What's the meaning behind everyone's avatar?

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28 Dec 2015, 9:25 pm

My avatar comes from this old kid's show called Grim Tales. Basically, it's a British comedian telling German folk tales alongside some crazy animation and some wild props. My family has an old video cassette with episodes taped from television, and I've watched that tape a lot. This series has never been distributed on DVD, although you can watch it on Youtube.

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29 Dec 2015, 1:18 am

Misery wrote:

Mine is a picture of, well, Misery, the character I got my name from. She is from a game called Cave Story, found on PC originally and I think on the 3DS and whatever now as well. I use the name because I found that her personality in-game very closely matches mine IRL, so it was fitting. Though I've also been told, OFTEN, by people who DONT know who she is, that it's fitting as well. Possibly because I tend to be a bit "dark" and negative by nature. I've been using the name and avatar for a long time now, pretty much everywhere.

Eventually I'd like to do a cosplay of her, but getting stuff for that is such a pain...

I love that game!

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StarTrekker wrote:

My friend Olympiadis, another poster on WP, created my avatar for me. We both love Star Trek, especially Voyager, and he made my avatar as a nod to my adoration of the character Seven of Nine, who has many iconic one-word expressions, of which "elaborate" is one of the most frequent.

Do you mean "elaborate" as an imperative verb?

Or as an adjective?

It's clearly meant as a verb. Adjectives are irrelevant.

SpaceAgeBushRanger wrote:

I love Rik Mayall!

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29 Dec 2015, 1:21 am

Mine is Link from The Legend of Zelda. I chose that game because it debuted in the year of my birth. I like to think in some small way Link's quest mirror's my own.

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29 Dec 2015, 7:27 am

Boo Radley wrote:

untilwereturn wrote:

My current avatar is a photo of a moose I took some years ago back home in New Hampshire. It's a connection to the "Great North Woods" region that I've always felt deeply connected to, not to mention my love of nature and photography both.

Great photo. Reminds me of my favorite TV show, Northern Exposure. It always opened with a moose walking through the fictional town of Cicely.

Thanks! I can't recall if I ever watched a full episode, but I remember seeing that opening segment.

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29 Dec 2015, 8:33 am

hitchBOT is a robot from Port Credit, Ontario.

During the summer of 2014, hitchBOT hitchhiked across Canada from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia. In just 26 days it hitched a total of 19 rides and travelled over 10,000 kilometres. hitchBOT’s adventure continued in 2015 as it visited Germany to explore cities like Munich, Cologne, Berlin, and Hamburg. hitchBOT also took a vacation in the Netherlands to see some of Twente’s most notable arts and culture locations.

In 2015, a new hitchBOT was created by the team for an American adventure. hitchBOT’s journey started on July 17 in Salem, Massachusetts and it had hoped to make it to San Francisco, California. During the two weeks that hitchBOT was on the road, it managed to cross two items from its hitchhiking bucket list with the help of friendly strangers. hitchBOT’s journey ended abruptly on August 1, 2015 in Philadelphia.

On December 15th, hitchBOT’s family announced that the original Canadian robot would become part of the permanent collection of the Canadian Science and Technology Museum when it re-opens in November 2017. Further plans for the hitchBOT project are still in the works and will be announced in spring 2016. Stay tuned for the hitchBOT project’s future plans, which will be shared on this website.

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29 Dec 2015, 11:14 am

My avatar is because I like the Venture Brothers, and also because I feel like I'm wearing a mask trying to live up to an ideal in everyday society that I'm not quite suited for.

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29 Dec 2015, 11:38 am

SpaceAgeBushRanger wrote:

Rik Mayall is fantastic. I loved him in Black Adder and the Young Ones. I didn't know about Grim Tales but I like the concept for the show. Gonna watch that on YouTube.

RetroGamer87 wrote:

Mine is Link from The Legend of Zelda. I chose that game because it debuted in the year of my birth. I like to think in some small way Link's quest mirror's my own.

I used to play this quite a bit. I would love to sit down and play a good video game again. One day I'm going to rebuild some classic quarter slot machines like they had back in the 80's and have an arcade in my house:)

goatfish57 wrote:

I followed Hitchbot pretty closely. That was a great concept and I hope the new project next year goes well. I was a bit bummed when it ran into that trouble in Philly but glad to hear that the project is ongoing.

bookworm360 wrote:

My avatar is because I like the Venture Brothers, and also because I feel like I'm wearing a mask trying to live up to an ideal in everyday society that I'm not quite suited for.

Adult Swim rocks!

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29 Dec 2015, 12:34 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Yep....nice moose photo, too.

I never knew they ranged as far south as New Hampshire. I thought Northern Maine was the farthest south they go.

Thanks. You can find moose occasionally throughout the central and southern parts of NH, but the majority of them live around the White Mountains region and further north. They're plentiful enough that (last I knew) there's a lottery to win a limited number of hunting licenses. You also see a lot of signs and bumper stickers warning people to "Brake for Moose - It Could Save Your Life."

It's been a few years since I went looking for them in and around Pittsburg (NH), but I've heard they're getting somewhat harder to find now.

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29 Dec 2015, 10:39 pm

I Like Sonic, but i actually drew my avatar, its Sonic.EXE leaching onto Sonic the hedgehog.

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30 Dec 2015, 1:47 am

ZombieBrideXD wrote:

I Like Sonic, but i actually drew my avatar, its Sonic.EXE leaching onto Sonic the hedgehog.

Wow! That's a great drawing. I was wondering if that was the Sonic character. I used to play that game as well.

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30 Dec 2015, 12:55 pm

For those of you old enough to remember the original Bugs Bunny - Road Runner Hour...

Egghead Junior was the non-verbal highly intelligent young chicken who would rather read his science journals or play with his chemistry set than play baseball with Foghorn Leghorn. Made for some really funny cartoon skits.

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30 Dec 2015, 5:28 pm

It was book smarts versus street smarts---and, in this instance, book smarts won hands down!

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30 Dec 2015, 6:13 pm

Mine is some idiosyncratic humor on pokemon. As you can see. I'm a Shiny Piplup in a Empoleon costume. It is funny to me because In real life. I'm arguably shiny/special (so Technically In a rom hack I could put a Autism Symbol instead a star). So it is funny to me

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30 Dec 2015, 10:32 pm

Mine (yin and yang) signifies balance. I do not have any extreme opinions and prefer to expose myself to various views on any topic. I also see life as a balancing act between obligations and pleasures, which keeps me occupied.

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