ToonTown Online Was Weird (Disney's Dead MMORPG) | Billiam

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Disney's ToonTown Online was a popular MMORPG game from the early 2000's. Initially released in 2003, ToonTown was a pretty moderate success, marketing itself as a family friendly alternative to things like World of Warcraft. In this video, I talk about its history as well as its downfall.
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[@jipthechip7448]

When I was in 2nd grade, I wanted a Toontown membership so badly and would constantly redo the 3 day trials over and over again until my parents finally bought me a year's membership for my birthday. It was one of the happiest moments of my childhood. Then the computer broke.

[@joro8693]

That was sad to read ahah

[@alexbenjaminlubbers]

That's a huge bummer

[@ram-eu1nq]

JiP the Chip there’s toontown rewritten! It’s exactly the same as the original, but it’s free. I’m in my 20’s and I play sometimes, such a stress reliever. It’s so cute and fun.

[@isaiahwinfree8372]

I guess you weren't toon enough

[@Level1Rookie]

Haha I know the feel. I did the same in regards to the membership, loved toontown as a kid.

[@explodingrubiescollectorof7888]

In toon town you use Disney to fight Disney.

[@ImEcchi]

We should just drop Toontown and come together and make an inspired game of it. So we can actually pay for it or donate to help the development. I Love toontown but it’s gonna be gone later on. If we can however Buy assets like the cogs or even Gags. we can totally make a game to remember. Toontown is old it needs someone to make a 2019-2020 update. Toontown rewritten’s community is half and half about loving it and hating how slow development is. No money flow is the big reason. Yes it’s fun not paying, maybe a inspired game will be Free to Play and have micro transactions for clothes, gag(weapons) reskins and doodle accessories. I’d love for people to do this, I’d join in because I’m a Software Development Student. Coding is less of a chore for me. That’s just my opinion though, Toontown can fully disappear out of existence if everyone wants or live on in a different way where Disney doesn’t attack us for money.

[@ImEcchi]

It’s Coming But it ain’t God, Sure man lol I don’t know how to fully keep in touch but here’s the link for that friendslist thing on KZbin: youtu.be/addme/sJpItJgnKq7ZSyXuw9MUdYbAt-OFfw

[@XxTooMuchStupidxX]

It's a foreshadowing of what's to come

[@dioxoi8369]

I used the stones to destroy the stones

[@A.Puddleduck]

Toontown was going to have a sequel based off of unity. It was very far into development, but was off because of club penguin

[@astralaesthetic8750]

I think the coolest memory I have, is when ToonTown was shutting down, I had to say goodbye to my best friend Princess Sadie Purpletwist. I had known her for quite a long time since I played ToonTown for years. It was so depressing, but fast forward years later to ToonTown Rewritten..... and after playing for some time, I was walking along one of the streets right behind someone with her same name. Turned out it was her and I don’t think I could have been more excited. (we tried to stay in contact but that didn’t work and so I haven’t heard from her in almost 2 years) I’m sure she’ll show up one day (Toon name was Noon, but is Shadow Noon on TTR)

[@MesozoicHaven]

I had that very same experience. A friend of mine named Nibbles in TTO, saw them walking around in TTR and was like: " ... nibbles? " -- They were very happy to see me and we played a lot for a while but then I haven't seen em in a few years either. I will never delete them on my list since we were so close.

[@astralaesthetic8750]

@@MesozoicHaven Same here, I could never remove them... I wish to see them again someday, I would love to see them even if I was near the end of life.

[@_Smirky]

As someone who has continued to avidly play Toontown, it’s amazing to see so many videos like this cover its unique history. The community is not nearly as big as it was, and it still prevails as a strong, unique community at the same time. Thanks for making this video!

[@billiam]

Thank you for watching!

[@lawrenceviolette1715]

Yeah the game is at a point where not many new people play and everyone who does play is super open about being an adult after that next nostalgia hit😂

[@robokast]

Honestly it is crazy how dedicated the Toontown Rewritten community is. When I made my video talking about Toontown, I had over 15 people from that community reach out to me and talk about their community and passion for the game. It just goes to show the impact that games like this have had on people's lives. Love the video as always!

[@rogerdogkiller2000]

Glad you feel the community is doing well toward new comers or returnees. Hope you have a Toontastic day!

[@TemplePate01]

Also, TTR will let you keybind

[@ImEcchi]

Yup Literally right after Toontown Shutdown, Rewritten went into development to release a couple years later. Probably the most successful server even though there’s a few others though.

[@deannaveltchev9867]

After 12 years of when I used to play Toontown as a kid, I'm glad TTR is around because it is a really great community with really committed mods !!!

[@bolony21]

im still playing ttr to this day it lets me experience the game fully as a kid i was restricted by disneys membership

[@arterra61]

The game's frame rate is killing my brain dude

[@AnthonyRanieri]

If you dont have a bad frame rate and computer the game is 60fps

[@crcoghill]

Which is weird cause it didn't look this bad.

[@Leaqua21]

My PC can load at maximum only 50 frames but that's ok since my PC is making their 10th anniversary soon :)

[@billiam]

I think it was a recording issue. It didn't look this bad while I played

[@arterra61]

@@billiam no worries dude the video was awesome any way keep at it love your stuff 💪

[@cyanamide9680]

It sounds really cheesy to say but Toontown really does hold a special place in my heart. I remember playing it all the time in elementary school with two of my friends and humming the battle music a lot. I couldn't afford a full-time subscription but my local target carried game cards and I remember running as fast as I could just to get a card and play it full time. I continued playing the OG toontown until it closed (I was just entering high school if i recall correctly.) I made *so many* friends online thanks to this game and it broke my heart when it closed. When TTR came out, I was ecstatic. I remember when I got a beta key for like a day, and it co-aligned with my time on a train. The entire train ride even with the crappy wifi and how buggy TTR was, I still played it. Now I'm in college, and I still regularly play TTR. It's something that I love. The game, the community, everything. It's the only online game from my childhood I look really fondly on to this day.

[@koolkidkameronsir6088]

Just because you liked it as a kid, doesn't mean it was actully good

[@MysteryToonGamer]

@@koolkidkameronsir6088 Begone, Negative Nancy!

[@koolkidkameronsir6088]

@@MysteryToonGamer I'm not trying to be negative, I'm just saying that its something to keep in mind

[@CadetKippy]

Kool Kid Kameron sir honestly, it IS a good game. its highly strategy and teamwork based, which adds a lot to the fun. the teamwork base makes it easy to make genuinely nice friends. the task-based leveling system is fun and rewarding. there are a plethora of minigames that can give you hp boosts. there are events, and a weekly schedule of minigame events, which give regular minigames a new twist. even after you complete all the mainline tasks, there are plenty of things left over to make your character stronger. anyway, ultimately, its really up to the individual, but its still not fair to rag on someone just fondly reminiscing on a game they love. :/

[@imagery]

I played Toontown with my Grandpa (who has passed a few years ago) and it was my favorite game as a kid. We would sit on Skype for hours and play, fight cogs, etc :) I still play Toontown Rewritten as a way to keep that memory alive, and i plan to have my first tattoo be loosely related to his main toon! Great video

[@JustSaiyan317]

That's an awesome idea for a tattoo, hope you end up going through with it. No doubt you would love it and prolly smile everytime you or someone else sees it

[@BMoney8600]

Justin Epp your grandpa sounds great

[@siyeonswife]

ur grandpa played toontown? lol haha thats so cool

[@trippy5519]

Thats awesome

[@allurereal]

tattoon

[@ComicDrake]

I was WAY too into this as a kid.

[@rogerdogkiller2000]

You can get back into it with Toontown Rewritten! It's about time you let your childhood take over once again.

[@8LiterallyJustTheNumber8]

I love when great youtubers watch each other

[@fatmanatees]

R we just gunna ignore the fact that he used a squirt gun on a level 2 bottom feeder. Smh casuals am I right

[@InvisibleTacoMan]

or the fact that he randomly picked his gags instead of focusing them towards his higher level ones?

[@marko4935]

InvisibleTacoMan no he’s a casual

[@coolcatalesha]

LMAOO i dont play but this is really funny

[@redvizion]

No XP smh my head

[@AlejandroAlvarez-bb7nd]

Toontown to this day is still one of my favorite mmo experiences ever. There's something about the way the grind always made you feel like you were always progressing. Getting new gags was so satisfying. Personally, I think the variation is simple but great. Fishing was especially great due to the unique fish you could get, the mini games are fun despite your age, and the raids were high stakes, mini game/ combat mashups. I love Toon Town.

[@AustinAngela]

Agreed!!

[@noahpanoncillo6248]

To the other 2000-2500 daily ttr players... Toons of the world UNITE!

[@robbielatimer8949]

Try 500 - 1000 these days bud

[@chaliceohearts4658]

It’s not totally dead though. You could say... That it was... REWRITTEN!!!

[@DallasWB]

too bad that the staff on the game are brain dead and bans people for their off game doings.

[@NalaLeaf]

@@DallasWB almost no one gets banned, are you crazy?

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen8674]

YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

[@nagtrimers1250]

@@DallasWB they only ban you if you're a toxic person that greens, curses, and bully people

[@DallasWB]

@@nagtrimers1250 It's impossible to get greened-- let me further explain, you can end the program to dc from the game before dying, keeping your 7s. I can understand the cursing part, but I don't curse. I may have been toxic at times, but it's because they bring it out of me when all I do is try to help others, TTO as a high laff toon, the lowers would listen to your strategy, and respect you. In TTR, they ignore you, and then make fun of you for being an "elitist." There is no right side here, people don't appreciate high toons who are trying to help people with their knowledge on strats.

[@Steriorgon]

ToonTown wouldn't of been dead if disney gave it more new things instead of relying on club penguin ......oh wait!

[@jussomdude8506]

Or if they didn't shut it down in 2013, but whatever.

[@VenomSnakeMGS]

Meh they would've closed it down eventually. Probably sometime between 2014-2015 even if it had active devs. MMOs are going out of style.

[@deltasbj77]

@@VenomSnakeMGS > MMOs are going out of style Is not it the other way around? It seems to me like 50% of recent AAA games have elements that require internet connection.

[@gracekim25]

Steriorgon and then club penguin died

[@Isasapiens]

Toontown got the Tron treatment. Too soon?

[@mavinajfan]

I still play toontown rewritten. It’s so much fun! I’ve maxed out 6 toons on there before making a new one. Also how dare you talk like that about match Minnie, that’s the game I’m best at. Lil Oldman is a sadist! 20 4+ story buildings no thank you sir!

[@silentstorm5439]

dude honestly same xD it can be so fun if you find the right people to play with

[@lovelyshadow459]

@@silentstorm5439 toontown clash

[@WazzupTTR]

Been playing toontown for 13 years now. It has a place in my heart. Love your coverage of it.

[@lovelyshadow459]

been playing it for 13 years as well with my daughter , we still love it!

[@BrundleHundle]

You should do Wizard101 next. I still play it, but maaaaan that game is a serious product of it's time

[@SlashDrago]

OWO

[@BlueSparxLPs]

Would definitely enjoy a video on Wizard101. I've been playing it almost daily since 2009, so it's still very much part of my life.

[@gar2yc]

It is indeed, absolute rubbish, but fun somehow.

[@PunkinMike]

I definitely enjoyed Wizard101, but due to how limited the gameplay area is, which was acceptable back then, not so much now (complete in like, 1-3 hours), I lost interest in it, since I would also have to shove my money down a hole just to be able to get past the tiny bit left of Wizard City to actually get to the next world. It seems unlikely that we'll get an extended F2P area where we are now, but we just have to hope it gets noticed. I really want up to the end of Krokotopia.

[@BrundleHundle]

@@PunkinMike For real. I'm almost caught up on my Fire, but the same money sink issues it had in 09 it still has today. Pvp is lowkey still unmanaged, some schools obviously get more thought put into new spells, zoning prices, card packs, etc

[@USACade]

Me and my siblings were home-schooled for 3 odd years when ToonTown was the big thing and our parents used ToonTown subscriptions as a reward for completing all our schoolwork. For 3rd grade me it was quite the motivation, and I'm fairly certain it's the reason I am smart enough to be going to graduate school this fall.

[@carlackersii]

Now you are obligated to make a video about Wizard 101

[@NightTheKittenn]

The title made me a lip worried this was gonna be a “haha look at this cringe old game” type of thing but I really enjoyed watching this. I’m glad you had a good time in toontown! I’m still salty that they shut down an mmo for the sake of what was essentially an interactive chat client tbh :/

[@josstarfluff5052]

*salutes to the fallen toons taking out a kazoo and blowing into it* Honestly I miss my og toon captain Oscar mczapper the purple mixe matched bunny

[@jpward01]

The battle theme haunting me again. My toon became an unhappy boy so often.

[@9aracna.]

Saaaammee

[@breejordan8086]

Through the entire video, I was sitting here thinking "why does no one remember Pixie Hollow? I'd like a retrospective on Pixie Hollow" And then you brought up Pixie Hollow! Yes please

[@kraft.singles]

pixie hollow was a DRUG for me

[@8LiterallyJustTheNumber8]

Ugh when VMK shut down they tried to shove Pixie Hollow down our throats as a replacement. Which was awful since the games had nothing in common and left a bad impression for Pixie Hollow on almost the entire VMK community.

[@Victoria-so1in]

Pixie hollow was the shit back in my daaay!!!

[@chelseaopoku4203]

Y’all remember Pixie Hollow? That was my shit! I loved that game and community so so much. I was so sad and upset when Disney shut it down! You should do a video on that!

[@jussomdude8506]

I was the best at Slave Owner Minnie Mouse, I bet ppl thought I had a script going.

[@nothankyoudontwantalastnam847]

I did not know this existed and I am glad I did not know this existed.

[@wldeagle827]

My childhood, it has a special place in my heart

[@madisonh4239]

I LOVE the Lil Oldman callout LMAO

[@monicaronquillo6569]

Martha H He was legit my favorite lol

[@BeyondBrii]

I wasn’t allowed to have a membership to anything, but I played that demo so much, it was an art. Going back to it in TTR and being able to progress past the first town was such a dream!

[@leighannew4330]

I remember the time I was actually able to get a membership in the original ToonTown and a month later they shut down

[@westhescrub]

Always saw ads for toontown, but never played it myself

[@RudyBlackman]

NoobSlayerAdvanced same

[@alexbenjaminlubbers]

All over Toon Disney

[@ColonelZeta]

I played the free trials all the time

[@PeterGriffin11]

Same

[@mechajay3358]

Same here

[@GoingOffTopical]

I lived as a toon once... It was pain

[@CaptainDatsun]

This was my first MMO. I remember that having a subscription meant that you got a newsletter with like a trading card and a faux newspaper bulletin about toontown in it. I think I was like 10 or 11 so I didn't get much of the levelling up or fighting but I loved to run around and explore and play the games. A fond memory I have is that there was a glitch where, in your home, you could jump on the back of a sofa and out the window and run around out of bounds in the void. That was a fun and popular way to hang out with other players. Then my mom didn't want to pay for it anymore, but she didn't understand how a subscription service worked, so she thought that by moving the desktop shortcut to the recycle bin, it would cancel my account. Surprise surprise when a year later we got a massive bill for toontown. (which was luckily refunded since I hadn't been active, but still.)

[@jaxolotl_]

Me: *sees this in recommended* Also me: Not again... I wish it was possible to leave the TT community. You always come back.

[@robbiebrewer6153]

I saw the commercials but I never played ToonTown. Thanks for the info on it

[@brycevo]

ToonTown was a pretty cool game

[@rogerdogkiller2000]

It still is!

[@haileyhay3855]

I played Toontown as a child and hardly progressed in it. When I found out rewritten came out I actually played it as an adult and it was actually pretty fun 😂

[@TheDeviant88]

"... awards only Wikipedia has heard of." I enjoyed that very much.

[@jess_the_kid19]

I was lucky enough to have the membership to toontown throughout my whole childhood until it was shut down. It was such a huge part of my life as a kid, I remember that my brother woke me up in the middle of the night when he heard that it was going to be shut down and it was probably one of the saddest moments of my childhood. My friends and I still talk about our times playing toontown together as kids and how much we miss it. Objectively, the game is nothing special but it means so much to me, as I'm sure it does to many others :')

[@explosion3326]

Have you heard of toontown rewritten? It's just the same thing but for free

[@phantomthiefirwin9631]

ToonTown Club Penguin Cartoon Network Fusion Fall Wizards and Pirates 101 and SWTOR Just..... *Right in the veins man*

[@kayla5543]

fusion fall was the shit in elementary school

[@hali2715]

those old toontown ads make me feel so fuzzy and nostalgic. I remember wanting to try it out so badly but internet time was a rare treat for me back in the day

[@BlueRoseBudss]

I had my first "boyfriend" on toontown then "cheated" on him and I did the same thing on club penguin

[@Chris-sd1fk]

Lol me too

[@kanedamikami7771]

But why?

[@cybunny25]

You're part of the reason why kids were depressed

[@Mario2Master]

i had 2 internet gf's on toontown at the same time and i managed to keep them a secret until one day one of them asked me to tp to them and when i did both of them were there and were like "how come you didnt tell me about this" and i left

[@yourmutha9420]

Bruh my mom still plays toon town rewritten

[@DesolateAlbatross]

You should do a video on Adventure Quest 3D or on the original Adventure Quest

[@b_dockk]

OMG YES

[@xenos12500]

Nah, AQW or Adventure Quest classic. Or even DragonFable. Honestly DragonFable needs more attention, it's such a good game.

[@cherrybansx7398]

i used to be in top 100 with like level 78 or or something on aq i used to have items nobody chose to buy in aqw and herosmash and i felt special for having them i didnt care about aq 3d at all cus it looked like horse shit to me even when i was like 14 or something

[@lulusmith780]

I was all about Pixie Hollow! I miss playing it so much T-T

[@SenpaiDiablo]

www.toontownrewritten.com

[@SenpaiDiablo]

This is a link to a free toontown server and it's free :D enjoy and have fun :)

[@iamaseal6604]

Toontown was my shitttt. Made some legit friends where we finally met each other in person after years (before Toontown was shutdown) We still keep in contact today. Btw this jogged my memory of some old games-like Dragon Fable. I’d like to see you do that. That was... interesting, especially the dialogue.

[@Landjrin]

Is uhh, is that frame rate normal? Because it's making my eyes bleed

[@Ferdoe]

No. Its normally 60fps. I don't know what he was doing to make it so bad.

[@user-io4ps9bi9y]

The area could be highly populated too!

[@redpup6931]

It IS the Rewritten version, it could be that speed natively...

[@InvisibleTacoMan]

My FPS stays above 100 lol

[@user-uj7xd1uz1o]

Toontown rewritten is literally the only mmorpg I play in 2019 lmao

[@billiam]

that's great!

[@hannahbrown2728]

One of my favorite things about your videos is usually its looking at something I usually never got the chance to experience on my own but always wanted from all the commercials or whatever bullshit. Thanks for digging up all these things!

[@brandoncutler09]

Before I saw the thumbnail, I totally forgot about "Toon Town online." That green duck reminds me of Bean the Dynamite.

[@monkeyscientist9913]

"MMOs like World of Warcraft, Phantasy Star Online, Everquest…" HOLD UP! A big KZbinr (aside from Eruption) is mentioning my favorite game of all time, Phantasy Star Online?! FINALLY, THIS GAME GETS MORE RECOGNITION!

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I only properly played PSO a couple years ago and much like the OG Phantasy Star series despite owning a Genesis, I never got its more offline-friendly counterparts. To both of those aspects of Phantasy Star, I went "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE TEASING ME IN SONIC ADVENTURE 2!?"

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

Well since you asked so nicely *likes*

[@billiam]

:3

[@andycrenshaw2789]

this game sparked my love of video games as a kid. my dad loved it too, and so we had premium membership. i sank hours of family computer time into this game, sitting across the room from my dad, gaming through early childhood. i still play toontown rewritten from time to time. the fan base is incredibly wholesome and dedicated and i met several really cool people on there. even caught up with my (now estranged) dad once through there. life’s weird. these little online communities keep people going in weird and wonderful ways.

[@danielholtzman2582]

"You buy the gags at Goofy's gag shop with jellybeans" There is no way I could've guessed I would hear that collection of words today.

[@whyjon2990]

I loved toon town as a kid. and the aesthetic of the buildings being taken over by cogs and then getting it back really made it feel like you were making a difference lol. would totally play again

[@agr0nianTV]

1:51 I have to know what game was in your Gamecube if there was one? Ah Wild Thornberrys is a classic :D Great vid! I never played Toontown my PS1 and Gameboy Color were ny babies back in those days. My first MMO was Roblox when I joined on 9/9/09 (I played as a guest for a bit before that) heck I'm still an active group leader to this day. I also played Webkinz for a while Orange Cat, Racoon, and Kangaroo FTW :3

[@BradenArends]

Poptropica and Toontown were my favorite games as a kid. Makes me wish I could play them again. Great videos.

[@kaylaisnothere4397]

Toontown introduced me to the absolute satisfaction of grinding in games as a kid. Getting a new throw or squirt gag was an incredible feeling.

[@mooninescent]

Fishing is actually one of the best way to earn jellybeans. XD

[@salexume9622]

You're doing a great job man! I really enjoyed the video, made me laugh a few times. Can you review wild thorn berries?

[@garrettwilliams2846]

I really enjoyed this video! I used to play Toontown SO MUCH as a kid, just to see how far I could get before my subscription expired for every month. I also made my first online friends through Toontown. It would be the first thing I did when I would get home from school every day, with my purple duck, Sheriff Fireball Funnymouth (who was so close to being maxed out). I actually applied to work for the Disney Company back in August of 2018, and the day I applied I was just so nervous/excited, that I played Toontown Rewritten for 24 hours straight, because I was just feeling nostalgic. Long story short, I currently work for Disney, and about once a week I go back and check Toontown Rewritten out just to make sure it is as fun as I remember it being. So, thank you for making this video and shining some light on a Disney Classic, it really brought me some joy.

[@joshwood413]

I keep clicking your videos, so much nostalgia!

[@calebmatheson3857]

I played toontown online and later played toontown rewritten and I really enjoy it. Toontown has an irresistible charm to it and still does. It does get pretty grindy when you're maxing out your cog suits but I really liked it

[@Godslegotable]

#Toontownrewritten. (FOR FREE!)its new version of this game and its super fun :)

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

He mentioned that in the video briefly.

[@venuspawscreations3678]

This game has such a big place in my heart. I played this game with my grandma when I was 3 or 4 in 2003, I'd sit on her lap while she played for me, there on I played with her until it's shut down in 2013. We soon found out about the different private servers in 2014 and we still play ToonTown together when we can. I truly wish i knew how many hours I put into this game, cuz it has to be literally years. I plan in the next two months to get the original eye and cog gear logo tattooed to show my love and appreciation for this childrens game :) A lot of my friends and family find it silly i still sport a ToonTown Online tee-shirt or that I plan to get a tattoo for this game, but considering it's taken about 15 of my 18 years of living, I think it just shows how much memories and love I've got for this game :)

[@lilwoofs]

I used to play the game all the time when I was younger, and was super sad when it closed, and a couple years ago I started to play toontown rewritten and I still love the game, it’s so fun to play, and brings back really nice memories

[@flyguydev2008]

I love the moment when you beat lil old man

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

"I enjoyed it." That's all I needed to hear. I've rolling around the town since I was like 5; still remember those nights dad would stay up and play my toon. (Why does WASD whining irk me?)

[@stardewstunner3096]

I love playing Toontown. When I was kid, they used to send trading cards and newsletters in the real life mail.Still play to this day on TT Rewritten

[@KiwiPoku]

this game was my childhood. my childhood wasn't club penguin... it was THIS. i loved this.

[@setteplays]

I completely recognize the logo, but I've never heard about this game. How weird is that

[@user-ez8iy3uo5v]

Guys you can still play Toontown! It's called Toontown Rewritten now and was taken over by fans of the game! :) I finally got to live out my dream and max out since it's free lol

[@a.s.1548]

Same

[@victoriaisnthere]

the best times i had playing this game were often on friday nights. my parents would usually boot me off of the desktop at 7, but they’d let me stay on until 9 since it was the weekend. a true gift. i’ve also made a lot of friends through it. i met one of them when i was 13, in the 8th grade. i’m now a freshman in college and i still keep in touch with him heavily. :)

[@JamesTheCreater]

U pull stuff out of my memory I dont even remember until I read the title . Love the content!

[@grimdarhk]

see I played Pirates of the Caribbean online, lol. that was fun.

[@agr0nianTV]

I want to say I tried it for a bit

[@Gamsterjeff600]

There is a project that has returned it

[@ImEcchi]

I tried all of the mmo’s Disney made all made pretty well but being in such a old engine it was all the same just reskinned. If Disney actually tried to make a game now maybe with UE4 it could have a chance of surviving. If they keep trying to use dead franchises it’ll flop like the Club Penguin reboot.

[@springbreezegaming4017]

The VP from ToonTown is the BEST BOI!!!!!!!!

[@Tasmaniac2]

When I was a wee little lad, I played toontown every now and then. I never really followed the quests, because I would go around defeating cogs, do mini games, or race. But I remember seeing my sister in one of the cog hqs and seeing my sister fighting the ceo

[@ThatTsukuya]

every Billiam video, no matter if I care about the subject or not, is super engaging and really fun to watch!

[@lightingdragon9100]

Do you plan on doing a "MY thoughts on Sonic trailer" sometime soon?

[@SharpDesign]

Maybe he's waiting for the redesign?

[@IAmMightyMike]

He doesn’t do my thought videos though

[@nargacuga05]

Billiam is extremely cute, it really makes me realize I like nerdy guys and the concept of dating a guy I can talk about digimon with is super desirable

[@katiecote6312]

as a kid, i played toontown and i remember only certain things, like cog buildings, factories and vp’s, and the ability to create more than one toon were membership only. i play toontown rewritten today and they do events like crash cashbot hq, trolly tracks, and fishing bingo. there are thousands of people that still play it all the time! today, you have free access to everything, and most people will grind one toon, finish it, then make a new one and work on that one. i have more fun playing toontown today than when i was a kid, even though i had the membership as a kid! it’s also fun to see how many college kids, young adults, and parents play toontown still to this day too! some have said even some grandparents play and i think that’s precious! and as a side note, they have an options button now that allows you to change the keys to your choice, so i have a map of the street on shift, my gag chart on command, and my tasks on option!

[@dillonchaddick695]

There are a couple of games I used to play. One was Everquest, and it's sister game Mech Quest, which were pretty basic flash MMORPG. One was fantasy themed while the other was sci-fi, but both were free to play up to a certain point where you would need either a credit card or one of the specific game related subscription cards that you could never find in stores. The other was some MMORPG about wizards and witches where you had fight monster of darkness using summoning spells that came in the forms of cards with specific magic elements like fire and lightening tied to them. You were classified into one element by a quiz at the start of the game and you could learn other elements and level up by studying in special classes in the game. I forget what it was called, but it was also free to play until you reached a certain level that allowed you to take on a certain mission that you would need to pay a fee to get into the required area for the mission. All three were fun and I don't know if they are still available to play or if anyone has relaunched them on special servers if they did close down, but I would love to see videos on these games if possible.

[@kajumetamorfa]

I loved ToonTown SO MUCH! But for some reason, I was super scared of the Cogs, and stopped playing it (@_@)

[@djheroxt]

Umm what with all the lag

[@billiam]

I dunno yo

[@InvisibleTacoMan]

His recording software.

[@maxbuy9152]

Can always count on Billiam to bring the nostalgia. Thank you for another great video!

[@ThePWhale]

I only played ToonTown once, and I for some reason have a visceral memory of it. I was laying on our futon in the basement playing the free trial on my dad’s laptop which was laying on a tub of Christmas decorations while Cory in the House played in the background. It would be nice to remember important things.

[@laffodile1636]

I was a pirate and wizard101 boy myself. What was your first MMO.

[@urzathehappy72]

I sunk so many hours into runescape to finaly realize i hated it

[@bubbastevegarcia2459]

Your pronunciation of lure hurts my soul... I still love you

[@dragonick2947]

The artwork on the gift cards and such reminds me of 90s-era Sonic the Hedgehog artwork.

[@queezy276]

I was OBSESSED with ToonTown as a kid, City of Heroes, too.

[@ashleyv8858]

The staff sucks on TTR. They keep pedophiles on the game. Even their staff, Epic Buddy, was messing around with underage kids. Better to play something else.

[@CadetKippy]

Ashley V D: ive never heard this! most people love the staff :( what are your sources?

[@DABUNGINATOR]

I have an unpopular opinion: the Toontown fan remakes are bad. Look, I'm not hating; I just really care about Toontown, and I want to see it in a new modern fashion. I get that people wanna bring the original experience back, but the fact is we have too many remakes of the same tired old game. It's 2019, at least try to be more creative with Toontown. Sure, some new features have been introduced by fan developers, but all of the remakes are still basically the same story wise, gameplay wise, and visually. It's a shame that no one usually talks about these kinds of things since I think seeing and playing a modernized and totally revamped version of Toontown would be just amazing.

[@DABUNGINATOR]

ItsNotSerial I tried Corporate Clash, but it had a ton of connection problems. Maybe that’s why there’s little players.

[@rock9154]

While Corporate Clash is really quite an improvement in many areas, I take monumental issue with the new task system, and the music, where every single track trying to change an old one is trying waaay too hard (the original music is actually real good tho). I would totally play it more if it wasn't so empty. I regards to a "new and improved" Toontown, I think that would be amazing. The original game feels a bit incomplete, honestly, and I can only imagine a modern title with proper funding and time put into it. However, that ends up being a huge issue for these new servers. While effort is given to revamp the game by multiple teams, they simply lack any funding whatsoever to pump something truly great out (remember, Disney still owns this property). The most popular server, Toontown Rewritten, seems to have no intentions of adding anything truly big to the game (or anything that would take little effort like rebalancing gags- Corporate Clash did this beautifully), and only really want to keep that nostalgia intact. That's probably a big reason people still play, after all, though Toontown is still real solid. Just don't expect anything awe inspiring unless Disney magically wants to reboot the game- in which case they'll likely shut down all fan servers! Yay!

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

Ah my god this was one of my earliest Childhood Games, the Nostalgia is overflowing!!!

[@Destroyer_of_Worlds]

I vaguely remember this game. Played once or twice. I don't remember a subscription though.

[@Panzerspatzi]

Destroyer of Worlds yeah, I’m German and I played it, there definitely was no subscription fee here

[@Destroyer_of_Worlds]

@@Panzerspatzi Ah, American capitalism.

[@PancakeDoesGaming]

@@Panzerspatzi The last time there was ever a subscription fee for any version of this game is in 2013.

[@Panzerspatzi]

@@PancakeDoesGaming I played it back when I was still in school - and I graduated in 2010... I didn't even know until I watched this video that this game seemingly even had a subscription fee. But I think I found the explanation: "Originally, free accounts were only allowed three days of unrestricted gameplay before being forced to pay for a membership. This was changed in 2007 to allow free players to play for an unlimited time with certain restrictions on the game. These restrictions originally meant that Toons were bound to the starting neighborhood (Toontown Central) and its buildings and streets, as well as Goofy Speedway where the racing events took place. Toons were also only allowed to complete Toontasks up until the final one that would allow them access to their third gag track. This was changed to allow free players to roam in the streets of all the neighborhoods, and to complete the final Toontask for the third gag track. However, free players could still only enter buildings in Toontown Central and were not allowed to enter the Cogs HQs or Cog buildings outside of Toontown Central." I'm now certain that I played on a free account during that last phase, I definitely didn't know what Cogs HQs looked like until I played Toontown Rewritten.

[@BugsyFoga]

I always saw commercials for toowtown and thought they looked weirdly fun 😁👌

[@magicalbooknerd]

Love your videos, Billiam! They’re always so well-researched and interesting!

[@oliviaj4430]

Toontown was THE game of my childhood. I play Toontown Rewritten now and it's the best niche community. All of us either remember the game fondly from our childhood or new people have joined to play with their friends. I have so many good memories of the game. I recently even sent in an application to be a concept artist for the game! I'm really hoping that'll work out haha. I wish I had more time to play it. I wish I could indoctrinate more of my friends to play it.

[@hicknopunk]

How did you get such a high fps?

[@realar]

This is killing me inside. This is the only MMO I ever played or cared to play. Screw Club Penguin.

[@mackenzieflynn3325]

Check out Toontown Rewritten. It's literally the same game!

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

I’m glad I found this youtube channel, get to relive some of my childhood and get to see other things people grew up with.

[@roary33]

I was one of the TTO beta testing kids, so I’ve been playing the game since about early 2002 when I was 4. As soon as my brother and I saw that fan servers were popping up after TTO shut down, we joined them all and continue to play to this day. I really appreciate the TTR mods because they upkeep the game completely out of loyalty to the game (aka they’re not making any money at all, which is the reason why Disney has held off on a cease and desist). Even original TTO Disney creators like Jesse Schell play TTR and talk to the mods. I particularly appreciate that the TTR mods continue to add new features that weren’t in the original game, such as the new silly meter and current “crash cashbot hq” event going on through the end of May. Heck, I’m even in a Facebook group called ATTA who host daily runs to do tons of different battles and events throughout the day. The community is strong, and we love welcoming new members into a place we hold so dear to our hearts. Thanks for taking the time to test it out!! 😊

[@gondothedragon3110]

I remember playing Toontown back when I was a kid, and I remember REALLY loving it. I still have my mini-binder with trading cards in it to this day, and every now & then I hop onto Toontown: Rewritten to re-experience that joy I felt as a kid.