Custom animated avatars

[󠀡󠀡᠌ ⁧⁧Kogucik]

I don't know if this has been suggested before, but I would really appreciate uploading a custom gif avatar. Maybe something like "possibility to upload" for I don't know, 5000 Steam Points? What do you think?

[Tanoomba]

It has been suggested before.
I think one issue might be that it's easier to sneak in rule-breaking material if it's cleverly hidden in an animation. I don't see Valve allowing people that kind of freedom.

[󠀡󠀡᠌ ⁧⁧Kogucik]

Well, what can I do. It is difficult to say and one lives in the hope that someday Valve will give the green light.

[Gwarsbane]

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧Kogucik:

I don't know if this has been suggested before, but I would really appreciate uploading a custom gif avatar. Maybe something like "possibility to upload" for I don't know, 5000 Steam Points? What do you think?

Doubt it will ever happen, but if Valve does it, it should be at least 50,000 points and an actual humans must look it over before it goes live. If you change the avatar, you have to pay another 50,000 points again.

If it breaks the rules, you lose the 50,000 points and you get banned from ever uploading one ever again.


Hopefully they never do this, but I also had hope that they wouldn't have animated backgrounds and other profile stuff.

[󠀡󠀡᠌ ⁧⁧Kogucik]

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

Hopefully they never do this, but I also had hope that they wouldn't have animated backgrounds and other profile stuff.

Why? I think that's a great idea. I agree it must be much more expensive, but why wouldn't you want this feature?

[The Presence]

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧Kogucik:

Well, what can I do. It is difficult to say and one lives in the hope that someday Valve will give the green light.

The only way (that I can see) to prevent any offensive and rule-breakling material from getting through would be that animated profile pictures go through a check by a human to verify it doesn't break any rules.

The problem there is that Steam has so many users and many would upload an animated PFP that it would be unrealistic for Steam to keep up with all the incoming requests.

[Tanoomba]

Originally posted by The Presence:

The only way (that I can see) to prevent any offensive and rule-breakling material from getting through would be that animated profile pictures go through a check by a human to verify it doesn't break any rules.

The problem there is that Steam has so many users and many would upload an animated PFP that it would be unrealistic for Steam to keep up with all the incoming requests.

Especially since someone could easily slip in an X-rated image or rude message for a single frame alone, necessitating a frame-by frame check, That's a LOT of extra work for Valve to do.

[The Presence]

Originally posted by Tanoomba:

Originally posted by The Presence:

The only way (that I can see) to prevent any offensive and rule-breakling material from getting through would be that animated profile pictures go through a check by a human to verify it doesn't break any rules.

The problem there is that Steam has so many users and many would upload an animated PFP that it would be unrealistic for Steam to keep up with all the incoming requests.

Especially since someone could easily slip in an X-rated image or rude message for a single frame alone, necessitating a frame-by frame check, That's a LOT of extra work for Valve to do.

Yeah.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It seems Valve wanted to lock animated stuff behind points on the points shop and have developers create them.

Don't hold your breath.

[Gwarsbane]

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧Kogucik:

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

Hopefully they never do this, but I also had hope that they wouldn't have animated backgrounds and other profile stuff.

Why? I think that's a great idea. I agree it must be much more expensive, but why wouldn't you want this feature?

Because I think animated stuff on the forums is annoying. Heck I only have my animated frame on because A I like fire, but B I can see when Valve finally puts in a method to stop animated avatars and that they are off by default.

[Callahan420]

They most likely won't allow it but they allow animated artwork which is far worse IMO and can also be used to sneak in inappropriate things so it makes no sense why they don't allow it,

[Harley ᓄᓂᖅ]

I wouldn't care but there is a grey area for this, as others have already stated in this post. A high steam point price for a animated pfp sounds ok but I don't have much to say otherwise.

[Flandre Scarlet 🎀]

There used to be a program that could do this. Don't know if it still exists though as it was 5 or so years ago

[ocksie]

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧Kogucik:

I don't know if this has been suggested before, but I would really appreciate uploading a custom gif avatar. Maybe something like "possibility to upload" for I don't know, 5000 Steam Points? What do you think?

Doubt it will ever happen, but if Valve does it, it should be at least 50,000 points and an actual humans must look it over before it goes live. If you change the avatar, you have to pay another 50,000 points again.

If it breaks the rules, you lose the 50,000 points and you get banned from ever uploading one ever again.


Hopefully they never do this, but I also had hope that they wouldn't have animated backgrounds and other profile stuff.

considering animated artworks on profiles is already a thing that can happen, and that there's already a handful of suggestive animated profile pictures and backgrounds on the steam points shop. i don't see it being the end of the world to use gifs as profile pictures, even without having to sell a kidney just to upload one gif

[HUNTwerker]

Originally posted by 󠀡󠀡᠌ ⁧⁧Kogucik:

I don't know if this has been suggested before, but I would really appreciate uploading a custom gif avatar. Maybe something like "possibility to upload" for I don't know, 5000 Steam Points? What do you think?

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[Mike]

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