New Avatar & Sig Rules

[MontanaHatchet]

Mr Khan said:

MontanaHatchet said:
To address the issue:

While I'm reluctant to compare the two sites so often, on NeoGAF signatures aren't even allowed and I can probably only think of one shirtless avatar that I remember from the site (which wasn't outright sexual and has now been changed). Obviously the rule can be tweaked and changed but the level of inappropriate avatars was becoming excessive. Regardless of where you're browsing the site from, no one needs to see hyper-sexualized avatars of shirtless men as well as women in bikinis just because they want to read some news on their favorite games. The rule is still up for discussion but I'd ask for people to be mature on the issue and discuss it in a civil manner.

All i'm saying is, be wary of how you word it. There's preventing the site from being oversexed, and then there's preventing cleavage

Unless i'm interpreting that improperly. For one, i would consider my current signature appropriate and make no plans on changing it, nor would i consider past utilized signatures, namely the following

to be inappropriate either. Discretion should play both ways

The mod team is currently debating the issue. I think cleavage is acceptable to some degree but I desire for it to be up to the discretion of the individual moderator. There's a pretty clear divide between small amounts of anime cleavage and the softcore porn avatars that have led to this change. For example I would find the pictures you posted acceptable, but not some of the lingerie/shirtless avatars that have become increasingly common on the site. 

I am perfectly open to discussing the issue with the community and I'm glad to see that people have been open with their feelings on the issue. We seek to make the site look more professional and to be an optimal viewing experience for everyone.