I see the issue of herds coming up again and again. Please know that this entry is not in reference to any particular player, and please read the whole post if you plan on commenting. I don't want to hurt people..

Copied and edited from a forum post:

I'm going to repeat myself on this subject, and after this, I will say no more. I do not mean this in a mean way. This is my just being frank.

Herds would be better suited to a game with a much larger map area and in an environment that encourages making groups that could be antagonistic toward one another, but this is not the case in this game.

Back in September/October of 2007, we had people starting herds. There were even threads with herd member sign-ups. This caused in-group/out-group animosity and drama. People wanted to be the boss, and people even went so far as to claim a part of the Forest for their herd and get in a tizzy when others would hang out in "their spots". The Forest was loud with bellowing and fighting at that time.

Michael and Auriea never, to my understanding, wanted to implement herds. All of the players are meant to be on equal ground and as part as one big community. Even the fawns, being new to the game, are treated with respect. The only players in this game who have any real authority are Michael and Auriea, the Twin Gods.

No matter what the environment, whenver you split people into easily identified groups, antagonism, competition, stereotyping, and other problems occur. I don't want any of this to come to the Forest.

For a scientific investigation of this, check out this page about the famous Robber's Cave experiment by Muzafer Sherif.

Really, I am not being mean. I just want to keep these problems from coming to the Forest.

I hope you enjoy! I can send you a wallpaper sized version, too.

I can see the fog, I can see Taliene's pictogram, but I have no clue if I'm in the forest for not x.x...

My outfit is different, yeah, I felt like changing it.

YAY, I just saw Magnet, I think. I had to guess using set

Would someone be willing to help me get another copy of the DotD pelt, since the game decided to forget I had it?

I'd love to figure out how to put candles on my antlers, too ...

Should anyone be interested, I'm going to go save my data and dunk Vesper in the pond before running over to the ruins.

Thanks!

...Umm...is the forest still foggy?

I have a feeling I won't be able to get in, c'est la vie, I'm just curious if it is or isn't :3

k heres an idea Herds there should be herd s u can be in and a lord of the herd have meetings and stuff and allie herds and stuff like that where they travel together and stuff... just an idea....

I woke up to the howling of wolves…As a gentle cold fog blew softly over me, hearing the coos of owls and waking to see the bats. I rose and stretched and I was alone. I walked slowly through the forest enjoying it and calm, I heard footsteps of another deer coming my way…. I ran up to it but it took off scared of the howls, But I I knew it was ok for wolves were my friends I heard more footsteps and went to see some more deer, and then I saw none I simply gave up just to relax so I ran to the big tree. I just felt cold inside feeling well today. As the bats swirled past me while I was on my way,



I met some fawns when I came playing in the tree with their magic coats I felt happy to see them play I came in and welcomed them with a bow, Then a buck came in with her coat displayed and I bowed to her as she did to me… I walked relaxed to the pond, I saw a fawn and a buck asleep at day and I walked into the water to go and lay down in the relaxing day.



Then I layed there awhile and got up and lapped cool water and then I was on my way,
I went to the ruins and saw more of deer and bowed to them happily And there I met Emiva and also some other deer…


And next I went on my way in the foggy clear cool day…

Later on that day I was so so cold so i went to the tree with my new antler display and saw a cold little fawn in the tree asleep so with my new fur i slept aside the little fawn to keep it warm and I got warm to xD



And i ran along to the ruins where i met a couple more deer and i danced with them to the spooky yet kewl music lol

Has anyone else heard the spooky music whilst dancing?

two days left, and Joker will have her doe-day!
hope I can find her dream set. : D

(edit):

Reply will have his stag-day the 25th. :]
And maybe Mustang too.

[=white][=9][center]Fear:;.~

I bottle up this emotion more than I should.

Today I woke up to the delighted laughs of my brother and sister as they pranced about in the fog, the bats swirling like a dark cloud of disease above them. I stayed in the Ename as they giggled like idiots, happy for the weather change the Gods have ‘blessed’ them with.

Gee, thanks.

I fear the fog. I fear the bats. I fear the lament songs that the wolves sing, seemingly right behind me. I fear the pond and it’s murky waters, clinging to my hooves and insisting on dragging me under to it’s dark depths. I fear the Old Oak, a once inviting place, and it’s massive cave of darkness. I fear the shadows, moving in and out in the shapes of deer.

I fear the Forest.

Vipin and Xylia insisted on bringing me out to look at the dramatic change, forcing me to walk around for a bit. I grudgingly accepted, only because I wanted to see if he was there. I made my way to the Twin Gods, to beg them to change it soon, when I was greeted by the one called Skokey. His pelt was the blue-black of twilight verging on night, speckled with golden yellow stars. His antlers were thin and brown, then fat and round at the ends. His mask scared me half to death.

It was hollow, with eye sockets as dead as my mother. They were streaked with dry blood, and I could smell the rusty stench of it. I greeted him politely, but he seemed more eager to buttonmash instead. I shrugged and walked off. My brother would meet up with him later.

I made it to the pond. It was dark; unforgiving, even, as I sat down in the shallows to ponder. I pondered what I would do after I greeted my love again. What would I do after I greeted him? What if my fear got the best of me and I fled? What if neither of us said anything, and I bored him? What if… He never felt the same…?

No.

I cannot believe that.