Decided to Jump imto Aiden's thread here. All of a sudden, my avatar doesn't work. What gives? I haven't seen any sim news saying something was going to change.
You should open your own thread for different problems.
Your avatar is no longer located at the photobucket site it was hosted on. This is not a Combine-related matter at all since the Combine does not control those servers. You will need to check on photobucket, or just re-upload your avatar there, and correct the link in your account settings.