spinning avatars

[Seep]

cool avatars

[Shadowmoon]

There's been a lot more annoying fads and a user has rarely complained.

[robowurmz]

What I want to know more is how to get one.

[Shadowmoon]

What I want to know more is how to get one.

What he said.

[MtlAngelus]

why everybody started using those spinning GIF avatars, its more annoying than cool if everybody start using them

I actually think it's pretty cool.

I do wonder how they've done them... I want one too but I can't make it myself. :(

[robowurmz]

But who is making them? Where? How? Where do you get one?

[MtlAngelus]

That's what I want to know. :(

[robowurmz]

You have one. Where did you get yours?

[Vader]

I like turtles.

[MtlAngelus]

You have one. Where did you get yours?
Uh... I'm pretty sure that if I had one, I would know it. :rolleyes:

[Squirminator2k]

I like your avatar, Robowurmz. Where did you get it?

[philby4000]

They are so ugly I wish you guys would stop using them :mad:

[GrimOswald]

I like turtles.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/GrimOswald/turtles.jpg

[FutureWorm]

i like this thread because it's the first one that's been posted in avatar absurdity in almost a year

also, http://www.turborecordings.com

[BetongÅsna]

I tried to get one myself, but I could only make this non-spinny one. Mainly cos I suck with Fireworks XD

[robowurmz]

Damnit you guys! ALL OF YOU HAS THEMS ARRRGHH!

There is a trend though: it seems as though anyone who has been here since 2003 or before has one.
Therefore I can only assume there is a discussion area only open to people who have been here a certain amount of time, and from that I can guess that someone probably posted a thread and a link to a website that generates them.

[Muzer]

I haven't been here since 2003 or before.

[GrimOswald]

Damnit you guys! ALL OF YOU HAS THEMS ARRRGHH!

There is a trend though: it seems as though anyone who has been here since 2003 or before has one.
Therefore I can only assume there is a discussion area only open to people who have been here a certain amount of time, and from that I can guess that someone probably posted a thread and a link to a website that generates them.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/GrimOswald/conspiracy.jpg

[Vader]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/sritchie/turtles.jpg

[franpa]

lmfao .

[SgtFusion]

Seriously...where did they come from? How did you guys get them?
I want one.

[thomasp]

Damnit you guys! ALL OF YOU HAS THEMS ARRRGHH!

There is a trend though: it seems as though anyone who has been here since 2003 or before has one.
Therefore I can only assume there is a discussion area only open to people who have been here a certain amount of time, and from that I can guess that someone probably posted a thread and a link to a website that generates them.

The wonders of MSN and IRC.

[Shadowmoon]

Come on, who did you get them from? I would like one.

[MtlAngelus]

On second thought, I don't want one anymore. If everyone was using them they would loose their awesomeness.

I'll just keep my current non-spiny avatar.

[Seep]

it was okey when CS and few got it but now more and more people have it

[Shadowmoon]

Just be thankfull there's barely any seizure avatars then.

[Vader]

Mine was on my W:A CD in a folder with that avatar in.

[MrBunsy]

Just be thankfull there's barely any seizure avatars then.

They were fun :(

[FutureWorm]

it was okey when CS and few got it but now more and more people have it
please note that i was the original

[Vader]

So it's YOU whose hacked peoples accounts and forced these weird avatars upon them?

Shame on you, FutureWorm.

[robowurmz]

Why did I even bother asking? I should have known I wouldn't have gotten a single sensible reply.

[Vader]

Why did I even bother asking?

At least!

[philby4000]

Why did I even bother asking? I should have known I wouldn't have gotten a single sensible reply.

We got them HERE. (http://robowurmz.youarelame.com/)

[robowurmz]

Yeah, just moused over that. Not helpful in the slightest.

[Vader]

Heh, I guess he meant this (http://tinyurl.com/spinningavatar) link. :p

[robowurmz]

Ever heard of tinyurl previews? Once again, not helping.

[thomasp]

Ever heard of tinyurl previews? Once again, not helping.
Don't spoil Vader's "fun" :p

[robowurmz]

I've all but given up expecting anything other than an immature and irritating response to a serious question.

[thomasp]

Its up to the author(s) of the avatars if they wish to reveal how they were created.

[AndrewTaylor]

I like turtles.

Best of all the animals.

[Vader]

Ever heard of tinyurl previews? Once again, not helping.

Yes.

Best of all the animals.

They're my friends!

[Xen]

None of you know the global implications of this trickery! I will stop this spinning avatar craze single-handedly!

[MtlAngelus]

I've all but given up expecting anything other than an immature and irritating response to a serious question.

Quick! Somebody call a Waaaahmbulance! :rolleyes:

[Muzer]

I've all but given up expecting anything other than an immature and irritating response to a serious question.
You obviously missed thomasp's post.

[SgtFusion]

Teheheheh.
I haz 1.

[Paul.Power]

It seems to be spinning the wrong way, and a tad slowly.

Although well done on stopping the image from flickering.

[Muzer]

Although well done on stopping the image from flickering.
That's supposed to be a scanline :p

[Alien King]

That's supposed to be a scanline :p

It is a very flickering scanline though.

[philby4000]

It's also missing the 3D effect, but good job!

The truth is that all these avatars have been painstakingly drawn frame by frame. the trick to getting the 3d effect right it to just this simple formula:

n-(s*f)/S= rotation offset

where n is the number of frames, s is the speed of rotation, f is the final image (and therefore is always equal to 7) and S is the sound the shape you're animating would make if it fell down the stairs.

[Alien King]

It's also missing the 3D effect, but good job!

The truth is that all these avatars have been painstakingly drawn frame by frame. the trick to getting the 3d effect right it to just this simple formula:

n-(s*f)/S= rotation offset

where n is the number of frames, s is the speed of rotation, f is the final image (and therefore is always equal to 7) and S is the sound the shape you're animating would make if it fell down the stairs.

I'm pretty sure it's S^2.

[AndrewTaylor]

It is, strictly, but the approximation holds for the small avatars we're allowed here. I used S and it looks okay.

[Alien King]

It is, strictly, but the approximation holds for the small avatars we're allowed here. I used S and it looks okay.

So am I the only one who went to all that effort to be accurate?
Bugger, cos I can't tell the difference.

[Plasma]

It's also missing the 3D effect, but good job!
I like how you call a pseudo-Z-axis a "3D effect".

[AndrewTaylor]

So am I the only one who went to all that effort to be accurate?
Bugger, cos I can't tell the difference.

You can see it if you see them side-by-side, but you'd be hard pressed to tell from just seeing one in an avatar.

[Muzer]

The reason why mine doesn't look as good as some of the others is because I have no idea what a penguin falling down the stairs would sound like.

[Alien King]

I like how you call a pseudo-Z-axis a "3D effect".

Well else would you call it?

[Metal Alex]

I'll stick to my badly drawn apple for now, since there's apparently no way to get it done for me :p

I should start using some MSN again... By the way, I'm not really into that IRC thing. Any tips for starters?

[Muzer]

First of all, you should choose an IRC client. Here are some tips for doing so:

* Don't use mIRC. It's overrated and the nag screen will get on your nerves.
* Don't use a webchat client. They suck.
* If you can help it, don't use an IM client, as they usually give lackluster IRC performance.

I personally use xchat, and would advise others to do the same. However, the learning curve is a bit steep, but you know how to use google, don't you? And you can ask in #xchat on the FreeNode network (which is included with xchat by default).

Also, there are two builds of it for Windows, made by different people. One you have to pay for. Don't go with that one; you have to pay for it. Find the other one.

[BetongÅsna]

Mine wouldn't so much fall down the stairs as destroy everything in its path. I guess that's why it looks a bit squiffy.

[Alien King]

Mine wouldn't so much fall down the stairs as destroy everything in its path. I guess that's why it looks a bit squiffy.

I think that results in a complex S. Hence yours does act a bit special.

[BetongÅsna]

What did you use in your case? The smell of the idea of a pair of intanglible object falling down stairs they could theoretically touch and assuming gravity acts upon them, or just the smell of a sheet of paper with AK written on?

Cos, you know - that wouldn't fall at all, assuming there's no wind.

[philby4000]

Personally I carve all my avater shapes out of regulation 3" avatar-crafter's balsa wood, although there are computer programs you can use to simulate your avatar noise to an acceptable degree.

FlingingStuffDownStairs.net is a popular open source stair simulator, although it's set up for larger objects like pianos, so you'll need to mess around with the settings unless you want your animation to be all slapstick.

[AndrewTaylor]

If you've done that, you might as well get a slat blind and a webcam and just physically spin the thing around.

[thomasp]

If you've done that, you might as well get a slat blind and a webcam and just physically spin the thing around.
That's pretty much what I did. Cheap blind from Ikea, webcam on my laptop, apple with a bite taken out of it, job done!

[Seep]

I feel like this entire forum is spinning more and more :eek:

[MtlAngelus]

I used a complex device that behaves differently depending on an intricate sensor that is capable of detecting what kind of person the end user is, finally dividing them in two categories. The sound this device made while falling was extremely bizarre but fortunately it translated perfectly into the avatar. :D

[BetongÅsna]

That's pretty much what I did. Cheap blind from Ikea, webcam on my laptop, apple with a bite taken out of it, job done!This poses so many questions.

[Alien King]

What did you use in your case? The smell of the idea of a pair of intanglible object falling down stairs they could theoretically touch and assuming gravity acts upon them, or just the smell of a sheet of paper with AK written on?

Cos, you know - that wouldn't fall at all, assuming there's no wind.

The sheet of paper, except the A and the K were on opposite sides.
I was quite surprised with the result.

[CyberShadow]

The truth is that all these avatars have been painstakingly drawn frame by frame.What, you mean that you guys made all those avatars manually? And just when I finished implementing that formula in an automated simulated staircase-tracing 3D renderer (http://thecybershadow.net/misc/3davatar/)...

[SgtFusion]

I used Paint .NET, paint, and a GIF animator.

[Plasma]

I used Paint .NET, paint, and a GIF animator.
Honesty, I was rather surprised you left out the pseudo-Z-axis, considering that would've been the easiest part of the whole thing: just add depth*cosA pixels to the side (or overlay images repeatedly).

[SgtFusion]

It would have taken much longer and been too tedious.

[shadowman]

I got mine flown in from colombia.

[Wormetti]

Found mine on ebay.

[Shadowmoon]

What, you mean that you guys made all those avatars manually? And just when I finished implementing that formula in an automated simulated staircase-tracing 3D renderer (http://thecybershadow.net/misc/3davatar/)...

Thanks! didn't come out too bad.

[franpa]

Increase the Frame Rate?

[raffie]

Found mine on ebay.

Cool, I love Commodores, got a VIC-20, C-16, C-64 and a C-128 :eek:

[Muzer]

I want a C128. Can I has yours? (I have all the others).

I mean, they pretty much built 3 computers into one. For those of you who can't be bothered to look at Wikipedia, there are two video chipsets, two processors of different architechtures, one of which can run in two modes, three different ROM "areas", the list goes on. There is C128 mode (uses the 8502 in either mode, either graphics chipset and the C128 set of ROM chips), CP/M mode (uses the Z80 and the VIC-II for running CP/M included in another set of ROM chips), and C64 mode (uses the 8502 and the VIC-II for running C64 software using the original C64 ROM chips). Madness!

[raffie]

I want a C128. Can I has yours? (I have all the others).

Come n get it
http://users.telenet.be/warpmedia/28062009074.jpg





(NOT :p )

[bloopy]

staircase-tracing

This thread is already in the top 5 results on Google for "staircase-tracing". I explicate that by saying you just made the term up.

[philby4000]

This thread is already in the top 5 results on Google for "staircase-tracing". I explicate that by saying you just made the term up.
FlingingStuffDownStairs.net is a googlewhack:cool:

[CyberShadow]

This thread is already in the top 5 results on Google for "staircase-tracing". I explicate that by saying you just made the term up.The proper explication is that I invented the technique. :rolleyes:

[robowurmz]

Alright everyone, when all's said and done we've had a good old joke and a laugh, but I would like a serious answer now, please.

[Metal Alex]

Alright everyone, when all's said and done we've had a good old joke and a laugh, but I would like a serious answer now, please.

But it's true, the staircase-tracing works fantastically.

[robowurmz]

Do I need to repeat myself?

[Vader]

Do I need to repeat myself?

I can repeat you for you, if you like.

Do I need to repeat myself?

I can repeat you for you, if you like.

Do I need to repeat myself?

I can repeat you for you, if you like.

[robowurmz]

Ah, it seems as though nobody is able to have a higher thinking level above a 6 year old at the moment.

[Vader]

Ah, it seems as though nobody is able to have a higher thinking level above a 6 year old at the moment.

Learn to grammar, robowurmz.

You mean "poo bum willy knickers boobies lololololololol", I believe.

[robowurmz]

So, the general community is still helpless to answer a single, simple question? Does petty dickery really need to be displayed at every opportunity?

I ask you all this:
Why are you all seemingly unable to just post a single link, relating to the question asked? You've managed it so many times in countless other threads, but this one is rapidly becoming the "who can be the most annoying pricκ" thread faster than I care to contemplate.

[Vader]

this one is rapidly becoming the "who can be the most annoying pricκ" thread faster than I care to contemplate.

See, I thought this thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38838) was the one you're talking about. I'm confident I'm winning both.

[robowurmz]

Yes. Yes, you are. May I complement you on your abilities. :)

[Seep]

Vader and robowurmz should fight in game 1v1 in something, not in forum.

[franpa]

So, the general community is still helpless to answer a single, simple question? Does petty dickery really need to be displayed at every opportunity?

I ask you all this:
Why are you all seemingly unable to just post a single link, relating to the question asked? You've managed it so many times in countless other threads, but this one is rapidly becoming the "who can be the most annoying pricκ" thread faster than I care to contemplate.

Check post #69.

[robowurmz]

Check post #69.

Source code of linked page? Why certainly, here it is. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>They made me do it :(</title>
</head>

<frameset cols="100%">
<frame src="http://robowurmz.youarelame.com/" />
</frameset>
</html>


Yeah. That's totally where I get the damn avatar generator, isn't it? An embedded version of the youarelame page? Wow, that's so handy. Visit the link before you think yourself knowledgeable on the subject.

[Vader]

Seriously and honestly, that's not what I get when I click that link.

Vader and robowurmz should fight in game 1v1 in something, not in forum.

This isn't a fight...

Speaking of which, is it just me or is it normal that sometimes I feel like getting into a fight with someone. A physical fight, I mean. I'm not a very fighty type of person, really. I can be violent at times (throwing my SN Pro Pad at the wall because Blanka beat me on hard, for example) but I would rather settle things with words, usually.

Does anyone live round here who fancies a mini Fight Club? ;) :p

[robowurmz]

Really? Hmm, Cybershadow's playing dirty DHTML tricks on me then. Any time I try to get to the page, I end up stuck with the same old tripe.

I've tried changing my IP, next I'll try getting onto it with a different PC. If that still fails to work, I'll spoof my IP and try proxying to it.

[Vader]

I doubt he'd be so cruel.

[robowurmz]

Visiting the website via a proxy yields the desired result. Cybershadow is obviously looking for either my IP or device name, possibly even MAC address.

[Vader]

Or maybe the Internet thinks you are lame and you tricked the Internet into thinking you weren't... :p

[Seep]

Lol send me your 100x100 avatar file and i will try generate for you.

[robowurmz]

I'm more concerned now with breaking the barrier :P

It appears to be centred around my IP: however, I've changed it multiple times. Using a different PC does not work, since they're all under the same router.

So as far as I can tell, Cybershadow is pulling my IP from the forum and using it. So techinically if I signed out, changed my IP, and then went to the site I should be able to get into it.

[Shadowmoon]

.....what?


http://i39.tinypic.com/302uzc5.jpg


.Jet's avatar fused with melons? thats not the first time thats happened, either.


At one point when I uploaded an avatar to CyberShadows image generator, Mtlangelus's "you suck" avatar appeared on mine.....

[Plasma]

Stop me if I'm doing something wrong here, but if the proxy works then why would you want to be able to do it with a different IP?

At one point when I uploaded an avatar to CyberShadows image generator, Mtlangelus's "you suck" avatar appeared on mine.....
OH SNAP!

[robowurmz]

I reckon it's not my IP that is blocked: it appears that he's possibly blocking my Gateway IP (which is located where my ISP is, and I can't change it) so I suppose I'll just have to wait until he gets the email I sent him.

Also, proxies are slow and irritating, and make it more trouble than its worth.

[MtlAngelus]

At one point when I uploaded an avatar to CyberShadows image generator, Mtlangelus's "you suck" avatar appeared on mine.....
I'm pretty sure that was intentional.:cool:

[Melon]

.....what?


http://i39.tinypic.com/302uzc5.jpg


.Jet's avatar fused with melons? thats not the first time thats happened, either.
Haha what in the world?

[philby4000]

Spinning avatar are sooooooo last week.

[Vader]

A fad came and went and yet somehow life hasn't changed.

robowurmz never did get his spinning avatar. Oh, how the history books will grow with this addition.

[robowurmz]

Uh, yes. He did.

[Vader]

Oh. Well you're not using it so I assumed you didn't.

[franpa]

If only http://thecybershadow.net/misc/3davatar/ supported arbitrary dimensions :/

[MrBunsy]

Cyber put the source code up, so you could always add support for arbitary dimensions if you wish :p

[franpa]

true, dunno how to compile the source though, don't worry about it any more.

[Muzer]

lol franpa.

[philby4000]

lol franpa.

franpa apnarf franpa apnarf franpa apnarf.

[AndrewTaylor]

Mine is five dimensional, but it's really very thin in dimensions one and three.

[Alien King]

Mine is five dimensional, but it's really very thin in dimensions one and three.

I'm sorry, you label your dimensions?

[AndrewTaylor]

The computer requires everything to be indexed.

[GreeN]

I like turtles.

Who doesn't?

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1662/tatb.jpg

[DexxaWorm2]

please note that i was the original

Can I get one?

[franpa]

check post #69 for a link.

[M3ntal]

Nice Andy-gram, Andrew

[AndrewTaylor]

Haha, that works on more than one level!

[FutureWorm]

Can I get one?
no you may not

[SunnyGTR]

those spinnin' avatars are soooo lame.

[franpa]

AndrewTaylor and FutureWorms avatars are hard to read, because the text is only readable for breif moments each spin. Maybe you guys could make your avatars thinner, making them easier to read/make out?

[MtlAngelus]

those spinnin' avatars are soooo lame.
Your mom's lame.
AndrewTaylor and FutureWorms avatars are hard to read, because the text is only readable for breif moments each spin. Maybe you guys could make your avatars thinner, making them easier to read/make out?
No.

[FutureWorm]

AndrewTaylor and FutureWorms avatars are hard to read, because the text is only readable for breif moments each spin. Maybe you guys could make your avatars thinner, making them easier to read/make out?
for the millionth time:
http://www.turborecordings.com

i was original

[Toonix]

FutureWorm, that links to a music website that has a picture of a guy that looks like a gay baddie off James Bond. Those spinny avatars are becoming annoying, anyway....

[MtlAngelus]

FutureWorm, that links to a music website that has a picture of a guy that looks like a gay baddie off James Bond. Those spinny avatars are becoming annoying, anyway....

On the right side of the page you can see the company logo animated, that's where Futureworm took his avatar from originally.

[AndrewTaylor]

for the millionth time:
http://www.turborecordings.com

i was original

Original, in that you stole it first?

[Roboslob]

I remember with windows XP you could right click a gif you liked or other things and set them as an active desktop item, but with vista that changed. I still wanted to stick my spinning avatar on my desktop, so I made Sidebar gadget to display it. I'll upload it here incase someone else wants to do the same, however, you will need to do a little bit of editing. After you unzip the file and "install" the gadget (which is just another zip file changed to a gadget file) you will need to go to "C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Wind ows Sidebar\Gadgets" and then open the folder where the gadget is saved. Then copy and paste your avater.gif into the folder. Next edit the .html file and replace the text: "AceAvatar_bmp.gif" with "YourAvatar.gif"

Finaly reload the gadget in the sidebar and then you can place your avatar wherever you want on your desktop.

[Balee]

Wow, nice! :)

[Pyramid]

They suck!!

[FutureWorm]

Original, in that you stole it first?
well yeah. i just wanted to promote my fave record label

[Paul.Power]

spinning avatars: Made from 100% recycled thread.

[Splapp]

It's a bit late, but finally decided to make one. Now we can all be happy. :(