Sargentgeneral wrote:Btw, lets see here. on this site, you all seem to not be very good while i am pretty damn good. it seems to me that i have some authority over here. i know i dont have the power to change their avatar, but its just really sad that such a good avatar is being wasted on shit like this.
A) I seriously can't believe you pulled the rank card.
B) It's your bloody avatar on an internet risk site, not your DNA.
C) You had a different avvy when you joined the site.
D) You didn't create the avvy, thus you have no legal say over who can and cannot use it.
E) If you hadn't created this thread, there would only be one person with your avvy, not half a dozen (or more).
Here's the thing: what's your solution? Rules for avvys? An avvy moderator?
I can understand that it's not great when people cop the avvy of someone in Management, as that can lead to legitimate confusion. But otherwise, what difference does it really make? If you're bummed someone stole your avatar, PM them and talk it out in private. If that doesn't work, then live with it. Or change it. People change their avvys all the time for all sorts of reasons. I've had at least 5 different avvys since I've joined. And before you say, 'but you don't post much, it's a forum thing', reverend kyle has more posts than anyone, and he changes avvys all the time.
Yes, it's an etiquette thing. But as we all know, some people place more stock in etiquette than others.
Speaking of etiquette... Absolute Master, I get your point, but all you're going to do is piss people off. More to the point, you're going to piss off the nice people who volunteer their time to make this site what it is. As someone who enjoys this site a great deal, I would venture to say that intentionally pissing off the people that run and maintain it is a Bad Thing, especially in the cause of something so unbelievably trivial.