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Subject: I can haz custom avatar on bnet?

Please stop complaining about the 'death of a loved one' it's my job. They probably deserved it anyways. Here's a warning, if you keep making pentagrams out of the neighbors livestock I will personally come to your house and kill everyone you love. Now leave me alone, I got to get back to work.
~M.D~

Stop suggesting coup. Coup is for losers!!
OT: No. How about those who deserve it instead of just people who have been here long?

  • 03.24.2012 8:07 PM PDT
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And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

But I want to be special!

  • 03.24.2012 8:09 PM PDT

Please stop complaining about the 'death of a loved one' it's my job. They probably deserved it anyways. Here's a warning, if you keep making pentagrams out of the neighbors livestock I will personally come to your house and kill everyone you love. Now leave me alone, I got to get back to work.
~M.D~


Posted by: Qbix89
But I want to be special!

NO. No more special for you

  • 03.24.2012 8:10 PM PDT

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Posted by: mister death
Stop suggesting coup. Coup is for losers!!
OT: No. How about those who deserve it instead of just people who have been here long?
Forum Ninjas are forum ninjas because of the fact that the web team believes that, above all others on the forum (at the time of their selection) could moderate the forums fairly.

Why does that mean they "deserve" a custom avatar?

They don't "deserve" it any more than someone who's been on the site 7+ years with no more than one warning or ban.


Posted by: mister death

Posted by: Qbix89
But I want to be special!

NO. No more special for you
>Argues against the ideas proposed in the OP.

>Tells a moderator that they can no longer be special by being one of two types of people who have an avatar, therefore agreeing with the OP.



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  • 03.24.2012 8:11 PM PDT

Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien.
Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar.
tenn' Ambar-metta!

It would be nice, but doesn't this would lead to elitism? Achronos hates elitism, right?

[Edited on 03.24.2012 8:13 PM PDT]

  • 03.24.2012 8:13 PM PDT

This isn't a bad idea and could be something to look forward to.

I haven't even read the replies, but I'm betting they're all "noep titels are for fun and age is just a numbr silly OP".

EDIT: Whoops, forgot the standard "hurr durr abuse" argument.

>implying anyone who uploads a bad image wouldn't be reported within minutes of their first post with said avatar

[Edited on 03.24.2012 8:15 PM PDT]

  • 03.24.2012 8:13 PM PDT

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Posted by: MasterSin
It would be nice, but doesn't this would lead to elitism? Achronos hates elitism, right?
How would this lead to elitism any more than the title system does? (Which it doesn't.)

  • 03.24.2012 8:19 PM PDT

Please stop complaining about the 'death of a loved one' it's my job. They probably deserved it anyways. Here's a warning, if you keep making pentagrams out of the neighbors livestock I will personally come to your house and kill everyone you love. Now leave me alone, I got to get back to work.
~M.D~

Ok first, mr.snipe calm your jizz. My comment to qbix was sarcasm. Second The mods deserve it because they have a super tough job, the members that have been here for a long time so what? they have no life it's not like they work or anything.

  • 03.24.2012 8:22 PM PDT
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And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

Agreed.
Posted by: mister death
they have no life

  • 03.24.2012 8:24 PM PDT

We miss you Logan.
Ask any question. I'll help with anything on site or off.

I don't really agree with this. Why give the older members a custom avatar for? I mean we should give users custom avatars who do things of great worth to the community. Like the Theme Masters they all deserve custom avatars, they made our themes. The moderators, they spend there time trying to keep the community clean for free. Maybe, we can have a couple of contest for people to earn these kind of things.

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  • 03.24.2012 8:33 PM PDT

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tenn' Ambar-metta!


Posted by: machinimagames
I don't really agree with this. Why give the older members a custom avatar for? I mean we should give users custom avatars who do things of great worth to the community. Like the Theme Masters they all deserve custom avatars, they made our themes. The moderators, they spend there time trying to keep the community clean for free. Maybe, we can have a couple of contest for people to earn these kind of things.


I agree to this. Do you want to be special? Do something special for your community!

  • 03.24.2012 8:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: mister death
Ok first, mr.snipe calm your jizz.
Wow. That was a good comeback. Did you learn that one in elementary school? How about you mature a little bit and then try to have an actual discussion like a big boy.

My comment to qbix was sarcasm.If that was intended to be sarcasm, you're doing it wrong.

Second The mods deserve it because they have a super tough jobReally? What's "super tough" about their job? They don't have to do any moderating. They don't have a job. They are given the ability to moderate the forums because the Web Team thinks they'd do well at it. Actually moderating is not difficult at all. It's banning/warning people you think have broken the rules to an extent to warrant it and locking threads that they think have done so likewise.

That's not difficult. They don't have to respond to any of our whiney PMs asking for ban appeals. They don't have to give any reason for their actions except perhaps to one of their superiors (a member of the Bungie Web Team) who is questioning a highly controversial decision made by one of them. In either case they do NOT have a super tough job.

he members that have been here for a long time so what? they have no life it's not like they work or anything.

So because they're part of a community (one that YOU are apart of I might add) for a long time, ignoring what ever average post rate they might have, that means that they have "no life"? What? Some Mythics have a post count of about 5, if that. Lots of them are below THAT even. It's extremely ignorant to assume that they have no life just because they've stayed with the community for that long.

It's even more painfully ignorant to say the incredibly stupid statement that "it's not like they work or anything". What does that even MEAN? Does that mean you're assuming that because they've been here a while that they don't have jobs? Is that part of the non-lifestyle that they lead? Or is it perhaps trying to further your confused admiration of the mods?

Don't get me wrong. I like the mods, I really do. They provide a great service to the community. But to suggest that they are better than an average member because they "work" while on here, is ridiculous, mainly because of the fact that it isn't true.

Also, learn to use proper grammar and capitalization. Just because it's the internet doesn't mean you can't flex those 7th grade grammar skills.

OT: I have yet to see a compelling argument against the ideas put forth in either the OP or my suggestion.

  • 03.24.2012 8:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: Uplift Reserve
After the 31st the Halo emblems could be considered "custom avatars".

user1 - Where'd you get that avatar?
user2 - Oh, you had to play Halo to get this.

  • 03.24.2012 8:38 PM PDT

You have no rights. Play nice.

  • 03.24.2012 8:42 PM PDT

Ach! Was ist los?

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Actually moderating is not difficult at all.
Neither are rocket science, brain surgery, or quantum physics.

Once upon a time, users of these forums could use markup tags to color their text. I wonder why they can't anymore?

  • 03.24.2012 8:49 PM PDT

Please stop complaining about the 'death of a loved one' it's my job. They probably deserved it anyways. Here's a warning, if you keep making pentagrams out of the neighbors livestock I will personally come to your house and kill everyone you love. Now leave me alone, I got to get back to work.
~M.D~

-_- Are you serious right now? So what i'm getting from your petty responses, is that the mods don't deserve it. They deserve it more than you that's for damn certain. It doesn't matter what rank they are, it means little to nothing. When I said they don't work I meant they aren't mods. They aren't working on the website. I seriously doubt them being active means they're jobless.

  • 03.24.2012 8:53 PM PDT

The Forerunner, the Great Journey, and Heaven Theory

[Announcement Trailer] Halo: Forerunner

Posted by: Agustus
I lol'd at the absurd miscommunication that occurs whenever dibbs post something. Perhaps his brain is so highly evolved that he can no longer clearly communicate with lesser life forms, even among his own species.

The saddest part of this whole conversation is that this isn't even the most idiotic thing members of these forums have argued over.

But I needed a laugh, please continue.

  • 03.24.2012 8:55 PM PDT

cars, girls & cake all day everyday

It interfered with text, which is what you need to focus on when reading a post (and obviously it was abused)

An avatar is an off-to-the-side, easily ignorable yet still slightly significant graphic that can tell a reader a bit about the poster's personality. For instance, by looking at your avatar I can tell that you either suck ass at making compuserve images, or you don't know that bright red belongs nowhere on bungie.net. I'm assuming that both are true, for extra laughter. I can still read your text and what you have to say, though. That's what matters.

Either way, my point still stands on criticizing the trust of the community on something that's not happened yet. (especially over something that's happened more than 8 years ago) I mean, is stuff like this not why the whole trust points system was built?

How did this thread turn into the difficulty of forum moderating?
Posted by: BobBQ
Once upon a time, users of these forums could use markup tags to color their text. I wonder why they can't anymore?


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  • 03.24.2012 9:43 PM PDT
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:)

I got a custom avatar on the Halo Waypoint forums... and I love 343i forever and always for letting me have it.

just sayin'

With the right moderation, I think custom avatars would be cool.

  • 03.24.2012 9:55 PM PDT
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:)


Posted by: Count Blinkula
It interfered with text, which is what you need to focus on when reading a post (and obviously it was abused)

The interesting thing is over at 343i's forums, users are allowed to change the size and colour of the text to their heart's desire, but 99.9999% of users don't bother and stick to default.

It could be argued that if a community such as the younger Halo community can control themselves with the colour of their text, a more 'refined' community such as Bungie.net would have no problems.

  • 03.24.2012 9:58 PM PDT

Donuts > all other food

Because giving trolls such as John Cena and Shane Dawson the ability to have custom avatars is a great idea, amirite?

  • 03.24.2012 10:05 PM PDT

It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.

Posted by: chickenlittle
Cheeto is the only one among you that doesn't suck.

I don't get why having custom avatars is such a huge deal for everyone. I use coup, but I could live happily without it, and did for a long time after I first installed it.

No one really needs special treatment. Having member titles is enough difference already. We don't need to add another layer of elitism to this community.

Seriously, quit spazzing out about custom this and custom that.

  • 03.24.2012 10:13 PM PDT

We miss you Logan.
Ask any question. I'll help with anything on site or off.


Posted by: MasterSin

Posted by: machinimagames
I don't really agree with this. Why give the older members a custom avatar for? I mean we should give users custom avatars who do things of great worth to the community. Like the Theme Masters they all deserve custom avatars, they made our themes. The moderators, they spend there time trying to keep the community clean for free. Maybe, we can have a couple of contest for people to earn these kind of things.


I agree to this. Do you want to be special? Do something special for your community!


Exactly my point... I wonder if I had just posted that would I get my point across.

  • 03.24.2012 10:52 PM PDT
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Gamertag: J7XD
New BNET: J7XD

*sight*

This thread, again?

Just use coup.

  • 03.24.2012 10:53 PM PDT

The Forerunner, the Great Journey, and Heaven Theory

[Announcement Trailer] Halo: Forerunner

Posted by: Agustus
I lol'd at the absurd miscommunication that occurs whenever dibbs post something. Perhaps his brain is so highly evolved that he can no longer clearly communicate with lesser life forms, even among his own species.

Posted by: Donut Funn
Because giving trolls such as John Cena and Shane Dawson the ability to have custom avatars is a great idea, amirite?
Prohibiting something because there's a chance that it could be used negatively by a minority is a pretty stupid thing to do. Then again, so is succumbing to the fallacy of composition.

If we let progress be halted by trying to accommodate all of the different ways it can be abused by lowest common denominator, we'll never get anywhere will we? Stop letting fear dictate your actions and beliefs.

I'm not saying custom avatars are a big deal or even something I'd support, but the stupidity of some of the reason both for and against this is frankly offensive.

  • 03.25.2012 12:45 AM PDT