(mod approved provided a few guidelines are met)
Everyone represents themselves somehow. The clothes they wear, the wax in their hair, smooth kicks or a low hanging belt, it's all a matter of personal expression and representation. Games have always promoted self representation whether it's gouging someone in monopoly, chugging ale in D&D, delivering choke slams in wrestling games or camping a spawn point in MMOs, people have the opportunity to portray themselves as they wish and paint a compelling portrait of their personality.
More recently however, that portrait is looking more and more lifelike, capturing the player's identity to almost creepy accuracy. Take my character from EA's skate for instance:
If you've ever met me, you'll notice some similarity. Everyone who has seen these images or watched me play in game is intensely creeped out by how accurate that looks, and we all enjoy and cringe at the faceplanting the pavement. It's added a nice layer to an already great game and can suck the player into the experience that much more.
So, Social Wubbles of Entropic Woos, how do YOU represent yourselves in the games you play, and how accurately have you mapped your likeness to your various avatars? Post some images and camwhore your digital side!
Mod ruling: Game character portraits ONLY. This is not a general camwhoring thread and i'd assume infractions will be dished out to those who try to be cute with the ruling. I'm not a mod so who knows!
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well done pola, it DOES look a lot like you
but man i don't know if this is going to ride-well with the other avatar thread going on right now
But usually I just make a slightly geeky lookin' dude
Jeans, hoodie, glasses, short brown hair
Voila it's me!
you need to be more specific when asking me for permission
because seriously?
seriously
and it's certainly not for lack of trying
i was just the generic brown haired surfer dude with a goatee in every game
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The fun part is I made that really quickly to get in the game fast. Lucked out on the hairstyle being there though.
Why that looks exactly like you
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I'll save it to a memory card so at pumpkin carving you can bash me into taxis and street lamps!
Add a green Chinese Communist cap to that cat and that's me right there.
usually don't make video game characters too much like myself unless i only have realistic options, then i go for the long hair, metal shirts, etc
Most of my MMO characters end up with red hair/blue eyes and sometimes a bald head/goatee. Most of the games I play don't have faces that look enough like mine so I stopped bothering trying to reproduce myself.
Steam | XBL: Elazual | Last.fm
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
I tried to make my mii look like me but they didn't have any fros
It's funny watching a fat guy ride around doing crazy tricks without snapping the board
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
always
Chairman Meow?
i even spent a lot of time in the art creator getting my tattoos and gonzo tshirt just right
my skate guy was pretty spot on too, but then i sold skate and stopped being bald
http://goonskate.com/video.php?id=403