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

[Mardur]

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

the chat server didn't process :) normally for whatever reason. All of your :)s looked like )s to the casual observer.

=) worked ^____^

But people still continued to use ) after :) worked. :) works on P99 and I still see the occasional ). Thought it was a euro thing but never saw it outside EQ.

[Ennoia]

It's more WoW bullshit, like NBG and the general idiocy that comes with things like 'umad?'.

[Dantes]

I started hearing toon a lot after I started beta testing Anarchy Online. Hence the reason I figured it was a European thing, most of those folks would give me a hard time for calling them "Characters." Even Funcom called them toons.

[pickled_heretic]

wow = toontown e.g. a game for kids with kiddie graphics.

your character is a toon, e.g. a character in toontown.

it was originally meant to be a derogatory term for cartoonish western style MMOs but morphed into a general term for avatars in all MMOs.

[Spud]

Never liked this term! Don't remember hearing it back when I played on classic from circa 99'-02'.

[Diggles]

My dad uses ) because he got so sick of typing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] after every clarity donation, etc
My mom uses =)
I use :] go figure

[Autotune]

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

wow = toontown e.g. a game for kids with kiddie graphics.

your character is a toon, e.g. a character in toontown.

it was originally meant to be a derogatory term for cartoonish western style MMOs but morphed into a general term for avatars in all MMOs.

wrong.

Toons were around way before WoW.

[pickled_heretic]

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

wrong.

Toons were around way before WoW.

pics or stfu

[pickled_heretic]

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

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.

[Extunarian]

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

I use :] go figure

=] means no holding shift. Invaluable.