Call them whatever you like to call them

[Somi]

Digital-animated-version-of-what-I'd-wish-to-look-like

DAVOWIWTLL

There you go. How's your davowiwtll doing?

[HiirNoivl]

When someone says Avatar I think "The last airbender??"

[MrObject]

I played Ultima Online when it came out spent a lot of time on it and nobody used the term toon to refer to their characters, nor did I hear people refer to their characters on Everquest as toons, or even the playstation MMO (Adventures of Everquest). First time I heard the term was WoW (pre their first graphic update) as their characters appeared cartoony.

You are partially correct, Ultima Online your characters were usually refered to as 'chars', but other graphical muds like The Realm and Neverwinter Nights people called them toons. In Everquest Online Adventures they used a lot of terms like char, av/avatar, and toon. The majority of the crowd using the term toon played The Realm, Neverwinter and to a lesser extent M59.

[NyneAlexander]

I'm gonna flip it the other way and call anything "toon" in life an avatar:

When I get home, I'm gonna watch Loony Avatars with my kids. After some Bugs Bunny and Daffey Duck, I'll probably put them to bed and watch some Adult Swim on Car-Avatar Network. Maybe if I'm lucky, they'll rerun some old animaniacs or tiny-avatars.

Just kidding - I don't have any kids.

[Dannythm]

I don’t care how you call your FFXIV characters, but when you call them “toons" I will asume they look like this.

Now I wish ARR could be modded like Skyrm.

[Mythrella]

Of all the dead horses being beaten in multiple threads in this forums, I think this "argument" is lighthearted enough and people often argue in a funny manner, sorry for my "silly picture" but I wake up early and tough that I could invest 30 min drawing this so people could get a laugh or two.

Wait, you drew this masterpiece yourself?! WTB Forum sig!

[Arriverderci]

I'm sorry but Toon pisses me off so bad.
I have no idea why.
It's just one of those words that urk you.
STAHP THE TOON!!
Lol @ the art. Awesome pic! But Avatar reminds me of the move and the Airbender.
I love that show.

[Ryios]

Stop calling my Lalafel an Avatar, last I checked I can't bend water, fire, earth, and air and I'm not a giant blue thing with a titanium reinforced skeleton.

[MrObject]

Stop calling my Lalafel an Avatar, last I checked I can't bend water, fire, earth, and air and I'm not a giant blue thing with a titanium reinforced skeleton.

How do you know us lalafells don't have a titanium reinforced skeleton?

[jazo]

I'm a toon, now spend 3 hours drawing me! /doubt OP

Edited OP, enjoy