User blog comment:Ivyheart/Pictures Of Cats *Please read*/@comment-2224454-20111126160704

Prepare for my rant about this topic.

I still agree with Ivy, despite what everyone else has said against it. Copyright laws are something we must follow. I spent hours trying to find images fro my cats that weren't copy-written. It will be easier to abide by these laws if we only have one real-life image.

Chararts, with our own blanks not made by anyone else from Deviant Art and such, are easier to work with then real-life images. The image size would be smaller, so you don't have one image that's 100 square pixels along with one that's 1000 square pixels side-by-side in a gallery.

It can create a consistency in the galleries, so our site looks more professional, and not just a low-grade RPG site, where it's easy to become an admin, take over, create major characters, and abandon the site completely, leaving everyone else fumbling to fill their shoes. I've seen it happen to sites like this one before. It's hard to make a good comeback.

If we must keep the real-life images, then, I say we should stick to one. It'll help with copyright laws, as, I'm sure most of you will agree with me on this one, I don't like going to jail because someone else violated a law on a site I'm on.

I liked Ivy's solution above:

When a charart is approved, it will go in the box, and the old real life main pic will go at the bottom.

It compromises everyone's opinions. You get to keep a real-life image, so pages won't be blank until someone gets around to making your character a charart.

I'll need a really strong argument to change my opinion. If you still disagree, better start thinking of better reasons to persuade me. I wish you luck.