The Link Between Avatar and Username

wild_eyed

the images we choose for our avatar become part of our boards personality and if somone changes theres its really confusing or somthing. just that whole association thing with images. Its almost as if you should never change you avatar because in some respect your changing the others see you.

i didnt like that bubble eyed thing anymore and im going back to my old friend calvin.

Exit

True. I often find too that you tend to make an assumption on whether a person is male or female based on their avatar.

When two people have the same avatar it can be confusing too. There should be a lock on avatars that are already in use.

girldef

have to say had to do a double take there when u changed your avator wild_eyed...preffered the other one boo hiss

tman

Originally posted by girldef
have to say had to do a double take there when u changed your avator wild_eyed...preffered the other one boo hiss

same here...

(and thats not a prompt for someone to start a "should wild_eyed change his/her avatar back" poll)

zAbbo

i turn avatars off.

And there is no avatar that could sum wild_eyed up, nothing i tells u

SantaHoe

Hmmm, so tman really is a dog... interesting.

Raphael

Yeah, i find that as well, avatar changes confuse me

I changed mine once, but i changed my name at the same time

Cake Fiend

Am I the only person on boards who actually looks like their avatar?

l3rian

you have one long eye-brow and a shifty look on your brown head?

Samson

Originally posted by Sico
Am I the only person on boards who actually looks like their avatar?

No, I do too.

Lump

Sico, you don't look like that.


John

Crash

Nah i look like mine too

wild_eyed

Originally posted by girldef
have to say had to do a double take there when u changed your avator wild_eyed...preffered the other one boo hiss

how's college girlef, i havent been in your lab in ages.

ykt0di9url7bc3

Originally posted by Sico
Am I the only person on boards who actually looks like their avatar?

You look constipated

well i have fair hair...dunno... always picked ken over that pussy ryu

wild_eyed

Originally posted by SearrarD
You look constipated

well i have fair hair...dunno... always picked ken over that pussy ryu

did ken go home to a girlfriend at the end of that game?

ryu was cooler, he was a drifter.

ykt0di9url7bc3

hmmm homeless or woman?....

Töpher

Originally posted by Sico
Am I the only person on boards who actually looks like their avatar?

I look like mine, I'm also just as insanely cool! And just insane. I'm dancing, I'm dancing!

feylya

Originally posted by Einstürzende
I look like mine, I'm also just as insanely cool! And just insane. I'm dancing, I'm dancing!

You look like Gir? Cool, do your eyes go red when you're responding to an order?

I look like mine. Too much hair.

sionnach

yeah i get really annoyed when i see some1 with the same avatar as me, ive changed mine twice cos too many people were using the one i was using

i_am_dogboy

Originally posted by sionnach
yeah i get really annoyed when i see some1 with the same avatar as me, ive changed mine twice cos too many people were using the one i was using

funny that, because i changed my old avatar because someone took themself too seriously and complained about using theirs

Sauron

I agree with the whole thing about associating other ppl with their avatars, but I didnt choose mine because I looked like it or I felt its appearance had some conection with meh.....Its the simpsons drawing of the Chili Pepper's Drummer......

The Beer Baron

What pisses me off is when people call themselves something and choose a different avatar. Although I myself am somewhat guilty of that meself. Had I thought about it I would have chosen the Homer Simpson in the hat one, Don Homer, as it'd have had more relevance to the name. Still I love my instant martian av and I don't think I'll ever change it. Besides afaik nobody else has this one so I'm delighted.

We do tend to think of each other in terms of their avs. I've said this someplace else before and it is confusing. I find myself scrolling down thru threads and seeing a specific av and reading posts that way, I also get confused when multiple people have the same av.

Pepe LeFrits

i look like mine!

... sorta

Amz

I'd love to look like Harley Quinn, but that aint ever gonna happen so I guess all we have in common is blonde hair and psychotic tendancies

Señor Juárez

its not just when someone steals your own... i often see a relatively new person using an avatar which is really the trademark of an older member... it seems....unnerving

GuanYin

I have an oversized head and sometimes wear nappies....

Squall

My avatars the spit of me, You cant tell though cause of the mask

doctor evil

I`m also striped black and orange. I shed as well:cool:

Woden

hmm theres no link between my username and avatar no none at all.

yeah it is weird when someone swtiches avatar or if you associate it a particular poster and someone else uses it.

for example someone was replying to me in broadband, i recognized the avatar and responded with thanks joe bloggs, realised after it wasn't joe bloggs and john bloggs goes who the **** is joe bloggs and there was general post editing and stuff.

Töpher

Originally posted by feylya
You look like Gir? Cool, do your eyes go red when you're responding to an order?

I look like mine. Too much hair.

Kinda, and I say Yay alot upon being told of impending doooooooom!

Capt'n Midnight

It can be a wee bit confusing when several regular posters use the same Avatar's



Is there a query to see the most common avatars ?

feylya

Originally posted by Einstürzende
Kinda, and I say Yay alot upon being told of impending doooooooom!

But do you have a sandwich in your head and tuna in your feet???

Crash

I get confused whenever slydice posts. he has the same avatar and i wonder "when did i post there??" for a minute.

Oriel

Originally posted by Sico
Am I the only person on boards who actually looks like their avatar?

No.
And GOD, you gits have the advantage with those opposable thumbs of yours, and all that lark...

mike65

For some strange reason my original cat avatar went missing so I spent an age scolling through the pages of characters trying to find it but then I spotted Sylvester!

I think we should be allowed personalised custom made icons for free.

Mike.

Barry Aldwell

I used to look more like Dilbert, until I cut my hair short

Ste-

I used to use the deceptacon one till I saw some other people using it and couldn't be arsed using another one coz someone will always have it.

simu

I was Mighty Mouse but I changed to Zelda from the SNES game for my 500th post. Will probably change again when I reach 1000 posts.

Look a bit like my present avatar although the eyes are the wrong colour.

For some reason, ppl think I'm male even since I got a female avatar which is strange - have they forgotten the great computer days of yore already?

ferdi

i'm angry - like my avatar

mr_angry

I moo in my sleep.


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But I changed my avatar to the ATI symbol for about a week, before I totally cracked up. There was just something wrong with it! Anyway, I have a deep love of The Far Side, so I just had to change back.

CivilServant

Galvatron is cool, ergo .... vis a vis ... conc....

wild_eyed

Poll, should wild_eyed change his avatar back.

User45701

Ah the far side. So many many many many MANY memories.
Its a pity they stoped making the farsaide desk calanders.

Oriel

Ah, the Far Side. Yeah, I got the last (I think) desktop calander.

There's a big, big part of my heart devoted to Gary Larson. Nothing, nothing (apart from Simpsons, maybe) has made my laugh so much.
It's just the sort of thing that makes you laugh, no matter what mood you're in...


Not meaning to go off topic, but (aw, come on - it had to be done...)









Sorry...

Töpher

Originally posted by feylya
But do you have a sandwich in your head and tuna in your feet???

No, but I have mashed potato and a muffin! I love my moose!

Havelock

Mine was based more on my nic, it represent authority with out being monarcy.
Actually have a good photo of Amp being his Christmas Avatar, really ahve to get back on line at home.

Praetorian

I can't help but laugh out loud when I see Bart making that funny face (my avator).

zAbbo

Sarge: Quake3

ToxicPaddy

Always used mine since the day i started posting here...

Not as many use the same now as used to use it...

But im sticking with it as I like it..

Tox

uberwolf

I was looking for something a little more vicious than Wile E. Coyote, but thats all there was. When i eventully succumb to membership for this place, thats the first thing that will change.

Saruman

If i changed mine to a picture of donald Duck that would be odd... no i think the pic of Saruman is better since it suits the name