New Avatar Rules

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 3:22 am

Well, it's getting a little tedious making avatars for everyone, so we are going to have some new avatar rules. i hope you all like the changes.

The main reason that we did NOT allow avatars was for modem users and so their pages did not take forever to download. But my sanity is important too :-)

So from now on I am going to allow all users the ability to have an avatar... but... I am going to only make a few avatars available, and they will be limited to basic graphics so that they do not take much time to download... all of them will be less than 2k, so 15 (avatars per page) of those would be about 6 seconds on a 56k modem.

So... there are already a few uploaded, and you may all add one. Adding one won't preclude you from changing it later if I post a new one later that you like better. All you have to do is click on profile when you are logged in and go down to yoyur 'avatar control panel'... you will see a button that says Show gallery... just click that and choose an image from the page that comes up. That's it.

obviously only registered members can get an avatar, but registration is free and easy and now you have even more reason to register!

Custom Avatars:

I'm still going to do custom avatars... but not at 100 posts... you now need 200. To be fair to those who might be inching closer... I'm going to give it a couple of weeks but then the number of posts required to receive a custom avatar is going to go up. The whole idea of the 100 posts was to reward people for repeated posting, but we set 100 posts back when the board was brand new and now 100 posts takes as little as a week. So post away if you're close, or you may find yourself out in the cold :-)

In one week, I will run a poll to see if the general concensus is that it is better this way, or the previous way. We will see what the people who's opinion on the subject counts most think... you guys and gals. We're always just trying to make this place a better place to talk Redskins.

Thanks.

redskincity · Post by **redskincity** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:55 am

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:55 pm

cool stuff. i really like that the teams are available for any non skins fan that may visit.

DEHog · Post by **DEHog** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:01 pm

hailskins666 wrote:cool stuff. i really like that the teams are available for any non skins fan that may visit.

Can we get the cowgirls off there!!! :lol:

Justice Hog · Post by **Justice Hog** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:12 pm

Well done, BH, as always.

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:31 pm

cool beans chief

tazlah · Post by **tazlah** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:03 pm

redskincity wrote:TCO

Okay, I'm stumped! What's it mean???

taz
HTTR

redskincity · Post by **redskincity** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:08 pm

tazlah wrote:
redskincity wrote:TCO

Okay, I'm stumped! What's it mean???

taz

Total Cost of Ownership(Tech terms) Protocols and stability

It mainly deals with cost savings to customers and Corporations. We slang it in the tech world.

tazlah · Post by **tazlah** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:09 pm

Co-oo-ol -- Thanks Redskincity! :hail:

taz

NC43Hog · Post by **NC43Hog** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:57 am

Good work BH. This site is really taking off.

redskincity · Post by **redskincity** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 5:29 pm

tazlah wrote:Co-oo-ol -- Thanks Redskincity!

taz

You're welcome.

redskins56 · Post by **redskins56** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:45 am

3 cheers for da boss... hip hip hooray hip hip--- ya get the picture...

Nice job Boss

-Geepz
_________
L.A. NATION!!!

noshirtforyou · Post by **noshirtforyou** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 7:56 pm

Hey Boss, could you make me an avatar like yours except an eagle head not a cowgirl symbol?

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:54 am

No I can't noshirtforyou... sorry.

The avatar rules are at the top of this thread.

I have left open the '100 posts for a custom avatar' for over a week to let anyone who was close get to it... but I'm only going to leave it at 100 posts for a few more days.

Also... when you reach 500 posts you can have a 100x200pixel avatar like mine... but not until. Everyone gets a 100x100 avatar until they have reached 500 posts.

And just to give you all fair warning... when I up the count required to get a custom avatar... it's going to at least double. It will be 200-250 posts for a custom 100x100 and probably 1000 for a custom 100x200... so if you're close to either of the other milestones... you have a couple of days left.

Sorry, I just can't be making custom avatars every day and the whole purpose of it in the first place was to reward people that have obviously made this place home. With basically 100 people a day on the board... it's only taking people a week to get to 100, and that's not what was intended.

There are regular non custom avatars to choose from and I will try and add a few more to that selection this weekend for everybody.

DEHog · Post by **DEHog** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:53 am

Hey Boss just go to my 500th post yesterday...kinda of sad...I was hoping my 500th post would be a congrats to the Skins and Champ for reaching a friendly agreement....anyway I'll send you a small pic I want added to mine if and when you geta chance

gambit187 · Post by **gambit187** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:36 pm

You learn something new everyday

Avatars are the symbols under your name.

Bosshog how come u didnt tell me to put mines up earlier.

:roll:

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:40 pm

gambit187 wrote:You learn something new everyday

Avatars are the symbols under your name.

Bosshog how come u didnt tell me to put mines up earlier.

How come you didn't notice the announcement that was at the top of the board for the last week? :-)

um... any idea how long it would take me to tell people things individually?

That's what sticky's and announcements are for :-)

Until last week, you couldn't have an avatar unless you had 100 posts... now there are some generic ones.

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:40 pm

...and, remarkably... a Cowboy's star could be found there.
Hmm.

noshirtforyou · Post by **noshirtforyou** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:27 pm

15 posts to go

Philly is an Armpit · Post by **Philly is an Armpit** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 4:46 pm

Whoa!! Keep the minimum at 100 for a day or two more- I'll get there!

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 5:25 pm

I'm going to take this opportunity then to announce that there are exactly 48 hours left in the 100 posts for a custom avatar regime.

Don't think you can just start throwing up smileys for responses either because if they are considered superfluous they will be removed. :-)

We will also have some new public avatars real soon, so it's not all bad for those of you that don't have 100 posts.

You want to add a couple of posts to your total? Scour the internet, find a good Redskins article, post it, and have a good conversation... that's what this place is all about.

noshirtforyou · Post by **noshirtforyou** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:39 am

I made it, this is my 100th post.

NC43Hog · Post by **NC43Hog** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:52 am

noshirtforyou wrote:I made it, this is my 100th post.

NO SOUP FOR YOU! :lol:

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 3:09 pm

I think I should delete his 100th post... looks superfluous to me.

:shock:

Wysocki · Post by **Wysocki** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 3:38 pm

I agree Boss...what a cheap way to get #100 (or #101)

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