question about many avatars

uberwalla · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:21 am

nothing against them cuz they really cool, but what is with soooo many people having penguin looking birds or w.e u wanna call them Razz

as their avatar. who started it all? Very Happy

just randomness. and anyways i like em! Very Happy

rdrake · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:47 am

The penguins in question are variations of the Linux mascot Tux. He was our monthly (or rather dual month...) avatar theme. They should be gone within the next few days.

/me heads to the IRC channel

Amailer · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:43 am

If anything odd happnes on compsci- it most likely started on IRC - what the hell do they do there :/

TokenHerbz · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:06 am

id like to take credit for starting things like i always do, but unfortunantly it wasn't me this time Sad

Anyways, im game for next theme

Windsurfer · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:38 pm

heh... I don't actually know how they were made, but they look suspiciously paint.NET -like to me.

rdrake · **Posted:** Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:40 am

Windsurfer wrote:

heh... I don't actually know how they were made, but they look suspiciously paint.NET -like to me.

Uh.... not quite.

Dan · **Posted:** Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:30 pm

Some of us made our own based on the ones found there. Mine is a Hacker Dan tux (you would have to see the compsci.ca comic to get it).

Tony · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:57 am

We have monthly (sometimes bi-monthy) avatar themes. Someone on IRC comes up with a theme, then we pick out new avatars in that theme. The trick though is that each member also tries to keep their original avatar's theme in play, combining the two.

Such as mine will always be some variation of an oni, while Dan's will be of his Hacker avatar, but we will try to match them to the monthly theme as well.

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