May be a bit rant-ish, but may I suggest we put some type of SMALL marquee banner below the news box(or maybe even in the news box, possibly replacing the "tank by Opacus" pic, seeing as how it's been there...forever) that reads " Shit that still needs a-fixin': Avatars, Insert Quote link, etc..."
In other words, can there be some shiny, eye catching pic on the front page that lets new users aware of current tools that are down at the moment. It's not necessarily their fault, as I would probably ask the same question if I were new also. Then again, they could always read the "RULES: READ BEFORE POSTING" thread...but seriously, who ever reads those damn things. I've recently read some of the stuff in there for the first time, since they've been there. You could probably post nudie pics, and probably get away scott free. I probably can place a safe bet that some of the older members haven't read stuff in there either. I swear, if I hear the question " where do I go to insert my avatar?" one more time, I'm going to go friggin' bonkers!!!!
(not trying to be dick, by the way...well...TRYING not to....)