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Clonkex
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Posted: 7th Oct 2014 05:18 Edited at: 7th Oct 2014 05:18
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Hey guys,

So for years now my brother has had a good avatar that he uses in every profile on every game and every website, but I haven't. This is the avatar he uses:



It's obviously the Master Chief, but it's got his face in it. This is a perfect combination: Games, Halo, the colour blue AND it has his face in it.

I didn't had such luck finding an avatar. As I'm sure you're all aware, since I joined this forum I've been using this avatar:



It was just something I whipped up when I realised I wanted a unique avatar. Unfortunately, it doesn't really mean anything. I've used this avatar all over the web, but it's not the only one I've used. I also used this one of Henderson (Nick Frost) from Hyperdrive in various other places (most notably, Steam and Twitter):



Recently while playing Insurgency I achieved MVP a few times. Some servers display your Steam profile picture along with your name, and when I got MVP it displayed Henderson. I realised I wanted my own unique avatar that encompassed the same cool things as my brother's.

I spent ages and ages searching the web, trying to come up with a good idea for an avatar. I needed something which had red or orange tones and was a character from a cool game or movie. My first thought was Iron Man, but I immediately dismissed that as too clichéd and... well, kinda dumb.

Eventually I realised I should look at my large collection of games and as soon as I did I saw the Orange Box. Lightbulb!

Some searching, a morning's photoshopping (Gimping actually ) and this is the result:



It's perfect! It represents my favourite game of all time, it has orangy-yellow colours and it has my face in it!

I will now go around the web and find all places where I've used my previous avatars and change them to this one. So happy that I finally have a unique avatar as good as my brother's!


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You just inspired me to find one for myself. LOL!

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Clonkex
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Quote: "You just inspired me to find one for myself. LOL!"





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Mriganka, just use your current Avatar with your face on it


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That is pretty awesome, I take it that it looks like you

I would love to do my kids something like this for a poster for their room or something. I'll probably spend all day on this now when I should be working, thanks Clonkex ha

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Cool, I like it.

It amazes me, still, that people think my avatar is a picture of me, when it's clearly a cartoon picture.
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Quote: "It amazes me, still, that people think my avatar is a picture of me"


In some ways, your avatar is a picture of you. That's the image that pops into my head when I think of you and we'll probably never meet so as far as I'm concerned, that's what you look like

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It amazes me, still, that people think my avatar is not a picture of me

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Wicked Avatar; now where is HL3

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My Avatar is a picture of me. Took me ages to find a transparent object to walk in front of with my staff...
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Green screen drop cloth comes in handy

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Posted: 7th Oct 2014 21:12 Edited at: 7th Oct 2014 23:06
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Okay, I'm jumping onto the face-in-avatar bandwagon.

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Lol

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Posted: 8th Oct 2014 01:35
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Quote: "That is pretty awesome"

Quote: "Cool, I like it."

Quote: "Wicked Avatar; now where is HL3"


Thanks! I genuinely didn't expect anyone to say it was cool; I was expecting jokes about having my face in my avatar. This is much better

I sincerely hope Valve just one day dumps HL3 on Steam. No warning, no press, no nothing. Not even a homepage promotion. That. Would. Be. AWESOME.

Quote: "I take it that it looks like you"


Indeed, I replaced Gordon's face with mine.

Quote: "I would love to do my kids something like this for a poster for their room or something. I'll probably spend all day on this now when I should be working, thanks Clonkex ha"


lol

Quote: "In some ways, your avatar is a picture of you. That's the image that pops into my head when I think of you and we'll probably never meet so as far as I'm concerned, that's what you look like"


Indeed! To me, Thraxas is a comic-book-shop-geek because he looks like that in his avatar.

Quote: "It amazes me, still, that people think my avatar is not a picture of me"


I am not one of those people.

Quote: "My Avatar is a picture of me. Took me ages to find a transparent object to walk in front of with my staff..."


ROFL (genuinely, for the first time ever, ON THE FLOOR )


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Posted: 8th Oct 2014 01:45 Edited at: 8th Oct 2014 01:46
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Well, until all this ISIS crap started, I was going to make me an ISIS ID badge, you know from the show Archer. Had my friend draw my picture in a similar style.




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Quote: "Well, until all this ISIS crap started, I was going to make me an ISIS ID badge, you know from the show Archer."


What ISIS crap? And I think Archer is awful.


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Quote: "In some ways, your avatar is a picture of you"

Reminded my of this article

http://www.psychologyofgames.com/2013/11/the-psychology-of-video-game-avatars/


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Huh, interesting article.


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Quote: "What ISIS crap?"


You're joking, right?
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Quote: "You're joking, right? "


Australia must just be too far away down under to care.
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Australia made headlines around the world involving ISIS.

Quote: "And I think Archer is awful."

I don't think I like your attitude mister!

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Quote: "And I think Archer is awful."

Don't say that, it puts you right in the dangerzone

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^ lol

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Hmm, darn it Clonkex, now you have done it, I had been thinking to update my Avatar, and now you went and prettified yours!

And funny enough we have the Banner Contest running as well... oh well time to break out the pixels!

EDIT

There, a new one for now, planning to change it often

Changed the animation Gravity is terrible

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Posted: 10th Oct 2014 14:28
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Quote: "You're joking, right?"


No...

Quote: "Australia must just be too far away down under to care."

Quote: "Australia made headlines around the world involving ISIS."


Umm... I really have no idea what this ISIS thing is. Of course, I don't watch the news at all, so it's probably no surprise I haven't heard of it. I WAS going to ignore it entirely, but I guess since you've all heard of it I should perhaps google it a bit...

Quote: "I don't think I like your attitude mister!"

Quote: "Don't say that, it puts you right in the dangerzone"


Admittedly I've never actually watched Archer, but the ads turned me off completely and utterly

Quote: "Hmm, darn it Clonkex, now you have done it, I had been thinking to update my Avatar, and now you went and prettified yours!"


lol


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Quote: "but the ads turned me off completely and utterly"


The previews I had seen turned me away as well, I thought it looked stupid. But so many people were always talking about it, I made myself sit down and watch an episode... then another.... and another... it's awesome! But I suppose it depends on your sense of humor.


Quote: "Australia must just be too far away down under to care."

Australia just launched an anti-ISIS airstrike in Iraq.
Australian couterterrorism forces prevented public beheadings in two australian cities

Not trying to pull this off topic or start any politics, just pointing Clonkex to some recent world news.

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Quote: "Australia must just be too far away down under to care."


For the record, I was joking. I don't think that Australia just buries it head in the sand.
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Quote: "I don't think that Australia just buries it head in the sand. "


They don't need to, there are random sand storms every now and then... or what that a freak event?

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Quote: "But I suppose it depends on your sense of humor."


Indeed it would, and it's entirely possible it fits my sense of humour, but I'm still unlikely to watch it. Just doesn't appeal at all

Quote: "Australia just launched an anti-ISIS airstrike in Iraq.
Australian couterterrorism forces prevented public beheadings in two australian cities

Not trying to pull this off topic or start any politics, just pointing Clonkex to some recent world news."


Whoa, that's.... big... I was totally unaware of any of that 0_o

Quote: "For the record, I was joking. I don't think that Australia just buries it head in the sand."


Haha I didn't take it too seriously If anything, Australia makes a bigger thing about nothing than other countries

Quote: "They don't need to, there are random sand storms every now and then... or what that a freak event?"


LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAA I've only seen one sand storm in my entire life... and it was a dust storm! Hahahahaha


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No, Thraxas, Lord please no, I want to know and think that it is you, YOU, not the character from the book cover.

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Quote: "I want to know and think that it is you, YOU, not the character from the book cover."


If only I knew what book the character was from...


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He's the best detective ever. You should all go and read all the books now.
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That Halo picture reminded me of this :S
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=138450&b=2&msg=1873939#m1873939

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Quote: "That Halo picture reminded me of this :S"


Well that thread is weird...


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I post my avatar for getting an url.

Bye,

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Quote: "They don't need to, there are random sand storms every now and then... or what that a freak event? "

Quote: "LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAA I've only seen one sand storm in my entire life... and it was a dust storm! Hahahahaha "

Yep, I've only seen one dust storm too here in Aus It was probably the same one as Clonkex too, if I recall correctly it was pretty big


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Yeah it was half of Broken Hill blowing away


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Good job on it Clonkey, Guess, its time to update mine as well lol (now you've done it - you've started a new trend! )
So I've decided to use one of my favorite actors.

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Quote: "Good job on it Clonkey"


Thanks, gamerbootsy!

Quote: "now you've done it - you've started a new trend!"


lol

Quote: "So I've decided to use one of my favorite actors."


Trying to think where I've seen that guy... err... oh, is it Babylon 5?


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Yes it is. The actors name was Andreas Katsulas and he played as the character G'kar.

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