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

[Amelinda]

the earliest i ever saw it used was probably late summer 2000 from some folks on povar. beyond that.....i don't know where they got it. i always hated it. i always said 'character' but since this past april...ive been using 'toon' :P

[Shannacore]

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

didn't you get banned for raging?

Didn't you "quit" because you couldn't take da heat?

[Feachie]

and loving it

[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

[Feachie]

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...

back in the counterstrike HL mod days woot meant we own (the) other team

[Harrison]

Wrong. Good job wiki scouring to look informed, though.

[Autotune]

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...

I was saying Woot before EQ ever existed.

[vinx]

I was using "toon" waaay before EQ or MUDs
I was a kid, watched cartoons after school then would go out and play with my plastic army men (before GI joes)

and since they were fictional fantasy players an battles, i coined the word "toon" for playable characters as a prolonged session to my after school cartoon time.
wasnt long before neighborhood kids started using it

[Tumdumm]

vinx, i think we woulda made good friends as children

myself, i wanted to kinda like larp but actually slay stuff for exp