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Starwars FFG (API Compatible) Symbols No Longer Viewable in the UK

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Hello, The Starwars FFG (API Compatible) sheets are no longer usable in the UK due to the Internet Safety Law. As far as I understand the issue, the images used to display the dice rolls are hosted on (I believe), Imgur which is now restricted in the UK due to not complying with the previously mentioned law. Because of this, all dice roll symbols are instead replaced with the images provided below. This issue is fixed by using a VPN and connecting to a different nations servers. This is a bit of a long-shot as I know these sheets haven't been updated since 2018 and are no longer regularly maintained, but is there any chance of perhaps changing the site these symbols are hosted on? Alternatively, is there a way of working around this issue that anyone is aware of? (I am aware that using the VPN IS a workaround, but I have players who are unable to afford a VPN/don't want to use or trust a free VPN.) Any help would be appreciated!  
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B Simon Smith
Marketplace Creator
Probably best to reach out to the person who originally created the sheet, if it's not a FFG licensed sheet.
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Gauss
Forum Champion
Hi B Simon Smith,  The Star Wars: FFG (API-Compatible) author appears to not be active.  The sheet hasn't been updated in 4+ years and the author hasn't posted on the forums in ~8 years.  As a result I suggested to Robin that someone may be willing to help migrate the images from Imgur to a more appropriate place.  This is an ongoing issue for a number of sheets. Their authors used Imgur as an image storage location and now that Imgur is no longer a viable storage solution (for folks in the UK) it needs fixing. But some sheets are abandoned, so they need help from willing community members. 
I had some free time and saw this so I gave it a crack and have just opened a pull request to move the images to ibb.co which I think still works in the UK? <a href="https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets/pull/14551" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets/pull/14551</a> I haven't done any work on custom sheets before so we'll see if it gets approved/merged!
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Gold
Forum Champion
Aikepah said: I had some free time and saw this so I gave it a crack and have just opened a pull request to move the images to ibb.co which I think still works in the UK? I believe there is recommended best-practices advice to move the images into GitHub and host them in there.&nbsp; Thank you for working on it
Gold said: Aikepah said: I had some free time and saw this so I gave it a crack and have just opened a pull request to move the images to ibb.co which I think still works in the UK? I believe there is recommended best-practices advice to move the images into GitHub and host them in there.&nbsp; Thank you for working on it Yeah I noticed that right after I posted that message and already got it updated to host the images in the github repo :P So if all goes well the fix should go out soon.
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Gold
Forum Champion
That's great you learned how to do that. There have been a lot of these types of requests since Imgur became incompatible for UK users. I suspect there are a lot more instances that haven't been reported yet. A study found 300+ Imgur links existed in Roll20 community created character sheets.&nbsp;