Fordy said:
I admit I worded it badly.
Your names are red so its easier to pick out a moderator, thats your status. Yes your a volunteer but you get paid in premium points, thats your perk. So yes it is unfair.
Hardly a helpful answer instead of trying to resolve the issue, your coming across with the attitude of 'we can do it and what you going to do about it. Quit? yeah right'
Totally a ridiculous answer, if mods have animated avvy's then the page is going to lag anyway. And yeah its great fun knowing that mods are going to strut around with animated avvy's which us users would have a great deal of fun with if we could have them. I'm not saying you don't do a good job moderating that is not the issue I have.
About perks refer to my earlier answer, I'm not discussing your moderation we appreciate the work you guys put in.
I don't wish to get in a argument about it as you can surely see my point.
Well, let me put it this way. You completely disregarded some of my points:
u6s5l. said:
Those who work get paid, in the real world, and sometimes get discounts at their own places of employ. Does that mean that we should all get discounts?
Let's assume then, that we are people getting paid in premium. The animated avatars are discounts at our place of employ. Once more, is this so unheard of? What possible detriment could it have on you that you don't have an "animated" avatar? If it doesn't affect you, as I'm sure it doesn't, why are you taking it upon yourself to argue?
In addition, as volunteers, we get premium perks, let's continue to assume. But once more, is an animated avatar something
so terribly important that this perk is unfair enough that you must also have it, as users of the forum?
You completely misunderstood my answer, thinking that I am exerting some kind of power of "Well, what are you going to do about it?". Rather, I'm pointing out that I have not yet seen a
single reason why your forum experience is significantly decreased because you can't have "animated avatars", and moderators can. All I've seen is that it's "unfair", and I'm fairly sure that you've all heard the expression "life is unfair". Even if that weren't enough, to simply say that the hours we put into the forums justify only premium that some of us might not even use as some of us might not even be playing any worlds is somewhat preposterous, considering that you're assuming we aren't allowed
anything besides a single perk.
Also, you're saying that the page will lag anyways...do you understand what you're implying? You're arguing that this is a big deal, that people are all going to agree that it is unfair and should be changed. In that case, if we allow it for everyone, each page will have 25 animated avatars. For people on their phones, and some with slower computers etc., the page will lag. We have, what, 7 people with more than regular user status? Unless you're assuming every page will have every post filled by a moderator, the lag will be nowhere near equal to how it would be if we allowed it for everyone, and that's a simply preposterous assumption.
I assure you, animated avatars are not nearly as "fun" as you seem to think. Again, you seem to be under the impression that we will strut around, like glorified peacocks, bragging about our "power" and our "animated avatars". Am I the only one who finds that laughable? I've spent the better part of a half hour trying to find an animated avatar that fits the requirements, and I assure you, it doesn't make all that much difference to me as a moderator. I'm fairly sure that it's not a big deal, and that you're simply discussing your feeling that you're not getting equal treatment...which is what generally happens when one person puts mountains of time into helping others. Be it karma, work perks, or a simple good feeling, if you put in mountains of time and get some premium that you may not even use and "animated avatars", is it that much to ask that you not complain that you want them too, when the detriments of that are already apparent?
I see your point, I simply don't agree. The moment you responded, you engaged in debate with me. I am not arguing, I bear no ill will towards you and I hope you don't harbor any towards me, but I simply don't agree. The world is not a fair place. Those who put their time and effort into something deserve a reward that doesn't depend on whether or not you play in-game, and animated avatars really aren't all that much. Once more, is it really worth it to be debating this right now?