Characters or Toons

[BoomerOU]

Despite the dismay of the 'overly-sensitive-about-inconsequential-subjects' crowd, both terms are here to stay. As such, I use both, they're interchangeable

[IveraIvalice]

I hate when people say toon, it's so annoying. It's partly because I think of games like WoW and almost every other game with crappy graphics where you make dosens of character because you have to. But in a ff game they're definetly ment to have more of an impact on the game then just keep making more and never get attached to one. And a game as rich with story and detail as this is ment to breath life into the characters and calling it a character is what you call anyone in a book or movie which is the same here. Calling it a toon just takes us back from what this game is. My characters not a toon. I haven't heard once people calling them toons litereally since the start of phase 4 when there was jut a bunch of people saying it and now I even see it in game when people shout. Honestly, in my entire time playing 1.0 no one has ever said toon

[Rivalda_Kreissieg]

Toons? What? ..Who even..? LOL the only people I could image doing this are kids who grew up playing "Toon Town" that kid's MMO. Why in the hell else would you ever refer to your character as a toon??

haha.

[wingofbenu]

Lovely, caring community.

because the people that are ready to scream at you, ignore you as a "wow player" or otherwise dismiss you on sight as a mouthbreathing idiot for daring to use the word toon are such loving people.

[Xieveral]

"character", "alt", "my [insert class here]" or I call them by name

[Tonka]

While I'm not one to refer to my Tonkapoo as a "toon," I'd like to formally request that anyone who finds the terminology to be so offense it warrants a blacklist or some form of verbal degradation, please just blacklist me right now. Thank you!

[Fahzewn]

Character for me. Never thought it sounded right with toon. Reminds me of Toon Town from Roger Rabbit.

[Malbeth]

Character for me as well. I'll have to jump on board with the people saying Toon makes them cringe. Shallow I know, but Toon is just awful sounding. Just doesn't jive with my vision of RPG/MMO.

[Cairdeas]

Me, I'm not playing a character, I'm not playing a toon, This isn't toon town. I'm living my life in Eorzea and I enjoy the Immersion. I don't refer to myself in the third person while playing.
"I just got my character to level x marauder." no. "I just leveled to x marauder."

Toon is offensive. We are not cartoons, we are not playing toon town.

[Resheph]

The only thing funnier than someone offended by the use of the word toon is someone offended by others' having an aversion to it.

I cringe when people use it myself. But, go right ahead and use it. You have every right to reveal to others how stupid you are by sounding stupid.