I suspect even that turns off people who lack the technical knowledge to resize/drop colour quality/drop frames from a gif, or those who do have it but can't be bothered to go through with it because of the inconvenience. Do not underestimate either laziness or ignorance as deterrents.
<kyo> ok, some of my more colorful avis broke 75
<kyo> went back and checked
<kyo> though I've never had issue using them
<Petrikow> they will then get compressed by BL
<Petrikow> or vBulletin i guess
Doesn't seem like much of an issue.
Originally Posted by Seika
This is the thing, though. Many, many people don't have them and don't bother to get them just for possibly managing to get a gif avatar. I suspect lots of people use Paint for doing their own avatars, if they do them at all.
If you can make a gif 200x200 in the first place, you won't have any problem resizing it.
Last edited by Petrikow; September 3rd, 2013 at 10:33 AM.
[07:55:59] <Spinach> Take off your clothes Kirby
[07:56:07] <Kirby> I'm in class
[20:37:34] <Lian|phone> there is a such thing as lingerie for guys?
[20:37:54] <Kyokushi> yea
[20:37:57] <Kyokushi> they're called jockstraps
[20:38:02] <Lian|phone> :o
[20:38:07] * Lian|phone googles
[20:38:10] <Kyokushi> NO
[20:38:11] <Kyokushi> DON'T
[20:40:07] <Lian|phone> okay
[20:40:16] <Lian|phone> I don't think I should have googled that
[12:59:30] <Spinach> call me onii-chan, bitch
[13:00:12] <kroyo> imma fuck ur shit up onii-fam
I suspect even that turns off people who lack the technical knowledge to resize/drop colour quality/drop frames from a gif, or those who do have it but can't be bothered to go through with it because of the inconvenience. Do not underestimate either laziness or ignorance as deterrents.
The thing is that the lazy people aren't making avatars, they ask the actual avatar makers to make them.
And if you look at the thread you'll see the ones who actually maks avatars agree with me. Tech, for example.
Are there any technical problems or considerations with raising the file sizes?
Nope. It'd literally be changing a number in the config from "76800" to "102400."
Theoretically could mean that the space needed for avatars in the database could grow 25%, of course. In practice, since not everyone will hit the limit, it'd probably be more like 5-15%.
"Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a goddamn vampire if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking dick." Of Leaves and Lilac - Two weeks in the life of Tohno Akiha.
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Old Quote Crap!
Originally Posted by eddyak
99% of all Terminators would destroy John Connor over any other carbon-based life form.
Originally Posted by RoadBuster
Why do you think we got all these mods? So I can sit back and do jack shit, obviously!
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
I propose more forumite-based words. Like Darpleosity (adj. a state of existence signified to calmly analyzing and making an argument/case in a way that defuses tensions and makes the participants in said argument look like twats for continuing on with antagonizing and/or being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn while also using good-natured humor to enhance said post).
Originally Posted by DezoPenguin
Having been, as I3uster put it, "other clueless dude" earlier today in precisely this fashion, I'm going to have to be in favor of necromancy. Or be a hypocrite. But as a lawyer, I prefer to get paid when I indulge in hypocrisy, thank you, so I'll stick with necromancy.
[14:06] [Cruor] petri is it possible to play Phoenix III/Steppewolf without it crashing
[14:08] [Kelnish] no
[14:08] [Kelnish] it isn't
[14:09] [Cruor] how can there be so many bugs
[14:09] [Cruor] in one mod
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Because quality assurance doesn't exist anymore
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Unless it's Quality Ass, U Rance
[14:10] [Daiki] ...
[14:10] [I3uster] oh god dp was funny
[14:10] [I3uster] apocalypse confirmed
[14:10] [Wakame] the horror
You can already disable the display of them, so no point.
"Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a goddamn vampire if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking dick." Of Leaves and Lilac - Two weeks in the life of Tohno Akiha.
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Old Quote Crap!
Originally Posted by eddyak
99% of all Terminators would destroy John Connor over any other carbon-based life form.
Originally Posted by RoadBuster
Why do you think we got all these mods? So I can sit back and do jack shit, obviously!
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
I propose more forumite-based words. Like Darpleosity (adj. a state of existence signified to calmly analyzing and making an argument/case in a way that defuses tensions and makes the participants in said argument look like twats for continuing on with antagonizing and/or being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn while also using good-natured humor to enhance said post).
Originally Posted by DezoPenguin
Having been, as I3uster put it, "other clueless dude" earlier today in precisely this fashion, I'm going to have to be in favor of necromancy. Or be a hypocrite. But as a lawyer, I prefer to get paid when I indulge in hypocrisy, thank you, so I'll stick with necromancy.
[14:06] [Cruor] petri is it possible to play Phoenix III/Steppewolf without it crashing
[14:08] [Kelnish] no
[14:08] [Kelnish] it isn't
[14:09] [Cruor] how can there be so many bugs
[14:09] [Cruor] in one mod
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Because quality assurance doesn't exist anymore
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Unless it's Quality Ass, U Rance
[14:10] [Daiki] ...
[14:10] [I3uster] oh god dp was funny
[14:10] [I3uster] apocalypse confirmed
[14:10] [Wakame] the horror
But if you disable sigs because one user uses a really stupid one, deep inside you will still know the sig is still there and ultimately that maddening feeling will eat you up from the inside and turn you into CV or kyokushi.
[07:55:59] <Spinach> Take off your clothes Kirby
[07:56:07] <Kirby> I'm in class
[20:37:34] <Lian|phone> there is a such thing as lingerie for guys?
[20:37:54] <Kyokushi> yea
[20:37:57] <Kyokushi> they're called jockstraps
[20:38:02] <Lian|phone> :o
[20:38:07] * Lian|phone googles
[20:38:10] <Kyokushi> NO
[20:38:11] <Kyokushi> DON'T
[20:40:07] <Lian|phone> okay
[20:40:16] <Lian|phone> I don't think I should have googled that
[12:59:30] <Spinach> call me onii-chan, bitch
[13:00:12] <kroyo> imma fuck ur shit up onii-fam
Aldeayeah is too pure and innocent for our forums.
"Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a goddamn vampire if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking dick." Of Leaves and Lilac - Two weeks in the life of Tohno Akiha.
Returning real soon-like!
Old Quote Crap!
Originally Posted by eddyak
99% of all Terminators would destroy John Connor over any other carbon-based life form.
Originally Posted by RoadBuster
Why do you think we got all these mods? So I can sit back and do jack shit, obviously!
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
I propose more forumite-based words. Like Darpleosity (adj. a state of existence signified to calmly analyzing and making an argument/case in a way that defuses tensions and makes the participants in said argument look like twats for continuing on with antagonizing and/or being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn while also using good-natured humor to enhance said post).
Originally Posted by DezoPenguin
Having been, as I3uster put it, "other clueless dude" earlier today in precisely this fashion, I'm going to have to be in favor of necromancy. Or be a hypocrite. But as a lawyer, I prefer to get paid when I indulge in hypocrisy, thank you, so I'll stick with necromancy.
[14:06] [Cruor] petri is it possible to play Phoenix III/Steppewolf without it crashing
[14:08] [Kelnish] no
[14:08] [Kelnish] it isn't
[14:09] [Cruor] how can there be so many bugs
[14:09] [Cruor] in one mod
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Because quality assurance doesn't exist anymore
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Unless it's Quality Ass, U Rance
[14:10] [Daiki] ...
[14:10] [I3uster] oh god dp was funny
[14:10] [I3uster] apocalypse confirmed
[14:10] [Wakame] the horror