I go OOC for newbies, I'm sure my friends understand.
I'm sorry you're having a rough time in the forest, really. It's deeply saddening.
You can come to me or my characters anytime, if I don't interact it's likely I'm just busy (or maybe overwhelmed if there's a crowd... ahaha.)

You're way better off contacting people directly if you've had an issue with them instead of implying an entire group of players have all behaved this way.

I'm not saying ALL of them, I'm just saying the most that I have met. I tried contacting two persons about it, but they never answered.

If the person doesn't answer then unfortunately there isn't anything you can do beyond avoiding them in-game. It's sad when players of any generations are unwilling to compromise how they play to improve the enjoyment of the game for other players but may here choose to RP characters that (for whatever IC reason) do not react in a warm way. That is their choice and beyond discussing with that player there isn't any way to force them to change the way they play the game.

Making a note of characters you didn't enjoy meeting and avoiding them when In Game might be a good idea to make the game more enjoyable for you in the future. You could also try checking the biographies of characters before you approach, but I understand that isn't easy to do with the map frequently not working correctly.

Hopefully players who instruct their characters to lash out upon being approached will read this and understand that it is impacting the game negatively for others and consider altering how they role play.

Thank you, Terabetha. I didn't mean to come out as rude if it seemed like that. The reason I posted this was so that we could have the forest more enjoyable for everyone.
I've already noted the deer that I don't want to meet anymore. I usually stay away from RP deer anyway, I read bios often so I know who to avoid and approach, but not all have those and it's really hard to know if they're friendly or hostile until you approach them.

I don't mind roleplaying in the slightest, as long as we know in advance that their deer are hostile towards strangers. However, we know that not everyone reads the community page, and they can get really hurt when they try to play or lie down with those deer. Especially the fawns: They still don't know how the game works. Do we really want to discourage them by being hostile towards them? ( This is no just Gen 1 players, don't worry.)

Don't worry, it's better now that you've edited the blog and clarified what you mean! It did come across as you were only directing the criticism at generation 1 players, but it's good you recognize the issue is across the generations.

I think the issue of 'being nice to fawns' and making exceptions for them is problematic because in theory they play the game for a month when they are treat fairly and given special allowances considering they are learning the ropes. Suddenly upon gaining the adult model they suddenly get treated negatively. I'm not sure if I agree with that, especially because the REAL new players will be playing as nameless Guest deer (who due to glitches end up appearing with pictograms anyway). So if people want to petition for better treatment of new players, it's not the best method to only limit this to fawns.

Anyway I think I'm rambling haha but I'm glad you posted this so that hopefully players might do some introspective thinking about how the way they play could be effecting the atmosphere of the forest socially.

This is when it's important to understand the difference between OOC and IC.

OOC: Out Of Character: This is when the player is the deer. The deer they play doesn't normally act this way.

IC: In Character: When the player is playing as a character. They may not have the same view of things as their character does, and will behave toward your character (the deer you made a bio for) as a character, not toward you as a player.

My point is that you should not let IC behavior upset you personally. It is a character, not the player, and is not an attack on you. This is how a majority of people you meet will generally play. It's up to you to keep an eye out for those with only good characters, if you would like to interact in a positive way. A way to tell if your character is coming up to pictograms of positive or negative characters is if you look on the map. (it is in the top left menu on the community) You can click the player's pictogram and see who the character is.

It's unfortunate that some people don't check the map and don't know who is OOC or IC. However, right now it's the way people are playing.

(not who she's talking about, but giving advice)

I feel the need to comment because the other day I was online but I was lagging too terribly to even interact with anybody. I sat my character down and somebody spelled her, and when I sneezed it off they seemed saddened. I felt horrible ;u; I couldn't even move, though.

Everyone has their own ways of enjoying the forest, which indeed, holds no set rules. I dont see why people should be apologizing how their character naturally acts towards strangers, who are more than often, quite pushy. Most of my characters dont like that among others, and it would be nice if that could be taken into consideration as well before pointing with the judging finger if youre not cuddly with the new players.

I think there is enough good 'role models' in the forest for newbies, this is not a new topic to discuss about. How about just letting everyone enjoy the forest with their own way as long as its not outright trolling *coughseabisquit* and intentionally bothering others. There will be even more 'rude' characters, there will be more nice ones, and there will be newbies and everything will stay just the same, with or without these blogs. If the newbies are so sensitive that they will shy away after a few negative interactions, then I doubt this being the right place for them to begin with since this game has developed to what it is these days.

My apologies if I sound irritable, it was not my intention. Occationally I might play with a clear newbie in the forest when Im on with my OOC, but I dont want to feel forced to do that when I want to sit in solitude or spend time with my current companion instead. Clearly everyone can and will feel differently about this topic, but this was just my two cents amongst the others.

Like I said, it was not my intention to sound irritable or harsh either. Im sorry if my response made you feel uncomfortable. Just my two cents like stated before.