Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Jan 13 2008, 04:28 PM
Hello there,
As a security measure we have been forced to remove remote avatars - so you can now only use avatars which you upload to gmc. edit - this only concerns new avatars.
This problem caused a security allert today which forced us to "close" the server for a while. My apologises for this.
Posted by: xucphra Jan 13 2008, 04:29 PM
Mine was remote....and I still have it...
Posted by: mattacuk Jan 13 2008, 04:34 PM
QUOTE (xucphra @ Jan 13 2008, 03:29 PM)
Mine was remote....and I still have it...
Well that may be because your system has cached the avatar in a tempory file. If you refresh it might disapear !
Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Jan 13 2008, 04:40 PM
QUOTE (xucphra @ Jan 13 2008, 04:29 PM)
Mine was remote....and I still have it...
This is only for new avatars - if you try to change your avatar to another remote one, you will find that the field is gone.
Posted by: Smikey2006 Jan 13 2008, 04:42 PM
at least eddie is still here
Posted by: Tomy Jeon Jan 13 2008, 11:18 PM
Sorry to be a newbie but what's a remote avatar???
Posted by: Mackietao Jan 14 2008, 12:08 AM
QUOTE (Tomy Jeon @ Jan 13 2008, 11:18 PM)
Sorry to be a newbie but what's a remote avatar???
I´m guessing it´s an avatar (representive picture on your profile.. sort of)
that´s uploaded on another server then gmc.
For example http://madeupadress.com/acoolgifpicture.gif
From now on you can not get that picture into your profile unless you save it on your computer and then upload to gmc server. The linking option has been removed due to security reasons..
If I got it right.... :S
:D