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etherbrian on Mar 22, 2007

Spiffy! ... even if it is a little sad that you're out of tokens.

slypix on Mar 22, 2007

@etherbrian, I gotta say I love that avatar of your, I get this feeling I'm being watched though. :)

gswd on Mar 22, 2007

As posted elsewhere, I also like the idea. Hopefully, I will never need to add such an advisory to my avatar. :-)

Keeblerelf on Mar 22, 2007

Yeah...I like it too. Changes slowly so it's noticable but not distracting.

Jahnoth on Mar 22, 2007

'Tis perfect. There's enough of a movement to catch it out of the corner of my eye, but not so much that it's distracting.

ehooton on Mar 22, 2007

I Love it! So smart!

Finah on Mar 22, 2007

Nice! *envy* -- well half envy as i have 2 tokens left :D

MiCCAS on Mar 22, 2007

I have 4 left

tamashii on Mar 22, 2007

Brilliance, slypix!

/rushes off to make a series of 10 avatars for each number of tokens remaining!

slypix on Mar 22, 2007

wow, I'm actually surprise of all the support, I guess it's just self criticism - I wasn't too sure about the blinking.

Thanks guys and gals. :)

Jan on Mar 22, 2007

@tamashii: That's a good idea. I just copped out with no blinking and 0.
Nice idea, slypix. I'll bet this idea becomes very popular. :)

slypix on Mar 22, 2007

Actually it was suggested in mitten's thread closed out, and I gave it a shot to see what happens, so far I'm getting positive responses :)

tamashii on Mar 22, 2007

It's a great idea. Now, if people would put a little VIP in their icon (if they are VIP), we could be all flared out!

watehey on Mar 22, 2007

slypix has already done that.

turkeybutt on Mar 22, 2007

The coolest ever "slypix"... so if/when I'm out of tokens, which will be soon! What do you guys think if I make a new avatar that says "Buttless"!?! and "blinks slowly with a line through it"??? Okay, I can't help my fecitiousness, but you guys know it would be really cute if it was was an actually turkeybutt with a .........

slypix on Mar 22, 2007

@tamashii - Love your token status, unobtrusive and crystal clear.

tamashii on Mar 22, 2007

@watehey: that was the joke, hehehe.

watehey on Mar 22, 2007

Hey turkeybut - how about this?

:P

Keeblerelf on Mar 22, 2007

hehe

justG on Mar 23, 2007

Oops. If I'd seen this earlier, I wouldn't've left an off-topic comment on another thread. =) Snipped from there: I just wanted to say that I think it's brilliant. =)

Sly on Mar 23, 2007

I like the idea too ... /ms goes off to edit the ghost :D

Sly on Mar 23, 2007

Oh dear ... I need an edit button ... :P

tamashii on Mar 23, 2007

Look at Sly, all No Tokens and VIP'd! Awesome!

cry187 on Mar 23, 2007

hi sly,
loved the idea, hopefully I woulnd't get to the point where I won't have any tokens left. I still have 2 :D

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

Same here - 2 tokens.

If the next new set doesn't come to me automatically, I'll have to change my username to "cry188"

slypix on Mar 23, 2007

I love it Sly, great stuff :-)

cry187 on Mar 23, 2007

@ watehey
LOLS hopefully, I do get a delivery of a new set before april 20. I won't be able to received a gold set by then. @_@ (getting paranoid)

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

Yeah, that's what I mean. Not likely they'll make a new broze set anytime soon - but who knows.

mcd on Mar 23, 2007

So does the bunny pull the trigger if you get a gold delivery? ;)

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

:P

cry187 on Mar 23, 2007

@ mcd
goshhh, I hope my bunny wouldn't hehehe.

tamashii on Mar 23, 2007

Bunny Suicides: In case you need ideas, cry187.

slypix on Mar 23, 2007

this reminds me of happy tree friends - beware cartoon violence

tamashii on Mar 23, 2007

I love that show!

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

HTF is all right, but I like Retarded Animal Babies more.

Oooh... I hadn't been there in a while - there's new episodes! =)

cry187 on Mar 23, 2007

thanks tamashii for the link, I also love happy tree friends. I love watching it with friends. btw, I didn't do the illustration of the bunny (but I wish I did) but I do have a bunny character back then called monmon, a sadistic bunny that wields a dual-beretta.

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

It's a neat avatar cry187, too bad he's so pixelated. Have you considered cropping the image to make it clearer?

cry187 on Mar 23, 2007

@watehey
avatar is fixed. I was too excited to received the avatar badge that I neglected to resize it. Hence, it looks pixelated.

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

Yes, that is better - still a little hard to make out the gun though.

tamashii on Mar 23, 2007

Wow, Retarded Animal Babies is a bit FTL for me. Not horrible, but I've had my fill on the 3 episodes I watched.

cry187 on Mar 23, 2007

@watehey
Yeah I still need to fix that too. It's March 24 already here and I'm participating the Shutdown Day No iconbuffet for me in 24hours :(

Luckybeitia on Mar 23, 2007

Just added a little counter to my avatar!

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

Oh my, you'll be going through withdrawl - I'm sure. This place is soooo addictive.

tamashii on Mar 23, 2007

agreed. this place is a time sink like no other for me. i have no idea why.

slypix on Mar 23, 2007

Well I gave it 24hrs, for the blinking "no tokens left" icon... I decided to go static instead.

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

Personally I liked it better before. It was more noticible, but not the least bit distracting.

slypix on Mar 23, 2007

funny I found it distracting, I tried slowing it down, but then, I couldn't tell if I had tokens or was out of tokens, so I just went with always "on"

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

The flashing may have appeared slower for me since I use IE. I think it displays rapid animation a little differently than other browsers.

slypix on Mar 23, 2007

maybe that's why it didn't "look right" in my case... probably looks different in all browsers/OSs - it's all good :)

tamashii on Mar 23, 2007

I didn't find it distracting, slypix, if that worths at all, hehe.

However, that's why I opted for the numbered token for myself.

justG on Mar 23, 2007

Well it's your avatar, mate, so you gotta do what appeals to you, but for whatever it's worth, I didn't find it distracting either. It was oddly.. hynotizing. =)

justG on Mar 23, 2007

It was hypnotizing as well. =]

Sly on Mar 23, 2007

Good to see justG has added the VIP but I am disgusted to see she still has 25 tokens left!! Especially as you "use 'em or loose 'em" when the restock happens.

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

So send her a bunch of icons then! :P

Sly on Mar 23, 2007

I am low on stamps too as I was a little "over zealous" when I first joined the new site and did not realise the consequences of my actions :-S

slypix on Mar 23, 2007

Hypnotizing, hey!.... you will give me all your tokens, you wiiiiill give me alll your tooookens :)

Just checked your profile JustG, it looks like your not missing anything.

justG on Mar 23, 2007

That's right guys, if I were missing icons, believe me, I wouldn't have 25 tokens. I know I "use 'em or lose 'em," and I thought of that when I was considering going VIP, but well.. what the hey, it's all good. I wanted to support IB straightaway. =)

Oh, and slypix, if I could mate, I'd gladly share my tokens.

Sly on Mar 23, 2007

Neeed toookkkkeeeennnnssss ... I am already getting withdrawl symptoms of not spending them ... oh well I suppose I will have to go and spend some real money on Ebay or something ... :D

Jahnoth on Mar 23, 2007

This is neat, seeing all the new avatars with token and VIP status. Nifty. Got some new ideas, now.

slypix on Mar 23, 2007

Uh Hem... Did you hear that, chefs? someone wants to give out tokens *cough* :)

Jahnoth on Mar 23, 2007

Hmmm.... Points for tokens. Tokens for points... Betcha that's in the works.

Keeblerelf on Mar 23, 2007

I'd be willing to give mine away if possible as well. Already have everything so no real need for more than 5 for whatever the next delivery is. :)

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

@ justG - most of the people who have put tokens on their avatars have done so to keep people from sending them sets they can't accept/afford. That wouldn't be the case with you, since no one can send you any icons.

Did you just wanna be like eveybody else? :P

watehey on Mar 23, 2007

And now I see Keeblerelf has done the same. :s

Keeblerelf on Mar 23, 2007

Yup...gotta be part of the herd. :)

electricnet on Mar 23, 2007

Something tells me I can't use the bottom right spot of my avatar for placing notices like that. Hmmmm ...

slypix on Mar 23, 2007

@watehey - your right about he original intent of token status, but I'm really dinging everybody's new avatars.

Sly on Mar 23, 2007

Use the bottom left, top left or top right then :D

tamashii on Mar 23, 2007

Clearly -- slypix's idea was obviously something everyone wanted to implement (who could, of course). In a way, it seems a bit like SpyMac's method of avatar display (though the site isn't what it used to be).

I love all these informative avatars. I opted not to place a stamp blip because of their rather available nature. The tokens, as well the VIP status, seem to be the key features that are helpful for me to know right away.

Keeblerelf on Mar 23, 2007

Yeah...I only did the stamp thing because I'm hovering below 10 left so I know I'll soon be out. :)

watehey on Mar 24, 2007

I've decided mine should convey a message as well.

cry187 on Mar 24, 2007

hi watehey, nice concept on your new avatar. looks like your 2 tokens are gone.

watehey on Mar 24, 2007

No, I still have 2 tokens - and nearly 100 stamps.

But I was told that I should stop making deliveries.

cry187 on Mar 24, 2007

Oh, I thought the UPS delivery was meant for you. heheheh what's the reason for why they don't want you making deliveries? Almost had withdrawal not seeing any IB for 24hours. I tried staying at home just to see how well I could cope. After 16hours, I'm getting drawn to my computer to check my mails or any updates at IB. Good thing I survived Shutdown Day.

watehey on Mar 24, 2007

A system bug has resulted in me having too many stamps. I posted about getting more stamps two days ago, but the chefs never said anything about it. It was only after I emailed John and asked again that I was told it was a bug and that they would be taking more than 2000 points away from me for the extra deliveries I'd made and that until they resolve the problem, I should "cease and desist" so-to-speak. :(

Oh, and by the way - I'm not the only one who will be losing points. It's board-wide.

Re: Shutdown Day - I'm glad that you made it through. And your bunny wasn't compelled to pull the trigger. :P

Keeblerelf on Mar 24, 2007

Sweet...since I'm already at zero stamps maybe I'll legitimately be able to go negative now. Woohoo! hehe

watehey on Mar 24, 2007

Pbbbt... There were a couple of days that my stamp count was at -400something. Then suddenly it came back to 200+ and that's when I posted asking about it.

watehey on Mar 24, 2007

Stoopid line breaks. :disgusted:

That should read as -400something

cry187 on Mar 24, 2007

sigh, lot of things happen in 24 hours. I didn't notice if I did lose a point.

@keeblerelf
I just noticed that you avatar says VIP status/no stamps but 25 tokens. Wow, that's a handful and looks like you won't even be needing that 25 since you got all the sets.

watehey on Mar 24, 2007

@ cry187 - They haven't resoled the problem yet. So I don't know yet exactly how many points I'll lose - just taht it'll be in excess of 2000. Until they fix it, I'm in delivery limbo.

watehey on Mar 24, 2007

Yeah, yeah... typos.

Oh well. :rolleyes:

slypix on Mar 24, 2007

wow, been gone for less than 24hrs, so many things happened, it's totally impossible to keep track of all these threads.

finally found the one explaining Watehey's avatar

Winnopeg on Mar 25, 2007

Where are you guys finding the great little coin icon to add to your avatars?

Sly on Mar 25, 2007

On the "My icons" page, under "My Bank" -> Tokens

Sly on Mar 25, 2007

It's the backgrond image seen there

Sly on Mar 25, 2007

*clicks edit button* backgrond = background

watehey on Mar 25, 2007

@ Winnopeg - Here are the isolated images for the token and the stamp. :)

justG on Mar 25, 2007

@ Winnopeg: I got it from one of the free icon sets in my collection.

Winnopeg on Mar 25, 2007

Thanks. :)

tamashii on Mar 27, 2007

VIP BADGES ADDED TO COMMENTS!!!!

justG on Mar 28, 2007

Yeah, how cool is that? =)

slypix on Mar 28, 2007

neat this must have just happend a couple of days ago, I didn't notice till today. :)

electricnet on Mar 28, 2007

The VIP badges on comments look pretty spiffy. :P