Yeah, main reason I don't have a custom Avatar is because I'm really bad at making them (I did try, although the picture died with my old laptop) and too proud to ask my brother to make me one.
Honestly the main reason I want a custom Avatar is because it'll make my posts easier to pick out when I'm scrolling through a thread looking at something I posted months to years ago. I also remember a few posters here by their Avatars, I came to associate the standard RangerGuy one with 2D8HP before he got a custom Ranger.