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Topic: Do you associate the Avatar with the person ?
Posted: December 06 2009 at 12:54

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Posted: December 04 2009 at 22:02

I like stonebeard's current avatar because it's Carl Sagan. One of my favorite books is Carl Sagan's The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God. This book taught me about astronomy, anthropocentrism, the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence, and other fascinating things.

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Posted: December 02 2009 at 14:37

harmonium.ro wrote:

You won't believe which highly conservative (avatar wise) Art Rock collaborator just changed his avatar just like that after so many years! Shocked

Farewell to the Pear...

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Posted: December 02 2009 at 14:36

You won't believe which highly conservative (avatar wise) Art Rock collaborator just changed his avatar just like that after so many years! Shocked

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Posted: November 30 2009 at 15:39

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Roland113 wrote:

I just found this thread. I totally associate the person behind the avatar with the avatar itself except for the people that change frequently. Pablo (The Quiet One) for instance changes his every other month, he's broken the connection. Roj on the other hand has always been the Space Revolver cover in my time and thus, every time I see that someone's reviewed the CD, I think that they've reviewed Roj.

Mine is actually a custom job, I asked a friend of mine to draw what I'd look like if I was a catfish. (You know, Spock's Beard . . . I am the Catfish Man . . . ) So yes, I do kind of look like that . . . though less catfishy.

I always thought yours was really neat and instantly recognizable.

I tend to associate people with avatars heavily, so when people change it throws me off and makes them less memorable. In general.

Thanks MovingPictures. I may yet play around with the background, replace the blue with a picture of something, maybe something from my home town.

-------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob-------

I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms.

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Posted: November 30 2009 at 15:35

The Quiet One wrote:

^ Ouch

Oops, forgot to check this thread for a few days.

Sorry Pablo, that wasn't meant as a knock on you, just an observation that I now expect your avatar to change frequently.

Tom

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I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms.

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Posted: November 26 2009 at 00:41

progkidjoel wrote:

darksideof wrote:

Use these on my collages if anyone want them I can e-mail them. Embarrassed

I genuinely vote for the second one to become the new header on PA - Thats just awesome

thanks Progkid joel.. Embarrassed

well, bring it up to max.. Big smile

that would be awesome.. Clap

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 23:05

Conor Fynes wrote:

This is an interesting topic, but I think the only avatar I REALLY associate to the user is probably Vompatti.

Yeah he's certainly the first one who comes to mind as well.

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 19:56

I always thought yours was really neat and instantly recognizable.

I tend to associate people with avatars heavily, so when people change it throws me off and makes them less memorable. In general.

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 19:40

I change my avatar constantly. It used to be Waters for a while... Now it's Jean Leloup

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 18:54

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 18:40

I just found this thread. I totally associate the person behind the avatar with the avatar itself except for the people that change frequently. Pablo (The Quiet One) for instance changes his every other month, he's broken the connection. Roj on the other hand has always been the Space Revolver cover in my time and thus, every time I see that someone's reviewed the CD, I think that they've reviewed Roj.

Mine is actually a custom job, I asked a friend of mine to draw what I'd look like if I was a catfish. (You know, Spock's Beard . . . I am the Catfish Man . . . ) So yes, I do kind of look like that . . . though less catfishy.

-------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob-------

I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms.

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 18:13

Oh well, guess it's about time I change my avatr now. As I haven't made much of an impression, I'd better find something a tad darker in mood *chuckles*

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 16:49

an album cover as an avatar, how original Wink

and I second Joel's new header motion

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 15:44

progkidjoel wrote:

floydispink wrote:

progkidjoel wrote:

Conor, don't you think of me as a badass moorglade?

I never really looked at your avatar very carefully, but I used to think it was some kind of weird butterfly. LOL

I miss your Beavis as Cornholio avatar!

I suppose you also miss my animated Jupiter avatar. I've heard it made some people's computers lag when it came in sombody's screen.

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 15:29

floydispink wrote:

progkidjoel wrote:

Conor, don't you think of me as a badass moorglade?

I never really looked at your avatar very carefully, but I used to think it was some kind of weird butterfly. LOL

I miss your Beavis as Cornholio avatar!

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 15:21

progkidjoel wrote:

Conor, don't you think of me as a badass moorglade?

I never really looked at your avatar very carefully, but I used to think it was some kind of weird butterfly. LOL

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 15:16

Conor, don't you think of me as a badass moorglade?

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 15:15

This is an interesting topic, but I think the only avatar I REALLY associate to the user is probably Vompatti.

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Posted: November 25 2009 at 15:12

darksideof wrote:

Use these on my collages if anyone want them I can e-mail them. Embarrassed

I genuinely vote for the second one to become the new header on PA - Thats just awesome