[QUOTE=Equus;15351944]Review site means nothing on the forums.[/QUOTE]

You have the same avatar in both, remember?

Oh yeah I forgot!

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT ABSTRACT ABSTRACT

It's like you people can't read. :-/

:(

I just don't know what it is....

There are 3 good examples in this thread. Plus proper essay style is 3rd person, formal English.

He's in 9th grade, give the kid a break. That was a pretty typical 9th grade-level essay.

Maybe in North America it is. :-/

And whilst I appreciate his predicament, there is nothing wrong with trying to get Hbp to write at a level above his classmates. If anything it'll help him in his later school years.

He's really set on that shitty Hellraiser avatar huh

Ok, I fixed it up so that it's possibly avatar worthy.

I don't know, Riva, I'm gonna leave this one up to you and possibly Vince :)

You bastard. I'm leaving it all up to Vince, then. I've done what I can. :-/

I don't mind him being given one but I am hosting a party and don't have time to do it this eve.

Thanks guys :thumb:

What the fuc[size=2]k[/size].

sup hell freezing over

nm u?

[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Eleventeen3/skycamefallingdemo.gif[/url]

I deserve a big avatar because I am awesome and have presented mad knowledge on breakdowns since 04.

No abstract + essay + references = too lazy for me to log into the ModCP :(

this thread is now the official give me a big avatar thread

Jom, I don't feel like doing a formal essay, will a list suffice?

I am a truly brilliant individual, standing out from the crowd with my sheer greatness.
I have contributed countless references to bands that just can't lay off open chugging.
I've pointed a few folks in the direction of musics in my time here.
I've tried on occasion to drop knowledges.
I try to make for light conversation on a regular basis.
I give people screaming advice here and there.
I've been contributing here since October of 2004.
I dance harder than any other regular.
I have like 20 thousand some posts, mostly in R&M.
I've done 9 album reviews and rated 80.

The avatar is part of the cover art for Skycamefalling's demo [I]A Penny For Your Confessions[/I] which I really really really like, becoming one of my favorite demos evar tbh.

References:
[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/profile.php?name=i+am+the+robots[/url]

Avatar:
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Eleventeen3/skycamefallingdemo.gif[/url]

I don't feel like giving you a big avatar if you don't feel like a formal essay.

Bartender tells me that he gave Hbp a big avatar because, and I quote "I am English and therefore appreciate trying and not succeeding. In future he needs to provide a proper abstract though, which shouldn't be hard as I am sure I have told him at least once before what it is."

[quote]Jom, I don't feel like doing a formal essay, will a list suffice?[/quote]

Nope, because if we let you bend the rules, then everybody will want the same treatment! And that's not fair!

Actually if neither Jom or Riva like your essays I'll ban people for a week.

Because I'm that gay.

1. did you bone that chick last night
2. did you listen to that gorgoroth I told you to

NEVER!

Anyway

1. I was outside her house and the bitch called me to tell me her sister was home and told me to fu‪ck off and die so I bought beer and drowned myself in a sea of self-destruction and obliteration.

2. Yeah, I listened to UTSOH. Pretty fu‪ucking good. I had listened to the first 4 tracks from ad majorem sathanas gloriam a while ago, but UTSOH is much, much better.

[QUOTE=Riva;15353396]I don't feel like giving you a big avatar if you don't feel like a formal essay.

Bartender tells me that he gave Hbp a big avatar because, and I quote "I am English and therefore appreciate trying and not succeeding. In future he needs to provide a proper abstract though, which shouldn't be hard as I am sure I have told him at least once before what it is."[/QUOTE]
Yeh he at least tried, and went back and revised after being told it wasn't good enough so A for effort at least. No grade on the actual essay =|

I like Tojes' rule. I'm sort of tired of the haphazard avatar requests.

how long do we already have this rule? i think i missed the post....

IDK it's a random rule. :-D

I have been a member on these boards for three years, and though I have caused a lot of trouble from time to time, overall I'd consider myself a relatively good poster. In my three years posting on this site, I've contributed on many occasions to "official" band discussions such as Opeth, Between The Buried And Me, Dipset, and Avenged Sevenfold, as well as many genre threads, like Any Other Death Heads, Melodeath, and Metalcore. When people ask for recommendations, I'm normally serious and will provide list of bands that [to my ears] sound similar to what the user asking is searching for.

Though it's been a while, I did a few lengthy artist write-ups, and I've contributed nine reviews, and rated eighty albums on the review site. I've also provided/editted information on bands such as Overcast and Through The Eyes Of The Dead on the review site. I'm sort-of useful, I'd say.

Most noticeably though, I'll turn into a good poster during vocal and lyrical discussions, as those are my personal focuses when it comes to music. I've given a few people here in R&M as well as The Jam Session and The Audio Arena tips for warming-up the voice and keeping it healthy in order to scream, as well as advice on increasing range (mostly through warm-ups) and proper technique (in screaming) in itself.

Please moderators, find it in your hearts to give me this Skycamefalling demo cover avatar.

References:
[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/profile.php?name=i+am+the+robots[/url]
[url]http://musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=370155[/url]
[url]http://musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=526384[/url]
[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=2449[/url]

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Unvalid references, they don't contain the day they were visited, or the day the author posted.

see: APA internet references

Besides, your past is sketchy and there's proof of your unpleasant behavior.

And mine.

But I suck.

Let's wait for the real modz to give feedback on this.

The dates are on my reviews and so forth, at least.
[QUOTE=TojesDolan;15355346]Besides, your past is sketchy and there's proof of your unpleasant behavior.[/QUOTE]
I addressed this very early in my "essay."
[QUOTE]though I have caused a lot of trouble from time to time, overall I'd consider myself a relatively good poster.
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>_>

APA references preferrably.

F[font=verdana]u[/font]ck it, it's better than what it originally was.

Haha, thanks Jom. :)

I feel honour-bound to explain a few things:

Essays should almost always be in third-person, unless you are writing your 8th grade speech for class president, or are doing a Bachelor of Arts *s******* at University. Third-person is: "Riva schooled Hbp and Mappy on third-person in an extremely brutal way".
First-person is: "LOL I AM QUEER".

See the difference?

And abstracts are so vital to the essay process. It's not meant to be easy to get a big avatar, so I think Orlando's idea is a good one. If you post an essay with the intention of wheedling a large avatar, either Vince, Jom or I will check over it. If we find it unsatisfactory, we'll give you one chance to edit it. Then if it is still not up to scratch, it's a 3 day holiday to Bantown flying Mod Airlines return.

I'm just doing this because I don't want the forum to end up being chockers with big avatars again. Also: I think a 140x140 limit for the essay-won avatars might be in order.

lol srs avataring

[QUOTE=Riva;15355943]I feel honour-bound to explain a few things:

Essays should almost always be in third-person, unless you are writing your 8th grade speech for class president, or are doing a Bachelor of Arts *s******* at University. Third-person is: "Riva schooled Hbp and Mappy on third-person in an extremely brutal way".
First-person is: "LOL I AM QUEER".[/QUOTE]

Not necessarily, it depends on the circumstance. All my essays in my Mass. Comm class are encouraged to be written in the first person. Then again I'm doing a Bachelor of Arts *s*******

That all seems fitting.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;15355956]Not necessarily, it depends on the circumstance. All my essays in my Mass. Comm class are encouraged to be written in the first person. Then again I'm doing a Bachelor of Arts *s*******[/QUOTE]

I can't believe sn[font=verdana]igger[/font] is filterowned. Damn you North American Board Of Political Correctness And Hypocrisy! Damn you to Hell!

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The widest I will go for avatars is 170 because it doesn't break the page. However, if its length is extremely clunky, I'm going to ask to cut it down. Something like 128 x 170 is nice for essays.

Otherwise, I agree with my comrades. In Soviet MX, bans mod you!

hey i can say that too because I'm mexican

:I

har soviet brothers har

[b][color=deepskyblue]FINE, comrades will give way to amigos. In MXico, mods taco you![/b][/color]