They will never allow images ingame as the ability to abuse them is too great.
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I value CoX's fine standards, but if this were ever implemented, I'd be the first one to make a ****** background, and giggle at my subsequent banning.
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They will never allow images ingame as the ability to abuse them is too great.
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I specifically said they'd use in-game (pre-made) images, not externals.. you're correct, allowing external links would invite abuse.
131430 Starfare: First Contact
178774 Tales of Croatoa: A Rose By Any Other Name ( 2009 MA Best In-Canon Arc ) ( 2009 Player Awards - Best Serious Arc )
I like the simplicity of the current system. It makes you really narrow down your message to what matters most and avoids looking like spam- -for the most part, anyways.
I wouldn't mind having a library of concept art for some of the factions to use instead of the map loading screens, though.. just a thought. That and custom loading screen tips 
Just a few ideas:
1. The current mission description is way too short ( 200 characters? ) I'd bump this to 500.
2. The mission description needs a few html type additions so we can give proper advertising:
[body bgcolor=<color>] Allows you to set the background of the mission description area.
[table] [tr] [td] - allows you to create html tables for proper layout.
[img src=[contactfull|contactportrait|splashscr#|ingamenamed]
This would allow you to insert in-game images such as your contact's portrait, contact body, any of the splash screen images you see at the beginning of missions, and images of named toons such as Statesman. Note: The devs would have to scale these images to an appropriate size, we cant have mission descriptions that you have to scroll through when browsing the MA list.
3. Popup Splash once you begin the mission. It would be close to 100% of your screen height and perhaps 75% of the width. It would allow all of the markup as specified above and have up to 1000 characters allowed.
131430 Starfare: First Contact
178774 Tales of Croatoa: A Rose By Any Other Name ( 2009 MA Best In-Canon Arc ) ( 2009 Player Awards - Best Serious Arc )