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Phylos Fett
post Aug 16 2003, 05:20 AM
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Are Avatars enabled or disabled here? If enabled, can we import them?
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Dvixen
post Aug 16 2003, 05:29 AM
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Disabled. Chance of them ever being enabled: Zero.
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post Aug 16 2003, 05:29 AM
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:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
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Phylos Fett
post Aug 16 2003, 05:31 AM
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QUOTE (Dvixen @ Aug 16 2003, 03:29 PM)
Disabled. Chance of them ever being enabled: Zero.

That's cool - I was just asking, because it is still an option under My Controls.
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Switchblade
post Aug 16 2003, 05:32 AM
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That would explain why it would not register the avatar I had selected.
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Dvixen
post Aug 16 2003, 05:50 AM
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SOMEONE who was asked to remove it didn't.

He is now being beaten.
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Lindt
post Aug 16 2003, 05:53 AM
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And he is probely enjoying it as we type...
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Kid Ridiculous
post Aug 17 2003, 04:08 AM
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How come we can't have them?
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Ancient History
post Aug 17 2003, 04:43 AM
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Screws up the bandwidth. Unlike Bulldrek, they also crack down on pust-pumping, thank Gnu.
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Hot Wheels
post Aug 23 2003, 12:58 PM
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That and the one available were pretty lame. what about the user picture option? Andi f "never" why's it included?
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ThatPaolo
post Aug 23 2003, 07:00 PM
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That and the one available were pretty lame. what about the user picture option? Andi f "never" why's it included?

Because.
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Fygg Nuuton
post Sep 27 2003, 08:19 AM
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:( i like avatars, but if they mess with bandwith then, what are ya gonna do.

will postig pictures in posts ever be available?
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gknoy
post Jan 9 2004, 03:10 AM
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QUOTE (Ancient History)
Screws up the bandwidth. Unlike Bulldrek, they also crack down on pust-pumping, thank Gnu.

What if you were to allow avatar images, but only if they were hosted OFF-SITE?

Of course, this is still very abusable -- one person links in a 1280x1024 porn jpeg, and that couldbe trouble... though anyone that did that would probably be banned or suspended for a long time, lol.

Most Dumpshockers seem to be people with a lot of cluons, though, so I don't think that would be much of a problem. (Cluons are those elementary particles that grant us clue-ful-ness -- as opposed to Bozons, which land us in the CLUE files.)
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Kagetenshi
post Jan 9 2004, 03:27 PM
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To do that effectively they'd have to review every picture before allowing it, and inevitably some people would choose "borderline" pictures that either get refused while the person involved insists that the pic is fine or that get passed and then someone gets offended and yells at people and...

Benefit for us: minor
Cost to us: potential exposure to pictures we may dislike, also minor

Benefit to admins: this thread goes away (minor)
Cost to admins: dealing with problems outlined above plus more that I have no doubt failed to consider. High to very high depending on cluon/bozon ratio.

Not gonna happen.

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Stumps
post Mar 1 2004, 12:21 AM
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actually...I have avatars on my forum that are remotely linked and really I'm just thinking of cutting out the whole avatar side of things all together because that remote link idea really sucks. It really depends alot on the integrity of the server that the avatar is stored on and a clean connection with it. You can't always garantee that, as I'm finding out.
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