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Sep-11-2006 14:20

Subscribed players can submit their picture to be used as an avatar. Please go to city hall "submitting content to sleuth" for details on how and where to submit. Avatar changes are however a freebie donated by the sleuth team and community volunteers. Reason why it is for subscribed people only is because too many avatars were received to keep up.

The process:
1. People submit avatars which all end up on the sleuth mail server.
2. Once in a while volunteers (Secret Squirrel and myself) pick up the avatars, and get to work if there are more then 5 avatars that we can approve.
3. We approve, and "sleutherize" the pictures. This is a process I won't bore you with.
4. We send the approved and sleuthererized avatars to Ben.
5. We post in this thread who's pictures have ben sent for upload.
6. Ben uploads, and they are live.

There is no need to keep submitting your avatar if you don't hear anything. Avatars sending is as reliable as email is. And we don't log in daily, hence why we are not answering you. There is no need to PM us either as to when we are going to do them. We will get to them, when we have time. If you PM us, that's exactly what we'll tell you. Just keep your eye on this thread.

Avatars that didn't get approved will receive email as to why, and with instructions how to fix the problem. They can them make the next batch.

Common reasons for rejection:
It is already an avatar submitted by someone else in Sleuth. It is not a picture of a person, ie. cartoons, drawn pictures, animals, objects.
Extreme poor quality (too poor to even be properly visual), Pictures that may create offence, copy righted pictures, people submit an avatar for someone else, and want it to show up without that other persons knowledge or permission, not adding the detective name to which they like the avatar to be added, other pictures that are for some reason not in line with the many avatars we already see in this game.

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Sep-25-2007 14:42

Question... are these avatars still being used as suspects?
Just curious when I get to accuse myself ~grins

Sep-25-2007 15:50

No, not anymore.

Sep-25-2007 16:03

Last I heard, the suspect picture's haven't gotten around to being updated ;)

Sep-26-2007 00:25

Just wondering...

When is the next avatar update?

Sep-26-2007 06:24

Whe I get to it :) End of the month usually. So soon.

Oh and whilst Ben has stalled the use of submitted avs for Random Mysteries all (or most of) the submitted avs are currently available to SM authors to use for their suspects, hence why you will see in the newer SMs faces you haven't seen in the random mysteries.

SS

avatars@hypoware.com

Sep-29-2007 18:48

b... to the... ump.

Oct-1-2007 11:58

sorry for being unpatient....Just want to be sure I did it right...did my pic get through?

Thanks for all the work.

Oct-1-2007 17:23

OK the list of people I have submissions for *coughs* and I don't know whether to laugh or just reach for the preventative migraine medication, but I still don't have one for Miss Briana...

Phoenix Shadow
Bridget Bard
Kopper
Maggie the Red
Lilly Day
Zoriah Bastin
Jessie James
Alleluia
brick84
Feedbakslady2 (I'm assuming '2' as Feedbakslady is retired)
Libby227
A. Carter
Mrs Information
Xia
Miss Toria
CClean
Beleth

You have until the end of the week to get your submission in to:

avatars@hypoware.com

Oct-2-2007 00:21

YAYz!!!! :) I'm so excited. Thanks SS and Super Awesome Slueth Squad!

Oct-2-2007 01:08

I'm typing "YAYz!!! :)" too. Thanks and you get a bundle of hugs.