There's been some discussion among staff about Org avatars - the small portrait pictures we all have next to our names when we post[1]. Currently, which avatars you access depends on your post count: people with larger post counts can access a wider variety. I would like to propose that all Org members should be able to freely choose from the available standard avatars (ie the ones available from TW games).

I wonder what Org members feel about this? Are there people frustrated by the lack of choice of avatars available to them? Do others think that it is good to have restrictions on avatars to reward high post counts?

Personally, I think allowing people free choice of avatars will benefit some without hurting others. I don't think restricting avatars is a good way of creating a "ranking" system based on post counts (it's not very visible - you can't tell a person's "rank" from his avatar). And given the incentives for spam and generally low signal to noise ratio from some posters, I don't think it is important to reward high post counts anyway.

I also have a specific interest in that I am running a PBM where players want to take on the avatars of the generals they are role-playing but some are far from the required number of posts to access the picture they want.

I'm making this a poll not because it will formally decide anything (that's up to the Admins) but just so people can express an opinion without having to post. But I'd be particularly interested in people giving reasoned opinions in their posts.

[1]There's also been some discussion about custom avatars, but I'd like to leave that issue to another day and another thread.