they look like? On a BBS or other wise? Sheiit, you're still who you are no matter what your avitar looks like.
 

zippy

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Why couldn't we just have a box where we could put the URL of the avatar we want? That wouldn't take up any space and would not waste resources because the people's individual computers would be looking for the avatars.

Just an idea that I think could work. ;)
 

Viper GTS

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Oct 13, 1999
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Then you'll end up with a page full of broken links when all the ISPs & web hosting places get pissed off. Remember the amount of traffic we're dealing with here.

Viper GTS
 

Bryan

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<< Why couldn't we just have a box where we could put the URL of the avatar we want? >>



You could put a link in your sig, but what fun would that be?