# See yourself in third person! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639 "2007-07-13T13:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/1 "2007-07-13T13:46:04Z")
The [Avatar Machine](http://www.geekologie.com/2007/07/avatar_machine.php) allows you to see yourself in third person, so that you can pretend you’re playing WoW when you have to be walking around in the real world. I love the way the guy is walking around in the video. Hilarious! –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/2 "2007-07-13T16:28:17Z")
That is just cool. And stupid. But mostly cool. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/3 "2007-07-13T16:31:23Z")
Kinda reminds me of the Busta Rhymes video for Dangerous. At least the camera motion does. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/4 "2007-07-13T17:31:06Z")
Gotta be careful not to turn too quickly when you’re near a tree, though. \ \ :loss of feed: ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/5 "2007-07-13T20:42:06Z")
[QUOTE=Spit] That is just cool. And stupid. But mostly cool. [/QUOTE] I’d say it’s hilarious, and funny, but mostly hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/6 "2007-07-14T09:38:58Z")
Well that’s… something. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/7 "2007-07-14T09:55:28Z")
Zoom out! Zoom out! (I can never see where I’m going unless the view is farther out.) ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/8 "2007-07-14T10:29:38Z")
Where’s the command to swing the camera around to see your own face? How can you get a good screenshot without being able to change the camera angle?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/9 "2007-07-14T18:17:35Z")
When I used to play Asheron’s Call, I would find myself IRL trying to find the keypad \* key to take a screen shot. That’s when I decided to cut back on gaming. –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Montgomery0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery0)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/10 "2007-07-14T19:49:47Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Where’s the command to swing the camera around to see your own face? How can you get a good screenshot without being able to change the camera angle?! 😃 [/QUOTE] The swing around camera is only good for when you’re blue and have extremely large boobies. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/11 "2007-07-15T00:06:56Z")
Or, have a very low cut, lacey [evening gown](http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Mesmer_Enchanter_armor) for armor. 😉 (Guild Wars, Mesmer Enchanter’s armor from Droknar’s Forge.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/12 "2007-07-15T00:19:47Z")
Bit of a pain trying to use it on the subway, though… ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/13 "2007-07-15T02:38:21Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingCowOfDoom] When I used to play Asheron’s Call, I would find myself IRL trying to find the keypad \* key to take a screen shot. That’s when I decided to cut back on gaming. [/QUOTE] I felt the same way about general computer usage when I was looking for something in a newspaper and my first instict was to hit CTRL-F. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/14 "2007-07-15T03:08:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Or, have a very low cut, lacey [evening gown](http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Mesmer_Enchanter_armor) for armor. 😉 (Guild Wars, Mesmer Enchanter’s armor from Droknar’s Forge.) [/QUOTE] “I’m going to the prom! But first I have to stop and kick some ass.” ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-yourself-in-third-person/411639/15 "2007-07-15T03:20:42Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] “I’m going to the prom! But first I have to stop and kick some ass.” [/QUOTE] Well, one of my guildmates does call that character by the nickname of “nightgown of doom”, because I grumped at first that “That isn’t armor, that’s a nightgown!” I have fun anyway playing my [mesmer/necro](http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4153/nomaskol1.jpg) in her [purple](http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4849/charselectscreenxj5.jpg) negligee ensemble.