you already mentioned once this 'much work" you think customized icons are
and i had already mentioned its restrictions, i think you are overcomplicating yourself, you see:
it would be very restricted and the restrictions( i already mentioned more than twice but i suppose you skipped it or didnt care to read.)
- yes every interested user would create their own icons and submit them to admins
- i also said, 1 icon per person, no icons on multiple akas, just one icon on one aka.
- also said allowed icon change every 6 months,. but could be set to one year.
and on top of that, only for players with XXX amount of games, 3000? 5000?? whatever number is set... decreases the number of players having a customized icon
now, you say, keep track of people wanting their own icons.
the procedure for submitting custom made icons would be by this forum only.
so
thats really not an issue of keeping track, admin would see his inbox and history of PMs. (by date and account)
its not like an admin needs an excel database of who submitted what and when, forum does this already.
and i think admins can spot duplicated forum accounts with ease?
also, any user caught trying to get more than 2 icons on different akas would forever dismiss their ability to get an icon.