>>270896019
The human element. You can be those things sure, and they are cool, but if talking about real shit, it's harder to take you seriously when you're a Tyranid or Commissar Fuklaw or some other character you chose because they look badass or whatever. It's easier to get on the level with someone and relate to someone as a person if they look approachable. Masked characters are cool, you might use a Bondrewd or Daft Punk avatar and they're awesome designs, but you lose the very important human aspect of having a face and a variety of emotions to express yourself with in ways that we're familiar with and I feel that gets in the way of breaking the ice with people.