It's a character, not a toon.
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Do not feel too bad, OP, urban dictionary clearly states that those that call their character "toon" clearly has a loose screw in their head. It cannot be helped. /sarcasm
Though, it is not as bad compared to peeps considering ripping off (or as these peeps call, scamming) to be the next form of theft. I never knew selling an overpriced or underpriced item is considered a form of stealing. You made a deal that is considered a "steal," but it is not literally stealing, you got lucky in negotiation. I always facepalm to those that consider ripping off someone a scam. -_- Sometimes you can take the game out of the garage but you can't take the garage out of the game. - raics, 06.08.2016 Last edited by JohnNamikaze on Sep 22, 2013, 7:46:41 PM
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/sarcasm I'm SO glad that we have the word of God to dictate the "correct" terminology; it was SO confusing that English usage evolves over time! I couldn't keep all these darn definitions straight!!
Oh wait, we were using the word "toon" back in the Ultima Online (UO) days young grasshopper when ImaNewbie popularized it. http://drachenfels.tipido.net/toon/ima102.shtml.html Maybe one of these days you'll grow up Hulkcore from your myopic point-of-view (POV) and realize that some people come from different gaming backgrounds -- UO, Diablo, WoW, etc. Enough QQing already what words other people use; when are you going to man up, let it go, and stop feeling insecure about trying to control other people?? /sarcasm Life must be SO hard that you get so upset over words. We pity you. Edit: Added reference to UO Toon. Last edited by Michaelangel007 on Jan 23, 2014, 11:28:14 PM
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Yeah i came here just to agree,
when someone calls a Char a toon..... Feelsbadman IGN: EviiLe Last edited by ImRight on Jan 24, 2014, 1:46:14 AM
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I say char as if I'm in a computer science class.
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toon sounds strange to me. I prefer character. or Char if i want to shorten.
Smoother than Smooth. Last edited by Moist on Jan 24, 2014, 6:01:26 PM
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I say whatever the fuck I please as long as no one hears me say it.
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" You're probably one of the few who allows themselves to be offended by a matter that's so trivial, yes. :/ I've seen "toon" being used since my WoW days (I don't recall people playing EQ calling characters such , but I was fairly young and didn't care enough to pay much attention to such things back then.) I've always thought it a bit odd to use toon rather than char, but I honestly don't care. | |
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It's a character, not a toon.
My characters are whatever I say they are ! If I say my toons are lemmings,then they are lemmings,if I say they are turd burglars then that is what they are. Hope that clears up some frustration with definitions. =p Last edited by Temper on Jan 25, 2014, 1:54:55 AM
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" It is short-hand for "cartoon" -- where characters are drawn with a black outline. Older games such as Diablo 1 & 2 and Ultima Online used that effect on Monsters. The reason the black outline is done is to put some contrast between foreground and background objects -- that is -- to separate the Signal from the Noise. This technique shows up in all kinds of places ... * Used in older 8-bit palette sprite/tile games -- characters, items, and NPCs would have a special "outline" color reserved. When the item/character was selected you would change the outline palette entry from black to red. Or if you wanted to show them poisoned a green outline, etc.  * Colored fonts used the same black outline to help the glyphs / characters stand out -- otherwise they blend right into the background and become unreadable. A black outline guarantees the font is readable no matter what background. * For monitors or other displays such as front front projector screens, Black Velvet Framing is a key technique to help make the image "pop". You can use this "trick" on ANY display. ;-) * The black outline is usually done with "Toon Shading" or "Cell Shading" -- the rendering technique to approximate / simulate the cartoon look. The black outline is only 1/2 of the style needed to complete the full cartoon "look". Heck, even WoW is doing the black toon outline now ! ... * http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6412214832 Considering Diablo 1 used the black (car)toon outline and that game was released in back 1996 (!), and we used the word back in Ultima Online (1997) days to refer to characters, if I took a wild guess the word was probably used (or coined) before the OP was even born. The original author QQ'ing over the usage of the word "toon" demonstrates (s)/he is ignorant of graphics, S/N, the context, and more importantly the etymology. Popular words are abbreviated over time -- usually down to an acronym or 1 or 2 syllables for convenience. Television -> TV. Automobile -> Car, etc. This just another example of that. Now you know the rest of the story. In other news we don't care about someone else's pet peeve. ;-) Edit.1 fixed "news" typo. Edit.2 added note about syllables Last edited by Michaelangel007 on Feb 28, 2014, 10:29:51 AM
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