Drama, drama, drama. We must have pokemon related avatars so we can look good for POP? What, are we like their minions or something? I refuse to accept that argument. If they are decorations solely for the purpose of making this board look pretty, why are they user controllable? Avatars are there for people to express some individuality. You said it yourself: "Avatars are there for decoration, and as kind of a way you can be identified by a unique symbol/sign/picture." When you say custom avatar that is only allowed to be Pokemon related because of those aforementioned reasons, calling it custom is a bit of an oxymoron in my belief.
This is coming from someone who has been a member of this board longer, to someone with barely legible text in his/her avatar: if it is inappropriate, it is your responsibility to know about it and to take action. If it is something that looks like it may be inappropriate but you aren't sure, I'd hope the people running the board are responsible enough to find out if it is indeed inappropriate and to take proper action. That shouldn't be too much work. If it is, you can step down and let someone else who will do the work take your place. Ugh, I'm probably about to get my whole entire post here thrown out, but look at WPM with Pokebeach. He's been running a news and information website for years. Through it getting completely deleted, faulty laptops, and college, he's been doing it all by himself, only with the help of people who provide information and translation work. You think you're overburdened? You should be grateful you don't need to deal with stuff like that happening all the time.
