Let's create more default forum avatars

[Marek]

It just struck me that the pre-defined avatars on the forums could use some additions. It's been a long while since we added the current batch. There's no 3D Sam and Max (or other characters from the series), no Phoenix Wright, no Ankh characters, Hotel Dusk, Sherlock Holmes, Runaway 2, Broken Sword 4, The Shivah, CSI... and those are just a couple off the top of my head. There are obviously many characters from years not in the current set either.

I would create some right now, but I should probably just be focusing on programming the site. Last time a couple of you guys provided some of the avatars, and that worked out really well, so I thought it'd be fun to open this up to the whole community and pick the best ones together. Just make sure they're 70 by 70 pixels in size and have a one pixel black border around them. Even if you can't use Photoshop or a similar program, you can make suggestions for new avatars that other people can make. It could be a fun community effort.

If we come up with a lot of these, it will bring some more variety to the avatars we see on the forums (as more people register we're getting more duplicates, which makes it harder to remember who's who).

Anyone up for some Photoshopping?

[LuigiHann]

I'll be happy to do some.

[Harald B]

Maybe more later. I could be convinced to do requests.

[LuigiHann]

Sam & Max:



Myst:



Nintendo DS Adventures:



Other:

[Melanie68]

You guys rock! Those look awesome!

Except I don't know who the 'other' avatar is - bottom row second from left.

[ATMachine]

Originally Posted by Melanie68

You guys rock! Those look awesome!

Except I don't know who the 'other' avatar is - bottom row second from left.

That's one of the Brothers Chapman, dressed as Rather Dashing from Peasant's Quest.

[After a brisk nap]

Is there really a Lego Indy adventure game?

[Dale Baldwin]

Well, there's definitely a Lego Indy game, but I wouldn't say it's an adventure. I'm assuming it'll be similar to Lego Star Wars.

[LuigiHann]

Yeah, the Lego Indy is mostly wishful thinking on my part - still, we haven't seen any gameplay footage yet, so it could be adventure-esque. It would fit the license

And yeah, Peasant's Quest. The image itself comes from the movie version, because the real one is just a blob of pixels...

[Melanie68]

Thanks for the info. I think I ran into a thread a long time ago talking about that game but never looked into it more.

[Marek]

Wow, nice work! All of these look really good.

[Harald B]

Thanks. Here are some Sherlock Holmes ones:


I think I'll stop now.

[stepurhan]

The Starship Titanic Bots

From l to r Bellbot, Deskbot(Marsinta), Barbot, Rowbot, Liftbot, Succ-U-Bus, Doorbot(Prendible)


and not forgetting the Starship's most (in)famous inhabitants
The Parrot

and the intelligent bomb, the Megascuttler

[Marek]

Okay, all of these were great! I've added them to the avatar selection screen. Can't wait for some of these to show up.

[Erwin_Br]

Hey, at least I tried!

--Erwin

[Harald B]

Nice to see them, but some FYIs here. The character you've labeled "Secret Service Guy" is Chuckles. The character you've labeled "Toy Maffia" is Cuddly Bear. Most importantly, the character you've labeled "Sherlock Holmes 1" is Watson.

[LuigiHann]

Cool to see mine added. The only errors I noticed were "Saaved" instead of "Saavedro," and "Youngatrus" is supposed to be "Young Atrus." Also, the avatar selection looks a bit skewed in general, perhaps a tighter table could be made? I don't know enough about web programming, I just know it doesn't look right.

Anyway, here's a few more. These ones get a bit obscure, so I'll label them individually.

From Peasant's Quest:

Rather Dashing, Trogdor, and the Baby Lady

From Penny Arcade Adventures:

Gabriel, Tycho, and FF Prime

Games available from Telltale's store:

Assil from Ankh, Al Emmo from Al Emmo, and Gil Grissom from CSI

Other games that Marek named:

George Stobbart from BS4, Brian Basco from Runaway 2, and Rabbi Russel Stone from The Shivah

Finally and improbably, items from text adventure games:

No Tea from Hitchhiker's Guide, Ye Flask from the Thy Dungeonman series, and a Zorkmid from the Zork series.

[Marek]

Haha. Awesome. I would almost change my avatar to Trogdor...... almost.

[LuigiHann]

Originally Posted by Marek

Haha. Awesome. I would almost change my avatar to Trogdor...... almost.

Haha, thanks. If I weren't so dedicated to using a consistent "LuigiHann" avatar on every forum, I'd probably switch to "No tea" myself

I wasn't going to do any for Uru live, but... I did. So... here.

A DRC Cone (they have fans, apparently), Yeesha, and Jeff Zandi


Dr. Watson, a Bahro, and a random explorer

[stepurhan]

Originally Posted by LuigiHann

Also, the avatar selection looks a bit skewed in general, perhaps a tighter table could be made? I don't know enough about web programming, I just know it doesn't look right.

If it's the same thing I noticed when checking out the new avatars I think it happens when an avatar name is more than one line. This skews all the avatars below it. Don't know how easy that would be to fix though.