Build and Shoot

A lot of people seem to use the random avatar thing (which I don't like personally, as it removes the ability to determine who posted what just by glancing at the avatar), but there are still a few with no avatar. I suggest the default avatar becomes the random one.

i dont no how to get an evatar

Do you guys like my modified default avatar :lol:

How to set your avatar:

yea i went through all that but when i upload the pic it just comes up with to big and then i got a smaller pic then i came up with the pic is over 62

and then im all like wat the fuck

In that case, you would want to 'Scale' the picture to the recommended size. The Maximum the image can be is 200 x 200 pixels. So I would use a Picture Editing site such as LunaPic.com or PicMonkey.com to edit the picture, save it to your computer then try again. I hope this helps!

Adding on to what CelticEnigma said, make sure that the filetype is appropriate (either PNG for lossless or high-quality JPG) and the dimensions match. If you're resizing a large image to smaller dimensions, I suggest using a good downsampling filter such as Lanczos or Spline instead of default (linear/cubic), otherwise there will be crappy artifacting.

(And yes, I know my signature is crappy...I'll get around to vectoring it maybe one day.

"The random one" being the soldier with a random colour? Sounds good to me. Although I hadn't noticed the colour changing over reload; I'm not sure what's it about. If a random colour is selected and remembered that would be great. That really would add class to this forum. (>_> ignore my avatar)
As for the problems setting the avatar: also check that the file-size is below the limit (mentioned on the avatar upload page).

And yes, I know my signature is crappy...

No, it's not.