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Posted by: emo samurai May 2 2006, 10:47 PM

Mine wouldn't be a crying samurai. emo samurai's only funny as a name. Maybe Dark Schneider-ish, with me being a dude standing in the middle of a fire I make. Or maybe I'd look like T-1000 from the end of Terminator 2 right before he falls into the lava pit. That was freaky as hell. Or maybe I'd be a swirling mist with two eyes barely visible in the middle of it.

Posted by: eralston May 2 2006, 11:00 PM

Hmmm..what is the digital essence of me?

I would have to go with a floating pair of luminescent hands able to manipulate objects or form a face for conversation (with some wicked liquid metal effects to form superior expressions)

Posted by: ShadowDragon8685 May 2 2006, 11:00 PM

Probably something like Neo. Or Agent Smith, when I'm feeling particularly establishmentarianist.

Posted by: Herald of Verjigorm May 2 2006, 11:05 PM

Retro 2-D Final Fantasy sprites. Not sure which class(es), but definately something with less than 256 colors.

Posted by: DeadNeon May 2 2006, 11:18 PM

Worn grey or brown trenchcoat with matching fedora, eternal five o clock shadow, cigarette hanging from mouth..more or less the classic film-noir private detective look.

In black and white, of course.

Posted by: Kanada Ten May 2 2006, 11:28 PM

A crocodile eye and, whenever its gaze falls upon you, a cold shiver.

Posted by: bustedkarma May 2 2006, 11:29 PM

Good One Neon.

Mine would be a Bedouin, with only trippy glowing eyes showing, wearing Maroon and Gray robes.

Posted by: stevebugge May 2 2006, 11:29 PM

Q-Bert, Pacman, Digdug or some other really retro game sprite

Posted by: BrianL03 May 2 2006, 11:32 PM

A mercury droplet-like body, with large glowing alien-type eyes and some sort of visor covering them. No legs, probably, but massive hands.

Posted by: Shrike30 May 2 2006, 11:56 PM

A rough-sketch black and white ork wearing a phenomenally detailed (and brightly colored/luminous) hawaiian shirt.

Posted by: Aku May 2 2006, 11:58 PM

I think i'd go for the gant phyallic symbol, with my attack program looking like a giant rear end being... ya know...

Posted by: Voran May 3 2006, 02:12 AM

Heh, my most recent icon is a mix of anime chars. My personal icon looks like one of the AI tanks from Ghost in the Shell, with the same voice quality, and the two agents I usually run look like Annapuma and Unipuma, respectively. When running their attack gear, they're the archetypal catgirls with guns. When they're running healbot status, they look like catgirls in nurses outfits, when they're in stealth mode, they wear leather 'catsuits'

Posted by: Platinum May 3 2006, 02:47 AM

I would try and look like a datapacket. makes it easier to slip around.

Posted by: FanGirl May 3 2006, 02:52 AM

Mine would be a little cartoony girl who looks like she walked straight out of a South Park episode. Incidentally, you can create your own South Park character http://www.planearium2.de/flash/spstudio.html. It's tons of fun, even if you're not a fan of the show.

Posted by: Konsaki May 3 2006, 03:00 AM

The first thing that popped into my head after reading the topic was... Dark Helmet. With one of the chars I'm creating though, it will probably be a WW2 soldier.

Posted by: Dog May 3 2006, 03:13 AM

Kokanee Ranger.

Posted by: ChuckRozool May 3 2006, 03:16 AM

Hyper intelligent shade of blue... er... maybe yellowgreen would be more fitting

Posted by: ArchXL May 3 2006, 06:34 AM

a Penguin in a ninja suit.
oh, and I'd want a third arm, to improve my ski-boxing.

Posted by: Dranem May 3 2006, 07:21 AM

My online icon would be a young bronze dragon with most of my agents or sprites being fey creatures.

When someone asked this question a few years ago before I got back into D&D, my answer was Enzo, with a Reboot theme for my ASIST.

Posted by: mfb May 3 2006, 07:42 AM

Hitler. i figure, why screw around and pretend to be something more likeable?

Posted by: Ophis May 3 2006, 08:02 AM

A snake, with an apple of course.
That or a randomly switching series of images.

Posted by: Kremlin KOA May 3 2006, 08:15 AM

A large, Cum Filled, Balloon.

Go on, USE an attack prog on me

Posted by: emo samurai May 3 2006, 02:32 PM

It depends on whether or not your attacker's a porn character.

And mfb, you're really a troll in real life? Do you know SLJames, Critias, and Blakkie in real life, too? What are they like?

Posted by: Shrapnel May 3 2006, 03:34 PM

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Posted by: emo samurai May 3 2006, 04:42 PM

He's like evil Harlequin!

Posted by: Tattered~Seraphim May 3 2006, 05:52 PM

A black winged angel whose shadowed face has tears of blood trickling down cheeks, an elaborate, gothic sword in hand, white robes tattered. Or Alucard from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Posted by: damaleon May 3 2006, 06:33 PM

Without taking the to much time to think about it, there are two likely one's I would go for: a TRON style icon, with a lightcycle and a floating Bit (agent program) or the Nameless One from Planescape: Torment, with tattoos that change as my program loadout changes.

Posted by: The ubbergeek May 3 2006, 09:37 PM

A geeky guy in a mage uniform or armor, I guess....

Posted by: xizor May 3 2006, 11:05 PM

my icon would be the Phantom from the The Phantom of the Opera, with mist swirling around, colored like a fading sepia photograph.

Posted by: ronin3338 May 3 2006, 11:15 PM

Hmmm, either a penguin with a jetpack, or an evil cat (like the one from Earthworm Jim)

Posted by: Calvin Hobbes May 4 2006, 12:36 AM

Red 13, a five-inch X-Wing with a little Jedi that jumps out and represents my programs.

Posted by: Nidhogg May 4 2006, 01:10 AM

A knife wielding humanoid made out of circut boards comes to mind.

Posted by: PlainWhiteSocks May 4 2006, 01:22 AM

Well, a pair of gym socks that are plain and white. I'd have lint balls for most programs with a needle and thread for a repair prog.

Posted by: Kremlin KOA May 4 2006, 01:35 AM

The Abyss from Andromeda

Or Renraku Black Ice

Posted by: Birdy May 4 2006, 09:20 AM

The basic icon that a non-tuned/changed/customised cyber terminal/deck uses. Why broadcast something special. Look weak until you call in the artillery!

Posted by: fistandantilus3.0 May 4 2006, 09:48 AM

Isis-9 otaku do that. They all have standard UMS icons, in metallic colors IIRC.

Posted by: Kyoto Kid May 5 2006, 05:27 AM

...logically: likeness of my namesake KK - Katana, Six Guns, Stetson, & all done in a decidedly Manga style.

...personally speaking: Seamus Harper from the aforementioned Andromeda.

Posted by: SL James May 5 2006, 07:39 AM

A shining ball. A ball of pure hatred and evil.

And black. 'Cause black's cool.

Posted by: Kyoto Kid May 5 2006, 08:36 AM

Posted by: SL James May 5 2006, 08:41 AM

You bet your ass Gary Oldman would be the basis for of my agents' icons, too.

I mean, sure, Christopher Walken is pretty cool and he has that great line in True Romance, "I'm the Anti-Christ. You got me in a vendetta kind of mood. You tell the angels in heaven you never seen evil so singularly personified as you did in the face of the man who killed you. My name is Vincent Coccotti." But Oldman... He never had to announce his evilness.

Posted by: Kyoto Kid May 5 2006, 08:47 AM

Posted by: WyldKarde May 5 2006, 09:02 AM

My avatar would be based on my regular online 'persona' in environments where I'm called up on to be someone else. A six foot tall muscular humanoid alien with no body hair and antennae.

Posted by: cx2 May 5 2006, 11:06 AM

Heh, tricky one. Maybe armour and attack programs that make me look like an elemental from CBT obscuring mostly the whole icon... small laser as attack prog, the srm backpack as black out or hammer depending on the character's style. Probably a little predictable, but... Maybe a good agent icon too.

Posted by: Lazerface May 5 2006, 11:25 AM

Nothing at all. Who the hell's gonna notice that?

Posted by: warrior_allanon May 5 2006, 09:06 PM

when just surfing would look like the main character from witchblade, once armor was activated though the character icon of "Bloodrose" would appear

Posted by: BishopMcQ May 5 2006, 09:21 PM

Traditional Bishop Chess piece made from white marble.

Posted by: Catsnightmare May 5 2006, 10:31 PM

A cartoon cobra with a rattlesnake tail in a wicker snake basket. Any program icons are pulled from out of the seemingly bottomless snake basket.

Posted by: Voran May 6 2006, 12:50 AM

Ooh, I wanna be Cobra Commander! COBRAAAA!

Posted by: Nikoli May 6 2006, 01:37 AM

Mine would look like Bumblebee from Transformers

Posted by: blakkie May 6 2006, 01:56 AM

http://www.escconsulting.net/graphics/waldotude.jpg on another board that allows avatars.

P.S. If you look closely you should be able to pick out a secret message that Waldo has for you. At least NA folks should be able to, as it is a culturally dependant message.

Posted by: DocMortand May 7 2006, 01:22 AM

Zombie in a trenchcoat for me for this identity. If I go by my other fav, I'd be a snickering grey fox with bushy tail.

Posted by: BookWyrm May 7 2006, 01:27 AM

It would either be of the Killer Rabbit from Monty Python & The Holy Grail, or the 'horny smiley' from an old 'have a ....... day' poster.

Posted by: Aku May 7 2006, 04:15 AM

Posted by: Sean Bad May 7 2006, 10:36 AM

If it was my (the player's) icon, it'd look something like http://stu.aii.edu/~srt031/mainheart.gif

If it was my 3-ft rat-man (homegrown metatype) shaman's icon, it would be his beefy, half-borg street sammy character from the Shadowrun MMO. That, or he'd copy somebody else's. Never was too good at the Matrix stuff.

Posted by: Voran May 8 2006, 01:47 AM

Posted by: emo samurai May 8 2006, 01:52 AM

Dude, after making the imagery for Vranton's chaos spirits, I've decided my icon would look like one. Gigantic red mist with faces and limbs constantly stretching out of the mist only to be pulled under abruptly. It would scream constantly in combat with the voices of a thousand people in pain. Its attack program would be opening the eye in the middle at enemy icons, and its black hammer would be a tendril stretching out and touching the enemy hacker's brain.

Posted by: Voran May 8 2006, 02:14 AM

Hm. Would one get a bonus to one's stealth rating for having agents looking like hot lesbian elves doing hot lesbian elf things while you're hacking? I mean, who's going to notice the hacker?

Posted by: Sean Bad May 8 2006, 03:00 AM

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Posted by: Sahandrian May 8 2006, 04:03 AM

A .hack character. Either a Wavemaster or a Blademaster.

A red and purple outfit, grey cloak, and green hair are my typical, but the .hack aspect takes priority.

Posted by: nick012000 May 8 2006, 05:00 AM

Me, wearing a suit. A nice suit. Maybe a striped suit.

When I run programs, it turns into a tentacle monster.