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

[Bubbles]

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For such a terrible movie, it had a great soundtrack.

Still use Thompson Twins 'Play With Me', Cult 'The Witch' and My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult "Sex on Wheelz" for stage bumpers all the time.

[Feachie]

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

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

[Yukahwa]

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

[Humerox]

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?

Tweak was also used for twink...but it fell out of fashion. I used the word "toon" before EQ...not sure when it was, but it was def after Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

[Humerox]

Meaning I think I used it as far back as the MUD days, to be clearer.

[dredge]

I have always used "toon" I started right after Kunark released, way easier to spell, why do you use "omw", instead of "on my way"? or anything else

[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...

[bonehand]

I meant they broke up in 2000...not gonna call her to find out the exact date, but it was right around Velious launch before xmas...

[Spud]

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

I have always used "toon" I started right after Kunark released, way easier to spell, why do you use "omw", instead of "on my way"? or anything else

because 'omw' is short for 'on my way'

'toon' is short for what? cartoon? what do cartoons have to do with everquest? i'm playing a highly sophisticated online roleplaying game not some kids game! Although I will admit 'char' is an awkward abbreviation.

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

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...

wow, the more you know! Who knew there was such an interesting backstory involving typos, lag, and relationships.

I remember "woot" was real big on rallos zek during classic, I haven't seen people say it as much on p1999.

[pickled_heretic]

definitely never used toon or saw it used for mud characters, probably because toon implies some kind of graphical representation. in addition, many muds i played had enforced roleplaying to some degree so you didn't refer to your character as anything other than yourself.