After reading about so many people feeling lost without their old identity, or finding old friends, having only recognised them before by their avatar, I thought maybe we should have an avatar thread to identify each other, or to make yourself feel more at home again. (also with any old username)So this was me on the Sims 4 forums: February11

Thank you Cade, for the update on this. Much appreciated. Here are my 2 rusty doubloons:How can this be a technical issue? It's a very odd design choice that I personally fail to understand.If EA truly cared about its gaming community and had done the slightest bit of research, this would have never been a problem. Custom avatars would be the default and some of the other forum limitations wouldn't even exist.The easiest, most straight forward solution is to unlock access to the avatar editor for everyone, so that it is not only limited to heroes and moderators. It's that simple. Even that as a temporary solution is better than nothing. Just unlock it. Potential security risks should have been taken into consideration during early backend development. I don't know what else the problem could be other than potential security risks. If this was a robust and stable platform this could be fixed within a week or possibly sooner. There is no good reason for it to be this way and it's unfair to the simming community, especially to the veterans who have been part of almost every Sims forum since the birth of the franchise. I'm not even one of them and I feel ignored.This is the offical forum now, plus the avatar concern was raised a long time ago in February, on the old forum, when it was announced it would be replaced with this new (simmer non-friendly) forum. I don't believe any concerns we had half a year ago were really taken on board by whoever is hosting or designed this forum. The fact that the team is only now exploring as to whether or not certain features will be possible in the future (?!), tells me that this forum was never actually built for us, or with us in mind. (Sigh, I believe this was the 637th time I said this).Sadly people are leaving because the place is difficult to navigate, and seeing all these similar avatars makes it even harder and more confusing for many. It doesn't feel personal. People should be having abit of fun on a forum, not feel stressed or confused due to its poor design. There are good things about this forum for sure, but right now the positive is overshadowed by the negative, in my opinion. I choose to remain optimistic however, and I really hope this and other issues e.g. lack of pagenumbers etc. will be solved very very very very Soon™.

I think everyone knows who I was :) I just wanted to chime in that this is something we're looking to bring back when we can. Now, I'm not promising you anything because we're still in the weeds technically with the forum host on what will be possible (and exploring a few options on our side as well), but we're aware of how important your forum identities are to you. <3

Mcrudd here and old forums. This was my default avatar, I would change it with special holidays and new pack announcements, but this was used most of the time Thought I would add a pic of some of the avatars I have used on special holidays or pack announcements 😘

I was elanorbreton and this is me. I don't have pink hair lol.I really hope they let us have our avatars back at some point. Preferably soon.

Hello! I'm CAPTAIN_NXR7. On the previous forum I was known as CAPTAIN_NXR7, so if people are confused, I can understand that.💚No, I'm not actually Han Solo, but I'm very much like Han Solo. I have a big, furry and loud best friend and although I prefer doing my own thing, I rarely shy away from joining a good fight for freedom. Yargh.My personal avatar is a portrait of my identical twin brother's simself - not as good looking as me ofcourse, that's why I use him. I only post my simself avatar at Winterfest when I get to wear a Father Winter hat. Hopefully we can all have our own, proper avatars wearing Father Winter Hats this Winterfest. 🤞🏻

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chips46
Seasoned Hotshot
5 months ago
My username is the same on the old forums
My avater on the old forums I wished I could had used it here
Jayel-1
Seasoned Ace
5 months ago
Now names and "faces" are coming together 😊
- LadyGray01
  Seasoned Hotshot
  5 months ago
  Just had the same thought as I was scrolling. Oh, I know that Simmer... I know that one... and that one... lol. Avatars are a lot easier to remember than names, though I do recognize some of those too.
  - Jayel-1
    Seasoned Ace
    5 months ago
    I was the same. I'm glad I started this thread. I'd been in two minds, but I think it's been helpful.
    Now we don't all feel like strangers 🙂
DeKaythePUNK
Seasoned Vanguard
5 months ago
I wonder if it's possible for them to make the avatars a bit bigger (if they manage to implement the custom avatar option). Cuz it's pretty small here even on my computer. I won't be able to make out who is who unless I put my face close to the screen. XD
blueybluesky
Seasoned Hotshot
5 months ago
Thankyou Jayel-1 for starting this thread 🙂
I'm blueybluesky on here and the old forums. This was the last avatar that I had, I haven't got any of my previous ones and I did change them a bit. I would always post about my legacy family founded by Connor and Clara Brooks.
LaunchSneezes
Seasoned Veteran
5 months ago
I'm fujicakes1...I am on a "new" (new to me) computer so I have none of my old stuff, and I switched avatars a bunch anyway because...well apparently I have autism and adhd, so, maybe that's why, or maybe it's just a thing I do, anyway but this is the avatar I'm planning to have here. Which does not help at all, I'm sure. And my plans may change. In any case. Yes. Here. Is this.
elliebreton
Seasoned Ace
3 months ago
Awww, I thought when all the avatars disappeared that we were getting the option for our own... then I log on tonight to see it's just back to it's usual anonymous state 😠
- Le_Slacker
  Seasoned Ace
  3 months ago
  its been on and off today, i think they got it done. But not with an option to upload from drive so far...
Le_Slacker
Seasoned Ace
3 months ago
..so is today the day ? i am hoping we are close to success !
- Miataplay
  Seasoned Ace
  3 months ago
  Boop! 😘