I’ve noticed that the forums enforce choosing your avatar from a particular preset. I understand and appreciate the purpose of this, and I also recognize that it has likely been necessary more than once to mitigate raiders, trolls, and other baddies from using forum avatars as a means to troll.
With that said, is there a method to request a custom avatar? I prefer to maintain a consistent presence across my accounts with my name ( Metek(illot) ) as a way of being true to myself and anyone who interacts with me.