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WHY CAN'T WE SMILE
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Sylvia Carpenter
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2017-01-10 23:36:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Sylvia Carpenter
Hi everyone,
I am in a good mood and I have been trying very hard to smile for my portrait but as you can see I cannot smile happily enough.
Why do CCP limit our ability to smile for the portrait?
I really wish I can even laugh in my photo.
Please consider this.
Thank you.

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Memphis Baas
#2 - 2017-01-10 23:42:06 UTC
Smiles and laughter don't match with CCP's "dark and gritty" vision of the universe.
Demonspawn 666
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2017-01-10 23:47:46 UTC
On the outside I'm smiling, but on the inside I'm actually plotting how to murder everyone and take their stuff...

You'd never know it looking at my smiley face though!

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#4 - 2017-01-10 23:49:09 UTC
Ive seen smiles,
Granted they pretty much all look like someone's wearing someone else's face but I've seen them.

You can get a pretty good smirk going though

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Akane Togenada
Doomheim
#5 - 2017-01-10 23:52:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Akane Togenada
Atleast we can hint a smile. I would like to be able to look really batshit crazy too. The current portrait system makes it hard to convey much emotion at all.
Lulu Lunette
Savage Moon Society
#6 - 2017-01-10 23:54:26 UTC
I've tried a few smirks.. I've settled for the judgement-stare or maybe a resting ***** face. Cool

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Shae Tadaruwa
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#7 - 2017-01-10 23:54:46 UTC
Pod goo tastes like ****.

Don't open your mouth people.

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#8 - 2017-01-10 23:55:15 UTC
I guess it depends on your definition of a smile.

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Hir Miriel
Elves In Space
#9 - 2017-01-11 00:01:58 UTC
Sylvia Carpenter wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am in a good mood and I have been trying very hard to smile for my portrait but as you can see I cannot smile happily enough.
Why do CCP limit our ability to smile for the portrait?
I really wish I can even laugh in my photo.
Please consider this.
Thank you.



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Chopper Rollins
hahahlolspycorp
#10 - 2017-01-11 00:34:37 UTC
Until WWII, smiling was seen as the act of one unburdened by heavy thoughts or responsibilities. This was inverted by celebrity culture. The French President F. Mitterand had to get his teeth fixed, i'm told, since smiling showed his sharp eye teeth and made him look a bit scary.
Not everyone has a nice smile, even a tiny bit off and a smile looks like an uncanny-valley mannequin grimace. A smile is a vital expression that invades the eyes and our ability to read expressions makes simulating them a really tough job.
Stern grimaces and such are morbid and require a lifelessness perfect for CGI.

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Vortexo VonBrenner
Doomheim
#11 - 2017-01-11 01:21:36 UTC
Op says "Why so serious? Let's put a smile on that face!"

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#12 - 2017-01-11 02:30:57 UTC
Smiles are tricky to pull off with the char creator. I tried once, but instead it looked like I was baring my teeth. Might be OK to do that among Eve players, but don't do it among baboons.
Megaera Erinnyes
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2017-01-11 02:33:33 UTC
I don't see the problem, I managed a warm pleasant smile just fine
Dr Joshua Stone
Doomheim
#14 - 2017-01-11 03:08:05 UTC
I am smiling!
Empress FriedEgg
Hijo de la Luna
#15 - 2017-01-11 03:14:17 UTC
Megaera Erinnyes wrote:
I don't see the problem, I managed a warm pleasant smile just fine



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Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#16 - 2017-01-11 03:22:34 UTC
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#17 - 2017-01-11 03:42:22 UTC
I'm smiling. But it isn't a "nice" smile. Twisted

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Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2017-01-11 03:47:56 UTC
My clone has defective facial muscles.

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mkint
#19 - 2017-01-11 04:06:38 UTC
Because grimdark was popular 2 years before the current portrait art came out, and CCP's nothing if not 2 years behind on trends.

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Pix Severus
Empty You
#20 - 2017-01-11 04:31:27 UTC
I'm smiling right at you.

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