MEW update: Animated avatars now possible

Given… ahem… recent developments (sideeyes @Wyvern), I thought it would be a good opportunity to turn on animated avatars and test them out.

This is a gaming/gamer forum after all, so there’s no need to be super cereal all the time.

But remember: with great power comes great responsibility.

If the animated avatars make your eyes bleed / eat your data, let me know.

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getting an error:
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trying to put this as the avatar:

EDIT: Nevermind, found a better one and it is working now.

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Neat.

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I am quite chuffed. I made this .gif as a birthday invitation ages ago (waiting to turn 40) and finally I can show it off in animated form :wink:

A bit boring as an avatar though.

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I think it’s perfect!

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I will let you all find me an avatar to use…

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Mine is not very, how do I say… animated.

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Let’s give this a try…

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Figured the first one I tried will give someone a seizure, so this one will have to do.

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Neat

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Interesting avatar you guys chose for me! I cant really see it . . . .

Ive been looking for one for me, but haven’t found something I like :frowning:

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It’s better now :wink:

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It is close to perfect since I cant glitter people

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Silly discourse. That gif is one of my favs

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Still can’t find the ‘right’ one for myself, but one for @DieGrootHammer perhaps?

hammer

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I love it!

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Just FYI, it is super simple to crop gifs in GIMP.

  1. Right click image in browser -> Save image
  2. In GIMP, File -> Open as layers…
  3. Select crop tool, set to 1:1 fixed aspect ratio. Crop
  4. Export as-> give it a .gif extension, click export, select ‘as animation’ and ‘loop forever’, and click export

I see how squished they can get with the auto resize. Either that, or @DieGrootHammer’s avatar knocked himself outta shape.

If you want, use this one, already cropped for ya.
diegroothammer

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I love the fact that you have an animated Avatar avatar with a bunch of avatars from the animated Avatar series.

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image

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hmm will need to maybe make one this weekend

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