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

[Ele]

toon better than goon

[dude]

The dude agrees, toon belittles the whole playing experience. Why do the toon'ers gotta kill my high.

[Kagatob]

I was aware 'toon' existed before WoW, though WoW truly did popularize the term, I always used 'char'. I never understood why people said that was hard to say in their head, it's "character" when you say it or think it, it's simply an abbreviation. The only excuse I can think of is if you are one of those juvenile failboats who say "B. T. W." or "B. R. B." out loud to people, in which case it's your own fault.

Twink I had no idea about the gay thing, I just assumed it was because their armor was all twinkly. /shrug

[Lexical]

Toon was originally a derogatory term the RP community had for non-RPers in game. The rationale behind it was that since RPers characters have a back story, they are indeed characters while non-RPers would be seen as some zany, cartoon like, person if being viewed from an immersed perspective. Since the RP community was much smaller than the non-RP community, the term 'toon' was quickly embraced as a proper term for an individual's character.

[OforOppression]

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i like this

[Hasbinlulz]

Brad Pitt invented Toon.

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[Hasbinlulz]

Ralph Bakshi for the motherfucking win.

[Autotune]

I remember calling them toons back in EQ.

[pickled_heretic]

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Here we go from 2003:
http://www.fohguild.org/forums/retar...rver-wide.html

2nd Sam post:

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.

[Autotune]

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.