Forum Improvement Needed...sorta

SaberWolf · Post by **SaberWolf** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 11:56 pm

Hey, I'm not complaining about this place. It's cool, serves my .hack//sign needs, and is efficient. The only thing I wish this place had was an avatar selection thingie. If ya wanna see the other forum I frequent (though not as often now that my stupid school had Bess block the sight and the fact that I have to -live- here) and see what I've gotten kinda use to, check out this place: www.ponju.com/forum
THe guy poju there is cool, and I have no idea how that forum got so popular. Maybe one of you veterans of otaku-ism can figure it out. I refuse to use my mental capacity to figure that out tho. I usually get side-tracked talking to friends, so I've given up.

Gearhead · Post by **Gearhead** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 12:01 am

I think the general reason that they haven't added any avatars to the forum itself is simply because they want people to create their own avatars instead, to provide a certain amount of distinctiveness.

Sora · Post by **Sora** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 12:05 am

Ouka is correct ^^; Also, if you aren't capable of creating your own individual icon, I don't think it's fair to ask us to spend the time making them ^^;;

But more importantly, it helps us moderators tell people apart when we have to skim through threads and can't necessarily read every name. Most of us look at icons instead.

This is a decision made by the moderators, and I don't think we're going to change it right now, especially since these forums started up a few days ago ^^;

SaberWolf · Post by **SaberWolf** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 12:28 am

So that why this place seems to dang spankin' clean and shiny!
*sparkles*
Muahahaha! I can say I was here from the (almost) beginning!
*mumbles*...even if I am pretty ignorant about most of the series. *cheerfully* but that can be changed with a few hundred bucks, a flash light, and a portable DVD player!

Waaaahhh! i need a joooooob! *sob*

Myaru · Post by **Myaru** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 5:26 am

On the subject of avatars... how strict is the 6K limit? Does a 6.3K image pass, or will it be killed...? It was difficult to get my avatar below that size (and I was too lazy to ask on my own). ^^;

Ja.

Rune Grey · Post by **Rune Grey** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 5:27 am

If your program is capable of looking for it, you might want to see if you have an option to chop of extended JPEG information as well - that was the big thing that shaved mine down to an acceptable size, but still kept it as large as I wanted it.

Ohseki Ayu · Post by **Ohseki Ayu** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 5:29 am

Wish I knew how to do that. <_<; (*glares at her icon, which she had to shave down several times to get it to an acceptable file size u_u;*)

Myaru · Post by **Myaru** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 5:34 am

Extended jpeg information...? I have no idea. My Photoshop skills are rather limited, so far. I can color, use cheap filters, select lines, and make things glow. The rest is a mystery.

Ja.

Rune Grey · Post by **Rune Grey** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 5:49 am

It should be in the save options - when you select 'JPEG' there usually is an options menu that lets you select compression quality, as well as several other options. Click off anything you don't find amusing, and it should shrink down in side.