Baby blue orbs drag their gaze across the forest floor as a slender, elegant doe slowly walked without a true destination. Xeoduz felt quite alone in the forest, seemingly she had no friends. She looked up, towards the lake, where some fawns leaped atop one another in play, drawing a short smile to her mouth. Xeoduz looks back at her fawnhood, when the times were filled with flowers, clouds, and oblivion. How to be a lady... Her mother was strict on that, but with the best intentions. The doe closes her eyes. "Oh, mother. How I miss your company... My life is so void without you..." She turns and heads up a small hill.

[Insomnium - Last Statement]
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How are people getting such close up, clear pictures of their deer? Are they just zooming in Photoshop?

I am very new to this game. I'm still a fawn and I think I've found most of the things there are to "do" in the forest. I've been searching the web a bit to find other information about the game. I happened upon this unpleasant mess:

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/mmo-roulette/endlessforest.php?page=1

Needless to say, I'm glad I wasn't a part of this game when that happened. I understand that people don't like the idea of a game that "does nothing," but that's the beauty of this game. It's relaxing. It's cute. It doesn't need quests or goals or anything else. I don't understand why that would make anyone even the slightest bit upset, let alone angry enough to virtually torture people for a month (or longer?). WHAT is the point? Ugh.

I'd love to hear any perspective from anyone who was playing at that time.

"I saw my path when I left. I didn't feel afraid.
The scent of flora filled my nose,
soaked my pelt, and opened my blue eyes... to a world of magic.
A world that knows no f e a r."

_X__X__X__X_



Name: Xeoduz (X-oh-duz)

Picto: X

Alias: Xeo, Duz

Gender: Female

Family:
-Mate: None
-Mother: Unknown
-Father: Unknown
-Siblings: Not that she knows of
-Spawn: None (yet)

Health:
-Physical: 100%
-Mental: 96%

Status:
-In heat: No
-Pregnant: No

Species: Whitetail Deer

Set: Real deer set (with Noh stubs)

Noticable features: Sky blue/baby blue eyes. Has a very elegant gate. Underbelly of tail has an 'X'

Personality: Quiet, Strong, Independent, Loyal, Caring, Detached, Elegant, Respectful, Well-mannered, Graceful, Elusive

Likes: Quiet places, nice deer, long strolls in the forest, birds, loyal friends, helping deer in need

Dislikes: Loudness, mean deer, lots of spells being cast on her at once, rude stags

Relationships: Has one with a stag, sort of... His name is unknown, sadly.

History: Was raised to be a true lady; She walks in such a way that it wouldn't leave a whisper of a track in the damp dirt.

Thoughts:
"-Sigh-"

Talks in:
Gray

So yes C: Literate style plz.

Taliene; probably not the best doe to RP with right now; miserable and depressed over Gehirn and such
Rutilus; is allright, but worrying about Taliene a great deal and isn't in the best physical health
Jared; is okay but worries a great deal about his siblings; worried about himself and Horizon as he doesn't see the other enough
Lorak; is actually doing really well 8D
Rhapsody; is upset over Mick's disappearance and his own lack of friends, but is otherwise okay; deer only

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Can animals play video games?

Researchers at MIT have been creating computer software for parrots for a long time. Their African greys enjoy viewing videos and listening to music on their "InterPet Explorer" program, and even have a specialized interface for accessing different sites. Well, I've got an African grey as well (see Fig. 1), and he's a smart little bugger. He spends more time on his own than I'd like, and it's hard to keep up with his appetite for destroying his toys. So I'm giving him my old computer.

Rather: I'm hooking up my old computer to the big screen in the family room, and letting him control a joystick to see if he enjoys it. I know he loves moving pictures: he adores watching movies or video games, and often talks to the images he sees, or even goes up to the screen to try to touch them. At first I was just planning on giving him access to simple flash games, things like this or this. Then I thought, "What about The Endless Forest? It has joystick controls ..."

I've never used the joystick controls, though. Mine is a two-button, the simplest I could find (I mostly expect him to press the main button, not the trigger). Can I set those two buttons to do actions? Dance and Roar, perhaps? What do you guys think of this idea? Is it crazy? Would you like playing TEF with a parrot?