Depends on the type of model it is, a lot of the time. Anime egirl/eboy-styled avatars tend to be some of the worst offenders (often kitbashers who don’t know any better), while furry avatars tend to be really well optimized most of the time.
If you aim for medium, that’s generally sufficient.
It certainly doesn’t subtract from the experience, that’s for sure.
As someone currently hunting rentals in Calgary: single minimum wage earners, even a bit above minimum wage, are quickly losing their future here. If I made less than I do (about 3100) I would find it very difficult to find a place unless I’m rooming with more people than there are bedrooms.
People working remotely on median-level incomes trying to escape the GTA or Metro Vancouver will find it great though.
It could be leftover credit that people are using up. There’s a fair bit of it floating around, giving awards used to give points too so it’s hard to say if anyone actually gave them money to give the gold.
As a note for Jerboa users: the above link may instantly crash the app. At least, it does for me.
I’m right handed and still have really shitty handwriting.