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

[Kagatob]

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

^^^ The reason why WoW is the worst thing to ever happen to the genre imo

[Furme]

If you REALLY want to know..

The origin of Toon is from way back in 1991ish when sierra came out with their first online gaming network.. Called "The Imagination Network" or nicknamed "The Sierra Network".. (might even be earlier /shrug)..

But the thing was, is before that for the most part everyone had been playing text based multi-player games over BBSes.. When The Imagination network came out they had a nifty little client where you could choose an avatar to go with your name.. They had very cartoony graphics, so people would nickname them their Toons.. This carried over to The Realm when it was released as well.. because likewise, it had cartoony graphics and it was just a little more catchy to say toon instead of "char"..

Source: Played on the imagination network, and the realm.. People called it a toon back then too =p

[HIYO]

ALong the same vein, where did the term "twink" come from WRT giving low level chars high end gear

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twink

Twink:
A term often used to describe a youthful homosexual male, who is smooth-bodied, only slightly-muscular, with little or no body hair, and has a semi-athletic build.

[EvilMallet]

the goonies like to farm for iskies for their toonies

[fishingme]

the word "toon" was used on ayonae during kunark

[Hasbinlulz]

I used "toon" when I played Legends of Kesmai.

[gotrocks]

not 100% sure on the toon thing, but my assumption would be that it came from cartoon, as back then most mmo graphics could be considered 'cartoony'.

mob is easy, that was a term from the MUD days that was short for mobile object, or often just mobile. If you've ever played any MUD, you know that every. single. thing. that you can kill is a mob.

[gotrocks]

oh and twink most definitely came from its other definition, gay. There was a TON of resentment towards twinks in early eq, even into luclin and possibly beyond (i quit during luclin), and the word twink was used as a way to vent that resentment.

[OforOppression]

the real question is, who came up with the term "inkies" for dark elves?

[gotrocks]

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

the real question is, who came up with the term "inkies" for dark elves?

that ones been around for a looong time.

people called drow "inkies" in the p&p days of dungeons and dragons.