You know what really grinds my gears?

[AC]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

It's called choosing arbitrary start and end points and is impacted by selection bias. It's cool to look at but it's completely ridiculous to use as significant data and gets on my nerves when people use it. You should use the entirety of the data available to you.

[Mabster]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people refer to game characters as toons.

[ubernoob]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people refer to game characters as toons.

Fighting a losing battle there. They've been referred to as toons since at least the advent of the 3D PC MMOs in 1999.

I've seen people in my guild say the same thing and I don't understand it. What would you rather have them called? They only time someone uses toon as in "my toon" is when it's a character they created - anyone else put in the game is either referred to as an NPC or by character name if it's a game that has a set group of characters.

I've always thought someone getting bothered by the word toon is akin to someone getting bothered when someone calls a tree a tree. That's just what the word has meant, does mean and will continue to mean.

I just ask why out of personal curiosity because I've seen it said before but never has anyone been able to explain why it's said.

[Burns11]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Fighting a losing battle there. They've been referred to as toons since at least the advent of the 3D PC MMOs in 1999.

I've seen people in my guild say the same thing and I don't understand it. What would you rather have them called? They only time someone uses toon as in "my toon" is when it's a character they created - anyone else put in the game is either referred to as an NPC or by character name if it's a game that has a set group of characters.

I've always thought someone getting bothered by the word toon is akin to someone getting bothered when someone calls a tree a tree. That's just what the word has meant, does mean and will continue to mean.

I just ask why out of personal curiosity because I've seen it said before but never has anyone been able to explain why it's said.

I beta tested Everquest, DaoC, Everquest 2, then I left when everyone migrated to WoW because I didn't care for it anymore. Not once did I see anyone reference a character as a toon until much more recently.

It grinds my gears because it's ****ing stupid, and makes no sense. It also sounds childish. It's also not how the games themselves refer to those characters, they refer to them as, surprisingly enough, characters.

[ubernoob]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I beta tested Everquest, DaoC, Everquest 2, then I left when everyone migrated to WoW because I didn't care for it anymore. Not once did I see anyone reference a character as a toon until much more recently.

It grinds my gears because it's ****ing stupid, and makes no sense. It also sounds childish. It's also not how the games themselves refer to those characters, they refer to them as, surprisingly enough, characters.

Interesting. I've been calling them toons because that's what everyone referred to them as in EverQuest and then that carried over to all the other games. I can assure you its been there since EQs launch and formative years.

[snepp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've always called my characters...characters.

[Chaos81]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've always called my characters...characters.

Same here.

Only time I've ever heard the word "toon" used is when referring to cartoon characters (And I don't mean in gaming), specifically when it was used in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[Bellsprout]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

This thread is the first time I've ever seen them called toons.

[ubernoob]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

This thread is the first time I've ever seen them called toons.

It's mainly an MMO thing since most console games (save for Skyrim/GTAV online) have pre-built named main characters.

[Mabster]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've seen people in my guild say the same thing and I don't understand it. What would you rather have them called?

I'd rather them be called character, paladin, thief, halfling, mage, high elf, gunner, captain, girl, guy, tree, etc.

Call them what they are.

Nobody knows exactly where the term originated so its not the same as "tree".

The word "tree" has origins in languages that are a thousand years old. Maybe in a thousand years I won't have a problem with the word toon.

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[ubernoob]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Link for the bored.

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...f-word-TOON-!-!

[Mabster]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

This thread is the first time I've ever seen them called toons.

Then you've blocked certain people or aren't reading the GTAVO completely.

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[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I'd rather them be called character, paladin, thief, halfling, mage, high elf, gunner, captain, girl, guy, tree, etc.

Call them what they are.

Nobody knows exactly where the term originated so its not the same as "tree".

The word "tree" has origins in languages that are a thousand years old. Maybe in a thousand years I won't have a problem with the word toon.

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How long do you plan on living? unless you have a cheat code for infinite lives, in which case please share

[Bellsprout]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Then you've blocked certain people or aren't reading the GTAVO completely.

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The latter, I'd think. I'm a skimmer.

[Mabster]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

How long do you plan on living?

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