Conquer Club

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:07 am**

Incandenza wrote:In national news tonight, computer geeks across the country were felled by epileptic fits. It seems that these people, predominantly young, male, and single, were all members of an online games site called Conquer Club. The source of the epilepsy is as yet unknown, but a source inside the investigation has told this reporter that the paramedics that rushed the stricken geeks to the hospital noticed that all their computer screens were displaying an online forum thread about alleged avatar theft.

Conquer Club is wholly owned by a shadowy Canadian oligarch known only by the name 'Lackattack'. His office declined to comment, and when we attempted to interview Mr. Lackattack in person, we were chased off by mustachioed belligerents and what appeared to be a curious monkey.

Now, sports.

Too funny.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:36 am**

Yeah, it would be nice if everyone had individual avatars. I kinda wish the clan members would have their clan logo in a small corner of their avatar or confined to signatures. :idea:

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:49 am**

b.k. barunt wrote:No, i have to say this is not crying or whining - this is a legitimate complaint.

It is? Did he draw and animate that avatar? If not, didn't he simply steal it from someone else?

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:09 am**

Incandenza wrote:In national news tonight, computer geeks across the country were felled by epileptic fits. It seems that these people, predominantly young, male, and single, were all members of an online games site called Conquer Club. The source of the epilepsy is as yet unknown, but a source inside the investigation has told this reporter that the paramedics that rushed the stricken geeks to the hospital noticed that all their computer screens were displaying an online forum thread about alleged avatar theft.

Conquer Club is wholly owned by a shadowy Canadian oligarch known only by the name 'Lackattack'. His office declined to comment, and when we attempted to interview Mr. Lackattack in person, we were chased off by mustachioed belligerents and what appeared to be a curious monkey.

Now, sports.

you are good.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:35 am**

Sargentgeneral wrote:the issue is that i pride my avatar. i had it first and you are just some n00b who came in. its like stealing my identity. you dont see any other duplicates do you?

Did you make the avatar?

Also, I'm thinking of stealing either Serbia's or Flickflack's now. I remember chillin in the burbs when the boys brought the Cup home in '97, that was awesome. And I first experienced a $6 glass of La Fin du Monde in Ann Arbor six years ago and fell immediately in love. Perhaps I will lay off the whiner now that I have new avatars to steal.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:22 am**

get your own damn avatars people

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:53 am**

I salute all those that have stolen the featured avatar, which is pretty cool.

Anyone that uses 'n00b' without a sense of irony is a complete loser who ought to travel more and smoke. I cannot believe the amount of stereo-types being paraded in this thread.

Jesus.... :roll:

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:45 pm**

Alyss wrote:I salute all those that have stolen the featured avatar, which is pretty cool.

Anyone that uses 'n00b' without a sense of irony is a complete loser who ought to travel more and smoke. I cannot believe the amount of stereo-types being paraded in this thread.

Jesus....

yeah i know its newb

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:54 pm**

aphockey23 wrote:yeah i know its newb

you better be joking about that. its fricken spelled n00b, dumbass

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:25 pm**

I'm a n00b here. I haven't even bothered to create or steal an avatar yet. I read through three pages of discussion, but no one answered the question. Did the OP create the avatar or borrow it?

Somewhat off-topic, but is there a way to turn off offensive avatars? For me this is just annoying, but for one of my friends it could be seizure inducing.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:33 pm**

abel wrote:Somewhat off-topic, but is there a way to turn off offensive avatars? For me this is just annoying, but for one of my friends it could be seizure inducing.

Not exactly, but you can get rid of the user entirely if it really bothers you:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/831

And you can get rid of annoying signatures (while still keeping the rest of the post) if you want:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1544

I don't know of anything that will allow you to suppress the avatar.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:17 pm**

sometimes the best avatar is not to have one.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:40 pm**

Phobia wrote:sometimes the best avatar is not to have one.

Ha ha ha, interesting point.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:42 pm**

Two people should not have the same avatar, let alone four.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:45 pm**

pancakemix wrote:Two people should not have the same avatar, let alone four.

Yeah, an avatar is something that defines a little of who your are. No one is the same, so there should always be a diversity of avatars.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:20 pm**

^^^lol i think it is ironic that you don't even have one^^^

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:22 pm**

ok for all you people who want a cool avatar, here are some:
http://www.freewebs.com/wbar8417/animations.htm
so now you don't have to use other people's
but don't use the penguin one, i think someone on the site already has that.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:23 pm**

or get the gimp and make your own!
http://www.gimp.org
^^^this free program is the bomb^^^

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:23 pm**

wbar wrote:^^^lol i think it is ironic that you don't even have one^^^

You have a very good point. Those without avatars have nothing to identify themselves and made it very hard for others to recognize their posts, often irritating them into telling them they should get an avi. I should, need to, and am looking for a suitable one. When I find one, I will upload it.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:25 pm**

try my site, about three posts to the north ^ up there somewhere

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:27 pm**

you got one!

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:28 pm**

aphockey23 wrote:get your own damn avatars people

What the heck?!?! You stole one yourself!!

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:33 pm**

wbar wrote:you got one!

Yes, it's a sketch I did myself. It shows that I enjoy sketching fantacy pictures, that I enjoy fantacy, and that I have talent in drawing. Or at least enjoy stealing someones artwork. YOU wouldn't know. Actually, I could send you the link to my deviantart account that has teh same username as this one. Both are mine.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:13 pm**

nice griffin

Posted: **Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:30 am**

cheeseweasel wrote:And I first experienced a $6 glass of La Fin du Monde in Ann Arbor six years ago and fell immediately in love.

Holy crap, you've actually had La Fin du Monde? My buddy bought me a bottle as a gift and we killed it in one night.

...which probably wasn't such a good idea, but hey.

Oh, and for people who want to "turn off" irritating animated avatars: if you're using Firefox, just hit the "Esc" key. It stops all animated gifs.