Why do people call them "toons"?

DarthSamJackson

Not a big deal and doesn't bother me but just wondering. The characters don't seem particularly cartoon like to me. Whenever I come on this board it gets me thinking about Roger Rabbit.

VinceG

Ikr

Harmson

could be short for cartoon character but I go back to everquest the original and I called them toons back then. its shorter than saying character or player character. They are animated and most of them are cartoon characters based in the star wars universe.....

BentWookiee

I kind of think it's a good thing to remind each other that we are playing with Star Wars cartoons. Sometimes people tend to take this WAY too serious.

.. And like the above poster mentioned, calling your charecters "toons" has been around for a very long time.

cosmicturtle333

I call them 'heroes'. It is a galaxy full of heroes after all.

Dario

cosmicturtle333 wrote: »

I call them 'heroes'. It is a galaxy full of heroes after all.

I call them toons but this seems more appropriate lol.

Pilot

It is gaming slang for your heroes, and goes back to a time when game characters were 8-bit and very cartoon like. Its a non-specific term universal to gaming in general.

DarthSamJackson

I guess even toons like Greedo and Ugnaught would be a hero to someone;) I'm going to start calling them "goons" as a hybrid of galaxy and toons.

DarthSamJackson

Thank you all for the education lesson!

warmonkey

It's easier to type and is silly

Lianara

I call them toons coming from SWTOR mmo.

PsycheStarkillers

I also played the first mmo online games, Everquest being one of the older ones, and it was mats for materials, mobs for monsters and toons for characters. The reason why typing related, no teamspeak or vent, no skype just typing. Typing mid fight you need to truncate the conversation to avoid the wipe lol.

Bhoris

Toon is what mmo players generally call their different characters.

VinceG

Toon char avi, same thang

CptCaveman

Yeah, I go back to ultima online and use toons a lot. Characters is too long. Are you Brithish or US, is it heros or heroes.... Toon is just easier....lol

HavokTrigger

I have no idea. I picked it up playing WoW years and years ago.http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=toon

It's pretty clear no one know. People just stared calling em toons.

DanTom

cosmicturtle333 wrote: »

I call them 'heroes'. It is a galaxy full of heroes after all.

I call them heroes as well but I did say "toon" back in the EQ/early WoW days.

Kr4itok_

I call 'em toons because it reminds me of Ender's Game (the book, not the movie). I literally found the book in the middle of the road and picked it up and started reading it. I was in third grade at the time mind you. Toons are what they call squads in the battle room, and I get a bit of nostalgia by calling my character a toon. It also makes them feel like a part of something to me, rather than just being some lonely hero in the middle of nowhere.

Llewella

Heroes, toons, or champs

Jugilismaani

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J7000

It's an old school mmo term.

Nonemo

I sometimes call them "cards". A little damaged after two years of intensive hardcore playing of Star Wars: Force Collection card game...

ThePedroKid

Being quite old and being a gamer since computers were invented...

It started with World of Warcraft beta. Other games (particularly MMOs) were striving for 'realism' in their look/feel whereas WoW decided to just go all in on an animated style.

When we all jumped in the beta from other games we had played we were like 'It looks like a cartoon.' So, we started calling them 'toons'. Turned out it was a catchy, easy to type, easy to say, broad referencing terminology that met all the needs of players looking to describe their avatars without having to dissect based on genre or game, etc. It stuck.

I can't help it now. I even try sometimes to not use it, but, it's too darn easy to use!

Jabberwocky

DarthSamJackson wrote: »

Not a big deal and doesn't bother me but just wondering. The characters don't seem particularly cartoon like to me. Whenever I come on this board it gets me thinking about Roger Rabbit.

"My uncle had a problem with his probate...he gad to take these biiiig pills and drink lots of water." lol