Safe Mode stole my Face :(

Actually they gave it back to me later - but for a while I was devastated :(

It is strange but it bothered me much more than I thought it would - I reckon I look pretty good from the front even if rather retarded when viewed in profile. I have been playing for over 4 years & have got used to how I look.

It came about when I was mining & wood harvesting in PvP4. I have this desire to tempt fate every now & then.
I was chatting to a friend & I mentioned that without radar it would be hard to notice another player until they were really close. Unless you are wearing colorful clothes & racing about or moving in a way that draws attention.
He replied that if in Safe Mode avatars appear as if made of marshmallow. I had to try it to see, and yes as a white marshmallow person I was much more obvious - much easier to see fruits etc. though.

Later I changed back to the resolution I normally use - and when I looked at myself I was quite different. different nose, fuller face, smaller eyes bigger mouth
- like an average F avatar. I had fuglified myself

I was going to post before & after pics. However when I logged on this morning I was back to my original me. I was tempted to do it again & post - but you know the saying about pulling a face & the wind changes. I don't want 2 take the chance.

 

Are you insulting, patronising me or what? Why do you think my reaction was "fundamentally alien" ? Because I consider my reaction was normal.

I posted my experience as it was surprising to me & thought others may be interested if they ever did something similar, went to safe mode & then later back again only to find their avatar was different & wondered wtf happened here - only later to find it was a temporary effect, gone on relogging.