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[Nanny State]

In the advent of Focus magazine believing that although your avatar may not have a noticable relation to your own personality it does affect how you see yourself online. That the introduction of a virtual world can have such deep psychological effects that a withdrawal addiction and symptoms can be seen.

What do you think?

I eblieve that although my vrtual self is not entirely truthful it is as close as it can be from a first person view.

[foogie]

mine portrays an ignorant, airy and free spirited personality for which I have come to display within codex.

is this really me? who knows.

I have a different personality in all the forums I go to.

[philywilly]

Mine is just to show my love for the band Alexisonfire.. although I'm not as much of a fan as I was when I first chose the avatar, I just can't seem to convince myself to change it.

[travis]

...oh jesus. LOL

[Cataliste]

I own two ferrets.

[Lawivido]

Idk it looks cool.

[ink]

My avatar is a darkened, blurred, abstract, but outspoken image of me.
At the time of creating this avatar, I guess those adjectives fit me fairly well.
More of my real personality has shown out recently on the board though, I'm not just the heartless *chan nerd most people thought I was

[Frizzle]

Do I even have an avatar? I forget.

[Twilight]

i was too lazy to find one, so i saw this picture and i just used it

[DudeOnline]

Mine is my love for the band Disturbed.

that and I have the same image on my Disturbed Wallet.

[Cyo]

dunno.

[Nanny State]

In terms of all your avatars there is a lot of variation, i liked ink and foogies replies. That the kind of discussion i wanted to start.

Fanbase avatars are very different, they are based soelely on interest, but why you like those bands is more interesting. FYI i love alexisonfire.

[Plew]

mine describes a fun lovin, fps lovin person..

[Twilight]

mine describes a fun lovin, fps lovin person..

fps doug!

[Sean]

I am pretty much the same person online as I am in person, or atleast I think so? I am not the type of person to really change myself to fit in with a certain group. A forum is no different

I just thought my avatar looked cool. But maybe it shows that I wanna fight a bunch of people with a stick?

[Tetiel]

My avatar is just things I draw. Currently it was for this one girl's contest on devart. However before then I tended to have something either cute or funny depending on what I liked. For example in the past I had an avatar which explained the horrible pain of a red shirt in the original star trek xD I also once had 'Crazy Jack Face' (only hardcore fans of lost will know what I mean). To be honest I don't really act too much different online instead of offline. I think a lot of people change online because they have reservations about their personal selves. Whenever I play a game I try to pick a character which looks the most like myself if you want to go towards that avatar. Pretty much it means I'm happy being me. I have no fantasy about being a person which I am not.

[Nanny State]

I am pretty much the same person online as I am in person, or atleast I think so? I am not the type of person to really change myself to fit in with a certain group. A forum is no different

I just thought my avatar looked cool. But maybe it shows that I wanna fight a bunch of people with a stick?

Haha, just as i thought!

Id say yours shows an insecurity with yourself as its not a picture of yourself. I could be wrong.

Im quite the opposite - my personality seems to alter to fit into groups. A personality flaw probably, or not having a personality strong enough.

My avatar is just things I draw. Currently it was for this one girl's contest on devart. However before then I tended to have something either cute or funny depending on what I liked. For example in the past I had an avatar which explained the horrible pain of a red shirt in the original star trek xD I also once had 'Crazy Jack Face' (only hardcore fans of lost will know what I mean). To be honest I don't really act too much different online instead of offline. I think a lot of people change online because they have reservations about their personal selves. Whenever I play a game I try to pick a character which looks the most like myself if you want to go towards that avatar. Pretty much it means I'm happy being me. I have no fantasy about being a person which I am not.

And thats great, a sign of a truly strong personality. I tend to choose a character which looks mildly like myself as well, although i do tend to change depending on the forum, and group of friends.

[Melchoire]

My avy just shows my fondness for the Flaming Lips

[Nanny State]

I saw this image online and I laughed my ass off for like 20 minutes (It was like 4 AM... )

Perhaps it describes me... at least it did back when... xD

haha i love it.

My avy just shows my fondness for the Flaming Lips

the flaming lips, what an eclectic musical range we have here.

[Twilight]

I saw this image online and I laughed my ass off for like 20 minutes (It was like 4 AM... )

Perhaps it describes me... at least it did back when... xD

wow you do drugs!?

[Twilight]

sarcasm much?

It has nothing to do with me doing drugs.. it has to do with random pictures found late at night that you think are funny.

If that was an attempt at cynicism, pHail.

awww i'm epic fail

[ink]

awww i'm epic fail

Yah and 98% of your posts are shock jock spam. Great job

[nox]

ITS ME 24/7

[Nanny State]

ITS ME 24/7

something along the lines of you, and dark alley and not wanting to meet...

[ink]

ITS ME 24/7

Bro, you have some nasty teeth, you should see a dentist about straightening them up.