Trafton, the Winamp boards have it and it does not bog down load times at all.

The only problem is that if you have 2000+ members with avatars, that creates a space problem, one of the best reasons why Avatars and Attachments have been disabled on this board.

It doesn't make it look bad, if it's just a 50x50 image underneath the name with a limit...

"Use custom avatar
Note: the maximum size of your custom image is 50 by 50 pixels or 20000 bytes (whichever is smaller)."

This is perfect for avatars.

Do whatever you like.