Avatars are back!

[Jon Miller]

cause my thread is locked

in response to
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1. buy a normal computer
2. rent a normal DSL / Cable connection.
3. stop complaining, apolyton wouldn't be the same without my beautifull appearance in the forums
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I have a new (well 6 months old) 1 Gighz Athlon with 256 MB of DDR Ram fast harddrive, decent graphics card and so on

I get 100 Mbs (well that is really my max usually it is a bit slower)

it is mostly just a statement that I do not think others have the bandwidth

Jon Miller
(free my thread, it is not like I make many)

[General Ludd]

Great!

I haven't noticed any slowdown this morning, either.



I just need 20 odd more posts and I can use a custom avatar.

[Robert]

why no response on my 'beautifull appearnce' point, John ?

You have a 100Mb connection ?
I guess that's not your private line, right ?

[Ari Rahikkala]

I must be crazy. I've spent the last months browsing mostly fora where next to everybody has had an avatar. Now that I return to Apolyton this time, the first thing I do is I turn off avatar viewing...

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by CyberShy
why no response on my 'beautifull appearnce' point, John ?

You have a 100Mb connection ?
I guess that's not your private line, right ?

yah you are right, it is not

but next week ardly anybody will be on and I will speed

(usual speed is only 40Kb)

I don't know what appearnce is??

Jon Miller

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Case
I'm really sorry to say this, but I've noticed a definite slow-down since avatars have come back (and this is with only 68 Users on the forums!).

I might be in denial - @ Dan and Markos, btw - but I see no change in server speed. There are currently 198 member(s) and 156 guest(s) on the boards.

But, a person can get really accustomed to lack of avatars. Honest. After months of avatar-celibacy, the change seems odd... But I like my nebula nevertheless.

[Zopperoni]

Well, the posts are loading at the same speed, but let's not judge too soon, there are still some Americans still sleeping

Ow, and fear my new avatar!

[Kassiopeia]

Ow, and fear my new avatar!

What was the earlier creature supposed to be? Some sort of bird with digestion problems?

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by kassiopeia
What was the earlier creature supposed to be? Some sort of bird with digestion problems?

Twas more a walking potato with a bazooka

[ixnay]

Hooray! And there seems to be no noticable slow-down, either.

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by ixnay37
Hooray! And there seems to be no noticable slow-down, either.

Well, the slowdown is no longer on the server side, as the last time they were reinstalled (which means that if someone has a slowdown hewould get rid of it by turnng of the Avatars.)

Last time the server slowed down, and even the thread andd forum listings took longer to load.

[spartak]

This seems a suitable place to bemoan the fact that I ams till waiting to use my custom avatar

Any chance of restoring the rule that you can have one after being a member for a year?

[Chris 62]

Hmm, seen this before...

How long will it last this time?

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Chris 62
How long will it last this time?

Probably until we go back to the Gamestats server

[Paul Hanson]

Finally! The full glory of the EU can be shown once more!