paizo.com Recent Posts in Effect of Names and Avatarspaizo.com Recent Posts in Effect of Names and Avatars2019-02-21T19:24:30Z2019-02-21T19:24:30ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsVidmaster7https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#232019-02-24T08:16:41Z2019-02-24T08:16:41Z<p>classic</p>classicVidmaster72019-02-24T08:16:41ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsI'm Hiding In Your Closethttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#222019-02-24T07:10:14Z2019-02-24T07:10:14Z<p>I migrated here directly from the WotC forums, and this avatar got started there with <a href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1920&bih=937&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=fkJyXO_CCOrYjwSFkY-gBA&q=jester%27s+cap+card+art&oq=jester%27s+cap+card+art&gs_l=img.3...15613.17997..18346...0.0..2.838.3464.0j4j3j1j1j1j1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0j0i30j0i8i30j0i24.zOJwKfj8s9Q#imgrc=-pBNI3YRwQcBpM:" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this <i>Magic</i> card art</a>. I daresay I'd have kept it if I could.</p>I migrated here directly from the WotC forums, and this avatar got started there with this Magic card art. I daresay I'd have kept it if I could.I'm Hiding In Your Closet2019-02-24T07:10:14ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsVidmaster7https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#212019-02-24T05:06:56Z2019-02-24T05:06:56Z<p>I started by searching for the least used Avatars myself.</p>I started by searching for the least used Avatars myself.Vidmaster72019-02-24T05:06:56ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsI'm Hiding In Your Closethttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#202019-02-24T02:38:21Z2019-02-24T02:38:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">captain yesterday wrote:</div><blockquote> I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here. </blockquote><p>I experimented for a while with various radically different avatars in large part because this one was supposedly used by a lot of others, so I tried finding obscure stuff; eventually, though I realized that there is such a thing as "wore it best"!captain yesterday wrote:I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here.
I experimented for a while with various radically different avatars in large part because this one was supposedly used by a lot of others, so I tried finding obscure stuff; eventually, though I realized that there is such a thing as "wore it best"!I'm Hiding In Your Closet2019-02-24T02:38:21ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsMageHunterhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#192019-02-23T22:09:58Z2019-02-23T21:33:01Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">quibblemuch wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Vidmaster7 wrote:</div><blockquote> I tend to think the avatar can have an impact on what your saying. It for sure gets brought up from time to time. This one gets me beard jokes for example. </blockquote>I thought it was just a really wrinkly chin... </blockquote><p>They're a popular look. Hobgoblin fashion is really catching on.quibblemuch wrote:Vidmaster7 wrote: I tend to think the avatar can have an impact on what your saying. It for sure gets brought up from time to time. This one gets me beard jokes for example.
I thought it was just a really wrinkly chin... They're a popular look. Hobgoblin fashion is really catching on.MageHunter2019-02-23T21:33:01ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and Avatarsquibblemuchhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#182019-02-24T22:28:58Z2019-02-23T16:31:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Amby's Brain wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">quibblemuch wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">MageHunter wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I actually picked this because the name wasn't taken and magehunter is a hobgoblin alternate racial trait.</p>
<p>Consequently I murder spellcasters frequently. </blockquote><p>Plus, that avatar's got a wicked awesome soul patch.
<p>EDIT: Or is that just a wrinkly chin? I'm going with soul patch, because wrinkly chin is never wicked awesome. </blockquote>Need to stat up a dwarf demilich who <b>Devours Souls (Su)</b> of (N)PCs with his jeweled soul patch. </blockquote><p>The other day I was giving medicine to my cat and he lashed out and slashed a big old bleeding cut just under my lip.
<p>"Mah soul patch! He was goin fer mah soul!" I dramatically yelled.</p>
<p>He didn't deny it.</p>Amby's Brain wrote:quibblemuch wrote: MageHunter wrote:I actually picked this because the name wasn't taken and magehunter is a hobgoblin alternate racial trait.
Consequently I murder spellcasters frequently.
Plus, that avatar's got a wicked awesome soul patch. EDIT: Or is that just a wrinkly chin? I'm going with soul patch, because wrinkly chin is never wicked awesome. Need to stat up a dwarf demilich who Devours Souls (Su) of (N)PCs with his jeweled soul patch. The other day I was giving...quibblemuch2019-02-23T16:31:10ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsAmby's Brain (alias of Ambrosia Slaad)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#172019-02-23T19:06:09Z2019-02-23T16:20:30Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">quibblemuch wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">MageHunter wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I actually picked this because the name wasn't taken and magehunter is a hobgoblin alternate racial trait.</p>
<p>Consequently I murder spellcasters frequently. </blockquote><p>Plus, that avatar's got a wicked awesome soul patch.
<p>EDIT: Or is that just a wrinkly chin? I'm going with soul patch, because wrinkly chin is never wicked awesome. </blockquote><p>Need to stat up a dwarf demilich who <b>Devours Souls (Su)</b> of (N)PCs with his jeweled soul patch.quibblemuch wrote:MageHunter wrote:I actually picked this because the name wasn't taken and magehunter is a hobgoblin alternate racial trait.
Consequently I murder spellcasters frequently.
Plus, that avatar's got a wicked awesome soul patch. EDIT: Or is that just a wrinkly chin? I'm going with soul patch, because wrinkly chin is never wicked awesome. Need to stat up a dwarf demilich who Devours Souls (Su) of (N)PCs with his jeweled soul patch.Amby's Brain (alias of Ambrosia Slaad)2019-02-23T16:20:30ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and Avatarsquibblemuchhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#162019-02-24T05:06:11Z2019-02-23T14:42:01Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Vidmaster7 wrote:</div><blockquote> I tend to think the avatar can have an impact on what your saying. It for sure gets brought up from time to time. This one gets me beard jokes for example. </blockquote><p>I thought it was just a really wrinkly chin...Vidmaster7 wrote:I tend to think the avatar can have an impact on what your saying. It for sure gets brought up from time to time. This one gets me beard jokes for example.
I thought it was just a really wrinkly chin...quibblemuch2019-02-23T14:42:01ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsVidmaster7https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#152019-02-23T19:05:58Z2019-02-23T06:08:45Z<p>I tend to think the avatar can have an impact on what your saying. It for sure gets brought up from time to time. This one gets me beard jokes for example.</p>I tend to think the avatar can have an impact on what your saying. It for sure gets brought up from time to time. This one gets me beard jokes for example.Vidmaster72019-02-23T06:08:45ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsBongo Pipeweed (alias of quibblemuch)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#142019-02-23T16:21:15Z2019-02-22T19:28:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">MageHunter wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">captain yesterday wrote:</div><blockquote> I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here. </blockquote>I mean, it's a little hard to pull off MageHunter with an avatar of a brownie. </blockquote><p>Mmmm... brownies...MageHunter wrote:captain yesterday wrote: I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here.
I mean, it's a little hard to pull off MageHunter with an avatar of a brownie. Mmmm... brownies...Bongo Pipeweed (alias of quibblemuch)2019-02-22T19:28:58ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and Avatarscaptain yesterdayhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#132019-02-22T18:07:12Z2019-02-22T17:41:07Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">MageHunter wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">captain yesterday wrote:</div><blockquote> I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here. </blockquote>I mean, it's a little hard to pull off MageHunter with an avatar of a brownie. </blockquote><p>How so? It's not like Mages are rolling in hit points and rock a heavy suit of armor.
<p>"Oh no, the guy in the funny hat can conjure darts! Run for your lives!!!"</p>
<p>Now, a wizard, those people f@~& shit up.</p>MageHunter wrote:captain yesterday wrote: I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here.
I mean, it's a little hard to pull off MageHunter with an avatar of a brownie. How so? It's not like Mages are rolling in hit points and rock a heavy suit of armor. "Oh no, the guy in the funny hat can conjure darts! Run for your lives!!!"
Now, a wizard, those people f&$% shit up.captain yesterday2019-02-22T17:41:07ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and Avatarscaptain yesterdayhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#122019-02-23T16:20:43Z2019-02-22T17:38:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">WarlockFlayer wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">captain yesterday wrote:</div><blockquote> I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here. </blockquote>Well there's always aliases. </blockquote><p>That doesn't sound like me...WarlockFlayer wrote:captain yesterday wrote: I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here.
Well there's always aliases. That doesn't sound like me...captain yesterday2019-02-22T17:38:16ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsMageHunterhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#112019-02-22T19:28:22Z2019-02-22T16:00:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">captain yesterday wrote:</div><blockquote> I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here. </blockquote><p>I mean, it's a little hard to pull off MageHunter with an avatar of a brownie.captain yesterday wrote:I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here.
I mean, it's a little hard to pull off MageHunter with an avatar of a brownie.MageHunter2019-02-22T16:00:38ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsWarlockFlayer (alias of MageHunter)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#102019-02-23T19:05:27Z2019-02-22T15:49:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">captain yesterday wrote:</div><blockquote> I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here. </blockquote><p>Well there's always aliases.captain yesterday wrote:I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here.
Well there's always aliases.WarlockFlayer (alias of MageHunter)2019-02-22T15:49:10ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and Avatarsquibblemuchhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#92019-02-23T19:05:17Z2019-02-22T15:09:01Z<p>I originally had Groetus as an avatar because the character I was playing when I signed up for the messageboards was an inquisitor of G. I changed to Polina because she's maybe <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/vetrova/art/Polina-390618682" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">my favorite piece of Pathfinder art</a> (and that's saying something, because there are a LOT of talented artists making stuff for Paizo).</p>
<p>The name antedates Pathfinder by a good 10 years. I'm leaving the origins shrouded in mystery, however...</p>I originally had Groetus as an avatar because the character I was playing when I signed up for the messageboards was an inquisitor of G. I changed to Polina because she's maybe my favorite piece of Pathfinder art (and that's saying something, because there are a LOT of talented artists making stuff for Paizo).
The name antedates Pathfinder by a good 10 years. I'm leaving the origins shrouded in mystery, however...quibblemuch2019-02-22T15:09:01ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and Avatarsquibblemuchhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#82019-02-23T18:18:21Z2019-02-22T15:03:47Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">MageHunter wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I actually picked this because the name wasn't taken and magehunter is a hobgoblin alternate racial trait.</p>
<p>Consequently I murder spellcasters frequently. </blockquote><p>Plus, that avatar's got a wicked awesome soul patch.
<p>EDIT: Or is that just a wrinkly chin? I'm going with soul patch, because wrinkly chin is never wicked awesome.</p>MageHunter wrote:I actually picked this because the name wasn't taken and magehunter is a hobgoblin alternate racial trait.
Consequently I murder spellcasters frequently.
Plus, that avatar's got a wicked awesome soul patch. EDIT: Or is that just a wrinkly chin? I'm going with soul patch, because wrinkly chin is never wicked awesome.quibblemuch2019-02-22T15:03:47ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsDungeonmasterCalhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#72019-02-22T15:03:19Z2019-02-22T12:18:27Z<p>I picked mine because as a Game Master I sometimes feel like I'm trapped and being drowned by a wicked group of players who decide to jump off the rails and do their own things as opposed to following the path the adventure is leading to.</p>
<p>As for changing avatars, I'm far too lazy to spend the time.</p>I picked mine because as a Game Master I sometimes feel like I'm trapped and being drowned by a wicked group of players who decide to jump off the rails and do their own things as opposed to following the path the adventure is leading to.
As for changing avatars, I'm far too lazy to spend the time.DungeonmasterCal2019-02-22T12:18:27ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and Avatarscaptain yesterdayhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#62019-02-22T12:15:40Z2019-02-22T12:15:40Z<p>I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here.</p>I always wonder how people can stay with one avatar their entire time here.captain yesterday2019-02-22T12:15:40ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsMageHunterhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#52019-02-22T07:06:28Z2019-02-22T07:06:28Z<p>I actually picked this because the name wasn't taken and magehunter is a hobgoblin alternate racial trait.</p>
<p>Consequently I murder spellcasters frequently.</p>I actually picked this because the name wasn't taken and magehunter is a hobgoblin alternate racial trait.
Consequently I murder spellcasters frequently.MageHunter2019-02-22T07:06:28ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsGorbaczhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#42019-02-24T02:30:56Z2019-02-22T06:10:47Z<p>•vomits acidic saliva over the thread• what, why did you ask?</p>*vomits acidic saliva over the thread* what, why did you ask?Gorbacz2019-02-22T06:10:47ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsCE Pan (alias of Pan)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#32019-02-22T05:08:38Z2019-02-22T05:08:38Z<p>hmm</p>hmmCE Pan (alias of Pan)2019-02-22T05:08:38ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsDragonchess Playerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#22019-02-23T19:04:35Z2019-02-22T03:52:21Z<p>If I had to hypothesize, the causation for the first part (how names and avatars affect how people act) is the other way around: people choose the names and avatars based on how they already act (i.e., based on their modes of thought, preferences, tastes, etc.); they don't choose their behaviors because of their names/avatars.</p>
<p>The second part (perception of actions by others) is an extremely complicated subject in and of itself, as it is strongly affected by the biases of the person perceiving the action(s).</p>If I had to hypothesize, the causation for the first part (how names and avatars affect how people act) is the other way around: people choose the names and avatars based on how they already act (i.e., based on their modes of thought, preferences, tastes, etc.); they don't choose their behaviors because of their names/avatars.
The second part (perception of actions by others) is an extremely complicated subject in and of itself, as it is strongly affected by the biases of the person...Dragonchess Player2019-02-22T03:52:21ZForums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Effect of Names and AvatarsDawhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hca?Effect-of-Names-and-Avatars#12019-02-21T19:24:30Z2019-02-21T19:24:30Z<p>Has anyone with more energy and sensitivity than I possess studied how chosen names and avatar artwork affect how forum-folk act and are perceived to act?</p>Has anyone with more energy and sensitivity than I possess studied how chosen names and avatar artwork affect how forum-folk act and are perceived to act?Daw2019-02-21T19:24:30Z