Avatar restriction = :(

a couple of years ago i uploaded what i thought was a neat avatar (the snake one i'm using now). Now i'd like to change my avatar to a custom one, but apparently i can't..somewhere in the control panel it says i need 99999 posts to do it...do i need to contact an admin to use a custom avatar ?

Custom avatars are currently disabled do to some server issues.

However...
An admin can get You one in Your title. You have to ask an admin kindly or be good friends with the admin.

Heh... Maybe the admins can hook me up with a title, I have been around for a while now.
Hey admins... If you can see this, hook me up. :P
Any way's I like my avatar, it's my pissed cat!!!

This has been discussed many times and is also covered in the FAQ.