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Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Modulus-X on May 02, 2003, 06:49:43 PM: What are the rules for Avvy's. According to my avvy I did something wrong. What did I do wrong? There were no rules listed under avatars.
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: RickPowers on May 02, 2003, 06:52:02 PM: There most certainly are. Both in the Forum rules (a link is at the bottom of EVERY page), and there is a post in Forum Announcements as well.
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Modulus-X on May 02, 2003, 06:53:12 PM: didnt see the new rules about avvy's :-/
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: RickPowers on May 02, 2003, 06:57:43 PM: The THIRD paragraph (you didn't even need to scroll to start reading it) ...

You may add a custom avatar (also called a "author icon") to your profile. It should be no more than 64x64 pixels in physical size, and no more than 20KB in data size. It should not contain any offensive graphics or needless animation, and you agree to remove or change your avatar if requested by a moderator. Planet GameCube Forums reserves the right to remove the avatar feature at any time if it is deemed to be causing problems with page loading times, or causing unnecessary strain on server resources. Use of images in your avatar falls under the same rules as linking to any image in the Forums ... they must be hosted on your own personal webspace, and should not be linked to any other site's bandwidth without their knowledge. Violation of this rule will result in your being banned from the Forums.
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: DevilishDude on May 03, 2003, 06:37:50 AM: does 20kb equal 2000 bytes when you look in the picture properties? if so, there are alot of people breaking this rule.
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: RickPowers on May 03, 2003, 08:00:08 AM: No. 20KB is 20,000 bytes.
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: enigma487 on May 03, 2003, 08:09:40 AM: it's actually 20,480... but whos counting....
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 03, 2003, 03:16:00 PM: Yeah binary numbers...
1 kb = 1024 bytes
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Modulus-X on May 03, 2003, 03:46:03 PM: I know, I read it but I didn't see it at first.
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 03, 2003, 04:17:12 PM: Wee I fixed my avatar...Link is left handed like he is supposed to be!

Oh suggestion: Put the size limit for avatars right under the place where you select your avatar in the profile...
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: RickPowers on May 03, 2003, 09:26:05 PM: Great idea. Done.
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 04, 2003, 12:14:48 PM: Cool, I suspect no one will have the "i didn't know" excuse anymore
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: manunited4eva22 on May 04, 2003, 04:32:28 PM: Am I not allowed to make an avatar now, I have been trying to add one that complies with the rules, but it doesn't seem to work..

The size is 378 bytes, and it is 63x63
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 04, 2003, 05:08:19 PM: Yeah mouse_clicker ishaving problems too...
Maybe adding that text screwed something up Rick, at least for people trying to add a new avatar...
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 04, 2003, 05:36:26 PM: "it's actually 20,480... but whos counting.... "

Well, obviously you are my friend.

Gamefreak's right- I put the link to the avatar I made and Gamefreak formatted but it disappears after I update my profile and won't show up on my posts.
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: RickPowers on May 04, 2003, 05:59:29 PM: Let me try pulling that text back out and see if that fixes it ... although it shouldn't have had any effect at all.
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 04, 2003, 06:02:14 PM: Still not getting my avatar- Rick's doggy picture changed, but I'm not getting my mousey.

::EDIT:: Yay!! Mousey!! Who knew you had to have that little http://www. in front of the URL. Sorry if I caused you any problems, Rick.
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: RickPowers on May 04, 2003, 06:05:21 PM: Yeah, I figured it was something you were doing wrong.
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 04, 2003, 06:17:17 PM: Heh, you should get used to putting that stuff, or at least the www, in front of everything that has a www...
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 05, 2003, 11:29:33 AM: Hey! I don't need your sas.
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: manunited4eva22 on May 05, 2003, 11:37:21 AM: Well my problem is fixed as well, still not sure what was going on. When I would select update, the link would disapear.
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 05, 2003, 12:30:22 PM: Haha, I like the gun in your Batjew pic, manunited.
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: manunited4eva22 on May 05, 2003, 01:37:47 PM: After trying to find some webspace, resizing and making sure I was complying with all the rules, I decided what the hell, might as go with the better batjew image.
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: thecubedcanuck on May 06, 2003, 02:25:12 PM: Bloodworth,

I cant believe I was asked to remove my lovely canuck woman with the body paint of the canadian flag, I had her on the other forum with no problem at all.

Did you realize you can legally walk around that way in many states?

Did someone complain?
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Bloodworth on May 06, 2003, 02:33:58 PM: No need to bring it up publicly, but no, no one complained. I think I explained pretty well that while it was borderline, it was still pushing it, and I'd rather not have that on the boards. The only reason I didn't have you remove it on the old boards was that I wasn't around much then and I didn't see it.
Title: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Bloodworth on May 06, 2003, 03:37:31 PM: Hah! I just noticed that the Talkback robot has a Fulgore avatar. Rock!
Title: RE: Avatar Rules?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 08, 2003, 08:36:32 PM: Yeah I noticed that too...took me by surprise. I need to go load up Killer Instinct and see if I can still do that 60 hit combo with Orchid...But I always like Riptor the most, well I thought he looked the coolest. Too bad his moveset totally sucked. Cinder had a great one...