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Title: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Kobuk on February 16, 2013, 08:55:16 pm
Do you ever wonder who's behind the avatar? Do you wonder what the members look like and whether they're male or female, tall or short, big or small, what they're clothing styles are, etc., etc.?

From Feb. 17 to Feb. 23 starting tomorrow, and ending next Sat., we are going to have a "Show your real self" avatar week. Participation in this is optional. You don't have to participate if you don't want to. All we ask is that you keep in mind a few things:

1. Keep all avatars PG.
2. Keep in mind the avatar sizes as described here: (Item # 7 b)
http://forums.furtopia.org/index.php?topic=42607.0
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Have fun! :)
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Ziel on February 16, 2013, 09:44:42 pm
I'm so in on this!
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Nyeti on February 16, 2013, 11:12:34 pm
im in :D
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: redyoshi49q on February 16, 2013, 11:54:48 pm
(*crops and enhances an image of himself from the forums*)

I can't even *tell* you guys how tempted I was to take a picture of my red yoshi plush and use that.  Yay for possibly ironic humor?
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Mylo on February 17, 2013, 02:50:39 am
Here I am  :-[
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Alsek on February 17, 2013, 08:26:04 am
I'll join in as well.  ^_^
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Loc on February 17, 2013, 08:27:30 am
Once I'm back at my house and have access to my photos, I'll be joining in too ^^
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Kobuk on February 17, 2013, 08:40:38 am
(*crops and enhances an image of himself from the forums*)

I can't even *tell* you guys how tempted I was to take a picture of my red yoshi plush and use that.  Yay for possibly ironic humor?

See Ziel's avatar.  :D


I'll join in as well.  ^_^

 :o You look so young in your avatar.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Natura Wolf on February 17, 2013, 09:04:27 am
So do you Kobut,  You actually look my age about 22-24
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Natura Wolf on February 17, 2013, 09:17:05 am
Well guys this is me 2 years back when I did the musical 'Cats'  Heh >.>
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Loc on February 17, 2013, 09:19:07 am
And here I am, a year or so ago when I had blue hair.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Ickyrus on February 17, 2013, 09:23:08 am
Boo. >:( Look at all these nice people.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Natura Wolf on February 17, 2013, 09:23:33 am
And here I am, a year or so ago when I had blue hair.

Wow!!  Thats sooo cool.  You need a sword, whip or gun though.  With the goggles you kinda remind me of what Rikku's sister (From Final Fatnasy X) would look like if she had one.  That would be awesome!!!!!!
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: McMajik on February 17, 2013, 09:37:13 am
OHHEY, I can do this!
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: redyoshi49q on February 17, 2013, 12:25:20 pm
(*crops and enhances an image of himself from the forums*)

I can't even *tell* you guys how tempted I was to take a picture of my red yoshi plush and use that.  Yay for possibly ironic humor?

See Ziel's avatar.  :D

I mean a picture of *just* the plush.  "Oh, you guys want a pic of my real life self?  Here you go, a pic of the resident yoshi in the flesh!"

I do like Ziel's avatar, though.  It's impossible to go wrong with Yoshi.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Jacoby Quinn on February 17, 2013, 12:30:00 pm
i ish me!....on a bad hairday
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Mylo on February 17, 2013, 01:30:19 pm
I mean a picture of *just* the plush.  "Oh, you guys want a pic of my real life self?  Here you go, a pic of the resident yoshi in the flesh!"

But you've still got the "red," right?  :D
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: kuroneko jusan on February 17, 2013, 04:10:17 pm
I'm in (:
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Flyntz on February 17, 2013, 05:06:15 pm
M'kay let's do this!
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Graywolf440 on February 17, 2013, 05:28:46 pm
I guess it couldn't hurt

EDIT: Actually, im having second thoughts. Nvr mind
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: redyoshi49q on February 17, 2013, 06:57:20 pm
EDIT: Actually, im having second thoughts. Nvr mind

That's not a problem.  As Kobuk said, participation in this is optional.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Alsek on February 17, 2013, 08:04:55 pm
:o You look so young in your avatar.

Well I am a Puppy...  right?  :P
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Drake Fireborne on February 17, 2013, 10:49:33 pm
This is only for a week, right? RIGHT???? DX
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Mylo on February 17, 2013, 11:02:46 pm
This is only for a week, right? RIGHT???? DX

You don't have to have it up.  It is optional.  It is for one week, but you can have it up for more or less of that time if you want. 
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Drake Fireborne on February 17, 2013, 11:23:46 pm
This is only for a week, right? RIGHT???? DX

You don't have to have it up.  It is optional.  It is for one week, but you can have it up for more or less of that time if you want. 

*headpats Mylo* yus yus, I know. This is easier for everyone involved if I pretend like I'm forced into it though. DEAL WITH IT :|
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Nyeti on February 18, 2013, 12:19:54 am
thought id change mine... couldn't really see my face lol...some may have already seen it,but its the only one i have for now 8)
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Mylo on February 18, 2013, 12:34:21 am
thought id change mine... couldn't really see my face lol...some may have already seen it,but its the only one i have for now 8)

Dat eye  :o
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Iara Warriorfeather on February 18, 2013, 01:02:44 am
O hai  :D

I am a woman. STRANGE, ISN'T IT?  :P
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Nyeti on February 18, 2013, 02:05:47 am
thought id change mine... couldn't really see my face lol...some may have already seen it,but its the only one i have for now 8)

Dat eye  :o

what? do i look bad in it or somthing? :D i am not held liable for any melted faces or broken mirrors :D
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Mylo on February 18, 2013, 02:10:31 am
thought id change mine... couldn't really see my face lol...some may have already seen it,but its the only one i have for now 8)

Dat eye  :o

what? do i look bad in it or somthing? :D i am not held liable for any melted faces or broken mirrors :D

Course not.  :D  It's just mystical when the eye stares into the soul.  :D  :D  :D

O hai  :D

I am a woman. STRANGE, ISN'T IT?  :P

Oh the male-dominated world of furry-dom.  :P  
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Nyeti on February 18, 2013, 02:15:45 am
i see what you mean now  :o
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Natura Wolf on February 18, 2013, 12:29:03 pm
why is furry male dominated?

Do you think its cause we get reffered to in life alot as Alpha's, Stallions, etc?
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Iara Warriorfeather on February 18, 2013, 12:52:33 pm
why is furry male dominated?

Do you think its cause we get reffered to in life alot as Alpha's, Stallions, etc?

This is one of those unanswerable questions...like which came first, the chicken or the egg?...I'd really like to know why this is also.  x_x
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Loc on February 18, 2013, 01:02:18 pm
Well, we all know the egg came first  :D Dinosaurs, rawr.

Many of the stats I've seen for the fandom have said the ratio is about 1:1. The furmeets I've been to have been predominantly female. Several sites I've joined have been biased in membership in favour of women. So I wouldn't say it's male dominated. Just the males are perhaps more vocal and open about being furry?

I will say I've not seen any stats that aren't less than three or four years old, so I'm not up to date XD

Edited to state my point a bit differently.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Iara Warriorfeather on February 18, 2013, 01:05:10 pm
Well, we all know the egg came first :P

Most of the stats for the fandom I've seen have suggested that the male to female ratio is nearly 1:1. The furmeets I've been to have been predominantly female. So I wouldn't say it's male dominated. Just the males are perhaps more vocal and open about being furry?

Probably the latter. What do the males here have to say for themselves?  :P
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Mylo on February 18, 2013, 02:28:05 pm
Many of the stats I've seen for the fandom have said the ratio is about 1:1.

The stats I've seen suggest otherwise...in fact, from what I've seen, it's more like 3 or 4 males per female.  :o

I think it's just a result of the bias of our society.  Furries seem to like traditionally male things.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Natura Wolf on February 18, 2013, 02:32:55 pm
Don't laugh but i think it also has ties to:
-LGBT
-Emo's
-Gothics

Anyone who could potentially be considered as 'outcasts' in the general public.
LGBT groups generally how vocal males (like me), as do Emo males.  Gothics are cool no matter what so there isn't really a typical behavioral pattern.

Saying that, This is categories, biased and i don't like it so please ignore this statement :(
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Mylo on February 18, 2013, 02:39:46 pm
Don't laugh but i think it also has ties to:
-LGBT
-Emo's
-Gothics

Anyone who could potentially be considered as 'outcasts' in the general public.
LGBT groups generally how vocal males (like me), as do Emo males.  Gothics are cool no matter what so there isn't really a typical behavioral pattern.

Saying that, This is categories, biased and i don't like it so please ignore this statement :(

It's just a trend.  Things just happen to happen.  A lot of times there are underlying reasons to these trends, but that doesn't mean they apply to every situation.  It's like, furry websites tend to be more open and therefore more open to different sexualities.  The ratio of non-traditional sexualities to traditional is much higher than in the rest of the world as a whole.  But furry has little to do with sexuality by definition.  It's just, there are underlying connections.

Trends are trends.  Stereotypes are another thing.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Natura Wolf on February 18, 2013, 02:47:02 pm
Sorry, trends I mean ^^ i'm just lacking intellectual words *dunce hat*

Thats what i meant btw, what you said....Unfortunately I just thought it instead of actually typing it in to my looong monologues XD
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Loc on February 18, 2013, 03:05:28 pm
Many of the stats I've seen for the fandom have said the ratio is about 1:1.

The stats I've seen suggest otherwise...in fact, from what I've seen, it's more like 3 or 4 males per female.  :o

I think it's just a result of the bias of our society.  Furries seem to like traditionally male things.


Like I said, the stats I saw were rather old XD So it's entirely possible and I'm happy to accept that perhaps they were biased due to the way they were carried out (an issue a lot of surveys and tests have), or are just plain inaccurate now.
It'll be interesting to see what the results of the 2013 furry survey are.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: redyoshi49q on February 18, 2013, 03:32:11 pm
The thread's starting to get derailed.  Could you guys take the gender ratio discussion to a new topic, please?
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Kobuk on February 18, 2013, 10:44:36 pm
So do you Kobuk,  You actually look my age about 22-24

You'd be surprised. I'm actually 42. And the pic I'm using for this week was taken a year or two ago.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Iara Warriorfeather on February 19, 2013, 01:53:37 am
The thread's starting to get derailed.  Could you guys take the gender ratio discussion to a new topic, please?

Good idea.  :-[ There I go again, derailing and killing threads like none other!  :D

Everyone looks nice btw  (:
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Elusive on February 21, 2013, 03:27:54 pm
Haven't been on here for a bit. Figured I'd participate in this even though I found out about it a bit late  :o. Just took this picture, which is one of very few of me that even exist.
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Drake Fireborne on February 21, 2013, 03:58:08 pm
I hope I'm not the only one that has frightened himself with his own avatar several times... Sudden reaction is "That's not me!" (Simply from habit, not because I consider myself to be Drake) followed by "Wait... no, that is me. >.<"
Title: Re: "Show Your Real Self" avatar week!
Post by: Kobuk on February 23, 2013, 08:43:06 pm
The "Show your real self" avatar week ends later tonight. For those who participated, it was nice seeing who you really are. :) Thanks for participating.

We'll have another avatar week probably in May or June sometime. It might be showing your pet. ;)