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Zesty: Jan 17, 2012; The Great Twist

ullerrm posted:

It's also a pun on Arioch's previous avatar (retrieved via SOAP):

SMcD bought duck avatars for a lot of the Eve thread regulars for Christmas.

That's right. I wasn't exactly sure how to locate the old avatar (I found the site now) and I wasn't sure if it was the same guy who had it.

The original title read, "Do you want your discrepancies highlighted?" I believe.

# ? Jan 7, 2014 10:44

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treasured8elief: Jul 25, 2011; Salad Prong

# ? Jan 8, 2014 05:08

Benny the Snake: Apr 11, 2012; GUM CHEWING INTENSIFIES

This one made me giggle. What's the story behind it?

# ? Jan 10, 2014 02:58

unpronounceable: Apr 4, 2010; You mean we still have another game to go through?!; Fallen Rib

Benny the Snake posted:

This one made me giggle. What's the story behind it?

Start from here. Basically he's an idiot.

# ? Jan 10, 2014 03:01

Anil Dikshit: Apr 11, 2007

Two up from here. Benny the Snake's link text. 84 pages on the thread, and he's still just barely treading water.

# ? Jan 10, 2014 08:01

Benny the Snake: Apr 11, 2012; GUM CHEWING INTENSIFIES

kizudarake posted:

Two up from here. Benny the Snake's link text. 84 pages on the thread, and he's still just barely treading water.

All things considered, there are worse things that could've become my avatar.

# ? Jan 10, 2014 08:10

N. Senada: May 17, 2011; My kidneys are busted

Lycus

Half the posters in this forum have been made up. This website is a goddamn ghost town.

I love this loving avatar.

# ? Jan 11, 2014 07:33

Snowglobe of Doom: Mar 30, 2012; sucks to be right

Kirk Johnson's rear end in a top hat is anything but petty so I guess that fits. :v:

# ? Jan 20, 2014 20:11

Pomplamoose: Jun 28, 2008

ullerrm posted:

It's also a pun on Arioch's previous avatar (retrieved via SOAP):

SMcD bought duck avatars for a lot of the Eve thread regulars for Christmas.

What is this "SOAP" you speak of?

# ? Jan 21, 2014 07:11

hyperhazard: Dec 4, 2011; I am the one lascivious
With magic potion niveous

Something Awful old avatar preview

# ? Jan 21, 2014 07:15

Segmentation Fault: Jun 7, 2012

Sebadoh Gigante posted:

What is this "SOAP" you speak of?

A Dirty Goone

# ? Jan 22, 2014 06:40

treasured8elief: Jul 25, 2011; Salad Prong

Syntax Erin

# ? Feb 22, 2014 04:02

Yuu Morisawa: Oct 4, 2013; Watch Creamy Mami

# ? Mar 5, 2014 23:28

Yuu Morisawa: Oct 4, 2013; Watch Creamy Mami

# ? Mar 15, 2014 03:33

Egoist: Aug 19, 2010; Love myself today
Let you go today; Lipstick Apathy

# ? Mar 16, 2014 05:47

Yuu Morisawa: Oct 4, 2013; Watch Creamy Mami

# ? Mar 18, 2014 03:23

Yuu Morisawa: Oct 4, 2013; Watch Creamy Mami

# ? Mar 21, 2014 06:15

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

Jony ive aces's avatar is pretty much perfect

# ? Apr 7, 2014 14:52

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

YourHeadaSplode414 posted:

Gonna miss seeing this one.

# ? Apr 7, 2014 19:02

treasured8elief: Jul 25, 2011; Salad Prong

forbidden lesbian

LET'S ALL LOVE LAIN
LET'S ALL LOVE LAIN
LET'S ALL LOVE LAIN
LET'S ALL LOVE
LAIN

# ? Apr 14, 2014 13:40

Syntax Erin: Jan 1, 2012

tentative8e8op posted:

Syntax Erin

Thanks!

# ? Apr 14, 2014 13:51

Traxus IV: Sep 11, 2001; it's our time now
let's get this shit started

I have always loved this one, dunno why.

You eat that cake, dog. Eat that cake like the wind.

# ? Apr 15, 2014 05:56

treasured8elief: Jul 25, 2011; Salad Prong

everythingWasBees

# ? Apr 18, 2014 07:16

Yuu Morisawa: Oct 4, 2013; Watch Creamy Mami

Context: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3627071

# ? Apr 20, 2014 04:00

HenryEx: Mar 25, 2009; ...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...; Grimey Drawer

What a weird thread this is.

Anyway, for content: not sure if this one was posted yet, but it gets me every single time. I don't know who the dude is or where i've seen him post, but it left enough of an impression that i still remember it years later.

It's such a dumb silly joke, but i love it. The execution is just perfect. Every time i see this dude post, every time, i crack up.

# ? Apr 20, 2014 04:15

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

HenryEx posted:

What a weird thread this is.

Anyway, for content: not sure if this one was posted yet, but it gets me every single time. I don't know who the dude is or where i've seen him post, but it left enough of an impression that i still remember it years later.

It's such a dumb silly joke, but i love it. The execution is just perfect. Every time i see this dude post, every time, i crack up.

IDGI please explain :confused:

# ? Apr 20, 2014 04:17

Gamma Nerd: May 14, 2012

The text is half of a line from Dracula's famous speech in the opening scene of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTizJemHO8

# ? Apr 20, 2014 04:26

HenryEx: Mar 25, 2009; ...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...; Grimey Drawer

Also, half of his portrait.

# ? Apr 20, 2014 04:30

Zesty: Jan 17, 2012; The Great Twist

This was great.

# ? May 28, 2014 21:22

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

I'd mock him but I have no idea what's going on in that argument or what his position is.

# ? May 29, 2014 14:23

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Phlegmish posted:

I'd mock him but I have no idea what's going on in that argument or what his position is.

Kerbal Space Program is a video game about cartoon characters which have no specified gender but appear to be male. The discussion is about introducing clearly female variants of them and that poster's position was that he didn't want to have to think about gender issues while playing the game.

# ? May 29, 2014 14:36

Segmentation Fault: Jun 7, 2012

haveblue posted:

Kerbal Space Program is a video game about cartoon characters which have no specified gender but appear to be male. The discussion is about introducing clearly female variants of them and that poster's position was that he didn't want to have to think about gender issues while playing the game.

Why not assign masculine and feminine names to the kerbals? There's no reason they have to be gendered and there isn't much gendered about them (the chins I guess). Adding clearly feminine kerbals is the equivalent of attaching a bow on something and saying "look it's a girl!" id est a dumb cop out.

# ? May 30, 2014 05:13

Traxus IV: Sep 11, 2001; it's our time now
let's get this shit started

I've been hesitant to post this one since it involves me but it's still pretty amusing so gently caress it.

A while back this exchange took place in the Guild Wars 2 thread (feel free to ignore everything before Jaeger's edit, it's just MMO jargon) and a terrible avatar-purchasing fairy descended. It's worth noting that Gandlethorpe had been given his avatar months before this happened, Jaeger just happened to tempt fate on the wrong evening.

And then I was targeted immediately after making that post, completing the set.

# ? May 30, 2014 06:01

Thanks Internet: May 27, 2012; This poster just flew all the way from Caketown just to make this post!

Now THAT'S desperate!

Segmentation Fault posted:

Why not assign masculine and feminine names to the kerbals? There's no reason they have to be gendered and there isn't much gendered about them (the chins I guess). Adding clearly feminine kerbals is the equivalent of attaching a bow on something and saying "look it's a girl!" id est a dumb cop out.

When the discussion about that came up earlier in the thread this was the response:

Maxmaps posted:

Pyroi posted:
Will you actually be able to tell that they're female from looking at their spacesuits, or will it just be the same spacesuit, different facial model?

In their EVA suits they'll be as distinguishable as female and male astronauts are in theirs.

Edit: And let the record show we're looking at this and this. Not this and -never- this. But maybe this because that one makes the whole office either groan or giggle.

Maxmaps posted:

Luneshot posted:
Also, the whole argument that "Kerbals are genderless, we don't need female kerbals! " is ridiculous bullshit since the Kerbals so far have very "male" traits- male names, the squared off jawline, buzzcut hair, etc.

That was the original idea but the initially placeholder names getting so strongly stuck in everyone's collective heads torpedo'd it. The design also doesn't help either, yeah. Trying to add accessories and hair to their current bodies makes them look like they're in drag, which while not a bad thing in any way, is probably not the kind of representation the female part of our fanbase is looking for.

Edit: I'm also looking forward to this as a test case related to the effects of fair representation in gaming, since our fanbase is primarily male. I've been of the opinion that good female representation is the key to evening out our audience, and if it stays the same way after female kerbals I'll forever hold any criticism of the mainstream audience after being proven wrong. I guess that's part of being an indie dev, we get to experiment things the big guys aren't in any financial position to try.