It freaks me out.
Get one! I'll teach you how to do it. Heck, I'll help you make one.
It's just a 50x50 picture... not rocket science
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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02-05-2005 05:53
Why do so many people NOT have a forum avatar?
It freaks me out. Get one! I'll teach you how to do it. Heck, I'll help you make one. It's just a 50x50 picture... not rocket science _____________________
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
Posts: 4,177
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02-05-2005 07:00
i voted don't care. i'm old enough to automatically uncheck showing avs. boards get kinda laggy when you spend all your time downloading little pics on 286 with a 1200baud modem and old habits die hard. so i have this deeply baked mindset that av pics are silly and useless.
it's probably true that they give some insight into the poster's character. but in sl, i can look at a person's profile pic, actual 3d av, and last name to get a fair idea of their character. btw, i thought only lemons freaked you out? or is that the other eggy? _____________________
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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02-05-2005 07:43
Lemons?
Other eggy? Khamon... this is 2005. People have "modems" in the multiple megabit range Tiny 50x50 pictures dont cause any impact. _____________________
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Malachi Petunia
Gentle Miscreant
Join date: 21 Sep 2003
Posts: 3,414
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02-05-2005 07:49
I don't have one because any I would create would pale in comparisons to Eggy's. (At least I don't think I have one as I have them turned off as well, mostly to avoid blinky animated GIFs).
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Candide LeMay
Registered User
Join date: 30 Dec 2004
Posts: 538
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02-05-2005 08:05
I have displaying avatars and signatures turned off (and I praise the admin of this board who made that a default setting)
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Hank Ramos
Lifetime Scripter
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 2,328
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02-05-2005 08:07
I am actively against forum avatars, and will never have one on my account. Period. Oh... wait... Dangit...
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Paolo Portocarrero
Puritanical Hedonist
Join date: 28 Apr 2004
Posts: 2,393
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02-05-2005 08:08
<----My avatar is on crack, hehe, but I like when others use forum icons. It helps me to quickly scan long threads for posts by a particular person, especially when I am coming back to a post I've read earlier. I guess you either love 'em or hate 'em.
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Unhygienix Gullwing
I banged Pandastrong
Join date: 26 Jun 2004
Posts: 728
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02-05-2005 08:39
I don't have a forum avatar because I'm afraid that someone will take an upskirt photo of it.
Or draw a mustache on it. Or otherwise derided or trespassed against. I have a hard enough time trying to keep straight that my in-world avatar is not me; if something happened to my poor defenseless forum avatar then I might suffer a psychotic break. That being said, perhaps it is time to begin decorating myself in here. Eggy, if you are serious about helping to set up SL'ers with forum avatars, and do not get buried with requests, I'll happily avail myself of your assistance and take the plunge. |
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Teeny Leviathan
Never started World War 3
Join date: 20 May 2003
Posts: 2,716
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02-05-2005 08:40
Happy now? Took almost 2 years to do this.
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Paolo Portocarrero
Puritanical Hedonist
Join date: 28 Apr 2004
Posts: 2,393
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02-05-2005 08:50
I don't have a forum avatar because I'm afraid that someone will take an upskirt photo of it. Or draw a mustache on it. Or otherwise derided or trespassed against. I have a hard enough time trying to keep straight that my in-world avatar is not me; if something happened to my poor defenseless forum avatar then I might suffer a psychotic break. That being said, perhaps it is time to begin decorating myself in here. Eggy, if you are serious about helping to set up SL'ers with forum avatars, and do not get buried with requests, I'll happily avail myself of your assistance and take the plunge. Hehe, just beware of the pen of HoseQueen McClean. Don't let this happen to you: /invalid_link.html _____________________
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Agatha Palmerstone
Space Girl
Join date: 23 Jan 2005
Posts: 185
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02-05-2005 09:28
well, I do now... happy Eggy?
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
Posts: 4,177
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02-05-2005 09:31
Lemons? Other eggy? Khamon... this is 2005. People have "modems" in the multiple megabit range Tiny 50x50 pictures dont cause any impact. OMG i'm supposed to be in 1985. i do hate when this happens. thanks for the headsup eggy. _____________________
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Jeffrey Gomez
Cubed™
Join date: 11 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,522
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02-05-2005 10:05
I don't have one because... well, I don't have one. It's not at the top of my priority list.
But I'll consider it.  _____________________
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gene Poole
"Foolish humans!"
Join date: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 324
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02-05-2005 11:51
Checkbox poll? Out of curiosity, did anyone check off all 4?
Eggy, I would use a thumbnail of my SL av for the forum, but I heard that if someone takes a snapshot of my avatar, they will steal its soul, and that option wasn't on the poll. |
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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02-05-2005 11:55
Eggy, if you are serious about helping to set up SL'ers with forum avatars, and do not get buried with requests, I'll happily avail myself of your assistance and take the plunge. Sure thing. Got any idea of what you want? _____________________
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onionpencil Musashi
Registered User
Join date: 20 Nov 2004
Posts: 324
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02-05-2005 13:16
just haven't gotten to it yet...
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Steve Steed
Premium account
Join date: 2 Sep 2004
Posts: 420
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02-05-2005 14:45
I have one it's the law.
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Sam Portocarrero
Jesus Of Suburbia
Join date: 23 May 2004
Posts: 316
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02-05-2005 14:49
I hate them! I think they are the biggest waste of time every and should be banned from all forums everywhere because I said so!
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Unhygienix Gullwing
I banged Pandastrong
Join date: 26 Jun 2004
Posts: 728
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02-12-2005 12:08
Well, thanks to the encouragement from Eggy, I finally nudged myself into motion and got myself an avatar. Even downloaded GIMP so that I could resize it properly. Look forward to seeing it change a few times over the coming weeks.
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katykiwi Moonflower
Esquirette
Join date: 5 Dec 2003
Posts: 1,489
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02-12-2005 13:41
I dont have one because I could never make one as great as the one Kris has
Seriously, never even gave it a thought but now I might try it. _____________________
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Unhygienix Gullwing
I banged Pandastrong
Join date: 26 Jun 2004
Posts: 728
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02-12-2005 14:03
katy, do it. If your experience with it is anything like mine, YOU'LL FEEL GREAT!
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Treacly Brodsky
Pixel SLinger
Join date: 23 Jul 2004
Posts: 186
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02-12-2005 14:13
Take me to your 3rd dimension.
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Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
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02-12-2005 14:20
I had mine made for me by someone i made an ascii for, that was ages ago. The SL forums don't support the size of my usual one (a b&w ascii of shinobu) so i use this one.
and i love cabbits ^_^ so it's all cool. _____________________
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Kayin Zugzwang
A Superior Grouch
Join date: 7 Jun 2004
Posts: 269
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02-12-2005 14:42
I don't care and the size is too small to make a real cool avatar anyways.
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onionpencil Musashi
Registered User
Join date: 20 Nov 2004
Posts: 324
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look eggy!
02-12-2005 15:47
better now?
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