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Pimientito

Posts: 2481
Joined: Jul. 30 2007
From: Marbella

Ban Avatar Changes

Ok Guys, some of you are going to call me Mr.Picky but there are those of you are guilty of the most heinous of forum crimes.......changing your avatars.
DUN-DUN-DAH
Imagine looking forward to getting a reply from say Manzman with his lightning magician, only to find he has turned into leopard skin guitar strap one day or finding that overnight Ricardos´ Gerardo has become Juan Martin!! Suddenly, like a Hollywood makeover, their whole forum identity totally different. Don't ever change guys.
I guess this is pointed at certain forumites (cant name names) who post new studio photos of themselves every week....its so confusing. Its worse when someone who was vicente is now something else, leaving room for someone else to be vicente...like reservoir dogs where everyone wants to be Mr. Black
Administrators, this situation is laughable, deplorable, outragous and just plain silly. Ban Avatar changes!!!!!
SIGNED -The following below

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 9:24:09

Ailsa

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Joined: Apr. 17 2007
From: South East England

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Pimientito)

Nahhh!! Variety is the spice and all that. Just because you've got my skirt and feet atm, I might want to change that, depending on my unpredictable mood. Imposing this ban would be a denial of my right to be contrary, changeable, unruly and wayward. And that's just when I'm in a good mood.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 10:41:52

prd1

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Joined: Jul. 11 2007

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Ailsa)

Ban Avatar Changes - Is this a subliminal message from a phsyco serial gitano killer sect - it seems to be an anagram of:

hang caravan beast

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 18:13:40

Pimientito

Posts: 2481
Joined: Jul. 30 2007
From: Marbella

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to prd1)

A psycho serial gitano killer sect - seems to be an anagram of:

Hockey is legal castration pliers

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 18:50:00

Stu

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Joined: Jan. 30 2007
From: London (the South of it), England

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Pimientito)

**** man! I wish you hadn't used me as an example, I've been planning on changing that for ages, now I'll feel bad if I do!!

I sort of agree though. Some people have changed theirs a few times in a short amount of time it gets a bit confusing.

but also agree variety is the spice etc..

Was also thinking of changing my name how would that go down???

Stu

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 20:40:14

gato

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Joined: Jun. 9 2007

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Pimientito)

I have no Avatar. Could that mean that I really don't care at all? Isn't that an unexceptable form of non conformity? Or, is changing my Avatar even better?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 21:34:24

JBASHORUN

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 23:17:50

Stu

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Joined: Jan. 30 2007
From: London (the South of it), England

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to JBASHORUN)

So what does yours say about you Jbash?
you're actually a 3 yr old girl with blonde hair!??

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 23:30:28

JBASHORUN

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 20 2007 23:42:38

Pimientito

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Joined: Jul. 30 2007
From: Marbella

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to JBASHORUN)

quote:

ORIGINAL: JBASHORUN

and not just be some Googled stock image of PDL playing a rumba...

Actually, that is a photo that I took during a concert in Malaga and my hand was shaky and the accidental result is the highly original Non Google stock image of Paco

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 11:07:52

andresito

Posts: 377
Joined: Feb. 20 2007
From: New Holland

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to JBASHORUN)

quote:

ORIGINAL: JBASHORUN
... a 3 year old girl is probably BETTER than me...

Well, she does look pretty good considering the size of the guitar... relaxed smile, thumb moving nicely across the strings, not afraid to play up the neck bit... are they pegs on that axe, too??

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 11:35:22

JBASHORUN

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 13:21:05

Pimientito

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From: Marbella

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to JBASHORUN)

How about if your guitar playing is a bunch of Ass? Would this be my new avatar?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 13:22:44

JBASHORUN

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 13:26:31

el ted

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RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Pimientito)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 13:29:13

Pimientito

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From: Marbella

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to JBASHORUN)

quote:

ORIGINAL: JBASHORUN
IF you could get one of the chick's ass actually PLAYING a guitar, then I would welcome it.

you mean like this.....?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 13:39:56

Mark2

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Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Pimientito)

Uh, I just changed mine. Sorry. I tried to upload a few different photos, but it didn't work. Wrong size maybe. Is there a free program out there to change the size of photos?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 18:29:31

JBASHORUN

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 18:37:44

Estevan

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From: Torontolucía

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Mark2)

quote:

Is there a free program out there to change the size of photos?

This one is like Photoshop, but free:

GNU Image Manipulation Program:
http://www.gimp.org/

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 20:08:37

JBASHORUN

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 20:15:55

Ricardo

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From: Washington DC

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Pimientito)

Ok, but not Doitsujin. I look forward to his ever changing and entertaining avatars! I can't decide which I liked best, "Darth Sidous" or "Quartermain and two gays".

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 20:50:33

Arash

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From: Iran (living in Germany)

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Mark2)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark2

Uh, I just changed mine. Sorry. I tried to upload a few different photos, but it didn't work. Wrong size maybe. Is there a free program out there to change the size of photos?

if you only want to change the size, you can also do it with the standard paint software which is included in windows.

But as James said, Irfanview is great and has many additional functions and its free. It is surely 10 times better than paint.
I use it.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 21 2007 21:13:41

cneberg

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From: Sončno polje pri Večnosti

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Mark2)

I tried to change mine also, but it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with the size. The size was proper. Something else must be wrong. Might be the foro or my PC.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 21:33:52

JBASHORUN

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 22:16:41

Doitsujin

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RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to Pimientito)

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Uh, I just changed mine. Sorry. I tried to upload a few different photos, but it didn't work. Wrong size maybe. Is there a free program out there to change the size of photos?

If you have a PC with windows. Use "paint". U can stretch all images. Than just save it in the right filetype. Et voila.. you can use it as avatar.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 24 2007 12:47:37

Pimientito

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From: Marbella

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to JBASHORUN)

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ORIGINAL: JBASHORUN

Simple! You just switch off the image stabilizer on the camera!

I dont know how to turn it on in the first place.....I didnt even know there was an image stabilizer. Your camera is clearly more expensive than mine

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 24 2007 18:43:43

Mark2

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Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco

RE: Ban Avatar Changes (in reply to JBASHORUN)

Thanks, I downloaded it and was finally able to upload my pic. I promise not to change it for a while.

quote:

ORIGINAL: JBASHORUN

quote:

Uh, I just changed mine. Sorry. I tried to upload a few different photos, but it didn't work. Wrong size maybe. Is there a free program out there to change the size of photos?

Try this one:

www.irfanview.com/

But don't blame me if it doesn't work, I've never tried it as I use photoshop.

Jb