SiG Lady Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Gah, I thought you were talking about Merlin Orr's new avatar........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I had not watched it thru the entire sequence till you said something...gruesome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD45 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Somebody should monitor Merlin for a while . I don't like computers either, but ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folsoml Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Gah, I thought you were talking about Merlin Orr's new avatar........ It is rather disturbing. [thread drift on] These changing avatars kind of bug me. You get used to seeing them and you kind of associate the avatar with the person more than the name. It's like if one of your co-workers showed up to work looking entirely different one day. [/thread drift off] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 That new Merlin avatar is also 'overloading' my system whenever it pops up on screen. As gruesomely fascinating as it is, it may be a technical problem for some of us, I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 .....problem for some of us,..... "edited before posting" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 (edited) All if favor of Merlin returning to the "Person he use to be" say "I". "I" Tried to make the "I" a larger font but I guess it didn't work. Edited November 17, 2005 by Clay1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Bowing to peer pressure and the abhorrent thought that my disturbing and gruesomely fascinating avatar could be causing computer problems, anxiety, loss of sleep and possible lasting trauma..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 "Merlin - The Professional" I like it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_round Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Bowing to peer pressure and the abhorrent thought that my disturbing and gruesomely fascinating avatar could be causing computer problems, anxiety, loss of sleep and possible lasting trauma..... No fair! I liked it. Although I did find it took more time for me to go through threads where you posted. Somehow I always ended up watching your avatar in its entirety before reading the text. I vote to bring it back. Let us know what it was called so someone can start a poll. Otherwise I just title it: "Bring back Merlin's computer man smashing himself to bits on his console, some parental guidance suggested due to graphic violence, avatar!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 I thought it was great.. but a 250K+ byte avatar is pushing the limits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Pushing the Limits is Fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 It's OK right up until the first bit of blood, then it goes over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWLAZS Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I thought it was great. You should not have changed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 At first it bothered me a little bit, but then everytime i saw it I had to snicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted November 18, 2005 Author Share Posted November 18, 2005 The thing that 'bothered' me the most was the fact that it was bogging down my system to run it! I wondered if it was taken out of context from a longer animation of some kind... kinda felt like it might've been part of a bigger story... hard to tell entirely what the motivation of the little character was..... unless there WAS none. It did get a little gratuitous there toward the end, though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I seem to remember the same gif. somewhere else on the internet. I don't recall it being any longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberkid Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I thought it was great. I also found it odd that I got censored and a reprimand for using the word "kill" last week in a totally acceptable format. Yet this avatar runs for a week before anyone says anything. I thought it was pretty funny and am all for Merlin running it as I think we have felt that at one time or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 To each there own I guess. Merlin is always full of laughs and good humor and makes me smile more than occationally. The thing for me is more along the lines of what Folsoml wrote. I just identify with certain people by their avatar. In internet communication you just don't get tone influctuation in sentances, you really don't know what the person looks like unless they post a picture so us visually oriented types tend to associate with the graphic as much as the written word. I wouldn't know Merlin if I saw him up close and personal, but if he wore a button with that cartoon caracter with the big mustache on his shirt I could pick him out in a hurry. Do what makes you happy Merlin. I guess old farts like me aren't use to change. We just get into a comfort zone and BAM someone kicks it up a notch. Have fun with the avatar thing. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I thought the point of the avatar was just that there had been too many back-to-back-to-back hurricanes, and Merlin ahd lost control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I wanted to show some of my Co-Workers his old avatar, anbd it was changed before I could. I thought it was GREAT! That is just what I feel like some days at the office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folsoml Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I wouldn't know Merlin if I saw him up close and personal, but if he wore a button with that cartoon caracter with the big mustache on his shirt I could pick him out in a hurry. That would be a great idea! Wear buttons with our avatars so we can pick each other out at matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I have another hobby: Amateur Radio (some refer to it as Ham radio). When we all get together at national shows etc, you just close your eyes and start listening to the voices because that is how you relate to each other - with the spoken word. Many of us had tags made up with our call signs on them so you could figure out who was who. I'm getting better figuring out who is who at the local shoots from the people that I meet on this board. One of the things that has helped was a BE T shirt. So Merlin, what do you look like today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Like my normal self! A big smile on my face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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