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Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Elven Doritos on August 11, 2006, 12:04:13 AM
I figured, "Hey, I have no clue what half of these people's avatars mean. Why not just have everyone drop by a thread and share the significance of their pixelated representation?"

So, there you have it.

Currently, my avatar is Ultimate Rugal (aka God-Rugal) from Capcom vs. SNK 2: EO. The premise is that the King of Fighters recurring villain Rugal has absorbed all of the Street Fighter villain Akuma's ki energy and become near-omnipotent.

[spoiler=Here's a closer look](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/God-Rugal_2.jpg)[/spoiler]
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: SDragon on August 11, 2006, 12:16:10 AM
mine is something i translated into the elven language, then changed to elven script.

if youre familiar with the language, try downloading an elven font to figure out what it says (hint: the first word is the meaning of my real name. hint 2: all letters are lowercase)
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Post by: Velox on August 11, 2006, 12:17:03 AM
Kewl. Looks like a guilty gear character... Never heard of this Rugal guy, but he eats Akumas so he's gotta be awesome.

Mine's the tour poster for the KMFDM WWIII Amerikan Tour. It was the first concert I ever went to, and the first KMFDM concert I went to. I was deaf for a week, and I've been a diehard KMFDM fan since. Plus, it just looks kewl. Machine Gunner!
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Post by: CYMRO on August 11, 2006, 01:39:43 AM
Well, a cuirassier is a type of cavalryman equipped with a cuirass, a type of armor consisting of a breastplate and backplate.
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Post by: Johnny Wraith on August 11, 2006, 02:19:23 AM
Mine's an album cover from Motorhead. Some years ago when I was registering in this other forum I was thinking of a username and I was listening to the song Hellraiser by Motorhead, and I had always liked it so... there you have it. It's been a while now since that day but everyone I met (and meet, still) knows me by Hellraiser and I figured what the heck, let's use the first avatar I ever used on a forum once more.
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Post by: Stargate525 on August 11, 2006, 03:49:54 AM
Umm, I'm stargate525, and thats the stargate. If you want to read even further into it, I'm the 525th one out there...?
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Post by: Jürgen Hubert on August 11, 2006, 04:44:08 AM
It's what I look like.

Well, what I looked like nearly three years ago, when I made that picture for my job applications...
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Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on August 11, 2006, 06:43:16 AM
It's a turtle!
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Post by: geekling on August 11, 2006, 07:30:37 AM
I was in a bad mood, a bit of frothing feminist rage over something or the other, when finally getting around to uploading an avatar.
So  it had to be the pussy power one.

Image shamelessly stolen from a sinfest cartoon to make an LJ icon, and it'll do here too, for now... Since I can't decide between cowthulhu or bouncing kobolds with chicken.
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Post by: Wensleydale on August 11, 2006, 07:45:44 AM
... I don't have an avatar... :(
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: geekling on August 11, 2006, 07:50:27 AM
I'll lend you my 'bouncing kobold with chicken' if you want?




(No, it's not just that I like using the phrase 'bounding koblod with chicken', not at all... 'bouncing kobold with chicken' is a very nice phrase though, you should try it. All together now ' bouncing kobold with chicken'.
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Post by: Wensleydale on August 11, 2006, 07:55:24 AM
Bouncing Kobold with Chicken!
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Post by: geekling on August 11, 2006, 07:58:33 AM
I suppose I should add the image at some point.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/geekling/165252.gif)

Bouncing kobold with chicken. Art by John Kovalich, animated with permission for the use in icons and avatars.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: CYMRO on August 11, 2006, 08:41:50 AM
I wonder who is bouncing said kobold.  And why?
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Post by: geekling on August 11, 2006, 08:45:26 AM
You need a reason to bounce kobolds?
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: limetom on August 11, 2006, 09:01:03 AM
Mine is the Japanese version of the Initial D logo.  Initial D is a manga/anime/live-action movie about drift racing.
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Post by: Numinous on August 11, 2006, 09:03:45 AM
My Avatar right now is that of Seth, an alcoholic vampire from the Keenspot comic Sorcery 101.  My other avatars from the past and future will probably be products of photoshop and puns on my username.
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Post by: Matt Larkin (author) on August 11, 2006, 11:59:47 AM
It's a phoenix drawn for me using charcoals by a friend years ago.
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Post by: Túrin on August 11, 2006, 12:24:10 PM
As part of his user avatar charity project, Luminous Crayon found this nice picture of Tuor on an audience with Ulmo. Thinking it was Túrin, he offered it to me as an avatar. Despite it not being Túrin, I took it, though sooner or later I'll likely change it to a picture of Túrin.

Tuor, Túrin and Ulmo are from Tolkien's Silmarillion, for those not in the know.

Túrin
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Post by: Captain Obvious on August 11, 2006, 12:56:53 PM
Mine is the cover of the Sigur Ros ep "viorar vel ti loftarasa" (hope i spelt that right. wish i could actually speak icelandic).
it's a crazy alien-angel fetus thing (or something. i dunno. it's probably just a stylised angel, but it reminds me of those big eyed aliens and of a fetus)
mostly, it's just a wicked pic.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Epic Meepo on August 11, 2006, 02:21:21 PM
EDIT: Changed avatar.
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Post by: the_taken on August 11, 2006, 03:39:38 PM
I used the AD&D invisible stalker up untill recently. Then Luminous gave me this one for his user avatar charity. I've become numb to it's creepiness now, but it's cool factor is not fadding. The bright orange realy stands out catches your eye, doesn't it?
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Post by: SA on August 11, 2006, 07:09:20 PM
The Chaos Star.

Which is not to say that I'm an anarchist.  I mean, I like a little mayhem from time to time, but for the most part I'm a rather prudish individual.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Hibou on August 11, 2006, 09:01:23 PM
Mine was also created by Luminous Crayon after I replied to his charity thread. It's a very interesting picture of a landscape... mixed emotions and thoughts arise from it. At first it seems like it's just a pretty picture, but then you look at it and something doesn't seem right.
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Post by: Ghost on August 11, 2006, 09:44:07 PM
I'm not sure what mine means. All I know is that it looked cool, and that was it.

I've also forgotten where it came from. I'll go and take a look now, I guess.

[Edit] Ah yes, it is a handsome picture of Panda-Z, Defender of the Peace. Basis of several short movies, that I now want to see.
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Post by: Velox on August 12, 2006, 12:01:00 AM
Panda-Z Rocks!
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Post by: VoidAdept on August 12, 2006, 12:49:37 AM
Isawa Tadaka, the Phoenix Clan's Master of Earth from the Legend of the Five Rings setting.
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Post by: CYMRO on August 12, 2006, 02:49:31 AM
Avatar Regeneration!

Now my avatar is Discworld's very own Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, Lord Havelock Vetinari, and his faithful dog, Wuffles.
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Post by: SilvercatMoonpaw on August 12, 2006, 08:30:56 AM
I have an avatar.  I just do not have a picture of it.
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Post by: Xathan on August 12, 2006, 09:03:22 AM
I used an invisible stalker for awhile, then I shifted to a dark templar, then a cloaked ghost, and then a ninja using Ghost Step. Now I use "Om."
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Lmns Crn on August 13, 2006, 12:02:57 PM
Mine's a photochopped crayon; I made it myself. I guess it's sort of glowy?

Invisible Stalker people, I'm taking a moment to pimp my thread. (http://www.thecbg.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?11478) It's for you.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Poseptune on August 13, 2006, 05:21:46 PM
My avatar is poseidon or neptune. I don't remember which :P
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Post by: Raelifin on August 13, 2006, 09:42:22 PM
My avatar is an Elder from the Phaedoras Campaign Setting. It was drawn by my brother, Ecniv. I think it fits my minimalist, semi-Zen, near religious obsession with ideas and recreating the past and projecting the future through fiction and storytelling. Or maybe I'm over thinking it again.  :hammer:
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Post by: SDragon on August 13, 2006, 09:43:32 PM
does he also go by ynniv?
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Post by: Raelifin on August 13, 2006, 09:46:06 PM
Haha. Say that to his face and he'll eat you. :P
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Post by: SDragon on August 13, 2006, 11:32:53 PM
ill take that as a "no", then....

just be glad hes your brother, and not your cousin?
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Post by: Elven Doritos on August 15, 2006, 06:28:01 PM
Shadowfell boards alumni will remember my old avatar-- Adam West as Batman. The new avatar is a tribute to the old while incorporating the spirit of the new.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: CYMRO on August 16, 2006, 12:31:59 PM
Quote from: Elven DoritosShadowfell boards alumni will remember my old avatar-- Adam West as Batman. The new avatar is a tribute to the old while incorporating the spirit of the new.

It is good to see the old Westian ideal oot and aboot again.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Elven Doritos on August 16, 2006, 12:33:38 PM
Certain things can't be kept down no matter how much the man (read: Chuck Norris) tries!
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Post by: Numinous on August 16, 2006, 12:36:28 PM
It fills me with nostalgia to see such a relic getting use again.  Remember, all good PC's love their relics! ;)
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Post by: Wix of Bel-Air on August 16, 2006, 02:36:17 PM
My avatar is a south-park representation of myself. It is how I really look (yeah... that pasty).
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: CYMRO on August 17, 2006, 10:35:56 PM
Another avatar regeneration, this Happy Cabbage to battle the diseased evil that is the Fiend of the Ninth Cabbage!
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Post by: Elven Doritos on August 17, 2006, 10:44:07 PM
Do not fear the Ninth Cabbage! Respect its power!
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Post by: CYMRO on August 17, 2006, 11:07:01 PM
Quote from: ElDo, Grand Cabbagemaster of the Ninth CircleDo not fear the Ninth Cabbage! Respect its power!

Blasphemer!  His power is the power of deceit!  Also known as brussel sprouts.
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Post by: Raelifin on August 17, 2006, 11:20:33 PM
You have seen through my clever workings!? I must escape! To the Ethosmobile!
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Post by: CYMRO on August 17, 2006, 11:41:50 PM
Quote from: RaelifinYou have seen through my clever workings!? I must escape! To the Ethosmobile!

Fire the Potato Gun, my minions!  Do not let him escape!
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Elven Doritos on August 17, 2006, 11:42:50 PM
You see? The Cabal is willing to allow all sorts of vegetables perish in their mindless pursuit!
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: CYMRO on August 17, 2006, 11:47:45 PM
Quote from: ElDo, Grand Cabbagemaster of the Ninth CircleYou see? The Cabal is willing to allow all sorts of vegetables perish in their mindless pursuit!

Some vegetables are more equal than others.
Some exist merely to serve as green manure to aid in the flourishing of the Chosen.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on August 17, 2006, 11:49:44 PM
All vegetables are but a segment of a greater philosophy! A metaphor and a portion of ideology, not a haphazard component that can be so hastily discarded!
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Post by: Raelifin on August 17, 2006, 11:52:08 PM
Except for lettuce. Lettuce serves to purpose but to give contrast to the real veggies.
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Post by: CYMRO on August 17, 2006, 11:53:14 PM
Tell that to the alfalfa and the buckwheat, callously grown only to be plowed under to become fodder for more worthy vegetables.  Like the cabbage.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Wix of Bel-Air on August 18, 2006, 12:45:54 AM
IA IA! CABBAGE FTHGAN!
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Post by: limetom on August 18, 2006, 01:58:02 AM
Mine is a self-created version of the Initial D logo.  (You know, the manga/anime/live-action movie about drift racing?)

Because its so small:

[ã'šÂ¤Ã£Æ''¹Ã£'šÂ·Ã£Æ'£ãÆ'«] (Inisharu; Initial)
é ­æ'"'¡Ã¥Â­'"D (Kashiramoji D; Initial D)

(If it looks like jibberish here (i.e. not like the picture), you don't have Asian fonts installed.)

The "ã'šÂ¤Ã£Æ''¹Ã£'šÂ·Ã£Æ'£ãÆ'«/Initial" above indicates a non-standard reading of the characters below.  D is short for "drift" or "drifting" in both English and Japanese.  A good article on drifting can be found here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_%28motorsport%29).

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Post by: Túrin on August 18, 2006, 06:29:05 AM
Wow, Wix. If that is a Southpark representation of yourself, I want to see the real you. Can I have your phone number?

;) Túrin
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Post by: Wix of Bel-Air on August 18, 2006, 01:09:14 PM
*shakes head at Turin*
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Post by: SDragon on August 18, 2006, 02:46:32 PM
Quote from: Wix*shakes head at Turin*


word of advice: if your avatar is of a hot asian chick, dont say its a poorly-drawn cartoon rendition of yourself. especially around (potentially) single gamers.

"hot asian chick"? "poorly drawn cartoon"? "single gamers"? wow.... this post has such a frequent redundancy that it repeats itself quite often....
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Post by: Wix of Bel-Air on August 18, 2006, 04:39:55 PM
ummm... talking about this one...
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/josh_da8/Josh2.jpg)

I change my avi like every two days or so. I just like this chick... yeah...look what you started, Turin.
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Post by: Raelifin on August 18, 2006, 06:04:54 PM
Dude, she's hot. I wish I looked like her...
Wait. Am I on record?
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Post by: Numinous on August 18, 2006, 06:12:30 PM
Rael, is there something you're trying to tell us?
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Post by: Raelifin on August 18, 2006, 06:48:35 PM
Erm... I gotta go... on vacation... yeah.
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Post by: Wix of Bel-Air on August 19, 2006, 01:32:13 AM
No Raelf, not... oh wait, he's gone.
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Post by: Kalos Mer on August 31, 2006, 10:06:45 AM
Mine is a portrait of Klemens Metternich who, although a bit *too* autocratic for my tastes, nonetheless matches well with my position as the boards' rather fierce anti-populist.
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Post by: So-Keher on August 31, 2006, 10:30:17 AM
I too lack an avatar to portray my glorious self. actually i just have like a phobia with settling with one thing so i havent decided on one yet
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 01, 2006, 11:14:26 AM
Mine's currently Black Adam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Adam). He rocks.
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Post by: Wix of Bel-Air on September 01, 2006, 04:19:12 PM
And right now... if none of you remember from the ever-popular Xena, starring Lucy Lawless... is Joxer the Mighty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joxer)!
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Post by: Numinous on September 01, 2006, 04:24:34 PM
ah, good times...
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Post by: CYMRO on September 01, 2006, 10:50:16 PM
Avatar reincarnate!

From Orphen, Hartia, aka The Black Tiger, aka Shrimpman.
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Post by: Soban_KiithSa on September 06, 2006, 01:18:58 AM
Well, I have a tendency to change my avatar whenever I watch a new anime series.  But currently its Shana from the series Shakugan no Shana.  It'll probably change in a week.
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Post by: beejazz on September 06, 2006, 01:34:24 AM
CYMRO pulled some strings.
*shifty glances all around*
'Sup Soban?
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Post by: Soban_KiithSa on September 06, 2006, 08:19:46 AM
Not much, I see you use the same avatar here that you do on my boards.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 06, 2006, 09:00:01 AM
I'm back to the Adam West Batman, complete with Mod-Action phone!

DIAL "E" for ELDO!
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Post by: beejazz on September 06, 2006, 01:07:28 PM
@Soban: Yup. 'Cause it's cooool.
@Eldo: *dials M*

oops..
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 14, 2006, 09:08:26 PM
My current avatar is Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash.

"It's gone[/i]" refers to the Speed Force, the intangible element that the speedsters of DC have been tapping for most of the Wally West era of Flash.
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Post by: SDragon on September 15, 2006, 12:00:18 PM
more elven.

in the slight chance anybody can read elvish fonts, take your time figuring out the tiny little letters. with any luck, theyll be there for quite awhile.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 16, 2006, 06:32:47 PM
New avatar. Yes, already.

This time, it's part of the cover to "The Trials of SHAZAM!" #1. It signifies Billy's transition from Captain Marvel to becoming the Wizard.

~ElDo

EDIT: New(er) avatar: Superman during his most recent bout with Darkseid.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 19, 2006, 04:12:47 PM
Even newer avatar.

Hank Henshaw, FKA "The Cyborg Superman".

[spoiler]He's been hanging out with the manhunter robots. Upgrading them, too. And beating the crap out of Green Lanterns... Hence the rings (which you can only really see the glow off of at that size.

NO MAN ESCAPES THE MANHUNTERS![/spoiler]
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Post by: Benicus on September 21, 2006, 08:48:34 PM
I have no avatar except for the cheap one that this site hosts.

I didn't know about imageshack back then so I may change my avatar to:
Cthulu (Mindflayer to you non HP.Lovecraft) Eating the World.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 21, 2006, 08:50:40 PM
Quote from: BenicusI have no avatar except for the cheap one that this site hosts.

I didn't know about imageshack back then so I may change my avatar to:
Cthulu (Mindflayer to you non HP.Lovecraft) Eating the World.

We have on-site hosting of avatars. It's on your user profile settings, at the bottom of the form when you click "Edit my preferences".
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Post by: Benicus on September 22, 2006, 12:20:59 AM
Huzzah it has been done!!
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 24, 2006, 06:51:29 PM
Hal Jordan, when he went cuckoo.

[spoiler=Not a real Hal quote]
"Kiss the rings, bitch! Bling, bling, dollar bill y'all."
-Hal Jordan on the nature of bling
[/spoiler]
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 29, 2006, 11:12:33 AM
Yet ANOTHER new avatar.

Iron Man, in an alternate reality where he killed every other superhuman (last among them, Doom) to become a Hitler-like ruler of the world.

In protest to his portrayal in Civil War.
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Post by: beejazz on September 29, 2006, 11:23:55 AM
Wait... why does he look like lego now?
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Post by: Raelifin on September 29, 2006, 11:25:14 AM
Aw, I liked yesterday's better. :/
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Post by: Elven Doritos on September 29, 2006, 11:26:18 AM
(http://ultimatecomics.free.fr/exiles/images/exiles_23.jpg)

Full picture.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on November 07, 2006, 07:49:10 PM
Bumpage, sorta.

It's the Cosbinator. How can you not respect the guy who voiced almost everyone on Fat Albert?
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Post by: Captain Obvious on November 07, 2006, 08:45:02 PM
My previous avatar was a rune based on a very styalized version of the characters ~#c7 (being just a nameless poster with only a sybol). Now it is an embelished image of a tilde (being the former first symbol of my name). It is also similar to a celtic sybol called a triskele i believe.
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Post by: Seraph on November 07, 2006, 08:58:24 PM
My picture is from one of WOTC's old PC Portraits.  It's technically a vampire, but he looks just like Arik Raum from my CS (who is based on POTO).  In my campaign, Arik Raum founded The Seraphine Harmonium, hence the name.
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Post by: CYMRO on November 07, 2006, 10:50:35 PM
Special Agent Brock Sampson, Office of Secret Intelligence.
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Post by: battleaxbaby on November 08, 2006, 09:00:52 AM
this mixer says "battleaxe" on it. although you cant see it very well.
im a dj, and im a battleaxe. so it's perfect.
(//../../e107_files/public/1162994451_221_FT11889_battleaxelarge_.jpg) (//../../e107_files/public/1162994451_221_FT11889_battleaxelarge.jpg)
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Post by: Thanuir on November 08, 2006, 12:03:34 PM
A variant of the Go play (http://go-play.org/)-meme.
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Post by: Numinous on January 21, 2007, 03:59:29 PM
My new avatar is a twist on the Cthulhu representation found @ www.hello-cthulhu.com

You should go there.  Now.
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Post by: Stargate525 on January 21, 2007, 08:57:22 PM
I changed my avatar, that's the howitzer of compassion being aimed towards the heathens who did reject our prophet Goes-Forth-To-The-Enemy-Carrying-Informational-Pamphlets.
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Post by: khyron1144 on February 09, 2007, 02:19:14 AM
Mine's a lemur.

IRL my best friend and I founded a secret society called The Fraternal Order Of Primates (we're one swell FOOP).  We're dedicated to taking over the world by not doing much of anything in particular.  I am the Master of The House Of Monkies faction and I think he called Lord of the Lemurs for his title.


Anyways, I like primates and lemurs are cool.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on February 09, 2007, 02:20:55 AM
Mine's now a Photoshopped version of me (as is my sig).
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Post by: Bill Volk on February 09, 2007, 02:45:53 AM
Mine is He-Man's sword. No deeper meaning.
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Post by: limetom on February 09, 2007, 04:21:19 AM
Mine's now a Wheeled Triple Spiral.  What's it mean?  Archeologists aren't really sure...
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Post by: Gwaihir Windlord on February 09, 2007, 08:32:05 PM
Mine is Gwaihir the Windlord, King of All Birds.
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Post by: Seraph on February 09, 2007, 08:35:25 PM
Mine's a leprechaun fishing at my uncle's estate.
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Post by: Stargate525 on February 09, 2007, 08:49:13 PM
Quote from: khyron1144(we're one swell FOOP)
(http://boards1.wizards.com/images/smilies/rimshot.gif)
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Post by: khyron1144 on February 09, 2007, 09:13:39 PM
Quote from: Stargate525
Quote from: khyron1144(we're one swell FOOP)
(http://boards1.wizards.com/images/smilies/rimshot.gif)


I need someone to follow me around and do rimshots for me in real life too.  That would be awesome.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on February 09, 2007, 09:14:39 PM
Quote from: khyron1144
Quote from: Stargate525
Quote from: khyron1144(we're one swell FOOP)
(http://boards1.wizards.com/images/smilies/rimshot.gif)


I need someone to follow me around and do rimshots for me in real life too.  That would be awesome.

I charge $400 an hour for that service.
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Post by: Gwaihir Windlord on February 09, 2007, 09:33:52 PM
I need James Earl Jones to do a voice over for my life.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on February 09, 2007, 09:35:36 PM
Quote from: Gwaihir WindlordI need James Earl Jones to do a voice over for my life.

I can get him for $10,000 an hour.
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Post by: amikaligula on February 14, 2007, 04:48:02 PM
Mines the resized wallpaper from the webcomic ScaryGoRound.  'cause I like it.
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Post by: Stargate525 on February 14, 2007, 04:55:52 PM
Quote from: Gwaihir WindlordI need James Earl Jones to do a voice over for my life.
just get that universal remote, and make certain you pry off the fast-forward button.
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Post by: brainface on February 14, 2007, 05:05:39 PM
QuoteMines the resized wallpaper from the webcomic ScaryGoRound. 'cause I like it.
Ahh, mine's a sprite (fairy? i don't know) from scary go round. He was, i understand, in the employ of Jack Frost.
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Post by: amikaligula on February 16, 2007, 10:50:27 AM
I thought I recognized Alison's artwork, but I must confess that i am still going through the archives, so I cannot shed any light on who employed the sprite.

but mine is Natalie, who became the angel of death's assistant, and besides liking scary go round, I thought this fit me, as my one friend, who once considered writing a comic, had me cast as the angel of death.

For irony, though, as, while I sometimes have a morbid sense of humor, I would be completely incompetent at that job.  during one memorable, low-level dungeon crawl, we were in a fight with some dire rats as we had decided to retreat after nearly being wiped out in another encounter, but  the GM felt like hindering our retreat with vermin.  anyway, my character and my comic-drawing-friend's character were the only ones left standing, but my freind's had the last dire rat eating his arm, because he had decided, "why blunt my weapon on rat flesh?  I'll just punch it in the teeth."  At that point, I decided that the rat was fuzzy and cute, so, rather than kill it, I cut off my friend's arm and left the rat to chew on it.  as I explained, "why must there be death?  I liked that compromising much better."  
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Seraph on February 16, 2007, 06:29:52 PM
I changed mine again.  It's a picture of me.  Not many people know I'm actually in the mafia. ;)
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Captain Obvious on February 17, 2007, 01:15:18 AM
Nice hat dude.
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Post by: Seraph on February 17, 2007, 01:27:00 AM
Quote from: Team Discovery ChannelNice hat dude.
thanks
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Higgs Boson on February 17, 2007, 05:36:14 PM
Follow the directions and you'll see :morons:
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Post by: Elven Doritos on February 18, 2007, 01:19:35 AM
The "wonderful" art of Greg Land now graces my avatar, with a wholly inappropriate Cyclops expression to go with it.
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Post by: SDragon on February 18, 2007, 01:27:25 AM
i take it Emma is playing with his mind, again?
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Post by: Elven Doritos on February 18, 2007, 01:32:39 AM
No, sadly. I mean, she's there, but not manipulating him or anything.

[spoiler](http://awful.smashtech.net/files/50/507ec4c874bbbc742e2131220ac535e137a99a04.jpg)[/spoiler]

It basically boils down to this: Greg Land is great for tracing and posing characters, and that's all.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Darkxarth on February 18, 2007, 01:37:16 AM
Mine's currently the number 42.  That is all.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Seraph on February 18, 2007, 01:41:16 AM
42 is the meaning of life.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Yair on February 18, 2007, 01:48:12 AM
aahh....but what is the question?
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Post by: Seraph on February 18, 2007, 01:51:22 AM
Quote from: Yairaahh....but what is the question?
42.  42 is the answer to all questions; even those that question questions, seeking the seeking rather than the sought answer, which is 42.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Captain Obvious on February 18, 2007, 12:47:13 PM
Quote from: Seraphine_Harmonium
Quote from: Yairaahh....but what is the question?
42.  42 is the answer to all questions; even those that question questions, seeking the seeking rather than the sought answer, which is 42.

Wow. That's soo deep that it looks shallow from the other side of the world.  :D

My avatar is a sad version of the world wildlife fed logo that my friend sent me and the name is from the simpsons.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Matt Larkin (author) on February 18, 2007, 05:29:48 PM
Your avatar does make me sad TDC :(
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Captain Obvious on February 18, 2007, 05:46:17 PM
Yes! Victory to the sad panda(c)

Team Discovery Channel wins again!
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Post by: Stargate525 on February 18, 2007, 05:55:12 PM
Quote from: Seraphine_Harmonium42 is the meaning of life.
wrong. 42 is the ANSWER to life, the universe, and everything. Important distinction.

Quote from: Yairaahh....but what is the question?
what do you get when you multiply six by nine.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Gwaihir Windlord on February 18, 2007, 06:44:43 PM
Sandy Koufax.  That is the answer to any question involving people.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Matt Larkin (author) on February 19, 2007, 09:46:42 AM
Quote from: Stargate525
Quote from: Seraphine_Harmonium42 is the meaning of life.
wrong. 42 is the ANSWER to life, the universe, and everything. Important distinction.

Quote from: Yairaahh....but what is the question?
what do you get when you multiply six by nine.
Uh?  Not 42...
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: khyron1144 on January 14, 2010, 04:52:58 PM
Somewhere along the line I changed my avatar to an officer's Battlepod from Robotech to go better with my name.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Seraph on January 14, 2010, 05:02:51 PM
Right now, my avatar has no special significance.  It's just Vegeta crushing his scouter.
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Post by: Hibou on January 14, 2010, 06:16:49 PM
It's a freakin' awesome horse, of course.
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Post by: Kindling on January 14, 2010, 06:20:03 PM
Mine's Sláine mac Roth! What other explanation do you need?
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Stargate525 on January 14, 2010, 07:28:01 PM
Quote from: Phoenix
Quote from: Stargate525
Quote from: Seraphine_Harmonium42 is the meaning of life.
wrong. 42 is the ANSWER to life, the universe, and everything. Important distinction.

Quote from: Yairaahh....but what is the question?
what do you get when you multiply six by nine.
Uh?  Not 42...
Exactly. And it works in base 13.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Elemental_Elf on January 14, 2010, 09:07:59 PM
Quote from: Stargate525
Quote from: Phoenix
Quote from: Stargate525
Quote from: Seraphine_Harmonium42 is the meaning of life.
wrong. 42 is the ANSWER to life, the universe, and everything. Important distinction.

Quote from: Yairaahh....but what is the question?
what do you get when you multiply six by nine.
Uh?  Not 42...
Exactly. And it works in base 13.

Mmm, a response 3 years in the making!  :yumm:
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Post by: Jharviss on January 14, 2010, 09:31:13 PM
Mine is the calligraphic (though poorly done) Arabic letters, t-f-r-a, for Tephra, my world.  I realized that it looks vaguely like a creepy face or set of eyes. So I thought I'd make a cool version. ^_^
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Post by: Elemental_Elf on January 14, 2010, 10:20:09 PM
My avatar is a picture of my favorite character - Sawyer - from the hit TV series Lost. I photoshopped the image to make it look more interesting/unique.
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Post by: Stargate525 on January 14, 2010, 10:33:46 PM
Quote from: Elemental_ElfMmm, a response 3 years in the making!  :yumm:
Yes, it's incredible really; I finally found the reply tab open after all these years...

Funny to think I just replied to something that was posted when I was still in high school.
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Post by: Elven Doritos on January 14, 2010, 11:11:11 PM
holy christ this thread is old
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Post by: limetom on January 14, 2010, 11:49:14 PM
It's a lime.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Elemental_Elf on January 15, 2010, 12:25:02 AM
Quote from: limetomIt's a lime.

Still waiting for the coconut.
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Post by: Matt Larkin (author) on January 15, 2010, 01:55:08 AM
Quote from: limetomIt's a lime.
Whoever told you that, told you wrong. That is clearly a passion fruit. Clearly.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Nomadic on January 15, 2010, 02:38:40 AM
Quote from: Phoenix
Quote from: limetomIt's a lime.
Whoever told you that, told you wrong. That is clearly a passion fruit. Clearly.
What are you talking about, it's clearly a small British man holding a cricket bat in a highly provocative manner...
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Post by: Ghostman on January 15, 2010, 07:22:28 AM
An ancient Greek hoplite shield design (http://www.roman-glory.com/images/burn-gallery/img02.jpg).
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Post by: Matt Larkin (author) on January 15, 2010, 05:39:16 PM
Quote from: Nomadic
Quote from: Phoenix
Quote from: limetomIt's a lime.
Whoever told you that, told you wrong. That is clearly a passion fruit. Clearly.
What are you talking about, it's clearly a small British man holding a cricket bat in a highly provocative manner...
I'm not seeing it. Maybe I'm looking at it wrong. Hang on, I'll try to fly upside down...Oh my God, limetom! You can't post that here! It's indecent! It's indelicate! It's indoctrinated!
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Post by: limetom on January 15, 2010, 10:07:21 PM
Quote from: ../../e107_files/public/1263611227_14_FT11889_what.png(//../../e107_files/public/1263611227_14_FT11889_what_.png)[/url]
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Post by: Superfluous Crow on January 16, 2010, 10:08:23 AM
Mine is the best google images could come up with when I asked for a Cataclysmic Crow. Although it's apparently really an Ethereal Crow (!). But they are related.  
Anyway, I think it's pretty cool. :p
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Post by: Loch Belthadd on January 16, 2010, 12:03:47 PM
mine's a creepy smiley
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Post by: sparkletwist on January 16, 2010, 04:04:41 PM
Mine is a dramatization of an exchange that took place on this very forum some time ago.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Nomadic on January 16, 2010, 04:07:11 PM
Quote from: sparkletwistMine is a dramatization of an exchange that took place on this very forum some time ago.

created by me no less :)
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Post by: Lmns Crn on January 16, 2010, 04:22:48 PM
Quote from: sparkletwistMine is a dramatization of an exchange that took place on this very forum some time ago.
My favorite part about it is the way the line for the guy's tongue is a continuation of the line for his chin/jaw.

It's like his whole head is a klein bottle.
Title: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: sparkletwist on January 16, 2010, 04:34:52 PM
Quote from: Nomadiccreated by me no less :)
Oh, now I'm going to have to change it :P
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Post by: Nomadic on January 16, 2010, 05:06:58 PM
Quote from: Nomadiccreated by me no less :)
Don't be a hater :P
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Post by: khyron1144 on June 23, 2013, 08:51:54 PM
Quote from: khyron1144
Somewhere along the line I changed my avatar to an officer's Battlepod from Robotech to go better with my name.

And then somewhere along the line I decided I liked the 1e Fiend Folio Flumph better.
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Post by: HippopotamusDundee on June 23, 2013, 09:00:08 PM
Mine be Odin.
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Post by: Humabout on June 23, 2013, 09:25:12 PM
Mine is...what is mine?  It's just so....fluffy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNLJDR-XbVY)
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Post by: Nomadic on June 23, 2013, 09:26:44 PM
Explanation: Steerpike is an awesome artist, and he takes requests!
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Post by: Elven Doritos on June 23, 2013, 09:37:35 PM
oh god did I really make this thread all those years ago

<-self explanatory
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Post by: Polycarp on June 23, 2013, 09:42:59 PM
QuoteLast Post January 16, 2010

Holy thread necromancy Batman!

My avatar is a lame pun on a famous saint.
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Post by: khyron1144 on June 23, 2013, 10:20:00 PM
Quote from: Polycarp
QuoteLast Post January 16, 2010

Holy thread necromancy Batman!

My avatar is a lame pun on a famous saint.

I was looking through my list of threads I posted to, saw this one, and realized that my avatar had changed since I last posted to this thread, and well people were complaining about the relative deadness of the forum lately...
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Post by: Numinous on June 24, 2013, 01:42:33 AM
Mine is a Minoan Labyrinth.  It was the symbol of the department I graduated from, and I think it looks sweet too.
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Post by: LordVreeg on June 24, 2013, 10:38:12 AM
wine. 
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Post by: Humabout on June 24, 2013, 05:07:22 PM
Quote from: LordVreeg
wine. 
Always an appropriate response!
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Post by: Steerpike on June 24, 2013, 06:11:49 PM
Mine's an Ettercap I drew for a solo campaign I ran a few summers ago (http://www.thecbg.org/index.php/topic,68868.0.html) and posted recaps and illustrations for on this site.
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Post by: Magnus Pym on June 24, 2013, 06:32:34 PM
The recently deceased Kim playing with nukes and american warships in his bathtub! How fun
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Post by: LordVreeg on June 24, 2013, 07:17:23 PM
Quote from: Humabout
Quote from: LordVreeg
wine. 
Always an appropriate response!
And that really is me holding the glass....
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Post by: Humabout on June 24, 2013, 08:04:42 PM
Even more appropriate!
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Post by: Weave on June 24, 2013, 09:10:00 PM
I will shamelessly admit that mine is of my favorite TV show, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Just look at that face.
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Post by: LoA on June 24, 2013, 10:30:19 PM
Quote from: Weave
I will shamelessly admit that mine is of my favorite TV show, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Just look at that face.
I find your need to acknowledge any implications of shame for liking that amazing show disturbing.....

As for me, I change my name to "Newb 'Something'" all time. I can't make any kind of commitments to an online name at the moment, and everyone on here knows me as "newb" anyways. And so my avatar changes with it.
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Post by: Ghostman on June 25, 2013, 10:01:17 AM
"Uncle Ulty."
Octopus royalty.
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Post by: Seraph on June 25, 2013, 02:59:38 PM
I don't feel like searching the thread to see if I've answered this before, but my Avatar has probably changed anyway.

Its the Vitruvian Man as part of a clockwork mechanism.  The idea was to combine "Renaissance" with "Steampunk" and relates to Avayevnon, the first setting I posted here. 
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Post by: BasnetI on June 27, 2013, 10:54:12 PM
Mine is because my friends call me wolfy or wolverine.... there are some other reasons but i'll let it like that :)
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Post by: Rhamnousia on June 28, 2013, 12:01:24 AM
Mine is an icon of Saint Christopher, an example of the ancient weirdness I like so much.
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Post by: Elemental_Elf on July 06, 2013, 05:37:51 PM
Ken Masters, the greatest Street Fighter to have ever lived. He's performing two of his iconic moves - the flaming Shoryuken and the hurricane kick.
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Post by: Xeviat on July 18, 2013, 05:12:50 AM
Mine is, well, Captain Crunch holding d20s instead of crunch berries. There was a time I was known as Kaptain Krunch, for my proficiency with, and joy of playing with, game crunch.
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Post by: limetom on July 18, 2013, 05:24:49 AM
This is what I actually look like.
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Post by: Elemental_Elf on July 18, 2013, 07:12:10 PM
Quote from: limetom
This is what I actually look like.

You do realize the NSA reads every message sent across the net, right? You just outed yourself as an anthropomorphic Penguin!!! The Government is coming for you!!!
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Post by: sparkletwist on July 23, 2013, 12:57:23 PM
One of the more memorably stupid banner ads to show up was some dating site (presumably mostly for Arabs) that said "Find your Arab princess."

It was something of a meme in the chat for a little while, and it's why Jasmine is my avatar.
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Post by: Griznuq on August 06, 2013, 03:38:46 PM
The short answer is: It's a d20 with big pointy teeth... Just something I drew in Gimp.

Here's the long story:

I created a website some time back, which I'm still sorta waiting on developers for, but essentially, I wanted it to be a community of geeks...

The whole things started with my own small group of players. We used a CMS called E107 for a website (think WordPress or Joomla, if you don't know what a CMS is). Griznuq.com is where we kept our game related info in a forum... Game logs, in character discussions, campaign related info like house rules, etc... It's been invaluable.

So I got to thinking, I'm sure there are tons of folks who would love to have a system like that to keep track of their games, but don't have the resources or knowledge, so I could create a forum for them to do exactly that. So I started putting it all together, but needed a name.

I didn't want it to be specific to any one type of game and really, I'm not going to require that anyone actually PLAY anything... I really just kinda wanted to bring a bunch of like minded folk together, RPG players, or otherwise... So I shot a little broader than "RPG player" and went for "Geek".

Well, what screams geek louder than Monty Python? I named the site "Big Pointy Teeth". (dot net) My avatar sort of bridges the gap between the "Geek" term and RPG. (being a D20, and all...)
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Post by: Tzi on September 03, 2013, 03:13:53 PM
Stephanie Brown, I.E. Spoiler, Batgirl and Girl Robin.

A personal favorite character in comics. She is by far one of my favorite characters. So I just roll with it.
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Post by: Cheomesh on September 05, 2013, 09:45:19 AM
我喜欢茶。
(I enjoy tea.)

M.
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Post by: LoA on September 11, 2013, 12:50:44 AM
Umbreon! My favorite Pokemon, So I just roll with it also.
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Post by: Seraph on September 13, 2013, 03:58:00 PM
My new avatar for the present is of the horned Celtic god Cernunnos.
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Post by: khyron1144 on September 13, 2013, 10:30:05 PM
It is now a flail snail.  I think it's the picture from the Fiend Folio.
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Post by: limetom on September 22, 2013, 03:09:48 AM
Quote from: Elemental_Elf
Quote from: limetom
This is what I actually look like.

You do realize the NSA reads every message sent across the net, right? You just outed yourself as an anthropomorphic Penguin!!! The Government is coming for you!!!
So be it. Though I stand in the wrong hemisphere, in the morn I shall stand and deliver, should their honor permit them to confront me directly.

Or something.
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Post by: LordVreeg on September 23, 2013, 03:00:27 PM
Quote from: khyron1144
It is now a flail snail.  I think it's the picture from the Fiend Folio.
You are correct.
I had that when it came out.
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Post by: Ghostman on October 27, 2013, 04:02:48 PM
It's watching you.
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Post by: Humabout on October 27, 2013, 11:57:41 PM
Quote from: GhostmanIt's watching you.
Nice!

Mine has transformed into a homage to my original account on these boards, Raven Bloodmoon.
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Post by: Fortunato on October 28, 2013, 02:57:45 AM
Quote from: Ghostman
It's watching you.
hehehehh

Mine is a picture of my friend the Computer.  I love the Computer and I love living in Alpha Complex (http://io9.com/5973846/why-the-paranoia-rpgs-alpha-complex-is-the-greatest-dystopia-of-all-time)!  It's just as friend Computer has always said, "Happiness is mandatory, are you happy?"  And I am!  Only a traitorous mutant commie scum wouldn't be happy under the care of great and generous Computer!
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Post by: Velox on October 29, 2013, 03:58:07 PM
Quote from: FortunatoIt's just as friend Computer has always said, "Happiness is mandatory, are you happy?"
I am happy, Friend computer, because I have discovered the identity of a communist traitor who I'd like to recommend for immediate termination!
Title: Re: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Weave on October 29, 2013, 08:20:15 PM
I just like the colors.

And cats.
Title: Re: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: SA on October 29, 2013, 08:23:03 PM
'Tis a beautiful avatar, Weave.

My avatar is a puppy with two legs because forgoodnesssakeit'sapuppywithtwolegs.
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Post by: Fortunato on October 30, 2013, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: Sandwich Ant
'Tis a beautiful avatar, Weave.

My avatar is a puppy with two legs because forgoodnesssakeit'sapuppywithtwolegs.

Your avatar breaks my freakin heart!  I can't look at it too long.  Cute but oowww!

Quote from: Velox
I am happy, Friend computer, because I have discovered the identity of a communist traitor who I'd like to recommend for immediate termination!

[ic]Report to your nearest Confession Booth and thank you citizen!  It's your vigilance that makes life in Alpha Complex an experience we can all enjoy! [/ic]
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Post by: Ghostman on October 30, 2013, 10:13:46 AM
Quote from: Weave
I just like the colors.

And cats.
Those cats kinda remind me of Chiyo-chichi. Approved!
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Post by: Humabout on October 30, 2013, 11:28:21 AM
Quote from: Ghostman
Quote from: Weave
I just like the colors.

And cats.
Those cats kinda remind me of Chiyo-chichi. Approved!
Quit posting!  I can't stop staring at that creepy eyeball!
Title: Re: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: SA on October 31, 2013, 08:39:55 AM
Quote from: Humabout
Quote from: Ghostman
Quote from: Weave
I just like the colors.

And cats.
Those cats kinda remind me of Chiyo-chichi. Approved!
Quit posting!  I can't stop staring at that creepy eyeball!
That's probably why it keeps glancing away. You're unnerving it.
Title: Re: Explain thy avatar!
Post by: Humabout on October 31, 2013, 10:11:27 AM
It does
Quote from: SA
Quote from: Humabout
Quote from: Ghostman
Quote from: Weave
I just like the colors.

And cats.
Those cats kinda remind me of Chiyo-chichi. Approved!
Quit posting!  I can't stop staring at that creepy eyeball!
That's probably why it keeps glancing away. You're unnerving it.
It does keep losing our staring contests . . .