All I want is my gorram custom AVATAR!!!! by Gorbishun

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All I want is my gorram custom AVATAR!!!!

POSTED BY: GORBISHUN
UPDATED: Sunday, April 23, 2006 17:39
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Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:44 PM

I can't take it any more! I just want it so bad but there seems to be some godly presence denying me any Firefly happiness. I've sent Haken multiple emails containing my avatar, and I sent him multiple versions of my avatar--I sent an attachment, I copied it into the text of the email, I sent him a link to where it was already on the internet. And yet, still no avatar, or reply.

The last time I sent him an email was April 8. The first time I sent him one was before February 25.

Now, I've tried sending him emails through the "Email submission form," but when I do this I get an "automatically generated Delivery Status Notification" from postmaster (postmaster@iceweb) saying:
"Unable to deliver message to the following recipients, due to being unable to connect successfully to the destination mail server."

I haven’t tried the submission form for a while now, so maybe I should try again.

But, any way, I'm SICK of this! I just want my custom avatar. There is no reason for it to be this difficult.

As you can read, I'm annoyed with this. Please--PLEASE--if you have any suggestions/help that will show me the light and get me my avatar, I'm here and waiting.

I just want is so bad!!!!!

«°-:-°»
Also... I can kill you with my brain.

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Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:50 PM

SAMEERTIA

I'm sure he's busy and will get around to it.
Remember, he maintains this site out of the goodness of his Browncoated heart. He's not paid, and he does have a real life.

He'll get to it when he gets a chance. In the meantime, take a chill pill and use one of the provided avatars.

(oh, and the nagging him thing..might not be the best idea)

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Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:55 PM

GORBISHUN

Quote:
Originally posted by SameErtia:

I'm sure he's busy and will get around to it.
Remember, he maintains this site out of the goodness of his Browncoated heart. He's not paid, and he does have a real life.

He'll get to it when he gets a chance. In the meantime, take a chill pill and use one of the provided avatars.

(oh, and the nagging him thing..might not be the best idea)

Thanks for the reply.

I know he's busy, I understand that, that's why I waited so long. But more than two months just to put a little picture on the site? It makes me seriously consider that my emails might not be reaching him.

Also, I haven’t been bugging him. I've sent him four emails throughout the last two months (not including the two that didn't get through to him when I used the submission form).

EDIT: I'm not trying to rant, and I'm trying to keep my complaining to a minimum, I'm just finding out what other people think I should do. Sorry If I sound so anal.

«°-:-°»
Also... I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 4:57 AM

IVY

Me too, I just gave up. If you ever succeed, please post to give the rest of us hope.

Ivy

I've been sane a long while now, and change is good...

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:29 AM

GORBISHUN

Quote:
Originally posted by Ivy:
Me too, I just gave up. If you ever succeed, please post to give the rest of us hope.

Ivy

I've been sane a long while now, and change is good...

I'm sorry to hear there are others. I just don't understand why it's so difficult--it's not like this on other sites.

If I do get my avatar I'll let you know :\

«°-:-°»
Also... I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:50 AM

LISSA

It's just a little picture...it's not like he's denying you the ability to post. No need to be so dramatic...Haken has given us this amazing community which has been my home on the internet for several years now. If he decides to change all the avatars to pictures of hot dogs, fine by me.

~lissa, retired spwhore

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:10 AM

GORBISHUN

Quote:
Originally posted by lissa:
It's just a little picture...it's not like he's denying you the ability to post. No need to be so dramatic...Haken has given us this amazing community which has been my home on the internet for several years now. If he decides to change all the avatars to pictures of hot dogs, fine by me.

~lissa, retired spwhore

Actually, it's funny that you should say that. Ever since I set my mind on getting this avatar, ever since I started waiting, I've been getting on here less and less. It's not like I'm avoiding the site, it's just when I think about the site I think about my avatar and I want to wait a little longer, so I do something else. It's a weird feeling.

Maybe to you it's just a little picture, but I love it:

I guess it's just a difference of opinions. I'm just going to wait. I can wait...

«°-:-°»
Also... I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:10 PM

SIMONB

Hmm, that is a good picture

- Shiny. Let's be bad guys.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:27 PM

Hmmm...these posts are getting me a'thinkin..Ye gods, I have an idea! No, false alarm. No. Yes. No, wait. YES, YES, YES!! No, no...I'VE GOT IT!

Haken Day??

Virtual Shindig, Celebrating the Kindliest of All Browncoats!

To Haken, who give our lives an emergency exit. *Toasts, and slugs it down*

I think a little chaos is in order.

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:54 PM

SIMONWHO

Well, the thing is this is a free site, generously organised and run by Haken. He owes us nothing, we owe him lots.

In my personal case, an awful lot.

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:12 PM

PIZMOBEACH

... fully loaded, safety off...

Quote:
Originally posted by Gorbishun:

Maybe to you it's just a little picture, but I love it:

I guess it's just a difference of opinions. I'm just going to wait. I can wait...

That is a nice picture - why not just include it in your signature until or when other things happen?

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:35 PM

GORBISHUN

Wow... I like you. I can't believe I didn't think of that. Thanks SO much!

Hehe! I'm happy! You rock! Now I won't mind waiting so much.

EDIT: You're a genius!

«°-:-°»
Also... I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:48 PM

WILDIGSTART

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
Well, the thing is this is a free site, generously organised and run by Haken. He owes us nothing, we owe him lots.

In my personal case, an awful lot.

I don't think I could ever pay him what he deserves.

You see? She's not a junkie or mentally ill, she's gifted!--Momma Roxy

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:50 PM

ZOID

Gorbishun:

Not to get you all fired up or nuthin'...

But I even went so far as to post the avatar I wanted to use in the BlueSun Room, so it would be on the same server. I figured, no offsite links, should be good to go, right?

No dice.

Here's what I figure:
There's a ton of content on this site, and as others have already mentioned, only the one Haken, he of the Hawaiian life and beauteous wife. I'm thinkin' it's way too much for him (or his infinitessimal cadre of minions) to daily go through every new avatar to check for porn -- and you can bet your a$$ there would be. Ever heard of trolls?

The part that's probably irking you most is that the Profile Page offers to let you use a custom avatar, you just can't get one. Well, only about thirty people ever got them. They were OB's (Original Browncoats), and of the original 30, I only ever see two or three on the boards anymore, Haken being one of them (his avatar looks like a Polynesian Jesus).

Them's the breaks.

Still, if Haken won't allow custom avatars -- and I can understand that -- he should at least remove those fields from the Profile template. Easy enough to do, and nobody gets misled into thinking they can't have what others can...

Symbolically,

zoid

P.S.
My wished for little avatar is here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=1719

-and here-

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:51 PM

GREENFAERIE

Quote:
Originally posted by pizmobeach:
That is a nice picture - why not just include it in your signature until or when other things happen?

Yup. That's what I did. Plus, you can make it whatever size you like.

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:06 PM

GORBISHUN

You're right, I've only seen three people with custom avatars and they're all old school Browncoats.

I agree with everything you said. After saying that, there isn't much left to say.

Oh, and I like your would-have-been avatar :D
That was a good scene.

«°-:-°»
Also... I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:10 PM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Good idea! Lets see if this works.

~~~~~

"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:39 PM

GRIZWALD

*giggling at Polynesian Jesus*

Actually I've written to Haken a couple of times about a custom avatar, but HIS avatar is so scary-lookin that I never pursued it with much vigor. I get the feeling that it could break my custom avatar in half with its little finger.

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