This post ok?

[BottlesOf]

K, I'll look into getting it.

[Mike Haven]

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Just got his PM "can I make a new avatar with just "78suited" no ".com"? "
What do you think Mat? This is the site with the affiliate advertising, but without the .com it wouldn't be a URL...


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However, if ... the avatar is a simple 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]-type, then that would be ok, imo.


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I don't think the size/color or font of the name are important, and our policy shouldn't be based on the aesthetics of it.


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Forgive me for posting yet again, but now I'm confused.

Originally, I assumed you were worried the avatar was going to be some sort of veiled advert for his site, and that is why you mentioned it.

If it's a simple 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]-type drawing, as you now seem to be implying, then, again, I agree with you that it could be pink with ribbons, if he likes that kind of thing, and there's no need for us to see it first, just because his site is called seveneightsuited, or whatever.

(I promise I'll try not to stick my oar in here, again!)

Edit: I wrote this post while you and Mat were having your little chat. Ignore me. As if. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[BottlesOf]

"Originally, I assumed you were worried the avatar was going to be some sort of veiled advert for his site, and that is why you mentioned it."

Well, it is and I am. But, I'm not sure there's anything we could/should do about it.

"If it's a simple 87-type drawing, as you now seem to be implying...there's no need for us to see it first"

Right. See, I think these two are not mutually exclusive at all. I was a little unclear about your posts as well, it's clear we're miscommunicating on some level [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Mike Haven]

So, because he has a site called 78suited.com and he has an avatar showing, let's say, two simple playing cards, the 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and the 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], you are thinking that maybe this should not be allowed?

I'll try not to miscommunicate this time:

I think that is an absolutely ridiculous concern to have. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[BottlesOf]

No, I'm saying the opposite, that that would be fine.

But nowhere did I say his avatar would just be those cards. Instead it will probably be the word "78suited" written like that, except in a nicer font, probably matching what appears at the top of his webpage. Kind of logoish, which is what Mat was concerned about.

I will paste it when he sends it to me and we will all have a btter idea of its appropriateness.

[Mike Haven]

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No, I'm saying the opposite, that that would be fine.

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My bad. I shouldn't have brought the whole thing up in the first place.