Ohn is finally a full-grown deer!! Thanks to the many deer who patiently tried to help me get the skin/mask/antlers I wanted. Took forever to get the Orca skin pattern to come up, and a few deer got tired of trying before it did. lol. I was beginning to rethink my design there for a minute. I think I'm satisfied...Orca Mask, Orca skin, ( http://h1.ripway.com/luckluck/TEF/OrcaSet.JPG ) and Argus Antlers (http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u140/rah-bop/mardigras1.jpg ). I thought about using the short antlers (I think they're part of the Space/Beluga set?) since deer don't just grow a full pair of antlers overnight...have Ohn go through a "young buck" stage...but I didn't like the look so I went back to the Argus antlers (part of me is STILL thinking of going back to the shorter ones lol).

I'm not 100% certain on his look yet...I like the skin..it makes me think of a black and white kitten or puppy for some reason. I like the mask for the most part...wish it had a different sound to it (ahem...golden butterfly...).

I really like picking things that you don't see often, so I was leaning towards the Long mask...but..I dunno...didn't feel like Ohn to me. I don't know if it's just because my icon is black and white (out of nothing more than laziness on my part), but I feel like Ohn should be black and white. Antler-wise I know the Argus one's are pretty common...but...I dunno...they're just so neat looking.

I wish some of these sets looked as cool as they did in their original concept art...particularly the Kirin set...I LOVE the concept art ( http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u140/rah-bop/deer6.jpg )..but the skin and antlers are lacking in the real game.

So....I'm still a fawn for some reason...even though it says my forum account has been active for 4 weeks and 20 hours, and I created the forum account only a couple hours before I played the actual game...when does it roll over?

....maybe tomorrow....sigh....

Ohn had a strange dream the other day. He woke up and found himself to be a full grown stag, but he was also nameless and faceless. At first he was completely alone in the forest, unable to find anyone else no matter how hard he tried. Eventually he found other deer, but these deer were mirror copies of himself. Nameless, faceless stags. They danced together for a short time, and then laid down together. Ohn fell asleep and (hopefully) when next he wakes up he will be himself again.



(So I missed it...what was the deal with the sites and stuff being down yesterday? I logged in twice where I (and apparently everyone else) was unable to log in as Ohn...it was a little creepy at first, particularly as I do expect to become a stag any day now ^^)

Back on the live server! Woot!

Today the forest was pretty crowded. A lot of adults hanging out in a fairly large group (at least larger than what I've seen thus far).



The Red and Brown skull-faced stags behind Ohn are fighting (or play fighting...but there was no laughing, so I'm going with a real fight). Ohn, being something of a "Tween" at this point (should become a young stag in a day or two), wanted to join in. Of course, he didn't because they're much larger and scarier than he is, but he did emulate from the sidelines for awhile before deciding to try something his own size. The two other fawns in the area were peacefully enjoying each others company when Ohn decided to try to pick a fight with them. He didn't completely succeed. They kind've reared at each other for a minute or two....and then broke into dance. ....it's too hard to be a mean fawn. ^^

So...playing on the beta...is pretty lonely. I've run into a total of 3 deer. I'm not sure how long I'll stick with it. I wish there was an option just to go back and forth between the test server and the regular one (that's how WoW did their beta testing, so you never missed out on the real game).

I think my deer is going full-grown in about 5 days. I've already started trying to plan his appearance ^^. So far I've narrowed down some of the skins/masks/antlers that I KNOW I don't want...but that still leaves a lot to play around with.

So...I'm still trying to figure out this rp thing. I'm doing okay with just the regular deer interactions as a fawn, but I know I'm missing some things. Things I might need to know once I become a young buck...like how to tell when people are angry..because everyone always seems nice and happy as far as I can tell. Or when/how/if deer are trying to fight or play-fight...I don't even know -how- to play fight. I have a feeling my deer is going to be very fawn like for a long time. ^^

I'm also interested in getting involved in the text rp that I know people are doing...I just don't know how/where they're doing it. Is it strictly on a person to person basis using messengers? What would be awesome is if someone had a chatroom that people could just have running in the background while they play...since I don't know anyone to get in a specific rp with. I'm also not much of a forum rp-er...I've never been very good at it. So, chat rp-ers give me a holler sometime, send me a message here, or you can try to get me on gchat or YIM (my screenname in both cases is hereticrick). Though, atm I'm stuck in the beta till I send an email asking to get off of it.

WIP

Appearance: male fawn

Likes: that brownish mask with the things hanging down at the side (no idea what it's called), and more particularly, the sound it makes when it roars. Hopping and otherwise cavorting around the forest.

Dislikes: Giant crows. Flowers on -his- head (doesn't mind it on girls).

Habits: He is currently seeking out deer with similar "O" sigils, whom he believes are related to him. Will generally stick to said deer like glue once he finds them. Ohn is accepting of smaller "O" sigils as well, though he currently theorizes that these deer are more distantly related to him than those with the large O's.

Ohn had a great time playing with his new friend/uncle/cousin/brother/father.
They played around all over the woods before running into a stag in need of some decorating. It took awhile, and Ohn might have started to get a bit tired towards the end, but by the end their new friend had a new look!


Thanks to both players for tolerating my newbie fawness! ^^

EDIT: btw...these deer have names? ^^

So...I've named my little fawn Ohn and come up with a bit of a story for him:

Ohn woke up in the forest, alone, and with no knowledge of who/what he was or where he'd been before then. At first he wandered aimlessly, searching for someone...he didn't even know who it was he was looking for.

After weeks of this he begins to get a sense of himself. He recognizes that the strange glowing sigil over his head is His sign, and names himself Ohn as the main body of the sigil is a large O. Eventually he notices that there are other deer that have very similar sigils, always with a large O and then some superfluous designs around it. Because the base of these sigils are the same, he begins to view it as something of a surname...and convinces himself that these other "O's" are the someones he's been searching for....and so, Ohn spends his days searching the forest for more of his "kin", deer he's come to call The House of O.

Now, obviously, who am I to say that these deer are actually related....but Ohn believes they are, and will follow them around. To him, fawns with the sigil are likely brothers/sisters/cousins, while the adults could be mothers/fathers/aunts or uncles. He has no way of asking them if this is true, so he just assumes it is and keeps close to them (particularly the adults, as a young orphaned fawn is likely to attach itself to adults for security) So, if you have an O-bases sigil, and Ohn is running around, don't be surprised if he follows you about for quite awhile.

So...just trying this game out for the first time tonight, and I'm a bit lost. First I don't think I had the latest version downloaded, which I'm trying to fix now (seems like the download page could be a little clearer. No one needs a bunch of different versions, just the latest, or a list 1, 2, 3 of what to download. I was a bit confused and only downloaded the US link, which I now think was only the main game and not the latest patches...but then...there were two different listings for 3.31 or whatever...so now I'm trying both of them).

Anyway...hoping I can figure out the rest of the game on my own, but wishing there was chat to help with that (but I realize that was left out intentionally...is there a forum or something?). I'm really just posting here to kill time while the thing downloads. I'm really curious to know what people generally do with this game. It obviously has fans that are generally into it, despite the fact that at first glance it seems like something that would get old after an hour or so (once you've done everything). I'm hoping I'm just missing something.

It seems like rp would be pretty difficult with just emotes (a bit like trying to rp cross-faction on World of Warcraft if anyone has ever tried that...). But...again...maybe I'm missing something (and that's why I'm trying it out!).

Ah well...my download is 95% done, so I should wrap this up. Very curious game...but I think I've already decided that it would be kind've pointless and irritating as an actual screensaver as it would take up a lot of power to run, rather than conserving it, and you can't just pop out of it right away to get back to the computer.