Avatars Return to DiabloFans.com
As of this moment, all avatar privileges are restored. There is a maximum width and height of 150x150 pixels. For now, only staff members can upload animated avatars (to help ease server strain), but this may change in the coming weeks and/or months.
A WORD OF CAUTION: Do not abuse these privileges. This is a strictly "abuse 'em and lose 'em" situation. Should there be a rampant mistreatment of the avatar system (pornographic or insulting avatars, etc) then they will all be removed once more. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
Enjoy, everyone!
That's why I thought we had avatars.
That was my question at first to Equinox.
Both IMO. only makes sence
Not really. There are some exceptions but usually the avy tells nothing.
Yes.
If you think so, may I have an explanation why?
Both post requirements and membership length solve the same problem. Only difference is membership length doesnt make a new problem, spam, while post requirements does.
It could be combined, yes. That would actually be a good idea. Say, 500 posts and 5 months, so you can't just spam to 500 and you can't just make an account and let it sit. You have to be active for X amount of time.
Awsome idea!
I completely understand your point of view. My problem though is that while yes they are here to keep the forums in running order we don't have to dump more problems on them. There are easy solutions that don't cause more problems.
Say Mr. X always makes shitty posts. Every time. He also has picture Y as his avatar. You are reading thread Z and see one of the posts has picture Y. You realize that post must belong to Mr. X thus you ignore the post all together.
That is the reasoning behind that thought process.
(I dissagree with it though, as anyone can change and you should always get the benefit of the doubt, even if your a worthless pos, you still deserve a second chance.)
But now when I actually think about it, I think this entire idea of X amount of posts and Y amount of months for an avatar seems kind of pointless since it kills the entire sense of identification which an avatar is supposed to bring. And I'm not just saying this because then my avatar privileges will be taken away.
No, I was talking about an animated avatar. I think everyone should get a plain avatar. I was just talking about the animated ones.
That's basically what I am saying. If you have 200 posts in 2 months, 400 posts in 4 months, etc (Or something like this) then your going to be active and, in my opinion, deserving of an animated avatar.
Equinox is a she.
And whats the big deal about animated avatars anyway? Animations annoy me because they just loop over and over and it just annoys me because every time I see one I'm compelled to see it all the way through even though I've seen it before. Though I suppose they are cool when the image is an angel and the angel's wings are moving (like Tryael on the DIII homepage), or if its a character thats levitating or something.