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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-11-2006 14:25

Please don't post the avatar email address. This is why I deleted the old avatar news.

Please give a welcoming hand to SS!!! Our new avatar volunteer. He will do a catch up on all the avatars submitted after August 8th. The ones before that I sent to Ben for upload. Who will get around to it when he has time. Villains is eating a lot of time at the moment.

Sep-12-2006 06:40

Thank you and SS for all the hard work you do with the avatars. :)

Sep-12-2006 06:56

Mmm I've been through most of the submitted pics and some people will be getting emails saying 'try again', and 'please' explain. But I hope to get to them over the next few days or so, and at least get them into the system for Ben to put up. Remember no news is good news.

Sep-13-2006 09:15

Man you are a tough son of b*tch! :)

Sep-13-2006 20:07

are you guys looking for pictures in general for the game or just avatars for personal detectives? i could help out with the pictures if you need some. if not now, the offer is still here :) thanks for your time guys

Sep-13-2006 20:38

lol I thought we were playing 'good crop, bad crop' (ergh just a little avatar editing humour there :s)

At the mo. we just let people pick their own pic. But often you see newbie threads saying 'Where can I find a good pic for my Sleuth', so those people would be very happy for your help I reckon BL.

Sep-14-2006 00:53

Really?? Think I've only ever seen one of those - *lol* - maybe I've been spending too much time slacking off in the Gumshoe Lounge :D

Sep-14-2006 19:39

I'd just like to add to jstkdn's notes above:

* Note that the avatar picture is landscape and not portrait size (long and squat not tall and skinny) :D If you choose a photo that is tall and skinny then there is a lot of "dead space" on the sides we have to deal with. A good rule of thumb I've 'just' found is, if you can see both shoulders (and some space to either side ... see the photos above esp. Greylings) that usually works best.

Sep-15-2006 12:33

I submitted an Avatar on July 25, 2006. It was never uploaded and I never received an email regarding it. Can someone tell me why my Avatar was not uploaded and if I have to pick a different picture. Thanks!

Sep-24-2006 15:21

How nice