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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-5-2007 04:05

hokay, I seem to be missing. I mean, I guess I could understand the need for accomodating people who haven't got an avatar yet but this is the first avatar I sent in while subscribed so I was hoping that it would work.

I labeled the email "Dave Von Wave's avatar", do you have it at all?

Sep-5-2007 04:36

And Greebo is female... wonder if the wrong picture got attached??? Could have interseting results!!!

Sep-5-2007 13:27

Resubmitted

Sep-5-2007 22:23

I have emailed mine. :P

Sep-6-2007 01:01

OK have got Adonis & Tana's.

Don't have Dave Von Wave's avatar at all. Sorry. I'll wait for a re-sub.

Thanks for pointing out the Greebo thing Stoobs.

SS

avatars@hypoware.com

Sep-7-2007 10:21

Thanks SS!
I'm not the fat statue on the right ok!! :D

Sep-7-2007 23:52

SS just curious how long it takes for Ben to load the photos?

Sep-8-2007 11:11

Hi SS!

I just sent in a photo as well.

Thanks for processing!

Sep-8-2007 12:13

It usually seems to take a week sometimes up to a month depending on what else is going on. Ben is working on updates and the new game. But it will happen. One day you will look in the mirror and not recognize yourself. If your picture was sent in by SS, then they will be uploaded eventually.

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