I just have to rant a bit about this thing. We all need to complain sometimes when somebody offends you.
Here's an article that I believe many TEF fans have already read, if not, maybe you should.
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/mmo-roulette/endlessforest.php
It made me very upset to read this, since I have been roaming the Endless Forest with my character Shulgalaj for several years and still love the game. The article is not only badly written, but also highly offending to those who play regularly.
The article seems to not have understood that all games do not need to be conventionally structured with rules, verbal/literal communication, a goal and obstacles.
The writer of the article diagnoses us all as crazy for playing this game with the argument that "there is absolutely nothing to do in this game". I do not see how that would make a point, since I, for example, play this game just to wander around in a peaceful virtual reality and simply enjoy myself together with others. Sure, the communication skills of your character are not far too high, but the simple body language of the deer is easy to understand. And there is really no need for long, complicated discussions in this game; if you want that, just don't play it.
I think the writer is the kind of person who has never been close to nature and therefor does not understand to enjoy it; and then even less so, a virtual nature. Probably it is a person who does not understand how healthy it can be to just sit down and enjoy doing nothing at all for a little while so all the knots of stress in your body starts to loosen up. I do not think you must be crazy to enjoy that. I do not, either, believe in your theory that this game is nonsense only because "there is nothing to do". I think this game might be good for you; you might learn how to appreciate the smaller things in life.
The author clearly does not understand the other point of it all; this is fun.