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LAFF

2007-02-06T04:39:38Z

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'''Lake Area Furry Friends''' (also known as '''LAFF''') is a regional social group focused on the northern [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]], southern [[Wikipedia:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]], and northwestern [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]], including the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison metropolitan areas.

==History==

LAFF came into being in 1996, a more regionally-oriented [[Wikipedia:mailing list|mailing list]] than its predecessor, the [[ChiFur]] mailing list, which was focused around Chicago. It has since enjoyed becoming the dominant furry group in the region and has branched off into cyberspace to [[LiveJournal]] and MySpace communities, moderated by [[Artemis]], to the [[Second Life]] group, founded by [[Sema JayHawk]], and helped moderated by [[Blazger]] and [[Steel the Warrior]].

==The present==

Currently, the community is based around the "LAFF mailing list," which is hosted at catbox.com by [[Puma (person)|puma]]. The mailing list is primarily used to organize social functions, including a monthly [[LAFF Bowling|bowling]] outing (organized by [[Shale Ari]]) which is usually followed by a trip to White Castle for [[SliderCon]] (organized by [[Sema JayHawk]]) or [[Pizza For the People]] (organized by [[Shale Ari]]), as well as monthly softball games in the summer (organized by [[Stevie Maxwell]]), and the annual trip to Noah's Ark Water Park in the Wisconsin Dells (organized by [[Hakeber]]). The year culminates in a grand [[LAFF New Years Eve|New Years Eve party]] in Northern Illinois. In past years, that's been organized by [[Linnaeus]] but in 2007, the party was hosted by [[Riley West Wolf]] and several other furs. Numerous weekly events also take place, as well as one-off outings organized by community members.

==See also==

* [[:Category:LAFFurs]]

==External links==

* [http://www.catbox.com/laff/ Lake Area Furry Friends] official web-page
* [irc://irc.anthrochat.net/LAFF #LAFF,] an [[IRC]] channel on [[Anthrochat]]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/lafflist LAFF's] LiveJournal community
* [http://www.frappr.com/laff LAFF's] [[Frapper]] community
* [http://groups.myspace.com/lakeareafurryfriends LAFF's] MySpace community
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osondoson/207/56/61 LAFF's] SecondLife Headquarters (SliderCon SLurl)
* [http://laff.tixen.net/ Lake Area Furry Friends Wiki]

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SliderCon

2007-02-06T04:34:18Z

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[[Image:Passion_11248.jpg|right|thumb|210px|The SliderCon Tri-Force.]]
'''SliderCon''' is a monthly trip to [[Wikipedia:White Castle|White Castle]] that usually follows [[Lake Area Furry Friends]] bowling events. Though it was the people who supported the idea to make it so great, [[Sema JayHawk]] was the first to come up the idea, and is the one to organize the event each month.

SliderCon is not exclusive to the [[LAFF]] Group. There is always one held during [[Midwest Furfest]] and everyone, even non-LAFFurs are welcome to attend.

== History ==

SliderCon started in March of 2005 when the [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] that the LAFF Group would usually go to after bowling told them they would have to wait two hours just to get a table. Sema decided that she didn't want to wait, and went to White Castle instead.

In the following months, SliderCon gained popularity as the "After Bowling Event" and to this day is one of two choices for post-bowling entertainment.

== Virtual SliderCon ==
[[Image:Board.jpg|right|thumb|200px|SliderCon on SecondLife]]
In late December of 2006, Sema decided to recreate SliderCon on [[Secondlife]]. Being the founder of both SliderCon and the Secondlife [[LAFF]] group, she decided that this place would be LAFF's official Secondlife headquarters.

The Secondlife's SliderCon currently sits on a 1024sm plot of land in the [[sim]] of Osondoson and, doubles as Sema's Secondlife home. The castle is still under construction, but in the future, users will be able to buy bags of Sliders, Crave cases and Crave Crates.

[[Image:Partysc.jpg |right|thumb|200px|LAFFurs visit the SecondLife SliderCon]]
== External links ==

* [http://slidercon.livejournal.com SliderCon Community] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osondoson/207/56/61 SliderCon Secondlife's] [[SLurl]]
[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
[[Category:2005 births]]

SliderCon

2007-02-06T04:32:54Z

68.78.117.105: /* External links */

[[Image:Passion_11248.jpg|right|thumb|210px|The Slider Tri-Force, seen on the door of every Chicagoland White Castle.]]
'''SliderCon''' is a monthly trip to [[Wikipedia:White Castle|White Castle]] that usually follows [[Lake Area Furry Friends]] bowling events. Though it was the people who supported the idea to make it so great, [[Sema JayHawk]] was the first to come up the idea, and is the one to organize the event each month.

SliderCon is not exclusive to the [[LAFF]] Group. There is always one held during [[Midwest Furfest]] and everyone, even non-LAFFurs are welcome to attend.

== History ==

SliderCon started in March of 2005 when the [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] that the LAFF Group would usually go to after bowling told them they would have to wait two hours just to get a table. Sema decided that she didn't want to wait, and went to White Castle instead.

In the following months, SliderCon gained popularity as the "After Bowling Event" and to this day is one of two choices for post-bowling entertainment.

== Virtual SliderCon ==
[[Image:Board.jpg|right|thumb|200px|SliderCon on SecondLife]]
In late December of 2006, Sema decided to recreate SliderCon on [[Secondlife]]. Being the founder of both SliderCon and the Secondlife [[LAFF]] group, she decided that this place would be LAFF's official Secondlife headquarters.

The Secondlife's SliderCon currently sits on a 1024sm plot of land in the [[sim]] of Osondoson and, doubles as Sema's Secondlife home. The castle is still under construction, but in the future, users will be able to buy bags of Sliders, Crave cases and Crave Crates.

[[Image:Partysc.jpg |right|thumb|200px|LAFFurs visit the SecondLife SliderCon]]
== External links ==

* [http://slidercon.livejournal.com SliderCon Community] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osondoson/207/56/61 SliderCon Secondlife's] [[SLurl]]
[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
[[Category:2005 births]]

SliderCon

2007-02-06T04:29:39Z

68.78.117.105:

[[Image:Passion_11248.jpg|right|thumb|210px|The Slider Tri-Force, seen on the door of every Chicagoland White Castle.]]
'''SliderCon''' is a monthly trip to [[Wikipedia:White Castle|White Castle]] that usually follows [[Lake Area Furry Friends]] bowling events. Though it was the people who supported the idea to make it so great, [[Sema JayHawk]] was the first to come up the idea, and is the one to organize the event each month.

SliderCon is not exclusive to the [[LAFF]] Group. There is always one held during [[Midwest Furfest]] and everyone, even non-LAFFurs are welcome to attend.

== History ==

SliderCon started in March of 2005 when the [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] that the LAFF Group would usually go to after bowling told them they would have to wait two hours just to get a table. Sema decided that she didn't want to wait, and went to White Castle instead.

In the following months, SliderCon gained popularity as the "After Bowling Event" and to this day is one of two choices for post-bowling entertainment.

== Virtual SliderCon ==
[[Image:Board.jpg|right|thumb|200px|SliderCon on SecondLife]]
In late December of 2006, Sema decided to recreate SliderCon on [[Secondlife]]. Being the founder of both SliderCon and the Secondlife [[LAFF]] group, she decided that this place would be LAFF's official Secondlife headquarters.

The Secondlife's SliderCon currently sits on a 1024sm plot of land in the [[sim]] of Osondoson and, doubles as Sema's Secondlife home. The castle is still under construction, but in the future, users will be able to buy bags of Sliders, Crave cases and Crave Crates.

[[Image:Partysc.jpg |right|thumb|200px|LAFFurs visit the SecondLife SliderCon]]
== External links ==

* [http://slidercon.livejournal.com SliderCon Community] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osondoson/207/56/61 SliderCon Secondlife's] [[SLurl]]
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[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
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SliderCon

2007-02-05T05:22:28Z

68.78.117.105:

[[Image:Passion_11248.jpg|right|thumb|210px|The Slider Tri-Force, seen on the door of every Chicagoland White Castle.]]

'''SliderCon''' is a monthly trip to [[Wikipedia:White Castle|White Castle]] that usually follows [[Lake Area Furry Friends]] bowling events. Though it was the people who supported the idea to make it so great, [[Sema JayHawk]] was the first to come up the idea, and is the one to organize the event each month.

SliderCon started in March of 2005 when the [[Wikipedia:Denny's|Denny's]] that the LAFF Group would usually go to after bowling told them they would have to wait two hours just to get a table. Sema decided that she didn't want to wait and went to White Castle instead. In following months, SliderCon gained popularity as the "After Bowling Event" and to this day is one of two choices for post-bowling entertainment.

SliderCon is not exclusive to the [[LAFF]] Group. There is always one held during [[Midwest Furfest]] and everyone, even non-LAFFurs are welcome to attend.

In late December of 2006, Sema decided to create a SliderCon on [[Secondlife]]. Being the founder of both SliderCon and the Secondlife [[LAFF]] group - she decided that it would be LAFF's official Secondlife headquarters. SliderCon currently sits on a 1024sm plot of land in the sim of Osondoson and doubles as Sema's Secondlife home. The castle is still under construction, but in the future, users will be able to buy bags of Sliders, Crave cases and Crave Crates.

== External links ==
* [http://slidercon.livejournal.com SliderCon Community] on [[LiveJournal]]

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Illinois]]
[[Category:2005 births]]