why is 24 kb too big for a forum avatar

[Kimon²]

im trying to use this

and every time i do it tells me the file is too big

i went down to below the file size of my current avatar (13 kb) and it still doesnt work
what the hell is going on with avatars here

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[Champion]

for me it has to be 8.0 kb or smaller

[Shortcut]

It doesn't even loop, nerd.

[ZombieDude]

It doesn't even loop, nerd.

..yes it does?
are you blind

[Kimon²]

for me it has to be 8.0 kb or smaller

why. that's like impossible.
also im pretty sure my current one is 13 kb

[Shortcut]

..yes it does?
are you blind

I meant that it doesn't loop perfectly... :(

[Ipquarx]

I meant that it doesn't loop perfectly... :(

Looks fine to me

[McJobless]

I don't know, but it's really frustrating. I end up having to use 5/6 frames and a huge amount of compression to get it under the limit.

If we just direct linking to other websites, so I could avatar elsewhere and it would display here, that would be fantastic, but nope.

[Kimon²]

hey guys i got it to fit under 8 kb!!!

[Ipquarx]

If we just direct linking to other websites, so I could avatar elsewhere and it would display here, that would be fantastic, but nope.

I think it's user bandwidth that the site is concerned about to be honest. I could make a 1 terabyte 75x75 png file and nobody would ever be able to load any page I post on ever.

[eboyblue10]

I think it's user bandwidth that the site is concerned about to be honest. I could make a 1 terabyte 75x75 png file and nobody would ever be able to load any page I post on ever.

the least they could do is bump up the filesize limit to 5mb or something

there are many avatars that i once wanted but didn't use because it was too big

[Kimon²]

i'd say the limit should be 75 kb or something. maybe 50

[Block]

Opening the .gif file you want to use in GIMP and then exporting it again (without making any changes, still as a .gif) will sometimes allow you to upload it to the forums, for some reason.

[Skip]

Just stop using GIFs you nerds.

[McJobless]

Just stop using GIFs you nerds.

But I want to be part of the cool crowd.