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No flash avatars
Forum-Index → Suggestions → No flash avatarsBecause of this avatars,My eyes hurt most times when i see light
I just sent him a PM telling him to either change it, or make the flashing slower.
And, you shouldn't report him, he did nothing wrong. And his avatar is not breaking the rules. I understand where you're going with this though, if you stare at it you'll get a headache, but 1 second looking at it won't hurt you.
I honest think you all should forget about this and go about your lives (real & pokeheros). So... yeah.
Report the user if they have an avatar that's too fast on the animation to let a mod deal with it, or just send a pm to the one using the avatar over the fact that it's likely pain inducing.
I don't think that flashing avatars should be banned, though, since if they are done at the right speeds and the maker isn't stupid about it, they can turn out really awesome. (By stupid about it, I mean intentionally making it bad, or intentionally making it blindingly fast. Some people actually do this...)
The issue with the avatar in the example is the fact that the user put the colors on the normal sprite's usual animation times, changing every single frame, while the actual sprite is fine with those fast frames because the movement between frame to frame is so minor that it doesn't look that fast to the perceptual eye.
edit, so people can see why it's an issue:
Do NOT open the spoiler if fast moving bright colored images will induce seizures!
Through the woods a girl came sadly.
Something broken in her chest.
She had dared to love another.
Alas, no better than the rest.
Up my path the girl came gladly.
Something opened up my doors.
I longed to stop her bleeding heart.
And so I called her to my shores.
Those you trust will hurt you badly.
Something now I'm sure you see.
So drown your tears in me my dear.
As you drown, my dear, in me.