New and pointless competition!
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New and pointless competition!
I've decided that not enough of our users have avatars. So, to encourage you to do something about, we have...
A competition!
You have one week to give yourself the best avatar EVER. The picture can be of you, something to do with you, or anything else witty and interesting. The judge will be the member of C4C known for having the best taste in Internet imagery, which is to say, me. There will be a real actual prize, whose nature I haven't yet decided (suggestions welcome.)
If you want to enter, please post in this thread, so I can review them. People who already have avatars are also eligible, and you don't have to change them.
To change your avatar: click on the User Control Panel (under the picture of Des & Carol), open the Profile tab, and click "Edit avatar". The rest should be self-explanatory. Remember that the avatars are limited in size, so don't spend hours drawing a 2000x2000 illustrated history of the British Isles.
A competition!
You have one week to give yourself the best avatar EVER. The picture can be of you, something to do with you, or anything else witty and interesting. The judge will be the member of C4C known for having the best taste in Internet imagery, which is to say, me. There will be a real actual prize, whose nature I haven't yet decided (suggestions welcome.)
If you want to enter, please post in this thread, so I can review them. People who already have avatars are also eligible, and you don't have to change them.
To change your avatar: click on the User Control Panel (under the picture of Des & Carol), open the Profile tab, and click "Edit avatar". The rest should be self-explanatory. Remember that the avatars are limited in size, so don't spend hours drawing a 2000x2000 illustrated history of the British Isles.
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Clearly we need a competition for the best representation of the history of the British Isles in the space of an avatar.
Maybe.
Maybe.
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Well I give up. The pics I want to use are too big. I don't know how to shrink them. I've tried copying them into Paint and then resizing and resaving but it saves a load of white with my picture tiny in the corner. I hate these avatar things as I can never make them work.
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In Paint, select the area you want to keep and copy it to the clipboard. Press CTRL+E and change the canvas size to 1 x 1 pixels. Then press CTRL+V.Kirk Bevins wrote:Well I give up. The pics I want to use are too big. I don't know how to shrink them. I've tried copying them into Paint and then resizing and resaving but it saves a load of white with my picture tiny in the corner. I hate these avatar things as I can never make them work.
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If you're really having problems then email me the picture and I'll resize it for you.Kirk Bevins wrote:Well I give up. The pics I want to use are too big. I don't know how to shrink them. I've tried copying them into Paint and then resizing and resaving but it saves a load of white with my picture tiny in the corner. I hate these avatar things as I can never make them work.
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Will animated gifs work?
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I really hope not.
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Jon Corby wrote:In Paint, select the area you want to keep and copy it to the clipboard. Press CTRL+E and change the canvas size to 1 x 1 pixels. Then press CTRL+V.Kirk Bevins wrote:Well I give up. The pics I want to use are too big. I don't know how to shrink them. I've tried copying them into Paint and then resizing and resaving but it saves a load of white with my picture tiny in the corner. I hate these avatar things as I can never make them work.
I've selected the area I want by drawing a box round it. I then pressed Ctrl+C to copy as i don't know what copying to clipboard is. I changed the size to 1x1 pixel and it was tiny. I then pressed ctrl+v and the big picture came up again. Anybody got foolproof instructions?
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I think you answered your own question mate.Kirk Bevins wrote:I then pressed Ctrl+C to copy as i don't know what copying to clipboard is. I changed the size to 1x1 pixel and it was tiny. I then pressed ctrl+v and the big picture came up again. Anybody got foolproof instructions?
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I am having the same problems as Kirk.
I tried to make it simple and make just a picture of me my avatar, but just using the steps in Microsoft Paint doesn't work.
I'm not sure why the pictures taken of me are so big.
Can someone please help me?
I tried to make it simple and make just a picture of me my avatar, but just using the steps in Microsoft Paint doesn't work.
I'm not sure why the pictures taken of me are so big.
Can someone please help me?
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Was the camera quite close?Jason Larsen wrote:I'm not sure why the pictures taken of me are so big.
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Does an avatar have to be a picture of oneself? If not, then I'd like to enter for the 'Most arty farty' prize for my photo of a hot air balloon taken from inside the basket (by me).
If it has to be a picture of me, I might have to dig out an old 1980s picture that you can all laugh at.
If it has to be a picture of me, I might have to dig out an old 1980s picture that you can all laugh at.
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I think you're kidding, Jon.
It was a normal camera, and the person taking the picture was looking directly at me.
And Karen, you're definitely kidding.
It was a normal camera, and the person taking the picture was looking directly at me.
And Karen, you're definitely kidding.
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Karen Pearson wrote:Does an avatar have to be a picture of oneself?
The rules wrote:The picture can be of you, something to do with you, or anything else witty and interesting.
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I'm wondering if one of you can help me.
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Jason:
Just send me your photo somehow and I will make the necessary size alterations and send it back to you.
Just send me your photo somehow and I will make the necessary size alterations and send it back to you.
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What am I supposedly kidding about? The hot air ballooning or the 80's photo?Jason Larsen wrote:
And Karen, you're definitely kidding.
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Why would anyone talk about anything being "arty farty?"
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Quite correct, Jason. Farts are invisible and therefore impossible to paint.
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And now, it's the real me...
What do all of you think?
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
What do all of you think?
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
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You actually look a lot like my brother.. although he doesn't wear glasses. But I do. So in a way, you're a cross between the two of us.
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I should point out that I usually wear contact lenses.
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I spoke to another British person online, and he said I look a lot like Daniel Radcliffe!
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What are you doing Saturday night?Jason Larsen wrote:If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
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I don't know yet, Jon.
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You're lucky that I like to browse the forum at work, so I had to opt for something work-safe....
I did take the photo though
I did take the photo though
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We have an early leader!Jon Corby wrote:I did take the photo though
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It's a completely genuine screenshot that. I was lucky enough to be off work sick to catch it live too. I was:Charlie Reams wrote:We have an early leader!Jon Corby wrote:I did take the photo though
Edit: Is it also an 'early' leader, considering that the competition is almost at its conclusion?
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Good point.Jon Corby wrote:Edit: Is it also an 'early' leader, considering that the competition is almost at its conclusion?
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The tiny writing says "That's my Boy" but I can't be arsed to do it again so that it's legible
Late Edit : Phew - it's just before midnight and I did do it again!! (It's now 2345 not 2245 as the clock on this forum tells me)
Late Edit : Phew - it's just before midnight and I did do it again!! (It's now 2345 not 2245 as the clock on this forum tells me)
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In my view, first and second places have to go to the Corbys, but I can't judge which order they'll come in.
In any case, I think that the picture of young Jon has to be shown on TV when he appears in the next COC.
In any case, I think that the picture of young Jon has to be shown on TV when he appears in the next COC.
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Jon, if a number of girls were after you, I wouldn't be surprised one bit!
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They are, but mainly for child support.Jason Larsen wrote:Jon, if a number of girls were after you, I wouldn't be surprised one bit!
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We're bringing back so many memories.
He may have called the meaner girls, "blankety blanks" but that must be because he didn't know the meanings of such harsh words.
He may have called the meaner girls, "blankety blanks" but that must be because he didn't know the meanings of such harsh words.
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Bring it.
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Gavin
I think Jon's picture is just sheer brilliance . Also I think Karen's avatar is quite an interesting picture too .
I think Jon's picture is just sheer brilliance . Also I think Karen's avatar is quite an interesting picture too .
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Zero's a number, right?Jason Larsen wrote:Jon, if a number of girls were after you, I wouldn't be surprised one bit!
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Really?
Well then, the following song probably describes the look on your face when you were that young.
Blankety blank, blankety blank (Boom, boom, boom)
Blankety blank, blankety blank (boom, boom boom)
Blankety blank, blankety blank, blankety blank
Blankety blank.
You were probably wondering where Terry Wogan was when you needed him!
Well then, the following song probably describes the look on your face when you were that young.
Blankety blank, blankety blank (Boom, boom, boom)
Blankety blank, blankety blank (boom, boom boom)
Blankety blank, blankety blank, blankety blank
Blankety blank.
You were probably wondering where Terry Wogan was when you needed him!
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How the hell did you get to see Charlie shaving the other side of his face?Gavin Chipper wrote:Bring it.
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Jason Larsen wrote:You were probably wondering where Terry Wogan was when you needed him!
Keeping all the girls for himself.
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Right there, and he looks great!
I wonder who's going to change their avatar to a picture of him hosting "Total Recall" when it comes on soon.
I wonder who's going to change their avatar to a picture of him hosting "Total Recall" when it comes on soon.
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Not only that, but Gavin's discovered that Charlie is ambidextrous.Kirk Bevins wrote:How the hell did you get to see Charlie shaving the other side of his face?Gavin Chipper wrote:Bring it.
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According to my very precise and stringent calculations, this competition has now closed. Three and a half years ago, in fact.
Who won Charles, and what's the prize?
Who won Charles, and what's the prize?
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As things are just started to get into swing, I've decided to extend the deadline for a few days. Get your entries in ASAP!
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God, that still gives me time to change mine to a close up of Wogan's bulging trouser goodies.Charlie Reams wrote:As things are just started to get into swing, I've decided to extend the deadline for a few days. Get your entries in ASAP!
What to do?
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Keep Carol's MILF picture Corby. It makes much more pleasant viewing than that of Wogan's "colostomy bag"Jon Corby wrote:God, that still gives me time to change mine to a close up of Wogan's bulging trouser goodies.Charlie Reams wrote:As things are just started to get into swing, I've decided to extend the deadline for a few days. Get your entries in ASAP!
What to do?
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The only complement I've received on my picture has been from Jon O'Neill. What does everyone else think?
Also, there will be another 2-hour and 15-minute game show block on Channel 4 thanks to Richard and Judy's show getting canceled.
It will start off with our favorite game, Countdown, with Des O'Connor, then it will continue with Deal or No Deal with our buddy Noel Edmonds. After that, it will culminate with Terry Wogan's Total Recall in Richard and Judy's old slot.
Is everyone looking forward to that?
Also, there will be another 2-hour and 15-minute game show block on Channel 4 thanks to Richard and Judy's show getting canceled.
It will start off with our favorite game, Countdown, with Des O'Connor, then it will continue with Deal or No Deal with our buddy Noel Edmonds. After that, it will culminate with Terry Wogan's Total Recall in Richard and Judy's old slot.
Is everyone looking forward to that?
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Tent? I think you are seeing the outline of his colostomy bag.jasoncullen wrote:Keep Carol's MILF picture Corby. It makes much more pleasant viewing than that of Wogan's tentJon Corby wrote:God, that still gives me time to change mine to a close up of Wogan's bulging trouser goodies.Charlie Reams wrote:As things are just started to get into swing, I've decided to extend the deadline for a few days. Get your entries in ASAP!
What to do?
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I don't think he would be very happy to hear that!
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LovelyJason Larsen wrote: Judy's old slot.
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George?
Time slot, I meant.
Terry Wogan is a good guy!
Time slot, I meant.
Terry Wogan is a good guy!
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You'll win.Jason Larsen wrote:The only complement I've received on my picture has been from Jon O'Neill. What does everyone else think?
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M. George Quinn wrote:LovelyJason Larsen wrote: Judy's old slot.
And Jason: I think your picture is adequate but not very exciting. Can you get another one taken, but maybe wear a false moustache and/or comedy wig? That's the sort of thing I'd like to see.
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Now, Jim and Jon are going to put up their dukes!
And Jim, I'm not the type of person who would wear a fake mustache.
That picture of me was taken at a serious get-together with my first roommate at my very first own apartment.
And Jim, I'm not the type of person who would wear a fake mustache.
That picture of me was taken at a serious get-together with my first roommate at my very first own apartment.
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I think you've confused them with Terry Wogan.Jason Larsen wrote:Now, Jim and Jon are going to put up their dukes!
Anyway, the competition is now closed. Thanks to those who entered. Results will be announced shortly!
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But I have a fine array of fake moustaches, ranging from "Casual Rogue" all the way to "Outraged Major". You can choose! I'd be happy to send you one in the post. You've got to have a picture taken of you wearing it, though.Jason Larsen wrote:And Jim, I'm not the type of person who would wear a fake mustache.
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Like this?jimbentley wrote:And Jason: I think your picture is adequate but not very exciting. Can you get another one taken, but maybe wear a false moustache and/or comedy wig? That's the sort of thing I'd like to see.
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It is good to see your picture Jason.Jason Larsen wrote:The only complement I've received on my picture has been from Jon O'Neill. What does everyone else think?
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Charlie, you're kidding. Jim, I don't believe it. Also, Michael, I am not changing my avatar!