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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24887
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23. You must have an avatar
This is an online community, and you are expected to have some sort of personality, which means you should probably have an avatar. If you fail to add an avatar, it will be assumed that you are a spambot, which will result in your account being locked or possibly deleted without any further warning. All accounts created prior to February 2011 are exempted from this rule. When choosing your avatar, please refer to Rule 5. |
And no, 2011 is not a typo.
This will go into effect in 24 hours.
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
Location: Termina Field
Posts: 1541
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So, how long will a new user have to get an avatar? That should be clarified.
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Signature by Hacker (RIP) |
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justdrop
Title: Supreme Overlord
Joined: Jan 11 2012
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 558
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Took me forever to find the right one..
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"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."- Winston Churchill |
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
Posts: 7565
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24887
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| Mr. Satire wrote: |
| So, how long will a new user have to get an avatar? That should be clarified. |
There is no time frame. As it is assumed all users will read the rules upon joining, the rule can be enforced anytime thereafter. Probably once they have posted several times. Because if you have time to keep posting, you have time to find a damn avatar.
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
Posts: 4226
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I support this rule completely. Good idea.
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Bob Dylan`s Blues
Title: Worlds Strongest Man
Joined: Jun 08 2011
Location: Your nightmares
Posts: 520
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Picked the first thing that came to mind. I think it fits me. 
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
Location: US and UK
Posts: 2649
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I support this rule. I use avatars more than names to identify who is posting.
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Bob Dylan`s Blues
Title: Worlds Strongest Man
Joined: Jun 08 2011
Location: Your nightmares
Posts: 520
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I don't. Avatars always change so I almost never use them to identify people (except guys like syd and usi who always have the same one), that is probably why it never occurred to me to get one.
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Preng
Title: All right, that's cool!
Joined: Jan 11 2010
Location: Accounting Dept.
Posts: 1690
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I wouldn't say that many people here frequently change their avatars to the point of being confusing.
Also, MS Paint Atmatar represent!
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Bob Dylan`s Blues
Title: Worlds Strongest Man
Joined: Jun 08 2011
Location: Your nightmares
Posts: 520
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True but names never change. Unless you're atomjacked or @com*d or @diddy or whatever his name is.
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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Or Dorn. No one will tell me to Shut Up! I WAS FROZEN TODAY!
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
Posts: 4226
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| Bob Dylan`s Blues wrote: |
| True but names never change. Unless you're atomjacked or @com*d or @diddy or whatever his name is. |
You can call me Dracula.
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Preng
Title: All right, that's cool!
Joined: Jan 11 2010
Location: Accounting Dept.
Posts: 1690
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| Bob Dylan`s Blues wrote: |
| True but names never change. Unless you're atomjacked or @com*d or @diddy or whatever his name is. |
Please note that @com*d, temporarily known as atcomstarred and swirly bro, was @om*d's evil twin who hated all things that we stand for, such as pop culture. By unanimous vote of Syd Lexia's Committee For the Greater Good, he was immediately destroyed.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
Posts: 6544
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I think having a consistent avatar is important in a community like this. At least having one with the same theme. If I stopped having a Bob Ross theme, it would be dumb.
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The Flaming Schnitzel
Title: Tsar of all Russias
Joined: May 10 2011
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Posts: 810
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I disagree. I dislike having an avatar for more than a few weeks. My sig tends to stick longer than my avatar but even that gets changed. However, I'm trying to keep a theme with my sigs.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
Posts: 5042
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Huzzah! Grandfathered in!
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
Posts: 4226
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I am still searching for that special avatar that I can stick with. When I get those butterflies in my stomach and I see the fireworks, I will know it is the one.
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Title: ( ͡� 
Joined: May 11 2008
Posts: 6160
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I seem to recall someone else that made it a rule that people had to attach an image to themselves for the purpose of identification. Usually it was a 6 point star or a pink triangle. At the moment I'm drawing a blank though and for the life of me I can't remember who that was or why they did it.
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 2450
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I have always had a Final Fantasy IV Kain themed avatar because Kain is the fucking man.
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Preng
Title: All right, that's cool!
Joined: Jan 11 2010
Location: Accounting Dept.
Posts: 1690
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| JoshWoodzy wrote: |
| I think having a consistent avatar is important in a community like this. At least having one with the same theme. If I stopped having a Bob Ross theme, it would be dumb. |
| Atma wrote: |
| I have always had a Final Fantasy IV Kain themed avatar because Kain is the fucking man. |
A part of me is simply unwilling to accept the fact that you guys are not really Bob Ross, Kain, etc. on the other side of internet. 
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16135
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Mr. Satire wrote: |
| So, how long will a new user have to get an avatar? That should be clarified. |
There is no time frame. As it is assumed all users will read the rules upon joining, the rule can be enforced anytime thereafter. Probably once they have posted several times. Because if you have time to keep posting, you have time to find a damn avatar. |
i didnt read the rules until a while after i joined
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| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Bob Dylan`s Blues
Title: Worlds Strongest Man
Joined: Jun 08 2011
Location: Your nightmares
Posts: 520
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| @om*d wrote: |
| I am still searching for that special avatar that I can stick with. When I get those butterflies in my stomach and I see the fireworks, I will know it is the one. |
Be careful, using a dirty avatar is like using everybody that avatar has been with.
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Mr. Satire wrote: |
| So, how long will a new user have to get an avatar? That should be clarified. |
There is no time frame. As it is assumed all users will read the rules upon joining, the rule can be enforced anytime thereafter. Probably once they have posted several times. Because if you have time to keep posting, you have time to find a damn avatar. |
i didnt read the rules until a while after i joined |
I didn't read the rules for a long time. Most board rules are the same and I wouldn't expect "you nust have an avatar" to be one.
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SoldierHawk
Moderator
Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 6113
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Wait, what? We have rules?
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| Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. |
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
Posts: 4226
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| sidewaydriver wrote: |
| I seem to recall someone else that made it a rule that people had to attach an image to themselves for the purpose of identification. Usually it was a 6 point star or a pink triangle. At the moment I'm drawing a blank though and for the life of me I can't remember who that was or why they did it. |
I think the person you are thinking of is Lando Calrissian.
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