How to I bring back regular avatars? Looked in setting couldn't find anything.
Quote from: Penumbral on September 24, 2011, 10:03:26 PM
How to I bring back regular avatars? Looked in setting couldn't find anything.
There is some kind of quest. Deep in the meta.
Click on five smilies. No more robots. Metaphorum.
Ah yes. I looked in forum news but not metaforum because I am a fool.
Use Google Advanced Search... there are five smilies you have to click on in a certain amount of time, and they have to each be in a different thread, and you can't use tabs. Search "No more robots".
Took me a dozen attempts to throw the 'bots, and then I saw that button again. The. Red. One. It took all my (admittedly, lacking in stature) powers of impulse control not to click it again straight away, to see if I would be transformed into the same Robot again. And now, one day at a time, it gets easier to resist.
I think I need Trip Zip's "special code" because I DID the clicking on the smiling things...didn't work. :(
Quote from: Jenne on September 25, 2011, 01:24:44 AM
I think I need Trip Zip's "special code" because I DID the clicking on the smiling things...didn't work. :(
I kept screwing it up, which admittedly because I didn't understand the directions. Finally, what I did was go to the search page that had all the "no more robots" threads, and then I'd click on one, click the smiley, click back, etc until I had done all five. They can't be in different tabs, and you have to not time out.
I also seem to remember there being a browser it wouldn't work on, maybe?
Quote from: Nigel on September 25, 2011, 01:43:03 AM
I also seem to remember there being a browser it wouldn't work on, maybe?
Worked in Opera so it probably works in most of them.
Yeah, I did the no more robots click/click back thing on Friday...didn't work. Wonder if I timed out and didn't know it.
Yup, just did it again, twice. No dice.
I might just clear the passwords/cookies as well, though. That should do it. I don't mind the robots...and there's a bit of delay where I can see others' avatars for about 5 seconds before the robots kick in.
And I see the regular avies on my phone as well.
Clearing my cache worked for me... If all else fails, you could just reinstall your browser? :P
:lol: NAH, I like the robots too much...
I clear my cache a few times a browsing-session and it's a bother to constantly have to be on the lookout for the button to bring the robots back.
I don't feel safe without the robots anymore.
(http://www.fareastgizmos.com/entry_images/0607/01/robot.jpg)
I feel safe with you
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(http://us.cdn1.123rf.com/168nwm/xmarchant/xmarchant0903/xmarchant090300115/4434883-woman-looking-up-and-to-the-left.jpg)
:lulz:
Quote from: Penumbral on September 25, 2011, 01:44:35 AM
Quote from: Nigel on September 25, 2011, 01:43:03 AM
I also seem to remember there being a browser it wouldn't work on, maybe?
Worked in Opera so it probably works in most of them.
Confirmed in Opera (which I use myself), Firefox and Safari. I think IE8 and IE9 too, it's in the robots thread which browsers work and which don't.
But afaik, if the quest doesn't work in a browser, the activation/button shouldn't have worked either ... :?
Jenne seems to be using IE8 and I just checked again, it should support everything.
That said, if anyone wants to disable the robots, and for some reason really can't manage the quest (for whatever reason), PM me and I'll provide instructions on how to get the normal avators back. BTW I haven't yet actually implemented this cheat-code simply because nobody has asked me for it yet, so be aware that if you do, you
will be the first one to give up! ;-)
Yup, I have IE8. I'm probably timing out and just not paying attention to the time. :lol: I'm telling you, I try it half-heartedly because I'm actually thinking I'd push the damned red button again, if I ever got them turned off. So I "try" to get them gone and when it doesn't work, I am just as happy with the BLEEPs and BLOOPs...
I know, it sounds lame. Probably because there IS that delay when I see the avatars for 3-4 seconds and the fact my phone still has them--don't feel I'm really missing them. And I've begun to recognize folks by their robots, which are more constant than some people's avies, tbqh.
Ha. Inprivate browsing window has erased all robots. :D So now I can choose robots, or none, depending on the window I use.
Jenne,
has the best of both worlds! :D
Ah yes, of course, private windows always start as a clean slate, good find! :D
Quote from: Nigel on September 25, 2011, 05:55:50 AM
I don't feel safe without the robots anymore.
That's what the robots
want. That's why they've given you everything you think you need, all available with the touch of a button on your TV and your computer.
Why would you go to anyone else?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 26, 2011, 05:01:13 PM
Quote from: Nigel on September 25, 2011, 05:55:50 AM
I don't feel safe without the robots anymore.
That's what the robots want. That's why they've given you everything you think you need, all available with the touch of a button on your TV and your computer.
Why would you go to anyone else?
:lulz:
I wasn't going to kill the robots, but I came back today and they're gone.
I was actually a bit saddened. :(