I don't think anyone here is 'pushing' them to get things done, ladysharlyne. They are legit coming in here and giving the impression that updates are happening, either by Morgan saying things like 'it doesn't look like he's got the December batch done yet, so feel free to send one in for January', or by Warrax stating 'yes, there will be an update'.
Updates aren't happening. Please stop giving the impression that updates are happening until/unless updates actually start happening. (Morgan, I understand you are only relaying what you've been told by Warrax, but I think at this point we can all agree that you've been told erroneous information.)
YES, I realize that we should stop sending in submissions until the backlog gets cleared. (I don't actually know anyone who HAS sent one in, since the October 'submissions are open again' that didn't have any of the new submissions uploaded, myself, so YES, we're taking that advice.)
But by the exact same token, they should stop ACCEPTING submissions until the backlog gets cleared. Having one half of the team continuing to do things while the other half is doing nothing is what is creating the massive logjam... and while I certainly can't speak for Warrax, if he couldn't find time to upload the three leftover pics that he said he was going to upload back at the end of October, it stands to reason that he almost certainly can't find the time to upload the <however many but probably a lot> of pics that have been sent in since then. The more daunting a task is, the less likely anyone is to WANT to do it, much less find the time to.
As for this:
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There are plenty of pics to use until the one you submitted shows up.
If there were suitable pics in the gallery, people wouldn't send in portraits. I like to think that everyone that plays knows that the portrait team works out of the goodness of their heart, and tries their best to not create more work for them just for the sake of creating more work. I realize, in practice, that some people ARE too lazy to check every portrait in the existing gallery before submitting one, but I also know that most of the players I know DO check literally every portrait to see if there's something suitable before they decide to submit another... especially with the current state of submissions. Sometimes, there simply ISN'T a suitable portrait to use that conveys the look/attitude/type of creature that is needed... and that is precisely why portraits get sent in.
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Let's be glad we have a team working hard at helping all of us.
I am SUPER GLAD that we have a portraits team, but only half of it is actually working hard to help us. Let's not delude ourselves into thinking otherwise. I completely and totally understand that real life happens, and that RPoL is not a job, so there is no judgment in that statement - it's simply the truth.
If the other half of the team is no longer able to do what they've come in here and said time and again that they are going to do, perhaps it's time to consider giving someone else the responsibility. Again, that's absolutely no judgment on Warrax at all. Stuff happens. People lose free time, or lose motivation, or whatever all the time... but be honest and say 'I don't have time/the fruits to give to do this anymore' instead of continually telling people you're going to do it and then leaving them hanging when it doesn't get done.
...and let's be clear, here. No one is being all 'Man, you said it would be done by Friday and it didn't get done until Monday!' here. It's been MONTHS. If a quarter of a year isn't a reasonable time to wait, I don't know what is.
@MorganColdsoul - Man, I totally know that you're doing your job, and you're frustrated by this too, and I'm sorry that it's the situation that you're in. I want to reiterate that I am 100% willing to take over the job of uploading images if Warrax is unable to do it, but I don't think that having two people on the team handling updates is a good idea because of the potential confusion. I work from home. I have free time.
If you need a body to replace Warrax so that uploads get done, I'm volunteering. (Assuming it is something that my system is capable of handling, and I have no reason to think that it isn't, but I'm not 100% certain what requirements are necessary because knowing what the portrait team does feels like a secret recipe...)