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[FONT=Calibri]Apparently he's never seen a game of lacrosse, either.[/FONT]

[quote name='Axel Alloy']So, I was out in my garden today with one of my female cockatiels.[/quote] [FONT=Calibri]HOLY CRAP YOU HAVE COCKATIELS =O[/FONT]

[quote name='gallowsCalibrator'][font="Comic Sans MS"]That can't be right, I despised Avatar with the burning passion of a thousand suns, but I thought Prince of Persia was pretty okay.[/font][/quote] [font="Calibri"]There's definitely something to be said for preconditioning. [quote name='gallowsCalibrator'][font="Comic Sans MS"]I mean, it's nothing stellar or anything, but it's got some nice action scenes and a coherent storyline.[/font] [font="Comic Sans MS"]The villain was obvious and the sexual tension was through the roof....[/font][/quote] This can be said of both movies, actually. And in both instances it is equally true. [quote name='gallowsCalibrator'][font="Comic Sans MS"]...but it wasn't pretending to be anything better than what it was.[/font][/quote] Yes it was. Or rather, while Avatar was an admittedly clever redux of an old and mediocre story (which still made it mediocre), PoP paid homage to its game with all the quality of a spaghetti-western storefront façade. Doom and the Resident Evil trilogy did better, even setting aside the obvious draw card that is Dwayne Johnson. [quote name='gallowsCalibrator'][font="Trebuchet MS"]It also gains points over Avatar for not being a preachy, self-important sack of crap.[/font][/quote] I don't know if it occurred to you while watching, or Jake's talent in working with a script stiffer than [spoiler]omgsexualmetaphor[/spoiler] was enough to distract you from the script itself, but true to Disney standards the movie contained enough force-fed life-lesson hogwash to dam Niagara and Victoria Falls both. It was most definitely a preachy, self-important sack of crap; the only difference is that Avatar was riding first-class on the Al Gore train and PoP didn't say one way or another. I question your objectivity in dealing with Avatar, sir, for although it certainly was not the glorious archetype of What A Movie Should Be as has been declared to us, it was also no worse than Prince of Persia.[/font]

[quote name='Petie'][color="#0000ff"]In the mean time though, there's a link to theOtaku in the footer.[/color][/quote] [FONT=Calibri]If I recall, there was one in the previous version as well. "No one looks down there" was what I said last time, I believe. Not that I'm being impatient. Just pointing it out. ()[/FONT]

[quote name='Magus']...Prince of Persia on the otherhand, I do wanna see mainly because I enjoyed the Pirates of the Carribbean trilogy ... and I saw that the creator is the same guy that did PotC movies.[/quote] [FONT=Calibri]If that's the case, then the overly-pat dialogue makes much more sense now. I kind of compare it to when you have those moments where something semi-important happens to you, and then the next day you think to yourself "man, [i]this[/i] is what I should have said there"; every line was that perfect thing that you would have said if you'd had the chance to do it over again. Except, of course, the predictable times when Dastan falters. And also there's a merchant in there who is a total ripoff of both Captain Jack Sparrow [i]and[/i] Dennis (of Monty Python's The Holy Grail fame; "I told you, we're an autonomous collective....") whose incessant babble was only humorous because of his predecessors and not because of any actual life to the character. And someone botox'd the princess's lips. =/[/FONT] [quote name='Magus']Adrenaline junky?[/quote] [FONT=Calibri]Lightning junkie.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]Robin Hood is a great movie. Prince of Persia is as good as Avatar; if you loved Avatar then you'll love this movie, and if not then you won't. And I love midnight thunderstorms.[/FONT] [quote name='DisrespectWomenEarnALiving'][font="Palatino Linotype"][color="#4169e1"]I really, really, really, really, really, really, really hate everything in my life right now.[/color][/font][/quote] [FONT=Calibri]La donna e mobile.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]Victor Hugo is a comma fiend.[/FONT]

[font="Calibri"]So that's how MultiQuote works. I like it. [quote name='Cat']Another concern I have when the avatars increasing in height with the new banner size wouldn't the forum start looking like its cluttered? By going larger it might be overkill.[/quote] That's pretty much what was going through my head as well. But as long as the [u]width[/u] of the poster-ID bar at the left doesn't change, I don't think clutter will be much of an issue. Vertically there should always be enough space to accommodate, given the sizes of most signatures. [quote name='Citric']And it doesn't sound like you're sorry at all.[/quote] Phrase was "at the risk", bucko. I'd advise you let it go unless you want the thread to devolve to pointless snipping, especially since we're lobbying for basically the same side. I need to start remembering to put FONT end tags before people's quotes so everything isn't in Calibri. =P [/font]

[FONT=Calibri]One-line test to look at left-bar space.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]I miss the Indigo themes so much. It made staring at screens easier to do for long periods of time. Basic just looks sterile to me.[/FONT]

[font="Calibri"]James is right, and with just two or three people arguing back and forth about what they want, we're not really going to get all that big of an opinion spread here. But there is one thing I'd like to point out.[/font] [QUOTE=Citric]what about avatars that are already 150 x 150 that [b]I want[/b] to use? or what if [b]I want[/b] to use some 195 x 195 avatars that I've saved?[/QUOTE] [font="Calibri"]At the risk of insulting you, this phrasing is starting to sound like an undisciplined eight year old. We also went down that road when we were talking about signature-banner size restrictions a couple of years ago. No restrictions will make things rather ugly rather fast, but at the same time there isn't anything really against a dimensional swell. So, what if you want to use some 195-square? Well then we're all sorry for you, but you won't be able to. Now, I did initially try to look at a ___x150 size that would allow the use of 150-square avatars, but Kei tested it and said it looked like the width that looked good with it would far exceed the width available right now. That's why I dropped back to ___x125, and she said 200X125 would work. Granted, you'd still have to resize your 150-squares, but it would be less of a shrink than before. As for Des,[/font] [quote name='Desbreko'][color="#4b0082"]Anyone besides me think overly large avatars are tacky and pointless? I find 100x100 and 150x80 to be plenty big enough and there are very few times when I find myself wishing for more space when I make avatars.[/color][/quote] [font="Calibri"]That argument [i]also[/i] came up in the signature-banner discussion. (I know; I was one of the ones throwing it.) To wit, the basic points of each side were "why can't we have what we want?" and "why do we need anything bigger?", and the result was a middle ground for both: an increase in size allowances that still didn't broach "eyesore". And now again we've increased the banner size restrictions. I agree that too much of an increase would be ugly (as I said, I personally find 150-square to be garish), but I don't see a reason why we can't test out a dimensional bump. Unless [i]I[/i] need to remind [i]you[/i] guys of the definition of 'compromise'. ^ ^[/font]

[quote name='James'][font="Palatino Linotype"]Yeah you're right, but originally I think we were talking about increasing the width because we now have a bigger postbit. Unless I'm imagining something I posted in my dreams, which is entirely possible.[/font][/quote] [FONT=Calibri]Right. And then we got off on talking about just 150-square for some reason or other, so I was just trying to get back on track. =P The alternative is you're Professor Farnsworth.[/FONT]

[quote name='James'][font="Palatino Linotype"]Sorry if I'm stating what you already know, but from memory I don't think anyone was suggesting increasing height and not width.[/font][/quote] [font="Calibri"]...uh. [quote name='James'][font="Palatino Linotype"]150x100 means 150 pixels wide and 100 pixels high.[/font][/quote] And since the original dimensions are 150x80, or 150 pixels wide by 80 pixels high, isn't that increasing the height? =P Also Kei says 200x125 looks good.[/font]

[quote name='gallowsCalibrator'][font="Comic Sans MS"]If that were the case, Chuck would still be a virgin. Nobody gets any on Betty White's watch, and I'm pretty sure Mr. Norris has at least two biological children.[/font][/quote] [FONT=Calibri]I said 'dates' not 'honeymoon'. Betty's a hardass, not a creeper.[/FONT]

[quote name='Rabanastre']Well the poll description wasn't exactly that specific. "What shape should our new avatars be?" doesn't exactly scream "this is in reference to our library".[/quote] [FONT=Calibri]It's different than "what shape should [i]your[/i] new avatars be". =P But as long as we're all clear there's no need to quibble over what should have been said. That's my turf anyway.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]I always figured Betty White chaperoned Chuck Norris on his dates.[/FONT]

[font="Calibri"]My earlier point still stands, I think. If we have enough room in the poster-ID box at the left of each post to justify expanding both dimensions, why would we only increase the height limit? I would think it only natural that people would like a greater width as well, and as has been noted by several people 150-square is totally possible so long as one of the dimensions is 150 and the other is greater. As for the library . . . why not have both options available? The site library is built by user submissions, right? Why not let users submit to either a square or a rectangular format? And to avoid the question of what dimensions to allow, the square submissions would be whatever the maximum height is chosen to be, and the rectangular would be full dimensions. [QUOTE=Rabanastre][/font]I still don't understand the point of the poll but whatever. [/QUOTE] It's not asking what shape the allowable dimensions are. It's asking what the [i]site library[/i] standard should be. The old library held a bunch of 150x80 avatars because that was the maximum and no one submitted 80x80 stuff.

[quote name='Rabanastre']To be honest I hate the look of rectangle avatars, thus me asking for them to change. Of course, I'm just one person so it probably won't make any difference at all what I want.[/quote] [font="Calibri"]To be fair, the current avatar restrictions are, I think, the [i]maximum[/i], and not the mandate; TheOtaku is 100-square, no more no less no freedom, so at present if you wanted a square avatar you could make it 80-square and be fine. That said, I think 150-square would be a bit nicer, but since I'm more a proponent of landscape avatars (seems you can do more with them visually without clogging the sensory-input-thingummy), I wonder if the entire dimension limit could be expanded instead of just altered to accommodate the square format. So what's the width of the poster-ID box on the left? [/font][font="Calibri"][b]Edit: [/b]Personally I think 150-square would be rather garish; maybe try a 125-height limit first and see what width looks good with that?[/font]

[quote name='chibi-master']Okay, so I used to PM the members whose names I recognized in the birthday box. But NOW, everyone keeps changing their names around, so I've decided to start this thread.[/quote] [FONT=Calibri]Incidentally, that confusion is what the Friends feature would logically be useful in thwarting. But what the heck. In order: [list][*]Can't remember; it was a bowling gig with a massive cake. Eighth, I think, or ninth, depending on how long it was after the next item.[*]Seventh, I think. One kid puked, and I asked the 'illusionist' his secret. < <[*]Hard to say. Perspective changes from year to year, and what I thought was amazing when I was ten I can no longer remember now.[*]I don't have a birthday anymore. I have been seventeen since Columbus ran into the continent by accident.[/list][/FONT]

[quote name='Rebellion']That's refreshing. So that boy that travels with the main character's not as bad as people are making him out to be? I was under the impression that he was almost as annoying as Shinji (EVA) and I dread that boy.[/quote] [font="Calibri"]He was made considerably better after a certain plot device which shall remain nameless, [spoiler]and in fact I almost consider him to be a little [i]too[/i] strong at present[/spoiler], so no. And besides, any plain old human who insists on tagging along with a trained hunter/executioner is going to be basically dead weight, both physically and emotionally. Everyone hates Shinji on a personal basis, myself included, but I do have to admit that without his specific personality the ending to the story would not work at all. As idiotic as he is, he is crucial, and I respect that. There is no N in my name. =P (Nor are there two Os, as Boo is fond of assuming.) [/font] [quote name='Raiha'][font="Times New Roman"][size="3"][color="#9932cc"]But I don't really think male leads make a story necessarily better.[/color][/size][/font][/quote] [font="Calibri"]Agreed. I may be an intolerable chivalric, but I am not a piggish chauvinist. Mostly I just wish there were more and better female leads who weren't required to fall back on any/every secondary man they encounter for some sort of emotional/physical/sexual support.[/font]

[quote name='Petie'][color="#0000ff"]And I'm not sure what would be causing that for you. I tried resizing my browser to various widths and still, all of my columns line up.[/color][/quote] [FONT=Calibri]Would using a CRT monitor have anything to do with anything? Or maybe the fact that this computer was a lower/mid-line Dell desktop purchased in 2001, with appropriate processor/av-card?[/FONT]

[font="Calibri"]So in other words something quite useless and uninformative. =/ [url="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z158/Allamorph/Misc/Sub/WetPaint.jpg"][color="Blue"]Wet Paint[/color][/url] [url="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z158/Allamorph/Misc/Sub/ExtraLarge.jpg"][color="Blue"]XL[/color][/url][/font]

[FONT=Calibri]I'll try. Dunno how well it'll work with this computer. Hooray 2001 Dell and a CRT monitor. Also where the frick on the bottom is it? I have been looking for an hour.[/FONT]

[font="Calibri"]The male lead is terrible because really there isn't a male lead. There's a male primary supporting character, but he drops out of sight for about five-sixths of the current story, which mostly revolves around the Claymores themselves. I would be keeping up to date on it, except Viz put out a general Cease-And-Desist and OneManga respected that (for which I in turn respect them), so there's really no free way for me to keep up with it at present. It does remain one of my favorite series, though, and I need to see past Ep6 of the anime. [spoiler]Good to see Priscilla's finally a little more conscious. Hopefully that means that Little Lover Boy ain't too far behind, and we can see some semblance of resolution on that angle.[/spoiler][/font]

[font="Calibri"]The box on the main page which contains the forum name and the blurb about it. Right of the New/No New button. [b]Edit:[/b] I just got a database error when trying to access the latest post in this thread from the main page. Only lasted for about one second but it was still there. My real edit query is 'where is the Who's Online' page? I miss lurking. [/font]