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Originally posted by Kaimetsu
I don't think you understand the bandwidth argument. Heads only put demands on the bandwidth when they are downloaded from the game server. That means the bandwidth hit only occurs when a person first sees a head. Regardless of if one person or a thousand are using the head, it is only downloaded once and the effect on the server is the same. Allowing private heads means that there are some heads that are only used by one person. This promotes diversity, and diversity causes bandwidth issues. If everybody uses the same head then only one head needs to be downloaded. If everybody uses a different head then each one needs to be requested from the server. This is, of course, only a problem with new users, or influxes of new heads, and even then the lag is negligible. Simply, bandwidth is not a concern in the private head debate.
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Your right, I was going off of my banner because I host it on my server. I just realized that I only use more bandwidth when more people view threads with my banners.
