Nostalgia for cartoon avatars

[Ral-Clan]

I never understood why people change their avatars every month or so.  Isn't the point of an avatar to be your recognizable "face" in a forum.  I look at the avatar and can instantly see who has posted (don't need to read the user name, etc.).  Like Cammy, and a few others have kept their avatars the same.  Mine has been the same for years - hey it's not the greatest (it's the VIC-20 man) but you can go back in the forum for years and know instantly which posts are mine.

[Ral-Clan]

It's a creative thing.  I sure wouldn't want to wear the same outfit every day.

Yeah, I kind of see that...but it kind of throws you for a loop at first when you see a "new face" posting and wonder who the new user is until you figure out it's somebody who has been around for ages.  I don't mind Franko's approach, where he alters his avatar but keeps part of it the same (the face).  However, totally changing one's avatar every couple of weeks kinds of defeats the whole intention of avatars I would think.  Oh well, not a big deal.  I guess I just have to get used to it!