Do you say “toons”?

ZonasArch

I hear ya, I say toons now because so many others are using it.

Mudcrabber wrote: »

I say "characters", but I'm also the kind that uses complete sentences and full punctuation when I send messages on my phone.

I like you.

qbit

All these video games are cartoons. The characters or avatars are always animated illustrations.

When we start controlling human bodies like that Bruce Willis movie that’s name escapes me, then it would be even funnier to call them “toons”

Edit: I usually say “character” when there is some conscious or subconscious emotional coloring of the mental construct. I say “toon” when speaking about it in a way that is depersonalized. It’s all subconscious. And none of the terms people use bother me

xxthir13enxx

Toons, they are toons get over it Max!

We’re Tiny....We’re Toonie....We’re all a lil Loonie!


https://youtu.be/4HW7YTWeg20

Lumenn

Toons, they are toons get over it Max!

Honestly I'll say both, but some of us have been playing online mmos from the beginning(i myself started when EQ launched) and toon/character were just interchangeable. Graphics have come a long way since the 90's but they still look like cartoons vs real life/cgi.

max_only

lagrue wrote: »

You can't tell me what to say.

Probably the same type of person who got Bill C16 implemented in my country...

If you have a problem with the things people do or don't say there's a simple solution - get over it.

I don’t know what that bill is, but okay. It’s just a light hearted topic in a gaming forum.

Nemeliom wrote: »

Hahaha.i guess you created this thread because I answered the other one saying toons.
Get over ir

No really lol what topic? That’s purely a coincidence I tell you

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

Can't really select an option since there are two parts to this:

'Do you say toon?' - No. Not ever.

'Stop it!' - Not interested in telling others what to call their characters.

I removed “stop it” from the title.

I had no idea that people would get so upset about it. Maybe I should have put a in the title?

TheShadowScout

max_only wrote: »

I can’t stand the word “toons” for our characters...

Eh.

I don't really like it much myself, but... I am not arrogant enough to tell people what they can or cannot say.

"Character" works fine for me. Always been that, ever since I started Pen&Paper roleplaying back in what, 1986, 87 or so?

"Avatar" maybe, if you just mean the visual digital representation in the game without RP backstory included... like, when you refer to making visual changes to your -avatar- while keeping the same -character- backstory and such...

"Alt" if referring to an -ALTernate character- from your "main" character.

"Dude" always feels wierd to me when refering to female characters... I don't care that statistically 83% of them are G.I.R.L. (Guys In Real Life), for one that still leaves those who are the gender they play as, and for another it just irks my roleplayer sensitivities to not refer to the in-character gender... and in any case, the first rule of a MMORPG is... you don't talk about the RL (unless both sides choose differently).

max_only wrote: »

It’s more than a pet peeve!

So it may be... And guess what...



Its pretty much like me and pineapple on pizza. I dislike that. I would not want it. I could not stand it.
Some might agree. Some might disagree.
Noone cares.
But I don't go around demanding those who might enjoy it to stop that just because I have a different opinion.

If you don't like the term "toon" for MMORPG characters, then just don't use it.
Use other terms, and hope they will rub off on the people you talk with.
Maybe play dumb on occasion, and pretend you thought they were talking about cartoons instead of ESO or something... or politely -ask- them to not use that term with you "to avoid confusing you".

But its not a good idea to tell others what they can or cannot do, how they should live their life, how -your- opinion about how things are supposed to be should be the only valid one... that one always ends in bad blood somewhere.

Instead, you might be well served in exercising some tolerance and maybe choose to be -amused- about other peoples sillyness in using an possibly confusing term like "toons" for their characters...

Ajaxandriel

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

In my language "toon" is not translatable to begin with, so we say "rerolls"
or "persos" (shortened from personnages, that means "characters")

Otherwise here I'd say "alts" anyway.

The word "Toons" would remind me those creepy movies from the 80s....

qbit

Ajaxandriel wrote: »

In my language "toon" is not translatable to begin with, so we say "rerolls"
or "persos" (shortened from personnages, that means "characters")

Otherwise here I'd say "alts" anyway.

The word "Toons" would remind me those creepy movies from the 80s....

Okay so the gif you posted is funny to me. Because another commenter here said the word “toon” is gross. And the first thing that came to mind was a human having it off with that woman in the red dress from Who Framed Roger Rabbitt. Or the movie Cool World. Was not disappointed to see a gif to Who Framed Roger Rabbitt.

Spoiler: that guy in the gif was a toon himself but denied it and made himself appear human. And wanted to torture and kill the other toons that made people laugh. Something to think about....

max_only

JJBoomer wrote: »

really, out of all the things to *** and moan about, this is what you chose OP?

It’s a fun thread for funsies

The second post in the thread addresses that

Saucy_Jack

Toons, they are toons get over it Max!

I say "sploops"

jlmurra2

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

I say character.

max_only

TheShadowScout wrote: »

max_only wrote: »

I can’t stand the word “toons” for our characters...

Eh.

I don't really like it much myself, but... I am not arrogant enough to tell people what they can or cannot say.

"Character" works fine for me. Always been that, ever since I started Pen&Paper roleplaying back in what, 1986, 87 or so?

"Avatar" maybe, if you just mean the visual digital representation in the game without RP backstory included... like, when you refer to making visual changes to your -avatar- while keeping the same -character- backstory and such...

"Alt" if referring to an -ALTernate character- from your "main" character.

"Dude" always feels wierd to me when refering to female characters... I don't care that statistically 83% of them are G.I.R.L. (Guys In Real Life), for one that still leaves those who are the gender they play as, and for another it just irks my roleplayer sensitivities to not refer to the in-character gender... and in any case, the first rule of a MMORPG is... you don't talk about the RL (unless both sides choose differently).

max_only wrote: »

It’s more than a pet peeve!

So it may be... And guess what...



Its pretty much like me and pineapple on pizza. I dislike that. I would not want it. I could not stand it.
Some might agree. Some might disagree.
Noone cares.
But I don't go around demanding those who might enjoy it to stop that just because I have a different opinion.

If you don't like the term "toon" for MMORPG characters, then just don't use it.
Use other terms, and hope they will rub off on the people you talk with.
Maybe play dumb on occasion, and pretend you thought they were talking about cartoons instead of ESO or something... or politely -ask- them to not use that term with you "to avoid confusing you".

But its not a good idea to tell others what they can or cannot do, how they should live their life, how -your- opinion about how things are supposed to be should be the only valid one... that one always ends in bad blood somewhere.

Instead, you might be well served in exercising some tolerance and maybe choose to be -amused- about other peoples sillyness in using an possibly confusing term like "toons" for their characters...

This guy gets it! It’s just a thread about idiosyncrasies. A light hearted discussion on the gaming community. Gosh, some ppl in the thread act like I told them to “stop taking the ‘lords’name in vain” or something actually political.


Anywho, I guess I only play male characters so “dude” is always relevant to me. I don’t subscribe to the G.I.R.L theory, especially with ESO. There are a lot more female players in my experience. Mores the pity for me, all those handsome avatars are usually made by women

Avatars and “avvies” come from Second Life a decade or more ago.

Chars and characters is just more fitting for an rpg imho.

Alt is for any other character I’m not currently on, but I totally agree with alt meaning any character that isn’t your main.

NolaArch

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

Character.

ZonasArch

I hear ya, I say toons now because so many others are using it.

Saucy_Jack wrote: »

I say "sploops"

I call them "dolls" when I'm speaking Portuguese because I grew up with my "toons" being GI Joes and Lego "dolls". By the time it got weird to say it, it also got funny to see people's reactions, so I just go with it.

SydneyGrey

I still don't say "toons," but don't mind if other people do. It's not a big deal.

Lisa

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

I also call them by their names.

leeux

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

I say characters or "char" myself... and I'd never use the word "toon" as I have some respect for my characters still
It made me laugh a bit the first time I heard it because I instantly remembered the Roger Rabbit movie

idk

Toons, they are toons get over it Max!

I say toons and characters. Either way it does not make sense it would upset anyone.

Kanar

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

There's no good reason to call them "toons." Anyone with a background in tabletop RPGs (you know, the hobby from which video game RPGs are based) would call them "characters" or I abbreviate as "char" when writing.

"Toon" predates WoW so anyone guessing it comes from WoWs cartoon graphics is wrong. It probably comes from people were really enjoyed Disney and cartoons but never had any RPG background. I find the usage distasteful.

Sylvermynx

Toons, they are toons get over it Max!

Kanar wrote: »

There's no good reason to call them "toons." Anyone with a background in tabletop RPGs (you know, the hobby from which video game RPGs are based) would call them "characters" or I abbreviate as "char" when writing.

"Toon" predates WoW so anyone guessing it comes from WoWs cartoon graphics is wrong. It probably comes from people were really enjoyed Disney and cartoons but never had any RPG background. I find the usage distasteful.

I've called "characters" toons since I DM'd AD&D back in the mid-70s - because that was just a good way to refer to "caricatures" of the sort in a fantasy game, sorry @Kanar. So, I'm not changing now, for sure!

LiquidPony

Toons, they are toons get over it Max!

I say “character” or “avatar” or “avvie” or “alt” or “dude”.

Wow. You have a problem with "toon" but you have the nerve to say "avvie"? Avvie? Forrealz bruh?

rfennell_ESO

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

I say character... but toons goes back to Ultimate online I think.

Danikat

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

TheShadowScout wrote: »

max_only wrote: »

I can’t stand the word “toons” for our characters...

"Dude" always feels wierd to me when refering to female characters... I don't care that statistically 83% of them are G.I.R.L. (Guys In Real Life), for one that still leaves those who are the gender they play as, and for another it just irks my roleplayer sensitivities to not refer to the in-character gender... and in any case, the first rule of a MMORPG is... you don't talk about the RL (unless both sides choose differently).

I think at this point dude is pretty much gender neutral. I know quite a few women who will use dude to refer to another woman.

Same with guys, but oddly enough only if you're talking to a whole group. I've called groups of women 'guys' but I think it'd be weird to call one woman a guy.

max_only

LiquidPony wrote: »

I say “character” or “avatar” or “avvie” or “alt” or “dude”.

Wow. You have a problem with "toon" but you have the nerve to say "avvie"? Avvie? Forrealz bruh?

Lol that’s a concession for “the kids”

Vinterskald

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

I say characters. Never really understood how people would think of "toon" to begin with...

Kanar

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

Sylvermynx wrote: »

Kanar wrote: »

There's no good reason to call them "toons." Anyone with a background in tabletop RPGs (you know, the hobby from which video game RPGs are based) would call them "characters" or I abbreviate as "char" when writing.

"Toon" predates WoW so anyone guessing it comes from WoWs cartoon graphics is wrong. It probably comes from people were really enjoyed Disney and cartoons but never had any RPG background. I find the usage distasteful.

I've called "characters" toons since I DM'd AD&D back in the mid-70s - because that was just a good way to refer to "caricatures" of the sort in a fantasy game, sorry @Kanar. So, I'm not changing now, for sure!

How many times have you been to Disney world/land and how many Disney movies do you own?

LeHarrt91

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

i say Character or refer to their class and spec, MagDen or StamDen.etc.

TheShadowScout

max_only wrote: »

Avatars and “avvies” come from Second Life a decade or more ago.

Actually its a bit older then that...
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(computing)

The use of the term avatar for the on-screen representation of the user was coined in 1985 by Richard Garriott for the computer game Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar. In this game, Garriott desired the player's character to be his earth self manifested into the virtual world. Garriott did this because he wanted the real player to be responsible for the character's in game actions due to the ethical parables he designed into the story. Only if you were playing "yourself" Garriott felt, could you be judged based on your character's actions. Because of its ethically-nuanced, story-driven approach, he took the Hindu word associated with a deity's manifestation on earth in physical form, and applied it to a player manifesting in the game world

But I guess Second Life did just pick up what went before, so...

pod88kk

Other
I usually say either characters,alts or toons.

Gilvoth

I agree! I don’t say “toon” I say, “ “

I say “my character”