The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread (DBO)
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:25 (4052 days ago)
It's not often we see change of this magnitude. Not everyday that that a Bungie.Org site moves one step close to the present day internet. Yes, I'm talking about the addition of forum avatars! Now more and more posters have these mysterious spheres squares in the corner of their post depicting people or places or things, and sometimes vowels. So, I'm curious, what is the history of your avatar? What does it mean? How does it represent you? And most importantly, what the heck is it? :p
I'll start:
For several years I ran with the innertubed hippo that shows in the corner of HBO from time to time. You know, this one:
After a few years though I got tired of it. And then I came across this image and thought it fit me perfectly.
(Desktop sized for your pleasure):
I always enjoyed being the positive one in a sea of frowns. I use this avatar everywhere I am on the internets, and now low and behold, I can use it here too! :)
So, what's your avatar's story?
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Tex , Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:38 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Guess who just learned we have avatars.
You found the altruistic ulterior motive :)
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:41 (4052 days ago) @ Tex
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The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by ncsuDuncan , Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:12 (4052 days ago) @ Tex
Guess who just learned we have avatars.
You wouldn't believe how hard it was to convince Claude to allow forum avatars.
Blackmail, arm-twisting, ransoms, waterboarding, etc. Just watch this historical reenactment:
INT. CLAUDE'S HOUSE - TUESDAY NIGHT
DUNCAN
Any reason we can't enable avatars?
CLAUDE
Nope.
(flips switch)
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Claude Errera , Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:31 (4052 days ago) @ ncsuDuncan
Guess who just learned we have avatars.
You wouldn't believe how hard it was to convince Claude to allow forum avatars.
Blackmail, arm-twisting, ransoms, waterboarding, etc. Just watch this historical reenactment:INT. CLAUDE'S HOUSE - TUESDAY NIGHT
DUNCAN
Any reason we can't enable avatars?CLAUDE
Nope.(flips switch)
YOU LEFT OUT THE WATERBOARDING
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:35 (4052 days ago) @ Claude Errera
That's kinda like Snowboarding, right?
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Tex , Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:50 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
I snowboarded once. It was awful. Thanks for the physical therapy, HBOMB.
No SVGs?
by scarab , Friday, September 06, 2013, 20:14 (4051 days ago) @ Claude Errera
I dun me an animated Virgil but it's not to be.
Probably for the best considering my artistic and animation 'skillz'.
No SVGs?
by Claude Errera , Friday, September 06, 2013, 21:54 (4051 days ago) @ scarab
I dun me an animated Virgil but it's not to be.
Probably for the best considering my artistic and animation 'skillz'.
Yeah... let's stay away from animated stuff. Thanks.
No SVGs?
by scarab , Saturday, September 07, 2013, 00:54 (4051 days ago) @ Claude Errera
Oh Well then I'll petition for a marquee tag button on the post editor.
By the way; that Club Errera Logo looks very classy. (Actually it does. I haven't started petitioning yet.)
No SVGs?
by Claude Errera , Saturday, September 07, 2013, 09:22 (4051 days ago) @ scarab
Oh Well then I'll petition for a marquee tag button on the post editor.
THAT I'll think about.
(Okay, not hard... but I'll think about it. And laugh.)
By the way; that Club Errera Logo looks very classy. (Actually it does. I haven't started petitioning yet.)
Heh... I only used that because it was the only square image I could come up with on short notice when we were testing whether the upload directory had the right perms set. I was going to remove it, since it's Halo-related, not Destiny-related, but Duncan convinced me that since it's an easter egg in a Bungie game that's related to me, I'm fine using it. (The question that sealed it: "If it were from Marathon, would you be okay with it?" The answer was "yes", so there was no reason NOT to use it.)
No SVGs?
by scarab , Saturday, September 07, 2013, 13:31 (4050 days ago) @ Claude Errera
It's nice to remember where we came from even when we are looking forward to the new.
I, too, just discovered this.
by Atsumi , Jefferson City, MO, Friday, September 06, 2013, 05:38 (4052 days ago) @ Tex
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The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:46 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
I'm hoping this is obvious.
It's not. Expand.
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:48 (4052 days ago) @ Cody Miller
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What kind of Bungie fan ARE you?
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:49 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
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Just play along would you?
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:53 (4052 days ago) @ Cody Miller
Isn't the Marathon logo hint enough?
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:54 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
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The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Thursday, September 05, 2013, 19:53 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Well, considering it took me an ashamedly long time to notice the avatars back in the other thread, I'm pretty sure quite a lot of people will learn of their existence solely because of this thread.
Also, it's the Superintendent, my favorite Halo AI.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Xenos , Shores of Time, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:01 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
My avatar has a long history (probably). I would expound on the history of my avatar, but frankly I don't know it.
It is as old and as true as the sky
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:03 (4052 days ago) @ Xenos
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...and tasty
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:07 (4052 days ago) @ Xenos
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Schooly D, TSD Gaming Condo, TX, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:06 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Halo 4 didn't let me use my 7 emblem but DBO does. You can't explain that.
DBO does what Halon't
Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:07 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
... But that guy over there is named Master Craw. I created him for a concept art character design contest a few years ago, and made this piece "Learning to Fly" where he's teaching a crazy old man how to use his wings.
I love Mouse Guard, Redwall - anything with warrior animals who can speak. That part of my inner child will never change. I tend to add voices and names to squirells I pass by, so yeah, slightly crazy.
Anyway, he showed up again (and that crazy old man) in something I did last year where I was experimenting with digitally coloring scanned-in pencils.
He's been in a lot of sketches since then, with this squirrel as his sidekick with a crossbow. There's a map of an island plotted. Just one of those stories in the back of my head I pull out when I want to have some fun and not be stressed out by some project I've thought about way too much.
Need. Moar.
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:08 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
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Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:09 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
This was awesome until I noticed his footwear...
Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:22 (4052 days ago) @ Grizzlei
This was awesome until I noticed his footwear...
Hey, his costume is 100% accurate if you know my grandpa.
Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:26 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
This was awesome until I noticed his footwear...
Hey, his costume is 100% accurate if you know my grandpa.
Mine too. :P By the way, are those gauges or mirrors off to his side?
Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:35 (4052 days ago) @ Grizzlei
This was awesome until I noticed his footwear...
Hey, his costume is 100% accurate if you know my grandpa.
Mine too. :P By the way, are those gauges or mirrors off to his side?
Well the one you can see the face of definitely seems to be a gauge, but the other could very well be a mirror - that might be pretty helpful if he's expecting a dogfight (which I'm imagining to be actual dogs in biplanes).
So uh…
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:39 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
(which I'm imagining to be actual dogs in biplanes).
Totally forgot about that.
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:44 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
All of the dogs were wonderful in that movie. I just don't understand why they have to bring down so many films from perfection by putting boring humans in them.
They seriously make up 97% of the horrible acting in the Tranformers films.
With the Transformers adding the other 103%… *NM*
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:46 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
I really really dislike those movies.
*NM* WON'T WORK YOU BUFFOON!
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:51 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
I really really dislike those movies.
The military porn and actual porn in Transformers is fun, but yeah, super terrible films, but fun to watch. Yeah I suppose they're alright. Michael Bay should have won an Oscar.
I beg to differ *NM*
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, September 06, 2013, 04:25 (4052 days ago) @ Grizzlei
As do I
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Friday, September 06, 2013, 04:34 (4052 days ago) @ ZackDark
How stupid do you believe me to be not to check the reply. :P
As do I
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, September 06, 2013, 04:48 (4052 days ago) @ Grizzlei
?
Isn't it empty?
With the Transformers adding the other 103%… *NM*
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 21:10 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
I really really dislike those movies.
I'm sure the 80's cartoons and toys helped me form the impression, but I just meant Optimus Prime actually feels like a sentient being next to that Shia kid and the Replaceable Hot Girl. As much as I enjoy Transformers fighting each other with cool voices, I just cringe way too much whenever the fleshy pink things show up or get way too bored when the US Army advertisements start playing. Though Mark Walberg [EDIT] and apparently the Girl In the Fireplace [/EDIT], is a definite upgrade in the actors, I've sworn to give no more money to Michael Bay.
Do they indicate armpit sweat levels?!???
by scarab , Friday, September 06, 2013, 17:26 (4051 days ago) @ Leviathan
Perhaps a useful indication of effort; I don't know...
Nice.*NM*
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:14 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
I got introduced to Mouse Guard over the summer and loved it. Don't remember much of Redwall though. Haven't read it in a very very long time. Not since I was a little kid. From what five bits and pieces I remember it feels a lot like Mouse Guard? Maybe? Sorta? Kinda?
Nice.*NM*
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:21 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
I got introduced to Mouse Guard over the summer and loved it. Don't remember much of Redwall though. Haven't read it in a very very long time. Not since I was a little kid. From what five bits and pieces I remember it feels a lot like Mouse Guard? Maybe? Sorta? Kinda?
Definitely. Very traditional, serious, grounded fantasy/medieval adventure, but with cool mice, rats, rodents, etc. But they both have several unique elements to them so I've never felt like they Mouse Guard is retreading the same ground.
Like you, but the opposite, I actually only got around to starting Redwall this summer, even though it's been on my to-read list since middle school. I found a first edition hardcover of the first novel last year and knew: this was the sign I was waiting for. :)
Nice.*NM*
by Chewbaccawakka , The Great Green Pacific Northwest!, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:01 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
Like you, but the opposite, I actually only got around to starting Redwall this summer, even though it's been on my to-read list since middle school. I found a first edition hardcover of the first novel last year and knew: this was the sign I was waiting for. :)
They're good stories. Though, like Ragashingo, I haven't read any of them in a long time. For a while, I read them pretty religiously. I always liked the tails (seewutididthar?) concerning ships and otters and the like.
Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Chewbaccawakka , The Great Green Pacific Northwest!, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:06 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
I love Mouse Guard, Redwall - anything with warrior animals who can speak. That part of my inner child will never change. I tend to add voices and names to squirells I pass by, so yeah, slightly crazy.
Anyway, he showed up again (and that crazy old man) in something I did last year where I was experimenting with digitally coloring scanned-in pencils.
He's been in a lot of sketches since then, with this squirrel as his sidekick with a crossbow. There's a map of an island plotted. Just one of those stories in the back of my head I pull out when I want to have some fun and not be stressed out by some project I've thought about way too much.
I've... seen this before. Have you posted it elsewhere?
Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:18 (4052 days ago) @ Chewbaccawakka
I love Mouse Guard, Redwall - anything with warrior animals who can speak. That part of my inner child will never change. I tend to add voices and names to squirells I pass by, so yeah, slightly crazy.
Anyway, he showed up again (and that crazy old man) in something I did last year where I was experimenting with digitally coloring scanned-in pencils.
He's been in a lot of sketches since then, with this squirrel as his sidekick with a crossbow. There's a map of an island plotted. Just one of those stories in the back of my head I pull out when I want to have some fun and not be stressed out by some project I've thought about way too much.
I've... seen this before. Have you posted it elsewhere?
Probably Tweeted or Facebooked them when I first finished them. They've always been on my portfolio website since.
Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Chewbaccawakka , The Great Green Pacific Northwest!, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:38 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
They've always been on my portfolio website since.
Hmmm, that must have been it.
Though I'll likely change them a lot... *IMG*s
by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, September 06, 2013, 04:14 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
I spy a very old man with enormous wings. Nice, Levi.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by cheapLEY , Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:19 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
That's easy.
Mine is my totally awesome best friend, Ziggy.
I believe it's a girl, maybe even human
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:41 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
My sisters and I were posing on the beach for my mom, trying to act all pretty, and I jumped up in the air to spoil the moment. It's the second best picture anyone has ever taken of me. :)
Haha. Nice story. :)
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 20:42 (4052 days ago) @ Grizzlei
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Just for you...
by bluerunner , Music City, Friday, September 06, 2013, 12:08 (4051 days ago) @ Grizzlei
I couldn't really think of what to use, so I just asked myself, "How would Grizzlei describe me?"
haha beautiful
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:17 (4051 days ago) @ bluerunner
I couldn't really think of what to use, so I just asked myself, "How would Grizzlei describe me?"
But you're totally wrong. Think of "get off my lawn." :P
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by UnrealCh13f , San Luis Obispo, CA, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:05 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Considering I'm a moderator at args.bungie.org, the decision was fairly quick.
It's also my gamerpic. Might as well keep it all the same.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Chewbaccawakka , The Great Green Pacific Northwest!, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:05 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Mine is a drawing I made back when DBO was younger. Of a Warlock attempting to conjure some of the Travelers magic, and instead blasting the world with ingredients to delicious foods.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:20 (4052 days ago) @ Chewbaccawakka
Mine is a drawing I made back when DBO was younger. Of a Warlock attempting to conjure some of the Travelers magic, and instead blasting the world with ingredients to delicious foods.
Could you link to the full image? I don't remember seeing it before.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Chewbaccawakka , The Great Green Pacific Northwest!, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:37 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
Sure, though there isn't much more to it. A quick joke doodle to go with a post I was making at the time.
Found the original post.
by Chewbaccawakka , The Great Green Pacific Northwest!, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:47 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
Found the original post.
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 23:08 (4052 days ago) @ Chewbaccawakka
Heh, very cute!
Sexy thread
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 23:14 (4052 days ago) @ Chewbaccawakka
Thanks for digging it up! Excuse me while I do some Destiny-inspired late night cooking. :)
Sexy thread
by renpeng, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 23:49 (4052 days ago) @ Grizzlei
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You seem fishy...
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 23:56 (4052 days ago) @ renpeng
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There's been a number of spam tonight.
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Friday, September 06, 2013, 00:09 (4052 days ago) @ Grizzlei
I just locked this guy and another guy's account.
But... but...
by Chewbaccawakka , The Great Green Pacific Northwest!, Friday, September 06, 2013, 09:47 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
...It's a great thing he wanted to be my friend!
YOU MONSTER.
But... but...
by bluerunner , Music City, Friday, September 06, 2013, 12:18 (4051 days ago) @ Chewbaccawakka
No, he wanted to be your fiend. Levi saved us from evil.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by MrPadraig08 , Steel City, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:13 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Mine atm is Bruce Dickinson giving the horns while piloting a commercial plane, because he is THAT cool
Wait, when did we get avatars?!
by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:18 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
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Yesterday. As Revelations predicted.
by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:20 (4052 days ago) @ Beorn
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In fulfillment of the scriptures
by MrPadraig08 , Steel City, Friday, September 06, 2013, 07:52 (4052 days ago) @ Leviathan
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The Greeks invented Avatars 1000 yrs b4 Revelations
by scarab , Friday, September 06, 2013, 18:05 (4051 days ago) @ Leviathan
and 3000 yrs before James Cameron
Wait, when did we get avatars?!
by Claude Errera , Friday, September 06, 2013, 10:10 (4052 days ago) @ Beorn
lol - exact memory is a little fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure it happened while you were driving home on Tuesday. :)
Wait, was Beorn in Seattle?!
by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, September 06, 2013, 11:17 (4052 days ago) @ Claude Errera
And if so, was I really drunk when I met him?
Wait, was Beorn in Seattle?!
by Claude Errera , Friday, September 06, 2013, 11:48 (4051 days ago) @ Kermit
And if so, was I really drunk when I met him?
Of course you were. Well... asleep.
(He wasn't at PAX - we didn't see him until AFTER the show had ended. Don't worry - you're not missing anything. :) )
Wait, was Beorn in Seattle?!
by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, September 06, 2013, 12:25 (4051 days ago) @ Claude Errera
And if so, was I really drunk when I met him?
Of course you were. Well... asleep.(He wasn't at PAX - we didn't see him until AFTER the show had ended. Don't worry - you're not missing anything. :) )
Heh. I had been looking forward to making that judgment for myself, but I'll take your word for it. :)
Wait, was Beorn in Seattle?!
by Claude Errera , Friday, September 06, 2013, 12:51 (4051 days ago) @ Kermit
And if so, was I really drunk when I met him?
Of course you were. Well... asleep.(He wasn't at PAX - we didn't see him until AFTER the show had ended. Don't worry - you're not missing anything. :) )
Heh. I had been looking forward to making that judgment for myself, but I'll take your word for it. :)
rofl
THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT
Intrigue. Strife. Back-stabbing.
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, September 06, 2013, 15:36 (4051 days ago) @ Claude Errera
The BOrg admin staff could easily be converted into a soap opera and no one would be able to tell the difference.
;P
Hey now, wait a minute…
by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:02 (4051 days ago) @ Kermit
And if so, was I really drunk when I met him?
Of course you were. Well... asleep.
(He wasn't at PAX - we didn't see him until AFTER the show had ended. Don't worry - you're not missing anything. :) )
Heh. I had been looking forward to making that judgment for myself, but I'll take your word for it. :)
I think I'm supposed to be offended by something in here. I think.
I moved to Seattle last week in the midst of PAX, so I missed all the fun (well, almost all the fun).
Hey now, wait a minute…
by Claude Errera , Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:09 (4051 days ago) @ Beorn
And if so, was I really drunk when I met him?
Of course you were. Well... asleep.
(He wasn't at PAX - we didn't see him until AFTER the show had ended. Don't worry - you're not missing anything. :) )
Heh. I had been looking forward to making that judgment for myself, but I'll take your word for it. :)
I think I'm supposed to be offended by something in here. I think.I moved to Seattle last week in the midst of PAX, so I missed all the fun (well, almost all the fun).
GODDAMMIT I MEANT HE DIDN'T MISS SEEING YOU AT THE SHOW BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE
YOU'RE ALL GANGING UP ON ME
WHERE ARE MY DAMN MARBLES? I'M GOING HOME
(I'm actually pretty annoyed there aren't any pics from Tuesday night. There was an awful lot of laughing, would have made for some nice shots.)
Hey now, wait a minute…
by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:14 (4051 days ago) @ Claude Errera
(I'm actually pretty annoyed there aren't any pics from Tuesday night. There was an awful lot of laughing, would have made for some nice shots.)
My face and sides still hurt from too much laughing. Or the moving, I can't tell.
Hey now, wait a minute…
by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:27 (4051 days ago) @ Beorn
(I'm actually pretty annoyed there aren't any pics from Tuesday night. There was an awful lot of laughing, would have made for some nice shots.)
My face and sides still hurt from too much laughing. Or the moving, I can't tell.
Claude should know that "the show" was secondary for me. Looks like I just missed meeting you, which I truly was looking forward to. Next time.
Nice avatar, BTW. That's my gamer pic on XBL.
Hey now, wait a minute…
by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Friday, September 06, 2013, 15:11 (4051 days ago) @ Kermit
Claude should know that "the show" was secondary for me. Looks like I just missed meeting you, which I truly was looking forward to. Next time.
Nice avatar, BTW. That's my gamer pic on XBL.
I know! We'll meet up one of these days! I'll be around for future PAXes at the very least. And it's my Gamer Pic, too! I only wish I could make it my Bungie.net avatar as well…
Welcome to our city! :)
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:15 (4051 days ago) @ Beorn
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The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by uberfoop , Seattle-ish, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:21 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Bungie skies shine beautifully.
May Destiny keep up the awesomeness!
Snowbound?
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:24 (4052 days ago) @ uberfoop
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Snowbound?
by uberfoop , Seattle-ish, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 22:30 (4052 days ago) @ Grizzlei
This is me making "use" of images I took, but did not use, while making my recent Halo 3/ODST/Reach posts on HBO.
Snowbound's skybox is geometrically pleasing.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by aftercompletion, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 23:39 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
There are obviously many things which we do not understand, and may never be able to.
Welcome to DBO!
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Thursday, September 05, 2013, 23:43 (4052 days ago) @ aftercompletion
I didn't know we could use .gif avatars. This is such a magical site!
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by The Lionheart , Savannah, GA, Friday, September 06, 2013, 00:27 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Mine is of the very-near-final design for the Mark 4 helmet seen in Venerance.
I just love looking at it, as it seems to hit that sweet spot between all the Mark 4 and 5 helmets we've seen before. Whenever I think of SPARTAN-IIs fighting The Covenant for those 27 years, helmets like this are what pop into my head.
Can't wait to see the FINAL version of it.
Your screenshots always put a smile on my face.
by Atsumi , Jefferson City, MO, Friday, September 06, 2013, 05:43 (4052 days ago) @ The Lionheart
Love the rendition of Chief.
Your screenshots always put a smile on my face.
by The Lionheart , Savannah, GA, Thursday, September 12, 2013, 03:43 (4046 days ago) @ Atsumi
<3
Thanks, Atsumi, that means a lot. =]
(Have some tasty Venerance brainfood. My treat. ;] )
And the best is yet to come.
(For those of you following Venerance, you'll notice some fresh new stuff in there.)
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by kapowaz, Friday, September 06, 2013, 01:52 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
edited by kapowaz, Friday, September 06, 2013, 02:14
So, what's your avatar's story?
I worked at a company where they got a caricature artist to do a caricature of every member of staff to put on their ‘About us’ page, but they took so long to get it sorted out that by the time it was done I'd already decided to move on. I don't think it ever actually made it live, but I got to keep the PSDs which let me create nonsense like this (was going to be used on the bungie.org playing cards, I think, until it became clear no Halo-related imagery would be allowed).
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, September 06, 2013, 04:07 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
edited by Kermit, Friday, September 06, 2013, 04:11
Detail of my favorite piece of Star Wars art not created by Ralph McQuarrie.
"The Dagobah Connection" by Peter de Sève.
More info here.
It's just me because I'm bad at choices.
by Atsumi , Jefferson City, MO, Friday, September 06, 2013, 05:45 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
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Nuthin' wrong with that...
by TTL Demag0gue , Within the shadow of the Traveler, Friday, September 06, 2013, 06:37 (4052 days ago) @ Atsumi
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Your parents are amazing artists
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:20 (4051 days ago) @ Atsumi
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Yooouuuuu <3
by Atsumi , Jefferson City, MO, Friday, September 06, 2013, 17:32 (4051 days ago) @ Grizzlei
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Meeeeeeee <3
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Friday, September 06, 2013, 17:38 (4051 days ago) @ Atsumi
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Theeeeem <3
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, September 06, 2013, 18:24 (4051 days ago) @ Grizzlei
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Just my ugly mug...
by TTL Demag0gue , Within the shadow of the Traveler, Friday, September 06, 2013, 06:40 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
...because while I can craft a finely tailored story, graphic design is my kryptonite. I can build almost anything you want in Photoshop/Illustrator, but coming up with the initial concept? Yeah, not so much. I happened to capture a nice selfie while working at my (standing) desk one day, threw a few Camera+ filters on it, and now I use it pretty much anywhere I have a web presence. Someday, maybe I'll find (or design) an avatar I like better, but for now, this is me. :)
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Egodude, Friday, September 06, 2013, 09:35 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Picture I took of me from scuba diving over the summer in Hawaii.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by TDSpiral , TDS Gaming Shack, WA, Friday, September 06, 2013, 09:50 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Mine is from the Vex Propaganda poster I did for Laird's meetup at Dick's last Sunday night.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Claude Errera , Friday, September 06, 2013, 10:12 (4052 days ago) @ TDSpiral
Mine is from the Vex Propaganda poster I did for Laird's meetup at Dick's last Sunday night.
I'm sad - I didn't get any of those posters. :( They were beautiful!
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, September 06, 2013, 11:22 (4052 days ago) @ Claude Errera
Mine is from the Vex Propaganda poster I did for Laird's meetup at Dick's last Sunday night.
I'm sad - I didn't get any of those posters. :( They were beautiful!
I got two that were gorgeous, but sadly the ones I didn't get (like this one) I liked better than what I got.
Isn't that always the way? /entitled.
It's my favourite Halo MP emblem
by RC , UK, Friday, September 06, 2013, 10:15 (4052 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Which of course means I can't recreate it in Halo 4 :'(
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Friday, September 06, 2013, 12:41 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
edited by INSANEdrive, Friday, September 06, 2013, 12:50
I have a number of ideas. I usually do. If the time comes we are allowed a randomizer like H.B.O has then I look forward to adding a few more of the same posted theme. I imagine once DBO starts becoming archived, unless Wu keeps the picture files as well, these posts are going to lose some impact.
Just not right now.
The avatar I have at the time of post is composed off pieces of my Original Internet Home.
(Offnote: Reading some of those posts - in retrospect - is darn scary how every concern became like a prophecy. Ho-ly Sh*t.)
The avatar is composed of Emblems. They were never really explained, but we were vaguely aware of the gist in their purpose. Edit: Which was to "award" deeds done - mods, posts, contests, "readers only club", ect.
Construct|Golden Age
ONI|Mad Hatter
Executioner|Magic Era
Acolyte|Connoisseur
USA|Architect
Maybe I'm just sentimental. Maybe its just more then that. I still haven't decided if this is the final version - but as of this post it is for now. :)
Just in case - and for future reference - there is a quote that I have always found dementedly humorous.
"I have the heart of a little girl. In a jar. On my desk." At some-point I will probably have the respective avatar here as well.
Oh, splendid.
by Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) , Detroit, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:15 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Now all we need are sigs. Whoopee.
NO.
by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:29 (4051 days ago) @ Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)
I like avatars here because they're out of the way. I have my doubts that sigs would be.
NO.
by Claude Errera , Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:56 (4051 days ago) @ Kermit
I like avatars here because they're out of the way. I have my doubts that sigs would be.
Don't worry. Sigs are not (and were never) on the table.
NO.
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Friday, September 06, 2013, 15:34 (4051 days ago) @ Claude Errera
edited by Ragashingo, Friday, September 06, 2013, 15:43
Well it's not like anybody is stopping us from doing a sig ourselves on each post.
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THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT
-- Claude Errera
Whatever.
--DeeJ
NO.
by kapowaz, Friday, September 06, 2013, 17:21 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Well it's not like anybody is stopping us from doing a sig ourselves on each post.
I may have to resurrect my old WoW forum sig-style for Destiny.
Obvious Sarcasm is Obvious.
by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Friday, September 06, 2013, 17:29 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Well it's not like anybody is stopping us from doing a sig ourselves on each post.
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**Through Boldness To The Stars**
THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT
-- Claude Errera
Whatever.
--DeeJ
That said - well played Ragashingo. :)
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"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -George Bernard Shaw
Obvious Sarcasm is Obvious.
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Friday, September 06, 2013, 22:11 (4051 days ago) @ INSANEdrive
That said - well played Ragashingo. :)
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"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -George Bernard Shaw
Thanks! I like your suitably random Shaw quote. :p
I made you one, Snipe.
by bluerunner , Music City, Friday, September 06, 2013, 18:06 (4051 days ago) @ Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)
Keepin' it alive...
by Mid7night , Rocket BSCHSHCSHSHCCHGGH!!!!!!, Friday, September 06, 2013, 14:55 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
After reading this thread and learning that we actually have avatars, along with Tex and a few others, I chose to make mine the design I was rooting for in the DBO logo contest. It was my favorite because it reminds me of the old "FLY DC JETS" sign and the McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) logo.
I approve!
by breitzen , Kansas, Friday, September 06, 2013, 15:36 (4051 days ago) @ Mid7night
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Keepin' it alive...
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Friday, September 06, 2013, 15:38 (4051 days ago) @ Mid7night
edited by Ragashingo, Friday, September 06, 2013, 15:42
That's a cool image! :)
I blame Hedge
by JDQuackers , McMurray, PA, Friday, September 06, 2013, 15:39 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
He immortalized my online persona with JD Quackshot in his brilliant, award winning, critically acclaimed web comic series "Samurai Fronk". I asked him one day to make me a "profile pic" for Twitter and the rest is history. This has been my go-to forum icon/avatar from that point on
That background: Aperture Science?
by scarab , Friday, September 06, 2013, 20:27 (4051 days ago) @ JDQuackers
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The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Kalvin, Friday, September 06, 2013, 16:50 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
My avatar is one that I made recently, because I enjoy putting together my own avatars. The C and 5 dots is from edmDistrict which is a online community focused around Electronic Dance Music (which I enjoy). You might have seen similar avatars on YouTube where most of the community is based, anyways I thought the design was cool so I used the white community version and applied the Destiny Tricorn in the middle because I love Destiny!
Nice.*NM*
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Friday, September 06, 2013, 16:57 (4051 days ago) @ Kalvin
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Oh! So that is where its from. Neat!
by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Friday, September 06, 2013, 17:07 (4051 days ago) @ Kalvin
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Spaceman Spiff!
by Mr Daax , aka: SSG Daax, Friday, September 06, 2013, 18:00 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
The alter ego of a character from my favorite comic strip, who happens to be a space-faring adventurer amongst many strange and cruel alien species? Seemed appropriate :) I even came close to changing my gamertag recently to show my love for the character, but decided that it would be too strange being called anything other than Daax now.
+10 internets to you, dear sir, for your exemplary taste
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, September 06, 2013, 18:24 (4051 days ago) @ Mr Daax
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Spiffy!
by TTL Demag0gue , Within the shadow of the Traveler, Friday, September 06, 2013, 18:47 (4051 days ago) @ Mr Daax
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Spiffy!
by Mr Daax , aka: SSG Daax, Friday, September 06, 2013, 18:57 (4051 days ago) @ TTL Demag0gue
Tracer Bullet > Spaceman Spiff!
by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Friday, September 06, 2013, 19:55 (4051 days ago) @ Mr Daax
F A C T !
That said Spaceman spiff probably could have more to do with the context of Destiny then Tracer Bullet, so I'll forgive you. :P
I do love me some Calvin and Hobbes. :)
Not true
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, September 06, 2013, 20:08 (4051 days ago) @ INSANEdrive
Spiff is way better. The dames do give him a tough time, though.
Replace "Spiff" with "Tracer". . .
by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Friday, September 06, 2013, 20:19 (4051 days ago) @ ZackDark
Spiff is way better. The dames do give him a tough time, though.
Tracer is way better. The dames do give him a tough time, though.
Well what so you know - it works. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! XD
Replace "Spiff" with "Tracer". . .
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, September 06, 2013, 21:06 (4051 days ago) @ INSANEdrive
lol
I meant 'Spiff is way better. The dames do give Tracer a tough time, though.'
There are no dames in Spiff's arcs. Only slimy aliens and their detenti... err... torture chambers.
Tracer Bullet > Spaceman Spiff!
by Mr Daax , aka: SSG Daax, Saturday, September 07, 2013, 10:35 (4051 days ago) @ INSANEdrive
That said Spaceman spiff probably could have more to do with the context of Destiny then Tracer Bullet, so I'll forgive you.
That's part of why I chose him :)
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Leisandir , Virginia, USA, Saturday, September 07, 2013, 10:50 (4051 days ago) @ Ragashingo
A cut-out of a comic I made which describes my life.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Spawn , Saturday, September 07, 2013, 13:28 (4050 days ago) @ Ragashingo
I've had it for a while now, using it on twitter and other social sites. Simply based off the avatar I use from ODST on bungie.net. Basically just wanted to expand and talked to @ManaDrake and she created it for me!
"No data available."
by SonofMacPhisto , Saturday, September 07, 2013, 13:38 (4050 days ago) @ Ragashingo
That's robot for, "I love you."
(For the non-Effected, it's Legion from Mass Effect.)
Nice.
by Quirel, Monday, September 09, 2013, 19:30 (4048 days ago) @ SonofMacPhisto
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Archer...
by bryan newman , Kentucky, Saturday, September 07, 2013, 16:20 (4050 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Because Archer.
I seriously just found this today.
by Tex , Sunday, September 08, 2013, 12:17 (4049 days ago) @ Ragashingo
I follow a lot (read: A LOT) of corgi accounts/owners on Instagram. As I was thinking I'll never have an avatar on dbo, this showed up in my feed.
Nike isn't old enough to drink so Charlie will have to do.
Total babe!
by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Sunday, September 08, 2013, 12:22 (4049 days ago) @ Tex
What's that cutie drinking? White Russian?
Total babe!
by Tex , Sunday, September 08, 2013, 12:24 (4049 days ago) @ Grizzlei
According to the hash tags, yes.
I seriously just found this today.
by Claude Errera , Sunday, September 08, 2013, 12:25 (4049 days ago) @ Tex
I follow a lot (read: A LOT) of corgi accounts/owners on Instagram. As I was thinking I'll never have an avatar on dbo, this showed up in my feed.
Nike isn't old enough to drink so Charlie will have to do.
We might have to put a cute filter on the avatar folder.
I seriously just found this today.
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, September 08, 2013, 12:41 (4049 days ago) @ Tex
I follow a lot (read: A LOT) of corgi accounts/owners on Instagram. As I was thinking I'll never have an avatar on dbo, this showed up in my feed.
Nike isn't old enough to drink so Charlie will have to do.
Damn, that dog looks good for being 21.
I seriously just found this today.
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, September 08, 2013, 13:25 (4049 days ago) @ Cody Miller
Are we talkin' dog year or human years? :p
I seriously just found this today.
by katancik , Portland, OR/ University of Texas, Sunday, September 08, 2013, 22:27 (4049 days ago) @ Ragashingo
ITT: DBO users like this corgi a little too much.
I seriously just found this today.
by SonofMacPhisto , Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 14:38 (4046 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Either way, he's got a bit of "I've seen some shit" face.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Jillybean, Sunday, September 08, 2013, 12:44 (4049 days ago) @ Ragashingo
For the moment I'm going with Shep giving Vega sass, but this will no doubt change with regularity.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by breitzen , Kansas, Sunday, September 08, 2013, 22:18 (4049 days ago) @ Ragashingo
This fun little side scroller came out the year I was born. I'm not sure why my grandparents had it but it was probably my first video game ever.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Tex , Sunday, September 08, 2013, 23:22 (4049 days ago) @ breitzen
What is the name of the game? I swear it looks like something I played that came off a '100 Games' compilation disc I had in middle school. The little blonde dude looks familiar.
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by breitzen , Kansas, Monday, September 09, 2013, 17:06 (4048 days ago) @ Tex
It's called Crystal Caves. Took me a while to find it myself!
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by Tex , Monday, September 09, 2013, 17:11 (4048 days ago) @ breitzen
God damn. It is the same game.
Mylo Steamwitz is the dudes name!
The unOfficial Explain Your Avatar Thread
by breitzen , Kansas, Monday, September 09, 2013, 17:49 (4048 days ago) @ Tex
God damn. It is the same game.
Mylo Steamwitz is the dudes name!
Mylo! That's right! lol
I couldn't decide.
by Quirel, Monday, September 09, 2013, 20:01 (4048 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Do I want Pink Floyd album art? Daft Punk Lyrics? GAH!
At the end of the day, I'm an engineer. Some sort of machine seemed appropriate.
Then I remembered the Eebs, from the awesome webcomic Spacetrawler. They're these funky little tech-loving aliens that... well, just imagine a Huragok with a drinking problem and telekinesis, and you're pretty close.
Haha! :)
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, September 09, 2013, 21:00 (4048 days ago) @ Quirel
A good story and a new webcomic to check out. I was going to declare Levi the winner a few days ago but now I'm glad I held off! :)