Personal Avatars Please!!!

[Prussian to the Iron]

Unfortunately, one of my biggest disappointments about this site was the fact that we had to use pre-selected avatars. Is there any chance we can change that? I'm sure the majority of the Orgahs would be mature enough to use non-explicit avatars. Hell, all I wanted was the ETW Prussian flag.

I mean, look at the Mount and Blade forum at Tale Worlds! They have a much less mature and developed community as ourselves, and they do not use any avatars that would be denied here (Or at least not that gets past the Moderators, who either are quick to perma-ban people, or people there are really immature. I've seen dozens of perma-banned people who post only a few days ago.)

My reasoning is that anyone who uses an avatar deemed inappropriate, explicit, or offensive in any way would be taken off by the Moderators anyway. We already have full control of signatures; so we can basically have a whole signature to be trusted with, but not a tiny little avatar? nonsensical if you ask me. Anyone else feel this way?

[woad&fangs]

This issue was discussed a while back in the watchtower. The reason for only using totalwar avatars was a stylistic choice. I don't believe it has anything to do with worries of vulgarities or innapropriate content. This decision was put to a vote and the anti-expansionists prevailed.

Of course, we're still waiting for someone to do the necessary editing and uploading of the ETW images. I'm sure that no one would complain if the glorious person who did the work included a few faction flags in the selection

[Prussian to the Iron]

hey, tell me who to talk to and I'd be happy to take pics of the major faction flags.

[pevergreen]

We need to find someone to do the work first.

You volunteering?

I keep saying it, and it keeps being true. Search function. This has been brought up a few months ago.

[Aemilius Paulus]

I've seen dozens of perma-banned people who post only a few days ago.)

Yeah, that is peculiar. I have taken note of that too. And yet profanity is unrestricted on that site, at least when it is not seriously directed at someone.

My reasoning is that anyone who uses an avatar deemed inappropriate, explicit, or offensive in any way would be taken off by the Moderators anyway. We already have full control of signatures; so we can basically have a whole signature to be trusted with, but not a tiny little avatar? nonsensical if you ask me. Anyone else feel this way?

Your reasoning is flawless, but:

NEVAAARR!


I love the beautiful uniformity of this site. There is one thing I cannot stand about forums, and that is custom avatars. I almost had an orgasm when I found this site - seriously. There is great beauty in uniformity, splendid sense of order, of organisation. Of everything that is not 4chan/Facebook/YouTube/etc -ish.


The simple fact that the forums are aesthetically superior disarms all your logic, and sense, as well as the support of liberal restrictions policies, which I too agree with.

[Prussian to the Iron]

hey, I love uniformity too; honestly I just want the damned ETW flags and some character pics up, and the flags for previous games.

[frogbeastegg]

If you're voluntering then I'd suggest you put together a range of ETW avatars and pass them to TosaInu. If they're acceptable I'm sure he would add them to the pool.

They would have to be exactly the same size as the current avatars (56*56 IIRC but don't quote me on that) and a thin border of some kind is traditional. Small file sizes are a must in order to preserve fast page loads, most of our current ones are in GIF format.

[Husar]

(56*56 IIRC but don't quote me on that)

They aren't exactly squares your frogness, their properties(of those in this thread) say 50 x 70, except yours says 50 x 74.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Well, I'll try to compile some E:TW flags, and maybe a few characters as well. I'll hopefully have them done by next week (I'm really busy right now)

[frogbeastegg]

They aren't exactly squares your frogness, their properties(of those in this thread) say 50 x 70, except yours says 50 x 74.

See, told you not to quote me on that

50*70 will be the correct size then. I made my own avatar and I was never any good at picture editing; I remember having a devil of a job cutting it to size. I guess after my 20th attempt no one had the heart to tell me it was still wrong, hehe.

[caravel]

Yes the one thing I have always hated about the .org is that I cannot use my beloved custom Pokemon avatar and Sailor Moon signature.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Well, I finished the main (playable) factions flag avatars, and added a few bonus things in there. I'll post it here in a sec.

[Prussian to the Iron]

heres the avatars i sent to tosa:

[woad&fangs]

[Greyblades]

I wonder if, should Tosa accept them, we could have the unstretched versions?

[Prussian to the Iron]

for an avatar? doubt it. those were made to the required specifications of a 50X70 avatar, though I looked, and having it at 90X70 is a much better ratio. of course, it's not up to us mortals.

If Tosa approves these, I might make avatars of maybe significant units and some other factions, so lets hope he likes em!

[pevergreen]

Congratulations on being the first one actually to get off their butt and do something about it.

I know it can't be helped, but they don't look too good do they.

But a size limit is a size limit.

[drone]

Congratulations on being the first one actually to get off their butt and do something about it.

Well, you know the saying, if you want something done right, do it yourself.

I would suggest rotating the original flag pics 90 degrees (clockwise, if I'm not mistaken), then resizing to prevent the stretched look.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Yeah, rotate them like Drone said. The Russian flag is really spiffy to me. Ditto the Austrian one.

[Prussian to the Iron]

I wish I could resize them, but rules is rules. I'll ask, but i doubt ill get a yes.

[drone]

I wish I could resize them, but rules is rules. I'll ask, but i doubt ill get a yes.

By "resize", I mean take the original from the game files, rotate 90 degrees clockwise, then resize them to fit the 50(horizontal)x70(vertical) size. Rotating them will allow you to fit them within the required dimensions without skewing the aspect ratio (too much). The flags will look like they are hanging from their sides, instead of flying on a pole, but it's the best you can get with the given dimensions.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Oh!!! I see what you're saying! Well I'll try and get that done either today or over the weekend.

[Beskar]

Don't worry, take them from here - http://www.totalwar.com/empire/gamei...ions.php?id=26

However, there is also the other option of editing the picture so they are the same way, but look unstretched. Which I just did here as it is easier to do than explain -

[Prussian to the Iron]

wtf how you do that?

oh wait i see: you didn't put the borders on. I did, because of this post:

They would have to be exactly the same size as the current avatars (56*56 IIRC but don't quote me on that) and a thin border of some kind is traditional. Small file sizes are a must in order to preserve fast page loads, most of our current ones are in GIF format.

[Beskar]

No, I edited the images and cropped them and majority of them have the default border which came with the flag. (Austria, France, Ottoman, Poland, Prussia, Russia, Spain and US)

If you want to add a border to them, you can go ahead.

[frogbeastegg]

That's some good work by Prussian Iron and Beskar

[Prussian to the Iron]

i think yours is way better Beskar. go ahead and send em in to Tosa

*sadfaic*

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Here's the flags rotated 90 degrees, with the portrait border that the other avatars have.

[Prussian to the Iron]

hmmm....I like Beskars better, no offence. most of them look really good (like U.P., GB, France, Marathas, Ottomans, Sweden, U.S) but the ones with symbols (Austria, Russia, Prussia, Spain, PL) just look a bit odd.

[pevergreen]

Here's the flags rotated 90 degrees, with the portrait border that the other avatars have.

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