Question 1:
What types of incentive/prizes are you most interested in?

Definitely either art, or money {but the latter is personal because holy shiz medical bills}
Layouts are pretty cool too.


Question 2:
Do you feel the community lacks something? If so, explain in detail.

The option to change your screen name yourself and remove things from your 'tracked' list.
Oh and that glitchy picto on everyone but the gen one players pages.


Question 3:
Why did you come to the community? What drew you in?

Shoot man I don't know now that I think of it. Kicks and giggles at the time but I grew to love this place and now I can't stay away for more than a few months apparently.

Question 1:
Art, any kind of art c: I love to have my characters in everyone different drawing styles, and seeing how they create the character to there own image. CSS is nice too, but honestly, there are plently of free templates to use, so more so art c:


Question 2:
hmmm... not really anything huge, would be awesome if the weather changed more often though.

Question 3:
well, I used to be addicted to the site ChickenSmoothie, for the roleplay and the little art program [oekaki], and I was a fan of a species there [Crown Kirins]. Declan was the creator of the species and somehow when we were talking, she mentioned the site and I web searched it, and downloaded the game, stalked all the art and fell inlove with it. I adore deer, and everyone in this community, it was just so easy for me to get addicted to this site ouo <3

Just as a note, I think what she means by 'community' isn't the game itself but the...well...community! XD Like the people who play the game. The social interactions on the forums.

Now for my answers...

Question 1:
What types of incentive/prizes are you most interested in?
I would accept any of those as prizes. However I'll generally only participate in a contest (unless it REALLY interests me) is equal to or greater than the effort I'll put into...well, whatever I'm doing to earn it 83


Question 2:
Do you feel the community lacks something? If so, explain in detail.
Yes, I do...but it's hard to say what, anymore.
Cliques are a problem, but they're unavoidable. 'Elitists' and 'n00bs' will always exist >< It's what's in between that needs to be built up and worked on, so that the former aren't trends that are that are that noticeable anymore. So how do we do that?
I would personally like to see more thorough characters being made. I feel like people are just latching onto designs and making 'on-a-whim' characters that aren't built to last, and don't. It makes making friends and building actual communities in forest difficult, because relations are changing too much, too fast.
More open plots perhaps? Not just inclusive ones where only a couple characters and their friends really know what's going on. Make it something the whole forest can respond to -or not. Make blogs about it asking people's opinions and measuring interests. Do this when making new characters, too! Give your character a story and open them up for others to help build upon.
Do be respectful in forest. Realize not everyone knows you're in a plot or are rping or you have a character that just doesn't socialize. If you can't break character to give them a swift bow and a headshake in the forest, leave them a note on the community? Just the nice thing to do.

That's all I can think of right now 8|


Question 3:
Why did you come to the community? What drew you in?
Eh well, I stayed with the community mainly to connect to the people I interacted with in-forest. I was an avid rper and used to sharing and discussing my character so it came natural to me to expand on that. I also loved that people made eachother fan art and organized group events and stories and plots you could request your character be a part of. Things seemed a lot more...'together' back then, and stable. There were always those long-term characters you could fall back on in the forest, and always something new to participate in or react to. I guess that's what keeps me coming back. I keep hoping magic will turn up again.

Question 1:
What types of incentive/prizes are you most interested in?


Honestly, about everything that shows the person doing it thought a little bit about my character. And by that I mean already, for example sitting down, reading a bio, and make a messy sketch. For me, that's already a huge compliment - I mean, hey, someone is actually their attention on my creation, when they could be doing something else with their time! Buuut, they decide to spend it, and even if it is just a very small portion, on my character. That's already awesome.



Question 2:
Do you feel the community lacks something? If so, explain in detail.


Don't know about that one, to be honest. Some things bug me of course, but isn't that always the case if people meet and talk? Conflict is bound to be as much as there is newfound friendship, and so on. Bottom line is, really, it's human. And if I am to consider something this community lacks, that thing is probably lacking at a much larger scale, too. I:
Ohwell, but purely mechanics-wise spoken, I do think the forest map running bug-free would be awesome. Or, a larger version of it overall. Can't count the number of names I missed because THE NUMBER OF DEER IN ONE PLACE WAS TOO DAMN HIGH! ;D
Speaking about the forest, I'd reeeallyyy adore first-person perspective. Sounds difficult, but I think it might add to my character sensation a great deal. Ohwell. *shrugs*




Question 3:
Why did you come to the community? What drew you in?

Plainly spoken, roleplay, really. I had some in various other online games before, but it was always scare. On TEFc, I can find plenty of it, and it's amazing to see what people come up with. Plus, the forest itself offers a very unique and creative way of RPing, I doubt I've ever seen something remotely similar to it.
Now, admittedly, I doubt I could play TEF very well without it. Got to know so many awesome people on here, and am hoping I get to meet even more as time passes, so I am depending on the community. [:

Question 1:
Any form of art - I even consider written rps a prize. Anyone who spends time on any type of imaginative, creative process involving my characters is giving me a prize and incentive.

Question 2:
The only thing that bothers me a bit lately is the lack of artistic encouragement and praise. Not only on drawings, but some writings/stories also. This community is growing bigger and bigger, and I don't understand how an entry can have 250 reads with 5 comments? Are we that introverted?

Question 3:
The art drew me in first. Then I came here to interact with players to understand their characters more. I interact less these days however, as my son preoccupies most of my time, and my focus here isn't strong - but I still pop in and try to keep up on forest happenings and admire artings

1: I don't know, any of that sounded nice. Shouldn't be picky about free stuff right?
Although, physical objects that require mailing would in turn require me to explain where these things came from and why random people from the internet are sending me things. I tend to be needlessly secretive in how I spend my time online. Maybe not so needlessly, I told my brother about the game and this site and he called me a furry for a week or more.

2: I would perhaps like to see more organized events where people get out of their familiar groups and cliques. I was disappointed when I couldn't make it to that masquerade a few weeks back.

3: I originally discovered ToT through The Path. I talked myself into getting this game and joining the forums after looking around for a day or two.
I was attracted to the sheer amount of artistic talent, civility and the mind blowing ability of this place to self govern itself in the face of the internet's inexhaustible supply of trolls, bigotry and general unpleasantness. It looked like a place that I would love to feel like I belonged to.

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There, now I can read everyone else's replies.

1. I don't really need prize incentives to interact. But I do like seeing people use all kinds of creative means to spur people on.

2. I just feel like the community is lacking.. camaraderie. There are too many cliques. And not enough people willing to branch out and talk to new people.

3. The beautiful art I saw around the community is what made me want to join at first.

1. − Full character art, money.
2. − It lacks the people's will/courage to interact with new people.
3. − I wanted to find the people I had plaid with in the game before knowing the community site even existed. Then I got stuck here.

q1 - hrmm..art, layouts, pictos and physical prizes. not really money or interaction.

q2 - the captivating, awe inspiring spark it used to have. maybe it faded because i got older? or because the community changed. maybe because i made serious characters that became their own deer..whatever made tef lose its spark for me was a sad day. i will forever wish to get it back.
i think thats it..it lacks equality maybe? not as much judgement. and that people wouldnt greedily trade 847247983 pieces of art for 1 picto..that bothers me. fair is fair.

q3 - i had been previously roleplaying wolves and i wanted a change. i dont remember how i found tefc exactly. i loved the peaceful look to it and i was captivated by the noises each different mask made. i remember i recorded each noise the different mask made on my nintendo dsi. watching youtube was the best i could get to the game because my mom didnt want me to download it. i remember sitting infront of youtube for hours watching bzd videos, and the moo velocity made made me shiver i loved it so much. the older players really drew me in. i was awed by them when i was younger, but too shy to ever truly say hi to someone..but i was so innocent in forest.
thats what drew me in.

Question 1: What types of incentive/prizes are you most interested in?
Honestly, none. I feel very bad when receiving anything, no matter whether I deserve it or not. Only thing I am really able to accept is the one, I made myself.

Question 2: Do you feel the community lacks something? If so, explain in detail.
Well, there is surely a lot that can be improved, but what I do feel, then it is not a lack but an overflow of members. This community just grew too big for me. And it depresses me, when I am unable to learn all the new names, I have even problems with remembering the old ones. One day I just discovered that I feel totally unfamiliar with this community and that I don't even belong here anymore, so I somehow stopped posting anything. I kinda wonder I'm even filling this pool.

Question 3: Why did you come to the community? What drew you in?
Guess it was for my first attempts to start my "virtual life" on the internet. And for the game itself. When I started with TEF, I had it all-inclusive. I downloaded the game, named my deer and joined the community within one day.