View Poll Results: You would...
...turn off civ group icons 15 51.72%
...maybe turn off civ group icons 2 6.90%
...not turn off civ group icons 3 10.34%
...turn off flag icons 1 3.45%
...maybe turn off flag icons 1 3.45%
...not turn off flag icons 7 24.14%
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Old August 13, 2003, 03:05   #1
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Would you turn off civ group icons and flags?
If there were control panel options for turning off the civgroup icons and the flags, would you turn them off?

I would turn of civ groups definitely and flags maybe.
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Old August 13, 2003, 04:12   #2
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I'd rather not turn anything off . . .

But of those I think I could ditch the civgroups.
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Old August 13, 2003, 04:51   #3
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I'd turn off people who don't know how to make multi-choice polls when they clearly need them.
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I wouldn't turn them off simply because with avatars gone, the flags and civgroup icons are the easiest way to identify a person without actually reading their name
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I would turn off civ-group icons way before flags, assuming that either would help around the same amount.

Flags are one of my major ways of telling who posted what without avatars.
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Civ groups good, flags pointless.
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Old August 13, 2003, 07:28   #8
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Spikey, you got the two the wrong way around.
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Drop the civ groups; who really needs them anyways? But if they're dropped, how much bandwidth would really be saved?
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Well, in the case of a few,(Apocalypse), it would save as much as an avatar.
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Yep, have you seen trip's lately?
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I was the person who resized it actually. I haven't been here long enough to be sure but I think it fits him perfectly.
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Apocalypse is another one.
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I would only turn off civgroups or flags if avatars reappeared.
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Turn off icons if avatars are back. But don't turn off flags
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Icons are pointless. Flags less so, but not neccessary. However, I'd like to be able to vote this, and not just on one part of my opinion!
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Oops, forgot the multi choice checkbox.
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I think rah refers to Trip's civgroup icons and not his new invisible avatar.

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I want an option to turn off pointless polls.
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Oops, forgot the multi choice checkbox.
Took awhile, eh?
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Probably turn civgroups off. No real purpose, and I know who plays which games anyway.

Flags, no way, they're too much of an entertainment value to my sillly mind .
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Civgroup icons.
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hi ,

this should have been a mutiple choice poll , ....


...turn off civ group icons

and dont turn off the flags


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hi ,

this should have been a mutiple choice poll , ....
Why didn't someone say that earlier?
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Oops, forgot the multi choice checkbox.
Took awhile, eh?
He probably already voted so couldn't tell the mistake he made, but from what most people write, it seems to not matter that much, except in my case where I'd turn off both.
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I use them to find who posters are. For instance, in A/C I know most posts with the Aussie flag are Skanky's, most with the Canadian are obiwan etc.
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You don't look at the names right over them then?
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You don't look at the names right over them then?


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