WOW, well I cannot believe that being able to have custom Avatar could cause such a stir. This must have been the only site that I frequent that did not allow it up until now. However if Phil feels it has already got out of hand and has stopped it well that is his right. However, I find it to be a great pity that such a small bit freedom can be misused so quickly. For me it was a huge plus having custom Avatar as I find when reading a thread I will scan over some of the post but will always read some members input and this provided an easy way to pick out those particular members by there Avatar
