Hmm.. CCR, I'd give your new one a 7, great improvement! (gods, it's like a school report isn't it?)
SuAside: 6. I don't really like animated avatars and the skull is a cliché, but on the plus side, it's fairly discrete, not some giant flashing anime image.
I prefer my other one, it represents my character more, but I'll stick with this one for a while for a change.