Badger was originally an Option 3 person. That ended fairly quickly when he was accused of being a sock of Ogis, a then notorious sockmaster who always used accounts with no avatar. I don't know of course if that was the reason why he adopted an avatar, but this topic made me recall that episode.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Option%203
I was referring to the third option in the poll as such because of the terms Grumps used in his OP. I've never heard of that slang, but I will try to make use of it now.