Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Announcement / FAQ

Frequently Asked Question:

HEY HOW DOES THIS WORK, YOU GEEKS?


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Upcoming

YOUR REQUEST HERE!


Current slots taken:

Confused Afro Dude: 0/3 (pvanharibo)
Angry Afro Dude: 0/2 (Mary)
Confused Asian Bowl Cut: 2/3 (mondogarage)
Confused Explorer Lady: 3/3 (Poker Enthusiast)
Confused Classy Black Lady: 4/3 (APOSEC72)
Angry Clown: 6/2 (riggstad)
Confused Clown: 6/3 (PokerFool)
Confused Cowboy: 7/3 (corron10)
Confused Fish: 10/3 (Heffmike)
Confused Preppie: 11/3 (Snuffy)
Happy Little Pup Dog: 15/1 (BLAARGH!)
Confused Little Pup Dog: 15/3 (cemfredmd)
Confused Rock: 16/3 (ElSnarfoGrande)
Confused Hockey Player: 19/3 (Pokah Dave)
Angry Hipster Dude: 22/2 (Buddy Dank)
Confused Black Mustache Dude: 23/3 ($mokkee)
Confused Blondie: 24/3 (SmBoatDrinks)
Confused Monkey: 25/3 (Kajagugu)
Confused Sammy Sosa: 27/3 (iiatg6296)
Happy Devil Girl: 28/1 (Joanada)
Confused Eskimo Girl: 29/3 (NumbBono)
Happy Frog: 30/1 (Mike Maloney)
Angry Frog: 30/2 (Astin)
Confused Frog: 30/3 (bayne_s)
Confused Persian: 31/3 (katitude)
Confused Donkey: 33/3 (wwonka69)
Angry Elephant: 34/2 (Breeze81)
Angry Gekko: 37/2 (NY Rambler)
Angry Boxer: 41/2 (jamyhawk)
Angry Hot Chick: 42/2 (PinkyStinky)
Confused Chicken: 44/3 (Julius_Goat)
Confused Rugby Goon: 43/3 (Poker Peaker)
Confused Dracula: 46/3 (Baywolfe)
Confused Frankenstein: 47/3 (Patch)
Confused Zombie Girl: 50/3 (DaBag)
Angry Policeman: 54/2 (Instant Tragedy)
Confused Policeman: 54/3 (Schaubs)
Confused Turtle: 55/3 (Pebbles)
Confused ATM: 56/3 (23Skidoo)
Angry Pirate: 57/2 (twoblackaces)
Confused Pirate: 57/3 (Pirate Lawyer)
Confused Military Lady: 60/3 (katiemother)
Confused Fireman: 61/3 (PokerBrian)
Confused Handsome Grandma: 63/3 (dtaylo04)
Confused Bond: 65/3 (BamBam)
Confused Wizard: 69/3 (dueyv9)
Confused Ninja: 71/3 (ScottMC)


Update:

1) I'm working through these in the order they occur in the comments. Comment to this post if you want to queue up.

2) If you haven't requested a slot, I'm just assigning one randomly. If you don't like your slot, speak quickly before people start uploading your image to that spot.

3) Anybody having a complaint about their image will be shot.

4) Anybody who is shot will receive prompt medical care*.

5) There is no number 5.

6) I'm working on an FAQ. Look for it this week.

7) Seriously, if there's a problem with your image just let me know and we'll take care of business.

8) I'm a total hack at image work. Anybody who is good at this and wants to contribute is welcome to be added on as an author. Hit me in the chat.

-Goat


* Canadian bloggers only.

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During donkament last Friday Julius Goat and I had a chat about table image and creating our own Avatars rather than saving up 1 Million points to create. Saturday discussion continued and we also determined that FullTilt software updates may not overwrite existing avatars so an idea of a repository of custom avatars was born. In general we have also noticed that the "confused" emotion is not used continuously by many players.

Anyone else interested in using a custom avatar amongst the community should add comment to FAQ post requesting slot then Julius or I will add as blog contributers so you can announce your own avatar. Those without artwork skills may still request an avatar be created and will wait until Julius or I have the time (and I have developed the skills) to create.

Make request in comments, for those including own artwork provide pointer to picture on blog.



Sorry Mattazuma, krazybangs requested 1st (angry and happy fish rarely seen?)

62 comments:

lj said...

i have no artwork skillz so i will add my name to the waiting list (pretty sure it will be awhile, but that's ok):

1) i think eeyore would be a great avatar, but i have been informed by one of this blog's contributors that he is too passive to be my avatar

2) a cute but aggressive looking gummi bear would then be my second choice

Alan aka RecessRampage said...

Neither one of LJ's request fits her style. I say you guys veto it.

:)

What does 30/3 or 44/3 stand for?

I will get back with you on what I want for my avatar. Something to do with the fact that I'm a master dice setter maybe???

Julius_Goat said...

LJ -- Eeyore can be done. You prefer Disney Pooh or Classic Pooh?

Alan: I'll be writing some explanation soon in terms of what somebody will have to do in order to participate. It's kind of abstract, but fairly simple.

lj said...

"LJ -- Eeyore can be done. You prefer Disney Pooh or Classic Pooh?"

thanks goat. i have no idea which one i prefer. whichever one looks tougher? or should i take the cuter one? you can choose...

"Alan: I'll be writing some explanation soon in terms of what somebody will have to do in order to participate. It's kind of abstract, but fairly simple."

u r so effing hilarious it kills me.

4dbirds said...

I'd like to get in. Can I use the army babe avatar I use with my posts?

Thanks, katiemother

Unknown said...

Can I have one? Maybe a crazy mountain climber? Or maybe someone climbing a mountain of diapers!!! Now that would be funny

1Queens Up1 said...

I wish I had better artwork skillz, I just figured out dimensions and tried to resize the pics, my Homer avatar looks a little awkward.

Have either of you figured out how to overwrite the felt on the FT table? I did a dharma design as the background, and I wanted to stick the "swan" symbol on the table. I found the race-track and circle symbols in a folder and updated the pics, but it WILL NOT show up on the table still.

Lemme know if you have any thoughts.

1Queens Up1 said...
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1Queens Up1 said...

im an idiot...posted the link wrong, heres the link to how my FT looks like

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/djslapz/dharma.jpg

Schaubs said...

This is awesome!

I would like to request a golfer avtar.

I will start looking, or email me and we can go from there.

You both have my addy.

Nice work boys.

Schaubs

Shrike said...

Nice project. I have no art skills, so ... I request something piratey & lawyerly, with a emphasis on the former.

I'll look around, you know how to get ahold of me ...

Mondogarage said...

This. Is. Truly. Awesome.

Yup, I'm gonna get in line and ask one day, but this is awesome all the way around.

Bayne_S said...

Isn't piratey and lawyerly redundant?

Shrike said...

Point for Bayne. I got nuthin'. ;)

KrazyBangs said...

Love to amke one.. any software recommendation for compatibility?

Dibs on confused fish spot!

Mike Maloney said...

You guys can add mine to the page if you want...

http://www.secondcitysaint.com/images/poker/1.png

I keep mine under the happy frog (30/1). I never see it, I think the teeth creep people out.

23skidoo said...

You can do this on Mac clients too.

Go to the application folder and control-click, then Show Package contents.

You should find what you need from there.

I made mine match my Avatar here, I wish I was creative enough to come up with something better.

smokkee said...

hook a brotha up Goat!

pretty obv what mine should be.

lj said...

smokkee -- donkey is already taken...

Mattazuma said...

Can I have the confused fish?

CEMfromMD said...

This sounds awesome, but I too have no art skills, so I would like to get in line for something done for me too. Something comic book related (Green Lantern maybe?) would be cool.

Julius_Goat said...

cemfrommd: Kyle, Hal, or Alan?

Surely not Guy Gardener.

lj said...

do i have to switch my avatar to confused every time i play? i couldn't switch emotions on my mac, which is where i play a good percentage of the time.

Julius_Goat said...

LJ: I'm going to have to get a ruling from somebody who plays Macs on the file structure. I've never seen FTP on a Mac. It sounds to me as though you don't get all the images in the Mac GUI.

That might mean this won't work for the rest of us trying to view you, and you wouldn't be able to see us. I'm not sure.

Mac users? Help?

lj said...

i saved the image as a replacement for the afro dude. the problem is that when i ctrl-clicked (the equivalent of right clicking on pc) it doesn't give me the option of changing my emotion. i asked skidoo and i'm going to try playing around w/ mouse preferences

Riggstad said...

LEMUR!! I NEED A LEMUR!! (a pissed off one as well!)

Hook me up and I"ll do the same for you! One RPT Baseball T-shirt and Hat coming up!

just email me your mailing adress

riggstad at yahoo dot com

23skidoo said...

To clarify the folder structure on a mac...

Right click (control-click) on the Full Tilt Poker Application, then Select "Show Package Contents" Navigate to Contents> Public> Resources> Graphics> Table> Avatars> Public Files 1-63 are there.

It seems to me that the FTP for Mac updates a lot more than the PS client. You will need to keep a backup of the customized files to replace every time the software updates.

I used to change tables, chipsets and avatars all the time. You guys should keep an updated copy of everyones avatar in a 'spare' Public folder as you keep updating them.

If you HAPPEN to come up with something for me, I'll take the confused ATM. hint hint.

Anonymous said...

can I ad my request for some kind of Donkey Avatar. maybe a Smiling donkeys Ass.

KajaPoker said...

can I get confused chimp? If not I'll take whichever is free. I will try to come up with my own avatar in a couple of days. grassy-ass.

CEMfromMD said...

Prefer Hal No way I want Guy, I want a Donkavatar, not an Assholeavatar. LOL

Shrike said...

No slot for me? I e-mailed a piratey image your way.

DaBag said...

Hey, can I reserve the confused- passed-out-zombie-woman? My PNG is already set up on my erstwhile blog. Thanks!

1Queens Up1 said...

JG,

Can I get a green fish thing? Let me know if you need a pic or you can scrounge one up.

Do confused Fireman please?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Mondogarage said...

Can I have one? I was thinking I'd really like the Dude from The Big Lebowski. Because I abide. Sorta.

I'd ask for Donny, but Donny's dead.

If you need me to find a pic, I can, just let me know. Thanks, you rock.

1Queens Up1 said...

Thanks JG!

KajaPoker said...

Choose whichever one of these is easier to use:
http://www.kajagugupoker.com/2008/05/donkavatar.html

Baywolfe said...

I'd be happy with the image you see with my posts. Maybe it needs to be "cartoonized" a little bit. Make if for "Confused Dracula."

Regards

APOSEC72 said...

I have zero ability to photoshop anything decent. but I'd like to get in the back of the line if possible.

Maybe a South Park-ish thingamaob if possible - I tried to do one but it's kinda meh...if not ok a crazy-looking bulldog or dolphin would be cool too.

APOSEC72 said...

Whoops - lemme try that again. Picture didn't update.

Patch said...

I have no artistic skillz, so I just hacked together elements from multiple avatars. Make me confused Frankenstein's Monster if available. Image is at http://bp1.blogger.com/_YMpj1xfnHgE/SEBS5ODbiSI/AAAAAAAAAyI/Nkm5ADC6JdY/S220-h/PirateFrank.png

Patch said...

Okay, that worked rather poorly. How about just clicking my avatar and then clicking "view full size". That will get you to the same place as I intended to link above.

23skidoo said...

I was thinking of a yin yang with 23skidoo shaded behind/inside of it. I'll see if I can take some time with photoshop this weekend and come up with a prototype.

If I have time I'll also see about making an easy installer for all the avs.

Breeze81 said...

Great site, love the idea. I would like to put in a request for dare I say a Guy Gardner.

I don’t know the first thing about photoshop but would like to use this pic; I know it needs some cropping.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/Guy_Gardner_Rebirth.jpg/250px-Guy_Gardner_Rebirth.jpg

I would also like it as one of the elephant’s slots. (Might as well keep him with Hal)

At our blog we have a few of us and two of them would like to see if they could request avatars too.

1st one is an Optimus Prime (The last Elephant emotion)
http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/images8/MTS2_543954_Nova_L_optimus_prime.jpg

2nd is a Red 57 Vette (from this pic just the top car) (Said it didn’t matter)
http://www.shopheadlines.com/images/products/1957vett.jpg

Thank you – Keep up the good work

If any problems or we ask too much let me know.

Breeze81
www.superpowers.typepad.com

madbrooklyn said...

Julius & Bayne - I've created my own avatar and am using it in Angry Afro dude. Shall I mail it to you? Or you can grab it here:

http://www.loona.net/pics/2.png

I love playing with all the different avatars - adds so much fun to the table!

Thanks,

Mary

BamBam said...

OK..... The real geek bloggers stopped coming here! So now, since I-AM-NOT-A-GEEK, I can ask, WTF was this all about?

Yes... I'm sorry to say, I am serious. I have no idea what you are all talkng about here.

You are making custom avatars for players on F/T?

How would one see them, to know if anyone at the table has one? I ask because, I don't think I've ever seen anything but the typical Tilt stuff.

You do not have to answer this. I'm just getting my total lack of geekyness, off my chest.

Thanx !

"A man who say's he can see through a Woman, is missing a lot!"

PinkyStinky said...

Hey,
I would like a custom thingey too. I'd like an avatar of Mini-Me sniffin the stink. Similar to this.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blog/mini_me.gif

Thanks,

PinkyStinky said...

Oh, and if it could be saved over the 'hot big boob babe' avatar, that would be ideal.

BamBam said...

If you can figure out how to Bam-Bam'ize the confused Bond avatar, I would be eternaly grateful.

Well OK, not exactly "eternally." More like WOW I'd be grateful.

Well, "WOW" is a little strong and really, it's already taken isn't it.

"Wawfuls Only Whines"

What say you to a nice cold Beer on me, at our next meeting?

Deal?

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Mike Heffner said...

OK, I'll get sucked in here...

requesting something of Sheldon J. Plankton, sir. We love some Spongebob here.

Either that, or something of a squirrel gathering nuts.

Anonymous said...

yo...can I get a Jack or a John Locke avatar?

if you do Jack give him one of those "are you kidding me?" looks...if you do Locke make him look...cool i guess.

for 69...image 3

jamyhawk said...

Julius,
In prep for BBT4 I thought I would request a donkavatar, if you are still open to getting me one.

Something like http://users.erols.com/vseth/Herky%20Hawk.jpg

or maybe a chickenhawk might be more approriate: http://www.keepitfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/chickenhawk.JPG

Thanks. Great idea!

PokerFool said...

is this where I request an avatar?

As reigning BBT3 champion, I'm thinking I should get one.

Can you make an avatar using a picture of crazy bearded joaquin phoenix with "BBT3" or "BBT3 Champ" text on it?

Here are a few pics of crazy joaquin that I found:

Joaquin1
Joaquin2
Joaquin3
Joaquin4

Thanks!

Joanada said...

Hey Goat, can you reserve the devil chick for me (confused first choice, angry second)

I have an avatar coming, just need the spot saved please!

Thanks!

NumbBono said...

OK, I finally came up with something.

Original pic is here

http://www.donkeysdraw.com/pix/donkavatar.jpg

I assume you edit out the background so it's the primary person in the picture.

~Numb

SmBoatDrinks said...

Submitting my request.

Whatever you come up with would be great.


Thanks!!!

Boat

BLAARGH! said...
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BLAARGH! said...

Hey Goat... wanted to get my request in before it's too late!!!

Here's the image (png - should be fine, yes?)

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DjnFW8xpeEN2wzimlRtHHw?authkey=Gv1sRgCNSWzsHkupXXwAE&feat=directlink

Love and kisses,

BLAARGH!

Snuffy said...

Sent you an e-mail but didn't hear back so I will post here.

scottc25

image here: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/f/fc/Character.snuffy.jpg

Don't care which slot it takes.

Feel free to get creative.

ElSnarfoGrande said...

I'll put in my request as well as I can't have Snuffy out do me.

http://picasaweb.google.com/gdibraccio/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCKufr_DBlcDZFw#5319788934718280082

Let me know if this works. Any slot is fine and feel free to molest the little guy in any creative way that you see fit.

Thanks in advance.

corron10 said...

can i get a cracked out Stu Ugnar????

AgSweep said...

I love the avatars, so I'm jumping in line. I got no skillz, art or poker so I will leave it up to you. I'm AgSweep, that's silver sweep if you are periodic table impaired. I tried to cobble something together with a broom and a pile of silver coins. To say it didn't go very well in Paint would be a understatement. TY in advance.