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#1 mudbunny Sep 30, 2008 19:21:13	For whatever reason, Community Management thinks that the VCLs are doing a good job and want to reward us. Initial suggestions that I put forward were all rejected. Something about not possible (monkeys with wings, sharks with laser beams), not legal (lots and lots of money) nor humanly possible (convince my wife to start collecting me a harem). Thus, they gave us the option of having a custom avatar. This is where I turn to you. For the next week, I will take suggestions for my custom avatar. The week after that, I will conduct a poll where *you guys and gals* will choose my custom avatar for me. Here are the rules: Good taste; Follows the CoC; Not someone else's copyright; and the smaller of 80x80 pixels or 19.5 kb. (I can play with this if necessary, but would rather not)
#2 Dralenan Sep 30, 2008 19:22:39	Combine all of the above ideas into a single image...a harem of monkeys with laser beams.
#3 mudbunny Sep 30, 2008 19:30:50	Good idea, do you have an image of that somewhere?? Just to clarify things. I have the artistic talent of a rock, or perhaps a particularly energetic pile of moss. Links good. Asking me to draw, bad.
#4 Kentinal Sep 30, 2008 20:06:41	Images are evil, resit the dark side.
#5 crimson_lancer Sep 30, 2008 21:53:50	Cool! Well, of course there's always the classics. :D
#6 KM.549 Oct 01, 2008 4:41:46	Anyone got a pic of a rabbit in mud?
#7 whitebaron Oct 01, 2008 4:53:09	Anyone got a pic of a rabbit in mud? no, just a muddy capybara muddy waterpig
#8 WolfStar76 Oct 01, 2008 6:43:15	I'd be all for you using the avatar you have on your personal blog, MB. I think its fitting for forum use. ;)
#9 WolfStar76 Oct 01, 2008 6:48:26	Anyone got a pic of a rabbit in mud? Does this count? /obscure?
#10 crimson_lancer Oct 01, 2008 8:02:08	!
#11 mudbunny Oct 01, 2008 11:11:34	I'd be all for you using the avatar you have on your personal blog, MB. I think its fitting for forum use. ;) OOOO, that might work. For tyhose that don't read my blog:
#12 aberzanzorax Oct 01, 2008 11:57:18	I like that avatar, and I'm all for consistency, but as a VCL, you can draw heat. That avatar might add a negative flavor to your posts that they don't deserve (as you are almost always evenminded and kind, even when you disagree). I suggest something funny...I'll look into it. I think its fitting for forum use. Maybe a little TOO fitting.
#13 Kentinal Oct 01, 2008 12:33:10	OOOO, that might work. For tyhose that don't read my blog: Bad idea. As it stands many think you work for WotC. You do have some moderator rights. To use that image implies threat might be behind your public posts. If you really need an evil image, go with a bunny or something humorous is my advice. Of course I would not care that you used an image or not as I try my best with settings not to see any of them.
#14 aberzanzorax Oct 01, 2008 12:41:12	I went bunny searching and the best I can find is under "March Hare". One option is to get your kids a stuffed bunny that you like and take an amusing picture of the bunny. You could even do a few like the "travelling garden gnome" if you are able to continually update your avatar as you like. Failing that check out these links. You'd probably just have to ask the artist's permission to use it (and might not have to do that...I dunno). http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/March-Hare-and-Dormouse-57971384?moodonly=24 http://carolined82.deviantart.com/art/March-Hare-69915398 http://omnicientomelette.deviantart.com/art/March-Hare-64451354 http://nekobecki.deviantart.com/art/Doom-Bunny-or-March-Hare-11814171 http://calliopie.deviantart.com/art/Mad-March-Hare-38987068 http://who-stole-my-name.deviantart.com/art/Lewis-Caroll-ragdolls-20685724
#15 crimson_lancer Oct 01, 2008 17:45:23	Hehe...I just had a great idea... http://lanevance.com/images/fantasyfootball/MontyPythonKillerRabbit1.jpg http://bestlosers.com/bestlosers/images/derby11/derby11_Beware_the_killer_rabbit_of.jpg :D
#16 mudbunny Oct 08, 2008 8:34:19	Nice suggestions so far. Aberzanzorax, Kentinal, thanks for the insight on the possible negative side-effects of me using my blog Avatar for my CA here. It is much appreciated. The violent bunny ones might be, well, a bit too violent for WotC to allow as a CA. Although it would rock if they would allow me to use something from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail as an avatar. The other ones just didn't strike me much. How about these:
#17 rhen Oct 08, 2008 8:48:36	I so vote for the Pierce Brosnan as James Bond one. Now if someone can photoshop it to have bunny ears, THAT would be perfect! :D
#18 cart_sprinter Oct 08, 2008 9:00:59	"My name is Bunny, MudBunny" :P
#19 aberzanzorax Oct 08, 2008 11:44:09	I so vote for the Pierce Brosnan as James Bond one. Now if someone can photoshop it to have bunny ears, THAT would be perfect! :D Wouldn't that be nice! :D
#20 rhen Oct 08, 2008 11:47:41	Aberzanzorax, you are my hero! Now, if we can just convince everyone else on the boards that mudbunny absolutely HAS to use this as his custom avatar, we're in business. :evillaugh
#21 whitebaron Oct 08, 2008 12:01:32	while i like the theme of "my name is bunny, mudbunny", the imagesize is to small for such a complex picture on it. if you really want something the people remember, you should go with something simple and colorful. fantasy related would be best. you could e.g. take one of the banners published in various WOTC books, like the lyrandar one from eberron:
#22 mudbunny Oct 09, 2008 18:31:06	OK, so here are the choices: 1 2 3 4
#23 aberzanzorax Oct 10, 2008 5:24:37	I vote for either 2 or 4. I actually like 4 the most, but there's nothing that makes it clear that it is a "custom" avatar, which is half the coolness of the concept. I'd totally vote for 4 with some swanky text that said either a witty phrase or just "Mudbunny!" or even "Mudbunny, Oh yeah!"
#24 whitebaron Oct 10, 2008 6:23:48	#4, with mudbunny added in L-shape Mxxxx Uxxxx Dxxxx Bunny
#25 asmodeuslore Oct 10, 2008 7:39:28	Keep the one you've got it. Its better than any of them.
#26 rhen Oct 10, 2008 8:18:21	I vote for number 2 (of course) and will forever think of that picture when I see one of your posts regardless of which avatar is chosen. But then again I may have some psychoses issues.... :D
#27 mudbunny Oct 10, 2008 8:26:50	re: text I will try that at home with a image program that is more sophisticated than Paint, which is all my work computer has.
#28 zammm Oct 10, 2008 10:31:07	Cool! Well, of course there's always the classics. :D If I had seen this thread earlier, I would have posted this:
#29 mudbunny Oct 10, 2008 10:35:04	If I had seen this thread earlier, I would have posted this: That one was suggested up-thread, but I rejected it as one of the suggestions.
#30 aberzanzorax Oct 20, 2008 12:10:33	Any decisions yet? If it were possible, if you could get the current avatar as a custom avatar (i.e. not available to the rest of us) that might be the best choice.
#31 mudbunny Oct 20, 2008 12:18:26	Still working on the photo-chopping at home to see what I can work up.