awww man, this sucks
 

so, there I was, poised at around 230 posts, almost ready to get my own avatar. And what happens? the hard drives get wiped out, Halx has to spend untold numbers of hours rebuilding the site, and I have to start all over in my quest for an avatar.

Actually Sion, its a huge conspiracy against you to not allow you to have an avatar. So expect the hardrives to "fail" once again when you are on the brink.

Wile E laughs maniacaly

It is all about the journey, grasshoppa, not the destination.

i've got an avatar right now...can any one else see it??

Haha

but would you rather repost the 240 or lose the TFP forever?

LOL! I think of this as an opportunity to make up a new avatar. It forces me to change. :)

Awesome Wile E!! Sion, I was at 245 the last time I checked. I too, was very close. Oh well.

Heh, feel for you and everyone but I for one am rather enjoying tfp without Avtars!

Don't worry about post count or avatars or whatever. It's what you put into your posts that counts, not the number.

My biggest regret was losing some of my posts without backing them up. Alot of people put there hearts and and soul into some posts.

Ah well. The intention and feeling remains even if the posts are history.

btw, nothing sucks, it's just a difference of air pressure.

I'm just happy that TFPO is back.

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Yeah right now i like my tinted blue avatar...

Hmm.. It seems everyone liked mine so much that everyone is using it!!! Great stuff! :D

amen to that

it's also nice to have a fresh start for everyone. i'm amazed at how quickly the TFP community is back on its feet again. already the forums feel warm and welcoming

Sion its all your fault ... ;)

This is the attitude that more memebers should have. Avatars are great as ways of self expression, but they are not the only avenue. Get involved, make friends.. get known. Your words have waay more weight here than pictures. Plus.. it loads much better for our non broadband members.

Quality..not Quantity,

plus.. if you spam the boards..we'll take you down a peg..or three :)

I usually turn off avatars. Some are truly sick and wrong, some are fun, but most are a distraction to the true meaning of the TFP, which is what you write.

Soon enough you'll see mine again. I've gotten a few mentions for Most Disturbing Avatar.

I'm planning already to post plenty... soon as I get out the hospital and not on this infernal dialup...

I'm not to worried...i'll be back up to 600 in no time....as long as there is threads to keep me occupied i'll be all good.

Well, it definitely gives everyone incentive to post more so they can get back up somewhere in the neighborhood of where they were.

Eh, if you really want an avatar that badly, cut out a picture and use a gluestick to paste it to your moniter :p. I was kinda almost there... but oh well. I agree with Lebell--the avatar doesn't mean much... it's what you write.

The avatars will soon be sprouting like mushrooms after a spring rain.

Yeah, I had a lot of post count, myself. But what upset me the most was my "record" reply count on two of my posts in the titty board. I had the top two (by reply counts) and they just kept staying on the front page. Now I don't even remember where I got them from, so I can't regenerate that ...

ah, contrare. the avatar means alot. Especially for those of us with low self esteem, teetering on the edge of sanity. You mentally healthy types think it is so easy....

i was kinda close, dosent matter though.

I had 1400+ oh well! and I'm with yah! I have and avg. right now over over 90+ posts, I want my avatar back!

I want mine back also, I have a whole file just sitting waiting....time to be a post whore!

Just be part of this great forum and the rest
will take care of itself.

I had a bunch of posts (1100), but I never put up an Avatar. Then I finally found one I liked and put it up. Then the sites CRaSheS. I think it was my fault the site crashed. Maybe the drive got scared when I actually figured out which Avatar I wanted and how to uplaod it. Sorry Halx.

yeah, i figure it won't take me that long to get up to 250. but i was kind of proud of being on the top 30 posters list. :-( oh well.

i was proud of my post count as well degrawj. oh well.
can't wait to hit 250, so i can be pretty again!

Maybe it is the egalitarian in me, but I kinda like that everyone shows......

Registered: Apr 2003.

It makes things a little less intimidating. In any event, it is nice to have the site back up. I really missed this place.

I only had about 50, so it's all Crumb cake to me

I kinda like the fact that it all crashed, It's like on Fight Club where they destroyed the Credit Card Companies to set everyone back to Square one.

I there with you. I was up around 300 and looking for a cool one to make (or steal,ha ha) Oh well so it goes.

I'm jealous of the moderators and it looks like Bundy already has an avatar. I want mine back.

Avatar, shmavatar. Highly over rated. When I get mine back it's going to be cool though.

I like seeing all the rookies here! Just think, you can be a proud member of the "I was here when 4.0 launched" crowd! :-)