SpeedChat

SpeedChat is a list of pre-made phrases that were written by Disney. It allows players to quickly choose something to say without typing it out. Younger players are limited to SpeedChat so that they are not at risk of abusers and foul language. The player is given the limit of SpeedChat when they sign up, but can add SpeedChat Plus by logging onto the Toontown website and changing their preferences.

To use the SpeedChat, a player clicks the green SpeedChat button at the top left corner of the screen and chooses from the drop-down menu. Every Toon in the area will see what the player says. The phrases in the Toontasks menu will change depending on what tasks the player is working on. Players can change the color of their SpeedChat in the Options & Codes page in their Shticker Book.

List of Phrases

Main article: SpeedChat Phrases

Background

Main article: Early Development of SpeedChat

In the late 1990s, Disney began development on a MMORPG based on the movie Hercules, called HercWorld. A big challenge for the developers was to come up with a chat system that was safe for children. The developers tried many different types of menus to allow players to construct sentences, but this did not prevent testers from being rude. Finally, they created a list of pre-constructed sentences. HercWorld was never finished, but Disney used the same chat system to make ToonTalker for Toontown Beta. ToonTalker was renamed SpeedChat during Beta.[Citation Needed »]

In 2003, Toontown developers Joe Shochet, Darren Ranalli, and Jesse Schell formally patented the SpeedChat communication model.

Flaws

SpeedChat is proven to have several workarounds, however. When Toon Estates were released to the public, players soon found a method to share True Friend codes by rearranging painting wall decorations into letters.

In other languages

Language	Name
French	Chat Rapide
Spanish	Charla rápida
German	Schnell-Chat
Brazilian Portuguese	Chat rápido
Japanese	スピードチャット SpeedChat