Do you struggle to change your avatar?

@Hizang: Thematic consistency is a cool thing ro have.

i'll never change my avatar, besides christmas time. i'll put a santa hat on it.

i find that when people change their avatar it's like who is this person. i never seen him before.

Nah I've yet to find an image that more accurately represents what I feel like when browsing the internet most of the time.

Laziness prevents me from changing it.

Yeah, it's all about the brand marketing. I'm stuck with the duck-face.

I haven't changed mine and I probably won't. It's hard enough for me to finally settle on something like an avatar or color choices so I usually don't change them.

I've never understand why people do this. I always just use a picture of myself.

I've long since gotten into the habit of changing it on a semi-weekly basis. I'll usually just find another character or such that I want to use and switch to that.

Mine has almost always been Mega Man, with that one exception where I had Skull Man for eh...a week or something?

Anyhow, since I don't like it myself when people change their avatars, because it can make them hard to recognize, I resigned myself to keep this one. I've been considering changing the main colors though, since that's a thing that Mega Man would still do, but have been too lazy to find out how to do that.

I always forget. It's not a big deal, and I like naked Mal Santa!

I change it because my interests change. I am incapable of being attached to one thing for a long time.

I realize that I identify people by their icon more than their name, so I usually keep my avatar some variation of Sandro in order to avoid confusing other users who do the same thing. Though I did change to the Gamespot default forum icon for a while when everyone was still freaking out about the merger. And at some point Dunsparce may make a return appearance.

Why would I want to change Mojo Jojo?

I've had this avatar since 2001. It comes in animated form too!!

I like to stick to variations of a theme. Bananas Iwata was too good to pass up.

Big the Fucking Cat

I used to have a character from The Sims 3 in my likeness playing a video game and looking upset, which I thought was pretty clever at the time considering the site I was using it for. After a long time I replaced that one with "Cool Budgie" that I'm using right now. It's a photo of one of my five budgies that I photoshopped the Deus Ex: HR glasses on to. I thought it turned out okay, if a bit sloppy.

Anyway, point being, I don't put much emphasis on avatars. I could see how you would want people to recognize you as a unique entity, so that you didn't have to explain your views and opinions every time you post something. Unfortunately I'm not active enough on these forums to be "recognized" or anything so I don't think anyone actually knows how I feel about anything.

I do sometimes recognize people more because of their avatars rather than their names though, which can get confusing at times.

Catch me riding like a bitch got the 6:45

Catch me riding with my bitch, uh, long hair

Lana that's my bitch, uh

You can tell by the swagger and the lips, uh

At this point I would indeed feel like I would be losing some recognition...luckily for me I still like my avatar; still love that record too.

Nope. In fact, let me change it right now.

1. Go to Google Image search
2. Type in "Teapot"
3. Save random image of teapot
4. Change avatar
5. ???
6. Profit!

I don't always change my avatar but when I do it can be difficult to decide on a suitable replacement. I always end up putting a lot of thought into, and likewise, if I decide to change my avatar at all, it is the result of much contemplation.

Elsewhere, sure. Here, not so much. Probably 'cause I don't post here much, so it's not like anyone would recognize me.

I don't get particularly attached, but I feel like Big Bo has become apart of me. I'll probably edit it or something, but for now Bo is here to stay.

no!

Not really. I've changed my avatar a handful of times. The only reason I don't change it on GB now is because I gotta keep representing my World Heavyweight WWE PPV predictions title! If I ever lose the title again, I'll probably change it up to something new, then when I win the title back for my third title run, I'll either go back to this one or do something new.

I used a few main ones for a long time, but I tend to just stick to one until a new one strikes my fancy. Sentry gun is my newest. Might go back to a photo of myself some time. Hard to say.

I don't have a problem with changing it, but I do make sure to spend a good amount of time with each one so I'm not changing too quickly.

My avatar may change from time to time...

...but it will always be a picture of Felicia.

I'm in love with my current avatar so yes. If I'm going to change my avatar it's got to be an impulsive gut decision. I don't look to change it because I figure that some people do come to recognize me because of my avatar rather than my name. No clue if that's actually true, people recognizing me for that fact, but it helps me feel like I have more of an identity in the community.

I'm deeply in favor of responsibility for the shit you say on the internet and I also like to keep my behavior in check, lest I do something embarrassing.

if i would change my avatar, it would mean that i am not a Manchester United fan, therefore, i will never change my avatar.

I should change my picture soon.....  But the yellow goes with the blue.....  

NEVER.

From Hell it is.

Never.

@benpicko said:

@ManU_Fan10ne

if i would change my avatar, it would mean that i am not a Manchester United fan, therefore, i will never change my avatar.

Leicester City all the way. Fuck Man U.

the euros are upon us, it is time to put away our differences and hope that England the destroys the competition with the help of WAYNE ROONEY.

seriously though, im calling a truce with all my friends (and my brother who likes chelsea.......) for the euros. im not going to tell them how good United is, and they wont bring up how much their teams suck :P

Edit: right now, its all about England, not the clubs. this is what i love about the euros. you can have players from rival clubs play on the same team as if they played with each other their whole life (technically, they have been playing together, just on different teams). its time to put aside rivalries...just for the Euros though (and then the world cup)

I've always felt avatars are anoying and unecessary. I don't recall ICQ having avatars, usenet certainly didn't, its only when forums/boards moved to the web did Avatars come into use. Please note that I write this as a long time lurker, who knows, maybe the prolific Usenet poster/ICQ chat regular really wanted an image to go with their words and they would totally get your dilemma.

I change mine around once a year. I think. I kind of don't really care that much any more.

i dont care about my avatar. im not that shallow:)

@the_OFFICIAL_jAPanese_teaBAG: You're one of the people who I see your avatar and recognise you that way. There's something about your current one that just draws me in whenever I see it.

Yeah. I literally just added my first avatar on GiantBomb. Was hard thinking of a good way to make a first impression.

@andrew2696: As long as you don't have the standard GB logo on red background thing you'll make a great first impression.

@the_OFFICIAL_jAPanese_teaBAG: Mine's a pretty sweet avatar? Thank you, she's my new baby hedgehog and the only thing cute enough to usurp my old avatar :)

Never. I use what avatar I like. Heck, I just made mine.

If I get good enough, I should do brostep artwork.

I've had this avatar since the site launched in 2008 and haven't changed it once.

Nope. I have a new one today. :)

I have a few different avatars that I usually use everywhere and rarely ever change.

I use to change it fairly regularly but I've had this Barry one for years now.