why i have signatures turned off

[martyr]

gohan.exe & hamma thought it was weird that the psu staff artist would surf with sigs disabled. (http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25113&page=113&pp=6)

i'd like to draw attention first to my own signature, and second the following analysis i've performed on signatures as applied to psu forums:

i'm using page 5 of the psumb thread. with fourty posts, it has good variety of contributors and no images posted:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25113&page=5&pp=40

with signatures disabled, the page size is 37.18 KB.

at 1262 wide, the page is 11639 tall.

with signatures on, i have to load 345 KB.

at 1262 wide, it's now 16633 tall.

scaled down to 150px wide, here's the same thread with sigs on and off:
http://img53.exs.cx/img53/3100/sigtest1.gif

my mousewheel scrolls seven lines per indent (default is 3).
(if i'm browsing full-screen, i get about 64 lines per screen.)
mouse clicks about eight times when i roll the wheel
that scrolls around 56 lines with each motion.
signatures add ~5000px to a page, or about five screens' height
that means it takes me six additional zips of the mousewheel to get past your billboards... for each page.

i usually only read the game discussion and lounge forums, but there are over 18k threads totalling some 386 posts in those two... or 9650 pages.

that means that if i'd had signatures on, i would have had to zip my mousewheel 57,900 times more than i have.

[Fragmatic]

good for you.

edit - http://img86.exs.cx/img86/9365/fragmoralmania.gif

[JetRaiden]

You start start a movement to boycot signatures.


woot I can see a couple of my posts in there. leet.

without cool sigs, how would we show off our e-penii? :( ;)

[Infernus]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: wow... dedicated research... hmm... *ponders turning sigs off*

[martyr]

without cool sigs, how would we show off our e-penii?

cool avatars

[Infernus]

You start start a movement to boycot signatures.


woot I can see a couple of my posts in there. leet.

without cool sigs, how would we show off our e-penii? :( ;)


What does it matter... someone else made your sig... :p

[JetRaiden]

cool avatars


touche.

my avatar is really aging now though :doh:

[Indecisive]

Nonpossible.


And im Indecisive now :p

Well, I have always been, but now its official...

or something


which reminds me that I need to change hammas mind and get him to change my name here.

[Dharkbayne]

cool avatars

yes it is.

[Baneblade]

I have over 10000 posts on a forum that hasn't had sigs in 4 years.

[Dharkbayne]

I have over 10000 posts on a forum that hasn't had sigs in 4 years.

uh.......



Woot?

[Baneblade]

uh.......



Woot?
And like yers they weren't always substantive or a contribution to anything more than padding the number.

Anyway, sigs don't make a forum what it is, my attachment to them is minimal and I think I'll turn them off too.

[JetRaiden]

I have over 10000 posts on a forum that hasn't had sigs in 4 years.

hfs. what forum?

[Baneblade]

It's just a Tomb Raider forum...I registered as Draco there for some reason. Way back in 2000...

[JetRaiden]

It's just a Tomb Raider forum...I registered as Draco there for some reason. Way back in 2000...

Loser. :)

[Baneblade]

Shutup, the female to male ratio justifies my participation. Just for your info, females make up most of the TR fanbase and most of them are straight.

[JetRaiden]

Shutup, the female to male ratio justifies my participation. Just for your info, females make up most of the TR fanbase and most of them are straight.

so youre saying you tried to pick up chicks on a Tomb Raider forum? :nono:

thats pretty low, man. :p

[Baneblade]

Hey now, I can't always hang out in the Weight Training room, gotta go to French class and look at the hotties once in awhile...

Course now the High School analogies don't fit as well hehe...

[Firefly]

without cool sigs, how would we show off our e-penii?
My sig pwns j00 4ll.

[Baneblade]

I turned sigs off, and the place really does look better. And loads much faster (sig scripts for teh lose).

[DaShiznit]

No way I'd kill sigs. Signatures are like your face. That's how people online know you. It's part of my identity on this board. PINCUSHION IS LAW!

[martyr]

i identify everyone by their name and avatar, and have absolutely no trouble with that.

in fact, it's even nicer, since you don't have to worry about rotations when it comes to avatars - it's always the same.

[eXoSloth]

Wish there was a way to turn off certain sigs, but not all of them.

[Fehronozova]

Wish there was a way to turn off certain sigs, but not all of them.
Mmmm, Firefox ist Gott.

[Everay]

but some sigs are too much to simply pass up, Cancer anyone?

[JetRaiden]

Mmmm, Firefox ist Gott.

jesus christ.

http://www.smartkidssoftware.com/ndlec17.jpg

[Strygun]

A valid point.

However, if I turned my sig off, everyone would miss my spam lady! :)

[Everay]

jesus christ.

http://www.smartkidssoftware.com/ndlec17.jpg


Gott is god in german, but i agree, learn to speak english

[Hezzy]

Gott is god in german, but i agree, learn to speak english

I know how to speak german, ABER ICH SPRECHE ES NICHT IN JEDEM SATZ

Learn to stop showing the fuck off, Jekz.

[OfaLoaf]

Iay nowkay owhay otay peaksay igpay atinlay!

[Hamma]

I like it when mart gets technical :brow:

[Squeeky]

:lol:

Way to break it down for us. I'm gonna try sigs off for awhile.

[Dharkbayne]

Iay nowkay owhay otay peaksay igpay atinlay!


So do I.

[oddfish]

:( i like sigs. :( i think some people have some really cool ones. *shrug*

[martyr]

I like it when mart gets technical :brow:
any time, baby

[Squeeky]

Sigs are off, PSU loads much faster. Thx mart