It wasn't an intentional look, but people have since become attached to it. Reflecting on this split, Book-Larsson said: 'I think Roblox has a certain house style Minecraft, which was kind of created by accident. If you type in the phrase 'Blocky vs Rthro' into a search engine, you will find dozens of Reddit threads, message forums and YouTube videos with people arguing over which avatar type is truly the best. Given that they are, by every convenable metric, more graphically sophisticated and believable, you'd be forgiven for presuming that Rthros are accepted as the definitive character models in Roblox. It's mainly defined in opposition to the older 'Blocky' models, whereby characters are made up of a handful of simplistic cubes (much like in Minecraft or Lego).īy comparison, Rthro avatars look more like realistic humans, with authentic body proportions, extra facial features, and detailed textures. After all, it often feels like users of this gaming system are conversing in their own secret language, complete with indecipherable initialisms (SMH), alienating abbreviations (Obby) and perplexing portmanteaus (Robux).įor the sake of clarity then, 'Rthro' is a particular body type that players can select for their customizable avatars in Roblox.

If you're unfamiliar with Roblox, then there's a good chance that opening paragraph was utterly impenetrable to you. To find out what stance the platform's owners take on this issue, Newsweek spoke with Bjorn Book-Larsson, Vice President of Product for the Roblox Corporation, in an exclusive interview.

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