THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Van Cruncheon on December 19, 2006, 01:58:13 PM

Title: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 19, 2006, 01:58:13 PM
...people who call their MMORPG characters "toons". WHAT THE FUCK.

SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK IS A "TOON". It's actually kinda pissing me off right now. MMORPGs are already kinda gay, so why gay the whole thing up even more by calling your character a "toon"?

"yeah, I got my other toon up to 52 last night" YOU FUCKING HOMO. YOU QUEERBAIT ASSCLOWN. Don't EVER say that in the hall when I'm in earshot! "Toon" WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF.

:punch
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 19, 2006, 01:59:18 PM
I've never heard that... UNTIL NOW.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on December 19, 2006, 01:59:50 PM
I think i heard that a few times when i played WoW.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 19, 2006, 02:02:44 PM
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"Toon" is often used in MMORPGs to refer to a player's digital avatar. In this usage, it is a contraction of cartoon.


Wiki cannot seem to explain the connection between 'cartoons' and the avatars in MMORPGs
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: tale on December 19, 2006, 02:17:48 PM
I completely agree - but that then begs the question, "What do you call them then?" - Avatars? Characters? Alts?
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on December 19, 2006, 02:20:01 PM
Alts is what I always heard.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Saint Cornelius on December 19, 2006, 02:21:36 PM
some people - not ME, but some people - might argue that merely playing MMORPGs would qualify a person as a FUCKING HOMO, or perhaps a QUEERBAIT ASSCLOWN.

so it seems like we're just splitting hairs
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: tale on December 19, 2006, 02:25:27 PM
some people - not ME, but some people - might argue that merely playing MMORPGs would qualify a person as a FUCKING HOMO, or perhaps a QUEERBAIT ASSCLOWN.

so it seems like we're just splitting hairs

And yet sitting alone, playing by yourself is insanely macho and heterosexual?  It truly is a strange world we live in.  ???
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Saint Cornelius on December 19, 2006, 02:31:05 PM
And yet sitting alone, playing by yourself is insanely macho and heterosexual?  It truly is a strange world we live in.  ???


As I stated before, I have nothing against MMORPG players
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 19, 2006, 03:05:57 PM
I also hate when people say they're going to "roll" a new character.

WoW CLASSES HAVE NO RANDOMIZED STATISTICS. YOU MORANS.

If someone says they are going to "roll a toon," I punch them through the internets.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: cubicle47b on December 19, 2006, 03:12:44 PM
Re-rolling may not be accurate but at least the term doesn't make you sound like a cigarillo.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 19, 2006, 04:33:45 PM
"toon" makes NO FUCKING SENSE. Call them CHARACTERS.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Oblivion on December 19, 2006, 05:21:10 PM
I've never heard of that term used for an MMRPG character.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: tale on December 19, 2006, 05:38:11 PM
And yet sitting alone, playing by yourself is insanely macho and heterosexual?  It truly is a strange world we live in.  ???


As I stated before, I have nothing against MMORPG players

My comment was directed at those other people you mentioned - not you obviously.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Mupepe on December 19, 2006, 08:29:00 PM
"toon" makes NO FUCKING SENSE. Call them CHARACTERS.
Seriously.  I hate that phrase.  I hate most of the fucking slang used in MMO's.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Saint Cornelius on December 19, 2006, 08:36:27 PM
I like the slang in Gunbound. kekekekeke lah~
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Disposable White Guy on December 19, 2006, 08:39:22 PM
Last night, I was able to rack up ~8k Honor on my Alliance toon.  The other toons in my regular PVP group were bitching about this premade group of toons from some server where their toons are so incredibly far behind in the Naxxerfagus progression, so naturally, I logged onto a different toon, because I didn't want to hear anymore bullshit about the toons from this backwater server.  I got pretty bored playing on my rogue toon though, so I rolled a new toon, but realized that it's still pretty boring right now.  Hopefully, I can make some real progression with my Valkyrie Profile 2 toons instead.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 19, 2006, 08:52:39 PM
i hope you get cancer of the face!
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Disposable White Guy on December 19, 2006, 09:01:19 PM
If I do, I'll have more time to focus on all of my toons!
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: a bell will ring on December 19, 2006, 09:20:36 PM
Alts is what I always heard.

You've got your main and then you have your alts.  People calling them toons always annoyed me too.
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Shuri on December 19, 2006, 11:26:10 PM
I think it comes from an early online mmorpg that featured cartoon characters in a semi rpg-ish setting
Title: Re: You know what I REALLY FUCKING HATE
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 19, 2006, 11:33:00 PM
sounds distressingly furry