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

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

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

Everything looked like a cartoon.

Where did Twink come from?

Twink = gay?

people calling decked out alts twinks as being gay and it just stuck? idk. that is the one I don't think anyone has a clue about.

[pickled_heretic]

mob = mobile, from MUDs

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

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

Everything looked like a cartoon.

Where did Twink come from?

taken from twink wiki lol

There are several possible etymologies for the word. It may not have been derived from a single source, instead evolving from multiple convergent usages. Its exact origin is unclear.

The gay-slang usage of "twink" has been suggested as a likely origin.[1] One of the unofficial connotations of this usage is "a young/inexperienced person who can outfit himself fashionably because of financial benefits from an older/experienced sugar daddy." This parallels MMORPGs, where in-game money is a strong limiting factor in the virtual economy and gear is usually in the form of clothing and jewelry.

The word "twink" appeared in the Ultima Online: Renaissance playguide in the glossary of terms. It was asserted to have a meaning similar to its current one, but also included powerlevelling.

On the MUD Sojourn, which several creators of EverQuest played, "twink" was alternately used to refer to powerleveling and metagaming. As MUDs date to 1978, this use of the term may possibly predate later uses

[quido]

maybe because old hairy gay guys buy their twinks a bunch of slick threads

then make them take them off

[vinx]

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

Mob was a programming term given to Mobile Objects afaik.

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

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I remember Toon being used on EQ before WoW ever came out. i used it occasionally then
After WoW, it was alot easier to associate "Toon" with characters because their characters actually looked like cartoons... so now its a WoW thing and i use it almost always now since WoW released.

Never used "char" as a shortcut cuz for some reason i see that as "Shar" or maybe like charred, not "Kare" for character
and imo doesnt look like an abbreviation, more like another word.
so i use toon lol

[dude]

It was started by the dude in the late 90's early 2000's on my way to the lanes I tripped over to a computer gaming house to pick up Donny. I saw his main toon on the screen thought it was a cartoon. It must have stuck and grew from there man, like you know the Dude abides man.

[Bohab]

played this real hack mmorpg a couple years ago with a bunch of euros and they would call an alt a 'multi'. i would try to push the word alt on them but it just didn't catch on. Then I had to start saying multi so they would know what I was talking about.

[vinx]

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

played this real hack mmorpg a couple years ago with a bunch of euros and they would call an alt a 'multi'. i would try to push the word alt on them but it just didn't catch on. Then I had to start saying multi so they would know what I was talking about.

haha ive heard this before to, right away all i think of is noobs

[Transient]

Twink was being used around the time Kunark came out for sure. I remember my cousin explaining it to me and I want to say he read it in the game manual.

[Ennoia]

People on Brell used to actually get chastised for using 'PST' at the end of a line. Come on retards, it's fucking obvious you want someone to send you a tell. Anyone who responds in the channel is either really dumb or wants to flash money to scare off other buyers.