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Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Rampage on March 01, 2002, 04:44:50 pm
About those avatars and custom status texts, how do we upload/edit them?
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 01, 2002, 04:48:29 pm
You don't.

If your working on a hosted project you get a custom avatar for that project type - if you do something of merit etc... we might give out a custom title. Other than that - there's no way.
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Corsair on March 01, 2002, 05:10:28 pm
Hehehe...bet Thunder and all the admins are sick of hearing this lately with all the newbies we've been getting...Basically, DON'T ASK AND YOU MIGHT EVENTUALLY GET ONE!!!

:D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: LtNarol on March 01, 2002, 05:20:50 pm
or you can do something for a project and get one, that or contribute something big to the HLP community :nod: if you're a good fredder or modder, you can join the 158th staff and i'll see to it that you get a neat little avatar just like this one:
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Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Thorn on March 01, 2002, 06:30:15 pm
ladeis and gentlemen, that is the perfect definition of a shameless plug :p
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: LtNarol on March 01, 2002, 07:08:33 pm
wait a minute...just what do you mean by that? :headz:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Corsair on March 01, 2002, 07:16:39 pm
I think he meant...YOU'RE SERIOUSLY P1IMPING THE 158TH!!! (as in..."Well you could do it the hard way and actually work for it or you could join the 158th BANSHEE SQUADRON and get an avatar/title the easy way, namely just join a campaign.)

its ok, I think that that's a good thing...then again, I am on the staff. :D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: LtNarol on March 01, 2002, 07:19:02 pm
heehee, but so is he.;7
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Lonestar on March 01, 2002, 07:27:40 pm
<---------Fredzone guy here. Can i have an avatar?
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Corsair on March 01, 2002, 07:42:41 pm
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Originally posted by Thunder
You don't.

If your working on a hosted project you get a custom avatar for that project type - if you do something of merit etc... we might give out a custom title. Other than that - there's no way.


Ummm...are you hosted, Lonestar? No! So you can't have one...(get hosted and then you get one!)
:D:D:D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Lonestar on March 01, 2002, 07:44:45 pm
Im hosted by FSW and UGC. Guess that dont count.

He did say, "if you do something of merit"

I figured getting missions validated for PXO was merit enough........
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Corsair on March 01, 2002, 07:53:36 pm
Well, it probably does but...
Quote
The HLP motto:
Bringing Modders together...


So it won't really be of notice...and being hosted places other than HLP doesn't count. Sorry! (Or just get hosted here...) :D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Lonestar on March 01, 2002, 08:03:21 pm
LOL, i could ask for hosting here, but i already got hosts with FSW, UGC and LOA. I really dont see the need for a fourth, just for an Avatar
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Zeronet on March 01, 2002, 08:05:30 pm
Guess what i did of merit, hehe. Once Arnav gets back, mabye i can confirm a TS avatar with him.
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Lonestar on March 01, 2002, 10:29:03 pm
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Originally posted by Zeronet
Guess what i did of merit, hehe. Once Arnav gets back, mabye i can confirm a TS avatar with him.


:confused: :confused: :confused:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Setekh on March 02, 2002, 01:54:22 am
Oh man, I'm getting sick of this... I'm just going to squish someone the next time they ask...
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 02, 2002, 02:09:30 am
Um- yeah - a few things...

Firstly, Lonestar does have a point - he's done something of merit... I'll see if I can sort something out suitable to what you've done :nod:

Secondly, this is not a cue for everyone to ask for stuff now - Lonestar gets one because (although I didn't know about it till recently) he's done a crap-load of work on the multi side of things.

Thirdly, whilst I'm sure you non-admin people had it in your best intentions - please don't dictate to others what they can and cannot do and so on. It's for us to justify our own decisions - not you :nod:

Finally, fear not Setekh - this should end up in that FAQ of yours - right? a copy of which should probably be linked to the forums.
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: CP5670 on March 02, 2002, 02:11:06 am
Can I have another avatar?:D

*runs*

Oh wait, I might get one for the PI website.:)
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 02, 2002, 02:11:54 am
:snipe:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Setekh on March 02, 2002, 02:20:13 am
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Originally posted by Thunder
Finally, fear not Setekh - this should end up in that FAQ of yours - right? a copy of which should probably be linked to the forums.


Yep, probably in solid form, and also on a sticky. It'll have a mention in the Values Guide, too. ;)
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Lonestar on March 02, 2002, 10:20:58 am
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Originally posted by Thunder
Um- yeah - a few things...

Firstly, Lonestar does have a point - he's done something of merit... I'll see if I can sort something out suitable to what you've done :nod:

Secondly, this is not a cue for everyone to ask for stuff now - Lonestar gets one because (although I didn't know about it till recently) he's done a crap-load of work on the multi side of things.

Thirdly, whilst I'm sure you non-admin people had it in your best intentions - please don't dictate to others what they can and cannot do and so on. It's for us to justify our own decisions - not you :nod:

Finally, fear not Setekh - this should end up in that FAQ of yours - right? a copy of which should probably be linked to the forums.


Thanks Thunder. But if it causes to much "Bru-HaHa" dont worry about it.
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 02, 2002, 10:24:47 am
No problem - it shouldn't do - we've not had trouble before (not really anyway) - but the rules are just there to save us the agrovation :nod:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Lonestar on March 02, 2002, 11:08:36 am
Sometimes making the rules are aggravating hehehe. Funny with that said they are made to save on aggravation yet making them aggravates people.

Its a vicious circle. ;7
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 02, 2002, 11:10:41 am
Which is why I love the "Ban User" command :drevil:

Luckily - everyones been cool and I've not had to use it myself...
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Corsair on March 02, 2002, 11:11:17 am
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Originally posted by Lonestar
Sometimes making the rules are aggravating hehehe. Funny with that said they are made to save on aggravation yet making them aggravates people.

Its a vicious circle. ;7


Well now the vicious circle is complete...and you have your title :D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Lonestar on March 02, 2002, 11:47:28 am
Ive never been called a Guru before :drevil:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 02, 2002, 11:57:48 am
Thank my bike for the inspiration (it's an Apollo Guru) - I couldn't think of anything else that was "unique" - "FZ Person" seemed... plain :nod:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Lonestar on March 02, 2002, 12:02:15 pm
LOL

Fred Person is kinda plain. Guru is just fine.
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Rampage on March 03, 2002, 04:41:48 pm
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Originally posted by Corsair
Hehehe...bet Thunder and all the admins are sick of hearing this lately with all the newbies we've been getting...Basically, DON'T ASK AND YOU MIGHT EVENTUALLY GET ONE!!!

:D


No offense, but I have been here LONGER than you have. :nod:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Darkage on March 03, 2002, 05:15:37 pm
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Originally posted by Rampage


No offense, but I have been here LONGER than you have. :nod:


It doesn't matter how long you have been here, it's about earning the Avatar/title. I got a title because i did stuff for the comunity, and the avatar for joining Inferno.. I never asked for it.
You also get a title for doing something special like a joke or some other stuff. And you don't get one when you ask for one.
I have been here since the place opend and after 6 months or so i got my title and the avatar etc;)

Btw i think we should close this thread as it has been done allot of times. Just wait for the FAQ there it will be explained into the detail about this.
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: wEvil on March 03, 2002, 05:19:22 pm
i got mine because..err...

because...err..

why did i get one?

:D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Nico on March 03, 2002, 05:20:04 pm
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Originally posted by darkage


It doesn't matter how long you have been here, it's about earning the Avatar/title. I got a title because i did stuff for the comunity, and the avatar for joining Inferno.. I never asked for it.
You also get a title for doing something special like a joke or some other stuff. And you don't get one when you ask for one.
I have been here since the place opend and after 6 months or so i got my title and the avatar etc;)

Btw i think we should close this thread as it has been done allot of times. Just wait for the FAQ there it will be explained into the detail about this.


I'll say he completed my Descent3 Magnum and I think the Pyro GL, for his defense ;)
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Zeronet on March 03, 2002, 05:23:16 pm
Yeah my Hanger Man title was given to me for my endorsement of Hangers. It all started, when i enquired if the Golgotha had hangers you could fly into, in the BWO forum...all that time ago, other noticable antics have include the largest hosted project on the block, NW.
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Corsair on March 03, 2002, 05:37:18 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Rampage
No offense, but I have been here LONGER than you have. :nod:


Yes you have...:nod: But what does that have to do with anything?
But I joined a project and so therefore got my 158th avatar/158th title ;) :p

And the reason I never asked about titles was because somebody else had just registered and asked the same thing...so I learned from their mistake :D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Kamikaze on March 03, 2002, 06:36:30 pm
Hehe :D Back when I was a newbie I asked too, I think they forgave me for that... :p
Now I have a nice title and avatar :)
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Corsair on March 03, 2002, 06:45:01 pm
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Originally posted by Kamikaze
Hehe :D Back when I was a newbie I asked too, I think they forgave me for that... :p
Now I have a nice title and avatar :)


But that's cuz you're a Node War Moderator...
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Kamikaze on March 04, 2002, 12:03:13 am
So? :p
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Zeronet on March 04, 2002, 01:48:45 am
Thunder keeps changing his Avatar though...
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 04, 2002, 02:20:49 am
What's your point? I'm an admin - we're allowed to do that :p
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Setekh on March 04, 2002, 03:31:45 am
Indeed. ;)

Funnily enough, I haven't made a new avatar for myself for... a while. Which might be a good idea. I did make this for my sig, though... but we don't allowe images in sigs. I might see what I can do about that... :devilidea

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/a2e-sig.jpg)
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Kamikaze on March 04, 2002, 03:41:58 am
Oooh, allowing them would be awesome, I even have one prepped :p
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 04, 2002, 04:05:05 am
So long as there's a size limit of something like 500x100... I'm thinking of all 56K users here...
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Kamikaze on March 04, 2002, 04:14:52 am
So they're allowed if they're small? (filesize) If so do you have img tagging active in sigs?
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 04, 2002, 06:17:05 am
Small in size and filesize - filesize because I'd rather read the forum threads than look at someones oh-so-pretty image once. Size because large images have larger filesize and there's no need to have them that big anyway :nod:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Corsair on March 04, 2002, 04:39:54 pm
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Originally posted by Thunder
So long as there's a size limit of something like 500x100... I'm thinking of all 56K users here...


Like me...How about only Steak gets to post his really pretty one in his siggy :D :rolleyes: :doubt:
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Setekh on March 05, 2002, 03:45:57 am
Decision's been made: no. ;) It would just be too much to moderate people's sigs. Unless, of course, you guys can present a compelling enough argument to convince us otherwise. :)
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Fineus on March 05, 2002, 04:45:55 am
Yeah, we're open to persuasion - it'd better be a good arguement though ;)
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Nico on March 05, 2002, 05:26:19 am
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Originally posted by Thunder
Yeah, we're open to persuasion - it'd better be a good arguement though ;)


a good one: allow it and I make the Aquila :p
No, actually, I never put any pics in my sig, so I don't caaaaaaaare :D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: CP5670 on March 05, 2002, 08:43:20 am
This was posted on the SSC forums a few months ago:

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Zig pics!? Bah! Back in my day.. all we had were ASCII zigs! None of this JPG, PNG, GIF crap! We were REAL men in a REAL war! None of the pansy-*** crap they call "war" nowadays....


:D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Kitsune on March 05, 2002, 06:01:20 pm
Well, there is the 'show avatar' and the 'show url instead of image' options in everyone's, options.

Could always try to edit in a 'display image in users signatures?:yes/no' option as well.

It'd give me a reason to finish the station I had created awhile back.
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: WMCoolmon on March 05, 2002, 06:06:55 pm
Simple:
{
allowsigimage();
}

else
{
print("Naughty, naughty...");
}
?>
:D
Title: Avatars and Custom Status Texts
Post by: Setekh on March 06, 2002, 01:13:47 am
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Simple:
{
allowsigimage();
}

else
{
print("Naughty, naughty...");
}
?>
:D


Nice one... :D