Like many MMOs, Toontown was a haven for roleplay, with an entire area of the game, known then as Toon Valley, devoted to people who roleplayed everything from Warrior Cats, to adoption agencies, to game shows, to, regrettably, 'dating' shows. Toontown was a subscription-based game, so 95% of the game was inaccessible to those who did not make regular payments, but this did little to stop players from enjoying the game, either.
Online forums such as ToontownHall and ToontownCentral were used to coordinate events hosted by players who wanted to find ways to keep the game fresh, be it through self-imposed challenges to add variety, boss speedruns, or social gatherings. Not only does this environment create a foster a sense of community that can be very difficult to pull yourself away from, but it drove players to get creative with their approaches to the game. All MMORPGs are social, but none require the scale of cooperation that Toontown does, with most of the game being effectively impossible to progress through on one’s own. The game, as a family-friendly turn-based MMORPG, was arguably the first of its kind and developed a large, passionate player base that kept the game active even as Disney stopped releasing major updates in 2009.
Released to the public in 2003, Toontown Online was an MMORPG released by Disney, where you could create your own toon to fight against the cogs, evil businessmen who wanted to take over the town and turn it into a corporate enterprise.
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