Would it be possible to upload a bunch of default avatars and enable only those so then people can have avatars?
Seems that a lot of newbs are complaining about that.
I'm sure if they were going to do that they could just fix it so everybody can have choose avatars. I don't think just because newbs keep making threads about something is a valid reason. If your suggestion was implemented they'd still make threads asking why they can't upload their own. The best solution would be to put some redtext under the avatar section saying
AVATARS CURRENTLY DISABLED. That should hopefully cut threads down.