It was/is. :) We're doing a staff collaboration of names/avatars, but it looks like the admins are playing around with it right now, so it's turning on and off.
And thanks! If I'm going to be a Sylveon, I'm going to go all out! And one of these days I'll design a nice profile for you, sound good? You're tier 5 so it should be easy. :) But it'll probably take forever cause I'm busy. (✖╭╮✖)