I would post this in the appropriate pinned thread (which can be found here) but since it's also closed then I'll start a new one here.

People, the rules for signature images are quite clear. If you still don't see what I am talking about, allow me to illustrate it a little more:

Now, I understand the Admins around here are quite lax and tolerant when it comes to use this rule and I myself could not care less if a picture is more than 30kb in size since I'm on cable... However, I am beginning to be seriously annoyed by signatures 3, 4, 5 or even 6+ times bigger (I won't give names *points in WormPaul general direction*) taking more and more space everywhere on the board. If you still don't understand then fire up Paint (program which comes with about every version of Windows), go in Image -> Attribute and set 450 pixel as lenght and 60 pixel as height and you'll see that about every signature images around are way too big for the rule. Yes, it's very small... But that's beside the point.

May I remind you people that the first reason of this rule was exactly so you could still apply your freedom of speech via images while at the same time respecting the other members of this board who are not here to look at flashy images but actually read what others have to say?

I'd personally prefer not to see images in sigs at all, but that's only my oppinion. I know other members prefer to use an image and that's alright with me. However, I'd really prefer to see everyone conform to the rule established by Kosta a while ago so everyone keep the lenght of the post pages at a minimum.

Look at my own signature... It's a condensed one-liner related closely to both my name and my Avatar which add a lot of character to my posts without taking much place. I personnaly beleive that if you need half a page to achieve the same thing with an image, then there is a problem somewhere...

Well I don't have a problem with images. And I don't mind ones that are too big except for when that person makes 4 or 5 posts in one page of a thread.

Thank you for posting this, Eagle of Fire, I've been noticing the sigs have been getting out of hand as of late, and I totally agree.

A special phoenix will be coming your way, nevermind that I already decided to draw one before you posted this ;)

And to the sig-abusing people: It's not that your newfound digital expressions aren't niftacular, but when your signature takes up more space than the actual content of your posts, something's just got to give. :(

I fully agree with you Eagle of Fire. I'm pretty sure I meantioned this in another thread quite a while back. But for those with sigs that I think are too big I have a solution and its the AdBlock extension for firefox. It is so awesome. So its sig the right size or not at all for me :)

I am more than probably one of these people :( :tomato: :cry:

yes I agree to it
I tend to remove really large signatures now and then and sending a pm saying that it was too large.
Some people don't seem to understand too large though.

I remember the sig that triggered this: FreeFreddy's Falco pic, it took up more than two screens LOL

i still think that 60 pixels is too small for a sig (plus i have to make a seperate version of each sig for abandonia :ranting: )

I would feel sorry for you if I would understand your problem, but I don't.

Maybe it's time for a contest, the people who can make the best signatures within the limitations win. And the price is.... a signature they can use that is the right size!

well isn't that a bargain!

its not that I mind the small size, its just that it makes mine seem out of proportion. I have conformed finally and have no problem with other people's image sigs. In fact, I think they give insight into other members creative ability and thats just cool!