Let's have another round of What Does Your Avatar Mean!

[bluestarultor]

My current one (http://i48.tinypic.com/6dvbpk.png) is a social experiment on my part. Simply put, for ages, I've been typing like what I now realize more resembles an old persona of mine, rather than how I sound in real life. So I wondered if maybe it's because my sprite avatar looked like Dex (who was based on my own physical appearance). I thought I'd put an avatar up of Troy and see if that made any difference in how I thought and wrote out of old habits, and it seems to be getting results, although I must say two years have left me a bit rusty. XD

My previous one (http://i48.tinypic.com/6i7lg6.png) is a re-tread of one of my earliest ones, which I found I kept going back to and I thought needed an update. It kind of creeped me out at first, reminding me of a ghost, but once I got over that, it mostly held the same meaning: the inversion of what is real against a backdrop representing two characters who are very important to me.


I figure since people seem to be getting back their own choices of avatar, I'd bring the topic up again. Have at! :D

[Kim]

It means I like Grimmjow Jaggerjack and ripping of Synk and Numsie.

[Mike McC]

It is Captain Kirk.

He's gettin' his grin on.

That's about it.

[Tev]

Mine was granted to me by Fifth on his last run of handing out Avatar. I rather like it and have decided to keep it.

[The Wandering God]

People of Earth, I have returned! To reclaim my rightful place as ruler of this world. All will obey Santa in this new world order. Oh yeah! Rejoice brothers!

[CelesJessa]

Mine represents my love of the Metal Gear series.


And it makes me laugh.

[Azisien]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmRiaIeIwPI

Celes basically summed up mine!

[Krylo]

Mine means I will fuck your shit up, even if it means coming back from the dead to do it.

Also that robot skulls are awesome.

[Viridis]

Mine is hilarious and delicious. And is an artifact that Fifth poured some of his awesomeness into. We'll need it to guide the way if he ever disappears for good.

[Nightshine]

Mine is a representation of the amount of quality mainstream rap out there.

[Masked Jedi]

Howard the Duck is awesome. That is all.

Edit: Went and changed it. Spike is awesome/badass/sexy. And Twilight sucks.

Howard the Duck is still awesome, mind you.

[Mirai Gen]

I have some kind of fixation on the godawful voice acting of Symphony of the Night.
Mine is a representation of the amount of quality mainstream rap out there.
Wow, hey, that's not only hilarious but totally agreeable.

[BitVyper]

Mine represents playing Sega Saturn until your fingers break or I will fucking find you and break them myself.

[Locke cole]

Mine is... well, Locke. I felt like using that name when I registered, instead of any of my usuals.

[BitVyper]

Mine is... well, Locke. I felt like using that name when I registered, instead of any of my usuals.

It's understandable. Locke is pretty awesome.

[Japan]

This is an old pic from my college days, I've gained a few pounds since then.

[BitVyper]

Hey, that's okay! It's all in how you present yourself. In fact, I think I saw New Zealand making eyes at you the other day *nudge nudge*

[Fifthfiend]

Mine is hilarious and delicious.

I can confirm that this was true.http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/fifthfiend/emoticons/gleam.gif

[Japan]

yeah... have you ever been to New Zealand? I can smell the goats from over here.

[mauve]

My current one is the christmas cookie Fifth made for me. It's festive!

My previous one was a picture of Nick and Nora Charles from The Thin Man, because that movie is amazing and hilarious, and William Powell and Myrna Loy were awesome.

[Wigmund]

I blame Fifth for my current avatar, it's all his fault this awesome thing has descended upon me.

Amazing Horse (http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Amazing+Horse/) + Puppy Cookie (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=988477&postcount=56) equals this bitches.
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[BitVyper]

yeah... have you ever been to New Zealand? I can smell the goats from over here.

Oh yeah, like fish markets are any better.

[Geminex]

Well... mine's a cookie, isn't it?
Yeah.
...

Guess it represents that I have not yet found anything acceptable. It's a placeholder. A delicious placeholder. That watches you.

[BitVyper]

I thought the filling represented your inner complexity.

[Intern Nin]

Me likey V.V. Argost, that's what mine means.


And that I'm bad at making avatars.

[Funka Genocide]

Oh yeah, like fish markets are any better.

Fishing is an honorable trade!

Goats have no honor!

[Intern Nin]

Goats don't need honor, they have laser-eyes (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=1&issue=17).

[Lady Cygnet]

Mac made my avatar. It's me and my Sam, aka Baby Cygnet. We made our sprite comic debut here (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=946656&postcount=1564).

[Donomni]

Kirby's still fightin' da powah after eating Kamina and Red Mage.

That and it's like my identity and shit pretty much.

I need to find someone to do a new version, but something this insane and ego-centric will require actual money.

Curse Andrew Hussie closing donation commissions.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

It's a pile of s'more cookies Fifthfiend made for me because I asked for them. Incidentally, consider this an acceptable substitution for genuine virgin meat. Your forums shall stand unburninated for another year.

[krogothwolf]

Mines the RX-78-2 Mobile Unit employed by the Federation Forces during the 1 year war against Zion. It was piloted by one Amuro Ray, a newtype, till it was destroyed in the final battle to finish of the zeonic forces.

[Mirai Gen]

Did anyone understand that?

[Krylo]

Yes.

He likes Gundam.

[phil_]

I do.

Also, my avatar means that I found a version of the image it's cropped from that isn't a screencap I took myself, meaning Santa Eureka is clearer and has better color than ever before. Also, I like Eureka Seven.

[krogothwolf]

I actually had way more detail then deleted it all because well, I figured everyone would TL;DR that and that always makes me sad when people do that :(

But yes I like gundams!

[Kyanbu The Legend]

My avvy "Sarina Phantom" is the main character to my story. And she's one of my favorite creations.

I actually had way more detail then deleted it all because well, I figured everyone would TL;DR that and that always makes me sad when people do that :(

But yes I like gundams!
Nothing wrong with that.

Although I like Nu Gundam (and V2 Gundam) a lot more as a personal fav(s). The RX-78s (all 4 versions) are classic awesome in a can of awesomeness. :)

[McTahr]

Oi. Got this from Fifth some time back.

Some kind of mob killer-esque type guy. I forget the specifics.

[Fifthfiend]

Oi. Got this from Fifth some time back.

Some kind of mob killer-esque type guy. I forget the specifics.

Not knowing this makes you an objectively terrible person FYI.

Or maybe Canadian, it's hard to tell.

[The Argent Lord]

Mine was made for me by gurusloth like forever ago when everyone was doing the card avatar thing. I never bothered to change it.

[krogothwolf]

My avvy "Sarina Phantom" is the main character to my story. And she's one of favorite creations.

I've always wondered what that was and it had been bugging me for ages because I could figure it out.


Although I like Nu Gundam (and V2 Gundam) a lot more as a personal fav(s). The RX-78s (all 4 versions) are classic awesome in a can of awesomeness. :)



The Nu and Zeta are my top two Gundam units, with the Classic's close behind. I just preferred the Classic ones for the time being!

[Fifthfiend]

SINCE I POSTED IN HERE ALREADY mine is from the Bleach Manga where there's a bit where a character jumps through the air and then on the next page she's all surprised and then the view pulls back and her legs are like fifty feet removed from the rest of her.

I thought it was had a certain something.

[Marc v4.0]

My avatar means I killed a man in prison for asking questions about my fucking avatar!

[McTahr]

Not knowing this makes you an objectively terrible person FYI.

Or maybe Canadian, it's hard to tell.

If I said I knew it was Something the Butcher and five seconds on Google answered that for me would I be less Canadian?

Because I'm like only half, es are ess.

[Fifthfiend]

Because I'm like only half, es are ess.

I could smell it on you.

You people have a smell.

[McTahr]

'S Soap, Fifthy.

[BitVyper]

I've always wondered what that was and it had been bugging me for ages because I could figure it out.





The Nu and Zeta are my top two Gundam units, with the Classic's close behind. I just preferred the Classic ones for the time being!

I like Hi-Nu best. I wish it had been in the Char's Counterattack movie.

[Fifthfiend]

'S Soap, Fifthy.

Soap you stole from honest, hardworking Americans.

Just like our jobs. And healthcare!

[EVILNess]

I find that picture of Ken probably the most hilarious thing ever. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uZWArSOmCc)

[Geminex]

Soap you stole from honest, hardworking Americans.

Just like our jobs. And healthcare!

Oh, fifth. You so crazy sometimes. We all know you're Mexican.

[phil_]

I find that picture of Ken probably the most hilarious thing ever. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uZWArSOmCc)Why isn't this in the FANTASTIC thread?

[Buddha Fett]

I rather enjoyed the Caiphas Cain series, so I found an avatar to match.

[Thadius]

My current one is made by Mac, which was a redo of an older version which I've probably lost by now. It's there to let you know I'm watching you. Always. I have to keep watching all of you to be sure none of you are standing behind me with a fucking knife. It's not easy.

I've got one made by Fifth floating around my hard drive somewhere. When the cookie craze dies down, I'll put mine up so that it'll be different. It's symbolic of how I don't take normality for an acceptable answer or something crazy like that.

[Arhra]

Mine is a magical girl. >> <<

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Mine is a magical girl. >> <<

Not just a magical girl but Nanoha the White Devil! In Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S, she lives up to that name through her students.

Those poor rookies...

[Arhra]

They were only a little blown up!

[Meister]

Jesus guys I wish I knew.

Best as I can figure out it's Creationist Jesus but that brings up more questions than it answers.

[Loyal]

I am the picture of stability and egotism.

Look at that smug grin. Look at it.

[Doc ock rokc]

i constantly switch mine but the one i use the most (7053) is one that i made myself. so i has a little bit of sentimental value to me. My second most used one (7052) is because I liked it's symbol...I still use it as a spray on TF2 if i get a hard assassination and don't die immediately afterwords

[Archbio]

Best as I can figure out it's Creationist Jesus but that brings up more questions than it answers.

Yeah, I kind of figured all the dinosaurs died way back in The Flood.

My current one is just a cover image related to the Frogmen from Hellboy.

[Viridis]

My current one is just a cover image related to the Frogmen from Hellboy.

That's why it keep reminding me of The Amazing Screw-on-Head. Thanks, that was bugging me. I kept thinking about that giant frog demon thing.

[POS Industries]

What's an avatar?

[Kim]

What's an avatar?

http://prettypaperbook.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/avatar-the-last-airbender.jpg

???

[Zanaril]

Mine means I'm pretending to be a something I'm not by hiding behind a slightly anthropomorphic bird drawing which is susposed to be expressing disdain at you lot but really just looks short-sighted.

[Rejected Again]

Its Daffy Duck. It needs no other explanation.

[Green Spanner]

I'm leaving mine open to interpretation.

[Osterbaum]

Mine is something delicious.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Mine is another Fifthfiend Approved Avatar Selection. It's about dinosaurs who are also jet pilots, which, let's face it, is about the most badass thing in all the world.

[32bit-RedMage]

I had to decide between something funny or something deep and philosophical.
As you can see I opted for the latter.
You can cleary see that my avatar symbolizes the daily struggle of unhappy simpletons against
mutant-bilingual-incoherent-poop-slinging-goat-raping-ghost-lizards from outer space. For those of you who can't read between lines ... these creatures symbolize butt-cheese and outer space symbolizes hillbillies and butt-sex.

To truly understand my avatar... imagine this:
A mongoloid in a turd kicking contest.


Or you could just goole "The goon" by Eric Powell..... :p

[A Zarkin' Frood]

I got mine from Fifthfiend when he was generously handing out cookies.
When fifth was out for a few minutes I gave half of my cookie to someone I haven't seen since then.

I think it was CABAL[Randomnumber]

[Toast]

My new avatar is a Gungyarados that I recently acquired and built. The kit was originally issued in 1990 with a very short run. I've wanted one ever since I first saw it, but it was only released again last year. I got it for a steal at $60 when I've seen vintage kits go as high as $300.

[Locke cole]

I'm leaving mine open to interpretation.

See, the avatar makes me think that your avatar is saying that, in an utterly bored tone that tells me he doesn't give a crap about what the avatar means.

[32bit-RedMage]

I'm leaving mine open to interpretation.
I see a man ... he symbolizes the daily challenges humanity is faced with.
His facial expression clearly shows discontent, why is the man angry ?
If the man is angry ... is he really a man ? or is he really angry ?
If he symbolizes humanity ... why is angry ?
Has he just realized how bad he has fucked up ? Is he finally grasping his imminent doom ?!
WHAT IS A MAN ?! A MISERABLE LITTLE PILE OF SECRETS !!!!

Or maybe I am just reading too much into it ..... maybe it's just a guy with sonic diarrhea... i dunno ...

[Sir Pinkleton]

YEAH! YOU CAN BEAT HIM CLOUD!

GO AVALANCHE.

EDIT: I plan to change it sometime soon.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

My avatar is a cookie.

[32bit-RedMage]

YEAH! YOU CAN BEAT HIM CLOUD!

GO AVALANCHE.

EDIT: I plan to change it sometime soon.

I KNEW that guy looked familiar! :D

[The SSB Intern]

In the late hours of the evening, I would swoop through dark recesses of the forums, like an owl. Recently however, I have donned my human clothes and have been sucked into the clockwork of my daily routine (mostly Pre calculus homework) and that has barred me from spending quality time with you, my fellow forumites. Hopefully once this semester is finished, I can return to your gentle, loving embrace.

[CABAL49]

InsaneGenius graciously donated half of his cookie to me. Furthering my position as a moocher.

[Hanuman]

Mine is a micro yantra with some fairly complex symbolism, I'll try to explain:
The circle(s) are not actually split into 4, it's just inverted (if you swing something in front of you vertically so you can see the full circle, then move your hand that's swinging it in a circle in the opposite direction the end of the swung object inverts it's circle.)

http://humanflowerproject.com/images/uploads/poi-gold-flower.jpg

The aspect of circle embodies my taoist belief, but as it's inverted it allows for me to symbolize drawing in insight to form an artistically ascetic core which is represented by a rainbow following the negative shape pattern of the inverted circle.

[Fenris]

It means that I was watching a youtube video and happened to pause it at this point and it looked funny so I made it an avatar.

[MasterOfMagic]

Heh, those two posts contrasted nicely.

[DarkDrgon]

Its Go-Go. In wackyland. All the world is mad, bitches!

EDIT: wow the one in the top left has some horrible transparencies... TO PHOTOSHOP!

[Pip Boy]

Mine means you can't kill the metal.

The metal will live on.

[TopHatAssassin]

Mine is some Space Marine dude from a Warhammer 40k comic I picked up once from the library. It's not so much his face as what he says that really made it for me. I just thought he looked cool, really. I've got one where he looks even uglier, and I've been meaning to change it for awhile, soooo... maybe that one next?

I suppose if we're going to go into meanings, mine is... "Don't be a pussy. Or your ass will get stomped."

[Amake]

I'm glad you asked. It's a combination of the all-seeing eye of God and Yin and Yang, in flames. I thought it'd be cool, and it turned out even cooler than I thought.
Full size (http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt262/Apicturemake/flame.jpg).

[BitVyper]

But can it see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

[Amake]

Hells no. The all-seeing eye of Buddha has no time for advertisements. :p

[BitVyper]

Why? What's the Buddha so busy with that he doesn't have time for a lucrative advertising contract?

[Amake]

Breathing is more important than doing anything lucrative, especially advertising. Are you familiar with Buddhism like, at all? >_>

[BitVyper]

Is the Buddha? (http://shop.cafepress.ca/buddha?cmp=knc--g--ca--pri--e--lifebas--buddha_merchandise&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=pri--life+basics+-+ca&utm_content=search-e&utm_term=buddha+merchandise&gclid=CLT9pMXwwp4CFQjyDAodwUU7sQ)

[01d55]

It's a Synkripoffvatar, so I gotta use the drop down menu twice to format everything I type, which is a real pain when you're splitting up a quote. Also, I can't use quick reply because one of the buttons you don't get when quick replying is the font button. Took me a while to get used to it, I'd have to go edit most of my new posts right after I made 'em.

[Amake]

If it was me I'd keep the code around on a notepad or something and paste it in when needed. ^_^

And no, I doubt Buddha or any committed Buddhists are involved in that site. :I

Edit to avoid overposting: Now I want a shirt that says "This shirt is a lie".

[BitVyper]

Shirts don't lie, IQ. Shirts don't lie.

[Mr. Viewtiful]

Kung Fu Panda, because there is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness.

[Donomni]

One would hope the fuck not, considering it blinds people.

[synkr0nized]

It's a Synkripoffvatar, so I gotta use the drop down menu twice to format everything I type, which is a real pain when you're splitting up a quote. Also, I can't use quick reply because one of the buttons you don't get when quick replying is the font button. Took me a while to get used to it, I'd have to go edit most of my new posts right after I made 'em.

Quick Reply is terrible. Also, taking the time to properly format your post, even when quoting causes you to break it up, shows that you are willing to take posting semi-seriously. Even when you aren't.

Also it may become a habit that you just can't stop. I am being serious. I suggested, for Halloween, that we moderators "dress up" as each other for the day. Fifth and I discussed the likelihood that I'd still red-text and set Tahoma on all of my posts and have to edit them after posting.

If it was me I'd keep the code around on a notepad or something and paste it in when needed. ^_^

That's not really any quicker, to be honest. And now that it is a deeply-ingrained part of how I post, time is no issue.




And, uh, I guess my avatar means I like her and that I was watching/reading a lot of Bleach when I hunted for a good image. Then I can insert here the idea that she's a person of much authority who is scarcely seen but still very influential, like me! Also I am a super-fast ninja who can turn into a cat.

[Fifthfiend]

It's a Synkripoffvatar, so I gotta use the drop down menu twice to format everything I type, which is a real pain when you're splitting up a quote. Also, I can't use quick reply because one of the buttons you don't get when quick replying is the font button. Took me a while to get used to it, I'd have to go edit most of my new posts right after I made 'em.

I'm actually impressed with the dedication you've put into it at this point you should totally holler at Fenris to green up your name.

[Viridis]

Know what would be interesting? A Greasemonkey script that adds a personalized button for your custom post format to the post menu, just like there's bold and italics buttons.

That being said, I have no idea how to do that.

[Mike McC]

There are always things like extentions (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/128) and plugins to make things easier.

[Kim]

Re Synkripoffvatars: I've actually been thinking I might just switch up my avatar now so that I'm less of a Synk/Numsie ripoff, but stick with a blue theme in the avatar, and keep my text formatting. I don't know what, but something about needing to do those two little clicks is kinda nice, and I do like that my posts stand out a little more now.

[Fifthfiend]

My new avatar is a message to Nonsie. <3

[Kim]

My new avatar is a message to Nonsie. <3

seppuku.jpg>heartattack.jpg

[Fifthfiend]

seppuku.jpg>heartattack.jpg

so terrible it's killing meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Kim]

so terrible it's killing meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Well, that's hardly an incentive for me to stop.

[Viridis]

I don't think I'd go through with it because of the eye-bleeding saturation of yellow it'd cause, but could someone find a way to put boxes around my text? It'd probably be a custom <div> thing, though.

[synkr0nized]

I don't think I'd go through with it because of the eye-bleeding saturation of yellow it'd cause, but could someone find a way to put boxes around my text? It'd probably be a custom <div> thing, though.

If you mean the text box effect like your user title, yes. You would either need a div or other block element that can have its own background to be inserted into the HTML for your posts. I don't think a span tag would be enough.

And if the forum were to give users access to divs in posts, all kinds of terrible things could happen.

[01d55]

so terrible it's killing meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

What're you gonna do about it, moderate him?
Ha. Ha. Ha.

[Amake]

Since we're now on general posting approaches rather than avatars, how does this look? I wanna post in color like the cool kids.

While also taking it to the next level in the style of Frank McConnel's epic Sandman introduction, of course.

[Mike McC]

You know, I might as well pick a background color for myself as well. Seems to be all the rage nowadays. I mean, everyone's getting into it, so I might as well join the party, am I right? Besides, it's not as if it's difficult to do, just do a color and a six digit number and BAM, I am golden.

How's this look to everyone? I think it's rather fetching myself.

What?

Is there a problem with it?

I can read it perfectly fine with my monitor...

[Fifthfiend]

All of mike's posts should be like that one.

[Amake]

What? I thought about invisible text myself at first, but I figured it was too impractical even for the Invisible Queen. I implore you to reconsider. ^_^

That's right, I now have two different levels of emphasis. Suck on that, italics.

Re. the below, ages ago when I wanted to find out the background color on the board all I did was take a screenshot and employ the eyedropper tool in photoshop.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

It scares me how long he must've spent trying to so perfectly match the background colour. It's almost obsessively overworked, but all the more awesome for it.

[Kim]

It scares me how long he must've spent trying to so perfectly match the background colour. It's almost obsessively overworked, but all the more awesome for it.

I'm pretty sure it's #111111, but don't quote me on that. I mean, I just don't want you to get the impression that Mickey C actually works hard on stuff. Let's try it out!

[Lost in Time]

It's 111111, not that hard?

Oh, did I leak the secret?

NonCon ninja'd me. So the weight of letting the secret out is lifted. Yay, NonCon!

[Mike McC]

It's not perfectly matched guys. Like I said, I can actually read that (#131313) on the background (#111111) on my monitor. It looks bold (even though it's not) and slightly blurry.

[Kim]

It's not perfectly matched guys. Like I said, I can actually read that (#131313) on my monitor.

I can see it. Looks like you lightened it up a bit from what it was originally though. He was just under the impression that it was perfectly matched, and thought that must've taken a lot of work. I was just letting him know that, no, background color is pretty much common knowledge at this point. And that you're lazy.

[Mike McC]

I can see it. Looks like you lightened it up a bit from what it was originally though. He was just under the impression that it was perfectly matched, and thought that must've taken a lot of work. I was just letting him know that, no, background color is pretty much common knowledge at this point. And that you're lazy.Nope. Same color. It probably helps you see it better now you know what is there and where to look.

[phil_]

I throw invisible text into my posts all the time with 111111. I also use the title tag. I appreciate the variety of ways we can add snarky comments to posts on this forum.

[Rejected Again]

My new avatar is a message to Nonsie. <3

My avatar has been a message to you since I changed it.

[Revising Ocelot]

I think we are sorely lacking a Comic Sans MS Magenta poster to inspire fear and anxiety among the masses. I am merely demonstrating the terror that it would invoke; I'm not sure if I could do this for all my posts. But I barely post anyway, as I am the Uber-Lurk. *shrug*



But I do feel pretty!

[Fifthfiend]

I think we are sorely lacking a Comic Sans MS Magenta poster to inspire fear and anxiety among the masses. I am merely demonstrating the terror that it would invoke; I'm not sure if I could do this for all my posts. But I barely post anyway, as I am the Uber-Lurk. *shrug*



But I do feel pretty!

See avatar, title.

[Kepor]

See avatar, title.

In that spirit, guess I'll dig out this sig.

[Revising Ocelot]

See avatar, title.

Success!


(probably going to get suspended for that, way to put my foot in it again)

[Sir Pinkleton]

Am I cool now? :p

[Hanuman]

Breathing is more important than doing anything lucrative, especially advertising. Are you familiar with Buddhism like, at all? >_>
Shit is.