Can't change my user image/icon

I try uploading it and it says it went through, but when I refresh, it's the same old one. I tried uploading to a different source (tinypic and photobucket), but that still didn't work - those images just won't show up (http://i42.tinypic.com/nv6w5l.gif is the sort of link I was using). I've tried changing it via firefox, chrome, opera, and even internet explorer, and it won't work on any of them :(

When you paste that TinyPic URL into the user icon field and press Apply Changes, does the new URL stay in the field or does it revert to the old one? Try pasting the URL and applying changes several times in a row, as the changes sometimes won't stick on the first go.silentexistence

This is what I did. Most of the time, the url remained the tinypic url, sometimes it went blank. But none of the times did the new icon show up properly - it was a blank image or had a red x in it (which I know the image isn't broken because I had just uploaded it and checked the image url several times). It's very strange that none of them are working :( I thought it might be my noscript on mozilla at first, but when it still didn't work on the several other browsers... I don't know.

I just tried it again for the first time today and it still won't work.

That tinypic URL address you gave in your first post is what your current avatar is showing. Should it be something else then?dab198

It's not what I see on my end. It's stll showing the old one :(

Oh? Looks like there's a cache issue here - when I looked at this thread just now romana's avatar hadn't changed, then I typed up a reply and refreshed the thread and noticed the avatar had changed to the TinyPic one, but looking at the page source indicated that it was being hosted by GameSpot. Yet another refresh and the avatar reverted back to the first one however. I will add that I took the liberty of changing my avatar using the TinyPic URL, and the image appeared as my avatar without any problems, so I'm not sure why it isn't working on romana's end.silentexistence

Yeah, once or twice while I was updating it, it looked like it switched to the new one for a quick second, and then it flipped back to the old one somehow. Now it's stuck on the old one.

[QUOTE="dab198"]That tinypic URL address you gave in your first post is what your current avatar is showing. Should it be something else then?romana86

It's not what I see on my end. It's stll showing the old one :(

[QUOTE="romana86"]

[QUOTE="dab198"]That tinypic URL address you gave in your first post is what your current avatar is showing. Should it be something else then?dab198

It's not what I see on my end. It's stll showing the old one :(

er, and how would I go about doing that? (sorry if I'm being dense here!)

ok, so in my browser, I went to options, and deleted all "gamespot" cookies, and then deleted everything in the cache, came back, reuploaded it, tried the link again, reuploaded again, and still it's the same!

Well, you don't need to reupload it. Like I said, your avatar HAS updated.

Let's do a test to see if you're still seeing a cached image... both of these images should be the same:


What do you see?

Well, you don't need to reupload it. Like I said, your avatar HAS updated.

Let's do a test to see if you're still seeing a cached image... both of these images should be the same:


What do you see?

dab198

ok, now they've both changed to what they should be. The image in your post and and my icon. I restarted my computer a few times and refreshed a few times, and somehow it did the trick :/ I don't know what the problem was. Something got stuck apparently.

But thanks! Everything seems to be working now, fingers crossed it stays like it should be now!