Avatars as "rewards" to longtime members?
02-22-05, 09:41 PM
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What sucks about setting a cut-off date is that only certain people will ever have the option of being "rewarded". Period. A member could actively post here for years, provide useful insights, bring the funny and generally make this forum a better place... but he/she happened to join a month or two after the cut-off... so no avatar. 
With that said, I think the cut-off should be Jul '02
With that said, I think the cut-off should be Jul '02
02-23-05, 04:54 AM
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They just hatin' on the second wave of forum folks like me and jules winnfeld and... um.. the rest of the sucka's that came in the "new school" that shook the foundation. YEAH!
02-23-05, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
What sucks about setting a cut-off date is that only certain people will ever have the option of being "rewarded". Period. A member could actively post here for years, provide useful insights, bring the funny and generally make this forum a better place... but he/she happened to join a month or two after the cut-off... so no avatar.
With that said, I think the cut-off should be Jul '02
With that said, I think the cut-off should be Jul '02
Are you trying to say you've made this forum a better place? 
02-23-05, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by fumanstan
Are you trying to say you've made this forum a better place? I'd like to think I've tried to do my part, even on a small scale. There are a lot out there like myself who try to contribute on a daily basis. We're not charter members but we've tried to keep things chugging along.
02-23-05, 06:21 PM
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re - "never having an avatar" - ok. say 5 year or longer members could have avatars. Eventually you get to join the club. So, cutoff right now would be Feb 2000.
02-23-05, 09:18 PM
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I hate avatars, but sure I would have one if I could
Maybe, just have the option for money. Seems like some are so in love with them, they would pay, and get the site some extra cash..
Maybe, just have the option for money. Seems like some are so in love with them, they would pay, and get the site some extra cash..
02-24-05, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
What sucks about setting a cut-off date is that only certain people will ever have the option of being "rewarded". Period. A member could actively post here for years, provide useful insights, bring the funny and generally make this forum a better place... but he/she happened to join a month or two after the cut-off... so no avatar.
With that said, I think the cut-off should be Jul '02
With that said, I think the cut-off should be Jul '02
02-24-05, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Static Cling
When I suggested a cut-off date, I meant for it to be a "rolling" cut-off date. Like for buying cigarettes and alcohol... forum members will need to be 2/3/4/whatever "years old" on the forums to have an avatar.
... even though we're not there yet.
02-26-05, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Seeker
re - "never having an avatar" - ok. say 5 year or longer members could have avatars. Eventually you get to join the club. So, cutoff right now would be Feb 2000.
Five years works for me.
02-28-05, 02:55 AM
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avatar = no signature.
or
signature = no avatar.
truely, i find signatures more annoying than avatars. i dislike reading a post then having scroll further to get to the next post becuase of a long sig, or having to think for a bit if that last part of the post is the post or a signature. atleast avatars would be out of the "reading block" and could be ignored easier.
then again, you'd have the option of seeing avatars or not, just like sigs.
also avatars should need remote hosting.
i think those guidlines in addtion to a time spent as a member plus post count would be very fair. and it;s not like people will have avatars just becuase they can. some people would couldn't careless.
finally, avatars would have to be uniform in size. perhaps no animation. a novel idea would be to only allow avatars of dvd covers.
or
signature = no avatar.
truely, i find signatures more annoying than avatars. i dislike reading a post then having scroll further to get to the next post becuase of a long sig, or having to think for a bit if that last part of the post is the post or a signature. atleast avatars would be out of the "reading block" and could be ignored easier.
then again, you'd have the option of seeing avatars or not, just like sigs.
also avatars should need remote hosting.
i think those guidlines in addtion to a time spent as a member plus post count would be very fair. and it;s not like people will have avatars just becuase they can. some people would couldn't careless.
finally, avatars would have to be uniform in size. perhaps no animation. a novel idea would be to only allow avatars of dvd covers.
03-01-05, 09:35 PM
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How about this, instead of avatars, make our post counts show up? No biggie if not.
03-02-05, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by milo bloom
How about this, instead of avatars, make our post counts show up? No biggie if not.
03-02-05, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Venom
also avatars should need remote hosting.
Also, if the hosting is crappy it will affect page load.
And if someone leeches their avatar... *shudder* Me no wanna see ****** no more!
ETA: Whoah! ****** is filtered. Well, those who know what I mean know what I mean.
03-02-05, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ChiTownAbs, Inc
You guys realize that if you find avatars or sigs annoying, you can turn them off.
03-03-05, 10:07 PM
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Being serious once again.......I don't mind Avatars as long as they are not animated.
My biggest gripe would be with what's mentioned above about the site being bogged down because of them. I'm sure this issue has already been taken into consideration and I hope things turn out to be smooooooooth.
My biggest gripe would be with what's mentioned above about the site being bogged down because of them. I'm sure this issue has already been taken into consideration and I hope things turn out to be smooooooooth.
06-09-05, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by j123vt_99
any update on this idea of it being a "reward"?