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[ReasonBeing]

There hasn't been a thread on this topic in a while so I ask, "What's the deal" with your Avatar

I'll share mine, it's pretty boring and AI generated. I thought of my username "ReasonBeing", which led me to think of a "reasonable being", which led me to think of a "reasonable bean", which led to me going to co-pilot. I ended up with a bean in a suit. There ya go, a gripping story. I set the bar pretty low, what's your story?

 

[Dirk Benedict]

There hasn't been a thread on this topic in a while so I ask, "What's the deal" with your Avatar

I'll share mine, it's pretty boring and AI generated. I thought of my username "ReasonBeing", which led me to think of a "reasonable being", which led me to think of a "reasonable bean", which led to me going to co-pilot. I ended up with a bean in a suit. There ya go, a gripping story. I set the bar pretty low, what's your story?

My avatar is Dirk Niwoehner, or Dirk Benedict. I have enjoyed Battlestar Galactica and A-Team, among others. I've always just enjoyed his personality that seems to carry over through some shows/movies with the cigar puffing and debonaire style and persona.

 

[kunonabi]

My username is a combo of Kunou and Nabiki so my avatar is a shot of the two them. They're my favorite anime pairing since like forever.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Favorite character from my favorite childhood JRPG.

 

[Rentahamster]

I think it's pretty self explanatory

Spoiler

 

[linko9]

Self-portrait

 

[jshackles]

I was a huge Stargate Atlantis fan back in 2013 when I joined GAF, so I set Jason Momoa as my avatar. Got somewhat "internet famous" around that time, so kind of came to be known by my avatar. So I've kept it around. The current iteration is an AI pic of Momoa wearing a NeoGAF shirt (that I'm usually rocking IRL) standing by some gaming posters, in Simpsons style.

 

[kevboard]

I just designed a little robot in inkscape, that can easily swap facial expressions with emotes because I'm a terrible artist, so using emotes as facial expressions makes editing videos way more straightforward.

 

[Lord Panda]

Just a pic of me and my better half.

 

[Sticks]

 

[poodaddy]

It's a turtle sculpture that was given to me by my mother when I was around four or so, and my daughter and wife colored it. It's quite precious to me.

 

[dispensergoinup]

It's the avatar.

 

[IAmRei]

My Avatar is coming from my best games ever, although it's from ToTK, i like BoTW as well as considered both as my favorite in one vein.

 

[bender]

I think it's pretty self explanatory

Spoiler

I don't get it.

 

[Rentahamster]

I don't get it.

 

[bender]

Fine, I'll talk about my Avatar...

I was a huge Stargate Atlantis fan back in 2013 when I joined GAF, so I set Jason Momoa as my avatar. Got somewhat "internet famous" around that time, so kind of came to be known by my avatar. So I've kept it around. The current iteration is an AI pic of Momoa wearing a NeoGAF shirt (that I'm usually rocking IRL) standing by some gaming posters, in Simpsons style.

 

[Trilobit]

I wanted a cockroach in pixels. Has nothing to do with my name.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I've put a great deal of thought into my avatar in order to produce this masterpiece

 

[TexMex]

It's the fifth Stone Temple Pilots album. I've always found it super underrated and love the cover. That's it.

 

[HRK69]

It's Sekiro, baby

Main character of one of the greatest games ever made, in my opinion

Also, once you pick an avatar, you've got to stick with it, it's how I instantly recognize who's posting

People without avatars are basically anonymous to me

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Favorite character from my favorite childhood JRPG.

Until now, I thought it was Siegfried from Soul Edge…


I used to have the cat from this meme as an avatar:

So when I first tinkered with AI images, I asked for a smug cat looking over its shoulder, in a hand-drawn style.

 

[Little Mac]

The first videogame I ever played was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! for the NES. Little Mac was the protagonist in the game. It was also a nickname given to me as a child for a different reason.

 

[GymWolf]

Someone on gaf created mine with ai, the original one was different.

 

[Rentahamster]

It's Sekiro, baby

Main character of one of the greatest games ever made, in my opinion

Also, once you pick an avatar, you've got to stick with it, it's how I instantly recognize who's posting

People without avatars are basically anonymous to me

I keep thinking it's Tommy Lee Jones

 

[Baemono]

It's an album cover from an album I really like

 

[DaciaJC]

Waifu

 

[Senua]

Car

 

[Sybrix]

I like Metal Gear Solid.

 

[RavenSan]

I mean, it's nic cage....as a baby.

 

[Rien]

It's a piece of art by David Lynch. I went to see his exposition in the Netherlands a couple of years ago and took this picture. The flash of my camera gave it a cool effect

 

[Poppinfresh]

Mine should be pretty self-explanatory

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Just wanted to pay homage to peak 2024 character design for the modern audience.

 

[DKehoe]

It's from Bojack Horseman, a show I really like, and I thought it made for a good visual as an avatar. Although it's from a pretty dark moment in the show and so I've thought about using something else.

 

[KimDongHwan]

Best JRPG ever created and peak childhood moment

 

[John Marston]

I'm obviously a huge Super Mario fan.

 

[DetectiveBananas]

Myself in an alternate timeline where Apes rule the world!

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

I have IBS.

 

[Notorious_Roy]

It's me playing the drums, exclusively on Series X. I play anywhere these days, but am to lazy to remove the XSX logo.

 

[mopspear]

My video game development brand. I've made playable games but none of them are finished. It's a play off of MOS Technology and my username.

 

[MudoSkills]

It was a funny pic from the boobs thread (RIP).

 

[nkarafo]

I'm not even a huge fan of SNK or Neo-Geo, i just like the logo and it was the only small png i had with a transparent background at the time i made the account.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Someone on gaf created mine with ai, the original one was different.

That someone was me!

My avatar? Classic. I'm a huge fan of immersive sims.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

It's an album cover from an album I really like

I always thought it was you in Patagonia or some shit, lol.

 

[analog_future]

my girl snapped a photo of me sleeping and i thought i looked cute so i made it my avatar

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Name is a name I used for a Dark Souls run. Doesn't mean anything.

Avatar was made using basic early-2023 AI to be Dark Souls inspired. Compared to AI now, it's dodgy, but I've grown attached to it.

 

[INC]

its the greatest creature design in cinema.....................whats more to say

 

[John Bilbo]

John Rambo Bilbo Baggins

 

[Audiophile]

Open-Matte 35mm Scan from Spider-Man (2000):

 

[midnightAI]

Art from the game I'm working on next after I (finally) finish the game I'm currently working on

 

[spookyfish]

My original user name was bud_brigman, with Ed Harris' pic from The Abyss. I don't know if I lost that account from lack of use, or I couldn't recover it ... can't remember. ANYway, this one is named for the South Park Halloween episode of Spookyfish, and that was my avatar -- until TRON Uprising came out. Great animated series given little to no respect by its creators, Disney (SHOCKER).

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.