My new disturbing avatar

GFLPraxis · Jul 4, 2006

Other than my Wii pic, I've never really had an avatar on this board, so I thought that me getting an avatar is an event worthy of a new thread. Additionally, the picture is so disturbing that I figured I'd get a ton of comments from scared people, so I might as well make a thread about.

So...here it is.

Yes, that's Tingle.

Yes, he's shirtless.

Yes, he's sunbathing.

Yes, I know that such a thing should never happen and that it's terrible

Full image:

I also considered:

^Tingle is unmasked!^

kretzy · Jul 4, 2006

What's so disturbing about it?

AvSRoCkCO1067 · Jul 4, 2006

Meh, I think it's hot...

WildCowboy · Jul 4, 2006

I think it looks cool...not disturbing at all.

killuminati · Jul 4, 2006

Who is he, and why would it be disturbing?

GFLPraxis · Jul 4, 2006

You guys have never played Zelda: The Wind Waker, have you?

Tingle is a fat 40 year old midget who wears makeup, thinks he's a fairy, and stalks little children (inviting ten year old kids to sleepovers in one game).

His entire purpose of the game is to charge you 3200 rupees to decode a couple of maps- it takes half the game just to save up the cash to pay him off. He also uses his brother and a guy he saved from a shipwreck as slave labor to turn a giant statue of himself.

In Zelda: Four Swords (the game he invites children to slumber parties in), he flies around on a balloon and steals your gems every time you get hit.

Nobody has ever seen him outside of his green suit...before today

kretzy · Jul 4, 2006

GFLPraxis said:

You guys have never played Zelda: The Wind Waker, have you?
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Clearly not. (I'm still trying to finish Link to the Past )

Your description gives reason to be disturbed, but I still think it looks good!

killuminati · Jul 4, 2006

GFLPraxis said:

You guys have never played Zelda: The Wind Waker, have you?
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No

Thanks for the explanation though, that explains a lot.

sam10685 · Jul 4, 2006

this is the first thread i've seen where someone is gloifying their avatar.

GFLPraxis · Jul 4, 2006

Unlike most, I've actually had people PMing me telling me to get an avatar

mad jew · Jul 5, 2006

I don't game very much. Does Tingle feature in Tetris?

MRU · Jul 5, 2006

GFLPraxis said:

Tingle is a fat 40 year old midget who wears makeup, thinks he's a fairy, and stalks little children (inviting ten year old kids to sleepovers in one game).
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So he's a relation of Gary Glitter and Michael Jackson is he

Dagless · Jul 5, 2006

Legend has it he's based on wacko Jacko.

Nice avatar, btw. I don't mind the ol' Tingle fella.

kretzy · Jul 5, 2006

mad jew said:

I don't game very much. Does Tingle feature in Tetris?
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He makes an appearance if you get to level 10.

dmw007 · Jul 5, 2006

Very disturbing GFLPraxis.

MacRumorUser said:

So he's a relation of Gary Glitter and Michael Jackson is he
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LOL

Thanks for the laugh MacRumorUser!

jdechko · Jul 5, 2006

I think the image is only mildly disturbing... but only to the point that now I'm adding his personality to the image and it becomes more disturbing. At least Myamoto didn't put him in the games that way.

BTW, where on earth did you even come across such a picture?

AvSRoCkCO1067 · Jul 5, 2006

mad jew said:

I don't game very much. Does Tingle feature in Tetris?
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You don't have much free time to game, do you...???

crachoar · Jul 5, 2006

There are more homoerotic pictures of Tingle than that, sadly...

GFLPraxis · Jul 5, 2006

MacRumorUser said:

So he's a relation of Gary Glitter and Michael Jackson is he
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Yup. Did I mention that he normally dresses in Peter Pan-like tights? More Michael Jackson similarities...

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BTW, where on earth did you even come across such a picture?
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This is actually from the Tingle RPG coming out for the DS. He's getting his own game

2nyRiggz · Jul 5, 2006

I Never had use for Tingle.....meh(whats that he sipping...fairy juice?)

Mines is hot....Rastaman say dat!

Bless

twistedlegato · Jul 5, 2006

GFL

WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

You were one of the coolest people on Macrumors and now......Look at what you have done...i used to look up to you.....you were the wii master.

You shall never be the same again.

Though the avatar is kinda cool

-oldnavy1918-

yellow · Jul 5, 2006

wow.. lookit those superior 16bit graphix!

Nice 'tah.

Dagless · Jul 5, 2006

yellow said:

wow.. lookit those superior 16bit graphix!

Nice 'tah.
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They're not 16bit graphics too many colours.

dmw007 · Jul 5, 2006

yellow said:

wow.. lookit those superior 16bit graphix!

Nice 'tah.
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Gotta love the advanced technology those 16 bit graphics bring to the table. Makes his tar almost look real.

GFLPraxis · Jul 5, 2006

More Tingle info:
http://cube.ign.com/articles/522/522179p1.html

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IGNcube's 2004 "Die, Tingle, Die! Die!" Campaign
Make your hate for Nintendo's fairy heard.
by IGN Staff

June 9, 2004 - You know and hate him. That nutty clown freak that spoils the lands of Hyrule like a poison. That eerily happy, giggling annoyance whom always pops up at the wrong time and floats away with a deceitful smile plastered across his lying, lunatic face.

Of course we mean Tingle, also known as the most hated entity in the Zelda universe, a label the prince of puke proudly wears.

This is IGNcube's 2004 "Die, Tingle, Die!" Campaign.

Tingle first appeared in the psychedelic adventure Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for Nintendo 64, which was directed by the bongo-playing genius Eiji Aonuma. Though the tights-wearing fairy annoyed and frustrated young Link to the point of madness -- we know because he told us -- the hero nonetheless put up with the character for he did provide one useful function: Tingle sold world maps to Link, who could then use them to get as far away from the disturbing jester as possible.

Tingle unfortunately returned to haunt the ocean-covered world in Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and his sexual orientation remained a great, dark mystery -- one that not even Nintendo could illuminate. "Is he a future fairy or just a regular guy? Tingle might seem a little confused..." the company wrote of the hideously deformed figure on its official Zelda franchise website.

Tingle's role in Wind Waker seemed initially harmless. However, as the cel-shaded adventure progressed Tingle's selfishness led Link on a number of tedious fetch quests -- a truth that also caused IGNcube's editors to lower their review score of the game.

Fans of the franchise never forgave the giggling goon for corrupting the experience and neither did Link. This fact -- no real secret -- was evidenced in Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures. In the multiplayer centric title, four different Links attempted to shoot down Tingle as he floated merrily around the 2D universe.

Which about brings us up to date. There's another GameCube Legend of Zelda title in development and it's set for release late next year. This time Link has grown up. He rides his horse through a gritty, realistic new Hyrule filled with glowing red sunsets and fierce, evil foes. And so far there is no sign of Tingle. Our hope is that he's dead. Murdered by a Bokoblin, perhaps. But just in case -- on the slight chance that game directors Shigeru Miyamoto or Eiji Aonuma think about tormenting Link with the character once more -- this article exists.

It's just a simple reminder: we hate Tingle, we want him dead, and we're not going to stand for him in another Zelda game. In fact, if he shows up in the next Zelda, we vow now to spend half of the adventure attempting to murder him. It has to be done. He cannot be allowed to frolic around Hyrule again or all is surely lost.
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