Intrusive Eye Candy...

[Willy_Wonka]

I know I'm not exactly a persistent poster on here, so maybe folk can tell me to **** off and quit griping (see I even typed it for you, save you the bother).

But I've noticed recently that avatars have been getting bigger and bigger and signatures have turned into banners rudely announcing people's particular affilliation, crew, whatever...

now I don't know about anyone else, but it all looks a bit ****ing cheap and nasty if you ask me - ****s sakes we get bombarded with advertising and cheap media on the streets with having my screen polluted with every single post by a particular poster proudly banging their little drum with their tatty little animated gif and bad layered photoshop effort.

What was wrong with a simple html link - if we wanna check your shit, we'll check it, hopefully on the strength of the sense that people post about rather than these intrusive banner flickering in yer periphery vision all the time...

What you reckon Mr EG, I mean I reckon you should sort it out...

[dan the acid man]

there is now a setting in your profile to turn avatars and signatures off if you want

[DELTA9MDA]

respectfully, stop crying

[Willy_Wonka]

respectfully, stop crying

Yeah but avatars are cool, it adds a bit of personality - notice they're call 'avatars' not 'advertisers'. Switching them off misses the point.

I rather thought people associated with independent and underground music might have a bit more class - but fine - I can think of other forums where this is rampant and I'm sorry it just looks like the advertising sidings at some two-bit Vauxhall Conference football league ground.

[Stella Boy]

I admit that some of the avatars can be a bit big but at the end of the day it's about the post by the indiviual and the contents of that post that the people are interested in. When I first joined this forum I enjoyed looking at some of the avatars but they pale into insignifincance now.

[Stella Boy]

Sorry for the last post to anyone who goes to great lengths to get that perfect avatar but I tend to go on the content rather than the cover. ;)

[Numeric]

My Avatar is quality...

:lol:

[jonnyspeed]

The only one that gets me is Si the Sigh's which goes through to a some bollox holding page with very little on it but we see 20-odd banners on every thread! You sir, are a cunt :)

[Si the Sigh]

...thats 1st class cunt to you! http://www.bangingtunes.com/forum/smilies/screwu.gif

only joking! :lol: i'll remove some parts of my signature for you guys. my website is under construction still at the moment, but will be up and running soon.

[Si the Sigh]

Check 1, 2, 3...Ok now? :eh:

[Numeric]

In all fairness, i think Avatars are cool, as long as they're of a reasonable size, and aren't too offensive...

:lol:

[Si the Sigh]

Your avatars pretty funny man! :lol:

[Numeric]

The mighty Space Ninja Tamura...

:lol:

[Si the Sigh]

I thought it was Darth Vader in drag! :lol:

[Numeric]

I thought it was Darth Vader in drag! :lol:

:lol:

[dirty_bass]

gumble grumble mumble grumble......

[Si the Sigh]

"Quiet please! No talking at the back..."

[dirty_bass]

(takes piece of chewed up paper and uses ruler to ping it at the blackboard)

[Si the Sigh]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[jonnyspeed]

...thats 1st class cunt to you! http://www.bangingtunes.com/forum/smilies/screwu.gif

only joking! :lol:

..and sir, I was being affectionate :)

[Si the Sigh]

Ah! :roll: :lol: Who cares, the banners gone, no cunts moaning, and everyones happy! Wayhey! :clap:

[dan the acid man]

i think theres too many long words in people's posts nowadays, it takes ages for them to load up onto my pc :lol: ;) :lol:

[The Overfiend]

I take signatures and avatars to be reflections of peoples personalities. Almost like having a last name or reppin what crew your with. Take that away from us and we are all carbon copys to each other. Edit them out at your own leisure in the options for this board, but don't chastize from sticking out from the rest and showing who we are and what we appreciate, even if it is half naked gi joe dolls, women strip teasing and flaming fly kicks!

[Si the Sigh]

...Word! :clap: Nothing like playing with half naked GI Joe dolls whilst listening to techno

[dan the acid man]

summerofsam gets it spot on as usual :clap:

[Numeric]

I prefer SummerOfSams old avatar...