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In the year 2020, the forum was overrun by people completely new to the hobby with the same “what should I buy” thread made daily and the hottest takes from people with zero experience.

As pressure creates a diamond, so too did this gem emerge from that time.

02/19/2020

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And thus a new default avatar was born.

Phat Pikach

During the migration to the new site, a new default avatar was established in honour of this history. You may still see these in the wild to this day.

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In addition to the Phat Pikachu above, there is a default avatar set that new accounts are assigned from. Here we will chronicle this history.

Set 1 (retired)

curated by @pfm

Avatar Set 1
Avatar Set 11280×1040 2.29 MB

Individual Images

avatar1-ancient_mew
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avatar1-base
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avatar1-bilingual
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avatar1-buneary
avatar1-buneary610×538 36 KB
avatar1-charmander
avatar1-charmander750×750 63.3 KB
avatar1_chespin
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avatar1-cynthia
avatar1-cynthia750×750 57.6 KB
avatar1-diglett
avatar1-dragonite
avatar1-dragonite526×486 412 KB
avatar1-eevee
avatar1-eevee750×750 95 KB
avatar1-friends
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avatar1-gengar
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avatar1-gs_umbreon
avatar1-gs_umbreon750×750 531 KB
avatar1-gyarados_delta
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avatar1-litwick
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avatar1-mewtwo
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avatar1-pikachu
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avatar1-reds_pikachu
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avatar1-shining_charizard avatar1-shining_tyranitar
avatar1-slowpoke
avatar1-slowpoke750×750 318 KB
avatar1-snorlax
avatar1-stamp_promo
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avatar1-suicune
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avatar1-teddiursa
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avatar1-unikarp
avatar1-yuu_mew
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Set 2 (active)

curated by @decoypalmette

Avatar Set 2
Avatar Set 21262×832 1.52 MB

Secret Rare curated by @azulryu
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Individual Images

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avatar2-eevee
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avatar2-hitmonchan
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avatar2-shiny_grimer
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avatar2-togepi
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avatar-secret_rare

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:eyes:

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What’s with the blue Charizard avatar?

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“Misprint Error” aka sun faded

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Realizing how many users avatars are just default pics.

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The original “I am new please be nice” pic is :goat:

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it didnt even give me itttt

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That’s why it was time to change it up

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Is this Totodile in the secret aquarium stage in Mario 64? :joy:

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… Would it be too coy to ask if any member can submit at least one NEW default? So one submission per member?

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Series 3???

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I want the gif profiles working again >: (

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I can try again to see if the plugin got fixed. I’ll have to do a full update though on the site

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May I propose then…

e4defaultarigagyara

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When i joined i was given the ugly gyarados, we need a leaf default, she is the best female trainer character (Playable) weve seen

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If you are saying this is the ugly Gyarados, then I’m going to have to ask you to leave.

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You’re welcome

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I feel so connected to this. Seems like a perfect lurker DP.

Cheers!

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You legend! :raised_hands:

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I miss seeing @credits energy gif. That one was so cool.

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