New Person + First Blog Post = Inevitable Failure

[[I'm just going to take a shot in the dark and say a newbie's introduction post goes in the 'Miscellaneous' section? xD]]

Well, I don't exactly have much to say, seeing as I appear to be the newest member of this fantastic site/game! <3

Downloaded mere hours ago, I found this site through Deviant Art by an artist after searching 'deer'. I was hoping to find a ref for one of my characters, but I stumbled upon art of deer with humanoid faces, and in the comments it linked here. How glad I was to find this! I have been searching for quite some time for a game like this. Without the distraction of chat, without borders on the terrain, and to meet all kinds of new people in a Role Playing environment!

Being a new fan to deer and their kin, I got into them whilst studying them for an experimental project. Usually I draw canines, felines and the like [my favorite animal is a striped hyena, though a red deer is close in the running] but this is definitely a nice change. The only thing I found outstandingly difficult in drawing Cervidae and mythological beings of the like are their necks. I have yet to be able to draw the way they curve, but this game is already serving as an amazing model!

So, you know me, ramble, ramble, ramble. The point is I'm just a fawn and do not yet have an set character, though hopefully the name R.E.M. is available for use, as I have dubbed it my deer's name. xD

Just a few questions -- do I have to post a deer's ref right away? I have a symbol, but I've noticed a lot of users can use their symbol in text just like this. How do you get that? Is fanart welcome all the time, even scribbles? When, in a month, I become an adult deer, do I get to pick my deer's gender, or are they all automatically stags?

I'm sure I had more questions when I joined, but I've forgotten them now. xD School starts tomorrow and I had to go supply shopping. Ne ~ I'ma sophomore ~ Anywho, run over is a very frightened otaku girl who takes both kenjutsu and taekwando and hopes to be a mammalogist when she's older and move to Africa and Europe to study the declining and rising canine populations and get my mits on info on 'rare' species that need to be intensely studied in the wild. Big hopes, I've already gone on the game and met a few of you, and hopefully I don't get annoying. xD

Thanks for reading, ja? Toodaloo ~

Do I have to post a deer's

Do I have to post a deer's ref right away?
Nope, you don't have to post one at all if you don't want to. c:

I have a symbol, but I've noticed a lot of users can use their symbol in text just like this. How do you get that?
You can go here printscreen and mess with that (shrink it) in art programs.

Is fanart welcome all the time, even scribbles?
Of course! Any art is loved! (:

When, in a month, I become an adult deer, do I get to pick my deer's gender, or are they all automatically stags?
They're automatically stags, but some people like to make their deer a 'doe' so it's really up to you if you would like male or female.

Hyenas are ♥
I love you enjoy your time here, I'll look out for your fawn in forest~!
Pegasicorn's picture

Welcome to the Forest!

Welcome to the Forest! DeviantART seems to be a common way for people to find this place. Found it like that myself, when someone I watch there posted art for TEF.
Looks like xylv already answered your questions, but if you have more, don't hesitate to ask. =]

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<3

Thanks so much for answering my questions! It's much appreciated. c':

xD Gosh, this game is just amazing, and so are the graphics.
PriyeVodou's picture

Heya, and welcome! I just so

Heya, and welcome! I just so happened to find TEF through devART, too. The art for the Forest there is really fantastic.

Ne~ All you guys make me feel

Ne~ All you guys make me feel so welcome. c':

Another question. When I go up to other players and face them, I start glowing yellow/gold and pulsing this odd pattern from my symbol. How come? '^^
eyestrain's picture

It is a mystery. I have heard

It is a mystery. I have heard it referred to as a 'love glow', but you may decide the meaning for yourself.

Most things in this game are open to your own interpretation.

I don't strive to be the best, but instead I strive to do my best, and always give it my all every time.
-faunet

Funny, because R.E.M. pretty

Funny, because R.E.M. pretty much hates everything. xD

That's awesome. *________* This game amazes me so much.
eyestrain's picture

I'm pretty obsessed with it,

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I'm pretty obsessed with it, myself.

I don't strive to be the best, but instead I strive to do my best, and always give it my all every time.
-faunet
gurgelin's picture

Hello and welcome! ^^ I'm

Hello and welcome! ^^ I'm also a fawn and pretty new myself, so it's extra nice to meet you!

What's awesome about this community is, you don't *HAVE* to do anything, and no one will criticize you for the way you decide to play the game. Just post your reference and bio and such when and if you feel like it. ^^

Also I don't think you're automatically a stag just because you have antlers! That's racist! Girls can have antlers too. :<
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