I only uploaded 1 pic. And it automagically appears everywhere on the site. So you are saying Wayne suddenly reconfigured the site to require 2 different pic uploads?
I don't think it makes any sense for everyone to have 2 different avatars, 1 for forums and 1 for groups. That seems silly and confusing. That would be almost as lame as having a gigantic, blocky, ugly, primitive font greet every user on the homepage. Wayne would never do that.
It's not "something Wayne did" it's just the way it works, and it makes perfect sense if -- for example -- you want to use a whimsical icon in the forums but a picture of yourself for your own private area, or the podcasting you can do, or the facebook linking you can do, or... or...
Quit being so negative or I'll have to rip out your spleen for an eBay sale..

(hahaha)
Oh that's right, can't sell body parts on e-bay, but last I heard, I could stuff it in a decorative jar and sell the jar as a unique, one of a kind eh?
Wayne