New to site, need help.

I'm new to this site and need to know two things. One, how do you get an avatar? I went to the User CP, and the part that says edit avatar. It only had the NO option, and said something about needing 9999999999999 posts to get a custom avatar.

Second, what are points? What are they used for and how do you get them?

you get an avatar (well load 1 newayz) by going to the main forum page and clickiong store, scroll down and it should say lsomething like "Buy Custom Avatar" click that then click upload avatar and done. (make sure its JPEG Or GIF, and its 150x150 pixles no more than that)

second points are used to purchase things from the store option.

you gain points by replying to people's threads, people replying to your threads and people rateing ur posts.