The Rut event has ended. Thank you to everyone who participated for making it a successful experience. And a special thank you for Aivilo, whom has brought massive change and convenience to the event this year!
I'd like to encourage users to post any thoughts, ideas and critique on the
Discussion Blog so that we can aim to make the next event better.
Thank you, and until next year!
INTRODUCTION
This event starts on the 21st of SEPTEMBER and ends on the 5th of OCTOBER.
Hello and welcome to year 6 of the annual Rut event!
In reality the Rutting Season is a time where does gather and stags attempt to round them up for breeding. In their quest for romance, the stags are faced with many challenges, such as battling other challengers for the right to pass on their genes and, in turn, ultimately win the attention of the does, who only want the best of the lot. It is an impressive spectacle for nature enthusiasts all over to observe.
In The Endless Forest where reality is altered and the rules of nature do not apply so much, The Rut is an organized event (a game if you will) in which characters of all types gather simply for the thrill and entertainment of reenacting its concept.
This is a perfect opportunity for Endless Forest Characters to prove themselves to one another, expand their social circle and have a good time.
RULES
PLEASE READ THE RULES, THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
- The Rut: There will be battles (discouraging any excessively violent behaviour however), a bit of claiming and temporary territory establishment. Remember these behaviors only apply to other members of the event, and constant poor treatment towards anyone not participating or Nameless/Newbies can lead to being kicked out of the event. There will be no rutting outside the event times.
- Respect & Responsibility: It is important that everyone maintains respect for not only their fellow participant, but also people who have nothing to do with the rut. If someone doesn't want to be involved, treat them as you would on average circumstances. Everyone involved is our (the moderators) responsibility, so don't abuse it!
- As far as realism goes: No godmoding/powerplaying. Whether your character is powerful or not, have respect for each other. Your character will grow tired, and it would not be fair on anyone if you should win all the fights. No especially fast healing, even if it's offered by another character. Keep it real. Keep it fair.
- Mature Content: This event is supposed to be friendly to all audiences, so please behave in a manner safe for all ages. We don't want to see any adult behavior!
- Sanctuary: There will be no rutting at major locations such as the Gods statues, Ruins, Poppy Patch, Crying Idol, Pond, The Old Oak, De Drinkplaats, Blue Bowl, and the Playground.
- How you want to play: There are no need for gender roles. Males, females, other, it doesn't matter. Pick the position your character will be happiest in. While IC prejudice is allowed, make sure it makes sense. Do not mix OOC knowledge with IC knowledge, especially for more ambiguously expressing characters. Try to make sure that your enjoyment isn't at the unfair expense of others, we want everyone to have a chance to enjoy the event to its fullest!
- Romance & Fawns: It is up to the player whether your character should fall in love and/or have a fawn as a result of the Rut. This is something for you as players to work out between yourselves; your responsibility. Unlike its wild counterpart, breeding is not the goal of this event. Rather, we encourage you to enjoy yourselves, meet new people and make friends. But that's not to say we're against the idea of your character to perceive it as a chance to breed!
- While we are understanding of Plots and IC, we do not want ANY ideologically sensitive material to associated with the rut. For example: rape and sexual harassment. This is supposed to be a game enjoyable for everyone. Anyone caught breaking this rule will be kicked out of this year's event immediately. You can do your plots outside the event.
If anyone is an active breaker of these rules, they may be reported via email to the moderators. We will look into it.
PARTICIPATION
ABOUT
| COMPETITORS This section is for the characters who wish to participate with a show of brute strength. The fighters who can handle the stress of protecting and impressing the Judges whilst driving away other strong Competitors and cheeky Challengers.
Consider your characters' pros and cons carefully before taking this position. It is highly energy demanding and your characters may very well become exhausted during the course of the rut. And remember: the bigger the character, the stronger they hit, however the sooner their energy drains. Keep it fair. | CHALLENGERS Challengers are generally smaller, younger and/or less experienced characters who stand little chance against the more advanced Competitors. However, they may well be faster and have enough wit to think of a plan to get around this. Challengers need to be more cunning if they want to impress the Judges.
This position can be more fun as you don't have the great responsibility of guarding a harem, and you can choose to harass the Competitors just for the hell of it. (But make sure not to be too relentless, all that running about will be tiring!)
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| JUDGES The Judges are the true masters of the rut, the center of attention. It is up to them to decide where all the action will take place. It is they who judge the worth of every participating character.
The praise of the Judges is what every Competitor and Challenger wants to gain. Whether it's a victory or loss, it's up to each individual Judge to decide whose display is the most impressive; be it because of strength, wit, or bravery. Be critical and don't settle for less! | INVOLVED NON-PARTICIPANTS Involved non-participants are for the people and their characters who don't directly want to participate, however do not mind if your character interacts with them as though they were. Be it any form of interaction, rut-based or not. They may react as they would under normal circumstances or have a more creative way of interacting with the participants!
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PARTICIPANTS
>CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST<
>Apply Here!<
TEF Rut Application How To by Aivilo, refer to this for any questions, or contact the mods if you can't listen to the video for whatever reason! (Subtitles are available on the video!)
Optional: Chrome Extension that'll enable tabs to show at the top of the Participants list.
EXTRA
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There have been some errors
Edit: Should be done, now.
lovely badges ♥
Again close to my birthday...
For this year, I will be there, traaack.
Guess I'll poke in here~
Track!
tracking ♥
YEAAAH!
Have to put a track here n_n
trackin
trrrrackin
trackin'
Gotta follow this!
Wow, over 130 entries
WOOOOO [e] dang my rut pic
[e] dang my rut pic is too small. will edit soon!
-heavy breathing-
Holy banana bread... 130 o_ o
Image © Alhnna
Keep 'em coming! It's
A small reminder to make sure the pictogram is clear on the picture of your character, please! It'd make it easier for other users to identify!
Tracking.
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Tracking~
Maybe a predator category
I would like to let my wolf character Faolán participate more active than just non-involved participant, as he my trigger some males to chase him off to demonstrate their strength. He wouldn't be a challenger or a competitor obviously of course.
What nature divides, the spirit unites.
All categories are for all
Tracking!
*pulls out a sofa, puts on 3D
Only 4 more days until the
Ahhh so excited!
Image © Alhnna
Tracking! 8D Really excited
By Leuvr ♥
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Keeping this bumped. Just a
Also reminder to keep rut behaviors exclusive to people on the lists. Anyone who hasn't signed up for the event in any rank should be treated under normal circumstances, if possible!
(No subject)
*makes a new oc just for the
Welcome! Just so everyone
Just so everyone knows, it's okay to adjust your participants info or pull them out at any time. It's also okay to apply your characters after the rut has started!
Edit: and yes, rut blogs are allowed now if preferred! The site worked a lot differently back when we added that rule haha... Just don't go overboard: one blog per player account!
Just a few hours left now, everyone!
Super close!
get hype
[rises from the grave,
IT'S TIME TO FIGHT EVERYONE.
meet me in the pit
*cue slow motion and Ave
Enjoyable start so far
I've emailed M&A about some autumn themed weather changes, hopefully we'll be in luck!
Also friendly reminder that it's the Judges who may choose the winner, contestants can't always decide on their own! One way to do it is to go to the victor, whoever your character wants it to be. The role of Judge is super important because it keeps the fights from lasting too long, especially with equally matched characters!
Judges are meant to live up
The Old Oak is a rut-free
god, this idea with the
you really make the event more interesting and realistic!
Well... It begins. Good luck
Good luck everyone!
Hope everyone's having fun so
A note about applications, since this is becoming a more frequent thing:
--In areas which require URLs or a username, please do not list ANY other information! Doing so will mess up the way the form works and your links will be generated incorrectly! This is something we have to go in and manually fix : <
--You do NOT need to submit a pictogram link any more! This section has been modified and is generated according to the USERNAME you submit!
--If the information you submit does not fit the form correctly, we may adjust it without consulting you in order to make it fit (in example, if you describe your character's set instead of providing a screenshot - which, again, is a REQUIRED item! - we may delete the description or move it elsewhere on your listing; if your character's name is a two sentence description because it technically does not have a name, it is going to be shortened so that it does not stretch the page).
I will try to get an updated how-to video at some point, since the one listed is now a little out of date. For now, please make note of the annotations within the video. If you have annotations on YouTube disabled, please enable them while watching the video so that you do not miss any information! Thank you! ♥
bc I'm a dweeb "NO RUTTING
"NO RUTTING IN THE SAFE ZONES"
Track!
Okay. I love that special
If you are looking for a character with special letters in their name (for example: Róta, Mjølner) using the search function (ctrl + F) you can now just type in normal letters (Rota, Mjolner) and the page will bring you to the character. It will NOT highlight the box like it will for other names due to the way this works, but at least the page will scroll there now.
This is something I'm doing manually so let me know if I've missed anybody you're having a hard time looking up via ctrl + F (a post here is fine).
Thanks, Ivi. Hadn't thought
(I say before going to submit yet another character.)
I'd hardly call it more work,
Add ALL the deer! \o/
Edit: I have the new how-to video for submissions loading on YouTube~ The audio did some weird things but is mostly fine. I will get some Closed Captions going for it ASAP, though, in case you have trouble understanding me or are unable to listen with sound! It will replace the link in the main blog soon and the old video will be deleted to avoid confusion.
Edit (again): Video has finished loading and the subtitles are being processed and will be available shortly!
track.