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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

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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Fionn Palmer
Fionn Palmer

Jul-16-2007 16:19

Sorry, I'm a bit tired.. but did I read somewhere that you can't have an avatar picture that isn't a photo?

Because some people have avatars that aren't photos. I'm confused..

Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

Jul-16-2007 18:09

The avatars have to be pictures of people, not amimals or things.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-16-2007 23:36

^ Wot she said! Not necessarily photos of yourself. And OK, yes, there is at least one 'anime' type photo that slipped through the cracks very early in, but apart from that they are all photos.

Some of the best ones are actual photos of RL sleuthers, and there are some great ones of people's grandparents and the like. Real period pieces.

Emial address to send avatar submissions to is: avatars@hypoware.com

PM me if you have any problems.

SS

48484848
48484848

Jul-20-2007 10:42

did you get my avatar?

Jim Diamond
Jim Diamond

Jul-20-2007 11:24

Is there a limit on how many times you can change your avatar?

Jim Diamond
Jim Diamond

Jul-20-2007 11:25

Because I'm hesitating to send in a picture of myself, in favour of a later, better one.

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Jul-20-2007 12:32

I suspect the staff won't like you if you send in hundreds of photos to keep switching around and around and around, but changing it once shouldn't be a problem, no.

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Jul-20-2007 13:31

Squirrel asks that you send a check/money order made out to Biggie528.

I will PM you the pertinent info.

:D

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-20-2007 18:02

I'll check the avatars later, now shhhh everyone behave for a while whilst i read Harry Potter :p

Jim Diamond
Jim Diamond

Jul-20-2007 18:35

Do you reckon it would be ok if I changed it twice? Like, once now to distinguish myself, and once later once I have that better, later picture?

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