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Subject: The Avatar of Dr. Moreau

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This is pretty stupid, but I thought I'd share.

As regulars here to Bungie.net, you know that in bungie's most recent, and last, iteration of Halo made use of an emblem generator that wasn't bound to the traditional square. You could create your emblem and the remaining "empty space" would become transparent on site. This was a pretty cool addition, but it would have been better if we could have combined then with our favorite "background", seen under the avatar selection tab on our profiles, image to use as an avatar on bungie.net.

I don't know if this is feasible, but what do you think. Would you like a feature like this? Below are some examples.

Avatars in use. They're much clearer hereDrone with "Space"
Drone with "Halo"
Drone with "I am your shield
Drone with "Rings"
Drone with "Warthog"


[Edited on 09.02.2012 11:41 PM PDT]

  • 09.02.2012 11:16 PM PDT

Key

-redacted even though I was quoted and it doesn't matter-

[Edited on 09.03.2012 12:16 AM PDT]

  • 09.02.2012 11:18 PM PDT

"Except we, we're the zebras. All fenced in...and ready for the slaughter!"

||S-fen Knee-cheh
||19th Shock Troops Battalion

I'm speaking of the select backgrounds we have under the Avatar tab on our profiles.

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  • 09.02.2012 11:19 PM PDT

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That's actually pretty cool. I like the space one.

  • 09.02.2012 11:20 PM PDT

Key

Oh I see... I think my point is still relevant. Also: most avatars don't have a large background. This seems a little pointless.

  • 09.02.2012 11:21 PM PDT

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Posted by: mubox47
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Am i missing something? All those images look the same. . .

  • 09.02.2012 11:21 PM PDT

"Except we, we're the zebras. All fenced in...and ready for the slaughter!"

||S-fen Knee-cheh
||19th Shock Troops Battalion

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Oh I see... I think my point is still relevant. Also: most avatars don't have a large background. This seems a little pointless.
I agree, it's very pointless. I'm just suggesting something I'd like to see in future iterations of the site. Additionally, I'm wondering if such a feature would be feasible. As you know, there are a few members of the community that are quite versed in coding/web design. I was hoping they'd be interested enough to comment.

Posted by: The EAKLE
Am i missing something? All those images look the same. . .
Take a closer look at the backgrounds. It's far more striking when seen on the forum. I'll make an image now with these emblems in place of the current avatars.

[Edited on 09.02.2012 11:30 PM PDT]

  • 09.02.2012 11:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Oh I see... I think my point is still relevant. Also: most avatars don't have a large background. This seems a little pointless.
I agree, it's very pointless. I'm just suggesting something I'd like to see in future iterations of the site. Additionally, I'm wondering if such a feature would be feasible. As you know, there are a few members of the community that are quite versed in coding/web design. I was hoping they'd be interested enough to comment.


Should edit the op. Originally I thought you meant to intergrate this into Halo Reach. Not Bungie.next.

I think however our avatar options will be far more robust with the update....Or maybe it will just add a spinning moustache to BurritoSeniors bomb.....Who knows.

  • 09.02.2012 11:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: mubox47
$.50 in store credit.


Posted by: Sven Nietzsche


Posted by: The EAKLE
Am i missing something? All those images look the same. . .
Take a closer look at the backgrounds. It's far more striking when seen on the forum. I'll make an image now with these emblems in place of the current avatars.
Maybe it's the color blindness, but even when zoomed fully in on them there's a few where i cant see anything. The others are hard to see at that zoom too. That image might help.

  • 09.02.2012 11:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: The EAKLE
Am i missing something? All those images look the same. . .


LOL! Same to me. ;p

  • 09.02.2012 11:36 PM PDT

"Except we, we're the zebras. All fenced in...and ready for the slaughter!"

||S-fen Knee-cheh
||19th Shock Troops Battalion

Posted by: The EAKLE
Posted by: Sven Nietzsche
Posted by: The EAKLE
Am i missing something? All those images look the same. . .
Take a closer look at the backgrounds. It's far more striking when seen on the forum. I'll make an image now with these emblems in place of the current avatars.
Maybe it's the color blindness, but even when zoomed fully in on them there's a few where i cant see anything. The others are hard to see at that zoom too. That image might help.
Take a look at this. It's a bit more obvious now, I should have made this before I posted.

  • 09.02.2012 11:37 PM PDT

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This would work well with the community in my opinion, as the argument about custom avatars is still going strong. This offers a healthy middle ground, limited power of personal Avatars, yet not overly so that people put grotesque images on Bungie.

  • 09.03.2012 1:36 AM PDT

Thats cool and all, but I prefer my white background.

;)

  • 09.03.2012 1:45 AM PDT