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Subject: Avatar CONTEST!
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This is all very helpful stosh, but I still have one question...
HOW THE HELL DO YOU MAKE AVATARS.
Are they just little pictures? Is avatar just a fancy name? or what?

(sorry fo the rage, it seemed appropriate at the time)


[Edited on 6/3/2004 5:40:54 PM]

  • 06.03.2004 5:34 PM PDT
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This sounds like an incredibly cool contest and I want to (and I'm sure you do to) make sure that everyone has an equal chance.

[Edited on 6/3/2004 5:39:40 PM]

  • 06.03.2004 5:38 PM PDT
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Can't wait to finish the fight!

STOSH!!!! you changed the settings to late for me...you didnt have what to name it before...should i resend it with a name and not get disqualified?

  • 06.03.2004 5:51 PM PDT
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The naming thing was always on there...BUT, no biggie. Just re-send it. Please explain in your email though, what happened and why your submitting your avatar again.

  • 06.03.2004 6:07 PM PDT
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Yo Halo53, I'm real happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best bungie.net profiles of all time. OF ALL TIME!

Posted by: stosh
The user who submits the worst absolute avatar we receive will win a very special and extremely rare hand drawn picture of 'Mister Chief' by the bungie's content boy himself, Frank O'Conner! It will be framed!


Ah man. If I had any program at all that could make avatars I would have had a chance to win worst avatar prize! Damn my lack of photoshop/paint

  • 06.03.2004 6:30 PM PDT
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Theres a free trial version of photoshop available for download @ download.com you could try it for 30 days completely free, now isnt that awsome! now run and get it so that you could make the worst avatar EVER, im already ahead of you though. :-()

  • 06.03.2004 6:37 PM PDT

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LOL I think 3x more people are going for the worst avatar...man it's gonna be tough to win. But stosh, does it have to be H2 or Halo related, or could I win the worst avatar by doing random colors?

  • 06.03.2004 6:43 PM PDT
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Basically the worst avatar needs to be a POOR crappy idea, excuted somewhat well. Some random color won't win it. ;D

[Edited on 6/3/2004 6:46:02 PM]

  • 06.03.2004 6:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: stosh
...As you may or may not know, Bungie is now accepting user created avatars [color="red"]for the site[/color]. Meaning you can make an avatar and submit it to them. Bungie will accept the avatar if and only if the avatar meets the Bungie level of excellence...


Does this mean that I can send in an avatar for myself, not involved in the contest, and it will be accepted for my use only? This would be really cool, I just dont understand what stosh means by that...explain!

  • 06.03.2004 6:46 PM PDT
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i have one more thing to say, whoever it was that cut the new e3 2k4 avatars needed to take a little more time cause theyre horrible looking with all the white stuff around them. *yukkies

  • 06.03.2004 6:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: ST
Posted by: stosh
...As you may or may not know, Bungie is now accepting user created avatars [color="red"]for the site[/color]. Meaning you can make an avatar and submit it to them. Bungie will accept the avatar if and only if the avatar meets the Bungie level of excellence...


Does this mean that I can send in an avatar for myself, not involved in the contest, and it will be accepted for my use only? This would be really cool, I just dont understand what stosh means by that...explain!


Oops, yea that is somewhat confusing. You can submit avatars to bungie for use by everyone now, but not for use for yourself. Only bungie staff and mods get custom avatars. Yea, you can send in avatars to bungie that you don't want to be included in this contest now. I hope that's clear...I understand why you're confused.

[Edited on 6/3/2004 6:50:20 PM]

  • 06.03.2004 6:49 PM PDT
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Ahh, I see. Thanks!

What is the reason why Bungie doesnt accept personal avatars though? I mean, if the avatars are web-hosted then they really dont take up much of Bungie's room. I dont know, I may be wrong though. Stosh?

  • 06.03.2004 6:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: stosh
Basically the worst avatar needs to be a POOR crappy idea, excuted somewhat well. Some random color won't win it. ;D

Oh I see, the worst avatar requires more work than that. :) Also stosh, how about a first, second and third for worst avatar and most creative or whatever the other special category was. But 2nd and 3rd shouldn't win anything, except bragging rights.

[Edited on 6/3/2004 6:57:41 PM]

  • 06.03.2004 6:57 PM PDT
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what are u supposed to do draw something?

  • 06.03.2004 6:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: Ghandi 2
Posted by: stosh
Basically the worst avatar needs to be a POOR crappy idea, excuted somewhat well. Some random color won't win it. ;D

Oh I see, the worst avatar requires more work than that. :) Also stosh, how about a first, second and third for worst avatar and most creative or whatever the other special category was. But 2nd and 3rd shouldn't win anything, except bragging rights.


Hmm...Maybe I'll do something like that when I announce the winners. Hehe, these avatars were the runner ups for the mister chief picture. They were bad, but not bad enough.

  • 06.03.2004 7:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: the grunts buddy
what are u supposed to do draw something?


Avatars are the pictures we use to represent ourselves on b.net. I use the marine that says moderator. You use an elite wielding a plasma sword. Basically I want you to make one of those little pictures. They are 90 pixels by 90 pixels.

[Edited on 6/3/2004 7:42:35 PM]

  • 06.03.2004 7:03 PM PDT

I hate everything, but it's not my fault.

Yay you might use my idea, I feel special! But another question, would super-messed up colors be a bonus? Like a hot pink plasma rifle or something like that?

  • 06.03.2004 7:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Ghandi 2
Yay you might use my idea, I feel special! But another question, would super-messed up colors be a bonus? Like a hot pink plasma rifle or something like that?


That could be cool and funny.

  • 06.03.2004 7:05 PM PDT

How come we have to use the GIF format? What's wrong with JPEGs?

- Reiginko

  • 06.03.2004 7:06 PM PDT

I hate everything, but it's not my fault.

Posted by: stosh
Posted by: Ghandi 2
Yay you might use my idea, I feel special! But another question, would super-messed up colors be a bonus? Like a hot pink plasma rifle or something like that?


That could be cool and funny.

Awesome thanks.
And I think it has to be a gif because they are smaller than jpegs.

  • 06.03.2004 7:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Reiginko
How come we have to use the GIF format? What's wrong with JPEGs?

- Reiginko


GIFs look better at smaller file sizes. I mean like a 2k gif will look way better than a 2k jpg. JPEGs suffer from distortion when you try to compress them too far.

Yea GIFs only uses 256 colors, but that doesn't really matter on a 90x90 pixel image.

  • 06.03.2004 7:11 PM PDT
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Sent, stosh. ;-)

  • 06.03.2004 7:12 PM PDT

Oh right, thanks stosh.

- Reiginko

[Edited on 6/3/2004 7:16:09 PM]

  • 06.03.2004 7:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: Reiginko
How come we have to use the GIF format? What's wrong with JPEGs?

- Reiginko


I think its because .gif format is smaller then .jpg format and .gif enables transparecy.

  • 06.03.2004 7:17 PM PDT
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Mine's sent! My question still wasnt answered though, but no rush!


Posted by: ST
...What is the reason why Bungie doesnt accept personal avatars though? I mean, if the avatars are web-hosted then they really dont take up much of Bungie's room. I dont know, I may be wrong though. Stosh?...

  • 06.03.2004 7:22 PM PDT