Avatars....

jasonicus321 wrote:
Causes lag if you are on dial up maybe. Otherwise, no it doesn't. Plus, EA rarely comes here anyway, so good luck getting their attention.

The post wasn't for EA, it was for all of us as we are self regulating. And I've seen it crash servers before today if enough animation goes through.

Tiny GIFS don't crash servers. The only lag that will be seen is on the end users pc or device.

jasonicus321 wrote:
Tiny GIFS don't crash servers. The only lag that will be seen is on the end users pc or device.

Which I also mentioned, but got contradicted then as well. Don't know why I bother

I've never experienced any problems, with mine or any others. Not on my ipod touch 4, ipad 2, or 2008 macbook (wifi, four different routers). I freaking love my avatar, so I'm going to have to politely disagree..

la_dadaista wrote:
@Lloyd68: I wanted to say it long ago: yours is the best avatar ever :D

:lol: 8) :lol:

SNE4K wrote:
Seriously a measly animated gif file lags people half way around the world browsing a forum ???
You better never go of GIF on 4chan....lag central it would be !

It wasn't for the minority it was for the majority, if all of us have animated avatars, this forum will start having problems, everyone go and get one now and watch, then in a few weeks you'll go, oh yes he was right :roll:

dcline414 wrote:

xrobotlove wrote:
I've never experienced any problems, with mine or any others. Not on my ipod touch 4, ipad 2, or 2008 macbook (wifi, four different routers). I freaking love my avatar, so I'm going to have to politely disagree..

There's an automatic exception if your avatar is Flanders being slapped with cats!

haha thanks 8) I'm glad I'm not the only one enjoying it :D

Another forum police officer

Non-gif avatars are REALLY boring. Avatars are supposed to be used to express yourself in some way or something. :D

Worried over nothing. This is 2012 not 2002. I have been in forums with tens of thousands more members than this one, many who had animated avatars and there were no problems. If your pc can't handle gifs you need an upgrade. The servers will be fine.