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Why do some people have special titles under their names? Is this something you earn? Is is chosen for you or can you chose it? do you have to be here a certain amount of time to get it?

Another question; Who do I talk to for a custom pic, or Avatar I guess you call it? I submitted one cropped to the proper size when I first joined but havent heard if it was accepted or what? Can I check with someone?

Thanks!

Newb!

Yep.. a "special title" is something that you earn (or, are supposed to earn," anyway)... Earning a title usually requires that you have been an Innmate for a year and/or have 1000 posts under your belt (you do not have to have both, of course... either/or is usually good enough). But, even at that, having the year in and/or the post count necessary doesn't always guarantee that you'll get a title. A lot of earning a title is dependent upon what you contribute to the Inn... Are you helpful and friendly and all those gooey things to your fellow Innmates and newbies alike? Do you "contribute" to the Red Dragon Inn with article submissions, informative posts, etc? The list goes on, really... there are lots of things that get considered where custom titles go but, these are just a few of the "guidelines" that the staff hereabouts go by when determining who gets a title...

Now, typically, when/if you first get a title it's probably going to be something that one of we moderators have bestowed upon you and, in a lot of cases, will be relevant to something you do/have done/etc to make you "notorious" in our hallowed halls (i.e. Pit F(r)iend was given the "Welcome Waggin'" title because of his exuberance in greeting newbies and waggin his big ol' tail as he did so, Odyson got tagged with "Pun-dit" because, ding dang it, he's just puntastic... etc, etc, etc...)

Sooo... there's that...

As to the custom avatars... there's no real "set time frame" for approval and such where that goes... it's still kind of a manual review/approve process even though, in recent years, the "Suggest a New Avatar" link has rather automated the submission process... As the "freetime" loosens up for our webmaster or our other admin types, those submissions are usually approved and then added to the list of picks once they've been okayed. if it's been overly long, you can always drop a PM to the webmaster and maybe give him a subtle nudge... If he's not buried under RL he's usually pretty decent about getting back to you.

Thank you oh helpful one. All has become clear. It will be awhile before I get a title. Guess I have to work to earn that title.

It has only been a week since I joined so I will give the kind and all powerful webmaster time to check out and hopefully approve my pic.

Thanks.

Jack

Any of the Staff can approve avatars, so you née not just email the webmaster. And "custom" personal avatars are a rare thing. Avatars are made available to the public once approved. Even if i were to name an avatar Bromern Sal, there's no guarantee someone won't come in and select your preferred likeness.

Welcome to the Inn by the way.

I see your name Bromern Sal on the staff list so why dont you take a look at my submitted Avatar pic and approve it?

I am not asking for a 'personal' avatar that only I can use. I understand what you are saying. I just want to be able to use the pic that I submitted.

I did PM the webmaster but have not received a reply yet. If someone could tell me if my pic is approved or Not approved I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

Mysterion,

I have taken on the job of sorting out the Avatars over this long weekend. I will take a look at the current avatars, the submitted one and do the resizing, approving and rejecting. Please be patient.

Thank You Kind Sir! I appreciate it!

I have completed the avatars. If you fina any that are still too big, let me know.

If you submitted one and you can't find it, let me know. Some were unable to be used. Some were bad file. Some might have been lost.

Cool. Just what I wanted. Looks great! Thanks!

May pigeons fly upside down the next time he washes his car!

Thanks Alacrity! I've been waiting on my new avatar since I got my title!

Alacrity is da bomb!

With the sole exception of "Amazon Girl" in the Female Warriors tab, I decree the avatars have finally been fixed! Great to see formerly huge avatars tamed down to "fun size" at last and still be workable. (Yes, I looked through each tab--found a bunch I'd never seen before, good ones too.)

Congrats Mysterion and Tiamat, hope you enjoy your new face-masks here!

High-Five, Alacrity and thanks! *celebratory soft-shoe shuffle*

I deleted that one! Must have be a duplicate.

One amazon girl down to size. Sneaky jpegs ....