What I want to tell one anonymous message:
If people are judging the quality of my RP based on an icon, or they’re equating a sense of humour/inability to produce graphics with my or my member’s writing skills, then to be perfectly honest? I don’t think I want to roleplay with that person. In my time on boards, I found the vast amount of times that I judged on such appearances to be grossly inaccurate. Pretty doesn’t mean professional, it usually means ‘takes themselves too seriously and needs to chill out, because hey, this is a roleplay’. I only have two mottos when it comes to roleplaying: RL > RP and be literate, be sensible but most importantly, have fun. Seriously. If an icon makes people pass it up, then keep passing it up. I’ll wait for someone with a sense of humour because in the long run, it’ll be more fun for a bunch of people who are some of the best roleplayers I’ve had the fortune to meet.
What will probably happen:
I’ll change the icon because as much as I don’t want to believe the entire world is that shallow, the anon is probably right. People are that lame, and it totally. Fucking. Sucks.