A Precursor of Impending Change

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Arabwel, it isn't freedom, it is preference or choice.

 

That sounds as...

What are you still waiting for? Do it already!

 

Stars? nooooooooo!
WEll anyway that sounds pretty cool.
So:
Custom Portraits instead of Custom Avatars.
Normal Avatars for normal (uncontributing people)

Got it.

 

Rightey hoey!
So I will be able to choose between having an Avatar, or a Custom Portrait.
And say...Sniper will have some ... star type things?

This would make all us..contributors...even more unique amongst the users and therefore bind our lovely commuinity even closer together...clever

Hopefully im correct...

 

Even though I am a 'custom user' and will have a portrait, I don't like the new plan. Let the regular users have avatars, even if they are rather "bland" or non-descript. Why? Because stars suck!

 

STARS!!!!??!?? That's not cool! What's wrong with us cheap, uncontributing, *too young to own credit cards* people?
And why can't we keep our unisex avatars?

[This message has been edited by Faerus Stoneslammer (edited May 27, 2002).]

 

Stars was only a suggestion. If you have a better idea, why don't you post it?

 

Is see that your major problem is not with portriats or avatars, but with male and female picture selection.

My idea is as follows, on the profile page you should have two buttons, one says normal pictures, and the other, would say female. What this would do is that if you clicked on the female button, you avatar would switch the female/unisex set of avatars, while the normal button would retain the image set we have now.

This would allow people that have not donated and are female to have female avatars

Also you still included the option for portriats for those that donate money.

 

NWN AVATARS

Ok heres an idea to think of. It could solve your female/male custom avatar problem. Use the charaters from NWN. Think about it, their could be both female and male avatars. You could use the monsters in NWN like you do now with regular people like me. Use monsters for the regular people and the pc's for custom avatars.

To give it even better custom ability you could have the custom people eather pick out a person from a list or if they have NWN send you the right info from the game so that they can make their own in the game and then send it to you. Once you get it then you can put it up. Though this is probley really hard it's a thought.

Dont use portaits! Come on. Every site use's portaits. It's so....common. And this is a place of uncommonness, thats what makes this site so great.

Stay with 3D.

All you would have to do is wait for awile. I dont think that many people would mind waiting till then.

Think about it Taluntain. Sorcerer's Place would look like something that has never before been done. This site is unlike none of the others. Portraits are on every other site.

I plead with you...no beg of you! Dont use common portraits like every other site. Wait for Neverwinter Nights and use their avatars. It would be worth the while and I'm sure that BioWare wont mind. After all they let you run that beta contest.

Save the avatars!

[This message has been edited by DragonRider SkyWard (edited May 28, 2002).]

 

Enough already!

Tal, just switch it or don't. Asking for people's opinion is great and all, but the varied opinions of these boardmembers will just cause conflict. We all have our own, valid opinions, but your's is the one which really matters. If something will help you or create less confusion, do it! Your decisions thus far have helped create one of the best websites (IMO) on the web...along with some great forums!

(BTW, I appreciate the fact that our opinions matter to you, but the 3000+ of us makes decision-making difficult!)

 

Face it. Taluntain will do what he wants with the Avatars, the only reason he posted it here, and didnt just go through with the change was because he wanted board memeber opinions. Hes going to do what he wants with them. He asked because he is kind enough to want the majority of the boards happy. So, state a valid opinion, and leave it at that, Dont beg him, or whatever you people think your doing, state an opinion and leave it to him to decide what to do with the avatar/pic/medals/whatever he chooses. He will more than likely think higher of you, and your board members will think higher of you. If you dont like his choice, either live with it, and stay...or leave, nobody is stopping you, many here may miss you, and some may not. In the end, its only Taluntains descision about the avatars. He asked an opinion, not for people to beg for one system or another.

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SlimShogun, If one person is making the descision. 3000+ others does not make the descion harder. It only make it harder to please all 3000+ people[/edit]

[This message has been edited by DeBhaal Stasion (edited May 28, 2002).]

 

Great idea Taluntain!

However it is hard to seperate from my custom avatar. I will level up once more and then I think it is over

 

Don't you have two more level ups to go Marnix? Elder Orb then The Slayer?

And DRSW: About NWN avatars, at this stage it is unknown how feasable it will be to extract the avatars from the game, and it will certainly be much more time consuming and more difficult to do so than it will be for the avatars.

[This message has been edited by Wildfire (edited May 28, 2002).]

 

Tal. How are you going to know if I let the pop ups load or not? Thats not really a way to get a custom avatar is it now?

 

Yup this new idea souns the most reasonable. It'll motivate more people to contribute and get a custom avatar, those that have grown attached to theirs won't have to give them up...

 

I like the 3D-ness of the old avatars, and I'm a girl, but I don't mind the difference betweem pictures. I wouldn't mind having any one of the ones at the momment.

But I like the portrait Tal, and having portraits would give a bit of change.