My apologies to Sasha and anyone else for any implication that I felt they were in any way at fault in this matter. Sure, Vlk’s right that we have to start out at least trying to help anyone with avast problems regardless of their behavior – but there is also frequently a point at which it becomes obvious that they don’t really want help, just a fight. At some point (and we may well disagree on how far along) we have to agree that it’s a hopeless situation and the only practical approach from then on is to simply ignore the person.

The thread Vlk linked to, and which Sasha referred to, was indeed the one that prompted me to start this topic in the first place. While the person started out with what was (possibly) an avast! problem, it very quickly became apparent that the person had no intention whatsoever of following anyone else’s rules or guidelines in this forum.

While I don’t think the specific issues regarding graphics (both content and size) are specifically spelled out here anywhere, at least not “officially”, a number of members like Sasha tried – with unfortunate results – to point out what we’ve generally and informally accepted as standards here.

Too bad YaBB doesn’t have an Ignore List (or at least not that’s activated here), that probably would have been the simplest way for most of us to have handled things. If someone gets abusive in almost any kind of chat format, after all, you almost always have the option to “mute” or “ignore” them.

Best to all,
Mike