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Pippin

2007-12-13T13:45:45Z

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[[Image:FC 2004 Pippin.JPG|right|thumb|'''Kelsey''' at [[Further Confusion 2004]]]]'''Pippin''' (born 1974) is a [[fursuiter]], user and server maintainer of [[Anthrochat]], hacker (occasionally verging on serious programming), and system administrator from London, UK. His usual [[fursona|online self]] is a highly [[anthropomorphic]] [[bear]] (of a similar level of anthropomorphism as [[Rupert Bear]]) - or sometimes, depending on his whim, a highly [[zoomorphic]] bear, or, indeed, a [[teddy bear]], or his [[fursuit]] [[character]], '''Kelsey'''. He sometimes adds "Bear" to the end of his name, but normally only when it is required to avoid ambiguity, such as when "Pippin" has already been taken as a username -- he considers "Pippin" to be his full name. Unlike many bear characters, Pippin's species is not due to his real-life physical size.

== Furry events attended ==

Pippin's first convention was [[Eurofurence 8]] in 2002, where he was awed by several fursuiters but did not get to perform in a fursuit himself. In 2003 he attended [[Pawpet Megaplex 2]], appearing in a (at the time, borrowed) Kelsey. By his next convention, [[Anthrocon 2003]], he had bought Kelsey and become a committed fursuiter.

He has since attended [[Further Confusion 2004]], [[Megaplex 3]] and [[Midwest FurFest 2004]] in 2004; [[Further Confusion 2005]], [[Eurofurence 11]] and [[Midwest FurFest 2005]] in 2005; [[Further Confusion 2006]], [[Anthrocon 2006]] and [[Eurofurence 12]] in 2006; and [[Eurofurence 13]] in 2007.

Pippin has never attended local furmeets regularly, but has sporadically been seen at [[LondonFur meet]]s, and occasionally at [[NorthernFurs (UK)|NorthernFur]] meets in Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield. He also attended the [[RBW]] "meet plus" events in 2006 and 2007.

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[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Bear characters]]
[[Category:London]]
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LondonFur meet

2007-12-13T13:44:20Z

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#REDIRECT [[LondonFur Meet]]

Talk:Pippin

2007-04-20T21:33:19Z

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Where's the actual article? All I have is a fantastic list of all the conventions you've been too/are going to. I only learn about you in the categories.--[[User:KendricksRedtail|Kendricks Redtail]] 22:01, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

"(Pippin moved to Pippin Bear: Full name)" Actually I consider "Pippin" to be my full name. I only add "Bear" when I have to, usually where it's a username and "Pippin" has already been taken (depressingly often).

Anthrochat

2007-02-18T15:24:10Z

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[[Image:AClogo-new.jpg|right|300px|AnthroChat]]

'''AnthroChat''' is an [[IRC]] network which was founded by [[Simba (person)|Simba]] in March 2004. It has nine servers (7 in the USA and 2 in the UK) as of January 2006, and has maintained an average of 300-350 users since its founding.

== History ==

''Portions of this section will probably be merged into a separate page detailing the FurNet/Anthrochat split.''

Simba founded Anthrochat in response to the differences of opinion between himself and the administration of [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]. In late 2003/early 2004, [[troll]]s, usually congregating in the channel #safurs, were dealt with by forcible disconnect. This quickly degenerated into a series of challenges to IRCop authority and subsequent network-wide bans of large swaths of users that were found objectionable by FurNet administration.

Simba, an IRCop of FurNet at the time, disagreed with this form of administration and argued for the right to freedom of speech on IRC. FurNet's administrators did not agree, Simba was removed from duty as an IRCop. FurNet administration published the FurNet Code of Conduct<ref>[http://www.furnet.org/documentation/code-conduct-users.html FurNet Code Of Conduct]</ref> ("''My freedom starts where your liberty stops''").

Simba put out a call for volunteers to create a new, uncensored IRC network which became known as Anthrochat. Anthrochat's Mission Statement<ref>[http://www.cimeris.com/~simba/anthrochat/mission.txt Anthrochat Mission Statement]</ref> is essentially to be an unmoderated, uncensored medium where the IRCops' sole responsibility is to ensure the physical integrity of the network. Censorship, social mores, and personal tastes are relegated to the channel operators of individual channels, and no network-wide enforced decency standards or code of conduct exists. FurNet continues to enforce common decency standards, which some consider subjective to the views of the IRCops online making them at the time. To this day, feelings about the whole split are somewhat sore, and users typically identify with one network or the other, though some connect to both simultaneously.

Anthrochat presently runs a version of the [[WikiPedia:UnrealIRCD|UnrealIRCD]] server using [[Wikipedia:Anope|Anope]] services. The change in codebase from what Furnet was using was received so positively, particularly because of the vhost feature that allows users to request customized hostmasks, that Furnet itself has mimiced Anthrochat's lead by instituting the same IRC daemon and services package.

==Popular channels==
* #[[Florida Furs|FloridaFurs]]
* #[[furry]]
* #[[fursuit]]
* #[[deaddog!]]
* #[[gayfaggotinc]]
* #[[nonfurs]]
* #[[otters]]
* #[[furrycoffeeshop]]
* #[[baycafe]]
* #[[thepac]]
* #[[SpandexFurs]]

==Current staff==
'''Administrators'''
* [[BlueOtter]]: runs otter.anthrochat.net
* [[Mirage]]: runs snowleopard.anthrochat.net
* [[Cheetah (FurryMUCK)|Cheetah]]: runs cheetah.anthrochat.net
* [[Pippin]]: runs bear.anthrochat.net and husky.anthrochat.net
* [[Simba (person)|Simba]]: runs lion.anthrochat.net and codes services
* [[Inaki]]: runs glider.anthrochat.net and maintains the [http://www.anthrochat.net website]
* [[Bobby]]: runs squnq.anthrochat.net
* [[Tet]]: runs pholph.anthrochat.net

'''Staff'''
* [[SoleiTixen]]: operator
* [[Foxdie]]: local operator on husky.anthrochat.net
* [[Harik]]: global operator and codes services

==References==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.anthrochat.net Anthrochat IRC website]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/anthrochat/ Anthrochat IRC community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://bear.floof.org/usage-stats/ Local usage statistics]
* [http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php?net=AnthroChat Anthrochat statistics at irc.netsplit.de]

[[Category:Chat rooms]]