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

[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.

[DarkPetal]

I remember when PST started doing the rounds and the arguments in chat over why it was even needed. This definitely started in EQ as I had been playing some time before it started being used.

What's more amusing is most MMO's seem to use /w or whispering to denote contacting other players via private chat now, yet PST is still sticking about, much like the good old Ding! when you level.

[JenJen]

you are both massive rager mcragersons who should marry and have screaming ragey kids in rageland, TX.

[Autotune]

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

you are both massive rager mcragersons who should marry and have screaming ragey kids in rageland, TX.

Feachie is hot and crazy (but sane enough) to just be crazy hot.

[Feachie]

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

Feachie is hot and crazy (but sane enough) to just be crazy hot.

exactly. i'm not across the Vicky Mendoza diagonal yet.

[deathgirl]

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

you are both massive rager mcragersons who should marry and have screaming ragey kids in rageland, TX.

[Tommy_Wiseau]

too many broads in a row

this post is a testosterone injection 2 the dome bitch

[Drogula]

I usually call my alternate characters "alts" and it works well enough.

[Yukahwa]

I always wondered the same question. I heard the term before WOW though.

[bonehand]

char was so 80's PnP rpg...
we used toon in eq, but not Asheron's Call or UO...

I don't recall anyone ever saying toon in any MUD though. We played a lot of MUDs...it was char or "my dude" or "my CLASS" or actual reference to the name of the character for the real RPers.

So, I know it was from before Kunark....so like "woot", it's difficult to pinpoint an example.

BTW:
"woot" was coined on Bertox during a normal guild grind group by a guy in Elkhart, IN. He mistyped "woo loot" - lag or what the fuck ever just left woot, so don't make me explain how shitty the computers were that would run pre kunark EQ - and he hit enter. His guild group picked up on it, and then the server then the whole game. True story...his name is Adam, played on Bertox as a mage I think, then went to Torv as an Iksar necro on kunark launch day with my sis and I, I think Jen was on Torv already part time to just get away from the guild. He was my sister's boyfriend for quite a while, and he quit EQ when they broke up in 2002, so he missed out on all the good raids my sis, her new boyfriend, and I had on Torv with BoW...