A) For wearing the same set: I don't care. Some people say they don't care and still get mean/bitchy in forest about it. Wear whatever you like and if people start to get passive aggressive tell them off. Chances are you see your deer completely different than theirs despite the fact that you're wearing the same in game set. It's nothing for anyone to get worked up about and no one "Owns" a set. It's perfectly acceptable to wear a set if you like it reguardless of whether a 'popular' deer wears it or not. Just be aware that you could have problems where someone mistakes your deer for another.

For example: My friend Kittycatkita has a deer Keiran who has a pretty regular set to see (skull mask+dotd pelt). Apparently some other player uses that set who acts like a complete butt munch in forest. Despite the fact that her deer is fairly nice she constantly gets deer trying to fight her due to the deer who shares the set. People usually are too lazy to check the picto before they leap so it is something to be mindful of.

B) No. It's not necessary. I don't know why certain players choose to act like this.

C) Chances are you ran across the big unfriendly group that lounges around occasionally. There has been some problems with a certain deer harassing a handful of people recently and it has made a group of users really inhospitable to anyone they don't immediately recognize or like because the player harassing them keeps changing pictos.


I really hope you do meet better deer. You choose to join in a time when rude/mean/evil/loner deer are in style so it's a bit difficult to try and interact nicely with others. You gotta pick and choose your battles and go after the nice approachable players.

Chances are they won't be near the big 'super group' of deer sitting together that rear/roar/get angry at people for approaching.

Fawns are usually always a good bet too. They're new players like yourself so they may seem a bit silly/confusing at first but you can have some good times with them.

Feel free to check out my deer's pictos and run over if you see me in forest. I'll happily show you around and play silly games.

Welcome.
I like your picto, it's interesting.
I personally find it funny if a deer dresses like mine.. ^^;;

Thank you.
It's my real name funny enough.

But yeah, You picked a somewhat tense time to be coming in.

On February 13th a in forest dance/celebration is being held for valentines day.

It'd be a good one to try and make it to if you want to see many of the active deer all grouped together in one spot.

You also have to factor in the bit of 'fawn disadvantage'.
Disadvantage being: You all look the same.
Assuming everyone is lazy like me it's a bit hard to remember whose fawn belongs to what player unless you really memorize the picto or hang out with them in forest a lot/know the player personally.

Yours is luckily pretty unique and clear/distinct.

Some players go out of their way to play with fawns. Some get lazy and just ignore them for their patterned friends. It's one of those things. Just be persistent (provided they're not button mashing hate/anger emotes at you) and they'll socialize or give a polite head shake no and a bow to say 'no sorry I don't feel like playing right now.'

If they're just sitting and outright ignoring for a long time then go to sleep I can almost guarantee they're in a window doing something else or just plain not at the computer. I do this all the time. I'll be playing a flash game or chatting on MSN with my deer just sitting there so I have NO idea if anyone came up to play.

Having a sitting deer ignore you shouldn't be necessarily be taken as a rude gesture since most of the time the player isn't actively looking at the forest.

Sometimes you can get them up with a moo+bow+pawing ground (as in 'hey play with me!') gesture but they're probably just not looking to realize someone is saying hello.

Ah yes, the 3-4 frame rates club. I'm in that one.

I'm normally a 4-5 at best myself. It's so hilarious because I can be running across the forest and get chased down by deer *walking*.

Anyway It was nice chatting with you and feel free to hit me up for a conversation any time. It's pretty late here (2 am) so I gotta head to bed due to early classes tomorrow. x)

If you have any more questions or just want to have a friendly chat feel free to leave posts on My main deer Furfur's status page.

You seem pretty awesome as far as new members go and I'll definitely have my eyes peeled for your picto in forest. We can *lag* together.

Hey, welcome to the forest! Seems like Alec cleared everything up for you pretty well ^^ My deer are always approachable, even Keiran, though he is lazy and doesn't really play a whole lot. But my main deer Kita would love to play with your fawn! I will keep my eyes open for your picto and send you a link to their updates page (shows their pictos) when I am not typing on my iPod xD. Again, welcome to the forest, I hope you meet some friendlier deer soon. they are out there, they are just harder to find sometimes

It's really saddening all these impressions run rampant around for a young player, usually we're better than this.

But anyway, hello Jail! Welcome to The Endless Forest! We hope you can enjoy your time here. I'll keep an eye out for ya. <3

Kita- Thank you! Ill look for Kita and you in forest sometime soon when I get home myself.

Very Crazy Girl-Thank you. Im glad to see others would like to meet me in forest. I hope to see you later.

MrsHalloween-
Thanks(:

Welcome to the forest! With a finite number of masks, pelts, and antlers, it seems inevitable some deer will wear the same thing. I've heard some people don't like it, but honestly it's inevitable and people need to realize that.
I'm sorry you've run into trouble already, I guess I've either been lucky or oblivious so far. I've definitely heard rumors of trouble, though.
I hope to see you in the forest! I will warn you that my deer's actions are sometimes delayed, such as bowing in response, but I'll always try to include others in whatever's going on if they look interested. I just tend to have problems with the game running very slow on my computer, so sometimes if people bow and wait five seconds and run off, I'm still trying to get my cursor to the bow action on my screen. I've had that happen a few times. I hope we meet, and I hope you have better experiences in the future!

Hi there, Jail! First of all, welcome to TEF. You have a really, really awesome picto on your hands, there!

Second of all, know this: no matter how aggressive deer may seem to be in game, this has got to be, hands down, one of the nicest communities I've ever been in. I've been to a lot of communities, too, but never have I been somewhere where people were so forgiving. Yes, we have our disagreements a lot, but so far, at the end of the day, people are willing to admit that it's all just opinion and we're all entitled to that and we generally don't take stuff personally.

So before I answer your questions(to the best of my ability!), please keep this in mind: what happens in the forest between your deer and someone elses? It's not personal. Please don't think that because someone's deer ignored you, that the player doesn't like you.

My main deer, Bylah, is about as unwelcoming and unfriendly as they come. What he does is his actions, not mine, and chances are, your deer could come up to him and bow, and he would ignore it. On the other hand, my deer Xabraxas would not only bow back, but sniff, nuzzle, and sit beside your deer for hours, if you let him.

So just keep in mind that the actions of the deer don't necessarily reflect the thoughts of the player - and on the rare chance that they should, it's probably just a misunderstanding.

Moving on!

1.) I, personally, have no issues with someone wearing the same set my deer wear. As it's been pointed out, there are only so many pelts, masks, and antlers out there, so it's sort of inevitable for there to be a little bit of overlap.

2.) To be honest, that wasn't necessary, really. If she did nothing more than bow hello and then got roared at, that's pretty bad, in my book.

3.) This could be for several reasons. If they were sitting and didn't do anything, as it's been pointed out, they may have been away from their keyboard, or doing something in another window; I'm guilty of this, I'll admit it. I'm often watching television, RPing, or even playing another game in another window, so I don't see everything that happens in game, I'll admit.

Keep in mind, also, that 'roaring' doesn't always mean 'go away'. Bellowing in game can be construed as anything from 'go away' to 'hi!'. Next time, moo back at them. If they start displaying threatening postures(Lowering antlers, faux charges), or shake their head no, then that might be a sign of saying go away. But mooing, in and of itself, I usually don't take to mean 'scram'.

In closing - don't be afraid to come to us with questions like this. Everyone here plays the game very differently, so it's always a good idea to ask if someone does something that you think might be aggression/anger. This way, there's a chance that the person who did it can read your post and clarify what their deer meant to do. I promise, no one here is going to get angry with you over simple, polite questions. We're definitely not that kind of community.

I know your first impression might not have been the best, but remember that there's no real set 'rules' on how to play TEF, so we all do it differently. Try to be open minded about how each action could be interpreted, and I think you'll find your experience a lot more pleasant.

Again, welcome to TEF. :3 Hope to see you in the forest!

Hello as well! You seem to be well taken care of here with the friendly members all offering advice! Just wanted to pop in to say that if you ever see my deer Tails' picto (just the one in my signature) feel free to come on over. I'm also part of the lag club, so he may be a little slow to respond, but he always will play with fawns and anyone who wants to!

Welcome to the forest.

We usually fawn over our new members.

Bylah is many things, but he's definitely no God. Though, he's not a demon, either. :3 Though I'm glad you enjoy the stories!

Alec- Id love to but im having the same problem as you did a few weeks ago, some weird blue screen keeps on showing up and my computer is currently (well laptop) being attacked by some virus program that my norton cant detect and im really dissapointed at Vista since I havent gone anywhere when it comes to harmful sites aka: ive only gone on youtube deviantart and this site so i dont see how i got this thing trough my firewall D: .... kk im done complaining , hopefully ill get this fixed by Tuesday my time and repaired , im about to return the computer from where i got it and let them fix it, i tried finiding my Vista CD so i can "wipe" out my computers memory and start all over just like when i first baught it , if im able to get in forest , ill make shure to moo spam and let you know im there

Take care

Yeah , Lets hope it works soon... No problem , im shure its only gonna take about two to three days.