But their avatar isn't replaced, it's overlayed. As was mentioned by someone else, not everyone sees it. If anything, it'll take up more space. If space was an issue, they'd disable the banned accounts avatar.JEBWrench said:
I actually don't like the "permabanned" avatar swap
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I wasn't telling you specifically. If you can't follow the forum rules you'll eventually get banned, that's how it goes. Why should changing their avatar be such a big deal to you? Does it really have such a profound effect on you?Vegosiux said:
It's not a case of tough luck at all, it's a case of if you break the rules, take the punishment. The punishment involves a comedic replacement of your avatar.
Here's another thing: once permabanned, you won't be seeing their avatars around much anyway. I wonder why that might be?
I get a warm fuzzy feeling when I see the gif under the name of somebody who's been douching up the forums for a few weeks too long and finally got theirs.Daystar Clarion said:
Okay, and when are you going to address the question of someone who's actually still around here, not banned, and not likely to be banned anytime soon, and still not liking to see those gifs?SkarKrow said:
Because I've been asking that one for a while now.
EDIT: Oh and also, I'd very much appreciate if people stayed away from the appeal to worse problems fallacy.
I've gotta go with the first response and say it seems like a pretty silly thing to get upset/offended about.Vegosiux said:
Granted, I think the vast majority of things that people claim offend them are silly because I really hate Political Correctness, but that's just me.
As for the people getting permabanned...yeah, it's not like they're going to be making any new posts with an avatar that's been forced onto them. Their life on the forum is over...think of the permabanned avatar as a tombstone, not an insult. "Here lies one who could not obey the simple rules of the forum." You say the avatar is an extension of someone's personality on the forum. That I can agree with. But if they've been permabanned, their personality has officially left the forum...you won't be hearing from that personality again. In a matter of days the last posts they made will become buried and you won't be seeing their avatar - their real one or the changed one - anymore. So why bother getting upset over something that won't even be around in a couple days?
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The easy answer is "Cry me a river then build a bridge and get over it."Vegosiux said:
I don't mind the avatar swap, but I do wish it could be something slightly more refined. Something like a black box with white text reading,
"Dear Sir or Madam, you have been banned
Hugs and Kisses
-Mods" That would be nice.
"Dear Sir or Madam, you have been banned
Hugs and Kisses
-Mods" That would be nice.
You don't like it, eh? Fair enough.
I don't like that you don't like it. Seems a silly thing to get so bent-out-of-shape over.
Now where are we?
I don't like that you don't like it. Seems a silly thing to get so bent-out-of-shape over.
Now where are we?
Whoa. And there it is, ladies and gentlemen. /threadRJ 17 said:The easy answer is "Cry me a river then build a bridge and get over it."
What he said.Daystar Clarion said:
They're banned. They gave up the right to ***** about anything.
It took me ages to figure out that people had their avatar changed to that when they got banned, I just figured there was a bunch of dickheads with that obnoxious avatar that all had just happened to have been banned.
EDIT: Oh god, my precious non-avatar. Destroyed. This is the worst day of my life.
EDIT: Oh god, my precious non-avatar. Destroyed. This is the worst day of my life.
Weird. I've never seen that avatar before. I've even clicked on a banned persons profile once or twice and still haven't seen it before.
I have to agree with the OP though, it does seem rather petty and unnecessary.
It seems like it's somewhat unsportsmanlike to make fun of someone after they've been banned.
I have to agree with the OP though, it does seem rather petty and unnecessary.
It seems like it's somewhat unsportsmanlike to make fun of someone after they've been banned.
Just look at the rather, uh, colourful language you are allowed to use. Just look at pretty much any of us - except, say, Saint Daystar Clarion - who post here with little to no restraints - we use nasty words, foul language, some of us seem to have verbal diarrhea; we posit sometimes extreme and extremely unpopular viewpoints, and we don't get spanked for it, because it's but human to err in the melonfarming vocabulary department when emotions go high and we don't feel like it's a Borg suit'n'tie event.
Some of the bans seem harsh, when people get banned for one-liners or similar n00bish infractions. Then again, I must say that I myself am pretty sick of one-liners. Just look at pretty much any video or video sharing site, and you'll see an approximate 0.0001% of one-liners actually being funny, the rest being of the illiterate, propagandist or plain stupid kind. Granted, those still seem to be rare here, but replying to a thread with one line or just one word is not proper style, and I welcome it being discouraged.
As for perma-bans... I tried to keep a tab on those, and all I can say is this: Just from superficial analysis I can say that I have not seen any 'unfair' perma-bans. People were asking for it, and most of them have been hard working on making it happen. Some, amongst them some very active and outspoken non-meat-eating forum members, seemed pretty instant but having had a look at some of the material they posted actually saw me worried about their in-the-flesh, IRL proximity to humans, animals, plants and inanimate objects.
The moment you manage to get perma-banned, why would anyone want to hold on to their avatar, and why should they be allowed to prolong their negativist, obnoxious and toxic presence?
I've been privvy to some personal interaction with some of those that are no longer with us and, yes, I can confirm that none of them were proper evil, but it's most likely a stupid person that will run you over, rob you blind, shoot you dead, eat your dog or rape your horse. Proper evil is rather rare, and the Escapist forums are no exception to that rather simple fact of life.
Some of the bans seem harsh, when people get banned for one-liners or similar n00bish infractions. Then again, I must say that I myself am pretty sick of one-liners. Just look at pretty much any video or video sharing site, and you'll see an approximate 0.0001% of one-liners actually being funny, the rest being of the illiterate, propagandist or plain stupid kind. Granted, those still seem to be rare here, but replying to a thread with one line or just one word is not proper style, and I welcome it being discouraged.
As for perma-bans... I tried to keep a tab on those, and all I can say is this: Just from superficial analysis I can say that I have not seen any 'unfair' perma-bans. People were asking for it, and most of them have been hard working on making it happen. Some, amongst them some very active and outspoken non-meat-eating forum members, seemed pretty instant but having had a look at some of the material they posted actually saw me worried about their in-the-flesh, IRL proximity to humans, animals, plants and inanimate objects.
The moment you manage to get perma-banned, why would anyone want to hold on to their avatar, and why should they be allowed to prolong their negativist, obnoxious and toxic presence?
I've been privvy to some personal interaction with some of those that are no longer with us and, yes, I can confirm that none of them were proper evil, but it's most likely a stupid person that will run you over, rob you blind, shoot you dead, eat your dog or rape your horse. Proper evil is rather rare, and the Escapist forums are no exception to that rather simple fact of life.
That is immature and really stupid.TopazFusion said:You can just go to their profile to see what their avatar used to be.
And anyway, it's not like they're going to be posting all around everywhere with that avatar. You'll only see it on very recent bans, or on thread necros.
For those who don't know what the OP is talking about . . .
Real classy Escapist, real classy. ¬__¬
EDIT: Escapist, what little respect I still had for you has just plummeted.
OOH! You filthy wordsmith from down below, you satanic whisperer, you lost soul from the abyss!smithy_2045 said:
You bear the mark of evil! Begone, creature of the endless night! Thou shalt not poison our eternal souls with your disruptive ways!
Oh, and here's the captcha, added for emphasys:
live your dream
This sum up my thought on the OP-
Meh I have no sympathy to those who get banned anyway (seriously it's not hard to see the amount of warmings you get if you look at your health bar at your profile).
Those banned members didn't respect the mods, the guidlines/ rule set upon here and some other members opinions therefore they wouldn't be respected once they are banned (well ok some people did like a certain banned member but still). It's not like we are desecrating their gravestone.
Beside a few banned members had the default avatar if you don't get yourself an avatar anyway so it kind of given them a favour (how hard is it to pick something as a avatar? To me it look like that person couldn't bother to set one up.)
One way or another I bet this new avatar swap will add fuel that to that Escapist hating website.
EDIT- Great, you anger a mod well turned this silly thread to be even more funnier!
Well ok so far it seen only the OP cared about this.
Meh I have no sympathy to those who get banned anyway (seriously it's not hard to see the amount of warmings you get if you look at your health bar at your profile).
Those banned members didn't respect the mods, the guidlines/ rule set upon here and some other members opinions therefore they wouldn't be respected once they are banned (well ok some people did like a certain banned member but still). It's not like we are desecrating their gravestone.
Beside a few banned members had the default avatar if you don't get yourself an avatar anyway so it kind of given them a favour (how hard is it to pick something as a avatar? To me it look like that person couldn't bother to set one up.)
One way or another I bet this new avatar swap will add fuel that to that Escapist hating website.
EDIT- Great, you anger a mod well turned this silly thread to be even more funnier!