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Post by Nam on Jan 26, 2010 10:51:26 GMT
If you want a Megajerk one, you need to first bribe/blackmail an artist hume into slipping it into a story. Then, get Stiv to make it into an avatar.
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Post by Insector on Jan 26, 2010 20:28:26 GMT
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Mar 9, 2010 18:00:17 GMT
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Post by Tom J on Mar 9, 2010 19:11:45 GMT
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Post by Calisto on Mar 9, 2010 19:33:27 GMT
No, you can't use them, as they're not from the comics. =P
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Post by Tom J on Mar 9, 2010 19:34:23 GMT
that's what I meant :3
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Mar 9, 2010 20:03:44 GMT
I know. A man can dream though. A man can dream
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Post by Moo on Mar 9, 2010 22:34:24 GMT
I dont know what this is, but its the most amazing thing Ive ever seen.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Mar 10, 2010 8:35:11 GMT
Better than Thomaszord?
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Post by Moo on Mar 10, 2010 12:58:39 GMT
Yes.
Yes it is.
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Aria
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Post by Aria on Mar 16, 2010 19:47:40 GMT
So... We can't use an image of our own? Not even our own art?
I would like to use an image of Tails flying, this one looks cool.
[taken out because of fixes]
Is it taken?
Edit: It's from comic 224...
But if we can use our own art I wouldn't need it...
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Post by Calisto on Mar 16, 2010 20:00:51 GMT
Go have a look in the list provided, either in the thread in this zone, or in the dropdown list in your profile.
Afraid you can only use art that's been in the comics, either the old ones or the online ones. If you get your art into the comic, then you can use your own art. =P
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Post by Aria on Mar 16, 2010 20:27:21 GMT
Go have a look in the list provided, either in the thread in this zone, or in the dropdown list in your profile. Afraid you can only use art that's been in the comics, either the old ones or the online ones. If you get your art into the comic, then you can use your own art. =P Thanks, I guess nobody requested that picture yet, I would still like to use it, though, but if not, I guess this av is fine... Can I ask why we can't use our own images?
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Mar 16, 2010 20:44:39 GMT
It was decided very early on in the forum's development (before I joined, IIRC) that only images from the comics would be allowed, and at a standard size. Custom avatars, signatures and other profile personalised items can very easily clutter a forum up which makes the actual content of the forum difficult to read.
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Aria
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Post by Aria on Mar 16, 2010 21:00:25 GMT
It was decided very early on in the forum's development (before I joined, IIRC) that only images from the comics would be allowed, and at a standard size. Custom avatars, signatures and other profile personalised items can very easily clutter a forum up which makes the actual content of the forum difficult to read. Sorry, but I don't think I understood that entirely, how does it clutter a forum? It's a real question, sorry, I'm a bit new...
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Mar 16, 2010 21:11:40 GMT
Well at least in my opinion, and I think some others agree - that allowing users to add their own images can sometimes lead to inappropriate content being used. Sometimes users will have signatures or avatars of a large size, some people like to use animated images - basically it can make the forum look a mess, more about the users' wish to add images to their profile than concentrating on the content of the forum. Large images can stretch the forum formatting, and for those that have less advanced Internet connections, large images can make the forum difficult to use. This is the way I see it, anyway.
I can't say for sure whether the intention of the original makers of the forum was to prevent such incidents from distracting from the comic or not - back when I joined there were only a few subforums, STCO's, an Introduction Zone and a General Zone - the emphasis was much more focused on the comic than it is now. But the administration of the forum to date has been that users can only pick an avatar from the uploaded list and signature images are not enabled. The closest we have got to a person using their own image, as it were - is a character which appeared in the background of an issue of STCO. I seem to recall some forum members did not like it...
I am sorry if you wished to customise your profile, but we've simply never put the facility in and have never really needed to use it.
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Aria
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Post by Aria on Mar 16, 2010 21:26:24 GMT
Well at least in my opinion, and I think some others agree - that allowing users to add their own images can sometimes lead to inappropriate content being used. Sometimes users will have signatures or avatars of a large size, some people like to use animated images - basically it can make the forum look a mess, more about the users' wish to add images to their profile than concentrating on the content of the forum. Large images can stretch the forum formatting, and for those that have less advanced Internet connections, large images can make the forum difficult to use. This is the way I see it, anyway. I can't say for sure whether the intention of the original makers of the forum was to prevent such incidents from distracting from the comic or not - back when I joined there were only a few subforums, STCO's, an Introduction Zone and a General Zone - the emphasis was much more focused on the comic than it is now. But the administration of the forum to date has been that users can only pick an avatar from the uploaded list and signature images are not enabled. The closest we have got to a person using their own image, as it were - is a character which appeared in the background of an issue of STCO. I seem to recall some forum members did not like it... I am sorry if you wished to customise your profile, but we've simply never put the facility in and have never really needed to use it. Oh, that makes sense, though I don't know why people wouldn't like someone using an image from the background of an issue, that seems odd to me... But it does make sense. Actually my image was just a Tails image I clipped from a scanned book cover anyway ^_^ It makes little difference. I've just never been to a forum that didn't allow custom avatars before, at least, not one that wasn't based off a console website. Thanks for being patient with a newb.
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Post by The Stiv™ on Mar 16, 2010 21:29:22 GMT
I'll get that avatar done for you when I'm home tomorrow, Aria.
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Post by Aria on Mar 16, 2010 21:30:55 GMT
I'll get that avatar done for you when I'm home tomorrow, Aria. Cool, thanks. ^_^ I've been there, so I understand. ;D Also if the image is too long I cut it a bit... I thought it needed a bit of something to make it look less cluttered and that would make it show up better when resized. ^_^ If you tell me what the size requirements are I could probably just do it myself and wait for it to be uploaded, I wouldn't mind doing the work.
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Mar 16, 2010 21:31:05 GMT
Oh naaah, its fine - tbh I had to really scratch my brain to remember exactly why we don't have them... I think there's a number of reasons: style, uniform, laziness... Also - regarding that particular image; Ray used to be the "avatar Hume" but I have a feeling that baton was passed onto Stiv. Perhaps he could upload that Tails image for you? Give him a poke... or one of us will. We don't mind. Muahaha... Woops... OK... but can we poke you anyway, Stiv?
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Aria
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Post by Aria on Mar 16, 2010 21:39:15 GMT
Oh naaah, its fine - tbh I had to really scratch my brain to remember exactly why we don't have them... I think there's a number of reasons: style, uniform, laziness... Also - regarding that particular image; Ray used to be the "avatar Hume" but I have a feeling that baton was passed onto Stiv. Perhaps he could upload that Tails image for you? Give him a poke... or one of us will. We don't mind. Muahaha... Woops... OK... but can we poke you anyway, Stiv? Yeah, I also modded the picture, I think it will resize more clearly if there is less space, and more focus on the character, sorry to ask in two posts but what's the size requirement exactly? I could just do the work and wait for a higher-up to upload it if it makes things easier, since I have a better idea of what I'm trying to get...Nevermind, I cheated and copied an image to find out. Here: It's 60-60, right?
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Post by obsidian on Mar 18, 2010 11:33:56 GMT
I still want Megajerk. Smoking.
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Post by Insector on Mar 18, 2010 12:59:47 GMT
Like he's about to explode!!
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Aria
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Post by Aria on Mar 18, 2010 20:11:22 GMT
I still want Megajerk. Smoking. Maybe things will pick up? Is there any way I can help that would speed up the process?
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Post by The Stiv™ on Mar 18, 2010 22:05:18 GMT
Hey, your avatar's now on the list. Last one in the Tails section.
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