How often do you change you avatar and/or your profile picture?

[gbgoodies]

I don't post on a bunch of other forums, so I don't know what's "normal" for most forums, and what's not.

I noticed that a lot of you guys seem to change your avatar every day or two. Is that normal on most Internet forums, or is that just here?

What about your profile picture? Do most of you change that every few days too? I rarely look at profiles, so I don't really notice if the picture changes often. How often do you look at other members profiles?

How often do you change you avatar and/or your profile picture?
What makes you decide to change it, and how do you decide on the new ones?
Do you change your favorite movies listed in your profile a lot too, or do those usually stay the same?

[The Rodent]

I tend to keep to the Superman Shield with an R...


I change the design around but am usually using the R Diamond. Not sure really why... I've used the design since I joined MoFo even though Superman isn't even in my Top 50 favourites.
I think it's just cool to have my own Superman Diamond, and it's a movie themed avatar too, which is fitting for the forum.


My profile banner though, I've kept as the original RoboCop VHS cover and poster since Yoda introduced profile banners. I occasionally change the effects I put on it, but it's always RoboCop.




Other forums tend not to change as much as some of the guys on here. I think it's just down to the medium of the forum.
Movies and movie tastes change a lot, which I guess is why MoFos change their avatars a few times.
I mean, some MoFos might use their Top 100 Favourites, meaning they'll change their avi daily depending on their mood.

[MovieGal]

I change mine about every 2 weeks.. it stays Mads but it changes....I think only 3 or 4 times it was something else and only for a short time.. less than a few days....

[Miss Vicky]

I change my avatar whenever the mood strikes me, or whenever I get tired of Sexy's bitching. I think I'll hang on to this one for awhile. I like it a lot.

I've had the same banner pretty much since the feature was introduced. I tried out a few animated Joaquin banners, but it just seemed like the images got too grainy when converted for use as a banner. I think the combo of the Joaquin avatar and the Ratatouille banner is more representative of me anyway.

[7thson]

I too go with my mood. it also depends if I am part of a "game" sometimes my avie corresponds with that. 9 times outta 10 though mine has something to do with Flash Gordon and or Max Von Sydow.

[Harry Lime]

Never!

[Chardee MacDennis]

About as often as Shane Carruth makes a new film.

[honeykid]

I didn't have an avatar for the first 5 or 6 years here and only picked one when Destiny talked me into playing the Movie Theme game. Had one since. I didn't change too often, but then SC would start bitching about having the same one and make me a new one, so I'd use that until it happened again. :D Lately, SFS has been making gif avatars for me and I've used those. I like to keep them in rotation and so change every week or so.

[Camo]

Not too often. I've been here a year and three quarters and this Ice Truck KIller one is my third, after My Solozzo one and my Pazazu one. I think i've kept that Walter White Banner from the start.

[Miss Vicky]

Not too often. I've been here a year and three quarters and this Ice Truck KIller one is my third.

That's what that image is from! I could never seem to figure out WTH it was and I love Dexter. :facepalm:

Guess I just assumed it was from a movie.

[MovieGal]

I didn't have an avatar for the first 5 or 6 years here and only picked one when Destiny talked me into playing the Movie Theme game. Had one since. I didn't change too often, but then SC would start bitching about having the same one and make me a new one, so I'd use that until it happened again. :D Lately, SFS has been making gif avatars for me and I've used those. I like to keep them in rotation and so change every week or so.

I had Derek make my gif avatar... I would have asked SC but I know he doesnt care much for Mads..... Derek is a great friend here... just like you HK

[Yoda]

Users fall into three types on this front:

1) Never change, never surrender. This happens when someone has an unusually appropriate/awesome avatar, and after awhile they become so associated with it that it gets harder to change, anyway.

2) Change constantly. Whatever strikes them, whatever they've been watching or thinking about recently or just thought was cool.

3) Change, but within a common theme. IE: I usually just change to another Yoda avatar, honeykid to another Drew Barrymore avatar, Miss Vicky to another Joaquin avatar, etc.

No right way to do it. :) But I do think it changes how people interact with each other more than they realize.

[Jack1]

I've had this avatar since I started posting again earlier this year. Cobpyth seems to like it, so I see no reason to change. :p

[Miss Vicky]

But I do think it changes how people interact with each other more than they realize.

It totally does. I hardly ever actually look at a person's username. I know them by their avatars. So if a person keeps the same avatar for a long time and suddenly changes it to something completely different, it almost feels like they're a stranger. Unless, of course, it's Sexy. I always know when it's Sexy.

And that recent day when a bunch of people took Swan's Fantastic Planet avatar was just all kinds of confusing.

[Camo]

That's what that image is from! I could never seem to figure out WTH it was and I love Dexter. :facepalm:

Guess I just assumed it was from a movie.

Yeah it's the Ice Truck Killer, noone seems to notice. I have a friend who is a much bigger Dexter fan than me, and because he has very similar hair he actually thought i'd used him as an avatar :rotfl:.

http://i60.tinypic.com/167nt4l.jpg

[Yoda]

It totally does. I hardly ever actually look at a person's username. I know them by their avatars. So if a person keeps the same avatar for a long time and suddenly changes it to something completely different, it almost feels like they're a stranger. Unless, of course, it's Sexy. I always know when it's Sexy.

And that recent day when a bunch of people took Swan's Fantastic Planet avatar was just all kinds of confusing.
I was thinking more in terms if regarding them as friendly, hostile, goofy, etc. But what you're saying is totall true, as well. Which is why everyone switching avatars for April Fool's was so effective!

[Miss Vicky]

I was thinking more in terms if regarding them as friendly, hostile, goofy, etc.

I can see that, too. Though I think people would still regard me as hostile regardless of which image I use (or which custom usertitle).

[MovieGal]

It totally does. I hardly ever actually look at a person's username. I know them by their avatars. So if a person keeps the same avatar for a long time and suddenly changes it to something completely different, it almost feels like they're a stranger. Unless, of course, it's Sexy. I always know when it's Sexy.

And that recent day when a bunch of people took Swan's Fantastic Planet avatar was just all kinds of confusing.

So if I change to something completely different than Mads.. it will confuse you?

*planning my attack!*

[Miss Vicky]

I don't really know who Mads is, so it doesn't make much difference. :shrug:

[Nostromo87]

just changed mine to honor a certain flick featured on the 70's countdown

will return to the Invisible Man once the 70's countdown wraps up tho

[MovieGal]

Have you seen "Casino Royale" with Daniel Craig?

He's Le Chiffre

http://bondambitions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img11.jpg

King Arthur with Clive Owen?

He's Tristan

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/641000/641089_1297600027257_full.jpg

and he's our new Hannibal Lecter

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130707172243/supernaturalfanon/images/3/3b/216623-hannibal-mads-mikkelsen-dr-hannibal-lecter.jpg

He's only been in a few English speaking films...

He was in the new "Clash of the Titans", "Charlie Countryman" and "The Three Musketeers"....

[Sedai]

Never. I have tried it twice, and there is a serious MoFo revolt each time. My profile and avatar will stay the same until I leave, die, or the site closes.

[Camo]

I've only seen him in Casino Royale and Hannibal but he is a very good actor. His is Probably my favourite depiction of Hannibal Lecter as i'm not as crazy about Hopkins one as most.

[Miss Vicky]

Have you seen "Casino Royale" with Daniel Craig?

Nope.

King Arthur with Clive Owen?

Not for a long time.

he's our new Hannibal Lecter

I don't watch that.

He was in the new "Clash of the Titans", "Charlie Countryman" and "The Three Musketeers"....

Not seen any of those.

[Miss Vicky]

Never. I have tried it twice, and there is a serious MoFo revolt each time. My profile and avatar will stay the same until I leave, die, or the site closes.

Not entirely true. Once a year that blade turns into a candy cane.

[MovieGal]

Nope.



Not for a long time.



I don't watch that.



Not seen any of those.


Miss Vicky, if you have netflix, I have a recommendation for you, (if you dont mind foreign films). Check out the film "The Hunt" aka "Jagten". Its a great film!!

[Miss Vicky]

Miss Vicky, if you have netflix, I have a recommendation for you, (if you dont mind foreign films). Check out the film "The Hunt" aka "Jagten". Its a great film!!

I might check it out, but unless it's animated or from the 1960s, I won't be getting to it anytime soon.

[linespalsy]

I think I've had 3 or 4 since I've been here, but I can't remember my first 1 (or 2). Just that at some point I was Poopdeck Pappy, and then in the last 4 years or so I switched to my current one.

[MovieGal]

I might check it out, but unless it's animated or from the 1960s, I won't be getting to it anytime soon.

Well in that case.. damn it... Get "Kung Fu Panda 3" done.... he's playing a character in that...

http://www.hp.com/hho/kungfupanda/images/po_clear.png

[Miss Vicky]

I hated the first Kung Fu Panda. Haven't seen the sequel, probably won't watch that one either. :laugh:

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Sexy changes his avatar every 2 hours, though he has slowed down slightly.:D

[MovieGal]

I hated the first Kung Fu Panda. Haven't seen the sequel, probably won't watch that one either. :laugh:

Its ok... KFP3 isnt coming out until December 2015..

[honeykid]

Never. I have tried it twice, and there is a serious MoFo revolt each time. My profile and avatar will stay the same until I leave, die, or the site closes.
Sorry to break it too you, Seds, but only the last one applies. :D Leave or die, we'll still see you like that. It's set in stone for all time... Or until an EMP wipes out the internet. ;)

Not entirely true. Once a year that blade turns into a candy cane.
I was thinking the same thing. I prefer the candy cane one. :yup:

[Sedai]

Not entirely true. Once a year that blade turns into a candy cane.

Touche'!

[Daniel M]

Not sure, every few weeks maybe. Although I've used this current one a few times, and I like my Long Goodbye one too. I can't remember what I was using in my first year, but I have got a load of different avatars saved on my computer, probably.

[gbgoodies]

Thanks for all the info on the avatars. There were a few that I didn't recognize, but now I know who they are, and/or what they're from.

What about profiles? Do you change your profile image as often as your avatar? How often do you look at profile pages?

[Camo]

Thanks for all the info on the avatars. There were a few that I didn't recognize, but now I know who they are, and/or what they're from.

What about profiles? Do you change your profile image as often as your avatar? How often do you look at profile pages?

I've more or less kept the same Profile image from the start, i tried a few to test it out then just stuck with the Walter White one, i will probably change it soon though. I only really look at profile pages to see their banner or leave them a comment.

Out of interest are you going to fill in your favourite movies? I'm curious to know what some of your favourites are.

[MovieGal]

Thanks for all the info on the avatars. There were a few that I didn't recognize, but now I know who they are, and/or what they're from.

What about profiles? Do you change your profile image as often as your avatar? How often do you look at profile pages?

I have only had three banners that I can remember....

Mads with guns in both hands
Mads as "Rochefort" from The Three Musketeers
Mads head butting the guy from "Jagten".

[gbgoodies]

I've more or less kept the same Profile image from the start, i tried a few to test it out then just stuck with the Walter White one, i will probably change it soon though. I only really look at profile pages to see their banner or leave them a comment.

Out of interest are you going to fill in your favourite movies? I'm curious to know what some of your favourites are.


I've thought about it several times, but my favorite movies seem to change day to day depending on my mood. I'm having a hard time choosing only 10 movies to list there.

But in answer to your question, yes, I am planning to fill them in, as soon as I can figure out which 10 movies to list there. I'll try to get some of my faves listed there soon.

[Citizen Rules]

I recognize posters by their avatars, not by their names. Unless they have a distinctive name that stands out. So when avatars change I often don't remember who the person was for awhile.

What Yoda and Miss Vicky said about viewing the personality of a poster based on their avatar pic is true for me. I tend to think of you guys as being your avatar.

I chose that exact pic of Orson because it suits who I am. To me it looks to be friendly, a little silly, but still Orson. Compare it to this one I almost used.
http://dinamico2.unibg.it/fa/imgs/welles.jpg
That one implies a different emotion.

[MovieGal]

I recognize posters by their avatars, not by their names. Unless they have a distinctive name that stands out. So when avatars change I often don't remember who the person was for awhile.

What Yoda and Miss Vicky said about viewing the personality of a poster based on their avatar pic is true for me. I tend to think of you guys as being your avatar.

I chose that exact pic of Orson because it suits who I am. To me it looks to be friendly, a little silly, but still Orson. Compare it to this one I almost used.
http://dinamico2.unibg.it/fa/imgs/welles.jpg
That one implies a different emotion.

Citizen, I know its you because of the similarity of Orson and Vincent.....

[Camo]

I've thought about it several times, but my favorite movies seem to change day to day depending on my mood. I'm having a hard time choosing only 10 movies to list there.

But in answer to your question, yes, I am planning to fill them in, as soon as I can figure out which 10 movies to list there. I'll try to get some of my faves listed there soon.

I get what you mean but it's not neccesarily your ten absolute favourites, it could be of course but as you said that changes all the time for most including myself. It could be just ten movies you thing are 10/10. Do you have a favourite movie like Taxi Driver is for me, or is that part of the problem?

[gbgoodies]

I get what you mean but it's not neccesarily your ten absolute favourites, it could be of course but as you said that changes all the time for most including myself. It could be just ten movies you thing are 10/10. Do you have a favourite movie like Taxi Driver is for me, or is that part of the problem?


I put 10 of my favorite movies in there for now, but they're not necessarily my # 1-10 top favorite movies. They're just 10 movies that I absolutely love, and can watch over and over again.

I have a small handful of movies that I would consider my absolute favorites. If I had to pick my #1 favorite movie, it would probably be Close Encounters of the Third Kind, followed closely by Wall-E, and Steven Spielberg's Always.

[Camo]

I put 10 of my favorite movies in there for now, but they're not necessarily my # 1-10 top favorite movies. They're just 10 movies that I absolutely love, and can watch over and over again.

I have a small handful of movies that I would consider my absolute favorites. If I had to pick my #1 favorite movie, it would probably be Close Encounters of the Third Kind, followed closely by Wall-E, and Steven Spielberg's Always.

Good stuff :up:. Hope i didn't pressure you there :p. I've only watched three of those but i enjoyed them all. Close Encounters was on my 70s list and is one of my fav Spielbergs, Dial M For Murder was on my top 50 list. And while i'm not the biggest fan of Arsenic and Old Lace i did like it, and it's one of my mums all time favourites. Despite my Scotishness i doubt i'd like Brigadoon as i'm not really a fan of musicals.The rest i'm interested in though.

[Citizen Rules]

"I've thought about it several times, but my favorite movies seem to change day to day depending on my mood. I'm having a hard time choosing only 10 movies to list there."

Me too. I don't think I will fill out my top 10 because I have no movies that I call my favorites.

If I could put a disclaimer in the profile that said; "these are just a sampling of the kind of movies I enjoy." I would do it. But for now it stays blank.

[gbgoodies]

Good stuff :up:. Hope i didn't pressure you there :p. I've only watched three of those but i enjoyed them all. Close Encounters was on my 70s list and is one of my fav Spielbergs, Dial M For Murder was on my top 50 list. And while i'm not the biggest fan of Arsenic and Old Lace i did like it, and it's one of my mums all time favourites. Despite my Scotishness i doubt i'd like Brigadoon as i'm not really a fan of musicals.The rest i'm interested in though.


No, you didn't pressure me. Like I said, I've tried to fill that section in a few times, but I can't seem to decide on only 10 movies. Even now, while I was filling it in, I changed some of the slots several times before I saved it.

I love Cary Grant, and I'll watch anything that he's in, so that slot could be just about any Cary Grant movie, but Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my favorites of his movies.

The same thing with Brigadoon. I love Gene Kelly, and that could be just about any of his movies, but Brigadoon is one of my favorites of his movies.

I flipped through several musicals as well while filling in the slots, including West Side Story, Damn Yankees!, Singin' in the Rain, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, etc.

I don't know how you guys come up with your top 100 lists. I have walls and walls of DVDs, and many of them are favorites, so I don't think it would be any easier for me if that section was a top 100 instead of just a top 10.

[gbgoodies]

"I've thought about it several times, but my favorite movies seem to change day to day depending on my mood. I'm having a hard time choosing only 10 movies to list there."

Me too. I don't think I will fill out my top 10 because I have no movies that I call my favorites.

If I could put a disclaimer in the profile that said; "these are just a sampling of the kind of movies I enjoy." I would do it. But for now it stays blank.


Maybe you should fill in your top 10, and make that disclaimer part of your profile banner. :)

[gbgoodies]

And just for the record, you guys aren't making it any easier to choose my top 10 movies. You keep recommending movies, and some of them are really great movies, and could easily break into my top 10 movies. :)

[Citizen Rules]

I'd need a top 100 or better yet top 1000.

[gbgoodies]

I'd need a top 100 or better yet top 1000.


I was just thinking the same thing. Maybe there should be a personal top 100 in the Lists section where we could fill in our top 100 favorites. :)

[MovieGal]

I would just like 2 different top 10 columns...

One for English Speaking
One for Foreign Language... (or you could let me have many and I would break it down by Country)

[Citizen Rules]

A top 100 favorites would work for me:) Yoda how about it, is that a possibility? Maybe with some sub categories with room for text labels. Like fav Foreign Films, fav Horror films, etc.

Please.

[TONGO]

My Kong Av is kind of a standard, but theres 2 exceptions. A major death, like when James Gandolfini, and Robin Williams died. Then Ill pay respects and use them as an Av. Went with Robin Williams from Good Will Hunting, and of course Tony Soprano for Gandolfini.

Other than that it would have to be baseball season, and I got two keepers! (Thank you again Rhys for your help on one. I think it was Rhys.)

There was a time awhile back when I used a moving shark. I liked that little shark! :) I might use it a lil now...

[Derek Vinyard]

Very often I try to switch from Ed Norton to Iko Uwais to CM Punk to chicks :D

[The Rodent]

I've changed my banner :D

[honeykid]

And just for the record, you guys aren't making it any easier to choose my top 10 movies. You keep recommending movies, and some of them are really great movies, and could easily break into my top 10 movies. :)
Films recommended by other people that could make my top 10? No, I can't imagine that. :D

TONGO is the avatar he has or the shark, for me. It's always weird when he's neither of those. I hate it when people he likes die.:D

[Cobpyth]

These are five I used to use on forums (or still use):

[Sedai]

I recognize posters by their avatars, not by their names. Unless they have a distinctive name that stands out. So when avatars change I often don't remember who the person was for awhile.

I can't recall if it was April Fools or what, but a bunch of us all switched avatars for a couple of days and it drove me to drink pretty fast, as I tend to just glance at avatars to see who is posting. We changed back fairly quickly, or people would have gone off the deep end... or I would have, anyway.

[honeykid]

I remember Rodent doing that with Yoda for April Fools. I think it was last year.

[The Gunslinger45]

Not often. I have had three avatars since I have been here. Not counting the few hours when everyone was switching avatars to mess with each other. That was funny as hell.

[The Rodent]

Yeah that was 2013... we all used Yoda's avatar

[gbgoodies]

My Kong Av is kind of a standard, but theres 2 exceptions. A major death, like when James Gandolfini, and Robin Williams died. Then Ill pay respects and use them as an Av. Went with Robin Williams from Good Will Hunting, and of course Tony Soprano for Gandolfini.

Other than that it would have to be baseball season, and I got two keepers! (Thank you again Rhys for your help on one. I think it was Rhys.)

There was a time awhile back when I used a moving shark. I liked that little shark! :) I might use it a lil now...


Isn't it baseball season now? :confused:

I like the swimming shark. You should use that when Jaws gets announced on the 1970s countdown, (hopefully at #1).

[christine]

I like to see mine when I flick through the posts cos it's the skyline of my home city where I was born so it's a nostalgia thing.
Kinda throws me off for a split second when people change theirs but it only takes a day or so to get used to them

[Jack1]

I like to see mine when I flick through the posts cos it's the skyline of my home city where I was born so it's a nostalgia thing.
Kinda throws me off for a split second when people change theirs but it only takes a day or so to get used to them
I'm off to Liverpool University this month. :) Looking forward to it.

[christine]

That's great Jack! I'm sure you'll have a great time :)

[gbgoodies]

Kinda throws me off for a split second when people change theirs but it only takes a day or so to get used to them


Yeah, but as soon as I start to get used to the new avatars, people start changing them again, and I have to get used to them all over again. It's like a vicious cycle. :shrug:

[MovieGal]

Not often. I have had three avatars since I have been here. Not counting the few hours when everyone was switching avatars to mess with each other. That was funny as hell.

GS, I know the actor in yours is famous... but I cant think of his name.. would you mind telling me who he is and what its from?

Im really bad with some older films....but really old films I know...

[MovieGal]

Very often I try to switch from Ed Norton to Iko Uwais to CM Punk to chicks :D

You - Ed Norton
me - Mads Mikkelsen
HK - Drew Barrymore....

I dont think we will ever stray from our favorites.

[Miss Vicky]

Gunslinger's is Robert DeNiro from Taxidriver.

[MovieGal]

Gunslinger's is Rober DeNiro from Taxidriver.

DeNiro is very young in that picture.. .I just know his face from more current films where he's aged..

Thanks Miss Vicky!

[The Gunslinger45]

Yeah. My very first avatar was Eastwood in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti westerns. But I have grown into Bobby in Taxi Driver as my avatar.

[cricket]

I change pretty often, maybe have something relevant to what's current, like the 70's countdown.

[Yasashii]

I change mine as often as I change my haircut, which is next to never.

[TONGO]

The moving gif of the shark I posted was different than the one Im using now. The original was compressed to fit the sites dimension criteria. He kinda looks like a fat shark. Does he still look like a shark, or more like a minnow? Yes I'm seriously asking :)

[Citizen Rules]

A minnow! (kidding, he looks like a shark, pretty cool too)

[Iroquois]

I've lost track of how long I've held onto my current avatar, which is about a decade old by this point (a relic of another forum where the size restrictions were 80x80), plus it's got some synergy with my username (both of which were taken from Metal Gear Solid 2).

As of writing, I have not changed my profile banner and probably don't care enough to do it again anytime soon.

[Derek Vinyard]

You - Ed Norton
me - Mads Mikkelsen
HK - Drew Barrymore....

I dont think we will ever stray from our favorites.

hell yeah :) !

[The Rodent]

I thought The Gunslinger's avatar was Elias Koteas


:D