Why did you choose what your avatar is?

[Clam]

I liked your old avatar better, Clam Spammer!  Why'd you change it?

It helps to explain why I chose my avatar (and username too). You asked for it by starting this thread.

I think I will keep this for a while, considering the effort it took to get it - I had to jump on my other computer and dig out my Civ 4 cd especially for this.

[GigaLem]

I don't what guyperfect's is
and mr. k's is funny lol
btw anybody like my lemmings icon

[ccexplore]

I liked your old avatar better, Clam Spammer!  Why'd you change it?

It helps to explain why I chose my avatar (and username too). You asked for it by starting this thread.

Except it doesn't really explain much, other than that it has something to do with the game Civilization 4 from what I gather.  Any chance you'd explain how clams fit into that game for those who never played it?

[Minim]

Wow.. you're getting a little curious... which is a good thing because I am as well.

btw anybody like my lemmings icon

I haven't checked it out. It might seem shocking to all of you but I say this again: I have the option to avoid showing people's avatars, including mine (which is pretty strange, isn't it?)

[Clam]

Except it doesn't really explain much, other than that it has something to do with the game Civilization 4 from what I gather.  Any chance you'd explain how clams fit into that game for those who never played it?

Clams are one of very few links between Lemmings and Civ - my favourite games at the time I joined the forums. That's why I chose them for my username (and avatar too of course). Although I don't play Civ any more. Anyway, what clams do in Civ is they provide food for your people so they don't starve.

[GigaLem]

Well i 've choosed the "Sonic 3 full body" avatar becuase im a fan of sonic

[Clam]

I finally got the animated clam I always wanted! Even if I did have to make it myself...

[Lemika]

Cool! 

My avatar is just the most recent Lemmings-related art thing I did that was about the right size. No deep meaning or what.

[The Doctor]

My avatar I chose because I rather like Adventure Time. Easy!

[Nortaneous]

Ripped the sprites from Hocus Pocus (old DOS game that, along with Lemmings and Tyrian, took up most of my childhood) a while back and made a few avatars from that. I like this one the best, so I use it on most sites.

[Gronkling]

I don't know really. I just thought it looked funny. 

[Adam]

The AntiGravity Cat is awesome.

[danparker]

Look at my avatar. It's some lemmings and two Digimons. This was a screenshot of an episode I made years ago. I chose it because I thought it was cool.

Oh, and the avatar you got, Adam, very classic. Sega Lemmings.

[GigaLem]

Sonic Generations
With classic and modern sonic CAN'T wait 

[Akseli]

I've had this avatar (a 3D-blocker lemming with darkish green background) since I joined here. Nothing special, actually I think my avatar is probably the blandest one here. A friend of mine made this to me when we were in high school, I just gave him the picture of that lemming and he added the background. Years later I joined here and thought that I could use this as my avatar.

Recently I was thinking of changing my avatar for variety and fun, but didn't do that for the time being. In some (larger) forums avatars could play a bigger role in such a way that people possibly remember members from their avatars, not from their usernames, for example. I think our forum is enough small that people know each other even though avatars would change.

EDIT: Just found this topic related closely to this one.