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Maybe time to drop the Avatar discussion already, in all online games and on all discussion boards "the representation of yourself" is called avatar, toon, character or whatever. Can't understand why that causes such an uproar in the whole community. It's just a representation of you in the game.
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I know for me, it's just a matter of what I'm used to, and what sets this game apart from other games.
When I first started playing sims, before Sims Online was around (or before I knew about TSO anyway), characters were called "sims" and well ... that's just got a place in my psyche.
I don't think there's anything wrong with not being like all other games. Just like EA Land will always be TSO to me, my sim will never be an avatar to me -- no matter what everyone else calls their little toons, avatars, characters or whatever.
I AM SIM, HEAR ME ROAR!