[nirvAnA]

Thought it would be nice if all the heroes of sc2sea had cool customised anime avatars of themselves!! Heroes are those who kindly dedicate their time and efforts regularly to make the sc2sea events enjoyable for us. This refers to key site staff as well as the casters who support our tournaments. For the other newer staff or those who have gone inactive - have no worries, keep up the good work and in time you will have one too

The Heroes of sc2sea!


How many can you identify?

Clues: Everything in the picture is there for a reason! If you do not recognise some of their faces look around for clues either in the background or the people next to them Lots of easter eggs in here haha!! Bigger version here, zoom in!

+ [Answers inside!] +

First of all credit goes to HDPhoenix for figuring out all coaches have whistles and all casters have mics, after that some became really obvious! Also, many people initially were forgetting that this is only for sc2sea key staff / casters and I had to remind them! For the more difficult ones - credit to EdgE for being the first to correctly identify Torniquet and OxygeN and then to Lennx for his very impressive detective work. Making the connection with BakaInu's name, Eddie's rings, cure's avatar, crazerks feather pen(this was the hardest imo) and the process of elimination to finally find Paroxysm!

From Left to Right

First Row: sheepy, nirvAnA, mOOnGLaDe, kelly, OxygeN
Theme: The pioneering members of the site / team aLt!

Some interesting trivia - nirvAnA has a sc2sea userID (shows that you were the Xth person to register on the site) of #1 & #2, kelly #6, oxygen #7, sheepy #10, moonglade #86. We have over 3,000 members today and they were the very first members of this brave new era. It also has an all ialt aLt lineup sans glade. Yes the present day obesities that are sheepy and nirvana did look this once upon a time, and this was based on our who's who profile pictures! the glade resemblance is obvious and based on his ESL?! pic,his kerrigan winged zerg queen kelly by his side and OxygeN completes the pioneer/coach/aLt pattern giving the (ironical?!) thumbs up!

Second Row: HDPhoenix, Jaczie, Benji, Xeen
Theme: The senior casters of SEA who still actively cast our tournaments till this day

Mothership Studios CEO Phoenix, drop of sunshine jaczie, benji and his razor headset and lastly Xeen the winner of the "Most Popular SEA Caster" poll with his trophy which says "Mr Popular" but which can only be seen in the high resolution version!

Third Row: Frost, BakaInu, Zergtastic, Paroxysm
Theme: The Head Admins of sc2sea.

Frost the clan head with the "frost" effect, bakainu one half of the BSG head team (inu means dog in japanese), zergtastic next to him as his "other half" with the overlord referencing his infamous "overlord scouting cost" thread and the mic to signify his occasional casting. Eddie the GPD head with the gold, plat and diamond rings, and lastly paroxysm the CO head who well, is an avid soccer player. This one was especially hard since not many people knew that or knew what he looked like! Lennx brilliantly put it together through the process of elimination (and also saw his skype avatar lol)

Fourth Row: SkyBreaker, crAzerk, HuT, Sixth
Theme: This row doesn't really have a theme and is the hardest row because not many people know what they look like

Once upon a time Skybreaker was famous for laying down his ban hammer and saving our community from destructive trolls. At one point before he stepped in, the site was basically a troll fest with girly nirvana too lenient to do any banning on his own. crazerk the head writer has a bunch of poker cards which was in the picture the artist used but that was actually a red herring, the key was the feather pen in his ear to show his writer heritage! HuT this one i thought was fairly obvious with a HuT in the background and a microphone, silly HuT outting yourself with your post! Wondered how long it would take people to make the connection, i guess most people was thinking house instead of hut in the background. Next to him is his co-casting partner Sixth, even silly kelly couldn't identify him even though she knew hut was next to him! But she guessed hut correctly.

Fifth Row: cure, PiG, iaguz, Torniquet, Mezza
Theme: This row is half aLt half moderators which makes sense cause cure is both

cure the emo haired dude (you could see the resemblance from his avatar) is now in the army so he salutes! pig and iaguz are obvious and complete the aLt trio in the 5th row. torniquet actually means a bandage which helps stop bleeding of some sorts and thats what is on his arm. mezza who is also a full time doctor should be fairly obvious to those who know!

The end! Hope you guys enjoyed playing the guessing game. Pity it was solved so early though haha. Credit for the artwork goes to a random but highly talented japanese artist whom i hired to draw these pictures

[TAEdgE]

love the iaguz one haha

[HDPhoenix]

That's SO COOL!! Awesome work!! Let me try to identify as many as I can

From Left to Right
First Row: Sheepy, Nirvana, MoonGlade, Kelly, ???
Second Row: HDPhoenix, Jaczie, Benji, Xeen
Third Row: IceIceIce, Light, Unstable, ???, ???
Fourth Row: ???, ???, ???, ???
Fifth Row: ???, Pig, Iaguz, ???, Mezza

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nirvAnA:

3 incorrect ones ;)

[TAEdgE]

Originally Posted by HDPhoenix

That's SO COOL!! Awesome work!! Let me try to identify as many as I can

From Left to Right
First Row: Sheepy, Nirvana, MoonGlade, Kelly, ???
Second Row: HDPhoenix, Jaczie, Benji, Unstable
Third Row: IceIceIce, Light, Xeen?, ???, ???
Fourth Row: ???, ???, ???, ???
Fifth Row: ???, Pig, Iaguz, ???, Mezza

Torniquet next to mezza. Oxygen next to kelly.

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nirvAnA:

clever ;) i wonder who will be the first to find the others pple are getting wrong ;)

[Satu]

Originally Posted by HDPhoenix

That's SO COOL!! Awesome work!! Let me try to identify as many as I can

From Left to Right
First Row: Sheepy, Nirvana, MoonGlade, Kelly, ???
Second Row: HDPhoenix, Jaczie, Benji, Unstable
Third Row: IceIceIce, Light, Xeen?, ???, ???
Fourth Row: ???, ???, ???, ???
Fifth Row: ???, Pig, Iaguz, ???, Mezza

From Left to Right
First Row: Sheepy, Nirvana, MoonGlade, Kelly, Oxygen
Second Row: HDPhoenix, Jaczie, Benji, Unstable
Third Row: FrOsT, BakaInu, Zergtastic, ???, ???
Fourth Row: ???, ???, HuT, Sixth
Fifth Row: Cure, Pig, Iaguz, Torniquet, Mezza

[Xeen]

Go upload it and tag everyone so I don't have to guess plz

[HDPhoenix]

I think its really cool how all the casters have a mic and all the SC2SEA coaches have whistles ^^

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nirvAnA:

haha good catch!

[Benji]

Originally Posted by HDPhoenix

I think its really cool how all the casters have a mic and all the SC2SEA coaches have whistles ^^

Top right is Oxygen given that logic.

[JacziE]

SO SO FRIGGING CUTE!

Mezza's is the best. Kelly's wings are awesome. IAGUZZZZ! Btw who is the dark haired justin beiber on bottom left?

[FrOst]

Wow this is amazing! The cartoon version of me looks so much cooler than the real life one haha.

[Sixth]

third row on the right is me and *spoilered!*

[nGenLight]

Using Phoenix' Format:

From Left to Right
First Row: Sheepy, Nirvana, MoonGlade, Kelly, Oxygen
Second Row: HDPhoenix, Jaczie, Benji, Xeen
Third Row: Frost, Light, Unstable, Zergtastic, Jesse or Plexa
Fourth Row: YYJ, Mafia/Revenant/PokerFace Hybrid, Pinder, Sixth
Fifth Row: IceIceIce, Pig, Iaguz, Torniquet, Mezza

[nGenLight]

Can we know who the artist is, respect and reputation is due!

Quick Comments

	nirvAnA:	a randomly outsourced but highly talented female japanese artist :)
	Eddie:

[Brultze]

Wow this is great. Good job to whoever did this!
Oh and were these drawn to photos of the people in real life or was it done using imagination?(for those who dont have their photos online)

[Next_rim]

I didn't get one for overflooding the strategy forums(

[nirvAnA]

Heroes are those who kindly dedicate their time each week to the running of and organising of events for us to enjoy. This for now refers to key site staff as well as the casters who support our tournaments.

Many pple missed this clue!

[LennX]

I sense baka for 4th row 1st on the left. Since he has been throwing his ban hammer around. And if zerg cant spot himself that means he is not inside yet? :P

[BaKaiNu]

Sorry, you're wrong though. Before me, there is another person with a bigger ban hammer.

[LennX]

Not you? Must be skybreaker then. Both of you are the only one that I know throwing hammers around.


Can't spot any baka look a like in the pictures so I will attempt to spot for other clues.

[Eddie]

Wonderful work, looks great!

Only 4-5 i couldn't guess...

[thorwashere]

I am going to have one at some point. I just know it. Although my current avatar is pretty clever for my username you got to admit.

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nirvAnA:

haha you probably will dizzy <3

[nGenBaron]

cool cool indeed

[LennX]

1st and 2nd row most people got it right already.
3rd Row

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Frost. 3rd Row 1st from left.
baka I know who you are!!!! You cant hide it forever. Xth Row Xnd from somewhere.
Zerggie should be 3rd row right smack in the middle. Unless he don't know his own mirror image.
Eddie. 3rd row 4th from left. Those rings. haha
Paroxysm. 3rd row 1st on right. BSG down. GPD down. Left with CO. Helps also when you post it as your own avatar.

4th row

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Skybreaker with Banhammer flying around! 1st from left
Who plays poker.....2nd from L
?__? 2nd from R
Sixth. On the right. Since 3rd row on the right is not him.
Remaining two are santi and uhmmm ?

5th row

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cure (only staff left that I didn't guess and his avatar pic was the closest),pig,iaguz,tourniquet,mezza

And just me or does nirvana chibi looks a bit androgynous?
Or

+ Show +

A certain Canadian that goes by the name of Justin?

[nirvAnA]

omg can't believe its already been solved after just 3 hours haha. well just to confirm it, here are all the answers / explanations.

+ [Answers inside!] +

First of all credit goes to HDPhoenix for figuring out all coaches have whistles and all casters have mics, after that some became really obvious! Also, many people initially were forgetting that this is only for sc2sea key staff / casters and I had to remind them! For the more difficult ones - credit to EdgE for being the first to correctly identify Torniquet and OxygeN and then to Lennx for his very impressive detective work. Making the connection with BakaInu's name, Eddie's rings, cure's avatar, crazerks feather pen(this was the hardest imo) and the process of elimination to finally find Paroxysm!

From Left to Right

First Row: sheepy, nirvAnA, mOOnGLaDe, kelly, OxygeN
Theme: The pioneering members of the site / team aLt!

Some interesting trivia - nirvAnA has a sc2sea userID (shows that you were the Xth person to register on the site) of #1 & #2, kelly #6, oxygen #7, sheepy #10, moonglade #86. We have over 3,000 members today and they were the very first members of this brave new era. It also has an all ialt aLt lineup sans glade. Yes the present day obesities that are sheepy and nirvana did look this once upon a time, and this was based on our who's who profile pictures! the glade resemblance is obvious and based on his ESL?! pic,his kerrigan winged zerg queen kelly by his side and OxygeN completes the pioneer/coach/aLt pattern giving the (ironical?!) thumbs up!

Second Row: HDPhoenix, Jaczie, Benji, Xeen
Theme: The senior casters of SEA who still actively cast our tournaments till this day

Mothership Studios CEO Phoenix, drop of sunshine jaczie, benji and his razor headset and lastly Xeen the winner of the "Most Popular SEA Caster" poll with his trophy which says "Mr Popular" but which can only be seen in the high resolution version!

Third Row: Frost, BakaInu, Zergtastic, Paroxysm
Theme: The Head Admins of sc2sea.

Frost the clan head with the "frost" effect, bakainu one half of the BSG head team (inu means dog in japanese), zergtastic next to him as his "other half" with the overlord referencing his infamous "overlord scouting cost" thread and the mic to signify his occasional casting. Eddie the GPD head with the gold, plat and diamond rings, and lastly paroxysm the CO head who well, is an avid soccer player. This one was especially hard since not many people knew that or knew what he looked like! Lennx brilliantly put it together through the process of elimination (and also saw his skype avatar lol)

Fourth Row: SkyBreaker, crAzerk, HuT, Sixth
Theme: This row doesn't really have a theme and is the hardest row because not many people know what they look like

Once upon a time Skybreaker was famous for laying down his ban hammer and saving our community from destructive trolls. At one point before he stepped in, the site was basically a troll fest with girly nirvana too lenient to do any banning on his own. crazerk the head writer has a bunch of poker cards which was in the picture the artist used but that was actually a red herring, the key was the feather pen in his ear to show his writer heritage! HuT this one i thought was fairly obvious with a HuT in the background and a microphone, silly HuT outting yourself with your post! Wondered how long it would take people to make the connection, i guess most people was thinking house instead of hut in the background. Next to him is his co-casting partner Sixth, even silly kelly couldn't identify him even though she knew hut was next to him! But she guessed hut correctly.

Fifth Row: cure, PiG, iaguz, Torniquet, Mezza
Theme: This row is half aLt half moderators which makes sense cause cure is both

cure the emo haired dude (you could see the resemblance from his avatar) is now in the army so he salutes! pig and iaguz are obvious and complete the aLt trio in the 5th row. torniquet actually means a bandage which helps stop bleeding of some sorts and thats what is on his arm. mezza who is also a full time doctor should be fairly obvious to those who know!

The end! Hope you guys enjoyed playing the guessing game. Pity it was solved so early though haha. Credit for the artwork goes to a random but highly talented japanese artist whom i hired to draw these pictures

[frequency]

Why didn't you put cheese behind OxygeN?

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

hahaha i was actually really tempted too!

[Satu]

Pretty good resemblance!

Also, am I the only one who is slightly disturbed by the fact no one has noses in the cartoons? ;P

Originally Posted by frequency

Why didn't you put cheese behind OxygeN?

Because hes not one step ahead of the cheese.

[HuT]

Wow, these are amazing!

Also, pic related.

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[LennX]

Originally Posted by nGenHuT

Wow, these are amazing!

Also, pic related.

+ Show +

Damn it....

I know there is HuT in the staff and I was asking myself why is there is hut in the background. And I can't make the connection >_>

[HuT]

Originally Posted by LennX

Damn it....

I know there is HuT in the staff and I was asking myself why is there is hut in the background. And I can't make the connection >_>

Don't worry dude, I never made that connection either LOL.

[Next_rim]

Also, am I the only one who is slightly disturbed by the fact no one has noses in the cartoons? ;P

It's anime. Cuz you know, all Japanese have enormous eyes and tiny mouths and noses. So tiny, they are almost non-existent.

[nGenLight]

Omg Baka INU~ Can't believe I didn't get that!

[BaKaiNu]

Originally Posted by nGenLight

Omg Baka INU~ Can't believe I didn't get that!

Hahahah. No probs. It is a bit difficult to guess mine.

[LennX]

Okay got the last guy 4th row 2nd from right.

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crazerk
feather= olden days pen.
official sc2sea writer

@ HuT, If you can't spot it, then that makes me feel a little better :P

[JacziE]

My guesses:

Sheep, Nirvana, Glade, Kelly, Oxygen
Phoenix, ME!!!, Benji, Xeen
Ice?/Frost?, LIGHT LOL?, Unstable, Zergtastic, Baka/Eddie?
SKYBREAKER?, pokerface? LOL, HuT, Seguer/Sixth?
JUSTIN BIEBER, Pig, iaguz, Baka/eddie?, MEZZA!

[EscapisT]

Originally Posted by JacziE

My guesses:

Sheep, Nirvana, Glade, Kelly, Oxygen
Phoenix, ME!!!, Benji, Xeen
Ice?/Frost?, LIGHT LOL?, Unstable, Zergtastic, Baka/Eddie?
SKYBREAKER?, pokerface? LOL, HuT, Seguer/Sixth?
JUSTIN BIEBER , Pig, iaguz, Baka/eddie?, MEZZA!

sorry but... WHAT!?!! wutttttt? Boss and Bieber = no same

[nGenLight]

Its embarrassing for me because I actually speak some Japanese.

[Aean(:]

i got 6.. :P
wondering who drew them?

[Dox]

omg. This is the ******* coolest thing ever. SO IMPRESSED.

[BaKaiNu]

I got a puppy

Thanks Nirvana for the awesome pictures.

[AlphaWhale]

Noses are so unnecessary.

[HDPhoenix]

Anyone else really impressed that the SC2SEA staff is so large? I knew it was really big but when its in a poster like this, its REALLY impressive!

Mad propz to Nirvana and everyone for making the site what it is ^_____^!!

p.s. putting people in themes per row was a stroke of genius! That's one cookie no one seemed to get, but once you laid it out, it was crystal clear =O

[TargA]

why are the asians white?

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deL:

ur right asians r stupid

[ToRDeathsFang]

For Zergtastic there should have a been a cartoonified frame of him freaking out in Amnesia That was priceless.

[ROOT`iaguz]

Sadly my picture is not quite up to date on one key issue, something I couldn't remind nirvana in time.

You'll know what I mean sydney.

In other news, they don't look half bad...

[PiG]

Awesome! Why Doesn't my avatar show up??



nirvana: there ya go!

[AvPoker]

So cute . makes me want to copy one of them as my own

[JacziE]

My new favorite thread

[Kommissar]

Really cool

[Flaunt]

mah gawd. this is the coolest thing ever. awesome nirvanA! who is the artist ?

[kellyMILKIES]

Mm compiled with your TGM video this is most impressive!

[Apth]

Epic awesome.

[NvRossi]

where are my heroes del and pinder?

[nirvAnA]

they would be TA heroes not sc2sea heroes! actually pinder could be one if he decides to coach again, he certainty has contributed his fair share of entertainment with his series of high level articles ^^

[TAEdgE]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

they would be TA heroes not sc2sea heroes! actually pinder could be one if he decides to coach again ^^

Should have an anti-hero one with them two O:

[TAriiChard]

I made one for TAShiHao

http://i.imgur.com/Jfec5.png

[syfMiley]

http://i.imgur.com/4ji31.jpg

[Mezza]

awesome stuff!

anyhow, who drew these? nirvana you did these yourself?

[crAzerk]

@mezza - nope he said he hired a 'talented japanese artist' to do it.

Anyway this is so freaking cool and awesome haha ;D

[dippa]

this is actually one of the most awesome things ive seen in 8 years on an aussie gaming forum.

[TAhackdZ]

These are excellent.

The artist is certainly very talented.

gratz to nirvAnA and the original crew for making sc2sea what it is today!

[Maynarde]

Very cute, nicely done lol

[Dox]

They've disappeared from the OP!

[nirvAnA]

oh noes i edited the ftp chmod i think that affected it. are they appearing correctly now?

[Dox]

Yep, fixed!

[cure]

I miss my long hair D: !

[SkyBreaker]

These fkn rock! So damn cool Props to those who guessed me!

[nirvAnA]

An update on all the newer heroes not listed in the OP!

[ToRSpartaz]

Spartaz will be up there someday (: ^^

[ROOTPetraeus]

Originally Posted by Spartaz

Spartaz will be up there someday (: ^^

$5 I get there first.

[ToRSpartaz]

Originally Posted by Petraeus

$5 I get there first.

Petraeus

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ROOTPetraeus:

that sentence make many sense

[ToRSpartaz]

Originally Posted by Petraeus

$5 I get there first.

I just read back over this mate. Seems you owe me $5

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	nirvAnA:	LOL!
	inFeZa:	pay up

[ROOTPetraeus]

Originally Posted by ToRSpartaz

I just read back over this mate. Seems you owe me $5

GOD DAMNIT NICK T_T

fine i'll pay... if you come to a LAN

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ToRSpartaz:

:D

[DeNile]

I reckon by 2025 I may be there

[nirvAnA]

hallelujah!~

And

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Asrathiel:

^_^

[nirvAnA]

introducing 2 more! Also, two more are in progress.



WHO ARE THESE GUYS!!!!

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	SLCN.NXZ:	Id love to answer cause you asked us baout them in skype... :P
	Dox:	Arnor and Cute O_O

[jayaiwhy]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

introducing 2 more! Also, two more are in progress.



WHO ARE THESE GUYS!!!!

wtf is obama doing on sc2sea?

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

LMAO

[TheGentleman]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

introducing 2 more! Also, two more are in progress.



WHO ARE THESE GUYS!!!!

You make this too easy :P

Image links:
http://www.sc2sea.com/customavatars/avatar2450_6.gif
http://www.sc2sea.com/customavatars/avatar451_7.gif

...

http://www.sc2sea.com/member.php?u=2450 = Arnor
http://www.sc2sea.com/member.php?u=451 = Cute

I know... I ruin your fun :P

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

Wasn't even supposed to be a puzzle lol!!!

[inFeZa]

its white obama

[Stallion]

the one on the left is a coach since he has the whistle which im guessing is GTR? and legionaire on the right?

[inFeZa]

legionnaire has shorter hair and GTR doesnt look like that

[Stallion]

ooo arnor on left. no idea about the right then :/

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SLCN.NXZ:

its spartaz dumbo

[TACeeSerps]

I'm not going to guess, but the one on the right is so good!!!

[Stallion]

oo ryan spartaz is a good guess he does look like that idk why he has a suit and a bow tho should be a pillow since he is the sleeping toss as im sure most of ToR know :P

[Trinion]

One day

[AssyrianKing]

Hahaha, none of you's look like your pictures :P

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TACeeSerps:

you*

[SLCN.NXZ]

Yeha apparently spartaz is wrong but it does look a lot like him

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

Theme: The senior casters of SEA who still actively cast our tournaments till this day

this may need some changing

[NOM]

maybe GTR on the right?
it has the right haircut ( i am terrible at guessing)

edit: OH SHIT, ITS TIELA!!!!
:P FINALY SNAPPED IN MY HEAD
But why isn't it pink?

[inFeZa]

GTR would be driving a car or something

[LaughingMan]

Wow these are so cool!

[inFeZa]

*SOLVED*

Arnor and Cute.

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nirvAnA:

pc solved it with imba h4x!!!!!!!

[Flamga]

Sexy pics guys and well deserved :-)

[Nv.GTR]

i wish i wielded a sword

[FSDarkNemesis]

Wish I have an Avatar with me on the Piano since that's my profession lol.

[NvRossi]

i dont get the new ones

[TCPLemminks]

2 more in progress you say

[nirvAnA]

yeap 2 more in progress and they are super obvious!! had to send them for revision... so expect them tmr.

these were never meant to a puzzle thing btw and i uploaded their avatars right away. just that pple dont knwo what tehy looked like so thoguht why not just let pple guess for funsies.

the bow is just a city hunter reference and the whistle is nod to his many admin roles he has taken in tournaments

cute loves anime so drew him as an anime hero wielding a pen shaped sword to signify his writer status.

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NvRossi:

ah ok

[nirvAnA]

Well these are super obvious!



grats to all the guys with the new avatars!

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	TACeeSerps:	Clearly me on the right.. no doubt
	TheGentleman:	LOL Amazing!

[|Erasmus|]

woo, spartaz and lemminks...

[inFeZa]

Hahahahhahahaha

[TheGentleman]

I love the TCP and ToR references in the images

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ToRSpartaz:

+1

[Flamga]

Spartaz pic is awesome and sexy!!!

[ToRSpartaz]

I got to admit I really love that one Thanks Nir

[ToRVenom]

no Suipr?!?!

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nirvAnA:

he is there silly!!!

[Phek]

ahahha that's awesome