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[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Crono

wat

Allow me to paraphase you

1) yo guys stop having ****ty animated signatures

2) aw no worries no one ever has ****ty animated signatures, so

[fowlplay4]

u can follow my animated avatars on twitter. : - )

[Loriel]

Wait, twitter does not allow animated user icons either. It rewrites them a billion times anyway to crop and scale and whatnot.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Loriel

Allow me to paraphase you

1) yo guys stop having ****ty animated signatures

2) aw no worries no one ever has ****ty animated signatures, so

i kno, just sayin it's a one time thing and atleast the 7 years bit holds true .

[Elizabeth]

I like the sigs! If Unixmad or Stefan were to log on right now and skim through the thread, they'd miss the posts but they'd see the sigs!

[Vima]

Is this really a big deal?
You can never please the Graal people, they will always find something else to nag about. -___-

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Vima

Is this really a big deal?
You can never please the Graal people, they will always find something else to nag about. -___-

Because we have so much to be pleased with. Maybe it's the strict moderation, maybe it's that serious bugs in the forums that were finally fixed(though many, including me, have expressed our gratitude with this), or maybe it's the projects section no one uses... or maybe, well I dunno much more!

This is something that has been casually suggested so many times, way before this upgrade has ever come. It's not like we're suddenly ungrateful and WANT EVERYTHING NOW NOW NOW.

[Crow]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

It's not like we're suddenly ungrateful and WANT EVERYTHING NOW NOW NOW.

To be honest, I wouldn't mind having everything. Now.

[Demisis_P2P]

Originally Posted by Crow

To be honest, I wouldn't mind having everything. Now.

I'd settle for half of everything.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

It's not like we're suddenly ungrateful and WANT EVERYTHING NOW NOW NOW.

In all fairness, we have been waiting since 2001.

[LoneAngelIbesu]

I dunno. I have a really hard time believing that people aren't screaming for animated avatars just because they know they can't have them. I mean, I couldn't tell you the last time I frequently saw people use them, anywhere on the internet. The general consensus on animated images is that they're annoying. You can't even use them on twitter, like Loriel pointed out.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

I dunno. I have a really hard time believing that people aren't screaming for animated avatars just because they know they can't have them. I mean, I couldn't tell you the last time I frequently saw people use them, anywhere on the internet. The general consensus on animated images is that they're annoying. You can't even use them on twitter, like Loriel pointed out.

Even beyond the animation, the 70x70 limit and 20kb limit is extremely small. Even as a pixel artist, where I work efficiently with my art, I find that 1) 70x70 is really small, even for the most basic avatars(I had to cut a few pixels off from Door's avatar, even though it was 3 pixels is messed up the composition) and 2) the 20kb is insane. I know I've had a few times I wanted to make a small animation for an avatar only to be disappointed that Graal forums didn't support it anyways. Also, I'd like to see where you get this general consensus from, given that every forum I've browsed supports animated avatars.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

2) the 20kb is insane.

Seriously? I mean, okay, I guess the dimensions require you to think your composition through in advance, but I cannot really come up with a plausible way to make 70x70 pixels take up more than 20KB.

[LoneAngelIbesu]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Also, I'd like to see where you get this general consensus from

The internet.

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

given that every forum I've browsed supports animated avatars.

Most forums I browse don't allow animated avatars. Most forums I browse are dedicated to textual content, because I'm just that much of an intellectual . Animations tend to distract the eyes.

I get that you don't plan on having an obnoxiously animated avatar, but not everybody is as collected and mature as you are, Dusty. For the most part, animated images in generally are annoying and unnecessary. Subtle animations are fine. Dancing superheroes are not. Adding one more thing for mods to patrol for isn't really worth it, imo.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

Dancing superheroes are not.

This is where the pro-avatar side loses my last shred of sympathy