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Title: Message Board Branding
Post by: fatty fat fat on August 30, 2011, 07:27:12 AM
Anyone else disappointed they didn't go the pissclams route of having a stationary avatar?

i mean, think about it. when you think captaincrap, you think of elite posts, and that elite arrested development puppet avatar.

when you think pissclams, a certain image forms in your head. it's elite, tradtional and speeks to his values.

I guess having such a transient avatar makes me very shallow. It's definitely a regret.  :frown:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on August 30, 2011, 07:32:22 AM
Anyone else disappointed they didn't go the pissclams route of having a stationary avatar?

i mean, think about it. when you think captaincrap, you think of elite posts, and that elite arrested development puppet avatar.

when you think pissclams, a certain image forms in your head. it's elite, tradtional and speeks to his values.

I guess having such a transient avatar makes me very shallow. It's definitely a regret.  :frown:

part of me wishes i never got away from my kansas state shoe that i used to use. the gatorcat is pretty fantastic though and probably here to stay. what i don't like is people that have similar looking avatars. i can't think of them at the moment but i'm always frustrated by them.





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Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Saulbadguy on August 30, 2011, 07:34:38 AM
no, this is a terrible idea. imo.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: chum1 on August 30, 2011, 08:05:32 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: kitten_mittons on August 30, 2011, 08:17:37 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Yes, gets confusing.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: steve dave on August 30, 2011, 08:18:28 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Yes, gets confusing.

etp, change your avatar immediately or face banning.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: pissclams on August 30, 2011, 08:36:57 AM
fatty.  yes, i remember you being a little shaken up over your avatar issues when i was in mhk this summer.  

branding is important but big companies rebrand themselves all the time and are still successful.  
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on August 30, 2011, 08:50:21 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Yes, gets confusing.

yeah. that might be it. there is a third person who has similar as well i think. either way it's just so monumentally frustrating that i sometimes just have to quit the board for a week and then come back when i've finally calmed down. i wish they would get together and work it out.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EllToPay on August 30, 2011, 08:51:05 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Yes, gets confusing.

etp, change your avatar immediately or face banning.

please change thread title to "ETP new avi suggestions"
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: chum1 on August 30, 2011, 08:52:41 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Yes, gets confusing.

yeah. that might be it. there is a third person who has similar as well i think. either way it's just so monumentally frustrating that i sometimes just have to quit the board for a week and then come back when i've finally calmed down. i wish they would get together and work it out.

yes, there is a third person.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: pissclams on August 30, 2011, 08:53:47 AM
i wonder who the third person is.  i wish i knew who the third person is.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: kitten_mittons on August 30, 2011, 08:56:55 AM
i wonder who the third person is.  i wish i knew who the third person is.
If only. . .
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EllToPay on August 30, 2011, 08:58:59 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Yes, gets confusing.

etp, change your avatar immediately or face banning.

just did about 10 minutes worth of comparison. they look nothing alike.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: kitten_mittons on August 30, 2011, 08:59:45 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Yes, gets confusing.

etp, change your avatar immediately or face banning.

just did about 10 minutes worth of comparison. they look nothing alike.
Yours is better, have SD change his.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: jmlynch1 on August 30, 2011, 09:01:35 AM
Stupid Fitz?
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: 'taterblast on August 30, 2011, 09:02:48 AM
life is pretty great here in good avatar land.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Trim on August 30, 2011, 09:06:51 AM
I re-branded when we came over here from goEMAWcopycat.com.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Emo EMAW on August 30, 2011, 09:09:05 AM
Especially proud of my avatar.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EllToPay on August 30, 2011, 09:09:20 AM
sd's is similar to someone elses at a glance.  etp? 
Yes, gets confusing.

etp, change your avatar immediately or face banning.

just did about 10 minutes worth of comparison. they look nothing alike.
Yours is better, have SD change his.

:emawkid:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: steve dave on August 30, 2011, 09:11:11 AM
my favorite avatars ever were the fatty fat fat series of himself and his lovely wife in San Fran
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on August 30, 2011, 09:13:03 AM
Stupid Fitz?

boom. nailed it.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: pissclams on August 30, 2011, 09:13:10 AM
yes, incredible work by f3 with that avatar series.  i was never able to make sense of it but that did not impact my ability to love it.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on August 30, 2011, 09:26:10 AM
yes, incredible work by f3 with that avatar series.  i was never able to make sense of it but that did not impact my ability to love it.

i agree. it was very enjoyable but that was the past and this is the present and i want to know what we are going to do about the fact that stupid fitz and steve dave (and to a degree etp) have the same avatar and that it's difficult to tell them apart when they post. did they plan it? maybe.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: dmartin on August 30, 2011, 09:27:34 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: steve dave on August 30, 2011, 09:36:48 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: DQ12 on August 30, 2011, 09:37:49 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:
Right?  It's like, quit taking up the entire screen you attention whore.  Jeeze louise.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EllToPay on August 30, 2011, 09:39:03 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:

sig pics are only good when it's someone in your family or yourself.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: dmartin on August 30, 2011, 09:42:20 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:

agreed.  it is a little dated..    :flush:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: ew2x4 on August 30, 2011, 09:42:33 AM
I would like to find a great permanent solution. I don't have the time or energy for a full scale candidate search, so I go with the "If I come across a good one, I'll use it" motto.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: ew2x4 on August 30, 2011, 09:43:04 AM
Also, SD better have a fighting you thread every week this year.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: chum1 on August 30, 2011, 09:44:32 AM
yes, incredible work by f3 with that avatar series.  i was never able to make sense of it but that did not impact my ability to love it.

it was someone that destroyed fatty on youtube, causing him to retire.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: pissclams on August 30, 2011, 09:48:16 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:

sig pics are only good when it's someone in your family or yourself.

i am not a cat.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EllToPay on August 30, 2011, 09:50:15 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:

sig pics are only good when it's someone in your family or yourself.

i am not a cat.

i guess that means yours isn't good.

:users:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: WillieWatanabe on August 30, 2011, 09:59:22 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:

yeah, it's not like there is an option to not show them in your profile settings. omg. this stupid fitz guy is respected. rofl
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Trim on August 30, 2011, 10:04:53 AM
One problem with family-based sig pics is that there's rough ridin' creeps out there who will steal it and use it as their own sig pic on gpc as some sort of sick joke.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EllToPay on August 30, 2011, 10:07:38 AM
One problem with family-based sig pics is that there's rough ridin' creeps out there who will steal it and use it as their own sig pic on gpc as some sort of sick joke.

agreed. glad there's an option on here to only use sig pics when posting on premium.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: pissclams on August 30, 2011, 10:10:02 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:

sig pics are only good when it's someone in your family or yourself.

i am not a cat.

i guess that means yours isn't good.

:users:
note to self, ban ell2pay.  sidebar note to self, who is ell2pay?
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: OK_Cat on August 30, 2011, 10:14:10 AM
some of the better message board identities aren't because of pictures.

like, if jtksu posts, you know it's gonna be something really stupid about wrestling or juggalos.

if fake sugar dick posts, you know you're going to skip over it.

if wes mantooth posts, you get confused and think it's yoga_like_abana (they are both very interchangable)

etc.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EllToPay on August 30, 2011, 10:15:32 AM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:

sig pics are only good when it's someone in your family or yourself.

i am not a cat.

i guess that means yours isn't good.

:users:
note to self, ban ell2pay.  sidebar note to self, who is ell2pay?

:frown:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: steve dave on August 30, 2011, 10:16:43 AM
kind of OT but how about when you can't keep two posters straight and they are toally interchangeable for the longest time.  Then, suddenly, one of them distances themselves from the other one and becomes a really good poster and you look back and realize the other one is complete garbage and you can't figure out why you ever confused the two.  I do this a lot.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: OK_Cat on August 30, 2011, 10:17:26 AM
kind of OT but how about when you can't keep two posters straight and they are toally interchangeable for the longest time.  Then, suddenly, one of them distances themselves from the other one and becomes a really good poster and you look back and realize the other one is complete garbage and you can't figure out why you ever confused the two.  I do this a lot.

yeah, like poonlagoon and poonlagoon69
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: kitten_mittons on August 30, 2011, 10:17:49 AM
:frown:
Maybe you should change your name to El Toupée.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EllToPay on August 30, 2011, 10:20:23 AM
:frown:
Maybe you should change your name to El Toupée.

:dubious:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: poonraider69 on August 30, 2011, 10:21:59 AM
kind of OT but how about when you can't keep two posters straight and they are toally interchangeable for the longest time.  Then, suddenly, one of them distances themselves from the other one and becomes a really good poster and you look back and realize the other one is complete garbage and you can't figure out why you ever confused the two.  I do this a lot.

yeah, like poonlagoon and poonlagoon69

yes
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: OK_Cat on August 30, 2011, 10:23:03 AM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Creepy Cat on August 30, 2011, 10:43:15 AM
I have an alphabetical list of every poster that I keep in a word file on my computer that I update with interesting personal facts about them from things that they include in their posts (where they work, how tall they are, single/married, etc). I also have pictures of their avatar next to their name and have to admit that when people constantly change their avatars I get more than a little frustrated. Please stop doing this.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: dmartin on August 30, 2011, 10:46:18 AM
I have an alphabetical list of every poster that I keep in a word file on my computer that I update with interesting personal facts about them from things that they include in their posts (where they work, how tall they are, single/married, etc). I also have pictures of their avatar next to their name and have to admit that when people constantly change their avatars I get more than a little frustrated. Please stop doing this.

you are one creepy cat. 
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: michigancat on August 30, 2011, 11:01:57 AM
yes, incredible work by f3 with that avatar series.  i was never able to make sense of it but that did not impact my ability to love it.

it was someone that destroyed fatty on youtube, causing him to retire.

:horrorsurprise:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Stupid Fitz on August 30, 2011, 12:07:02 PM
Stupid Fitz?

boom. nailed it.

 :peek:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Stupid Fitz on August 30, 2011, 12:17:29 PM
I have an alphabetical list of every poster that I keep in a word file on my computer that I update with interesting personal facts about them from things that they include in their posts (where they work, how tall they are, single/married, etc). I also have pictures of their avatar next to their name and have to admit that when people constantly change their avatars I get more than a little frustrated. Please stop doing this.

 :runaway:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: yoga-like_abana on August 30, 2011, 01:50:53 PM
(they are both very interchangable)

woah! Im sure wes is all  :love: about this but not me damnett.   :dubious:  :comeatme:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: EMAWmeister on August 30, 2011, 02:13:56 PM
recently I have been confused by the identical avi's of Ging and john "teach me how to" dougie
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: hemmy on August 30, 2011, 02:41:33 PM
Anyone else disappointed they didn't go the pissclams route of having a stationary avatar?

i mean, think about it. when you think captaincrap, you think of elite posts, and that elite arrested development puppet avatar.

when you think pissclams, a certain image forms in your head. it's elite, tradtional and speeks to his values.

I guess having such a transient avatar makes me very shallow. It's definitely a regret.  :frown:

My avatar is also Arrested Development related.  Go ahead and take a look everyone.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: Stevesie60 on August 30, 2011, 07:32:58 PM
sys' is pretty much perfect. I can't see Scott Drew without thinking of how stupid he is and how much sys hates him.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: felix rex on August 30, 2011, 09:30:40 PM
I tend to lock on the first one because I usually have them turned off.  I still associate pissclams with a glowing blue marshmallow face or a glamour shot of some frat dude. When I'm not associating chum1 with clams, I see him as a dude that plays for the cincy reds or something.

Koug is a weird modified yin yang thing. Skinny is the ATHF meatball.

My fave avatar remains the masterpiece chunkles made for 3HP, a once promising young poster who has drifted away.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: pissclams on August 30, 2011, 09:37:49 PM
i forgot about that old glowing blue marshmallow face.  will have to try to find.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: chunkles on August 30, 2011, 10:12:50 PM
I get pissed when others let their avatar's link go bad and then I don't know if I'm reading a felix rex post or some ass who let their links go bad. 
1) It happens  2) you know who you are  3) go to hell.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: felix rex on August 30, 2011, 10:17:32 PM
I hear you, bro. It's an affront.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: stunted on August 30, 2011, 10:37:51 PM
I lost Smoke forever.  eff.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: sys on August 30, 2011, 11:35:29 PM
sys' is pretty much perfect. I can't see Scott Drew without thinking of how stupid he is and how much sys hates him.

i love my avatar, but i hate the power over me it gives fff or maybe chum1.  i can't recall for sure, but i think fff.



kind of off topic, but i'm pretty self conscious about my sig quotes.  i worry that people either don't see them, or don't care.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: nicname on August 30, 2011, 11:49:14 PM
my avatar is currently up for rent to the right bidder. what better way to promote your elite message board reputation than to have others promote you via their avatar? 

you need to worry about getting rid of your stupid sig pic before you start worrying about avatars.  sig pics  :flush:

sig pics are only good when it's someone in your family or yourself.

sig pic helps me easily find my posts in a thread, thus making it easier to find subsequent response to my post.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: MakeItRain on August 31, 2011, 01:11:34 AM
sys' is pretty much perfect. I can't see Scott Drew without thinking of how stupid he is and how much sys hates him.

i love my avatar, but i hate the power over me it gives fff or maybe chum1.  i can't recall for sure, but i think fff.



kind of off topic, but i'm pretty self conscious about my sig quotes.  i worry that people either don't see them, or don't care.

I have been self-conscious about my avi, and this thread has made me more so.  I had a good one, changed it to what I thought was a great one, nobody cared :frown:
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: sys on August 31, 2011, 01:20:18 AM
I have been self-conscious about my avi, and this thread has made me more so.  I had a good one, changed it to what I thought was a great one, nobody cared :frown:

it would be a fantastic avi for tyler hughes.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: felix rex on August 31, 2011, 04:48:50 AM
I lost Smoke forever.  eff.

Clear-visored Smoke should be enshrined on the phog somewhere.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: pissclams on August 31, 2011, 07:58:00 AM
sys' is pretty much perfect. I can't see Scott Drew without thinking of how stupid he is and how much sys hates him.

i love my avatar, but i hate the power over me it gives fff or maybe chum1.  i can't recall for sure, but i think fff.



kind of off topic, but i'm pretty self conscious about my sig quotes.  i worry that people either don't see them, or don't care.

I have been self-conscious about my avi, and this thread has made me more so.  I had a good one, changed it to what I thought was a great one, nobody cared :frown:

*Pro TiP*- you should take a class in what constitutes great avi's
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: WildcatNkilt on August 31, 2011, 09:24:54 AM
Branding is the only way to go.  I don't love my polar bear, but it has been there since ksufans. 

Actually I really kind of love my polar bear.  On a bad day it kind of makes me  :)
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: jmlynch1 on August 31, 2011, 09:27:57 AM
Its adorable range falls somewhere between Serge Afeli and Bill Walker.
Title: Re: Message Board Branding
Post by: AppleJack on August 31, 2011, 09:38:20 AM
Pretty much hate my sig and my avatar caption. But I love Omar Little (no homo).