What's your forum avatar, and why did you choose it?

[grayman]

Back in 2005, I was working in PovRay at the same time I was playing Adv770.

 

I created a number of PovRay scenes from the game, one of which was the sword in a stone. (And IIRC the original Adventure also had the same sword.) When I needed an avatar for some online forum I joined (not this one), I cropped the image of the sword from its scene and started using it.

 

On other forums, I've also used the stone by itself (the sword is away on a quest), an Easter egg with the sword's image on it, and a string of xmas lights strung across the sword (xmas in Colossal Cave).

 

For me, the sword represents a sense of mystery (what's this sword capable of?).

 

Here's the original PovRay scene.

 

[SeriousToni]

@SeriousToni - I always thought your avatar was that little keeper girl that did the translating in TDS

 

Yes I had her as a avatar pic too for some time. It was a more thiefish one and I really loved her story.

Well watched Sir!

[Sotha]

@Sotha: Yeah, I like those would-be reassuring but actually sinister (in a funny kind of way) 'all powerful' AI's too. My current fave is the one in Portal. Utterly deranged, in a 'please like me and you'll get some cake even though I intend to destroy you' kind of way.

 

Yeah! I loved GladOS too. I remember back when I first played Portal 1. I had to complete it in a single run from start to finish, not because of the relatively simple puzzles, but because I was always so eager hear the next deranged comment from GladOs. Shame the stuff wasn't as great on P2 as it was in P1...

[simplen00b]

I have literally just 'finished off' GladOS. Loved her final song.

Shame the stuff wasn't as great on P2 as it was in P1...

I started Portal 2 while I was still working my way through Portal, and - yeah...the P2 AI is OK. But it's a letdown after GladOS.

EDIT: I see from Wikipedia that GLaDOS does turn up in P2.

Edited August 4, 2012 by simplen00b

[Springheel]

My nick comes from "Springheel Jack", a mysterious character that was supposed to roam London streets at night, breathing fire and leaping over walls when chased. I've used it since the first BBS's back in my University days.

 

In some pictures he has a top-hat, like a supernatural Jack the Ripper. My profile pic for the forum was from an illustration I did...it was the closest thing I had to a character wearing a top-hat.

 

http://www.mindplaces.com/triangle.htm

[Bikerdude]

http://www.mindplaces.com/triangle.htm

bit of a Miss Jones fan then I see :-)

[SeriousToni]

Heh I bombarded him with thousands of PMs about his drawings many years ago when I primiparously joined the forums here

[Springheel]

bit of a Miss Jones fan then I see :-)

 

Heh. Yep.

[STiFU]

@simleN00b: Just to make sure you don't miss out on some computer gaming history...

[Sotha]

Those face images are all familiar to me, except the ones with the shocked face (the third from the left). When was that used in the game? I never seem to have seen that one.

[STiFU]

Me neither! Maybe in the end of that one episode (I believe it was the first episode) where you were teleported into a room and you were surrounded by monsters. Would fit the situation...

[simplen00b]

@simleN00b: Just to make sure you don't miss out on some computer gaming history...

That does bring back some fleeting memories - unfortunately I couldn't play it for long as I'd get blinding headaches if I played for than 10 minutes . Ditto with this one:

(To go massively OT for a mo: The lower the resolution in FPS games, the harder my brain finds it to cope - like I say, the above two made me feel physically sick after ten minutes play; Half Life, Dark Project & Metal Age gave me slight but persistent headaches when I played them (but Seven Sisters and the Rocksborough series barely bothered me), while Deadly Shadows and TDM give me no problems at all (except maybe for the occasional crawl through a air-ventaltion shaft). It seems to be very repetitive textures that kick it off.)

 

Thanks for the memories anyway, STiFU. And I'd like to say you've done some seriously good airbrush work on your avatar .