Good bye my FF friend

[Anakhu]

I prefer to say character , feels more personal lol. Toon to me reminds me well, of like a cartoon , a joke, a funny. I could care less really what other people prefer to call them though.

And grats on the server move OP!

[Retrograde]

Can't complain about the original post, it makes no sense. I can't tell if he's quitting, or was going to quit and is now happy and ready to play with his friend. Either way, we hit two pages even before my meaningless post contained herein.

[LadyVaJedi]

If y'all can't say anything nice then don't talk at all.

[Sayura_]

Toon was a pretty common way of saying char circa 2000 mmos

[Pseudopsia]

Toon just rolls off the tongue. I like one syllable words.

char·ac·ter or av·a·tar is way too long. And saying char instead of toon is even worse.

"I will roll another toon. It will be an awesome DPS that generates a ton of threat."

[Fyrebrand]

please translate into english.
What is a toon?

When someone throws a fit over use of the word "toon" to denote an MMO character, I picture Dwight Shrute trying in vain to make people call him Assistant Regional Manager instead of Assistant to the Regional Manager.


Do you jump down people's throats for saying "aggro" instead of "enmity," too? Do you know what a "server" is, or can you only understand "worlds"? Hope nobody starts talking about DPS instead of DD...

Every MMO under the sun tries to introduce its own unique nomenclature to describe the same concepts. Some terms stick, others don't. The only reason anyone objects to the word "toon" is because they don't think it sounds "serious" enough for the particular game they take way too seriously. Meanwhile, they seemingly never take people to task for naming their characters "Blood Farts" or "Tony Snark."

[Meleoffs]

If we don't then how else do you expect FFXIV to get a reputation worse than LoL's? Players have been working towards that crown for months.

oh man thats going to be hard

[Seraphi]

WoW speak in our FF universe...

The term "toon" to reference a character was around long before WoW.

The only "facepalm" around here, is how many people think all the shit they find annoying originated in WoW.

edit: Oh lame, no avatar

[Merph]

please translate into english.
What is a toon?

In some older MMOs (for me, The Realm), it was common for people to call their characters "toons."

[Dhex]

toon

In all seriousness congrats! Have fun on your new server.