Pretty much as it sounds. I updated from this account to games I'm running and for some reason, the images have turned into smurfs. None of my past posts from this account have changed, and both new posts have a different image.
Running a virus scan now, but no idea if this something only I see or not.
The above is a new smurf. Checking from a different account.
Okay, it is in fact every post I'm making so far.
Basically, some script looks for any mention, and sometimes anything that autocorrects to smurf.
Pretty much as it sounds. I updated from this account to games I'm running and for some reason, the images have turned into smurfs. None of my past posts from this account have changed, and both new posts have a different image.
Running a virus scan now, but no idea if this something only I see or not.
it's not a bug, it's a feature.
(having the word "smurf" anywhere in your message will change your icon to a smurf)
Here's a demonstration. This is my normal avatar.
And this happens when I put the word smurf in a post. (I do get to keep my purple frame, though.)
And back to normal, because I'm not saying that word.
The particular issue in the post you first noticed the issue in, DM Default, was "David's morph."
It's an old April Fool's Day joke from more than a decade ago, IIRC. Anytime you reference The Blue Ones, even in a misspelling, your avatar for that post changes to a random smurf.
there are some variants that trigger the feature as well.
(ninja'd)
there are some variants that trigger the feature as well.
For example, the French "Schtroumpf" works.
Well, you've just gotten two different smurf avatars
It's a smurfing conspiracy, is what it is!
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You know what happens to a forum post when it gets hit by smurfs? The same thing that happens to everything else.
Thank goodness. I was worried for second that something had gotten into my computer.
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The first rule of smurfing posts is you do not talk about smurfing posts.
The second rule of smurfing posts is you do not talk about smurphing posts.
But the number of smurfs would indicate someone is breaking the first rule...
...or maybe the second...
Thank goodness. I was worried for second that something had gotten into my computer.
Only smurfish whimsy.
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It's murphy's law at its finest.