[Savage]

We're currently doing a little experiment with enabling forum avatars. The avatar is the little pic next to my handle. For now they're available for mods and admins, and if it looks good, we'll open it to senior members next, and if that works, then to regular members.

If used intelligently avatars can add a more personal touch to the forums, but they can also create more of a moderation burden if abused, so we're not committing fully to this yet -- just testing the idea for now to see how this affects the community.

Avatars can only be static pics -- no animated stuff.