Characters or Toons

[Leedora]

I actually interchange them. It all depends on who I am spending my time with and chatting with. If I am chatting with my friends from WOW I say toon where it originated from because lets be honest... the whole of wow's world looks like a cartoon. When I play any other MMO I usually say character or my character's name that I am referencing. My character name has been Leedora since EQ 1 so I just refer to her as Lee or Leedora just like everyone else who knows me does lol.

Honestly, I could care less what version you use to describe it. Neither option bothers me, hence why I interchange them and use whatever matches the people I am chatting with. If Bob always says toon then I will say that so that he understands what I mean, while if Tim says character then I will use that term, but mainly for me its just always Lee =)

[Masasume]

I said character or char for the longest time. Suddenly out of nowhere people started saying toon a lot. I first heard it the most from City of Hero/City of Villains players. I don't know if that's where it came from. People say it came from WoW but I didn't hear it in WoW for the first two years I played it. Anyways...I say Character sometimes and sometimes toon... I hate the term toon but it just happens...

[Gramul]

But honestly, how much "toon" seems to piss people off makes me want to use it a lot more.

I've taken to calling them toons out of spite after being in the beta and seeing how ridiculously stupid people get about that term being used.

I'll be using toon strictly out of spite and snarkiness from this point forward.

people offended by the word toon make me want to use it even more

Toon, just to annoy all those strongly against it to make them seethe with anger :P.

Lovely, caring community.

[Mikejconnor]

toon = character

toon
cartoon
cartoon character
character

i did it^^

[Asmodeus]

Toon was around pre MMO but WoW and a few other games made it popular, I guess becuase WoW Characters look like car"toons".

Some sources for the word, Toon (1984, pen and paper rpg), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, movie) and Tiny Toon Adventures (1990, cartoon show).

[TessaJalloh]

Character. But people can say toon if they want. it stopped bothering me a long time ago.

Does bother me when the language hipsters decide that they're going to use Toon because it annoys people though. Why change the way you would normally say something just because it'll annoy another group of people?

[Khaman1444]

I have always used character but I frequently hear people refer to them as toons. I started off playing D&D years ago so character is just what feels right regardless of the game I'm playing.

[madmike420]

I have a dps toon!

[Lego3400]

Neither. PCs

[Pandemonium]

I like spoonerisms, swapping the first letters of two words to create new words or a new phrase.

Thus, "Character or Toon" I shall know them as:

Tharacters

ProTip: Don't try the other spoonerism though.