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Custom Avatar Day - July 30 - Uploads Closed, see post #2 for info

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Custom Avatar Day is finally approaching! Users will be able to upload a custom avatar from July 30, 7am, until July 31, 7am. New members will not be able to upload a custom avatar, as well as members who have 30 or more infraction points in the last 6 months, or who have misused the custom avatar privilege previously.

Remember, avatars must be clearly Pokemon related, avatars must be 80x80 or smaller, photographic images of people will generally not be allowed, and lettering will generally not be allowed. Avatars should not be tasteless or distracting.

Lettering may be permitted in the case of your screen name, but you are advised to play it safe and leave the text in your signature.

Avatars will not be grandfathered in, so if you have an existing custom avatar in violation of the new rules, back it up and change it.

There will be a contest for most artistic avatar, and for best TCG related avatar. Both winners will receive two PokeGym dice each. More info on this should be revealed later.
 
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For more information on what type of Avatar is permitted, please see the FAQ entry for Custom Avatars. In general, looking for loopholes will get the avatar deleted on August 1 & 2, when all the non-compliant old and new avatars will be cleaned up, so -- make it look good & make it Pokémon.

Most artistic avatar as voted by staff gets 2 PokeGym dice & best Pokémon TCG related avatar as voted by senior staff gets 2 PokeGym dice. These awards will be posted before Worlds.

Update:
Avatar upload will end between 8:30-10am PDT on 7/31 to make up for the late opening today.

Deletions of avatars that don't meet the FAQ guidelines will take place 8/1-2--this includes OLD Avatars that don't meet the standard!.

Voting on the contest 8/3-4 & winner announcements 8/5.

Make is look good & make it Pokémon themed! Oh, and read the FAQ... see link above. Oh, wait, here it is in the thread:
Custom Avatar FAQ said:
For PokéGym members with less than 30 infraction points in the last 6 months can participate in our occasional custom avatar days, where members can freely upload a custom avatar.

The avatars are the decorations for our forum. This is a Pokémon discussion forum. Therefore, avatars need to be clearly Pokémon related. They also need to look good artistically and not be too distracting.

In general, no lettering is permitted in an avatar, put it in your signature. There may be exceptions for your screen name or a logo from a card or the anime, but given that custom avatar days are infrequent, you're probably best advised to take no chances and leave the lettering off. Past abuse and the generally awful and illegible nature of lettering in an 80x80 icon is the reason for this guideline.

Photographic images and lightly altered photographic images of people are not generally not permitted.

PokéGym senior staff judgment will be the final decision of what avatars meet these criteria.
 
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I hope I am not totally putting this in the wrong place, but when you say best tcg avatar and artistic avatar for the contest, the tcg one would be simply a picture of a card, like the Blastoise one already available, and the artistic one would be something you've drawn up yourself, like the Holon Mentor one already available, right? And are you only allowed to upload one?
 
I hope I am not totally putting this in the wrong place, but when you say best tcg avatar and artistic avatar for the contest, the tcg one would be simply a picture of a card, like the Blastoise one already available, and the artistic one would be something you've drawn up yourself, like the Holon Mentor one already available, right? And are you only allowed to upload one?

Not sure on the first part of your question, but I will tackle the second part.

And are you only allowed to upload one?

I would think that you can only upload one, as you can only have one avatar at a time. So, my advice is to upload one, make sure you really like it, and change it if needed.

If it gets deleted for some reason, you will have to wait until custom day comes again to redo it.
 
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I know just the perfect thing! I'm gonna cross my Favorite Card Game with my Favorite Video Game!

If Pikachu is holding a Guitar, will he get through the filter?
 
Custom Avatar Day is finally approaching! Users will be able to upload a custom avatar from July 30, 7am, until July 31, 7am.

Thanks for having the day. That doesn't give us much time prior to the day to come up with one. Is it possible to delay the date for a week or so for us slow creators of art.
 
I know just the perfect thing! I'm gonna cross my Favorite Card Game with my Favorite Video Game!

If Pikachu is holding a Guitar, will he get through the filter?


Avatar FAQ said:
PokéGym senior staff judgment will be the final decision of what avatars meet these criteria.

Thanks for having the day. That doesn't give us much time prior to the day to come up with one. Is it possible to delay the date for a week or so for us slow creators of art.

Well, it was announced way back on July 11th, here:

:grass:A custom avatar day is coming up soon! In preparation, a custom avatar FAQ has been released.
Also, please do not ask when this custom avatar day will take place.
http://pokegym.net/forums/faq.php?faq=pforums#faq_custav

So, I don't see it being delayed.
 
TCG related is art from or about the cards. Pika guitar hero would be fine, provided 1) it looks good and 2) it still looks like Pika and not the guy with horns or whatever. You've got 80x80, so its hard to get too much detail in that spot.
 
So the avatar must clearly be Pokemon Related?

Snap. So no more Stargate Atlantis for me.... :(

Alright, well, I'll need to find some sort of cool avatar for myself then....
 
Good, but how'd you guess Guitar Hero? It could have been rock band (eeww).

So I have some more questions, what type of images are allowed and if my image is too big, will I be able to shrink it and try again, or will it just get deleted and I have to wait till next time?

I think it looks pretty good. You can tell it's Pikachu and you can tell it's a Guitar Hero Guitar. The Guitar isn't Crystal Clear though. Oh well, I hope you guys like it!
 
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2 Questions. 1) How long do you have to be on the Gym to get one? It dosen't say. 2) Wheere will I find some good avis that are the right size?

Thanks!
 
Soo.......7 AM which time exactly? Just so I know if I can have a shot at it too, because I'll be gone tomorrow from 3 PM Dutch time...would bite a bit if I didn't get to upload my thingy >.<
 
Good, but how'd you guess Guitar Hero? It could have been rock band (eeww).

So I have some more questions, what type of images are allowed and if my image is too big, will I be able to shrink it and try again, or will it just get deleted and I have to wait till next time?

I think it looks pretty good. You can tell it's Pikachu and you can tell it's a Guitar Hero Guitar. The Guitar isn't Crystal Clear though. Oh well, I hope you guys like it!

What type of images? Pokemon related. We're being vague on purpose. The idea is not to limit people more than we have to. We only putting limits on because of some members' abuses of images, catching us on stuff us old farts aren't "hep to". Everybody be sure to thank them! :thumb::nonono:


If it's too big, the system won't let you download it. Most graphic programs allow for resizing of images.
Worst case you'd have to clip it.

Best artwork is for original artwork.
Best TCG related is a more general category. It's vague on purpose. Stun us.
 
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