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[2021 UPDATE] Years in the future, but not many...

Hey all, it's been a long time.

I don't know if anyone remembers me- my username used to be Ookani and this used to be my fuzzy caribou character, Zelig. People did art of him and I made a few friends and watched a lot of amazing characters grow and change over the years here. It's amazing to see some of you still around- I'm so glad to see the community is still going strong.

I go by the username Scribblescruff, Scruffy for short, now, which is a lot more me. If anyone fancies catching up, reply below! Or contact me on Skype alternatively by that username. I'm thinking of getting a new character started or at least spending a bit of time in the Forest as a bit of a detox. Life is pretty hectic at the moment. Sometimes you just need to be a deer.

Hope you're all well. Would really love to hear back from anyone that was kicking about when last I was here!


Leaving all that up for posterity/archival but a lot of it needs updating, see below.

HI.
ITS ME AGAIN!

I literally just found out about the project to rebuild TEF and - uh its been a wild ride hasn't it?

Let me reintroduce myself since I change safenames more than an archfae-
my new online handle is Rex (DireBeastRex), I'm 31 at time of posting,
a disabled transmasc artist and my pronouns are he/they, you can find me on the socials under that name!
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QUESTION regarding new character; thoughts?

I'm thinking of making either a goat, or a ram, as another character. Using the big curly grey antlers- the Kirin antlers, I think?

I'm looking amongst different species of the subfamily Caprinae
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_antelope)

but I'm not sure which species I could best convey with our current selection of pelts and masks. I'll probably use the Elk mask, and depending on the species, the blue/white pelt, the antelope pelt, the brown/whitebelly deer pelt, or the grey 'goat' pelt.

I'm most taken with:
The Nubian Ibex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_ibex

The American Bighorn Sheep
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bighorn_sheep

The European Mouflon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_mouflon

and the Urial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urial

Also, would I get TONS of flack for not playing a deer? But that's not what I'm most worried about. I'm not sure- what do you guys think?

...Baaa.
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Hullo again. [And Goodbye again xD! Off to Devon for the week!]

The player stands and moves to the microphone.
So. I've been away a while.

It's been stuff- I've been very ill, on and off for the lat six months. Violent stomach pains triggered by stress. Of that, I've had spades. I've also had uni work to focus on, made some new, very important friends. Done some changing. For the better, I'd like to think.

I'm not going to make empty promises- I'm not going to say I'm back for good, that I'll post every spare minute of every day. But I'd like to check in now and again, when I can. I'm still very busy, and I'm still very sick. We're waiting to hear on the blood tests now.

(Also this is slightly ill timed because I'm going on holiday on sunday and won't be online for a week but, hey ho.)

I'd just like to let you all know that I'm still thinking about you all. Good things. I also have some ideas about the rut that I'd like to share; I very much enjoyed it last year, and I'd like to see it happen again, and I'll even volunteer to take the week or weekend to help with the co-ordination of it, if not the running itself.
But we can wait and see about that, I suppose. Take fawn's hoof-falls.

Just thought I'd check in, incase you wondered. It's good to see the place still so vibrant and alive, and working at the insurmountable pace it always did. I'm sorry if I can't always keep up anymore, but I still look at this place with pride.

<3
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Holiday Pictures!

I'll try and include some relavent ones, there are tonnes more though if anyone is curious to see.

The Billiard Room at Lanhydrock, near Dartmoor, the flagship of the national trust.

I walked into this room and my jaw dropped. The lighting was amazing as it came in through the windows on the three walls shown here. It was truely inspiring!

A painting hanging in the Billiard Room at Knightshayes in Tiverton.

I immediately thought of Iaurdagnire when I saw this painting. It took me forever for get a decent picture, and even then I've had to doctor it to make it clear.

Playing with navigational tools of the 17th century in Buckland Abbey.

Buckland Abbey was the home of Sir Francis Drake, 'El Draco', a famous Admiral and lead the english against the Spanish Armada. Some concider him to be a pirate or at least a privateer- to the english, he is the epitomy of a hero of battle. Naturally he's Charlie's hero! There was an area upstairs where you could see what life was like on a 17th century ship. Here, I'm using a... can't remember the name of it. Basically it's a stick with a slidey bit on it and measured increments. You measure between a star and the horizon, and you can calculate your latitude and longitude that way from the reading you get. My trademark coat made me feel right at home here. Doctored to lighten the shot up as it was rather dark.

Gallows on the second floor (underground 8D) of Bodmin Jail.

Bodmin Jail was built in 1779. I'd not be surprised if Charlie spent a weekend there for being too rowdy at the nearby Jamaica Inn, a pub on Bodmin Moor that is notoriously piratical in nature.
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Vacation

Off for a week from tomorrow (28th march) til next sunday... whatever date that is.

Sunny, sunny Devon... /sarcasm.

I might be able to pop in and out for an hour each night, but I'll be pretty un-here.

See you all in a week!
((also, yeah, the user "Skinner" is also me, so just to clarify, Charlie will be gone too))

Not that I've been playing much, but I've been lurking... so yeah.

*waves*
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Pagans, report in?

A merry Yule to you, indeed.

Just curious as to how many followers of the winding paths there are amongst us. I figured it might be natural to run across some.

The game itself actually for me holds a lot of parallels to my own ideas about my spirituality, and hey, two gods!

Just a little curious shout out.
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Boycotting Rants.

My new years resolution next year is to post the minimal amount on rant threads, if they:
A) Are basically trashing the community as a whole or some function of the TEFc site
B) Are based around an individual member, or group of members on the TEFc site OR in game.
C) There is no C, for now. I'll think later.

EXCEPTING:
A) If I judge that a person is being unfairly attacked, or that person is a good friend of mine that I want to politely defend their behaviour/reaction/opinion/rights of speech.
B) I don't think there is a B. Might come back to that.

When I say minimal, I say so because I'm not perfect and I may forget my resolution. I'll try not to post more than once in a rant topic, especially if it's getting ridiculous. If I have something positive and constructive to say, I'll say it. Also, I'm human, and often I think I'm right when actually I'm not. I am not a robot.

I'll try to start from now, if I can. I've already started to ignore rant topics anyway. If you'd like to join me, please feel free to. I might even make you a little signature banner or put a list of people doing the same.

3:20am is a great time to right the wrongs of your past! 8D
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Using the Community site as a chatroom:

Don't do it.

The "hey xxx" threads are getting rather excessive.

Exchange private contact details here:
http://www.endlessforest.org/community/means-communication-ooc-askance

If you can't find someone's details on there, it might be that they don't want to be contacted. In that case try and find their profiles/bios/blogs and comment on there.

Last I checked someone was working on a "Who are You" thread with people volunteering to list their pictos with links to their bio's so we can cut down on the "Screenshot ID" thread clutter. If not I can do that.

Don't want to sound harsh or anything! I just like a neat, tidy Community site.
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Random Gifts- Lust, Get in here!

Just because occasionally I do it. Tis the season and all.

Gifts for:
Lust

Link: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v460/1Rowan3/?action=view¤t=Lustsig.png
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Bandwagon- If My Deer Were...

Horses
Zelig would be a heavy set, dapple grey Gypsy Cob.
Charlie Skinner would be a chestnut Andalusion, or full blown Arabian with some warmer blood in there somewhere for musculature.
Coraa would be a dun warmblood mare.

Zelig (young) http://www.truebluegc.com/Images/NajmarFoal09.gif
Zelig (grown) http://www.parnellsirishcobs.com/images/dunbrody3.jpg
Charlie (young) http://www.knrarabians.com/harry-trot.jpg
Charlie (grown) http://www.savannahbloodstock.com/images/khadraj-004.jpg
Coraa (young) http://www.butleighponies.com/images/bballerina071.jpg
Coraa (grown) http://www.morgancolors.com/carrierear505.jpg

Dogs
Zelig would be a grey Norwegian Elkhound
Charlie Skinner would be a New Guinea Singing Dog
Coraa would be a light yellow/beige Saluki

Zelig (young) http://www.pupcity.com/images/adpics/06089092429342_1.jpg
Zelig (grown) http://www.petforums.co.uk/resources/images/thumb/0/01/Norwegian-Elkhound.jpg/350px-Norwegian-Elkhound.jpg
Charlie (young) http://newguinea-singing-dog-conservation.org/Images/RescuedPup.jpg
Charlie (grown) http://www.kostich.com/New%20Guinea%20Singing%20Dog07.jpg
Coraa (young) http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images6/SalukiPUPPYmaysaasleepy2.jpg
Coraa (grown) http://dogbreedswiki.com/images/dogst/Saluki2.jpg

Rodents
Zelig would be Canadian Beaver
Charlie would be a Black Rat, or Ship Rat
Coraa would be a doormouse

Zelig http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/800/beaver.jpg
Charlie http://www.icpetportraits.com/wildlife/black_rat_large.jpg
Coraa http://dizzigirl.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/dreamy-doormouse.jpg


You betcha it's a WIP =P
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