what's your avatar and..

[Tatsujin]

..where it comes from resp. what's the meaning of?

mine shows edward norton where he played derek vinyard the neo-"arsehole"-nazi skinhead, in the movie american history x. while the one in the movie had a big swastika tattoo on his chest, mine has a big pc engine tattoo.

[Kitsunexus]

Mine is Johnny Depp portraying Raoul Duke in the movie "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" based on the book of the same name by Hunter S. Thompson. I'm pretty sure it's when he's looking at the bats, not when he asks the hitchhiker to get in the car.

The text under the avatar is a parody of when he says "We can't stop here! This is bat country!". "Buy the ticket, take the ride" is something they also use a lot in the movie.

[guyjin]

I wondered what that was. I think I sent you a PM about it, and said something like 'it's clearly not you, what is it?'

when you didn't answer, I assumed it WAS you and I'd offended you somehow. 

[Tatsujin]

  no way guyjin, the PM system on this board is kind of weird. i already missed a lot of PMs from others since there is nothing which become noticeable when a new one comes in (like a popup applet or a number of new PMs in the header).

[Kitsunexus]

The only way I know when I get a PM is when the system emails me.

[TR0N]

My current one is cham cham from samurai shodown 2.

Just one of the characters i like useing alot in SS2.

Even if she is cheap to use 

[guyjin]

people who complain about cheap characters in fighting games simply don't know how to play their own favorite well.

[rolins]

My avatar is the pilot from Rude Breaker, another shmup that Compile developed back in 1996.
This one game few ppl have played, so its a safe bet that there's no chance anyone will have the same avatar.
Plus, the picture of pilot laid back and chillin is just the way how I am most of the day. Pretty much slacking around.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Mine's Megatron transforming.....uh, I like Transformers.

[Turbo D]

My avatar is Airzonk tied up to a science table, about to be molested by a giant green space lizard wearing a monacle. I ripped it from PcDenjin with MagicEngine. I also dropped my name in there with photoshop 

[nat]

If you don't know what my avatar is then you don't belong on these boards.

Likewise if you don't know why it's significant to me.

[Tatsujin]

i hate this enemy and its noise it makes while rushing toward you!!

[Kitsunexus]

My avatar is Airzonk tied up to a science table, about to be molested by a giant green space lizard wearing a monacle. I ripped it from PcDenjin with MagicEngine. I also dropped my name in there with photoshop 

I always thought that was a pinball table depicting a Mexican lizard about to eat the cookie form of Wilford Brimely!

And for some reason I just thought that was normal, so I never asked why... 

[Keranu]

Mine is a school photo of myself from 10th grade.

[Turbo D]

My avatar is Airzonk tied up to a science table, about to be molested by a giant green space lizard wearing a monacle. I ripped it from PcDenjin with MagicEngine. I also dropped my name in there with photoshop 

I always thought that was a pinball table depicting a Mexican lizard about to eat the cookie form of Wilford Brimely!

And for some reason I just thought that was normal, so I never asked why... 

roflmAo 

[Joe Redifer]

Mine is me after an especially bad sunburn.

[Tatsujin]

are you kurdish?

[Kitsunexus]

are you kurdish?

No, he puts his milk in the refrigerator.

[Golgo13]

Mine is Vanilla Ice, and in case your a fucking idiot it says "VANILLA ICE" just to confirm that shit.  Why, well because its radical and to the extreme, like me.

[NecroPhile]

Mine is the robot devil (a.k.a. Beelzebot), because I rule the hidden underworld where naughty robots go when they die, including Johnny 5.

[Seldane]

Mine is a strange PS2 that I found on some website. It looked strange, so I chose it.

[Sinistron]

Mine is actually me wearing a plague doctor mask and holding open an Edgar Allan Poe complete stories and poems book.

[OldRover]

Mine's a response to the vast number of religious dopes who continue to pander hatred, all the while putting themselves onto a pedestal by saying that "family values come before everything else". It's mainly in response to the large number of so-called Christians making a big stink over gay marriage...they teach their kids to hate anything that doesn't fit into their narrow view of right and wrong. It's disgusting and completely contrary to their own religious teachings...which they conveniently ignore for the sake of their own prejudices and insecurities.

[rag-time4]

My avatar is a picture of me in uniform! 

No it's actually from the cover of Image Fight. It's extra cool to me because not only is Image Fight my favorite game on the system, but the guy in my avatar looks like Robocop, which was my favorite movie as a kid.

[rolins]

@rag-time4

Your Image Fight avatar reminds me of old TV show called "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" 

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[Dark Fact]

My avatar is me doing the snake while battling a severe case of hypothermia.

[SignOfZeta]

Mine is a very stylish Stetson Kennedy.

[Tatsujin]

reminds me always of the gunsmoke artwork/marqee

[Kitsunexus]

Did Capcom actually license the TV western Gunsmoke, or was it just a similarly named game?

[Joe Redifer]

There is a period between the words "Gun" and "Smoke".  Therefore they are two different sentences.  It refers to killing people with guns during the stages.  Between the stages you smoke, killing yourself.  No need to license from anybody.  Now if you'll excuse me I must go play Forgotten.Worlds.

[rag-time4]

@rag-time4

Your Image Fight avatar reminds me of old TV show called "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" 

HAHA good call!! I remember that show! I had a lot of the figures. I remember getting them at a discount store called pic'n save that used to be next door to k-mart in my hometown of vallejo.

I never had any of the vehicles so i never could play along with the show but I remember watching it a couple times.

[Kitsunexus]

There is a period between the words "Gun" and "Smoke".

So it's a cowgirl game.

[rag-time4]

Did Capcom actually license the TV western Gunsmoke, or was it just a similarly named game?

I think it was just similarly named. As Joe stated, there's a period in there. Maybe it's just engrish?

To me, the main character reminds me a lot of tv bounty hunter Josh Randall, Steve McQueen's character in the show Wanted: Dead or Alive:

[Kitsunexus]

Did Capcom actually license the TV western Gunsmoke, or was it just a similarly named game?

I think it was just similarly named. As Joe stated, there's a period in there.

Gun.Smoke fits. Period.

[Tatsujin]

how about a pinch of adventure.island?

[Dark Fact]

I think the period between Gun and Smoke was put in to prevent a lawsuit from the rights holders of the original Gunsmoke TV series.

No way would a poster like that be accepable in today's politically correct world.  No fucking way.

[NecroPhile]

No way would a poster like that be acceptable in today's politically correct world.  No fucking way.

You're right there.  It's totally inappropriate to show somebody sighting down a rifle with their eye below the hammer like that.  Come on now, folks!  Accuracy and safety (in that order) are extremely important when it comes to firearms.