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Avatars

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  • 19-02-2010 7:38pm
    #1
    The Volt
    Registered Users Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭


    This is somewhat trivial. Any chance od some new avatars being uploaded for use?
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    #2
    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Despite having the option of a custom one I'd like to add my support. They really do need to be updated and I dont imagine it would be "too" difficult?


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    #3
    The Volt
    Registered Users Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    I will be looking into membership once I can afford it but it's slightly annoying to see another Cookie Monster :(


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    Kirnsy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 970 ✭✭✭Kirnsy


    Voltwad wrote: »
    I will be looking into membership once I can afford it but it's slightly annoying to see another Cookie Monster :(

    sorry :o


    id like a penguin one....


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    #5
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Yep, it'd be nice to see some new avatars.


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    #6
    WanderingSoul
    Registered Users Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭WanderingSoul


    I think some new avatars would be good. :)


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    #7
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    I hear James Cameron is all for it.

    Me too.


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    #8
    The Volt
    Registered Users Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    Lets get some Na'vis in for sure :) I'll have a Sigourney Weaver with cheese


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    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Some new south park ones would be nice.:)

    Family Guy ones would be class as well.


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    #10
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    Yeeesssss some new avatars please! They're all ancient!


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    #11
    Nick_oliveri
    Registered Users Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Nick_oliveri


    http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=215
    Im all for this as well.


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    #12
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,210 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I would gladly put together an 8-bit Nintendo Compilation.... Heavy with Megaman bosses.


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    #13
    The Volt
    Registered Users Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    Overheal wrote: »
    I would gladly put together an 8-bit Nintendo Compilation.... Heavy with Megaman bosses.
    Lots of Zelda/Link/Gorons/Ganondorfs!!!


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    If you subscribe for a month (€5) you can change your avatar to anything you like and after the month is up it will stay (afaik). I'll check that with the tech lads tomorrow.

    DeV.


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    #15
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    My recurring annual sub expired (didn't have the money soz) and my avatar left the building. I got the impression then that custom avatars were only for current subscribers.


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    I'll ask tomorrow what the suss is but its a perk of subscribing so I dont think we want to take that away from subscribers, if anything we'd like to give them more for their support.

    DeV.


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    #17
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,210 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Yeah but we get the big 90x90 Avatars, regular folk get the 32x32s.


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    #18
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    It's cool. I'm just mentioning that when my sub expired my avatar went with it. But now that I'm €600/month up from not smoking anymore I'm gonna re-sub for the year and get kick-ass avatar back.

    And that kick-ass avatar will kick your Nintendo 8-bit avatar's ass! :pac:


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    #19
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    Macros42 wrote: »
    But now that I'm €600/month up from not smoking anymore

    ??? What were you, a professional chimney?? :D
    Some of us spend that much on rent! :)

    New avatars please, being a Pink Power Ranger is exciting and all but there's been new video games/TV shows/movies in the past 5 years :)


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    #20
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,210 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Macros42 wrote: »
    It's cool. I'm just mentioning that when my sub expired my avatar went with it. But now that I'm €600/month up from not smoking anymore I'm gonna re-sub for the year and get kick-ass avatar back.
    ...........feck. o_O


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    #21
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    customavatars.jpg

    :)


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    #22
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    DeVore wrote: »
    I'll ask tomorrow what the suss is but its a perk of subscribing so I dont think we want to take that away from subscribers, if anything we'd like to give them more for their support.

    DeV.


    I agree, but can the standard set of avatars that's available to all users be updated / changed a bit to be more reflective of more current things?


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    #23
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    -1, and in fact I think the current avatar set should be reduced to just the Calvin & Hobbes set.


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    #24
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    There are some really crappy ones in there at the moment.

    Like what are these? They aren't even anything.

    Dune_-_Hunterseeker.gif

    Gundam_-_MSN_02_Head.gif
    Gundam_-_MSN_02_Hands.gif


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    #25
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    The first is a Hunter Seeker from Dune - used in an attempt to assassinate Paul Adredies after the family had moved to Arrakis.

    The second two are from the Gundam series and are parts of one of the Gundam bots - I'm not too familiar with the series myself though, so can't give any more details.

    This Avatars business is one of those "it's not all that important, so we don't really have time to look after it" situations, but I'll put it on my "you might want to..." list.

    Dav


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    #26
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    DeVore wrote: »
    If you subscribe for a month (€5) you can change your avatar to anything you like and after the month is up it will stay (afaik). I'll check that with the tech lads tomorrow.

    DeV.

    They seem to stay for a while and then dissappear. I don't know how it works; my avatar stayed on my profile for a while but was not appearing beside my posts.

    I mentioned this before but if the avatar is hosted off boards I don't see what the issue should be. Talliesin mentioned something about security but I'm not sure what exactly the risk is.


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    #27
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,210 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    What about a one time fee to submit a new 32x32p avatar into the collection?


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    #28
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    I can't see why Boards doesn't allow custom avatars by default.
    Every other forum I am on does.


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    #29
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    Magenta wrote: »
    I can't see why Boards doesn't allow custom avatars by default.
    Every other forum I am on does.

    Because it's a perk of being a subscriber or a mod. I like that. :D


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    #30
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,210 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Fad wrote: »
    Because it's a perk of being a subscriber or a mod. I like that. :D
    Then why have the 32s at all. Lets just get rid of them all.

    No come on. There ought to be that option to regular users. And now that the site has pretty much doubled (tripled?) in size since I joined, It would be nice if the immensely larger userbase didnt have to pick and choose from the same paltry pool of stock avatars. I mean honestly how many Optimus Primes and Cartmans do we need running around here?


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    #31
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Macros42 wrote: »
    It's cool. I'm just mentioning that when my sub expired my avatar went with it. But now that I'm €600/month up from not smoking anymore I'm gonna re-sub for the year and get kick-ass avatar back.

    And that kick-ass avatar will kick your Nintendo 8-bit avatar's ass! :pac:
    Congrats on getting off the smokes Macros, I hope you used the Giving Up Smoking forum as that would put a smile on my face for the sheer symmetry.

    Consider that 2 packs a day will cost you 17 euro, x 30 days is 340 euros... Its by no means difficult to imagine someone spending 600 a month!

    DeV.


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