Cool sand carving, and nice picture!

So, do you post other people's pictures to get thumbs? I don't understand.

No... I post other people's pictures (with their permission) who dont belong to BGG to share with those who do.

It is a cool picture. I am glad you shared it.

You know, for someone to make such a criticism (veiled as a question or not), when that someone not only mods systems and makes burned copies of games for their own personal use, but also offers them for trade for board games is just a *teeny* bit hypocritical.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/173167

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/292162

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/283329

I really don't think you're in any position to start questioning her morality. You want to burn games? Fine by me. You want to profit from doing so by using them to trade for board games you want? Also fine by me. You want to start passing yourself off as some sort of Moral Orel to someone who just found a cool pic and wanted to share it with the BGG community?.....ummm, no.

I don't think its veiled and I completely agree with you.

The picture is worthwhile, and one I'd not seen elsewhere, so why NOT offer it? THUMBS!

Was just a question, my lord. I think thumb whoring is adorable. I use mine as credit. A few more thumbs and I'll have myself a house. If that's what she's doing, it certainly doesn't bother me. I was simply curious. I'm going to give both of you a thumb so you can buy something delicious.

I don't veil anything. I'm very blunt. Unless I'm being condescending.

I think it's cute that you spent the time to find that, as if to put me in my place. Strange, considering I said nothing about it being wrong to use other people's pictures. So, I'm not entirely sure how I became a hypocrite. I'm all for the public trading of art. But congrats none the less on your sleuth skills!

Whoa, I questioned morality too? I'm passing myself off as a moral orel!? I'm happy you're only responding to a couples of sentences. Who knows how many words you would put into my mouth otherwise. I just hope you feel good for attempting to argue a statement that was never made. I know I would!

At least the poster answered my question without going bat-shit insane.

Nevertheless, gold tip for you for posting my links and supplying me with a couple more responses. Especially since you live in the U.S.A. and your copy protection laws are much harsher. Assisting a deviant, you rebel!

This is a cool picture, but is it actually a Heroscape Orc or just a generic orc?

It is indeed based on a Heroscape Orc

The whole problem comes from linguistics. When one says "I don't understand", this implies one doesn't approve. You're absolutely right in saying you were just being blunt. I'm sure that's exactly what it is and I can still do the same mistake myself on occasions. However, in the absence of body language and facial expressions to convey that one is just curious but not overly bothered, one has to be extremely careful about how our words can be interpreted by others. In fact, this is exactly what emoticons are for; even though I don't like them much myself, I have to admit they play a vital role in conveying one's feelings. This problem is evidently particularly prevalent in emails and internet chat, where we generally don't spend that much time thinking about what we are writing. I think we should. No harm done I'm sure, but you'll save yourself quite a bit of hassle in the future if you spend a bit more time re-reading what you've just typed before pressing that fateful ENTER key.

Wow!!!! It may have been a picture of a sand orc, but it was used as bait to bring out the FLAMING TROLLS!!!!!

Not that I am in any way against FLAMING TROLLS since I am an AVID D&D fan as well as Tolkien, WOW, GW, and a host of other fantasy games!

Not that I am in any way saying only fantasy games rock! I also play ....

WHEW!!! I could spend the next 6 hours defending myself against potential attacks by people that misconstrue what I am typing. Maybe I had better just shut up now!

Not that I am accusing anyone of posting negative ...... BEEEEEEP!

You mean HeroQUEST, right? Because that is what the caption says and what it is categorized under....

Yeah... Im just a dumb head.

I think the other guy messed up and you just followed suit :-P

A "blonde" moment (for a red head)! =)