Gaming GAF, do you judge others by their avatar?

Snuggler said:
To a degree, but if you spend enough time on the gaming side you'll eventually see that specific avatar behaving a specific way enough specific threads to judge them based on their posting history over anything else.
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This happens a lot too. I remember a long time ago I realized I was starting to dislike a certain character I didn't even know about because I was associating the shitty posts of a member to the character in their avatar too much, lol (only happened once).
 
I've got an established record of pro-Sackboy articles published online. So, yeah, it's a perfect encapsulation of my essence.
 
It kinda works the opposite way for me as well.

If someone regularly posts things that I find stupid, I'll start to associate the subject of their avatar with those posts. Your avatar often becomes your "face" on a forum whether intended or not.
 
Do people that don't know who I am think that I'm a Nintendo fanboy?
 
All the damn time. Though it's more of correlating x post with x avatar. A post defending Sony and has a Killzone avatar? That's a rolls eyes moment.

I try to avoid it, but we really do have some hardcore defenders that I unfortunately group everyone else into.
 
Rickenslacker said:
I think what's worse is that I start getting a reverse association in regards to avatars. I start thinking that Adam Jensen himself is a highly critical video game player that wants to abolish the hand-holdy nature of current stuff; also hates multiplayer and uses a controller for everything.
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Wait wait, derrick plays games with a controller? Bahaha, there goes any of the hardcore cred he tried to get.
 
Creepy anime avatars defending sexualised children in games: the thread.

If I don't recognise the username, absolutely. It's part of the process reading these high-volume boards.

Sometimes it's just so obvious, a critical "MS is shit" from a Kaz avatar, "I hate achievements" from a Mii, "Killzone looks like a PS2 game" from someone showing off Cortana - the mind moves on quicker. It's not that you completely disregard a post, but it's all part of the image the poster is projecting. Occam's razor and all that.

ShockingAlberto said:
I try not to but sometimes the correlation is a bit on the nose.

But I don't think anything of it other than laughing once to myself and then moving on.
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SmokyDave said:
Well, yeah. That's the image they've chosen to represent themselves. If it's tied to a specific company, it's a fair bet they have a strong affiliation with that specific company. If I used an avatar of a bicycle, you'd probably assume I liked bicycles more than, say, roller skates.
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Yup.
 
Yeah... specially if they have a dudebro avatar.

And dudebros usually have their avatar all wrong, with no background transparencies and stuff. But if they are dudebros, I guess they are not very skillful with computers.
 
Yes and no. I mean, when somebody has a Mario avatar and posts "Uncharted looks fucking stupid" ... I make assumptions.

Same with if it's an Anime avatar and posts some stupid shit like "every game is FPS, this gen suckz".
 
Not really though I do tend to recognize people I see post a lot by their avatar. Usually throws me when someone I usually recognize suddenly have a different avatar on lol.

But nope, I don't judge others by their avatars, I judge them on their posts.
 
It's a handy identifier more than anything (for better or worse), so it's a little annoying when people will constantly switch theirs.

I don't like to look too much into why someone will pick a certain avatar, although in most cases it can quickly let you know whether someone is part of a specific sub-community.
 
I read the content of the posts. Then gradually, I associate the avatar with that content, and that avatar becomes a symbol for my feeling toward that person.
 
Asimov said:
Yeah... specially if they have a dudebro avatar.

And dudebros usually have their avatar all wrong, with no background transparencies and stuff. But if they are dudebros, I guess they are not very skillful with computers.
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What is a dudebro avatar? Serious question.
 
Yoshichan said:
Do people that don't know who I am think that I'm a Nintendo fanboy?
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Trick question! Everyone knows you. <3
because you're an attention whore boom


Asimov said:
A Marcus Phoenix avatar, a Master Chief avatar... a Call of Duty emblem... an avatar from Assassins Creed.

You know, mainstream dudebro games.
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See, that's where it goes too deep for me, I wouldn't even be able to recognise/identify a Call of Duty emblem if someone had one.
 
Combination of posting habits + avatar can paint quite the obvious picture sometimes when you're about to reply to someone's non-sense. Saves me a lot of posts.
 
Oh, and don't forget the tags. Also important sometimes, as much as a username or avatar. It's definitely bonus points if someone has a tag other than Junior Member or Member - shows that someone's been around for a while. With GAF moderation, that means a certain level of clout immediately.
 
Yes. Which is terrible really, considering most people think my avatar is some deceleration of liking The Simpsons, or Futurama.
 
I remember posters by their usernames. I change my avatar all the time so I don't see the significance in them. Just whatever I'm feeling for at the time
 
The Grim Heaper said:
but then people can't judge me by it chet

it's an addiction
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But your last one was quite good.

Or at least I think it was your last one, I have no idea how many you've probably gone through since then.
Watanabe Kazuma said:
It's a handy identifier more than anything (for better or worse), so it's a little annoying when people will constantly switch theirs.

I don't like to look too much into why someone will pick a certain avatar, although in most cases it can quickly let you know whether someone is part of a specific sub-community.
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I suppose that explains why you keep coming back to the same avatar.
 
MikeE21286 said:
What is wrong with you people!!?!?!
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You can't tell me that doesn't work.
 
SmokyDave said:
Well, yeah. That's the image they've chosen to represent themselves. If it's tied to a specific company, it's a fair bet they have a strong affiliation with that specific company. If I used an avatar of a bicycle, you'd probably assume I liked bicycles more than, say, roller skates.
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Yep. It's not a be all and end all kind of thing but if I don't know the username, then I'll assume there's some kind of affiliation there.
 
aganu said:
For most people, visual memory > verbal memory.
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To a point. If you run into the same poster a few times you'll (or I'll) start to associate their name with their posts, as in, "____ said that" At that point it doesn't really matter what they use to visually represent themselves.

Most of my posts are in OTs so I tend to become familiar with the people playing the same games that I am. After a while their usernames go in the bank, assuming a moderate-high degree of participation.
 
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