The Avatar Theory

[Evastio]

I was wondering, do a lot of you believe in that theory where everyone on a forum looks like their avatar? If not, did you think that back then? (You didn't have to seriously believe it, as long as that's what comes to mind at first when you imagine their real life self)

Also, do you ever confuse someone's gender because of the avatar they have?

[Quindiana Jones]

God, I hope not.

[Bahamut2000X]

You mean your not really Bill Cosby? Now I know I have a heart, it just got broken. :(






Seriously though I usually equate avatars more or less to people, I'm saddened when they change them. And shocked when I see someone with a female avatar is really a guy or vice-versa.

[crono_logical]

Not really, the way they type is usually a better indicator than the avatar, since so many people seem to have opposite gender avatars :p

[Roto13]

When people see pictures of me for the first time they often say how disappointed they are that I don't look like Harrison Ford.

[demondude]

I certainly don't look like mine. :O

[Polaris]

I wish I looked like Misa Amane!:(

[Calliope]

That's because it's always disappointing when someone doesn't look like Harrison Ford.

Of course people associate avs with those who use them, just like sigs, font size/colour, frequent misspellings, and any other gimmicks (Hi The Devil ^_^!) that people use to get other's attention. It's the same anywhere - there are plenty of people I work with who wear pretty much the same colour palette week-to-week, and isn't it always scandalous when someone chooses to break out of the mould?

[Chimp]

I used to think crono_logical was a girl.

Except I still say there isn't enough evidence to support him being male.

[Vermachtnis]

Has anyone ever confused me cause most my avatars were females?

[Rye]

I wish I looked like Utada Hikaru's chest.

[Breine]

I don't think people look like their avatar, but I just associate people with their avatar/banner.. it kinda helps me remember some of the lesser known members around here.

And yes, I've often been confused about people's gender because of their avatar.

[Tavrobel]

I should hope I don't look like this particular persocom that we all know and love with the long bleached hair, no memory, and on/off switch. I definitely hope I don't have one of those things where that switch happens to be.

I wish people were, but they aren't ever.

[Captain Maxx Power]

I wish I looked like Utada Hikaru's chest.

You want to look like a pair of nipples?

I'm not actually a hyper-kinetic rabbity thing for the record.

[cloud21zidane16]

Im nothing like mine:D , i usally use some members avatar to remember their name but then they change it to something completely different:rolleyes2

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Avatar or not, everybody knows I'm a P.I.M.P son.:cool:

[Dolentrean]

I wish I looked like Utada Hikaru's chest.

You and me both girly! :jokey:

[rubah]

I'd rather guess from their username.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

I'd rather guess from their username.

Can you use me as an example?

[Fonzie]

I assume everyone on the internet is male, regardless of avatar situation.

[Vermachtnis]

I'd rather guess from their username.

My name is as ambigious as a snail :p

[fire_of_avalon]

Why yes, I do happen to be a peacock.

[Quindiana Jones]

You're half right. ZING!

[oddler]

The only person I ever thought of looking like their avatar was Decessus. Scrawny and stick-made. :)

[Sergeant Hartman]

If Levian had ginger hair then yeah.

[Jessweeee♪]

Yeah... the avatar is the first thing that comes to mind :p

[Luther X-Rated]

So you know the horrible truth... I'm a Charmander! :O

[Evastio]

Has anyone ever confused me cause most my avatars were females?
Not really. Most people who have anime girl sets (excluding Leen-Leen) are usually assumed to be male for some unknown reason (at least that's how it works for me). I wonder if that applies to me. I don't use anime girl sets a lot.

I used to think crono_logical was a girl.
Yeah. It's really hard to tell the staff's genders.

[mooglebunni608]

I used to think FoA was a guy because she had an Auron avatar, I think. ><

Also, LUNAR shall forever be a cat boy.

[Gnostic Yevon]

I see it as sort of a reflection on their personality. Perky Avatars belong to perky people, dark broody avvies belong to emo types. Stuff like that.

[Roogle]

No, I have two eyes—

[Goldenboko]

I used to think crono_logical was a girl.

crono_logical isn't a girl? :eek:

[CelestialStarDust]

crono_logical isn't a girl? :eek:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought so!!:eek:

I make these sort of mistakes all the time though.i get REALLY confused with people who are constantly changing their avatars and sigs...i just wonder if it's ever gotten out of hand,example being if two people knew each other very well,one got asked out,and they were both the same gender but didn't know it...

[Martyr]

I totally associate people with their avatars, and it is very mind-breaking when they suddenly change into something drastically different (unless the avatar is either super goofy, like Bill Cosby, or FF, which is no indication of anything).

I usually assume chick avatars are for chicks, and I was also disappointed when I found out that Roto does not look like Harrison Ford (I still have high hopes that he will become a badass archaeologist though).

If anything, I associate the person with their avatar or else I assume that something in their unconscious mind caused them to choose that acvatar and so it is inherently a justifiable piece of identification (no matter how confusing).

However, I do not know, really, what my avatar says about me. I only know that nobody liked it when i tried to change.

[escobert]

I don't have horns.

[~*~Celes~*~]

I'm nowhere near as sexeh as Gippal...

And I'm a girl. Shocker, eh? :eek:

[The Unknown Guru]

I look like mine as long as I'm wearing my mask.

[Bahamut2000X]

I AM that creepy.

[Araciel]

I'm an orc...go figure I look like my AV.

[Jiro]

If I have a crazy hair day then my hair looks similar to my Avatar's.
I don't usually try to pick the gender of people from their avatars, it is more accurate to read their posts :D

[BardTard]

No, but one of the girls in my avatar looks just like my aunt.

[Randgris]

Not really. I'm not really confused with the avatar. Although I'm one of those who, tend to change mine more often. I get confused with the username. Once I thought Psychokitty was a girl.

[Creeping Shadow]

nope I dont look like marth. But if I did.....:plotting:

[Momiji]

I should hope I don't look like this particular persocom that we all know and love with the long bleached hair, no memory, and on/off switch. I definitely hope I don't have one of those things where that switch happens to be.

I wish people were, but they aren't ever.

Indeed, I am not Chii or a female.

[Caraliz]

i uh, don't put my face into brick walls. :o

[blackmage_nuke]

I wish i had a mage hat and yellow glowing eyes

[XxSephirothxX]

Does anyone actually think people look like their avatars? That's whack. Gender can be misleading sometimes though.

[Jiro]

I wonder how that rumour got started? It sounds really farfetched that anyone would look like their avatar.

[Holylulu]

Well I don't carry a fluffy toy but... the hair... :p

[Burtsplurt]

I always thought that RSL looked like Eeyore.

[o_O]

I try not to judge peoples' appearances based upon their avatar, but sometimes I subconsciously form an opinion and don't realise it until I see actual pictures of them. :p

My avatar used to be me. Raising one eyebrow like a real life "o_O".

[DK]

Except I still say there isn't enough evidence to support him being male.

There were pix, way back when. He is a little cutie :love:

Also yes, my avatar happens to be a portrait of me.

[Eiko Guy]

That actually is me in my picture though so it doesn't really matter. And my name is eikoguy anyway so yeah gender is obvious.

[Tavrobel]

Also yes, my avatar happens to be a portrait of me.

So, that means you look like Stonehenge?

[Evastio]

Also yes, my avatar happens to be a portrait of me.

So, that means you look like Stonehenge?
(Makes a lame, somewhat offensive joke)

No wonder you act so stoned. :rolleyes2

No offense.

[Aerith's Knight]

lol im not a girl :)

[Sergeant Hartman]

I don't have horns.
Me neither.

[Garnie]

no and yes.
i thought chem was a guy and resha was a guy lol
dont get me started on leeza fofl
(actully is leeza a boy or girl...i still dont know :()

[CimminyCricket]

xD

[ReloadPsi]

I automatically associate usernames with avatars, but then I've often had avatars that vaguely resemble me in the style of another game (alternating between FF6 and the SNES Megaman games, mainly 7 and Megaman and Bass) which is probably why. Even though I've met a few members in person I never picture them upon seeing their names, mainly because they have avatars that I look at instead.

[Garnie]

Actully i do that face on my avatar when i want somthing!.....it allways works B)

[DK]

No wonder you act so stoned. :rolleyes2

Spoken like a man who has no idea what it's like to be stoned. :smash:

[Tavrobel]

No wonder you act so stoned. :rolleyes2

Spoken like a man who has no idea what it's like to be stoned. :smash:

Yeah, we all know that DK is a drunkie (http://forums.eyesonff.com/2387546-post34.html). You should know better, Evastio.

[Denmark]

So you know the horrible truth... I'm a Charmander! :O

I really can't see any reason why that would be horrible. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Also, I am not a dead duck. Nor am I an alive duck (thus in b4 joy).

[rubah]

I am a huffle. It's true.

[Tallulah]

I'm not actually a hyper-kinetic rabbity thing for the record.

*is disappointed*

I think I do look a bit like Princess Garnet. I once even grew my hair long like hers, and then had it all chopped off! (Not with a dagger, I might add, though it got sorely tempting... :D)

[Vermachtnis]

Actully i do that face on my avatar when i want somthing!.....it allways works B)

Aww...anyone who doesn't give you what you want after seeing that face is mean.

[Bartholomew]

I look exactly like mine.

[Garnie]

Actully i do that face on my avatar when i want somthing!.....it allways works B)

Aww...anyone who doesn't give you what you want after seeing that face is mean.

I KNOW!!!!
*me makes face*

[scrumpleberry]

I wish I looked like an Irish road sign D:

Nnnnot really, but I will associate a person with their avvie/sig.

[Leeza]

no and yes.
i thought chem was a guy and resha was a guy lol
dont get me started on leeza fofl
(actully is leeza a boy or girl...i still dont know :()
I am a cat, of course. :cat:

... but, am I a boy cat or a girl cat? :)

[scrumpleberry]

no and yes.
i thought chem was a guy and resha was a guy lol
dont get me started on leeza fofl
(actully is leeza a boy or girl...i still dont know :()
I am a cat, of course. :cat:

... but, am I a boy cat or a girl cat? :)

HERMAPHRODITE CAT!

Erm.

*flees*

[Acid Raine]

no and yes.
i thought chem was a guy and resha was a guy lol
dont get me started on leeza fofl
(actully is leeza a boy or girl...i still dont know :()
I am a cat, of course. :cat:

... but, am I a boy cat or a girl cat? :)

HERMAPHRODITE CAT!

Erm.

*flees*

hermaphrocat! solid!

[Evastio]

I wonder if anyone seriously think's I'm a girl...

[Martyr]

I wonder if anyone seriously think's I'm a girl...

After all the freaking hints, I'm beginning to think that you're trying really hard to make us believe that you're not a girl, which you ... ARE!

[Shauna]

I was thinking just that, Martyr...

[Breine]

I wonder if anyone seriously think's I'm a girl...

I think some people do with all the pink-ness you've got going on, Pinky. :bigsmile:

[aquatius]

When people see pictures of me for the first time they often say how disappointed they are that I don't look like Harrison Ford.
I know I was.

[fire_of_avalon]

I used to think FoA was a guy because she had an Auron avatar, I think. ><

Also, LUNAR shall forever be a cat boy.

That's okay. Everyone thinks I'm a boy.

[Quindiana Jones]

You should be a Cid's Lady.

[fire_of_avalon]

Ladies don't get to carry these badass swords.

[Quindiana Jones]

You sexist. ;)