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    • angelofd347hA
      angelofd347h Global Moderator @NOC-
      last edited by

      @noc said in Personal/Custom Avatars:

      @indexlibrorum

      Then you will forgive me for the fact that 95% of other gaming communities continue to pay Russians even large gaming corporations continue to pay Russians despite sanctions (especially those in Europe) and yet here we are.

      Source?
      A quick look says the opposite with major companies no longer providing prize winnings to Russian residing players.

      Eg: 3987fa26-d658-4ed8-9a63-8fbb7cc0dbfd-image.png

      https://www.fortnite.com/competitive/news/fortnite-competitive-update-russia

      All the major esports leagues I researched have banned Russian teams from competing and cancelled any events held in Russia.

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      https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/esports-leagues-bar-russian-owned-teams-cancel-regional-events/

      The closest we get is Team Spirit which was Russian but is now Serbian based.

      This is all ignoring the fact that transferring funds to a Russian bank from our Danish one is nearly impossible due to EU's SWIFT ban on Russian banks. Are we forgetting the pain we had (have?) with not being able to access our account in the past? Do we want a repeat of that happening? Even if its only a small chance of happening its not worth risking.

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      • BlackYpsB
        BlackYps @FtXCommando
        last edited by

        @ftxcommando said in Personal/Custom Avatars:

        the situation above is arbitrary and shouldn’t have happened. Because it’s really just NOC deciding based on his personal vibes that day what is worth a personal avatar.

        That's a pretty good description of what happened.

        There is a thread in the promo-public channel on discord now that discusses avatar rules. All input is welcome.

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        • maudlin27M
          maudlin27
          last edited by

          Given there's someone clearly motivated to seeing FAF fail presumably at cost to themselves (the ongoing DDOS attacks), I don't believe the proposition that that FAF could get away with breaching the law because no-one will care.

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          • LunyshkoL
            Lunyshko @maudlin27
            last edited by

            @maudlin27 Explain how is it a breach of law? Any law that states that you can't send money to turbo2? This is the presumption of guilty not of the innocence

            "Good luck and a safe landing commanders!"

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            • FtXCommandoF
              FtXCommando
              last edited by FtXCommando

              I’m not saying FAF should work to breach the law, my solution was still to reserve the funds while providing in kind services as options for people that don’t feel like waiting.

              Though I also feel like the “waiting” isn’t really a necessary condition and the transfer of FAF money for a service should be viable for anyone that wins FAF money.

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              • IndexLibrorumI
                IndexLibrorum Global Moderator @Lunyshko
                last edited by IndexLibrorum

                @lunyshko It's been made clear in previous iterations of this discussion that several people were intending to forward the money to Russian members who otherwise would not be able to receive prize money.

                You can argue that such actions fall beyond what the board should be concerned about, but the worry remains that FAF remained possibly liable for such actions nonetheless. Legal advise was sought, but no definitive answer obtained. As such, the board has chosen to err on the side of caution, as it is most important to not jeopardize the FAF project, even if this meant that a handful of Russian players were unable to receive any financial prizes. I'm sure you'll be able to understand that the (perceived) risk involved here does not outweigh the rewards (pun not intended).

                This sucks for those players and it's not their fault, but such are the consequences of living in a warmongering state.

                Again, all of this has previously been discussed to death, and the conclusions that were reached by the board are unlikely to change. It's time to stop this discussion, if only so that we can return to the issue at hand:

                We were discussing on how to deal with avatars, both in the global sense of needing proper guidelines to handle future assignments, as well as the specific sense of how to deal with the custom avatar given out by NOC as a replacement for the tournament prize.

                There are efforts made to work out a good set of guidelines, mostly based on the earlier framework by FTX and some current revisions by Fichom. Further input on this is very welcome, please see the relevant discord channel.

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                • S
                  snoog
                  last edited by

                  Yes, lets risk the entire FAF project for a few measly bucks. Great idea lads.

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                  • FtXCommandoF
                    FtXCommando @BlackYps
                    last edited by FtXCommando

                    @blackyps said in Personal/Custom Avatars:

                    @ftxcommando said in Personal/Custom Avatars:

                    the situation above is arbitrary and shouldn’t have happened. Because it’s really just NOC deciding based on his personal vibes that day what is worth a personal avatar.

                    That's a pretty good description of what happened.

                    There is a thread in the promo-public channel on discord now that discusses avatar rules. All input is welcome.

                    I don’t think so. I put equivalent if not more fault on the Board for making a terrible ruling to save themselves a little bit of duress which in turn put NOC in a totally losing situation where he tried to give some sort of compensation. Only problem on NOC’s end was not working out the details.

                    Little bit of a false dichotomy going on with this “net good vs net evil” when the whole situation exists because a ledger of reserved, illiquid funds is too much work for those few players. It’s really more like the needs of those few players isn’t worth a single hour a week of time of like 1 of 7 different Board members, which is a big deal for NOC’s position.

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                    • arma473A
                      arma473
                      last edited by

                      The total unpaid tournament winnings are $150 to ZLO, $75 to Espi and Lunyshko, $30 to Robogear? Or who else did not get money?

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                      • waffelzNoobW
                        waffelzNoob
                        last edited by

                        malding so hard rn, i want pixels next to my name too

                        frick snoops!

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                        • DeribusD
                          Deribus Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          With the help of Spikey I have compiled a table of all 201 current avatars. The categories are my personal best guess and aren't meant to be taken as fact, since they aren't formally categorized in any way.

                          Post cut in half because of character limit

                          Tournament Contributor Personal Other
                          1 TMM Gold Champion 1 FAF Donator Looking Down ACU sniper
                          2 TMM Gold Champion 2 Moderator Pizza ! Seraphim
                          3 TMM Silver Champion 1 I'm a FAF caster Sin.. Cybran
                          4 TMM Silver Champion 2 Mod Author Grrrrr ! Aeon
                          5 IMBA Cup Champion Map Author Voodoo personal avatar UEF
                          6 IMBA Cup Finalist Tournament Director Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Unive Brackman
                          7 King of Open Palms Galactic War Donator The Boot Cool Princess
                          8 Prince Of Open Palms Personal Trainer Masters Of The Universe Liberate !
                          9 Tournament winner Theme Creator I'm watching you! Cleanse !
                          10 King of Seraphim FAF Wiki Editor The Voice of Reason Unite !
                          11 Blitz Champion I'm a FAF streamer Fluffy Tails Destroy !
                          12 2vs2 Tournament Champion Stack Wizard speed2's avatar Strategic Genius
                          13 King of UEF Trainer Team Lead LTT Son of Shagrat
                          14 Tournament Champion Balance Team Lead Phoenix President Riley
                          15 King of Cybran Game Team Lead Espiranto Personal Compensation Cool Seth-Iavow
                          16 LABwars Champion Creative Team Lead Cool Brackman
                          17 King of Setons Clutch Moderation Team Lead Cool Clarke
                          18 Tournament Participant Community Manager Son of Shagrat xmas
                          19 Winner of Hearts Promotions Team Lead Happy Holidays !
                          20 King of Aeon DevOps Team Lead Princess Rhianne Burke
                          21 Nomads Tournament Champion Game Code Tester Core for ever!
                          22 Clan War Challenger FAF Moderator Cool Riley
                          23 Clan War Champion FAF Developer Dostya
                          24 The Galaxy Cup Champion ICE Tester Rhiza
                          25 2V2 WWPC U3400 Champion M like moderator Zan-Aishahesh
                          26 Prime Commander Finalist FAF Discord Administrator Seth-Iavow
                          27 Survival Champion Grand Sculptor Ladder Warrior
                          28 Average Joes Champion Tournament Donator Kael
                          29 Prince of Aeon Patreon Donator Ultimate Assimilator
                          30 Prince of Cybran Content Creator I'm a special snowflake!
                          31 Holy Trinity Winner Patreon T3 I'm special
                          32 Prince of Seraphim Patreon T4 Nomads
                          33 Eco Emperor Campaign Team Lead Vendetta
                          34 3v3 Spring Champion Moderator (2023) Galactic Conqueror
                          35 Minons and Legends winner Moderator (2023) red Puppetmaster
                          36 2v2 Fixed In Equilibrium FAF Live Team Nomads
                          37 3v3 Summer Champion BalanceTeam ARM
                          38 3v3 Trident Of Power CreativeTeam CORE
                          39 LotS Qualifier Champion GameDevTeam Ladder Knight
                          40 Heart of Black Champion DevOpsTeam Warrior of TMM
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                          • DeribusD
                            Deribus Global Moderator
                            last edited by Deribus

                            Tournament Contributor Personal Other
                            41 King of Astrocrater CampaignTeam Veteran of TMM
                            42 Rebalance Tournament Champion MatchmakingTeam King of TMM
                            43 2v2 Masters Cup TournamentTeam Clairvoyant
                            44 Bronze Musketeer ModerationTeam King of Silver
                            45 Silver Musketeer PromoTeam King of Gold
                            46 Golden Musketeer TrainerTeam King of Diamond
                            47 FAF 2019 Champion Ladder Autumn Gold
                            48 Coffin Tourney Champion Ladder Autumn Grandmaster
                            49 Summer Invitational Champion Ladder Autumn Master
                            50 Summer Invitational Finalist Ladder Summer Grandmaster
                            51 Summer Invitational Qualifier Champion Ladder Summer Master
                            52 King of Dual Gap Ladder Summer Diamond
                            53 Nomads Winner Ladder Summer Gold
                            54 Fall Invitational Qualifier Winner CaveDog
                            55 Fall Invitational Champion Veteran FAFer
                            56 MapGen Tourney Winner PrinceOfTMM
                            57 Rainbow Cup III Champion Nightmare
                            58 The Darkest Heart
                            59 Spring Invitational Qualifier Champion
                            60 Spring Invitational Champion
                            61 Computer Cup Champion
                            62 FAF Champion 2021
                            63 2nd Place Legend of the Stars 2021
                            64 3rd Place Legend of the Stars 2021
                            65 4th Place Legend of the Stars 2021
                            66 RC IV Champion
                            67 Seton's champion
                            68 Seton's fighter
                            69 cringe tournament winner
                            70 Mario Brother
                            71 Luigi Brother
                            72 Cringe Tournament III Champion
                            73 Rainbow Cup V Champion
                            74 FAF World Champion 2022
                            75 2nd Place Legend of the Stars 2022
                            76 3rd Place Legend of the Stars 2022
                            77 4th Place Legend of the Stars 2022
                            78 Rainbow Cup VI Champion
                            79 FAFbetaTourney
                            80 LOTS 2023 1st
                            81 LOTS 2023 2nd
                            82 LOTS 2023 3rd
                            83 LOTS 2023 4th

                            Of these 201 avatars there are 35 which are currently not assigned to anybody.

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                            • GrimplexG
                              Grimplex
                              last edited by

                              uh guys, who took nightmare away from me and kept it in the vault

                              The embodiment of depression...

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                              • DeribusD
                                Deribus Global Moderator @Grimplex
                                last edited by

                                @balanceslave said in Personal/Custom Avatars:

                                uh guys, who took nightmare away from me and kept it in the vault

                                Discussed in pms, almost certainly because of the avatar deletion bug

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                                • GrimplexG
                                  Grimplex
                                  last edited by

                                  Guys deribus is a good guy. Please be nicer to him.

                                  The embodiment of depression...

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                                  • NOC-N
                                    NOC-
                                    last edited by NOC-

                                    Um there is more than 201. Considering when I login to mod client and look there is around 400+

                                    I retract this guessing the avatar bug wiped half of them.

                                    So originally 442 were there, now some are missing

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                                    • NOC-N
                                      NOC-
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                                      • DeribusD
                                        Deribus Global Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        The avatar ID increments every time an avatar is uploaded. Yes, the highest avatar ID reached is 442, but that includes avatars that were reuploaded, changed, removed for other reasons, etc. This does not mean that more than half of all avatars have been wiped by the bug.

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                                        • S
                                          StormLantern Team Lead
                                          last edited by

                                          If there are avatars in this list that I or others have a right to. Is there someone I can appeal to?

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                                          • Ctrl-KC
                                            Ctrl-K
                                            last edited by

                                            Avatar drops lets gooo!

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