Bonneville America Forums Forums Off Topic Discussion Forums Lounge Custom Avatars (sorta)

Phil, would sticking all 50 states in there be too much work? It does add a geographical touch to the forum. I figured with you also being from Florida, there would be one of those for sure.

How about my family's coat of arms? Calm down, just kidding.

I could take a picture of my mole that looks like, well never mind!

I admit it. I did like have my own real avatar for a short time. So, yes, I probably would rather have a real Mulberry/Graphite avatar.

I'm going to go against the moderator consensus and say I liked the idea of having custom avatars, but I understand that it's a major PITA brought on by troublemakers (intentional or inadvertant) who believe they are immune from the AUP (I am NOT singling anyone out). And while all the mods can delete photos out of photopost, I believe there are only two people who can actually delete avatars directly in people's profiles. So it becomes a nightmare for ostensibly one person.

Wooo....hooo My country tis of thee....sweet land of liberty..

I did too, I got to match my quote with the person who said its pic...(till I got bored with doing that) but this is a cool compromise...

How bout a little great state of vermont action???

Wouldn't it be cool if someone could design a "build your own avatar" program. Choose your main color, accent color, with or w/o kneepad, standard or eyebrow emblem, standard or flush mount cap.

Sorry, I'm good at creative thinking, but not creative computing.

I liked custom too it made it easy to scroll to the person you wanted to or where you left off. I do also understand what friarjohn said I can see how it would be a real PITA if it falls down to 1 person to have to police it.

Thanx for the effort Phil , The flags are cool and help with what I was saying above. Also adds a little color and personality. I also like that they are animated. Very cool and thanx for the time and effort.

Sorry Phil.
I will try and get them all shot and sent to you
by Sat afternoon.

I liked the custom too.
It had to be a PITA for Phil though, cause so many kept changing them, and he had to keep checking.
It's really amazing how much babysitting a group of adults needs

It could work if every one was allowed to choose an avatar, have it approved, and then it was installed by Admin. Users would not be able to change it.

That would be a PITA too. So I understand and support the current policy.

And HEY, Phil is giving us a few more options than we had in the past.

I'd have to wash and wax my bike before a picture. Or......maybe we need a dirty tank avatar too

If I may speak for our esteemed Administrator for a sec. It's not the workload of checking for new avatars all the time that causes the stress. The stress comes when he can't monitor the site (because none of us should have to 24-7). Eventually someone posts something even a little offensive (as I said before intentionally OR inadvertantly). The war of words that ensues is what causes the stress. We went through this sort of debacle many times over the past couple years with Photopost. Most of it was a tempest in a teapot, but it still causes stress for the Mighty Moderator Corpsâ„¢.

Many times the view is not worth the climb. But I love the compromise that The Powers That Beâ„¢ came up with. More options available without letting it turn into a free-for-all.

(Hmmmm, that's two new trademarks in one post. A personal best...)

I agree with friarjohn completely.

Phil, I've got a pretty nice one in my gallery, but it's of the left side of the tank, so "Triumph" appears backwards, and GOD KNOWS, we don't want to start that argument again, do we?


Lemme look through my files, I'm pretty sure I've got a nice side shot of the tank that I can tweak to show JUST the tank. OF course, if someone beats me to it, well, heck with ya then....

Good points FJ. I was always amazed at how much crap can happen in 3 or 4 hours away from the computer. Or god forbid we sleep at night

sleep? whats that?

Here's one for the sharpest color scheme out there. I have a higher resolution copy (540k) if that will work better.

Hey all,

Thanks to you guys for sending me pics.

A HUGE thanks to Soren!!! He provided a boatload of avatars. You rock buddy!!!

They are uploaded to the avatars folder so go check them out. I believe we have just about everyone covered. Please PM me if you don't see your tank color...

WOOHOO! I got my real tank!

Soren, you are a gentleman and a scholar!

Phil,

Thanks for the time and effort, it is appreciated!!

Tom

You are welcome! It's my pleasure. Just doing what I can do to give back to our family here.

Soren

I never got an addy to make any submissions.

Thanks Guy's !!!!! I got my original avatar choice back Thanks to all the folks that helped out. T

I like the new Avatar,looks great. thanks for putting in the effort.

the tanks do look great

Besides the Silver/Graphite the ones I can think of off the top of my head are:
Green/Silver
Lt. Blue/Black Speedy
The new Mulberry Speedy
The new Blue/Cream America
Any custom painted tanks

Soren

Thanks, now I have my tank!

Phil & Soren
I think you may have appeased the masses.
No hillbilly yet but...
Thanks for extra effort. Great job.

Terry, point me to a pic and I'd be glad to upload it for you!



As we have some already. I am also open to other custom pics that are in good taste....

Phil and Soren,
Thanks for all the effort put into this. The results are great so far.

When I get my bike back, I'll have to take a pic of a proper color 04 speedmaster- black & lt. blue!

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I'll have to take a pic of a proper color 04 speedmaster- black & lt. blue!

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Got that right... the best color ever for Speedies.. IMO..

Roundy

I took a couple of shots of mine after work today. I'll upload and submit when I get a chance. Long story but I can't do it on my computer right now.

So I'm not the only one! I just think its a great color and there really aren't that many of them. The electric blue on the later models is cool too.

I will thank you guys again too. There is already much much more than I expected. We all get cool avatars and no fuss about whats OK and whats not! I am not sure I need to submit anuything but if I see something I like I will or if you ,Phil, want my tank with the style badge I have on it I'll submit that for you.

Send me the photo....