The Aegist

[Immortal]

A legit player you mean? I'm confused?

No it wasn't a thing, not on Fenrir. The Japanese were/are masters of the game and they wouldn't touch mercing with a barge pole.

So you're telling me that a player with 6 toons is sitting around 6 different PC's and using their hands, feet and tongue to control their characters all at once?

Toons... yeah, you are that guy

[Sirmarki]

Toons... yeah, you are that guy

Rather than write some cryptic message, how about you explain your comment?

[Sfchakan]

Rather than write some cryptic message, how about you explain your comment?

Holdover from years gone by where WoW players called their characters "toons" and it made them easier to spot. People in the XI community generally don't use that term.

[Alhanelem]

Rather than write some cryptic message, how about you explain your comment?

He's referring to the fact that you're referring to characters as "toons."

This is often hated outside of games like WoW and Maplestory that actually have cartoonish looking characters/graphics. FFXI is not one of those games and it doesn't make a lot of sense to use that term.

[Sirmarki]

He's referring to the fact that you're referring to characters as "toons."

This is often hated outside of games like WoW and Maplestory that actually have cartoonish looking characters/graphics. FFXI is not one of those games and it doesn't make a lot of sense to use that term.

That's great. I haven't played any of them, so.... Still doesn't explain the comment they made:

Toons... yeah, you are that guy

[Alhanelem]

That's great. I haven't played any of them, so.... Still doesn't explain the comment they made:

It precisely explains it. Because my post represents exactly why they said that.

"it's often hated [outside of certain games]"

I've never understand why people started calling their characters toons. It is not a synonym for any of the other words we'd use, a toon is *specifically* a character in a cartoon. That's how Tiny Toon Adventures got its name, because the characters on the show were called toons, and they actually called each other as such on the show. It is not like character, char (just shorthand), avatar, persona, identity, figure, etc.

Calling characters in this game "toons" makes it sound like they're... well, actually toons, i.e. characters in a cartoon. FFXI (and FFXIV) are not cartoonish like WoW or certain other MMOs are. So the term makes no sense. And that's why I, and most other people who call out the use of this term, don't like it.

[Rinuko]

It precisely explains it. Because my post represents exactly why they said that.

"it's often hated [outside of certain games]"

I've never understand why people started calling their characters toons. It is not a synonym for any of the other words we'd use, a toon is *specifically* a character in a cartoon. That's how Tiny Toon Adventures got its name, because the characters on the show were called toons, and they actually called each other as such on the show. It is not like character, char (just shorthand), avatar, persona, identity, figure, etc.

Calling characters in this game "toons" makes it sound like they're... well, actually toons, i.e. characters in a cartoon. FFXI (and FFXIV) are not cartoonish like WoW or certain other MMOs are. So the term makes no sense. And that's why I, and most other people who call out the use of this term, don't like it.

I agree. I always said alts and mules back back in the day cause it was the slang everyone used back in the 75 days era.