Guys... in what year are we living that people are still afraid of some images openly visible on a thread page? Other design contest threads like 5 years ago also had designs openly visible. Most of the pics are also not high resolution, so they are neither very large in image size nor file size.
That's not how things work though. It's the site software of XenForo (FSD is based off the XenForo) and the modules behind it. This also applies to video links such as Youtube particularly where at times creates massive slowdowns in a single page so people do embeds and spoilers to avoid thumbnail pops for loading. Resolution being one of them too but it's just the modules so I can't blame people regarding it. Sometimes it'll create a little icon of a ripped paper saying the image does not exist (but it's actually there) due to the overtax and the amount of images placed in a single page or document.
Then again, most of these issues stem from mobile devices, pads, or really old PCs to where it lags up, so luckily for me I have zero problems with people posting images point blank, but on mobile that shit was a hassle with constant loading and getting bumped to the top of the page for no reason.
But yeah let's move on, curious on what everyone here brings out. Hope you all win something. Good luck.