Annoying User Avatars

[XLjedi]

Love the forums here. My only criticism is the constantly changing user avatars.

I prefer forums where you have the option to change that in the CP (I'm not missing something am I?)

The avatars allow the users to exist with a little more personality, you get use to seeing certain people's avatars and you can spot your friends commentaries easily. Here it's just kind of an annoying conglomeration of random photos...

Has there ever been any discussion of changing the avatar system to allow folks to load their own? I would see that as an improvement!


...and the "Navy Dude" avatar really scares me. Isn't that the biker guy from the Village People?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by aaronblood

Love the forums here. My only criticism is the constantly changing user avatars.

I prefer forums where you have the option to change that in the CP (I'm not missing something am I?)

The avatars allow the users to exist with a little more personality, you get use to seeing certain people's avatars and you can spot your friends commentaries easily. Here it's just kind of an annoying conglomeration of random photos...

Has there ever been any discussion of changing the avatar system to allow folks to load their own? I would see that as an improvement!


...and the "Navy Dude" avatar really scares me. Isn't that the biker guy from the Village People?

Actually I like this option here at subsim

If you want to keep a certain avatar, or make a new one, contact the admin folks here, make a small donation and you will have your own personalized avatar.

RDP

[XLjedi]

The problem is if you have to pay for the service... no one uses it. So there's no community benefit.


...and probably not fair to call it an option. Perhaps feature.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Yeah, it is more of a feature

To be honest though, with many members here at subsim ( not sure of the total, it grows daily ), keeping track of all of the personal avatars would be a chore.

RDP

[XLjedi]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Yeah, it is more of a feature

To be honest though, with many members here at subsim ( not sure of the total, it grows daily ), keeping track of all of the personal avatars would be a chore.

RDP

No, you don't host em... you just allow folks to enter a URL.
It's no more of a chore than what you allow for signatures.

And sure, you can keep what you've got going now as the default.

[Mush Martin]

I dont dislike mine it seems to be a wonderful pencil drawing of
Prein in Profile. by Wolfgang Willrich

http://uboat.net/gallery/index.html?...onsA&img=7

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by aaronblood

The problem is if you have to pay for the service... no one uses it. So there's no community benefit.


...and probably not fair to call it an option. Perhaps feature.

Actually a lot of us use it. Well, Dowly and me, anyway.:rotfl:

Originally Posted by John Channing

Not only that but you want to take away Neal's secret weapon (The dreaded "Wild Night in Bankok" avatar)?

Horrors!

Well, there is one other option: remember during the Drebbel Trial when Neal specifically said that there was one thread dedicated to the trial itself, and anyone who posted there got the 'Brig' avatar? Adam Warren and America Person posted there on purpose, and instead of the 'Brig' Neal gave them that cute little 'Sailor Dan' avatar. I earlier suggested that Sir Big Jugs be awarded that one, but maybe aaronblood could have it for free.

He might like it.