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Post by Warlock »

stress get rid of that avitar cause 240k is to damn huge
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Already showed it to Xciter. Its up to him now.
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Post by SSX-Thunderbird »

Definitely a bit too big. Though on another forum site I read, someone has a 700KB animated GIF avatar. Image
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<font face="Arial" size="3">Definitely a bit too big</font>
Nah, she is just about right.
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On *cough* one forum I once saw a (I think) ~1.6 MB animated GIF in a sig.
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Post by STRESSTEST »

hahah any little thing you can ★■◆● about...

Anyway, the stupid thing is cached now, quit your whining already...
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Post by Warlock »

blow me Asstest

i allways got ★■◆● out cause of me useing an avatar that was 80k so your not specal in aney way
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Oh grow up Bill. Image
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Post by Duper »

WTH is THis????


Is the DBB still lost in 1995? Most of us have Broadband. Hell, most of us Have SERVERS up. We are about the only Bulletin board that doesn't allow animated avatars. And image sigs.


might I bring your attention to the banner at the top of this page Image

this is HUGE ...no .. FREEKING huge by the forum "standards". I know that many of you frequent more than just this forum. come-on guys.. relax.
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Post by Warlock »

14k

oh wow thats so huge

and no not all of us have high speed cause 1. we cant get it 2. cant afford it
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Post by Duper »

I didn't say ALL, I said most.

Browsing most websites anymore Requires braodband for a load time under 60 seconds.

Waiting is part of 56K. whats 15 seconds more? ...15 seconds
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Duper, there is a huge difference between a 14kB banner and a 240kB avatar. What's to stop say...AceCombat from slapping a 5MB GIF on his server and using that as his avatar? You still going to use the "nearly everyone has broadband so it doesn't matter" defense? That ship won't sail dude, and you damn well know it. The issue is NOT that his avatar is animated, but the FILESIZE.
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Post by STRESSTEST »

Alright, I resized a bit.. That's all you get

And here's a spoon MD, eat my ass with it

Warlock, you suprise me honestly... You really do. Oh well, I overestimated your personallity.. But, I know now Image

And I noticed you tech nerds didn't comment on the cached part... Play dumb, that's cool
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Post by Ferno »

Md. does size really matter now? not like anyone really pays attention to avatars other than pretentious babies. Image
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Post by Delkian »

Actually I personally don't care so much about the file sizes of animated avatars (except if they're in the megabyte class), just that they're animated is more annoying. Something moving or flashing or whatever on the edge of the page makes reading the text itself a bit less comfortable.
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Post by MD-2389 »

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by Ferno:
Md. does size really matter now? not like anyone really pays attention to avatars other than pretentious babies. Image</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It matters because its too ****ing large on the filesize department. I wasn't aware that you spoke for everyone Ferno. Image
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Something moving or flashing or whatever on the edge of the page makes reading the text itself a bit less comfortable.
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That avitar makes reading the text itself a bit more comfortable for me.
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Post by Ryujin »

File size or not, I do believe that is the best avatar I've ever seen on this BB.
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Post by TigerRaptor »

For me being on 56k that icon loaded very quickly for its size.
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Post by SSX-Thunderbird »

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by Duper:
<b> WTH is THis????


Is the DBB still lost in 1995? Most of us have Broadband. Hell, most of us Have SERVERS up. We are about the only Bulletin board that doesn't allow animated avatars. And image sigs.
</b></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

No we are not. Every other forum I read does not allow image signatures. A few don't allow animated avatars either.

Image signatures are just annoying to me. Would you attach an image to every email you sent out? I can assure you that people would quickly get annoyed at you if you did that.

And I do believe the DBB still has a policy about avatar size. Isn't the size limit somewhere around 5KB or so? Image
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Post by Duper »

Actually Mojo, I'vd seen better. Not that this one isn't any good, But I've seen some pretty kickass avatars out there.

*sigh* ok.. my god I can't believe how bent outta shape ppl get here over small stuff.
<font face="Arial" size="3"> AceCombat from slapping a 5MB GIF on his server and using that as his avatar? You still going to use the "nearly everyone has broadband so it doesn't matter" defense?</font>
You are being facetious, right? Of COURSE 5 MB would be a bit high. duh! but 240kb? ....dude.... get a grip. that's barely a drop in the bucket. And what's to stop Ace using a a 5 mb? hrmm ... well.. you. Just raise the limit a bit. Personally, I don't care, but quibbling over a couple of hundred kb? that's a bit silly.

I only mentioned animated avartars because typically they are larger. .. BUT not ALWAYS .... seems I have to clarify everything here these days. Here's another thing. The active "community" is barely clearing what.. 150 ppl IF that? My point here is ...awe screw it.. it doesn't matter anyways.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by MD-2389:
What's to stop say...AceCombat from slapping a 5MB GIF on his server and using that as his avatar? </font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


HEY HEY!!! dont drag my ass into this, i have nothing to do with it. i fixed my own damn mistake. and ive done my part about bitching at file sizes aswell in a different topic area.
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Post by STRESSTEST »

lol @ Ace

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good times
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Post by Ferno »

I only speak for those that don't have a stick up their hoohah MD.
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Post by Tetrad »

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by Duper:
<b> I didn't say ALL, I said most.

Browsing most websites anymore Requires braodband for a load time under 60 seconds.

Waiting is part of 56K. whats 15 seconds more? ...15 seconds</b></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

15 seconds is a helluva long time, I don't know what you're talking about.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by kurupt:
The average DBB visitor is an overcompensating anal ****tard,</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Uh, flame?

Use email.
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