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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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Jul-23-2007 10:06

I am ALMOST finished with my HP book. I sent Mr. Squirrel an email about my avatar, havent got a response back yet, so I'll just sit here quietly and finish my book and wait until he has finished reading his.

Jul-23-2007 16:41

sorry... I finished reading HP the day I got it :D after that it was all just slackness!

I have av. submissions from:

48484848
Samantha Waters
Miss Hermione Granger
Madgod
Gracie Lou
Kimmi

That ^ batch is nearly big enough to be sent on to Ben so feel free to jump in and send your avatar submission to: avatars@hypoware.com by the end of the week.

I should also remind players that this is a feature for subscribers. Sorry.

Jul-24-2007 09:32

Thank you Mr Squirrel. Can't wait to see my new avatar.

Jul-24-2007 09:54

Aww crap, mine isn't there :(
I'll need to resend it then, or was something wrong with it?

Jul-24-2007 10:57

thnx SS I'll be waiting for it :)

Thank goodness it was acepted

Jul-24-2007 16:28

Ashyja I haven't seen yours, so yes, re-send. I do occasionally delete submissions by accident in the midst of all the junk mail, so it's probably my fault and not yours!

Jul-24-2007 16:45

I've resent it shortly after my posting, so hopefully it's there now :)

Jul-24-2007 17:06

Yep got it. List now reads:

48484848
Samantha Waters
Miss Hermione Granger
Madgod
Gracie Lou
Kimmi
Ashyja
Thelma Louise

avatars@hypoware.com

Jul-30-2007 13:27

What is the latest on the Avatar news Mr Squirrel?

Jul-30-2007 16:00

Mmm I received a submission last night, so I'll send them off tonight. (well my tonight which is (sleuth tomorrow 4-6am)