For the figures with the standard Poser 3/4 female head, the collective personal name Posette has developed; this is useful to distinguish her from Victoria etc. But we need a collective name for the figures with the standard Poser 3/4 male head. So far, people seem to tend to call them "dorks". But my 1991 edition Chambers Dictionary says that a dork is "USA slang: an idiot, a contemptible person (originally a penis)". If that is still its current USA meaning now, please, we need a politer name for him. I am sorry to be out of out of touch with current USA slang, but I live in England and I have never been to America.

Poserdude?

Hi Folks! How about Kirk!?! For some reason whenever I see the default Poser dude I think of the captain of the Enterprise. And given the way Shatner's laughing all the way to the bank these days as a dot.com huckster, maybe it's poetic justice. ;-D Peter (Dr Zik)

Hey c'mon now....Shatner loves animals, totally. That has to buy him out of dork status g

Not all the way to the bank: They paid him in stock that went through the floor. On "Dorkage": In the U.S. of A. we are far more foul than that. Besides, dork does not have that strong a definition. An idiot is about the extent of today's meaning. Ackbar

I read somewhere, I can't remember where, that his name is Mark. (Shrug)Who cares? Why did I reply? I'm bored. SOMEONE GIVE ME A PROJECT!! lol

I ususally just refer to him as "P4 Guy." Even though I have, on very RARE occasions, referred to both "Dork" and "Dorkette" for the standard P3/4 characters, I don't usually like those terms. Maybe just Guy, since that IS an actual name. If we just say Guy, we'll know we're not talking about Michael/Mike. I never really thought P4 Guy was a dork, but just rendered wrong by most people (wrong texture map, wrong camera focal setting, wrong hair, etc.), although Michael and Vicki do make them look more dorky everyday. Oh well, the standard figures may be losing ground anyway, since the newer characters coming out are so much more versatile and the old characters may end up being outmoded. Who knows? Maybe it doesn't matter. Melanie

PoserGal & PoserGuy? That sounds good to me ;-)

Hi Folks! I like Guy! Gal is still used generically in the South where I come from, but a lot of women now regard it as offensive (sorta like Chick). So I guess I'll stick with Posette. But from now on, I'm gonna refer to the default Male P4 figure as Guy. Thanks melanie! Peter (Dr Zik)