Weird, but true I guess...

Discussion in 'Water Cooler' started by cheat-master30, Jan 16, 2010.

  1. cheat-master30

    cheat-master30 Grand Master

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    Yeah, I'm trying to make sure I have a completely different forum avatar on every forum and site I join. Hence why I have a different avatar for here, vBulletin.com, my own site, .org, etc.

    I just find it so predictable when people use the same avatar and such for every site they go to.
     
  2. MjrNuT

    MjrNuT Grand Master

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    You got something against being lazy? ;)

    Course, some might say its a solid branding move too. :thumbsup:

    At least you do know who is who with some confidence.
     
  3. cheat-master30

    cheat-master30 Grand Master

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    True, but my username is a pretty good branding move. I mean, it's near enough no one else using it, especially on page 1 in Google:

    Google
     
  4. Noles

    Noles Adept

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    Predictable? What do you mean?

    What would be a disadvantage of using the same avatar, or do you just not like doing it?
     
  5. cheat-master30

    cheat-master30 Grand Master

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    Meh, I don't use the same avatar everywhere because I just find it boring. Besides, it currently means I get to try a different avatar and profile picture on every single forum I'm a member of, which means I get to mess around with lots of official game artwork and sprites.
     
  6. MordyT

    MordyT Grand Master

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    I use the same avatar everywhere. then when i join a new site, someone who doesn't know me by name but has seen my avatar before is like "Oh yeah, he is not a n00b" and on one site, they bumped me outta the "can't post links until you have X posts" group...
     
  7. Ryan Ashbrook

    Ryan Ashbrook Regular Member

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    I generally use different avatars. Very rarely do I use the same one on different sites.
     
  8. BananaQueen

    BananaQueen Grand Master

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    not telling anyone ;)
    i have different avatars and signatures on every forum i post on, i remember on one forum i was mod on, i changed it every day but run out of pictures!

    most of the time i make my own avatars, nothing special really, i dont think any of my graphics would ever be as good as some in here, but theyre ok. one of them i change at different times of the year, i will add on santa hats and stuff at christmas :D
     
  9. Ryan Ashbrook

    Ryan Ashbrook Regular Member

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    I made this avatar.

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    First bit of major graphical work I've done in about 5 or 6 years.
     
  10. Peggy

    Peggy Regular Member

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    I use the same one on almost every forum, except for my own.
    Alot of people know me by my avatar. I only recently changed mine here, because it's exactly how I feel!
     
  11. Shelley

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    mine changes too much to change it everywhere I go. I guess if I am active at a forum and I'm bored with the look of my avatar it'll get changed.
     
  12. cheat-master30

    cheat-master30 Grand Master

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    ^How many avatars have you gone through? As for how many I've had:

    . Own site main site avatar
    . Own site profile picture
    . Own site avatar
    . Another admin site avatar
    . Avatar here
    . Profile pic here
    . Profile pic at another site
    View attachment awww.adminaddict.net_data_MetaMirrorCache_4cd43404093bd4a3e841d40bde236c3c.gif Avatar at vB.org
    . Profile pic at vB.com
    View attachment awww.adminaddict.net_data_MetaMirrorCache_44c3df21a57ec941044f4da54f20010b.gif Profile pic at vB.org
    . Avatar at another forum.
     
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