duuuude i thought i was the only person who cared enough to go so far as to say i HATE people who do it
i love this thread
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| Author: | Amplification [ Mon Mar 05, 2018 3:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | people who call characters toons |
how does this make you feel? |
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| Author: | Vavaud [ Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
"Toons" didn't seem like a term commonly used in FFXI from my experience until WoW became a thing. And since WoW is the natural enemy of FFXI, I hated the term along with the game that supposedly bore it. Now, I have no clue where the term actually started, but that was my personal perception with the limited online gaming I did at the time. |
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| Author: | Aperture [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
Sure, it's personal preference and all, but let's not use the word toon. It just sounds un-classy. |
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| Author: | Zane [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
People who call characters toons... I have so many feel, much anger. I feel that the idea of calling a character a toon is a sign of a change in attitude towards online avatars. When I first began playing FFXI and heck even started role-playing back in the All Creatures Tavern in AOL chatrooms (whenever a dern space would open up), I feel like people cared more about their characters either because you only needed one (as in FFXI) or you personally created it (your character you role played as in chatrooms). We called our characters characters because they were OUR characters. Enter WoW, in WoW you could play multiple characters and actually if you wanted to experience different classes you HAD to play multiple characters. Out of necessity, I would postulate that characters became less important because you could make however many of them you wanted. Hence the term toon, an unarguably crass and demeaning term, came into existence. |
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| Author: | Chime [ Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
It comes from ToonTown an early MMORPG that was around in 03-04 iirc |
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| Author: | Chakan [ Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
It's a big red flag that makes me suspicious of how our interpersonal relationship in the game is going to work out. |
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| Author: | Malakya [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
Hate the term personally but never thought about it enough for me to notice too much. Haha. |
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| Author: | Chakrila [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
duuuude i thought i was the only person who cared enough to go so far as to say i HATE people who do it i love this thread
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| Author: | crusix [ Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
I don't begrudge people for it, but I don't like the term. Then again, I've always viewed my characters as an extension of my self. |
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| Author: | Ase [ Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: people who call characters toons |
I'm taking notes, don't ever ask my toons for help. |
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