I get that your sig can be a bit bigger if you're a supporter or veteran or have any of those title variations. I don't really get how my second attempt at a smaller sig got removed while other non-supporters have sigs that are a bit bigger then what I had and include things like quotes and Wanted ads on top of that. Is there something I'm missing here?
If your image violates the sig limitations it will be removed. There's no leeway there. Even if it's just 1KB over the limit, and we see it, it will be removed. I think those guidelines are fairly easy to follow.