TEF = WORKING FOR ME NOW. THANK YOU ETHERNET CABLE.

My mood just went from a 2 to a 7,730,673,348. I thought I wouldn't be able to play all year. =(

BIG TIME HAPPY FACE <3

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TEF has become kind of ruined for me.

I liked this game because of is artistic merit, its simplicity and the fact that the game can stand alone without an objective, without violence, without written communication. It was a way to de-stress and relax in a quiet atmosphere, interact with other players with the challenge of no words.

When I came to the Forum and the community site, I was amazed at how nice everyone was to each other. People were helping new players, answering questions, offering advice, and having a good time. It put me in a good mood whenever I visited these sites, and I surprised myself at how "well-behaved" I was when I posted (you should see the stuff I write to other people on deviantART's forums, I'm incredibly sarcastic and sometimes insulting, always getting into arguments).

But now, this place is kind of saddening. Drama between players every which way over the most insignificant things, insults thrown, spamming, favoritism, ignoring people/posts, hatefulness, teaming up against other players, etc., and some people are now refusing to play the game because of it.

Is all of this really necessary? Can we grow up a tiny bit and act like adults? It's not too difficult to get along, or civilly coexist at the very least. I'm not pointing fingers at anyone, because I think we could all benefit from a little maturity in some way or another.

I guess, to use a cheesy comparison, TEF is like a brand new Zen garden. It's fun to play around with, it's a little addictive, and it kind of relaxes you. Now, after a while of everyone using the Zen garden, some of the sand is spilled on the desk and maybe one or two of the little rocks drops to the floor and gets lost. Perhaps the little rake has been broken. It looks like a mess now, and it's definitely not as fun anymore.

I don't know- maybe I'm just angry that TEF isn't working for me anymore. =( But I've been observing this for a while. Feel free to put your thoughts about it here.

Aheynii's picto In case anyone forgot :[

I went in the forest a few days ago and ran into Twenty-one, but she didn't seem to recognize me D:

Soo many new faces in the forest, I don't think I can remember them all
I don't think Ahi can either, her memory is worse than mine :s




Also, Frosted animal crackers are really really good.

(pictures will come lata!)

Name: Leeon
Age: adult/pre-adult
Doe?: not yet, hes still lookin
History: Leeon was born somewhere around the rockies and lived there his whole life, well almost.
One day while leeon was grazing in a clear meddow, he raised his head and saw a twinkle in a bush.
As he walked over the sparkle went away and he herd a click. His mother had told him to run from clicks that come from bush's. Leeon began to run but then a loud bang and then a thump.
The stag was laying lifeless on the ground. Leeon opened his eye and found himself in an unknown forest. HE stood and he was a fawn, Again? He ran over to a puddle and saw a human face on his!
Months pasted ad leeon turned into a teen-stag.
He had just learned how to get masks and pelts when he bumped into a doe. Her eyes were motherly and she had a blueish pelt on. Her antlers were stubs and she was so 'purdy'.
But his time with the doe did not last long. (that all leads up to here!)

I believe this needs no introduction.



So close! I missed you by this much.













Attacking the Clones!



I need to make a check list of all of my victims--I mean deer--that I have stumbled upon sleeping.


*poof*

You wont see my deer in the forest for awhile.The whole thing with SS affects my gameplay.I mean , how can I play my Shunba - the aways happy bouncy stag?He will be pitifull and anti-social.Not just him , but all of my deer.I will be on the community , but not in the forest(unless Sakura shows up)So yeah..

my bday was yesterday. *dances around* 1 more year till i can gorge on booze hahahahaha

Ask away my fellow deer!

JEN:

1. Where did you learn about TEF from?

-Uhhhh oh god...Where was it. I can't remember if it was through Kiwi! I kind of think it was. ^^

2. There is a giant meteor speeding towards earth with no chance of survival! What do you do in your last minutes?

-Get roaring drunk and do everything illegal I never would've.

3. What is your favourite shape-shifting spell?

-Uh I love to imagine flying.
But.
Ever since I floated as a squirrel (thus making only my picto float and my squirrel stay on the groun) SQUIRREL.

QUAD:

1. What is your favorite pelt?

-Bleeeeh....Probably hmmmm...Actually to be honest I have no favorite. ^^ If it wans't a pain I'd have a new set for every day!

2. What do you think your pictogram resembles?

-Well one day Scape mentioned a cup with a bendy straw and that's all I've been able to ever get out of it. xD

I wanted to see what everyone thought about this before I began to plan.

Anyway, I started thinking about things I could do to help. I realized that people say they have a hard time reading the stories online, so I thought that it would be cool to make hard copies of my stories when all three are finished, and autograph them as well. I was considering keeping a minimal amount of the proceeds to help with shipping and making them and sending the rest of the proceeds to Tale of Tales, but I changed my mind on that. I think sending ToT everything would be better since I had to planned to donate some money anyway. So that will be my gift to them. I may even throw in a little more.

I will collect the money through PayPal, though if I have to get money orders, ect, I'll just transfer the funds from my own account and cash the money order. Also I could send it through USPS in Media Mail (has to be books and I believe things like this), which is a very inexpensive way to send stuff.

I have to consider several things before I begin this, though, and I need as much imput as I can get on this (Text in italics are my current thoughts on each part):

1. How much should I charge for them?
I'm not sure what price to put on them, but all I can say is the more donated, the more that would go to ToT. The range I was thinking was anywhere from $10 to $20, and remember the more made and sold, the more that would benefit ToT, too.

What we also could do is have a minimal amount ($10-15 was what I was considering), which means that whoever buys a copy can include extra if they'd like to donate to ToT.

A basic rundown of how much would be donated depending on the prices (based on having 20 copies and excluding extra donations):

$10 x 20 = $200
$12 x 20 = $240
$15 x 20 = $300
$20 x 20 = $400

2. And finally, the overall interest in this...is it something you would actually want to buy?