Your Avatar Is Fantastic or Is Not Worthy of You.

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Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 591520 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 2:10:05 UTC - in response to Message 591474. I'm not a fan of this avatar, it seems loud and scratchy to me. "Messy Orphan" is what it says to me. What's it supposed to say to me? You are not supposed to insult your own avatar. That's for us others to do :o) I never really understood your avatar. Is it an image that represents you somehow? You get the cRowley card treatment toooo :o) You got the 'Knight of Disks' Fiery and earthy. Natures growth. The knight of disks creates mountains, has gravity and makes the earth quake. (Sorry if I was too naughty.. :o)~) LOL Not at all, cRunchy. And I'm enjoying your Tarot presentations. ID: 591520 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 591522 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 2:21:47 UTC - in response to Message 591516. Last modified: 24 Jun 2007, 2:59:11 UTC At least I know mine is not 'fantastic', but is worthy of me. It is, after all, my picture. Do you ever use a non-you avatar on other forums? Have you ever thought about enhancing your avatar by enlarging and composing your image? I thought about sharing my real-life image but I did not want to scare people :o) Why not have both 'fantastic' and 'worthy'? Enlarge and centre? I like symmetry :o) <If you want a tarot card PM me and I'll post it in the thread.> ID: 591522 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 591526 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 2:34:39 UTC - in response to Message 591520. LOL Not at all, cRunchy. And I'm enjoying your Tarot presentations. Madam cRunchy only does tarot card pickings by personal request now. (Avoids upsetting some people.) You are always so nice but the more interesting question is whether your avatar actually represents something about you? What is it? Or are you really the sun kissed shampoo woman?? ID: 591526 ·

Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 591530 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 2:44:33 UTC - in response to Message 591526. Last modified: 24 Jun 2007, 2:46:42 UTC LOL Not at all, cRunchy. And I'm enjoying your Tarot presentations. Madam cRunchy only does tarot card pickings by personal request now. (Avoids upsetting some people.) You are always so nice but the more interesting question is whether your avatar actually represents something about you? What is it? Or are you really the sun kissed shampoo woman?? It's the look in her eyes that's similar. Otherwise nothing. :-) ID: 591530 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 591531 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 2:47:23 UTC - in response to Message 591518. It is, after all, my picture. You might want to keep that a secret... j/k... ;) Jeffrey the ant? Ant-ipathy? Ant-icipation? Ant-ifungal? Such a cute half shy half brave ant... Do you remember Adam Ant? (Or Dirk Wears White Socks?) Why is your avatar you? ID: 591531 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 591535 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 3:02:16 UTC - in response to Message 591531. Do you remember Adam Ant? Yes... I like ' ant, ant, ant, antmusic '... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . ID: 591535 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 591542 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 3:14:17 UTC - in response to Message 591526. Last modified: 24 Jun 2007, 3:15:10 UTC LOL Not at all, cRunchy. And I'm enjoying your Tarot presentations. Madam cRunchy only does tarot card pickings by personal request now. (Avoids upsetting some people.) ... Yes, thank you. :-D About avatars, I think I get a pretty good impression of people through their postings, so whether they have a child or a grim reaper as avatar (sorry, no puns intended, cRunchy and Knightmare, I'm just using your avatars as an example), I don't really care. Myself, I use this avatar only here on the Seti board, and I sometimes like to change it to some Foamy avatars, depending of my mood. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 591542 ·

Knightmare Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Aug 04 Posts: 7472 Credit: 94,252 RAC: 0	Message 591547 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 3:27:57 UTC I use the avatar that I use because... Well...I'm not entirely sure why I use this one. I just seem to be drawn to this particular picture. Something in it says something to me. I just wish I culd figure out what it is saying. I kinda like your avatar, Crunchy. Air Cold, the blade stops; from silent stone, Death is preordained Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome ID: 591547 ·

Michael Roberts Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 2588 Credit: 791,775 RAC: 0	Message 591549 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 3:30:33 UTC cRunchy: there's more to Beethoven's avatar than just a pretty face... I'm not sure what Chip's latest is - ah, having typed that I see it now. ID: 591549 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18	Message 591552 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 3:31:31 UTC GO NAVY! ID: 591552 ·

KWSN - MajorKong Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0	Message 591553 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 3:31:40 UTC - in response to Message 591522. At least I know mine is not 'fantastic', but is worthy of me. It is, after all, my picture. Do you ever use a non-you avatar on other forums? Yes, at times. Even here, I have used pictures of 'Major Kong' out of the movie 'Dr. Strangelove' as avatars. My two favorites of those are one of Major T. J. "King" Kong (played by Slim Pickins) flying his B-52 bomber, and one of him riding the H-Bomb down. But, I decided to go with a picture of myself several years ago (I think back in '04) for a few reasons. For one, I felt that using those other images might offend some people due to the picture's warlike nature (especially considering Dubya's Great Adventure). Second, I felt that using a comic avatar might undermine my credibility on serious and/or scientific subjects, so I was looking for something more serious and realistic. Since I did not have a digital camera at that time, I decided to use an image that one of the professors in the physics dept. snapped as I was preparing to give a tutorial. Have you ever thought about enhancing your avatar by enlarging and composing your image? I might get around to it one of these days. I thought about sharing my real-life image but I did not want to scare people :o) Why not have both 'fantastic' and 'worthy'? Fantastic implies (to me) that a strong element of fantasy (i.e. not real) is incorporated. As I stated above, when I went to my current avatar after ditching the Slim Pickins/Major Kong ones, I was looking for seriousness and realism. Sorry.. I like symmetry :o) <If you want a tarot card PM me and I'll post it in the thread.> ID: 591553 ·

Tiare Rivera Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 03 Posts: 270 Credit: 254,004 RAC: 0	Message 591554 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 3:31:52 UTC I should put my own picture, but I still love the "Arroway" character. It's very inspiring for me. My photography world ID: 591554 ·

KWSN - MajorKong Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0	Message 591565 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 3:50:00 UTC - in response to Message 591554. I should put my own picture, but I still love the "Arroway" character. It's very inspiring for me. Nice photo site you have. Wonderful work there! Plus, I am surprised to find that I remember enough Spanish to read most of the captions. ID: 591565 ·

Pawly Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0	Message 591595 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 4:46:22 UTC cRunchy, somedays I like your avatar and other days it annoys me. Not sure why? I think it's the lips. As for mine ........ I like spandex. DONATE TO SETI ID: 591595 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 591611 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 5:19:24 UTC <--- oh lookie. seeing i missed the latest round of action, boo. me@rescam.org ID: 591611 ·

Saenger Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2452 Credit: 33,281 RAC: 0	Message 591664 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 6:56:55 UTC I met <- this fellow some 20 years ago on a camping site in Vic Falls, Zimbabwe. As I had to chose a picture for my avatar, I simply went to my picture box, searching for something a bit different (and no pic of me, that's just in my profile). Somehow I stuck with this guy, and now it's my avatar on most fora (at least where I can use my own). Gruesse vom Saenger For questions about Boinc look in the BOINC-Wiki ID: 591664 ·

The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50	Message 591677 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 7:30:52 UTC Last modified: 24 Jun 2007, 7:32:41 UTC I was given the nickname 'The Simonator' at school so i had a series of avatars based on a Terminator theme, this one was the final version: My current one arose because someone on another forum said that i would be the next Che Guevara, so i put the two together and voila. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. ID: 591677 ·

Allie in Vancouver Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0	Message 591692 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 8:41:59 UTC I wonder if avatars are representative of who we really are, or who we wish we were. I do have admiration for those, like KWSN-MajorKong, who use their own photo as an avatar. I tried it briefly but it made me cringe every time I looked at it. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein ID: 591692 ·

John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 877 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8	Message 591704 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 9:27:40 UTC Last modified: 24 Jun 2007, 10:19:01 UTC My avitar is half of a screen shot of the UN website is down window the other half is a dog pulling on all the cables Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care ID: 591704 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 591706 - Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 9:48:57 UTC - in response to Message 591692. Last modified: 24 Jun 2007, 10:14:10 UTC I wonder if avatars are representative of who we really are, or who we wish we were. <----- Are you kidding me? I'm an ant... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . ID: 591706 ·

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