Avatar Week

ElChevelle · 6th September 2001, 21:12

OK gang, beginning now, we have a week to give avatars a trial.
Please adhere to the rules and be responsible for your choosings.
If not, we'll lose this priviledge and likely will not receive anymore perks. Size is limited to 50 X 50 pixels.
I've included this poll to evaluate them, so please be honest.
Thanks,
Chev

Ps. Thx Jon

distortion · 6th September 2001, 21:16

I think as long as it doesn't get abused and people dont do any stupid crap, it's just one more stupidly fun thing. It lets you give yourself some kinda "personal" touch, (and hopefully reduces the headache over custom titles). Ey, its all good.

6th September 2001, 21:19

yay for custum avatars!

ElChevelle · 6th September 2001, 21:21

By the way, to choose your avatar, go to "My Control Panel", choose "Edit Options", avatar info is at the bottom.

Lucid DM · 6th September 2001, 21:27

I don't think we should have them. It's just like having two sigs. And you know there's always gonna be some people with huge ones. It's just gonna be another useless thing that the mods have to waste more time on patrolling.

If you really want an avatar, put it in yer sig.

Then again... I do see the attraction of having something in your title area...

Mr Jones · 6th September 2001, 21:32

Crapola, where's the off button.......

Duk · 6th September 2001, 21:44

If we're gonna have this customization, I say make it an either or thing ... you can either customize your Avatar *or* have a custom Sig, but not both. Makes it a cluttered mess. Personally, I like the Avatar over the Sig, yah.

ElChevelle · 6th September 2001, 21:52

I was just saying that a 50 X 50 canvas is tricky to create an image for as any of you know who've made a mikro

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Jones
Crapola, where's the off button.......

"My Control Panel">"Edit Options">Hide avatars

skinme! · 6th September 2001, 22:13

I'm not really bothered either way. Are these size limits automatically enforced or is it another job for the moderators? If there are automatically enforced, I think we should have them but as Duk said, you should only have a sig or an avatar.

Especially for the peeps who, like me, are still on Dial-up.

Riksruin · 6th September 2001, 22:37

skinme theres an option in the control panel to disable avatars so if u find that its taking way to long to load a page then disable it. u can also do the same with sigs

The Only Lynx · 6th September 2001, 22:43

why not switch signature mode off.. so nobody can do sigs anymore.. and only allow 50×50 avatars... then the readings wont be too distorded by the sigs.. and you wont have banners as sigs anymore either

Riksruin · 6th September 2001, 22:54

Lynx i dont think we can have links in avatars.

cyana · 7th September 2001, 00:23

hmmm ... just testing ..

Wildrose-Wally · 7th September 2001, 00:37

What else could it be?

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Duk · 7th September 2001, 00:50

I suppose a pola bar will now be in our future.

[edit] If you could just make it so that these little pics were able to be linkable and get rid of sigs, I think we'd have a winner here. It surely would cut down on the image garbage when scrolling down thru threads. Just my opinion.

[/edit]

Forevever · 7th September 2001, 01:39

good idea, ditch sigs altogether, and just use avatars. I like it.

Mr. Bojanglez · 7th September 2001, 01:58

i don't like these avatars,especially with the sigs, theres more pictures than there is content, which defeats the purpose of the forums, so i say we choose between sigs and avatars like someone suggested.

ElChevelle · 7th September 2001, 04:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr. Bojanglez
i don't like these avatars,especially with the sigs, theres more pictures than there is content, which defeats the purpose of the forums, so i say we choose between sigs and avatars like someone suggested.

Yet you have both

Option #2

My control panel > Edit options >
Show user's signatures in their posts? yes no
Show user's avatar in their posts? yes no

mrsbladez · 7th September 2001, 04:58

Just testing, this is all I had spur of the moment, lol. My purple av is on deviantart. Will have to find another one I guess.

This is pretty cool and although I agree, using an av and sig graphic is overkill, I do like the option for both. I think that as long is this new toy is not abused, we should have the option to use both. I only use my sig graphic in the first post I make in a new topic anyway, so I think from now on I'll just put a link to my latest published skin in the sig, no graphic. I like this and for those who don't, as mentioned you can always disable, one or both.

Cool deal all around I think

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Duk · 7th September 2001, 05:02

Great pic, bladez.

Consider doing a skin of that?

mrsbladez · 7th September 2001, 05:15

Thanks Duk

I used to make AV's and gameboard skins for Excite Chat and even competed in a few painting contests over there. I have TONS! and they are 102x116, so they would fit nicely on the main.bmp, lol. Definately something to consider.

. I am supposed to be taking a skinning break, but of course I'm not. LOL. Been working on this latest one for almost a week and will have a finished product by Sat. I think.

BullGawD · 7th September 2001, 05:16

kewl!!! I wanna peek!!

oooopps!!!

Here comes Duk with that whip....

RedVixen · 7th September 2001, 08:42

I don't like them.

They make the place look untidy. Like a kiddies colouring book.

I don't like image sigs either. And the location field.

All these things add up to make the layout of the pages too flexible and untidy. The site has a nice clean and ordered design, but these three things together make the forum just cluttered and horrible looking.

I'm just off to deactivate them from my view

ampburner · 7th September 2001, 09:26

/amp misses all the fun!

wait till I get home and release my hopping cheese from the cellar!!!!
**evilgrin**

Doggy Dog · 7th September 2001, 09:57

I'll make one later.....

Spoonman · 7th September 2001, 13:03

I was skeptical at first, but I think the "avatar and no sig" idea might grow on me.

Nini · 7th September 2001, 17:09

I think they're cool

but I think that they must not be animated gifs coz they distact too much

hehe wait till I get one

DigitalDragon · 7th September 2001, 17:27

I like the avatars better than the sig. I can upload it, so I don't have to worry about hosting space, which is convenient. Sigs are cool for thematic things, like coordinating with the realease of a new skin or something. With both you don't have to sacrifice your forum identity (avatar) for advertising (sig). Just my take.

bobo · 7th September 2001, 19:18

i don't like em. especially not the animated ones

Doggy Dog · 8th September 2001, 09:40

Made mine, more informed will know what it is

, and where it came from

.

Riksruin · 9th September 2001, 19:38

i must agree some of the animated ones can be a little OTT but some are kool.

skinme! · 9th September 2001, 22:40

Now I think I prefer Avatars to signatures. I think we should have the option for both but a regulation should be "either/or". The reason we should still be able to have sigs (only if we give up our avatar) is for promoting new skins and URLs and similar.

EvilDick23 · 10th September 2001, 02:32

I like the avatars because you don't have to scroll through the space the sigs take up however, text sigs tend to add a little humor to the forum. Besides, you can still link off a text sig without killing the speed it takes to download the image sig. Out of courtesy to the people on slow connections, keep an avatar and just have a text sig or just an image sig with no avatar. I've seen this work well in other forums.

BullGawD · 10th September 2001, 03:04

There is only one reason I might not like avatars. Find scarface - his is really frikkin annoying.

[edit] here check his out. [shudders] I think I'll go have a seizure now. [IMG]http://whatno.***********/crackeds.gif[/IMG] [/edit]

EvilDick23 · 10th September 2001, 03:09

now an animated Leatherface avatar would be pretty cool from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Damn, me and my B movies again. I'll have to keep a lookout for that scarface guy though that thing is blinding.

blueNINE · 10th September 2001, 04:18

I think they add a lot of personality to the forums. I know that the icons at deviantART add a lot to the community. However, the vast majority of the people at deviantART have really nice icons, so it doesn't look cluttered. I don't know if it'll be that way at Winamp, but I think it's at least worth a try. What say you all?

View Poll Results: Do you feel that avatars are a benefit to us?
Yes	21	72.41%
No	6	20.69%
Could care less	2	6.90%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

6th September 2001, 21:12	#1
ElChevelle Moderator Alumni Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the MANCANNON! Posts: 22,448	Avatar Week OK gang, beginning now, we have a week to give avatars a trial. Please adhere to the rules and be responsible for your choosings. If not, we'll lose this priviledge and likely will not receive anymore perks. Size is limited to 50 X 50 pixels. I've included this poll to evaluate them, so please be honest. Thanks, Chev Ps. Thx Jon

6th September 2001, 21:27	#5
Lucid DM Eat, skin, sleep. Repeat. (Major Dude) Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: all over the place. Posts: 1,490	I don't think we should have them. It's just like having two sigs. And you know there's always gonna be some people with huge ones. It's just gonna be another useless thing that the mods have to waste more time on patrolling. If you really want an avatar, put it in yer sig. Then again... I do see the attraction of having something in your title area... Lucid Dream \| Orange

6th September 2001, 22:13	#9
skinme! Forum King Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: 127.0.0.1 Website: skinme.net Posts: 3,352	I'm not really bothered either way. Are these size limits automatically enforced or is it another job for the moderators? If there are automatically enforced, I think we should have them but as Duk said, you should only have a sig or an avatar. Especially for the peeps who, like me, are still on Dial-up. He had decided to live forever, or die in the attempt In America - a must see film

6th September 2001, 22:37	#10
Riksruin Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Glos, England, UK Posts: 1,436	skinme theres an option in the control panel to disable avatars so if u find that its taking way to long to load a page then disable it. u can also do the same with sigs \| looking for my old skins, can you help???? \| riksruin \| \| www.alternativestyles.co.uk \| riksruin.deviantart.com \|

6th September 2001, 21:16	#2
distortion Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Long Island, USA Posts: 109	I think as long as it doesn't get abused and people dont do any stupid crap, it's just one more stupidly fun thing. It lets you give yourself some kinda "personal" touch, (and hopefully reduces the headache over custom titles). Ey, its all good.

6th September 2001, 21:19	#3
WolfieD Guest Posts: n/a	yay for custum avatars!

6th September 2001, 21:21	#4
ElChevelle Moderator Alumni Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the MANCANNON! Posts: 22,448	By the way, to choose your avatar, go to "My Control Panel", choose "Edit Options", avatar info is at the bottom.

6th September 2001, 21:32	#6
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,098	Crapola, where's the off button.......

6th September 2001, 21:44	#7
Duk Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Kiss my ass. Posts: 1,816	If we're gonna have this customization, I say make it an either or thing ... you can either customize your Avatar or have a custom Sig, but not both. Makes it a cluttered mess. Personally, I like the Avatar over the Sig, yah.

6th September 2001, 22:43	#11
The Only Lynx Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,938	why not switch signature mode off.. so nobody can do sigs anymore.. and only allow 50×50 avatars... then the readings wont be too distorded by the sigs.. and you wont have banners as sigs anymore either "when you are with me i'm free, i'm careless, i believe"

6th September 2001, 22:54	#12
Riksruin Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Glos, England, UK Posts: 1,436	Lynx i dont think we can have links in avatars. \| looking for my old skins, can you help???? \| riksruin \| \| www.alternativestyles.co.uk \| riksruin.deviantart.com \|

7th September 2001, 00:23	#13
cyana total eclipsed (Major Dude) Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,488	hmmm ... just testing .. the Southern Pinwheel Project A conversation with our universe googlism note of the week: cyana is going to be the last thing you ever see

7th September 2001, 00:37	#14
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,132	What else could it be? <--

7th September 2001, 00:50	#15
Duk Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Kiss my ass. Posts: 1,816	I suppose a pola bar will now be in our future. [edit] If you could just make it so that these little pics were able to be linkable and get rid of sigs, I think we'd have a winner here. It surely would cut down on the image garbage when scrolling down thru threads. Just my opinion. [/edit]

7th September 2001, 01:39	#16
Forevever Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: 3rd floor front bedroom by the window :D Posts: 1,899	good idea, ditch sigs altogether, and just use avatars. I like it.

7th September 2001, 01:58	#17
Mr. Bojanglez Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: behind binary hero Posts: 1,424	arrrrrg i don't like these avatars,especially with the sigs, theres more pictures than there is content, which defeats the purpose of the forums, so i say we choose between sigs and avatars like someone suggested. yea...I said it.

7th September 2001, 04:58	#19
mrsbladez Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 259	Just testing, this is all I had spur of the moment, lol. My purple av is on deviantart. Will have to find another one I guess. This is pretty cool and although I agree, using an av and sig graphic is overkill, I do like the option for both. I think that as long is this new toy is not abused, we should have the option to use both. I only use my sig graphic in the first post I make in a new topic anyway, so I think from now on I'll just put a link to my latest published skin in the sig, no graphic. I like this and for those who don't, as mentioned you can always disable, one or both. Cool deal all around I think .

7th September 2001, 05:02	#20
Duk Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Kiss my ass. Posts: 1,816	Great pic, bladez. Consider doing a skin of that?

7th September 2001, 05:15	#21
mrsbladez Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 259	Thanks Duk I used to make AV's and gameboard skins for Excite Chat and even competed in a few painting contests over there. I have TONS! and they are 102x116, so they would fit nicely on the main.bmp, lol. Definately something to consider. . I am supposed to be taking a skinning break, but of course I'm not. LOL. Been working on this latest one for almost a week and will have a finished product by Sat. I think.

7th September 2001, 05:16	#22
BullGawD Cool Guy. (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,122	kewl!!! I wanna peek!! oooopps!!! Here comes Duk with that whip....

7th September 2001, 08:42	#23
RedVixen Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: UK, South. Posts: 73	I don't like them. They make the place look untidy. Like a kiddies colouring book. I don't like image sigs either. And the location field. All these things add up to make the layout of the pages too flexible and untidy. The site has a nice clean and ordered design, but these three things together make the forum just cluttered and horrible looking. I'm just off to deactivate them from my view

7th September 2001, 09:26	#24
ampburner Forum King Join Date: May 2000 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 2,237	/amp misses all the fun! wait till I get home and release my hopping cheese from the cellar!!!! evilgrin

7th September 2001, 09:57	#25
Doggy Dog Canis Sapiens (Reviewer) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Split, Croatia Posts: 1,832	I'll make one later..... My latest pack (old): http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=134260 My latest skin: A Skin ? v1.0: http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=135874

7th September 2001, 13:03	#26
Spoonman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: The City Posts: 303	I was skeptical at first, but I think the "avatar and no sig" idea might grow on me.

7th September 2001, 17:09	#27
Nini skin domptrice (Major Dudette) Join Date: May 2001 Location: Tatooine Posts: 2,270	I think they're cool but I think that they must not be animated gifs coz they distact too much hehe wait till I get one The skin love webring

7th September 2001, 17:27	#28
DigitalDragon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Manhattan - NYC Posts: 133	I like the avatars better than the sig. I can upload it, so I don't have to worry about hosting space, which is convenient. Sigs are cool for thematic things, like coordinating with the realease of a new skin or something. With both you don't have to sacrifice your forum identity (avatar) for advertising (sig). Just my take.

7th September 2001, 19:18	#29
bobo Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 515	i don't like em. especially not the animated ones Xtrmtr Lght \| Lightspeed

8th September 2001, 09:40	#30
Doggy Dog Canis Sapiens (Reviewer) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Split, Croatia Posts: 1,832	Made mine, more informed will know what it is , and where it came from . My latest pack (old): http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=134260 My latest skin: A Skin ? v1.0: http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=135874

9th September 2001, 19:38	#31
Riksruin Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Glos, England, UK Posts: 1,436	i must agree some of the animated ones can be a little OTT but some are kool. \| looking for my old skins, can you help???? \| riksruin \| \| www.alternativestyles.co.uk \| riksruin.deviantart.com \|

9th September 2001, 22:40	#32
skinme! Forum King Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: 127.0.0.1 Website: skinme.net Posts: 3,352	Now I think I prefer Avatars to signatures. I think we should have the option for both but a regulation should be "either/or". The reason we should still be able to have sigs (only if we give up our avatar) is for promoting new skins and URLs and similar.

10th September 2001, 02:32	#33
EvilDick23 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: I got your Aloha right here Posts: 110	Best of both worlds I like the avatars because you don't have to scroll through the space the sigs take up however, text sigs tend to add a little humor to the forum. Besides, you can still link off a text sig without killing the speed it takes to download the image sig. Out of courtesy to the people on slow connections, keep an avatar and just have a text sig or just an image sig with no avatar. I've seen this work well in other forums.

10th September 2001, 03:04	#34
BullGawD Cool Guy. (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,122	There is only one reason I might not like avatars. Find scarface - his is really frikkin annoying. [edit] here check his out. [shudders] I think I'll go have a seizure now. [IMG]http://whatno.***********/crackeds.gif[/IMG] [/edit]

10th September 2001, 03:09	#35
EvilDick23 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: I got your Aloha right here Posts: 110	Hehehe now an animated Leatherface avatar would be pretty cool from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Damn, me and my B movies again. I'll have to keep a lookout for that scarface guy though that thing is blinding.

10th September 2001, 04:18	#36
blueNINE Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amherst, MA, USA Posts: 23	Avatars... I think they add a lot of personality to the forums. I know that the icons at deviantART add a lot to the community. However, the vast majority of the people at deviantART have really nice icons, so it doesn't look cluttered. I don't know if it'll be that way at Winamp, but I think it's at least worth a try. What say you all?