'character' = 'toon'. when and why?

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Originally Posted by pickled_heretic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

well that settles it, the term must have originated before wow. I must say that i quit playing EQ before this time and never encountered it during the 2 some years that i did play.

I think it only hit on some EQ servers in a fad, and then spread like herpes in WoW.

Not sure if it started in EQ, but I know I remember using it in EQ.

Char is just as short but toon is easier to type so i stuck to it.


I always figured it originated from some kid's parent/s. Something along the lines of the kid's parent telling him that he should stop playing with those cartoons and do home work lol.

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I like :] because it's simple, and I can't stand the use of = as eyes, they look retarded.

I do love :o tho.

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TP didn't see the use of Toon as a word until late PoP. It spread like a virus. We carried that virus into WoW.

I use guy, [insert class name], or etc.

Let me hop on warrior

sweet, lets do some dungeons, getting on rogue

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definitly comes from the word cartoon. ist just easier to name em toons than character

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When I first started playing EQ almost two years ago, I thought the toon thing was pretty funny too. It was actually Allizia who got me started on that one.

What was even more strange to me, though, was the term "mob." If we can put the EQ aside for one moment, I hope you can all remember the standard definition of a mob. I remember my buddy helping me out in Blackburrow getting fangs as like a level 6 or whatever and he'd say "there's a mob here" and I'd be like "AHHHH!" and run for the zone because by "mob" I thought he meant "a nasty and angry mess of foes."

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i've always used mob as like mobster, part of a faction.

crushbone has a lot of orc mobs

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Toon was used even during Meridian 59. Was also used alot in EQ.

Everything looked like a cartoon.

Where did Twink come from?

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Originally Posted by Diggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i've always used mob as like mobster, part of a faction.

crushbone has a lot of orc mobs

Mob was a programming term given to Mobile Objects afaik.

Proc was related to process as the weapon function would process.