[strohmie]

I personally find any sort of flashing in avatars to be insanely annoying. Which I assume is why some people use flashing avatars.

For instance, GlowWorm's I rather like, but the flashing fro...uh uh.

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally Posted by strohmie I personally find any sort of flashing in avatars to be insanely annoying.

I want to combine my online experience with induced Pokemon seizures so I can post in a less calculated way. I've a helmet and made a seatbelt already.

 

[Borat]

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Originally Posted by dj_mocok Quick poll, is my Avatar annoying?

Not really, but starting a poll thread about it kind of is.

 

[GlowWorm]

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Originally Posted by eyeteeth Because avatars are superfluous for some? Words are enough. A nice distinction IMHO. And Bill is also lacking one of those excessively confessional, annoyingly lengthy signatures describing which bubble gum is chewed when adjusting the isolation devices of his cables.

I guess, but being an artist I relate better to images than to words. I agree that those long sigs are infinitely more annoying than any av, they just get in the way of reading the other posts. If I want to know what kind of rig someone has I'll just check their profile.

 

[ajt976]

Mr. Mocok, I don't think your new avatar is bad, I just really liked your old one!

Personally, I like the animated avatars but really I just think the bright, flashing ones are not needed. They remind me too much of this!

Jeez, just looking at that makes my stomach hurt...

 

[Salt Peanuts]

I like your old one better. Bright flashing pics, not just your new avatar, bother my eyes.

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally Posted by GlowWorm I guess, but being an artist I relate better to images than to words.

A love of photography has me always enjoy a good still image. That is a distinct art and one that was thought to be endangered at one time in some circles.
But I have liked some animated avatars also, if well done. Someone here had a manic jumping B&W photographed puppet thing once that I liked a lot. Redshifter's dancing girl of the past always made me smile.

 

[Talonz]

It's hard on the eyes... here you go, this was the best I could do since 15kb is the limit:

It's real grainy, so I won't be offended if you don't use it, I was bored

 

[thefinder]

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Originally Posted by GlowWorm I guess, but being an artist I relate better to images than to words. I agree that those long sigs are infinitely more annoying than any av, they just get in the way of reading the other posts. If I want to know what kind of rig someone has I'll just check their profile.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[dj_mocok]

Well, okay, due to popular demand, it will be back to my old one again then.
Although some like it, but the thought of there are a few people (or lots!) annoyed by it kinda bothers me.

I'm not at home at the momet, I will change it as soon as I logged on at home.

Thanks for the input !

 

[dj_mocok]

Yes, I already changed back to my old one...

But...

There is a little hidden secret about my avatar now.... I won't tell... muahahahah....

PS: After I changed back to my normal avater, and the last time I checked after I changed it back, 44 voted Yes, it's annoying, and 18 for No.
If there are more "Yes" after I changed back to normal, that means some people just hate me...

 

[Aman]

Personally, I think that it was a very nice gesture of you to ask. Some people put incredibly annoying animated .gifs in their sigs and such and it can be quite annoying. I even voted "no" because I felt it was just fine - but curtious of you, nonetheless.

 

[seeberg]

I think that multicolored gif is great! A little refinement, and that thing would be a keeper, especially if you can set a smooth framerate. In that other gif thread, I just posted a gif with a very smooth rate, to me it doesn't look annyoing at all with the way its animated, if anything it's just geek shic.
Personally though, a regular afro avatar with transitioning hair(like a fishbowl effect) would be awesome.

,
Abe

 

[dj_mocok]

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Originally Posted by seeberg I think that multicolored gif is great! A little refinement, and that thing would be a keeper, especially if you can set a smooth framerate. In that other gif thread, I just posted a gif with a very smooth rate, to me it doesn't look annyoing at all with the way its animated, if anything it's just geek shic. Personally though, a regular afro avatar with transitioning hair(like a fishbowl effect) would be awesome. , Abe

Look at my avatar and observe it for awhile without getting distracted.
You will find the answer you have been looking for.

 

[seeberg]

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Originally Posted by dj_mocok Look at my avatar and observe it for awhile without getting distracted. You will find the answer you have been looking for.

Wow. I just saw it. Awesome, dude. Rock it for what it's worth!

,
Abe
edit: I might have to copycat the effect, I like it so much