Avatars are now online. After some problems, they appear to be working correctly. The only difference is that you still can not upload from your personal computer, it must come from a webserver. I suggest google image search, but there are alot of places you can find good avatars. You can upload your avatar in the user control panel. For more info on this see the FAQ at http://www2.laserforum.org/vb/misc.php?s=&action=faq