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I think having a fairly loose theme nis good, something that represenbts the poster, is appropriate (not vulgar), not an object and is preferably somewhat TW themed or history/war themed in general.
Also my current avatar is not the same size as what was decided right? Would one of the mods or org members be willi9ng to help those of us without photoshop make avatars?
As far as I'm aware, nothing has been decided on the avatar sized. Only that it would be fixed.
That's right, it's only decided by poll that it should be one size only. That can create the problem of distorted images (a picture of 25*36 pixels forced to be displayed with 50*50 pixels doesn't look that great).
It would be possible to decide on a theme, size, etc and host the images on this server. Have a few people to do a little check on the images to see whether they comply with the theme, resize if necessary and then making them available.
Adding a border is pretty easy and even a solid black/silver/blue/red line/.. around the avatar works.
I know adding a border and all that is easy, but I don't have a program to edit images with other than paint. Paint does not work for this. Are there any free programs that I could get? If not then I would need to find someone willing to help out, and so would anyone who does not have photoshop or another image editor.
Hello Uesugi Kenshin,
I think Kraellin will know a few, a search on Tucows.com usually returns some working tools as well. I'm sure there will be someone here, who'll provide assistance too.
I guess you could try GIMP for Windows, which is distributed under the GNU General Public Licence.
I'm against borders. They're unnecessary complications.
There's a wide variety in skins, depending on the avatar, part of it can blend in with one skin or the other. Adding a border around an avatar, ensures that the avatar will always be displayed correctly on whatever skin.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpencerH
Adding a border can also automatically be done in HTML for each skin.
My first note on custom Avatars, Neither prefrence. I dont really care about custom avatars i like the ones avalible. Anyway Fourms with fixed avatars genrely look more tidy. Well my opinion dosn't really matter anymore as the polls closed. Ohwell.~:(
1. The custom avatar doesn't replace the current set we have.Quote:
Originally Posted by tibilicus
2. The initial idea was to have it totally custom, but now the custom add-on is going towards more themed and fixed.
No need to worry too much here.
It may be a good idea to start a new thread to brainstorm ideas for themes for the custom avatars as posters may find the preceding posts relating to the poll confusing.
My own opinion on a mandatory theme requirement would be that the avatar must include:
- An image of a human or human-like figure.
I'd prefer them to be Total War or warfare related but it's not so important that I would deny someone a portrait of Pepys or Shakespeare or the like if that's what they really wanted.
I think putting the border in automatically is a good idea.
yep, agree with Epistolary Richard about the border, and also would suggest making them a static image and keep them all restricted in shape. It adds to uniformity and prevents the page from looking messy.
There's no point in calling em 'custom avatars' if all you do is to essentially expand the number to choose from (by making the rules too restrictive).
EDIT: That doesnt mean that I think that there shouldnt be size regulations and TosaInu has already established the border requirement. ~;)
I hear your point, but being allowed to upload your own images (even within certain mandatory limits) is a lot different from only being able to pick from a restricted gallery (even one as huge as this one).
It also means you can have an avatar which is just your own.
How do you get them again? Frankly, I don't mind if it has a border or not.
Right now they are on special request and maybe two people who are not moderators have them. I have one and I believe Ichi has one, I think there are a bunch of people who may have gotten their old custom avatars back, but I can't name any specific names.
Bump As well.
I beleve this is the most relivant topic In regards to the new topic posted by Tosainu,
:2thumbsup:
Dont say im not helpfull...
Hmmm. I dont remember seeing this.
MANDATORY.
I like seeing "familar faces" here. Letting members put any type of random avatar they wanted would ruin the atmosphere.
Im for custom avatars. I want my flag
I'd be nice if they added some avatars of different races.
I like what strike said. Have flags and banners/symbols for an option.
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Originally Posted by Vladimir
I think we already have a few diferent races in the avatars.
we have japanese In the STW avits.
europeans and asians in the MTW avits.
and a whole buncgh in the roman avits.
do you mean you would like to see some darker skined avitars?
perosnally I dont know where these people could come from, as i havent seen any in any of the TW games. So they may not be A part of the TW theme,
However i was watching the Robin hood prince of theifs film a few years back,
And there was a dark skinned person in that helping old robin,
So according to that piece of fiction Its plauasble to add darker skinned people.
:smile:
persoanlly my self I wouldnt care if there were dark skined people about in any of the TW games,
and they should obvioulsy be an acceptable adition to any avitars that may be created.
Anything els could be deemed as racism.
:bow:
Nubian spearmen perhaps?
Saint Morris was the "first Knight" and he was about as black as they come.
lol - poll closed with 12 votes for two options:laugh4:
what will it be? ~:)
It's one of the old polls about custom avatars. The decision is mandatory theme (it was a draw after being open for days/weeks and staff was asked to break the tie).
So will custom avatars now be available for all people? What exactly is the theme?
Can I get my guinea pig one fixed to a more layout friendly version?
Discussion continues https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=59476