[Poll] CRPG nomenclature - 'character' or 'toon'?

[Fedora Master]

I think it originated with WoW. It should have remained there.

AFAIK it originated in Toontown.

 

[normie]

yeah, because it was zoomers who played Toontown

 

[Fedora Master]

yeah, because it was zoomers who played Toontown

A grownup or teenager in 200x would have played WoW.

 

[Caim]

I think it originated with WoW. It should have remained there.

AFAIK it originated in Toontown.

The Toontown Online servers were shut down over the years, with the final server closing on September 19, 2013. A month before the closure, Disney released a statement that the company would be "shifting its focus to other online and mobile play experiences, such as Club Penguin and a growing selection of mobile apps."

 

[normie]

finally the one thing millennials can be blamed for and ya blew it

even the thread itself was made by a millennial, all in a subversive attempt to bring back toon with a vengeance by way of introducing confusion where there was none

 

[normie]

coontown, gone too soon

 

[Darth Canoli]

"Toon"? What the fuck is this, Saturday morning cartoon shows? I'm playing an RPG, not some kind of cartoon. Who even came up with this? I never heard it before. It's not used in pen and paper and it's not used in classic CRPGs and it's not used in modern action RPGs either. I never heard any other term than "character" being used to refer to your character.

And not of this:

But Frank ... She's wearing SHOES!!!

 

[Caim]

"Toon"? What the fuck is this, Saturday morning cartoon shows? I'm playing an RPG, not some kind of cartoon. Who even came up with this? I never heard it before. It's not used in pen and paper and it's not used in classic CRPGs and it's not used in modern action RPGs either. I never heard any other term than "character" being used to refer to your character.

And not of this:

But Frank ... She's wearing SHOES!!!

Look like regular bare hooves to me.

 

[Malamert]

Look like regular bare hooves to me.

I fucking love hooves!

Spoiler

 

[DraQ]

Every time I see someone refer to their character as a toon, I feel like lobotomizing myself.

Every time I see someone refer to their character as a toon, I feel like lobotomizing this person.
With a pickaxe.

Spoiler

Oh, wait they already have been.
Not with a pickaxe, though.

 

[JarlFrank]

My RPG party:

The RPG party of people who refer to their characters as "toons":

 

[Desiderius]

Every time I see someone refer to their character as a toon, I feel like lobotomizing myself.

Every time I see someone refer to their character as a toon, I feel like lobotomizing this person.
With a pickaxe.

Spoiler

Oh, wait they already have been.
Not with a pickaxe, though.

Well that really settles it. I was considering the alternatives but now will use toon out of sacred duty. Always nice to warm up on Green Dragons before stepping up to the real threats.

Only NJClaw can save me. What's your preferred nomenclature, dude?

 

[Lurker47]

My RPG party:

The RPG party of people who refer to their characters as "toons":

What is the Codex's opinion on the Duck Tales RPG?

 

[purupuru]

I can't recall where I first saw the word "toon" used in rpg context. Recently I have only seen Desiderius using it on codex but I have definitely seen it before.
When I see the word "toon" I somehow always imagine a platoon of faceless tin soldiers with different stats/classes/skills waiting for you to pick some out and use them in your party.

 

[Funposter]

My RPG party:

The RPG party of people who refer to their characters as "toons":

looks like an elf in the background of your party, so i'll settle for the ducks.

 

[Shitty Kitty]

I've only ever heard "toon" used in MMO settings

 

[Wysardry]

Most likely it started being used because "Avatar" was too long and hard to spell (for the average WoW player).

 

[Desiderius]

I’ve never played WoW (got turned off by RT of original Warcraft in contrast to Civ and Warlords/HoMM ironically enough).

Pretty sure I picked it up here. I’ll just use companions or MC I guess.

 

[Keyboard Vomit]

I would say it goes against ideals of any established religion or civilization. I doubt any self-respecting Moor or Rabbi would embrace such a retarded term.

Racist. I'm a rabbi of the moors and I use toon.

 

[Wunderbar]

The fuck is a toon?

 

[The_Mask]

The only toon I've ever met is Lilura. Everyone else is a character.

 

[TemplarGR]

Imagine using something GreekoidGR said, to support your argument...

You are the very definition of butthurt, aren't you?

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

I've seen "toon" used in the 1990's and early 2000's in the context of academic and journalistic writings that described MMOs before the term "avatar" fully caught on, but never since then.

 

[Carpincho Pampeano]

I think of them as puppets, i don't have anyone to talk about games to "call" them something.

 

[laclongquan]

Toon is too bloody Kingdom Heart gamestyle for me.

I sometimes, rarely, use toon if the conversation lure me into not caring about it.

But characters in normal convo, chars if I dont feel bothering, should be enough.