Cool the avatars off a bit?

noel · Post by **noel** » January 26, 2004, 2:29 pm

Vetiria wrote:There's no whining about it. It's an unwritten rule this board has always had (hell, it might be written, I don't know). What's changed recently that allows people to have NWS avatars?

Not a thing. People are just being inconsiderate asses.

Spankes · Post by **Spankes** » January 26, 2004, 2:34 pm

Siji wrote:Quit whining and take care of it yourselves.. Jeez

Click Tools
Click Internet Options...
Click Advanced
Scroll down to the Multimedia section
UNcheck "Show Pictures"
Browse freely.

Leave VV and turn it back on. Damn, that took 15 seconds out of your life. Sucks to be you.

Internet options are locked out on my work computer. I can't change anything at all on this pos.

I work in a small office of a huge company so the pictures don't bother me so much, but it is not always so easy to just avoid random nws stuff thrown around on this board....and still be able to come to it, that is.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 26, 2004, 2:47 pm

STFU works on mods now thanks to a change made by Sylvus so Stragi can be put on STFU at least.

Much Appreciated!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » January 26, 2004, 3:03 pm

Siji wrote:Quit whining and take care of it yourselves.. Jeez

Click Tools
Click Internet Options...
Click Advanced
Scroll down to the Multimedia section
UNcheck "Show Pictures"
Browse freely.

Leave VV and turn it back on. Damn, that took 15 seconds out of your life. Sucks to be you.

As mentioned not everyone can do that.

Next!

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » January 26, 2004, 4:44 pm

aww Xou killed my dancing girl with the new avatar rules

well , it was huge so I understand

cid · Post by **cid** » January 26, 2004, 4:57 pm

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **pyrella** » January 26, 2004, 5:48 pm

Ennia wrote:aww Xou killed my dancing girl with the new avatar rules

well , it was huge so I understand

There will be hell to pay in Xouqoa Manor tonight.

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » January 26, 2004, 6:18 pm

aww that's ok, don't hurt him please
he offered to resize it, alas it cannot be done without altering quality

much love to Xou

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » January 26, 2004, 6:25 pm

DIE!

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » January 26, 2004, 6:25 pm

Ennia wrote:he offered to resize it, alas it cannot be done without altering quality

Someone tell Xouqoa that size matters

miir · Post by **miir** » January 26, 2004, 6:57 pm

Ennia wrote:aww Xou killed my dancing girl with the new avatar rules

well , it was huge so I understand

It actually want even that huge... compared to some of the tit grabbing, ass stroking avatars that were 300k+ yours was less than 50k IIRC.

Was annoying having to load up a few megs worth of stupid avatar pics on some threads.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » January 26, 2004, 7:18 pm

miir wrote:Was annoying having to load up a few megs worth of stupid avatar pics on some threads.

This I will agree with, as when I browse from work, it feels like I'm on the world's fastest 56k on some threads.

I blame it on the irresponsibility of the users.

Kwon, but that was a bit much.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 26, 2004, 11:03 pm

In my original comment, I quoted 50kb as the max size anyone should need to express themselves with an avatar...Ennia's dancing avatar would have fit under those rules! I'll go with the 25K though over 200K crap fools have been linking as their avatars.

I hope there's a rule on .sigs soon and then we're set!

I take it you can't set a limit on the size of linked avatars? Otherwise 50KB would work and you wouldnt have to worry about bandwidth on the VV server. : )

Knibble · Post by **Knibble** » January 27, 2004, 8:54 am

mine too big?

Siji · Post by **Siji** » January 27, 2004, 3:46 pm

Gee, 200k (as the given example).. all of what, 2 seconds to d/l that into your cache on the type of internet connection that I'm guessing nearly everyone here has? You'll spend more time than that reading through "u sux0r" message here by far.

Whining bitches.

miir · Post by **miir** » January 27, 2004, 3:55 pm

This is a fucking message board, not a 'my avatar is cooloer than yours' cockfencing contest.

I don't want to download a couple of megs of stupid avtars every time I read a thread.

What exactly is the need for 300k avatars anyway?

If I could disable the fuckign avatars and picture sigs, i would.....

If I want to see a 300k animated GIF of some chick groping herself, I would go elsewhere.

I never had an issue with anyone's avatar until people started using obnoxiously sized ones. Why not show a modicum of consideration instead of being a selfish, obnoxious prick?

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » January 27, 2004, 5:55 pm

Whoa there settle down Mr. Rogers :>
Don't know where all your h8 came from all of a sudden but, ok!

And fyi, no one ever asked me to remove them. Who the hell still uses dialup anyway?
:E

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » January 27, 2004, 6:00 pm

Stragi wrote:And fyi, no one ever asked me to remove them. Who the hell still uses dialup anyway?
:E

I sense another poll in the making!

Sanaelya · Post by **Sanaelya** » January 27, 2004, 6:13 pm

to find the solution to this issue, i think you have to try to come up with a compromise, so that both sides walks away feeling like they got the better part of the deal

yea i know that seems hard, especially in an online forum with people who love to flame

you have one extreme (party 1)

the people at work that can't view anything NWS
when i worked at a big company it was deemed inappropriate and unprofessional to have even a girl in a bikini on your computer desktop etc

and then the other (party 2)

full out porno everywhere we dont care yay boobies

how can we fix it temporarily so that both sides are happy until a better more permanant solution(turning off avatars/sigs) is available

well seeing as it would be unfair to party 1 to allow nws avatars to remain at the time being, we would have to stop their use on the non-nws forums until the permanant solution is implemented, the promised permanant solution should appease party 2 but maybe not enough to make them feel like they have walked away ahead so we may need some other bargaining chip thrown in for their side (5k vvs to keep your booby sig off til permanant solution!) that is just an example ok, so now that party 1 and party 2 both feel like they have walked away winning there is resolution

feedback?

Stalkyr · Post by **Stalkyr** » February 4, 2004, 7:11 pm

Kyria wrote:*whistles at Aran*

<---Mine is now completely work safe! *bows*

Whistles at WHO??

Hmmmm

Brotha · Post by **Brotha** » February 4, 2004, 8:32 pm

Jackass!

And I thought Masteen was Kyria's honored mate...something about halflings and big feet.

Stalkyr · Post by **Stalkyr** » February 4, 2004, 9:43 pm

Brotha wrote:Jackass!

And I thought Masteen was Kyria's honored mate...something about halflings and big feet.

Not for over two years, silly man

A hairfoot? You MUST be kidding....