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Just a silly little game to try and encourage avatarism.

Rate the person who posted last in this topic on their avatar. Score it out of 10, and maybe give a reason.

I like Kai's avatar, because it shows who he is, is colourful, demonstrates creativity, and beats like the hearts of the girls he will possibly be fighting off later in life. I also liked his previous one with the two smileys which only lasted about 2 days.

Interesting that some people have too many good ideas for avatars, while others don't bother at all. I give it a 9.

Edit: I've also just noticed that it says his name, which I had never realized until examining it more for this! Bonus point for hidden/subliminal content.

Derek's avatar scares me. He should replace it with one of a raccoon.

Edit: Oh, I have to give it a score. Well I'll start with 5, and then all future ratings can be relative to that.

Michael has some sort of creature as an avatar. It looks a bit grumpy.

7/10

I like Michael's avatar. It's quite a professional-looking photo (nice colour temperature and balance, etc.) and well-posed too. An enterprising creature, no doubt - I wonder how much it was paid to model for that shot.

EDIT: Forgot to score it! 8/10 I reckon.

Alec's is definitely creative, on-topic and very well put-together so it can't be anything other than a 9/10. Here's hoping it isn't the start of a raft of imitators though...says the guy shamelessly ripping off Jim Bentley

Ben's avatar scares me. He should replace it with one of a raccoon.

Srsly though, I like it because of the homage to the Master (pbuh), but I do like the smiley face. 7/10.

(Am I allowed to post more than once in this thread?)

I find Michael's avatar extremely racist

When Matthew makes a reasonably humerous comment, I get confused thinking he is Jason just form looking at the avatar.

(Not that Jason isn't humerous when he puts his mind to it)

The below poster may use negative numbers to rate my avatar if they see necessary.

Yeah, Jack's avatar is pretty cack. He should use a picture of a raccoon instead.

That said, I like the lack of bowing to conformistism. But I am also kinda drunk. Have 6/10, for not being scary.

Michael Wallace wrote:Yeah, Jack's avatar is pretty cack. He should use a picture of a raccoon instead.

That said, I like the lack of bowing to conformistism. But I am also kinda drunk. Have 6/10, for not being scary.

yeah you look pretty half cut in your avatar too. 5/10.

And no Michael I will never be a raccoon, but I am toying with a coyote.

It sucks!! lmfao (right back atcha, baby )

Sorry, I know it's not exactly in the spirit of the thread but I couldn't resist.

Lesley's avatar scares me. She should replace it with one of a raccoon.

(srsly, 6/10)

Michael's avatar reminds me of a racist raccoon. I think it should be made into a rug for 5/10.

I can't help thinking Ian posed for his at gunpoint or at least for a bet - he doesn't look drunk enough to be doing it willingly! 8/10 for a) enduring the trauma or b) having the bottle.

Alec's avatar should get a high mark - maybe 8 or 9, but the plagarism by James McSquasher Robinson sullies it, so I have to settle on 7.5

Sue's avatar seems like a rubbish ripoff of Michael "Raccoon" Wallace. It's the cheapest plagarism that I've ever known.

3/10

Sue Sanders wrote:Alec's avatar should get a high mark - maybe 8 or 9, but the plagarism by James McSquasher Robinson sullies it, so I have to settle on 7.5

lol. He asked if I would make him one (see this post) so I did. And why would it 'sully' mine?

James Robinson wrote:Sue's avatar seems like a rubbish ripoff of Michael "Raccoon" Wallace. It's the cheapest plagarism that I've ever known.

3/10

Sue's avatar is fantastic, 100/10.

I don't mind to admit that the word 'coon', although very offensive, makes me chuckle

Matthew's is disturbing.

The chair that my son is leaning on in his avatar is up for sale on ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MESELX:IT

Chris' pic is funny.

9/10

EDIT: £2.50 for each chair?! Good luck profiting!

Chris' avatar gives us an insight into a Countdown master's previous life when primitive hunting was the norm. I give it 6/10.

Lesley- are we being groomed for something? We've put up little resistance so far.

Oops - soory....er, Kirk's avatar makes him look like Hugh Dennis??? BANK.

Raccoons may be described as polygynous or promiscuous. Their sexual behaviour varies depending on the number of males and females in a given area at a given time, and the synchronicity of oestrus in the females: when the oestrus of all females in a surrounding area is synchronized, males tend to have much shorter consortships, and subordinate males are able to mate with females they would not normally be able to reach. The reproductive success of males depends on their ability to find and mate with females. In general, heavier males gain greater access to females during the mating season. A group of males can combine territories for access to more females within this enlarged area. Three or four males may combine territories to gain access to more females; within a male group the heaviest, most dominant male carries out 50 - 60% of the matings. A female may consort with only one male, for a period of one to three days, if her oestrus period is short, but more (as many as four) if she has a longer period of oestrus. Copulation may last up to about an hour

An hour? Up to three days? D'you know - I think he's on to something...

Beautifully illustrated, btw!

Lesley's avatar is fantastic, but can't score as well as Sue's because everyone knows Ralph is the best Raccoon. 99/10.

Michael's avatar is boring, it needs to be funny, 4/10.

Unless Eoin puts a real picture of himself as his avatar, I have no reason to imagine him to look any different to that slightly spasticky looking kid with a very similar name who finished 3rd in last years X-Factor.

Matthews Avatar is obviously borrowed, but theres no harm done 5/10.

Marc looks a little too normal to be on a Countdown forum.

Kai Laddiman wrote:Chris' pic is funny.

9/10

EDIT: £2.50 for each chair?! Good luck profiting!

Can't believe you didn't bid Kai - they have sold for £40. Too late now. You could have bought all but one of them then I could have written "Three Chairs For Kai.... hip, hip.. "

Chris Corby wrote:

Kai Laddiman wrote:Chris' pic is funny.

9/10

EDIT: £2.50 for each chair?! Good luck profiting!

Can't believe you didn't bid Kai - they have sold for £40. Too late now. You could have bought all but one of them then I could have written "Three Chairs For Kai.... hip, hip.. "

lol. That shouldn't be funny but it is.

This has nothing to do with Alec (but nice avatar anyway Alec).

Anyway .... Yesterday I went to see James Cameron's new movie Avatar at the Imax theatre in the National Film and Media Museum in Bradford. It was a special Imax 3D version projected onto a giant 48' x 65' screen. It's a decent enough film anyway, but the experience of watching it in Imax 3D was mindblowing. If you get a chance to see it in Imax, it will be 3 hours of your time well spent.

Phillip's avatar, taken on a recent fancy dress night when he fulfilled his dream of being a fireman isn't as cool as the cartoon of himself he used to use, but it's not the worst. 7/10

Andy's avatar, taken on a recent fancy dress night when he fulfilled his dream of being a young bearded Andy Wilson isn't as cool as the shocked picture of himself he used to use, but due to it's very subtle use of swearing (whether as an invitation to admirers or an expletive against said Andy) it's not the worst. 7/10

Derek's avatar makes me wonder if he's Ann Widdicombe's brother. (Apologies to the next poster)

Edit - supposed to give it a number, so 7 (plucked out of thin air and not based on anything).

Gavin's avatar makes me wonder if he's visible.

Not as good as mine; 9/10.

Jimmy's new one 3/10
Jimmy's previous one 10/10

Clearly you can't post here if you don't have an avatar. But yeah, I liked the one that was an actual picture of Jimmy, his stern expression only added to my lols at his excellent post in the Most Improved Player topic.

Charlie Reams wrote:Clearly you can't post here if you don't have an avatar....

Ooops of course not. Sorry Charlie.
Brain malfunction.
Thread returns to topic with Charlie's avatar.....

Impressive, 10/10. Not as good as mine.

I preferred your old one 7/10

kk guyz, compromise.

Oh, and Marc's avatar scores 6/10.

"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

7/10

Alec Rivers wrote: 7/10

What's wrong with it?

Alec's: 0/10.

Jimmy's avatar makes him look like he's had too many sprouts over Christmas. 5/10.

I so hate the colour green. Yuck

Sick to death of the abuse on this forum, tbh some people are just green with envy at the brilliance of my avatar and feel the need to insult and ridicule it. Grow up.

James's avatar: -5/10.

I hadn't realised you were going for the Hulk look. I thought it was more Warhol / Oompah Loompah. Interesting. 7/10

I have Lesley's avatar as a poster in my room. I think that's approval enough.

What exactly is the poster of?
Is it an Escher?

The one, the only, the incredible Escher.
Marc's looks like a raccoon that's just robbed you, but is quite friendly about it. At least MW will like it. 11/10 for him, and 6/10 for the rest of us.

Btw, Charlie's looks like he's got his hands on someone's head as they've just started to bite.

Lesley Hines wrote:The one, the only, the incredible Escher.
Marc's looks like a raccoon that's just robbed you, but is quite friendly about it. At least MW will like it. 11/10 for him, and 6/10 for the rest of us.

Btw, Charlie's looks like he's got his hands on someone's head as they've just started to bite.

Thanks.
Sorry for the ignorance, I used to think that M.C. Escher was a drum and bass artist.
BTW, yes you do have a dirty mind
10/10

Dear Lord, it's a raccoon with an ASBO.

6/10

5/10? Sure it means something.

Derek Hazell wrote:I like Kai's avatar, because it shows who he is, is colourful, demonstrates creativity, and beats like the hearts of the girls he will possibly be fighting off later in life. I also liked his previous one with the two smileys which only lasted about 2 days.

Interesting that some people have too many good ideas for avatars, while others don't bother at all. I give it a 9.

Edit: I've also just noticed that it says his name, which I had never realized until examining it more for this! Bonus point for hidden/subliminal content.

I also like Kai's avatar, but I'm too stupid to be able to spot subliminal content without it being spelled out for me. I tried several different pictures for my avatar just now, but they were all too wide for the pixel limit thingy. So I had to settle for an iChat icon, which is a placeholder for the time being seeing as it's small enough. One hidden point I have noticed about Kai's general avatar area is that his total number of posts is now very close to his year of birth (which I just looked up on the wiki).

Adam's is a dog with a neck disease. 5/10.

Robert Baxter's features stupid advertising, badly produced graphics, tiny hard-to-read writing, and is Robert Baxter's.
I'll give it Robert Baxter out of 10.

Matt Morrison wrote:Robert Baxter's features stupid advertising, badly produced graphics, tiny hard-to-read writing, and is Robert Baxter's.
I'll give it Robert Baxter out of 10.

I may make another....