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Posted by MelonFarmer (Member # 8172) on :

new to this forum but im a massive 80's buff for tonnes of daft ****e on me mind and plenty of internet banter to bring.

From the Toon in the North East and love anything retro. Massive drum n bass fanatic and overall mad ****. [Big Grin]

thought a quick hello was in order.

Posted by MelonFarmer (Member # 8172) on :

oh yea, have a couple of questions.. nobody has avitars. whats going on there? cant seem to add on. help!

Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :

hi melonfarmer welcome to the board! i am sure you will like it here alot of nice people! i have asked about the avatar thing but got no response? have fun here! dee

Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :

WE WANT AVATARS....NOOOOWWWW!!!!

Posted by He came and he saw that it was NOMS (Member # 2688) on :

My guess about the avatars is that they take up far too much bandwith and with Nick running this site as a self funded exercise it's not considered worth the extra cost / hassle. I personally would rather see the site continue without avatars than fold after a few months because Nick cannot manage the financial implications of allowing them. Same goes for signature blocks too.

Noms of reason [Cool]

PS Welcome to the boards. Don't feed the Devo!!!!

Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :

Also worth mentioning that this is a family friendly site, so not too much of the old ****'s!

Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :

Welcome MelonFarmer. Ummm...sorry to ask guys, but...what are avitars?

Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :

Devolution here,

Thanks Noms.

WE are DEVO

Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :

quote:
Originally posted by kevdugp73:
Welcome MelonFarmer. Ummm...sorry to ask guys, but...what are avitars?

It'd be a pic of some sort that would go up where your name is.

Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :

Welcome MelonFarmer [Smile]

Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :

Thanks petty....

Posted by MelonFarmer (Member # 8172) on :

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by He came and he saw that it was NOMS:
My guess about the avatars is that they take up far too much bandwith and with Nick running this site as a self funded exercise it's not considered worth the extra cost / hassle. I personally would rather see the site continue without avatars than fold after a few months because Nick cannot manage the financial implications of allowing them. Same goes for signature blocks too.

Noms of reason

PS Welcome to the boards. Don't feed the Devo!!!! <hr /></blockquote>

hmmmm...a good point. still tho i find that avatars personalise a persons post. it makes it a shead load easier too to just have a nosey at what people would like as there avatar. i was going to have clark griswald but i have had to do with nothing. [Frown]

can nothing be done??

Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :

i don't buy the bandwith thing! Sure, im no expert on these technical matters. But we can upload our own pic on our profile, and put as many pics as we want in our post! And you're telling that if we had a small pic above our name, that would blow the budget???

Posted by Faith No Motley (Member # 3598) on :

Why don't those wanting avitars pay the difference if they're wanted so badly? Great site ran by great people that would be ashamed to be ruined budget wise by something as insignificant as avitars.

Posted by MelonFarmer (Member # 8172) on :

yea i dont think that avatars are going to eat up much bandwith. this is a good forum but it does look very bland. it sound daft but avatars really do break up posts so they are easier to read. yuo can identify individuals posts quickly of youre skimming over the thread + i think that having no signitures is a bit rough. not even one?! i was looking forward to joinging in on some coluorful 80's banter but all i have really seen so far is loads of black writing on a pink background.

and why do the mod's get a avatar that says 'i help maintain'? thats cool, i like to know who is a mod but why7 do you get at least some sort of avatar while the rest of us get nowt?? haway man, divven' be like that pet.

[ 28. August 2009, 13:38: Message edited by: P a u l ]

Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :

And come to imagine...all us poor souls with no self esteem, who've been on here for YEARS...never to have felt worthy of an avitar...

Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MelonFarmer:
and why do the mod's get a avatar that says 'i help maintain'?

Not only the mods have "I help maintain". You can have one too if you contribute to the site by doing updates on the review page. You can also have "Site Sponser" if you donate a little money to the site. Everyone wants Nick to be able to afford Avitars, but hardly anyone gives him a dime. Some Rewinders have been here for years and never donated a penny or did one site update....why? If we all give a little, maybe Avitars will come one day.

Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Faith No Motley:
Why don't those wanting avitars pay the difference if they're wanted so badly? Great site ran by great people that would be ashamed to be ruined budget wise by something as insignificant as avitars.

I totally agree! I could care less if we have avatars. I belong to other message boards where you can have avatars and I don't think the make posts easier to read or whatever. I like the Rewind just the way it is. To each his own I guess.... [Roll Eyes]

Posted by P a u l (Member # 1022) on :

For what it's worth, Signatures are active - just update your profile and they appear.

But think about it - this site has some major hits on it - and Nick currently pays for every single byte that gets sent out from the host servers. An avatar is what - around 30Kb? And so if you add 30Kb to every post on every thread every time it's viewed, that quickly adds up.

Short answer is - you can ask, but until such time as this site becomes self-supporting, it ain't gonna happen. As has been said, better a message board without avatars than no site at all.

[ 28. August 2009, 15:15: Message edited by: P a u l ]

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