Avatars, avatars, avatars

[camMCLEAN]

Im on a lot of forums and this site has to be the tightest on size restriction for avatars.

100 x 100?

come on, with a great site like this, dont you think we can atleat have 150 x 150?

can the admins give a little leinancy on the size?

i completely understand about massive ones where it ruins the grids of the forum, etc.

but this size, too big?

[Krock43]

I agree!

[Redman]

Yeah, we could all use a little mpeg expansion, no?

[joey]

I disagree. More clunky clutter to sift through. Content is why we visit. Not to look at other peoples avatars.
Other forums I know limit to 40x40.

[Projekt 300C]

Huh....what is an avatars?

[ekool]

I use 100x100 on all the forums I run, its a pretty standard size. The software comes from the factory with an 80x80 limitation... I'm giving you 20% more size baby!

[joey]

Originally Posted by Projekt 300C

Huh....what is an avatars?

The Avatar is a picture (gif, jpeg, bmp file, etc) you can attach to your name.

Strange word/name.
Here are some definitions I pulled from a google search.

From the Sanscrit for the incarnation of Godhead, an avatar is the 'body' you 'wear' in a virtual community - an animated, articulated representation of a human which represents you, the user, in any virtual environment. Some of the more sophisticated chat rooms provide the facility to 'chat' over the 'net via the visual representation of interacting human forms.

This term refers to an interactive representation of a human in a virtual reality environment; term was popularized by Neal Stephenson's novel "Snow Crash.

pronounced AV-uh-tar): A word adopted by computer users to denote the digital manifestation that humans take on when entering virtual worlds. The word is Sanskirt for the earthly incarnation a god takes on Earth. Vishnu, the Hindu god responsible for maintaining the existence of the universe, has 10 important avatars, including Krishna, the philosopher king, and Varaha, the boar who rescues the planet after it is inundated by the oceans. The 10th avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, will arrive in the future to destroy the world with fire and begin a new age of purity on the planet.

[Projekt 300C]

thank you thank you (needed to get in 10 characters)

[Redman]

Snow Crash, Snow Crash - alter your reality, Snow Crash!
What's next, the Tower of Babel?