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Be true to your avatars- Resurrected |
scotsboyuk
Joined: Jun 02, 2003
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On 2005-05-12 11:53:28, pinolo77 wrote:
I have, however, to totally disagree with the suggestion of having free avatars for everyone... I am sorry but I have seen far too many forums that make me  because of amazing number of huge, moving and tilting and signing avatars that make it impossible to enjoy a topic.
I might be "old fashioned" but I like having my phone as my avatar and a proper, sober forum.
Well, having fun is also part of Esato, but please don't turn this place into some sort of Disney Land or Las Vegas style forum...
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I hardly think personal avatars would turn Esato into a 'Las Vegas' style forum! There is enough tosh and rubbish posted to do that! This is a mobile phone forum, not a Chelsea club.
Personal avatars are very feasible, just put sensible restriction on their use e.g. limit them to a certain size.
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vanquish
Joined: Mar 20, 2003
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I agree. Worked with minted and se-nse! 
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masseur
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on the other hand, remembering that  is the main focus here, limiting avatars to phones gives the new person visiting the site for the first time and browsing the forums a better impression that Esato is a little more serious forum than others
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scotsboyuk
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On 2005-05-12 17:28:48, masseur wrote:
... limiting avatars to phones gives the new person visiting the site for the first time and browsing the forums a better impression that Esato is a little more serious forum than others ...
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... at least until they see some of the threads! 
Seriously though, I really don't think it matters to any great extent. Personal avatars would help to differentiate members from the crowd, let us stand out a little bit more. People who wanted to still use a SE avatar would be free to do so.
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dave_uk
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I always took it as given that most of the membership would be in support of personal avatars, and assumed their absence was due to bandwidth/webspace, which probably shows how much I understand about these things! 
But having seen it implemented on most other forums, especially those the size of Esato, I guess it is just another Unsolved Esato Mystery.. 
However, I do agree that it would be sensible to limit the "special effects", as I have seen the Las Vegas effect, of which you speak, and it is annoying...not to mention epilepsy-inducing! 
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scotsboyuk
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@dave_uk
Nothing wrong with putting a sensible limit on personal avatars, it would keep the vulgarity factor down.
Personal avatars would be jolly nice, let people express themselves a little.
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fatreg
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i cant possilby choose one phone i like more than the other in my collection which is why i change my avatar everyweek.
im all for personal avatars then i dont have to have a mobile! 
fatreg
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scotsboyuk
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@fatreg
You could always use a picture of all your mobiles.
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*Jojo*
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On 2005-05-12 20:39:27, scotsboyuk wrote:
@fatreg
You could always use a picture of all your mobiles.
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. . . as your sig ! As it will not fit the 'avatar' section of your profile considering the amount of fones Fatreg have 
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Evil Eye
Joined: Jun 23, 2004
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From: Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Can i have nokia 6600 avatar or se j200i avatar?
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*Jojo*
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@manish - Maybe the J200i avatar willl 'eventually' be granted by - Laffen. For your Nokia 6600, better ask - Howard  !
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Evil Eye
Joined: Jun 23, 2004
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@jn has k750i avatar uploaded on esato? Can nok 6600 avatar b uploaded on esato?
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gelfen
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
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even if we don't go to the extent of "free range" personal avatars, i don't see why the current library can't be expanded a bit to inlude things like the CAR-100, the gamepad, or  headseats, and a wider variety of colours on existing phones (e.g. all the exchangeable covers for the z-series handsets).
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gelfen
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
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@manish: no but i expect it will, and no since laffen has exclusive conttrol over the avatars.
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vineet_d
Joined: Apr 15, 2004
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From: MumBhai
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well I am true to my avatar...i guess ;-)
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