yea convert to jpeg. gzip compress, send to clients, unzip, convert tpo bmp, size should only be bout 23k or so and even a 56k can get that fast, and possibly make it the new guy has to wiat before joining till everyone has skin., and the host send it kind of slow to 56k, like in the client, put wat connection u have, the host sends the data at like 1k for 56k ppl ( normal for broadband), therefor the 56k wont get killed by lag. and once everyone has it, the client gets in. 26 56k ppl will only cause the host 36k of bandwidth, not too much, noting that most cable goes bout 50k+