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Maylith · #16 Post by **Maylith** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:12 pm

I'm all for the idea of ASCII avatars, if they are used at all. My net access is slow enough as it is, thanks to all those blessed people downloading all that music/etc. (Grrr.)

Tachyon · #17 Post by **Tachyon** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:19 pm

Huh? How would that affect your internet access? Is your computer on a network or something?

Maylith · #18 Post by **Maylith** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:38 am

I'm just picking on them

I don't know the source of the congestion, but it's a fact that there are times of day when I can't even get to major websites, and it's not a lack of dialups.

Whatever, I still think a roguelike deserves ASCII avatars on a forum, if it's got to have them at all.

Nerdanel · #19 Post by **Nerdanel** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 5:46 am

Ascii avatars would be cool. It wouldn't even have to be more than one letter on a black background, but I would like to choose the color of the letter.

Teber · #20 Post by **Teber** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:38 am

certain people (like me) share access to their ISP. this sometimes means traffic jams.

about ascii avatars. somebody would still have to the designing of gif images. the files would then be mercifully small. more to follow.

Neil · #21 Post by **Neil** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:44 am

Tachyon wrote:
Neil wrote:What does a 7 bit character set have to do with the price of wine in Bree?
Huh?

What does ASCII have to do with ToME?

fearoffours · #22 Post by **fearoffours** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:25 am

ToME is a roguelike, roguelikes are synonmous with ASCII.

Yes, I know you and a good proportion of our players play with tiles on, but there it is.

Maylith · #23 Post by **Maylith** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:34 pm

I started with Hack. I'll stay with tiles, thank you!

The only graphics I like are the Tk versions.

Nerdanel · #24 Post by **Nerdanel** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:52 pm

We could even use html with css for ascii avatars:

p.yellowavatar
{
background-color: black
color: yellow
size: big
font-family: courier
}

<p class="yellowavatar">Q</p>

Unfortunately it isn't possible to have a css element belonging in multiple classes, I checked... This scheme would result in nasty duplication of code for different colors. Someone who is better at this may find a way to make this better. Of course simple gifs are also a possibility.

Neil · #25 Post by **Neil** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:21 pm

Just drop the whole idea. They won't add any value to this forum.

Teber · #26 Post by **Teber** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:27 pm

it would be much simpler to create gifs. the standard size would be 80x80 pixels. the files would be much less than 1kb, by my guesstimate. and users could select the pics from a gallery. hosting the avatars on a remote server would open the possibility of users opting for *BIG* files. (this webdesigner shudders)

pic files with a byte count of arount 600 bytes would not take forever to load.

the decision is up to DG. i myself would not insist on introducing avatars.

Teber · #27 Post by **Teber** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:27 pm

Neil wrote:Just drop the whole idea. They won't add any value to this forum.

i'm with you.........

Tachyon · #28 Post by **Tachyon** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:28 pm

I say down with avatars. They slow up connections, take up space, and aren't necessary.

ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Thumbnails on forum?

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