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 PandoraTO here, and I was PandoraTO back there! I was not on the old forum for long, compared to most people here. But I did enjoy my time there... whenever I wasn't banned, lol.TBH, I don't really like this new forum, and so far we have no indication that any action will be taken on our feedback about it. So, I don't know how long I'll be around waiting for that to happen. For now, it's just one day at a time for me.

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Miataplay
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago
Most recent avatar 2016-2024. Catalina Vampire.Catalina vampire model Sims 3 Avatar in 2015.Catalina Vampire Avatar sims 3 2015.
She's getting ready to go the mall and cruise for boys with her girlfriends.
Catalina back in her modeling days for an 80's fashion lookbook. 2015.

These are just a few avatars I made with my vampire sim Catalina. I got older ones! 😆
- Jayel-1
  Rising Ace
  2 months ago
  Nice one Miataplay🥂
  - Miataplay
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago
    Cheers!
- DJConnemaraDSM
  Rising Vanguard
  2 months ago
  I love the neon outfit... I'm getting 80s vibes here! (Lordy, I miss the 80s!!!)😉
  - Miataplay
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago
    Where's The Beef! 😆
atreya33
Seasoned Veteran
2 months ago
I was Atreya33 on the old forum. I only lost the capital first letter of my name.
I miss my avatar. This is Quirine is the sims 4 version of my main sims 2 sim.
LiELF
Seasoned Veteran
2 months ago
Hi everyone! *waves*
Here's the last avatar I used on the old forums. It's my eccentric, slightly narcissistic witch riding barefoot through Forgotten Hollow.
But I get bored and restless too easily, so I've changed my pic many times. Here are some of the others I've used:

Yes, I do love my Occults. 😈💀🧛🧙‍♀️🧜🧞‍♂️🧟‍♀️🖤
- Miataplay
  Seasoned Ace
  2 months ago
  Awesome!!💀🖤☠️
LadyGray01
Seasoned Vanguard
2 months ago
It's the same one I've had since Sims 2. It was the one I had on AHQ, but it appears they've changed it to one of the random icons available. So now it's only on the EA app. It's my Simself from nearly 20 years ago.
VWoodsong
Seasoned Observer
2 months ago
I was VeeDub on the old forums, and I used several different avatars over time as my whims demanded (ok, they asked nicely... most of the time). 👀 This one was the one I had most recently there.
Pretty sure I won't be posting much on the new forums because... well, I simply don't like this style of posting. But it's cool to see some familiar faces here, and I do pop in from time to time just to see what might get shaken out of some weird trees or anything. 😎
Gamer_Cat24
Rising Rookie
2 months ago
Sorry for the massive size, but my old forum name was Umbreon12, and this was my avatar I used for the forums.
simgirl1010
Hero
2 months ago
amber_ilumire
Rising Vanguard
2 months ago
I don’t remember this sim’s name, but I love her vibes ❤️ This was an in-game photo her daughter took on her phone… I hope I made her a photograph after that, but I don’t remember what happened to them 😂
FreddyFox1234
Seasoned Hotshot
2 months ago
It's great to see everyone properly again! This was my avatar - chosen really only because the cat is based on my own 😀
crocobaura
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago
I still have the green plumbob as my avatar. I'm not complaining, except for the fact it's tiny. 😄