with everyones permission, i would like to save your pics for my album...
on a personal note, threads like this IMO help draw a community together, but it also poses questions, that under some circumstances might be construed wrongly..
for instance.. privacy aside... judging from the present pics posted, am i to take it that half-life is a Caucasian game only? yeah it really is unimportant, and i truly believe that, but it makes you wonder, are only white people comfortable posting pics of themselves.. true, any one of us could post fictitious images, but still why all of the same race and gender for that matter .. :/
another question one asks, now that i have a face to hook to the text, do i see them differently.. personally i have to say yes, not because i felt them inferior prior, but i have to respect someone more, whom trusts me with their realism...
i don't like anyone any less for not posting a pic, but i do see things differently with a face attached..
also, i have noticed one thing.. the images seem to depict people older than their words imply.. many of you talk/type IMO much younger than you are... that may be because i am almost 2 times older than most of you, but still.... i now see many of you as older than the mental image i had before today... is that a good thing?? well i guess thats really up to you now isn't it 
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