Talk:Michael Wasserman

I thought the author did an excellent job of explaining why he generated the avatars he did. He explained various issues he had with generating his personal avatar, such as forming an avatar that accurately reflected his physical characteristics. One interesting point he mentioned was the fact that he defines himself and his identity through his actions opposed to his characteristics. Thus for the author it was difficult for him to generate an avatar that he believed was representative of himself. Although he mentioned technical limitations on the evolver website, it seemed as if most of his problems stemmed from his inability to express his demeanor on life through his avatar. He mentions that "a blank stare leaves too much room for interpretation of character" and this was one of the main difficulties he faced throughout this process. For this reason, I believe the author used the movie, School of Rock, to generate his fantasy avatar. By drawing upon this outside source and some of it's main themes, he sought to generate an avatar that allowed him to forget who he is supposed to be every day life and live in his dream. The author noted that he was an avid player of sports and thus wanted to generate a soccer player, which is what he always aspired to become. By drawing on themes from School of Rock he was able to generate an unique avatar that represented his childhood dreams.

--Elijah Thompson