Toon LoveFollow

Come on I can't be the only person here to fall for a toon in an MMORPG. I spend a lot of time talking about the kind of people who drive me crazy in the game, but what is it that brings two characters together? I have noticed that there is a wide range of playing styles. As for me, I get personal about my character. I think it's fun to experience the emotional highs and lows that can occur throughout the life of a character.

In my experience, before getting into an in-character relationship it might be wise to find out where the other person draws their lines. Actually that won't make a damn bit of difference, but it is a nice idea.

Here is my take on all of this. Perhaps "God" is just an advanced world creator, maybe even works for a company like Sony (only a lot bigger and more...advanced). We walk around this earth in our toons, pretending to play games where we walk around other worlds as toons created by far more primitave world builders than the ones who made Earth (was the end of the dinosaurs just a big patch!?!?).

The bits of our personality come through our characters, like souls. So maybe... when you fall in love in a game or when you make a friend or enemy in a game... it's just as real and maybe these feelings should be treated with as much care as one might IRL.

In-character love, lust, envy, jealousy, hatred, friendship... what's is all about for you when you play?

Cel

I would have thought it was kind of hard to form any relationship when you have the rest of your server on /ignore?

Whoa. I dont know about in game relationships....you know, you never know whats on the other end...

I have a funny habit of playing a female and a male toon in my MMos. I swear if some guy tries to date my female toon again (its happened before. I got proposed to, flattering but disturbing none the less) Im gonna cry. After the time the guy proposed to me, Ive made it a priority to tell everyone that Im a guy. My guy has never been asked out (maybe if I didnt make them into such bastards) and Im pretty sure Id be pretty iffy on it. Im just not into not knowing what Im dealing with. To each his own though, eh?

But I cant say its impossible to fall for a toon, after all your falling for the person behind the toon and not the toon itself. So, yeah Id say its highly possible. You know that its someone on the other end and not the toon you feel for Im sure, so your emotions are normal.


*If you see an Adalaide or Synexia its probably me. Those are the names I use for females. Dont hit on me 8) *

Edited, Wed Dec 15 05:56:25 2004 by WasteOfSpace

Ha Cel that'd be hilarious, seriously. My poor Iksar Rogue Kaitar has a liking for dark elf women but.... usually they aren't into the scale thing much. He's also a bit witty and even comical, but being from Freeport people just think he's a moron. Poor Kaitar, I almost did betrayal with him but he's only 20 percent from 18 now and I do have some friends there.

Setiss, Kaitar's older brother, is just straight out evil. That's all there is to it. The only thing he DOES care about is his stupid brother that keeps getting tricked into drinking too much and handing out all his gold to every dark elf girl that smiles at him, so he goes home broke and unable to pay the rent. Out Setiss goes to Nek forest to harvest and mine so his goof of a brother can afford new clothes /sigh.

Izavahss is a good guy all around, but he's touchy about things ...heh, you don't get treated too nice if you've got scales in Freeport ;) so he loses his temper now and then, but it's for a good cause. He needs to learn a bit of inner tranquility if he's going to be a monks though <_<.

I guess it's quite possible to get attatched to a toon or a character someone is playing, and I've definately seen it get confused with RL. I've rp'ed now for many years, and I personally keep what someone says In Character detatched from my own personal feelings as much as possible. Not because I disagree that people DO put a little into themselves in their characters, because I believe they do... but because I don't need the hassle ;) Still, out of my 3 Kaitar is my fav, he's so much fun to play, even if everyone typically laughs at him. An example last night in a lite RP party I had, mind you this was in the middle of battle spam fighting in Valmar.

Barbarian: Gah! I'm sick of fighting all these undead!! You all better be happy I have a fetish for the und....I mean...

Dark Elf: LIZARD! I no longer know you!

Kaitar: @_@ I DIDN'T SAY IT! HE DID!!!

Dark Elf: heh, right.

Barbarian: Shut your trap lizard! You're asking for it.

Kaitar: /sigh



Edited, Wed Dec 15 16:35:24 2004 by Ivven

i rp some toons and am myself on others... i enjoy my toons interacting with toons others play, and it's even more fun when the "others" are people i know ;).

in eq1, my innocent and way naive druid had a crush on this barbarian rogue chick (who was the GL for the guild i had just applied for). he would forage her flowers, and call her "milady" and "the noble lady, <namehere>" and generally make her blush because she was all rough and tomboyish. she seemed to grow attached to him, though, as he really did respect her, and had her on a serious pedestal. she found out who was behind him 4 months after i joined, and only then because i told her when i presented him for a guild tag /grin. i asked her at that point if he should stop being infatuated with her, and she said he didnt have to. he never asked her for anything, just gave her winter lilies so she wouldnt get homesick while away from halas. most of the guild never figured it out :).

i also 2boxed a pair of wood elves, a rogue and a ranger, who were brothers. the ranger was generally sure of himself, and the older of the two, and the rogue was self-conscious and shy, and occasionally whiny. the ranger teased the rogue a bit, but defended him to anyone that made fun of his lil bro. that was probably some of the best fun i've had, especially when they'd argue, as i had to make sure i was using the right kb, and it was a challenge to keep up with myself *and* pull *and* make sure the rogue wasnt off picking his nose. several people "we" grouped with thought "we" were IRL siblings. people that knew me used to love it when i played them :).

more where those came from, but y'all are probably fallin asleep :D.

and, as far as meeting people ingame and makin em part of RL... i'm one of the most paranoid people around regarding personal info, and privacy, but i've made very solid, and close, friends with many people in my guild, and ... stuff ;).

not sure who your comment about cybering was directed to... but if it was me...

most certainly not :).

my "... stuff" comment was because, having said i am a somewhat private person, i was getting into RL things that i wasnt wanting to share with the general public :).

Cg Barsik/Barsik's gf. I wish you well. 8)


Well, there you go it definitly is possible. Makes me jealous in a way though, being single is really losing its appeal you know, and I just hate the club scene and I got 11 months to go for the bar scene (not that itll be any better). Ah well, all in good time, no?


*Now we just wait for some idiot nay-sayer to come here and say it cant happen/work. God I hate those type of people*

Wow, Bumbi your kinda narrowminded arent you? Remember theres a person on the other end not just a toon. If you have feelings for the toon, its actually for whoevers on the other end not the toon itself. The person types and causes the toon to act, there for its no more then a digital represenitive of oneself (may not look like them in RL though).


Its not like people are falling in love with a cartoon/anime charater. Its just like an interactive chat-room persay, your talking and interacting with a real-person, just not in their/your physical form.

I was surprised pretty early in the game by just this issue.

My first and highest level toon is a 20 Kerra Monk. I was really getting into the Monk/cat-like reflexes thing and really enjoying RP'ing him.

One day I zoned into Starcrest and standing there just looking at me was the most beautiful Kerra female I had ever seen!

I was dumbfounded, speechless, agog...

Then I snapped out of it! <lol> But it did take a second to snap out of it! My first and very real reaction was infatuation.

To honor my RP, though real, feeling, I sent her a tell and told her she was beautiful. I figured that someone spent a bit of time making her look just that way, so a compliment's a compliment, right?

Anyhoo... <embarrassed cough>

Huh, thats the worst sarcasm Ive ever seen. i read it and it didnt seem to sarcastic to me, but whatever. you say it was sarcastic then I guess Ill take your word for it, god knows you know what you ment better then anyone.

um... i got the sarcasm... and i'm a longterm eq player and i'm not gonna say which age group i'm in :x

the thing is... the eq demographic is somewhat more random than a lot of people believe it to be :).

and ... some persons are more attached to drama than others... which can help or hurt... but that *imho* is not directly related to age :).

the thing with eq2 is, that there are *so* many people from *so* many backgrounds, that misunderstandings occur :x.

i've been surprised at how many people have *not* been in an mmorpg, let alone eq, before.

we're all here to learn, though :).

s'ok :).

and... i'll say this much...and it's more than i usually say bout myself ... my boi... my first evah... i met in eq... and am on the phone with atm... he's very sweet, and i'm lucky to have him... so there :).

and he's plannin on movin to my town in 2 months. whoa!

and kinda cool, if ya ask me :).

Thinking isnt good.. Hurts my brain :/