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Pixelated image of a tennis player in mid-swing with a yellow ball, set against blue background and purple text reading 'My game is better than yours!'

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Pixelated image of a tennis player in mid-swing with a yellow ball, set against blue background and purple text reading 'My game is better than yours!'

Pixelated image of a tennis player in mid-swing with a yellow ball, set against blue background and purple text reading 'My game is better than yours!'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bud…

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  • My
  • game is
  • better than yours!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081209150958457315360
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/77/77ea609450f8cc8f9ee76970355ba009b5e493cfaa2ae8b5a97ea4b067d0e108.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
77ea609450f8cc8f
SHA-256
77ea609450f8cc8f9ee76970355ba009b5e493cfaa2ae8b5a97ea4b067d0e108
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20081209150958457315360
Archive entry
20081209150958457315360.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081209150958457315360.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081209150958457315360.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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