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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:03PM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said

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Microsoft's doin' the Chinese flip-off :D
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:14PM L3gato said

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better than no update. I can't wait to see the overhaul though. It looks ugly but it might just win me come fall.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:16PM (Unverified) said

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Looks confusing...The great thing about the Miis is how fast and simple it is to create one. They're abstract enough that they can look very much like you in a short period of time. But it looks like the avatars are just trying to do too much..
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:05PM TwEE said

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You hit the nail on the head..
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:27PM (Unverified) said

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Well I would like more options for the Miis but yeah they are simple.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 7:13PM Shmil said

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doesn't look that complicated to me just about everything you'd see in your average in game character creator
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Posted: Aug 4th 2008 4:12PM Saria the Cat said

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Actually, I find it takes people (like me) extremely long to create Miis of themselves or their friends because they want to get them just right, so the idea of adding even MORE features kind of sounds scary. Though, if you are only making one avatar (yourself) I suppose it's not that much of a problem.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:16PM (Unverified) said

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"green and white sister site"

Epic rhyming. ;)
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:29PM (Unverified) said

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Not bad, looks like they give you a lot of customizable features.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:29PM Banstyle said

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Interesting.. looks like some options will be grayed out. I don't see any other reason to have green borders on some icons and gray on others. I have so assume that's premium customization.. paid, maybe?
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:33PM CPT Stewart said

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It looks like the green ones are things that are required and the grey is extras...

Things like clothes are needed, but facial hair and hats aren't so they're optional.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:09PM dargis49 said

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Tell you what. If they make you pay to wear a hat, MS can blow me. And hopefully people will be smart enough to not pay for that kind of stuff. I can see, maybe, paying for a shirt or hat or something someone made on there own at home and uploaded.

I'll just try make my dude as fuck-ugly as I can.
And yeah Dre, it does look a little over complicated.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:34PM (Unverified) said

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Is it just me, or do the eyes and eyebrow options at the bottom seem to be from a zoomed in screen capture of a Mii?
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 3:52PM (Unverified) said

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Yep. Either this is fake, or it's an even closer ripoff of Miis than previously believed.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:03PM Neebs said

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In second icon in the article picture...is he holding pistols akimbo?
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:08PM Obienator said

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I have strong feeling this is faked. It seems like the artist made a lot of options to make it seem authentic, but also made it convoluted.

We'll see I guess.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:15PM rullers said

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Why the HELL M$ ripped off Miis?
Couldnt they just used same model as Home.
They are SOOO ugly
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 5:35PM Snowblind said

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They're avatars, very similar to what you can create online for MSN and Yahoo messenger. Which, may I add, pre-date the Mii's by quite a number of years.

Menu's do look a bit cluttered, but I wouldn't say it looks over complicated, it seems very clear what everything does.

The Mii system is undoubedly more simple, but that's because there's practically nothing you can do with it. Perhaps seperating the facial editing from the clothing may have helped though.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:23PM BigD145 said

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It's a Mii?

No, wait. I got it.

It's-a Mii, Mario!!

Yes, I expect to be punnish-ed for that.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:32PM (Unverified) said

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i don't why Microsoft is not taking advantage of the VISION CAM for the 360.

It would be totally awesome, if you could take a pic with the VISION and it automatically makes you at Avatar, not having to go through all the stuff.

You could still customize it, but it give you a general overall look.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:54PM Hyams said

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Yeah, I think you might be overestimating how advance technology is just a little bit.

Maybe in 2020 we'll be able to do that.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:54PM Obienator said

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True, some games like Rainbow Six allow you to make a real face in the game. That would be cooler than an avatar IMO.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 5:12PM (Unverified) said

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It would work for the face but I don't know if it would work for the full body especially since these avatars are pretty much like the Miis.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 4:55PM Neebs said

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too many
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 5:42PM The Albatross said

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Is that.. a finger condom?
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 11:15PM Korova Pamplona said

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I thought it was a "Pull my finger" option - for moar realism
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 6:17PM Giroro said

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Talk about bad art. I don't think that the interface could look any worse than in those screensa.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 6:43PM (Unverified) said

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Just what we need, another way for fat men to cosplay as sailor moon.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 8:26PM (Unverified) said

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This stuff was stolen from a guy named 'Antman'

You can find ALL the images on xHaVoK's blog.
xHaVoK is the guy who hacked the fall dash on his xbox.
http://xhavok87.wordpress.com/
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 8:28PM (Unverified) said

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It's a Mii with jeans!
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Posted: Aug 4th 2008 1:53AM Zoesch said

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Looking at the icons and everything, I thought it was a Fred Durst simulator
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 10:45PM broken89 said

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Well i have officially lost all faith in Microsoft.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2008 11:09PM kagai said

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I really hate this.
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Posted: Aug 4th 2008 8:07AM (Unverified) said

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I'm gonna give mine bling and Prada and Louis Vuitton and some ice grills and some hella fly kicks.

My Mii, on the other hand, just looks like me.
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Posted: Aug 4th 2008 9:30AM GWord said

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These avatars don't impress me very much. I don't care for the overall design/look.
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Posted: Aug 4th 2008 8:51PM (Unverified) said

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