SpinDizzy

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SpinDizzy is a MUCK which is the successor to Toons, Furr, and Fluff (TF&F). It focuses on whimsical interaction, mostly between animal characters of varying levels of anthropomorphism.

• Addresses:
  • MUCK server: muck.spindizzy.org, port 7072 (or 7073 for SSL)
  • Website: http://www.spindizzy.org/
  • LiveJournal:   spindizzy_muck
• Ran from/to: 1998 - present

News

SpinDizzy has had a regularly published online newspaper for its entire existence, featuring its own characteristic style of reporting.

The original version was titled @Action News, and ran from April 1998 to February 2010. It was edited for many years by Argon Hamilton.

Its successor, SpinDizzy News, is run by the following staff:

• Skyler: Executive Editor
• BunnyHugger: Managing Editor
• Austin Dern: Reporter

According to the News credits page, "Anyone can be a reporter for the News by writing and submitting articles."

Recurring events

SpinDizzy has a number of recurring events including its own set of holidays. Other non-holiday events include an Artist's Ambush (modeled off the one on FurryMUCK), Christmas Tree ceremonies, a World’s Fair and Olympic games.

Holidays

Holiday	Date
Iceberg Day	2nd Wednesday of January
Hugging Day	February 9th
Morality Day	4th Monday of February
Shiny Day	March 17th
Love Day	April 10th
Day of Remembrance	May 30th
Festival of Cuteness	3rd Tuesday of June
Expanding Horizons Day	July 14th
Jellicle Ball	August 1st
Mecha Day	3rd Sunday in August
Founder's Day	September 28th
Groovy Day	2nd Monday in October
National Horizontal Day	3rd Thursday of November
E-Holiday (Everything Day)	December 8th

Staff

Wizards

• Austin - Managing Editor
• Azure - Felicity
• Featherwing - Your average friendly helpdragon
• Morticon - ServerAdmin/RP/Programming/NewChar/Help/Etc
• Ping - Cookie management. No, really!

Former wizards

• B.J.
• Findra - Server administrator (to October 2011)
• Nicole - MUF
• Peppermint
• Shadow
• Skyler - Helpstaff lead (to July 2013)
• Spaceroo

Helpstaff

• Beltrami - Building, Tinyplot Scenes, Other, Otherness
• BunnyHugger - Building, MUF, MPI, homes, local culture, etc.
• fluffy - Building, MPI, mad science, laundry
• GreenKai - Building, MPI/MUF, Cheese/Carrots, Hugs/Fuzzles
• Westly - Questions/RP Coaching/Dispute Resolution

Mayors

Mayor	Deputy mayor	Vice mayor	Inaugurated	Notes
Beltrami	Portia	N/A	December 19, 2007	Mayor did not run for reelection.
Jaxen	Kefan	N/A	February 18, 2010	Mayor did not run for reelection.
Enkeli	Azure	N/A	February 14, 2012	Mayor resigned and deputy succeeded.
Azure	Chandra	N/A	September 19, 2012	Mayor promoted to wizard and resigned mayorship; deputy succeeded.
Chandra	N/A	N/A	2012	Mayor did not run for reelection.
None	N/A	N/A	N/A	In January 2013 the electorate voted to vacate the position for one year.
Jukka	N/A	Morticon	February 9, 2014	Current

See also

• Category:SpinDizzy wizards
• Category:SpinDizzy characters

Further reading

• Notes on Spindizzy, TF&F, and Dreamtime by Austin Dern, and Spindizzy: A brief social history, by Chanspot, edited by Kinsor - SpinDizzy MUCK, luge n1 e5, op, 2, l list

External links

• SpinDizzy on Rhal's Furry MU*s Page