Avatars?

[Argus]

Okay, maybe I'm just bored, and maybe I'm not as mature as I should be, but I'm a graphic kind of guy and I kind of like avatars. They tend to put a face, however odd, to posters. But unless I'm mistaken the only avatars you can use here are the very few, very boring ones already pre-installed. Which, perhaps, is why nobody uses them. Is that likely to change?

[Shady]

I agree 100%. I also wish that images could be posted.

[kimmy]

If avatars were allowed, I'd use a photo of "the Shawinigan Handshake".

-k

[Toro]

If avatars were allowed, I'd use a photo of "the Shawinigan Handshake".

-k

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[August1991]

Shaded throttles aside, I find avatars irritating and unnecessary. Leave them out.

[BHS]

I posted my avatar as my personal photo, but I'd like to use it in threads. The first forum that I posted on kept avatar images small and it was a handy reference when skipping through a long thread looking for an old post. I've read other forums since then that allow these horrendously huge avatars that take up the whole screen, which is just annoying and has the opposite effect (the threads are actually harder to follow).

[Mad_Michael]

Well, I'm a member at several forums and the only way I can keep track of who's who is by avatars. It really helps to scan a thread with such optical clues.

As it stands, I still don't know anyone here yet - thats probably due to lack of avatars.

Indeed, I can't even always find my own posts - I often post in a variety of threads on a variety of topics and I can't always remember which threads where I posted - a quick scan of the avatars in a thread usually tells me. Yet another value of an avatar is to scan a thread that I'm interested in to find the last entry of my avatar - that marks my last point of participation and thus I read the posts after my avatar. Again, makes things easier and quicker with the visual clue.

Just my two cents worth.

[RB]

When I first joined here avatar was allowed

It was distracting to say the least

this is a quality forum, why get sidetrack when you can actually be just as entertaining with creative writing

plus you are allowed to put your photo in your personal profile anyway

[Tawasakm]

plus you are allowed to put your photo in your personal profile anyway

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And done. Since I've been told its the lamest photo of me ever taken.

[kimmy]

plus you are allowed to put your photo in your personal profile anyway

And done. Since I've been told its the lamest photo of me ever taken.

Nice work, Sinbad

-k

[BHS]

Nothing says "Take my views seriously" like wielding a huge knife. Just kidding. I don't have the courage to post the worst picture of me ever taken.

[Tawasakm]

I'm glad that my incredible good looks, combined with my obviously aesthetic and refined bearing, have met with such universal approval.

Seriously though, Kimmy, you are great with one liners.

[Argus]

When I first joined here avatar was allowed

It was distracting to say the least

Well, either the size of the avatars was too large, or you are too easily distracted. I'm not talking about naked babes or giant flashing neon here, just postage stamp size pictures.

[Argus]

So....... anyway.... how about avatars? Do we have a ruling from above?

[crazymf]

I use my photo too.

[newbie]

I use my photo too.

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I know you. You work the nightshift at our 7-11.

[Greg]

Sorry folks, we will not be allowing avatars in these forums.

Why? Bandwidth is expensive, and we're already burning up a considerable amount of it. If we allowed avatars, it would place an even larger strain on out budget.