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ButtBadger

2008-01-08T14:35:35Z

Buttbadger: /* External links */

[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, by himself.]]
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a [[Skunk (species)|skunk]]-[[Wolf (species)|wolf]] [[hybrid]] from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works as a freelance computer technician.

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. He did a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is working on his own [[fursuit]].
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is [[mate]]d to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a fan of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' and especially of [[Fifi le Fume]].

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an [[anthropomorphic]] wolf with some differences, including his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short [[muzzle]] and his big footpaws. He has the ability to spray different kind of odors. Like [[Pepé le Pew]], he sometimes adopts a French accent when he talks in English.

The name comes from "Buttbadger123", a song by [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]].

==Second Life==
ButtBadger is active on [[Second Life]] as ''Buttbadger Mirabeau'' since 2005.

He is one of the main moderators of the sim [[EuroFur|EuroFur Exodus (Extra)]], a French and European themed sim for furries; he works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] aalso makes various stuff.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.furryartpile.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[Furry Art Pile]] ([[Yiff]] drawings only)
* [http://www.maxlefou.com/ Main non-furry site] (French)

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Second Life

2008-01-08T14:30:39Z

Buttbadger: /* EuroFur Exodus */

[[Image:SecondLife.png|right|Second Life]]
'''Second Life''' is an online [[Wikipedia:Virtual world|virtual world]] consisting of hundreds of interconnected large-scale areas populated by interactive [[avatar]]s, whose players may choose to take any form they can create or purchase. The major form of short-distance transportation is flight, while transportation between areas is typically performed through teleportation; both abilities are innate. The "main grid" is restricted to those 18 or over, as some regions contain strong violence or sexual content. A teen version for those 13 to 17 is also available.

*'''Address''': http://www.secondlife.com

Second Life has over 8,268,883 registered users and 1,548,131 active users as of july 21, 2007; logged-in users range from 20,000 to 50,000 at any one time. The system is funded through a combination of account subscriptions and "tier" (a form of [[Wikipedia:Land value tax|land value tax]]). Users have the option to own or rent land parcels in a variety of sizes - as in [[real life]], some owners may zone their land to restrict certain activities, such as commercial development. Business in the game's virtual currency (exchangeable for real-world funds) is encouraged by the ''[[Wikipedia:Linden Lab|Linden Research]]'', and a variety of content vendors have sprung up to meet demand.

==Second Life and furry==

The [[furry fandom]] has a major presence in Second Life, with multiple areas devoted to providing accommodation, entertainment and creative services specifically for members of the furry community. Themes range from the pedestrian to the bizarre, although trees are common in furry haunts. Each user can create their own objects from the inbuilt primitives, but the majority of users rely in part on objects created and sold by others. These include body parts for avatars, accessories, vehicles (which may be purely aesthetic or provide extra functionality), toys, [[pose ball]]s for avatar animation, and scripts to provide extra features (like "push" and "shield" defensive/offensive capabilities).

==Controversy==

On September 8th 2006, Linden Lab reported via a security bulletin (which was also emailed to all SL users) that the servers holding player account information had been attacked using a zero-day exploit. According to Linden Labs, this attack on the servers may have begun as early as September 3rd and they only noticed an increase in activity on the 6th which they then quickly locked out. Their investigation showed that the attack allowed a significant amount of customer account information to be downloaded such as credit card numbers, PayPal transaction ID's, real life names, Second Life names, account passwords, and contact information.

As part of their effort to improve the security of their servers, Linden Lab had invalidated the passwords (assuming they were already compromised) of all Second Life users and has required said users to reset their passwords. Linden Lab further mentioned that while the compromised payment information was encrypted, no encryption is unbreakable given enough time and computing power. They had thus stated that if any SL user believed themselves to be the victim of credit card fraud, they (the user) should contact their credit card company.

The short form of the bulletin in available at http://secondlife.com/corporate/bulletin.php

== Outline ==
[[Image:SecondLifeCarrot.png|right|thumb|150px|Second Life lets you create your own objects]]
Second Life was started in 2003 as a project by "Linden Research, Inc." doing business as "Linden Lab".
Second Life's primary attraction has always been the level of customization; from the ground under your feet to the clouds in the sky. This was quite literal since the game's developers intended for the user to be able to create the world to their desire, as is quoted in the Second Life overview on its site:

:''"Second Life is a virtual world - a 3D online persistent space totally created and evolved by its users. Within this vast and rapidly expanding place, you can do, create or become just about anything you can imagine. Built-in content creation tools let you make almost anything you can imagine, in real time and in collaboration with others."''

Second Life is considered by some to be a variant of the ''Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game'', or ''[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]]'' for short. The true answer to the question "is it such a game?" is "yes and no" - Second Life is technically not a [[role-playing|role-playing game]] by itself.
Also, unlike other role playing games, there is no goal to reach, no levels to gain, no enemies to defeat, therefore it isn't a game at all. It is more a MUSE: Multi User Simulated Environment.
Rather, it is a platform that allows games and worlds to be built within its framework. It is better classified as a richly graphical multiple user chat kingdom ([[MUCK]]) rather than an MMORPG. Some go so far as to just call it a [[Wikipedia:Metaverse|metaverse]], which isn't that far of a stretch. Membership requires a credit card or [[Wikipedia:Short message service|SMS]]-capable cellphone, both for security reasons and because each region has its own content rating, from PG to Mature (which can be very mature at times), though as of April 2007, both of these appeared to no longer be required.

Second Life has become one of the popular forms of online entertainment for members of the furry fandom; at last count there were over 500 furries registered as Second Life users, and the true number is probably several times that by now. This arose out of the fact that the avatars, humanoid objects representing the user, are very customizable and the game's disposition for allowing users to create anything has made the concept of a virtual "[[fursuit]]" possible. Many furries of Second Life don't like to be considered to be wearing fursuits. Instead, they pretend it is their real body. These consist of a variety body parts which are attached to the user's avatar. These parts include [[tail]]s, [[wing]]s, legs, and so on - some have even made complete sets that resemble mythical beasts such as [[dragon]]s, complete with scripted flame effects. Such avatar add-ons can be sold by their creators, who retain the ability to control distribution of their objects as part of their copyright, enforced by inbuilt copy restrictions. Some choose to give works away for free, for apparently [[Wikipedia:altruism|altruistic]] or promotional purposes.

The high interactivity is also a plus for online social networks - as a result, various [[furry]] communities began to pop up in the game and are now a sizable force in the virtual world. In the October 2005 issue of ''[[Wikipedia:Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games]]'', "Furries" (used as a proper noun) were noted as a major user-base in Second Life in an article about the use of MMOs for self-actualization.<ref>Liu, Johnny. "Waking Dreams." ''[[Wikipedia:Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games]]'', October 2005; pp. 58-59</ref>

Signing up for a new account no longer requires a credit card or an SMS-capable cell phone. Also, current members have the option of changing their billing information in the members area so their membership fees can be deducted through [[Wikipedia:PayPal|PayPal]].''

== Age policy ==
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As with most social environments on the Net, there is no way to tell inside the game how old someone really is. The game's Terms of Service state quite clearly you must be over the age of 18 to enter the "main grid" of Second Life. If anyone is found to be under 18 in the main grid, they will be banned from the game and all money and inventory will be forfeit. It is generally assumed that almost all players in the main grid are over the age of 18.

Second Life rates the individual sections of the game as Mature, or PG, with other possible ratings. These ratings help moderate the behavior of people that populate the various sections of the game, as they won't tolerate someone breaking the PG rating by performing a Mature-rated act in a PG-rated zone. The rating system is not in place to keep children out of areas in SL; it is there because many adults don't want to be exposed to [[:Image:SecondLifePenisVendor.jpg|adult material]] during their time in the game or to take a break from it for a time by visiting a PG sim. [[Luskwood]] is a prime example of a furry PG sim, safe from displays of naked [[hermaphrodite]]s with a huge [[phallus]] and even bigger [[breasts]] parading around as one might see in a mature furry sim like [[FurNation Worlds]] (technically they are not supposed to be visible from a casual flyover).

=== Teen Grid ===
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Late in 2005, Second Life created a separate version of its game designed with teens in mind, strictly separating those 18 years of age or greater from those 17 and under. Server-side tracking differentiates teen users from adult users, sending teens to the Teen Grid instead of the main grid. The Teen Grid has different rating policies than the main version; being made for teenagers, none of the regions are rated Mature and nothing may exceed the general PG13 to PG17 rating spans.

* '''Website:''' http://teen.secondlife.com/

== Environment and Economy ==

=== Costs and land ownership ===

Membership of Second Life falls into one of two categories: "Basic" and "Premium". Basic accounts are free to create and incur no monthly fee. If you wish to have more than one account however, secondary accounts ([[Alt|Alts]]) incur a one-off fee of US$9.95, which may be paid with a credit card, or a positive [[Wikipedia:PayPal|PayPal]] balance.

Basic accounts are subdivided into "verified" and "unverified". A verified account means that the user has submitted a credit card, PayPal account, or telephone number to verify their identity. However, users may create an account without any verification of their identity. This was a highly unpopular move that sparked protests<ref>PierceP, {{youtube|TfV1DrrY2r4|The Protest}}</ref>. In response to this, Linden Labs added the ability to prevent unverified users from entering a parcel of land, and introduced an option to the LSL function [http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=llRequestAgentData llRequestAgentData()] to return an agent's payment status as one of:

* No Payment Info on File
* Payment Info on File
* No Payment Info on File AND Payment Info Used (Only Beta/Lifetime users fall under this status)
* Payment Info on File AND Payment Info Used

The fears of "open registration" were that it would lead to an influx of minors on the main grid - both opening Linden Labs to potential lawsuits and its users; and allow [[griefer]]s to quickly and freely create a new account as soon as one account is banned for their misdeeds.

Premium accounts come at a rate of US$9.95 each month, with discounts for paying quarterly or annually -- $22.50, and $72, respectively. The premium accounts come with the privilege of owning 512 square meters of land, known as 'First Land'. This is approximately 1/256 of 1 simulator, or "not much". They also come with a weekly stipend of L$300. The ability to acquire additional amounts of land bring an additional charge, called ''land tier''.

* US$195.00/month: 65,536 square meters - Entire Region
* US$125.00/month: 32,768 square meters - 1/2 Region
* US$75.00/month: 16,384 square meters - 1/4 Region
* US$40.00/month: 8,192 square meters - 1/8 Region
* US$25.00/month: 4,096 square meters - 1/16 Region
* US$15.00/month: 2,048 square meters - 1/32 Region
* US$8.00/month: 1,024 square meters - 1/64 Region
* US$5.00/month: 512 square meters - 1/128 Region

These are the official Linden rates - it is possible to find island owners (see below) who will sell or rent land for lower rates, usually with some restrictions as to its use. It is also possible to get low-cost rented accommodation with no specific land ownership, and to own land without a premium account through a "group" to which the land is deeded. Many users own no land or accommodation at all - it is not required for object ownership, although object creation can be another matter.

Land, once purchased, may be traded between users at market rates. Large contiguous plots of land (or even relatively small plots of land in a busy place) can often sell at a hefty premium. Linden's tier remains the same whatever the selling price.

=== Referrals ===

Each user who joins Second Life gets an unique referral link. Giving this link to people who have yet to sign up, and getting them to do so used to credit the user with a certain amount of Linden Dollars -- the in-world currency. Since late January 2006, only premium account signups will result in a bonus, of L$2500, staggered over a three month period, where you get L$500 on the spot, another L$500 after one month, another L$500 after two months, and the final L$1000 after three months, to prevent gaming of the premium account referral bonus.

=== Currency ===

Users can buy or sell their Linden Dollars (L$) from within the game using the Lindex money market run by Linden Research. There are also third-party exchange services.

Exchanges can be performed with any number of Linden Dollars. The Lindex calculator will give you an idea of what you'll be receiving as a result of your sale. The amount that you receive as a result of your sale gets placed into your account, where you may have it applied to anything you owe for your account if you are a premium user, or may have it sent to you via PayPal for a US$1 charge. For larger amounts, you may also have a check mailed to you for a fee - US$5 if you're inside the United States, or US$15 for locations outside of the United States.

There are some furs who extract do this with the earnings from their businesses (custom avatar creation, generic avatar vending, etc.), turning it into profit that allows them to do whatever they want to pay for, up to, and including starting their own islands. Historically-speaking, the L$ is a relatively volatile currency prone to bouts of inflation. It can therefore be a good idea to remove any significant sums from the game, unless they are to be spent quickly in-game.

=== Objects ===

Objects in Second Life are constructed from [[Wikipedia:geometric primitive|geometric primitives]] known as "prims" which are combined, manipulated and textured with images. A variation on this is the "flexiprim", which allows for more realistic movement of flexible objects like [[tail]]s and hair.

== Islands and other locations ==
[[island (Second Life)|Islands]] are user-owned simulators within Second Life. You can buy your own island but the price to play is pretty steep: $1675 for start up costs and a server (you don't own the server itself though and due to multiple CPU servers, you are effectively buying space on a single CPU for your island), as well as $295 a month maintenance fee. Islands, as opposed to the mainland, get a dedicated processor to run on. Mainland sims (regions) may have to share resources with up to 3 other neighboring regions. An additional benefit is that purchasing an island allows you to contact the Linden Concierge directly with questions, bypassing the standard technical support lines and forums.

Prior to the creation of islands, every simulator belonged to a large land mass. Regions of these simulators sometimes ended up dedicated to specific groups, including the furry fandom.

There are currently a number of furry-owned or themed islands and regions in Second Life:
[[Image:Luskwoodlobby.jpg|thumb|200px|The Lobby at Luskwood, the primary hangout for many furs]]
===[[Luskwood]]===
* Luskwood consists of two sims/regions, '''Lusk''' and '''Perry''', with some elements spilling into '''Clara'''; PG-rated, though not heavy on rules (for example, unlike most PG areas, weapons are allowed in Luskwood), Luskwood (started in mid-2003) is the oldest Furry-themed area in SL. Though not an island in practice (it resides on the SL mainland,) these regions are wholly owned by the Luskwood group, and can be considered its own furry-themed area.

*It is home to [[Luskwood Creatures]], the first furry avatar makers on SL. Luskwood builds many varieties of furry avatars, and is considered a sister-sim to, and administered by some of the same folks who run Taco.
:{{see also|Luskwood}}

===[[FurPleasure]]===
[[Image:Market_logo512.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The FP Sim logo, with the marketplace backdrop]]
* A mature friendly furry themed sim cluster including a popular club, shopping area and residential areas in '''FP Enigma''', Owned and run by a group of dedicated sim admins headed by [[Foxdie Ghia]] and [[Kit Keiko]]. The sim is dedicated to and run in the memory of [[AOD Enigma]], Providing a fun and stimulating place for all furs and nonfurs to relax and socialise
* Started as a small club in the highflyer sim, and then expanded into sprawler due to further need for space. The first sim was purchased shortly after was co-owned by Iyeyasu Muromachi (who now owns Asian Delight) and [[AOD Enigma]]. AoD Enigma passed away in 2006 at the age of 21, and the sims ownership was moved over to Foxdie Ghia who currently owns the sim.

===[[FurNation Worlds]]===
[[Image:FurNationWorldsLuxor.png|right|thumb|200px|The Luxor on FurNation Prime]]
* FurNation Worlds is a group of several simulators run by the crew at [[FurNation]].
* Each of their simulators seems to serve a particular purpose.
** FurNation Alpha is a residential area with a medieval theme.
** FurNation Vista is a sandbox with residential areas.
** FurNation Gamma is a sandbox with residential areas.
** FurNation Prime is the welcome area and general starting point for FurNation.
** FurNation Worlds Mall is a commercial simulator for people to sell items from rented vendor spots.
*** Prices range from L$50/week to L$1500/week depending on location, size, and type of spot rented.
** FurNAtion Phoenix is a residential simulator.
** FurNation Mythica is primarily a residential simulator.
*** The Club called The Ark recently relocated to the east side of this simulator.
** FurNation Dragon is a residential simulator.
** Purgatory is a themed simulator connected to FurNation.
** Drakeal Prime is a residential sim connected to FurNation.
** Drakeal Tui is a simulator connected to FurNation by extension of Drakeal Prime.
** FurNation Polaris is a recently added sim owned by logen Fasching
:{{see also|FurNation Worlds}}

===[[The Forest]]===
[[Image:SecondLifeForestDeluxeApartments.png|right|thumb|200px|Treehouse apartments in The Forest]]
* The Forest was the first furry-oriented island in Second Life.
* The Forest is under [[Anshe Chung]]'s ownership and is a part of the DreamLand continent developed by her.
:{{see also|The Forest}}

===[[Fur Valleys]]===
[[Image:FurValleys-27Jun07.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Map of the Fur Valleys island chain, June 2007]]
[[Image:CubConclaveClubResurgenceDancer.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Dancing [[babyfur]] in [[Cub Conclave]]]]
* The largest chain of furry-themed islands in Second Life to date, often known simply as '''The Valleys'''.
* The first island in this chain was founded in November 2005 by [[RedFox Costello]]. Since then, the island chain has grown, with the addition of many new islands. These include:
**'''Fox Valley''', a residential island, owned by Redfox Costello
**'''Wolf Valley and Jaguar Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[Mako Minogue]]
**'''Tiger Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[David von Foxkin|Foxkin Impfondo]]
**'''FlyinTails Airfield''', an aircraft-themed island, owned by [[Effsey Nelson]]
**'''Rabbit Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Dragon Valley''', containing the Foxkin Rentals offices, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Ryu Valley''', a volcanic island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
*** The [[Macro Room]], devoted to [[macro]] furries, is located here
**'''Istaria Prime''', owned by [[Crawler Woyseck]]
**'''[[Serenity Woods]]''', a recreation of the original '''The Forest''', originally run by the former The Forest guides, but now owned by Mako Minogue
**'''Critter Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[kodi Sachs]]
**'''Zeta Valley''', a [[zoophilia]]-themed island, owned by [[Wolphin Fluffball]]
**'''Neko Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Otter Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''[[Cub Conclave]]''', a [[babyfur]]-themed island, owned by [[Raven Welesa]]
**'''[[Kit Estates]]''', a babyfur-themed residential island, owned by Raven Welesa
**'''Pony Island'''
**'''Lovecraft Forest''', an H.P. Lovecraft-themed island, owned by [[Kerwin Newall]] and [[MathueTaxion Theewles]]
**'''Furry Park''', a residential island, owned by [[Effsey Nelson]]
**'''Cheetah Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Ferret Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Meerkat Valley''', a commercial island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Cougar Valley''', a mountainous residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Lynx Valley''', a river-run residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Mink Valley''', a paw-print shaped residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Lemming Valley''', a residential island with steep cliffs, owned by Foxkin Impfondo, pays homage to the 1991 video game "Lemmings"

* The '''Fur Valleys''' also include many ocean regions (also known as voids), all owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Most are each rentable as an entire region, but all allow visitors and residents to sail around the greater part of the Valleys. These voids include:
**'''Dragons Void''', a rentable void, managed by [[djomnifusion Snickerdoodle]]
**'''Kitsune Sea''', a [[fox]]-shaped island, managed by [[Autumnfox|Autumnfox Vesperia]]
**'''Strianic Ocean''', a [[dragon]]-shaped island, managed by [[Stria Inbiri|Stria Teazle]]
**'''Onyx Ocean''', a rentable void, managed by [[Cera Watts]]
**'''BlueRay Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Geckos Void''', a rentable void
**'''Moonlight Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of a crescent moon
**'''Sydney Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Crocodile Rock''', a rentable void named after the song by Elton John
**'''Dolphin Deep''', a rentable void
**'''Drakes Void''', a rentable void
**'''Kitten Cove''', a rentable void
**'''Raccoon Lagoon''', a rentable void
**'''Salamander Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Yang Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of the yang half of the yin-yang symbol
**'''Yin Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of the yin half of the yin-yang symbol

:{{see also|Fur Valleys}}

===Rocket City FurMeet===
*The [[Rocket City FurMeet]] sim contains an exact replica of the hotel that the [[real life]] [[convention]] is held in.
*The sim is staffed and upkept by many of the real life staff members of RCFM, headed by [[Lacy Amberwolf]].
*At the end of each real life RCFM, the staff posts a banner that states Welcome Home! to returning con-goers.
*Numerous dances are hosted throughout the year.

===[[Dragon Spire]]===
*The Dragon Spire is a club catering towards dragons and avians but does not make any restrictions on species. The club is located in the Southwest corner of of the Drachen simulator.
*The club is known for its public sex and cuddle poseballs, volunteer DJs, and a side wing with rooms for those wanting to use a SexGen bed.
*The club has restrictions on building and scripting for non-club members which effectively prevents the most abusive griefing, and one can only become a club member if invited by member of sufficient authority.

===[[Abbotts Aerodrome]]===
[[Image:Sl abbotts aerodrome cubey terra.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Abbotts Aerodrome]]
* Abbotts Aerodrome bills itself as "the most famous airport in Second Life". Occasionally referred to as '''Abbotts Furrodrome''', Abbotts is among the most fur-friendly airports in Second Life. The Aerodrome features free demo flights, a skydiving center, A.I. flights, and shops owned by some of the leading aircraft designers in Second Life. Founded by Apotheus Silverman and Cubey Terra in 2004, Abbotts Aerodrome is a center for aircraft development and skydiving.

[[Image:Alchera1.gif|thumb|200px|The town center of Alchera.]]
===[[Alchera]]===
* A Furry based roleplay island sim, it is based within the medieval era and holds a [[fantasy]]/Oriental theme. Opened to the public on January 20th, 2007, it is the first serious adult roleplay sim made expressly for furries and anthro players. Created as an open and friendly role play environment, it is open to all anthros of any race, mythology and preference.
Other then roleplay, it also offers quiet and relaxing oriental themed residential housing for $400L a week for 1024sq meters. Personal housing costs $150L for a room of a player’s choice plus 50 additional prims. [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Alchera/38/88/24/]

===[[Gay Yiffy Club]]===
* Gay Yiffy Club is a popular furry nightclub, partially due to the open and welcoming atmosphere for every species, gender or alignment (even though its name suggests to cater only to [[gay]] [[male]] furs). Originally built by [[Senjin Soothsayer]] and managed by [[Kiroja Fluffy]] and [[Darkfoxx Bunyip]]. It's not even an island SIM, yet it's traffic surpasses most islands. The club is commonly referred to by its abbreviation GYC and thanks it's popularity mostly to the very active staff containing dancers, DJs and Bartenders. The club features dance-floor, bar, darkroom, stage, pool, private rooms, lounge area and a separately located shopping area.
Unlike other clubs, public display of intimacy is not frowned upon, and even encouraged.
:{{see also|Gay Yiffy Club}}

===[[Rainbow Tiger]]===
* Originally a dance club owned by [[Spike Nico]] and an adjoining mall owned by [[Shadow Garden]] in the '''Cleary''' region, Rainbow Tiger has expanded onto a full island. Rainbow Tiger currently has: [[Club Rainbow Tiger]], a large dance club with live DJ's spinning tunes regularly as well as a swimming pool, events center, and an exercise room. Additional description is available on the Rainbow Tiger page. The trio of Rainbow sims have been awarded Developer's Incentive awards 3 times by Linden Lab since Rainbow Tiger was founded back in Cleary.

* A second island named [[Rainbow Stallion]] was added at the end of March 2006, and is designated a residential area. In 2006, a decision was made to change the ownership of the sims. Rainbow Tiger became fully owned by Spike Nico, and Rainbow Stallion became fully owned by Shadow Garden. Then, in 2007, an additional sim [[Rainbow Canyon]] was added to give both the mall and club additional room to expand. Rainbow Canyon is also owned Shadow Garden. All 3 sims are rated 'mature', and are open to all species.

* In 2007, a new island, Lykaois, joined the fold as the first independent sim. It is owned by Valdis Damone, and his mate Redwolf Ghia. This island is, however, a private island requiring an invite to enter.

* Additional islands are in the process of being approved and added, the earliest one coming online in January 2008.
:{{see also|Rainbow Tiger}}

===[[Tartarus Island]]===
* The new home of [[The Fur Dungeon]], a club that once existed on the mainland. Underwater dungeon areas and an array of domes (including, presently, a mall and movie dome) complement the club itself. Created by [[Musuko Massiel]].

===[[EuroFur Exodus]]===
* Furry themed sim especially made for french and european furries, maintained by rafa226 Lubitsch. Located in a sim named EuroFur, it moved to a sim named ''Extra''. This sim includes a club, a small shop, a beach, some yiff houses and a movie theater. Some elements are still under construction.

===[[Oinari]]===
* This furry themed island sim is the headquarters of [[Furry Japan]] owned by [[Fakefur Okonomi]], founder of Furry Japan. The island is divided among the officers of Furry Japan, who do a variety of experimental shops and houses. Japanese is naturally the primary language here, and visitors are recomended to bring a translator HUD or fluency

===[[The Wild (Second Life)|The Wild]]===
* Furry [[Wikipedia:Myst|Myst]] themed island owned by [[Shaun Wallaby]].

===[[Mythos Prometheus]]===
* Mature-rated furry-themed island sim run by [[Sabvriel Padar]], (liberum veto) [[Solus Candour]] and [[Msakaji Yoshiro]]. Mostly a residential island, with laid back rules, several houses nestled amid beautiful landscaping, and apartments for rent up in the sky. Also hosts a small shop for vendors, and [[The Hangar]] club. Residence in the sky apartments is one of the most affordable at 100L$ per week for 100 prims, which makes them popular and causes a waiting list to accumulate for the space. The residents of the skyboxes are among the more friendly 'neighbourhood' style cliques and as a new denizen of the sim you can expect sudden visits from the other residents.

===[[Coonspiracy]]===
* Southwest corner of Noonkkot sim, a hangout for raccoons, gators, swamp foxes, and the like.

===[[Meeting Island]]===
* Mature-rated furry-themed island sim run by [[Pounce Teasle]]. '''[[Raccoon Hill]]''', formerly '''[[Fae Valley]]''' from the '''Fur Valleys''' sim conglomerate, was added in May, 2006, but has since vacated. '''Meeting Island''' is best known for the furry [[escort]] establishment, [[The Seven Tails Brothel]].

===[[Lost Furest]]===
[[Image:lfcenterance.jpg|thumb|200px|Pawprint lake at Lost Furest, welcoming visitors.]]
*This island sim is "Mature" rated and correctly named Sables Dalliez >Lost Furest<.
*Visitors usually are thrown off by the sim's name, expecting trees and foliage yet finding an island full of sand. The name actually represents the act of being at rest or as we call it "Fur-Rest".
*Home to the [[Lost Creatures]] furry avatars, founded by two creators [[Cheetah Kitty]] and [[Daisuke Tokugawa]].
*Awarded Developer's Incentive awards three times by Linden Lab and has recently become a heavy traffic area, earning the islands name in the top 20 most popular places often.
:{{see also|Lost Furest}}

Collecting donations for Island upkeep fees is a popular activity on islands, furry or otherwise.

===[[Furry Plateau]]===
Furry plateau is teengrid's oldest furry hangout (3.75 years now), it was originally founded by [[Reggie Marquez]], and [[Inuyasha Overlord]]. The hangout was originally a 1024 plot for the "brothers" to live in. After sometime, Reggie's account was disabled due to payment issues. Inuyasha Overlord continue to take care of the parcel untill it moved to Gordon, where it became a mainstream hangout. After a year Inuyasha left the parcel due to his payment issues and continued on with his sl. Shortly after Reggie returned on an alternate account [[Reggie Clifton]] who brought FP back to teengrid alongside [[Phox Sillanpaa]] in hopes that it would reach mainstream again, which it did. Furry Plateau quickly reached the top of the pop-list with it's "housing for homeless furs" a program started inorder to help new furries adjust to the community. This housing project became big enough to put FP at the top of the popular list for another six months. The land soon became too small to contain the community and the group continued on to create the FP Peacelands alongside [[Nicelus Borelly]]. The "four founding furs" have been through hell and back and now continue the community on the sims Citivas and Leviathan.

===[[TSL Fur Fest]]===
Teen Second Life (TSL) Fur Fest (TSLFF) is the Teen Grid's first [[furry]] and [[anthropomorphic]]s [[convention]]. TSLFF was founded by Ferret Surface ([[Ferret Vulpsi]]) and the first TSLFF was held in 2007 on August 17th, 18th, and 19th mainly in the sim of Unreal. The convention was mainly attended by members of the FP, FN (TSL), and Tiamat communities however the con was a grid wide event and made history as the first furry convention (or convention of any kind for that matter) to be held on the Teen Grid.

===[[Castle Dark Haven]]===
[[Image:DH_Castle.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Castle Dark Haven]]
Castle Dark Haven is a huge furry castle located within an ancient mystical forest on Growl1. Owned and operated by [[Growl Fardel]] and [[Nilsninian Dryke]], the castle and forest offer many distractions. Concealed surprises may also be found by unsuspecting adventurers within the vastness of the castle.

Rated mature, Dark Haven is open to all furs and offers an Avatar Shopping Center, the Twisted Tails Dance Club, private skyboxes, a [[yiff]] lounge, yiff dungeon, hot tub area and beautiful scenic areas for peaceful relaxation.

===[[Drachen & Amaru]]===
Drachen is a scaly and furry region that is home to Dragon Spire. Its a modern town theme with a fortress on a hill.

Amaru is a region to the west of Drachen that is the home of a the new Herm club "The Constellation." As well as HermHQ, Dooglabs, Pavi's Avi's and The Tool Shed. And the location of hantu's collective lands.

== "Second Life Furry" logo ==
[[Image:Slfur.png|right|100px]]
In (early 2006?), a "furry admin" meeting for all furry and/or furry-friendly sims' administrators or owners was held to discuss several unifying strategies regarding the fandom population in world ([[Inferniel Solvang]] was the lead fur for this particular encounter.) Of the many proposals, one was the creation of a common, official symbol or logo for identifying purposes for sim or fur.

The final design, a SL logo inspired image, came to be thanks to the design of SL [[furry artist]], [[Yiffy Yaffle]]. The logo can be viewed on most of the older furry sims, with propagation to newer ones going at a slow, but steady rate.

== Video ==
[[Image:SecondLifeFundayPawPetShow.png|right|thumb|200px|Furs watching the Funday PawPet Show in Second Life]]
As of version 1.6.0, Second Life now hooks [[Wikipedia:Quicktime|Quicktime]], if it is installed on the user's system, to provide an interface that allows one to watch movies within the client itself. A '''very''' fast connection is suggested in this case, as you will be streaming world data ''and'' a video at the same time. If Quicktime is not installed, the user will be reminded that Quicktime is needed to watch video within the client when they enter a parcel with video.

A number of furs use the video feature to watch the [[Funday PawPet Show]] on their land.

Some users have taken advantage of this new feature to bring forward a new business: Movie Rentals. One may rent adult movies from a couple of the businesses in Second Life, for the express purpose of being able to watch pornography on their land for a couple of hours.

== Preview Grid ==
As Linden Lab draws closer to a potential release, be it a sub-version upgrade, or a full point-release jump, they release preview versions of the client, to allow all interested parties to test the new client and its features. This is extremely important to builders, scripters, and texturers, as knowing how the new software will handle their works is very important.

The Preview client is run on a separate grid from the current client, which means there are less people to interact with. Most of the people available test their wares, making sure they won't have to do a full rebuild or rescript for the next version, as well as reporting bugs.

== Technical advice ==

Due to the amount of data that is sent between the client (you) and the servers, Second Life requires a fast internet connection, at least 128kbps, though more (768kbps or better) is highly recommended, at least 512MB of RAM (preferably at least 1024), and a CPU faster than 800MHz, though the bare minimum will not be as pleasant an experience. Linden Lab suggests that you invest in hardware that will exceed the minimum specs. There are also specific graphics card requirements due to the game making use of a certain OpenGL standard. The system requirements for interested people is listed at the Second Life website partially, and more exact requirements can be found inside its technical support area.

Although it is not impossible to use a dial-up connection with Second Life, nearly every option of the game requires serious cutting back; close to the bare minimum. This makes the experience flatter and less pleasant, with lag so heavy that movement is difficult and awkward with occasional stop-frame style "clipping" animation. Walking forward one step, for example, might occasionally result in sliding forward more then a yard or two before being snapped back to your intended position in a rather sudden jerk, or scenery change. Sometimes, said movement could make you sink through the ground or pass through other objects (like a wall) before the snap-back occurs. Then you find you need another of the regular 24MB to 25[[Wikipedia:Megabyte|MB]] updates to play. There aren't many dial-up users on Second Life as a result. ISDN provides a usable experience, but only just. Mobile broadband solutions such as UMTS or HSDPA are usually good enough, however.

Second Life has been dealing with issues over ATI's video card drivers for quite a while. It has become practice on the forums to suggest to ATi users to pick up the [http://www.omegadrivers.net/ Omega Drivers], a set of user-modified drivers recognized by ATi (according to their author) as "''the best-modded drivers in the Internet''". These Omega Drivers enable features that Second Life can use which aren't easily enabled in the default drivers.

== Fan-sites ==

Linden Lab's policies regarding the use of trademarks on Second Life fansites are loose, provided the following stipulations are met.

* There is no attempt to pass off a fan site as Second Life or Linden Lab itself.

* The following legal text is present on all Second Life related pages: "Second Life® and Linden Lab® are registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. No infringement is intended." this must include the ® circles though can be any size the website creators see fit.

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Second Life|Second Life]] on Wikipedia
* [[:Category:Second Lifers|Second Lifers on WikiFur]]
* [http://secondlife.com/movies/secondtake.wmv Second Life Promotional Video] -- This file is directly available on the Second Life Home page. The video is linked to an image titled "watch the video" that will alternate with the free trial promotional image link. There is also a [http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/secondlife/ Quicktime version] of the video.

== External links ==
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* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/secondlife_furs/ Second Life Furry Community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* ''[http://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000505.html The Second Life Herald: Miravoir Meets The Furries]'' — Article about furries on Second Life
* ''[http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2005/04/furry_like_me.html New World Notes: Furry Like Me]'' — Another article about furries on Second Life
* ''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982001.htm?chan=tc&chan=technology_technology+index+page_today's+top+stories My Virtual Life]'' — Business Week reporter examines Second Life in detail
* ''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982009.htm Virtual Land, Real Money]'' — An interview with [[Anshe Chung]]
* {{youtube|1LlMZjCBJhE|Beatfox and his flexy foxy tail}} - an video example of flexiprims in furry avatars
* [http://jolie.silentshadows.net Jolie Grant: SL Furry Model] - a website with models created by [[Jolie]], a furry who made it into the human modeling world with her avatar
* ''[http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20060702 Second Life]'' - ''[[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]'' strip about [[FurryMUCK]] players who spend time in both worlds
*[http://www.news.com/2300-1026_3-6204587-3.html?tag=ne.gall.pg Furries, pirates, drag queens at 'Second Life' ball], page 3 of coverage (credited to Caroline McCarthy) of 2007 Second Life Community Convention.

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Second Life

2008-01-08T14:29:39Z

Buttbadger: /* EuroFur */ updates of informations ^^

[[Image:SecondLife.png|right|Second Life]]
'''Second Life''' is an online [[Wikipedia:Virtual world|virtual world]] consisting of hundreds of interconnected large-scale areas populated by interactive [[avatar]]s, whose players may choose to take any form they can create or purchase. The major form of short-distance transportation is flight, while transportation between areas is typically performed through teleportation; both abilities are innate. The "main grid" is restricted to those 18 or over, as some regions contain strong violence or sexual content. A teen version for those 13 to 17 is also available.

*'''Address''': http://www.secondlife.com

Second Life has over 8,268,883 registered users and 1,548,131 active users as of july 21, 2007; logged-in users range from 20,000 to 50,000 at any one time. The system is funded through a combination of account subscriptions and "tier" (a form of [[Wikipedia:Land value tax|land value tax]]). Users have the option to own or rent land parcels in a variety of sizes - as in [[real life]], some owners may zone their land to restrict certain activities, such as commercial development. Business in the game's virtual currency (exchangeable for real-world funds) is encouraged by the ''[[Wikipedia:Linden Lab|Linden Research]]'', and a variety of content vendors have sprung up to meet demand.

==Second Life and furry==

The [[furry fandom]] has a major presence in Second Life, with multiple areas devoted to providing accommodation, entertainment and creative services specifically for members of the furry community. Themes range from the pedestrian to the bizarre, although trees are common in furry haunts. Each user can create their own objects from the inbuilt primitives, but the majority of users rely in part on objects created and sold by others. These include body parts for avatars, accessories, vehicles (which may be purely aesthetic or provide extra functionality), toys, [[pose ball]]s for avatar animation, and scripts to provide extra features (like "push" and "shield" defensive/offensive capabilities).

==Controversy==

On September 8th 2006, Linden Lab reported via a security bulletin (which was also emailed to all SL users) that the servers holding player account information had been attacked using a zero-day exploit. According to Linden Labs, this attack on the servers may have begun as early as September 3rd and they only noticed an increase in activity on the 6th which they then quickly locked out. Their investigation showed that the attack allowed a significant amount of customer account information to be downloaded such as credit card numbers, PayPal transaction ID's, real life names, Second Life names, account passwords, and contact information.

As part of their effort to improve the security of their servers, Linden Lab had invalidated the passwords (assuming they were already compromised) of all Second Life users and has required said users to reset their passwords. Linden Lab further mentioned that while the compromised payment information was encrypted, no encryption is unbreakable given enough time and computing power. They had thus stated that if any SL user believed themselves to be the victim of credit card fraud, they (the user) should contact their credit card company.

The short form of the bulletin in available at http://secondlife.com/corporate/bulletin.php

== Outline ==
[[Image:SecondLifeCarrot.png|right|thumb|150px|Second Life lets you create your own objects]]
Second Life was started in 2003 as a project by "Linden Research, Inc." doing business as "Linden Lab".
Second Life's primary attraction has always been the level of customization; from the ground under your feet to the clouds in the sky. This was quite literal since the game's developers intended for the user to be able to create the world to their desire, as is quoted in the Second Life overview on its site:

:''"Second Life is a virtual world - a 3D online persistent space totally created and evolved by its users. Within this vast and rapidly expanding place, you can do, create or become just about anything you can imagine. Built-in content creation tools let you make almost anything you can imagine, in real time and in collaboration with others."''

Second Life is considered by some to be a variant of the ''Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game'', or ''[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]]'' for short. The true answer to the question "is it such a game?" is "yes and no" - Second Life is technically not a [[role-playing|role-playing game]] by itself.
Also, unlike other role playing games, there is no goal to reach, no levels to gain, no enemies to defeat, therefore it isn't a game at all. It is more a MUSE: Multi User Simulated Environment.
Rather, it is a platform that allows games and worlds to be built within its framework. It is better classified as a richly graphical multiple user chat kingdom ([[MUCK]]) rather than an MMORPG. Some go so far as to just call it a [[Wikipedia:Metaverse|metaverse]], which isn't that far of a stretch. Membership requires a credit card or [[Wikipedia:Short message service|SMS]]-capable cellphone, both for security reasons and because each region has its own content rating, from PG to Mature (which can be very mature at times), though as of April 2007, both of these appeared to no longer be required.

Second Life has become one of the popular forms of online entertainment for members of the furry fandom; at last count there were over 500 furries registered as Second Life users, and the true number is probably several times that by now. This arose out of the fact that the avatars, humanoid objects representing the user, are very customizable and the game's disposition for allowing users to create anything has made the concept of a virtual "[[fursuit]]" possible. Many furries of Second Life don't like to be considered to be wearing fursuits. Instead, they pretend it is their real body. These consist of a variety body parts which are attached to the user's avatar. These parts include [[tail]]s, [[wing]]s, legs, and so on - some have even made complete sets that resemble mythical beasts such as [[dragon]]s, complete with scripted flame effects. Such avatar add-ons can be sold by their creators, who retain the ability to control distribution of their objects as part of their copyright, enforced by inbuilt copy restrictions. Some choose to give works away for free, for apparently [[Wikipedia:altruism|altruistic]] or promotional purposes.

The high interactivity is also a plus for online social networks - as a result, various [[furry]] communities began to pop up in the game and are now a sizable force in the virtual world. In the October 2005 issue of ''[[Wikipedia:Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games]]'', "Furries" (used as a proper noun) were noted as a major user-base in Second Life in an article about the use of MMOs for self-actualization.<ref>Liu, Johnny. "Waking Dreams." ''[[Wikipedia:Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games]]'', October 2005; pp. 58-59</ref>

Signing up for a new account no longer requires a credit card or an SMS-capable cell phone. Also, current members have the option of changing their billing information in the members area so their membership fees can be deducted through [[Wikipedia:PayPal|PayPal]].''

== Age policy ==
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As with most social environments on the Net, there is no way to tell inside the game how old someone really is. The game's Terms of Service state quite clearly you must be over the age of 18 to enter the "main grid" of Second Life. If anyone is found to be under 18 in the main grid, they will be banned from the game and all money and inventory will be forfeit. It is generally assumed that almost all players in the main grid are over the age of 18.

Second Life rates the individual sections of the game as Mature, or PG, with other possible ratings. These ratings help moderate the behavior of people that populate the various sections of the game, as they won't tolerate someone breaking the PG rating by performing a Mature-rated act in a PG-rated zone. The rating system is not in place to keep children out of areas in SL; it is there because many adults don't want to be exposed to [[:Image:SecondLifePenisVendor.jpg|adult material]] during their time in the game or to take a break from it for a time by visiting a PG sim. [[Luskwood]] is a prime example of a furry PG sim, safe from displays of naked [[hermaphrodite]]s with a huge [[phallus]] and even bigger [[breasts]] parading around as one might see in a mature furry sim like [[FurNation Worlds]] (technically they are not supposed to be visible from a casual flyover).

=== Teen Grid ===
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Late in 2005, Second Life created a separate version of its game designed with teens in mind, strictly separating those 18 years of age or greater from those 17 and under. Server-side tracking differentiates teen users from adult users, sending teens to the Teen Grid instead of the main grid. The Teen Grid has different rating policies than the main version; being made for teenagers, none of the regions are rated Mature and nothing may exceed the general PG13 to PG17 rating spans.

* '''Website:''' http://teen.secondlife.com/

== Environment and Economy ==

=== Costs and land ownership ===

Membership of Second Life falls into one of two categories: "Basic" and "Premium". Basic accounts are free to create and incur no monthly fee. If you wish to have more than one account however, secondary accounts ([[Alt|Alts]]) incur a one-off fee of US$9.95, which may be paid with a credit card, or a positive [[Wikipedia:PayPal|PayPal]] balance.

Basic accounts are subdivided into "verified" and "unverified". A verified account means that the user has submitted a credit card, PayPal account, or telephone number to verify their identity. However, users may create an account without any verification of their identity. This was a highly unpopular move that sparked protests<ref>PierceP, {{youtube|TfV1DrrY2r4|The Protest}}</ref>. In response to this, Linden Labs added the ability to prevent unverified users from entering a parcel of land, and introduced an option to the LSL function [http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=llRequestAgentData llRequestAgentData()] to return an agent's payment status as one of:

* No Payment Info on File
* Payment Info on File
* No Payment Info on File AND Payment Info Used (Only Beta/Lifetime users fall under this status)
* Payment Info on File AND Payment Info Used

The fears of "open registration" were that it would lead to an influx of minors on the main grid - both opening Linden Labs to potential lawsuits and its users; and allow [[griefer]]s to quickly and freely create a new account as soon as one account is banned for their misdeeds.

Premium accounts come at a rate of US$9.95 each month, with discounts for paying quarterly or annually -- $22.50, and $72, respectively. The premium accounts come with the privilege of owning 512 square meters of land, known as 'First Land'. This is approximately 1/256 of 1 simulator, or "not much". They also come with a weekly stipend of L$300. The ability to acquire additional amounts of land bring an additional charge, called ''land tier''.

* US$195.00/month: 65,536 square meters - Entire Region
* US$125.00/month: 32,768 square meters - 1/2 Region
* US$75.00/month: 16,384 square meters - 1/4 Region
* US$40.00/month: 8,192 square meters - 1/8 Region
* US$25.00/month: 4,096 square meters - 1/16 Region
* US$15.00/month: 2,048 square meters - 1/32 Region
* US$8.00/month: 1,024 square meters - 1/64 Region
* US$5.00/month: 512 square meters - 1/128 Region

These are the official Linden rates - it is possible to find island owners (see below) who will sell or rent land for lower rates, usually with some restrictions as to its use. It is also possible to get low-cost rented accommodation with no specific land ownership, and to own land without a premium account through a "group" to which the land is deeded. Many users own no land or accommodation at all - it is not required for object ownership, although object creation can be another matter.

Land, once purchased, may be traded between users at market rates. Large contiguous plots of land (or even relatively small plots of land in a busy place) can often sell at a hefty premium. Linden's tier remains the same whatever the selling price.

=== Referrals ===

Each user who joins Second Life gets an unique referral link. Giving this link to people who have yet to sign up, and getting them to do so used to credit the user with a certain amount of Linden Dollars -- the in-world currency. Since late January 2006, only premium account signups will result in a bonus, of L$2500, staggered over a three month period, where you get L$500 on the spot, another L$500 after one month, another L$500 after two months, and the final L$1000 after three months, to prevent gaming of the premium account referral bonus.

=== Currency ===

Users can buy or sell their Linden Dollars (L$) from within the game using the Lindex money market run by Linden Research. There are also third-party exchange services.

Exchanges can be performed with any number of Linden Dollars. The Lindex calculator will give you an idea of what you'll be receiving as a result of your sale. The amount that you receive as a result of your sale gets placed into your account, where you may have it applied to anything you owe for your account if you are a premium user, or may have it sent to you via PayPal for a US$1 charge. For larger amounts, you may also have a check mailed to you for a fee - US$5 if you're inside the United States, or US$15 for locations outside of the United States.

There are some furs who extract do this with the earnings from their businesses (custom avatar creation, generic avatar vending, etc.), turning it into profit that allows them to do whatever they want to pay for, up to, and including starting their own islands. Historically-speaking, the L$ is a relatively volatile currency prone to bouts of inflation. It can therefore be a good idea to remove any significant sums from the game, unless they are to be spent quickly in-game.

=== Objects ===

Objects in Second Life are constructed from [[Wikipedia:geometric primitive|geometric primitives]] known as "prims" which are combined, manipulated and textured with images. A variation on this is the "flexiprim", which allows for more realistic movement of flexible objects like [[tail]]s and hair.

== Islands and other locations ==
[[island (Second Life)|Islands]] are user-owned simulators within Second Life. You can buy your own island but the price to play is pretty steep: $1675 for start up costs and a server (you don't own the server itself though and due to multiple CPU servers, you are effectively buying space on a single CPU for your island), as well as $295 a month maintenance fee. Islands, as opposed to the mainland, get a dedicated processor to run on. Mainland sims (regions) may have to share resources with up to 3 other neighboring regions. An additional benefit is that purchasing an island allows you to contact the Linden Concierge directly with questions, bypassing the standard technical support lines and forums.

Prior to the creation of islands, every simulator belonged to a large land mass. Regions of these simulators sometimes ended up dedicated to specific groups, including the furry fandom.

There are currently a number of furry-owned or themed islands and regions in Second Life:
[[Image:Luskwoodlobby.jpg|thumb|200px|The Lobby at Luskwood, the primary hangout for many furs]]
===[[Luskwood]]===
* Luskwood consists of two sims/regions, '''Lusk''' and '''Perry''', with some elements spilling into '''Clara'''; PG-rated, though not heavy on rules (for example, unlike most PG areas, weapons are allowed in Luskwood), Luskwood (started in mid-2003) is the oldest Furry-themed area in SL. Though not an island in practice (it resides on the SL mainland,) these regions are wholly owned by the Luskwood group, and can be considered its own furry-themed area.

*It is home to [[Luskwood Creatures]], the first furry avatar makers on SL. Luskwood builds many varieties of furry avatars, and is considered a sister-sim to, and administered by some of the same folks who run Taco.
:{{see also|Luskwood}}

===[[FurPleasure]]===
[[Image:Market_logo512.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The FP Sim logo, with the marketplace backdrop]]
* A mature friendly furry themed sim cluster including a popular club, shopping area and residential areas in '''FP Enigma''', Owned and run by a group of dedicated sim admins headed by [[Foxdie Ghia]] and [[Kit Keiko]]. The sim is dedicated to and run in the memory of [[AOD Enigma]], Providing a fun and stimulating place for all furs and nonfurs to relax and socialise
* Started as a small club in the highflyer sim, and then expanded into sprawler due to further need for space. The first sim was purchased shortly after was co-owned by Iyeyasu Muromachi (who now owns Asian Delight) and [[AOD Enigma]]. AoD Enigma passed away in 2006 at the age of 21, and the sims ownership was moved over to Foxdie Ghia who currently owns the sim.

===[[FurNation Worlds]]===
[[Image:FurNationWorldsLuxor.png|right|thumb|200px|The Luxor on FurNation Prime]]
* FurNation Worlds is a group of several simulators run by the crew at [[FurNation]].
* Each of their simulators seems to serve a particular purpose.
** FurNation Alpha is a residential area with a medieval theme.
** FurNation Vista is a sandbox with residential areas.
** FurNation Gamma is a sandbox with residential areas.
** FurNation Prime is the welcome area and general starting point for FurNation.
** FurNation Worlds Mall is a commercial simulator for people to sell items from rented vendor spots.
*** Prices range from L$50/week to L$1500/week depending on location, size, and type of spot rented.
** FurNAtion Phoenix is a residential simulator.
** FurNation Mythica is primarily a residential simulator.
*** The Club called The Ark recently relocated to the east side of this simulator.
** FurNation Dragon is a residential simulator.
** Purgatory is a themed simulator connected to FurNation.
** Drakeal Prime is a residential sim connected to FurNation.
** Drakeal Tui is a simulator connected to FurNation by extension of Drakeal Prime.
** FurNation Polaris is a recently added sim owned by logen Fasching
:{{see also|FurNation Worlds}}

===[[The Forest]]===
[[Image:SecondLifeForestDeluxeApartments.png|right|thumb|200px|Treehouse apartments in The Forest]]
* The Forest was the first furry-oriented island in Second Life.
* The Forest is under [[Anshe Chung]]'s ownership and is a part of the DreamLand continent developed by her.
:{{see also|The Forest}}

===[[Fur Valleys]]===
[[Image:FurValleys-27Jun07.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Map of the Fur Valleys island chain, June 2007]]
[[Image:CubConclaveClubResurgenceDancer.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Dancing [[babyfur]] in [[Cub Conclave]]]]
* The largest chain of furry-themed islands in Second Life to date, often known simply as '''The Valleys'''.
* The first island in this chain was founded in November 2005 by [[RedFox Costello]]. Since then, the island chain has grown, with the addition of many new islands. These include:
**'''Fox Valley''', a residential island, owned by Redfox Costello
**'''Wolf Valley and Jaguar Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[Mako Minogue]]
**'''Tiger Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[David von Foxkin|Foxkin Impfondo]]
**'''FlyinTails Airfield''', an aircraft-themed island, owned by [[Effsey Nelson]]
**'''Rabbit Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Dragon Valley''', containing the Foxkin Rentals offices, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Ryu Valley''', a volcanic island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
*** The [[Macro Room]], devoted to [[macro]] furries, is located here
**'''Istaria Prime''', owned by [[Crawler Woyseck]]
**'''[[Serenity Woods]]''', a recreation of the original '''The Forest''', originally run by the former The Forest guides, but now owned by Mako Minogue
**'''Critter Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[kodi Sachs]]
**'''Zeta Valley''', a [[zoophilia]]-themed island, owned by [[Wolphin Fluffball]]
**'''Neko Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Otter Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''[[Cub Conclave]]''', a [[babyfur]]-themed island, owned by [[Raven Welesa]]
**'''[[Kit Estates]]''', a babyfur-themed residential island, owned by Raven Welesa
**'''Pony Island'''
**'''Lovecraft Forest''', an H.P. Lovecraft-themed island, owned by [[Kerwin Newall]] and [[MathueTaxion Theewles]]
**'''Furry Park''', a residential island, owned by [[Effsey Nelson]]
**'''Cheetah Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Ferret Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Meerkat Valley''', a commercial island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Cougar Valley''', a mountainous residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Lynx Valley''', a river-run residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Mink Valley''', a paw-print shaped residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Lemming Valley''', a residential island with steep cliffs, owned by Foxkin Impfondo, pays homage to the 1991 video game "Lemmings"

* The '''Fur Valleys''' also include many ocean regions (also known as voids), all owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Most are each rentable as an entire region, but all allow visitors and residents to sail around the greater part of the Valleys. These voids include:
**'''Dragons Void''', a rentable void, managed by [[djomnifusion Snickerdoodle]]
**'''Kitsune Sea''', a [[fox]]-shaped island, managed by [[Autumnfox|Autumnfox Vesperia]]
**'''Strianic Ocean''', a [[dragon]]-shaped island, managed by [[Stria Inbiri|Stria Teazle]]
**'''Onyx Ocean''', a rentable void, managed by [[Cera Watts]]
**'''BlueRay Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Geckos Void''', a rentable void
**'''Moonlight Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of a crescent moon
**'''Sydney Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Crocodile Rock''', a rentable void named after the song by Elton John
**'''Dolphin Deep''', a rentable void
**'''Drakes Void''', a rentable void
**'''Kitten Cove''', a rentable void
**'''Raccoon Lagoon''', a rentable void
**'''Salamander Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Yang Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of the yang half of the yin-yang symbol
**'''Yin Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of the yin half of the yin-yang symbol

:{{see also|Fur Valleys}}

===Rocket City FurMeet===
*The [[Rocket City FurMeet]] sim contains an exact replica of the hotel that the [[real life]] [[convention]] is held in.
*The sim is staffed and upkept by many of the real life staff members of RCFM, headed by [[Lacy Amberwolf]].
*At the end of each real life RCFM, the staff posts a banner that states Welcome Home! to returning con-goers.
*Numerous dances are hosted throughout the year.

===[[Dragon Spire]]===
*The Dragon Spire is a club catering towards dragons and avians but does not make any restrictions on species. The club is located in the Southwest corner of of the Drachen simulator.
*The club is known for its public sex and cuddle poseballs, volunteer DJs, and a side wing with rooms for those wanting to use a SexGen bed.
*The club has restrictions on building and scripting for non-club members which effectively prevents the most abusive griefing, and one can only become a club member if invited by member of sufficient authority.

===[[Abbotts Aerodrome]]===
[[Image:Sl abbotts aerodrome cubey terra.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Abbotts Aerodrome]]
* Abbotts Aerodrome bills itself as "the most famous airport in Second Life". Occasionally referred to as '''Abbotts Furrodrome''', Abbotts is among the most fur-friendly airports in Second Life. The Aerodrome features free demo flights, a skydiving center, A.I. flights, and shops owned by some of the leading aircraft designers in Second Life. Founded by Apotheus Silverman and Cubey Terra in 2004, Abbotts Aerodrome is a center for aircraft development and skydiving.

[[Image:Alchera1.gif|thumb|200px|The town center of Alchera.]]
===[[Alchera]]===
* A Furry based roleplay island sim, it is based within the medieval era and holds a [[fantasy]]/Oriental theme. Opened to the public on January 20th, 2007, it is the first serious adult roleplay sim made expressly for furries and anthro players. Created as an open and friendly role play environment, it is open to all anthros of any race, mythology and preference.
Other then roleplay, it also offers quiet and relaxing oriental themed residential housing for $400L a week for 1024sq meters. Personal housing costs $150L for a room of a player’s choice plus 50 additional prims. [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Alchera/38/88/24/]

===[[Gay Yiffy Club]]===
* Gay Yiffy Club is a popular furry nightclub, partially due to the open and welcoming atmosphere for every species, gender or alignment (even though its name suggests to cater only to [[gay]] [[male]] furs). Originally built by [[Senjin Soothsayer]] and managed by [[Kiroja Fluffy]] and [[Darkfoxx Bunyip]]. It's not even an island SIM, yet it's traffic surpasses most islands. The club is commonly referred to by its abbreviation GYC and thanks it's popularity mostly to the very active staff containing dancers, DJs and Bartenders. The club features dance-floor, bar, darkroom, stage, pool, private rooms, lounge area and a separately located shopping area.
Unlike other clubs, public display of intimacy is not frowned upon, and even encouraged.
:{{see also|Gay Yiffy Club}}

===[[Rainbow Tiger]]===
* Originally a dance club owned by [[Spike Nico]] and an adjoining mall owned by [[Shadow Garden]] in the '''Cleary''' region, Rainbow Tiger has expanded onto a full island. Rainbow Tiger currently has: [[Club Rainbow Tiger]], a large dance club with live DJ's spinning tunes regularly as well as a swimming pool, events center, and an exercise room. Additional description is available on the Rainbow Tiger page. The trio of Rainbow sims have been awarded Developer's Incentive awards 3 times by Linden Lab since Rainbow Tiger was founded back in Cleary.

* A second island named [[Rainbow Stallion]] was added at the end of March 2006, and is designated a residential area. In 2006, a decision was made to change the ownership of the sims. Rainbow Tiger became fully owned by Spike Nico, and Rainbow Stallion became fully owned by Shadow Garden. Then, in 2007, an additional sim [[Rainbow Canyon]] was added to give both the mall and club additional room to expand. Rainbow Canyon is also owned Shadow Garden. All 3 sims are rated 'mature', and are open to all species.

* In 2007, a new island, Lykaois, joined the fold as the first independent sim. It is owned by Valdis Damone, and his mate Redwolf Ghia. This island is, however, a private island requiring an invite to enter.

* Additional islands are in the process of being approved and added, the earliest one coming online in January 2008.
:{{see also|Rainbow Tiger}}

===[[Tartarus Island]]===
* The new home of [[The Fur Dungeon]], a club that once existed on the mainland. Underwater dungeon areas and an array of domes (including, presently, a mall and movie dome) complement the club itself. Created by [[Musuko Massiel]].

===[[EuroFur Exodus]]===
* Furry themed sim especially made for french and european furries, maintained by rafa226 Lubitsch. Located in a sim named EuroFur, it moved to a sim named ''Extra'' This sim includes a club, a small shop, a beach, some yiff houses and a movie theater. Some elements are still under construction.

===[[Oinari]]===
* This furry themed island sim is the headquarters of [[Furry Japan]] owned by [[Fakefur Okonomi]], founder of Furry Japan. The island is divided among the officers of Furry Japan, who do a variety of experimental shops and houses. Japanese is naturally the primary language here, and visitors are recomended to bring a translator HUD or fluency

===[[The Wild (Second Life)|The Wild]]===
* Furry [[Wikipedia:Myst|Myst]] themed island owned by [[Shaun Wallaby]].

===[[Mythos Prometheus]]===
* Mature-rated furry-themed island sim run by [[Sabvriel Padar]], (liberum veto) [[Solus Candour]] and [[Msakaji Yoshiro]]. Mostly a residential island, with laid back rules, several houses nestled amid beautiful landscaping, and apartments for rent up in the sky. Also hosts a small shop for vendors, and [[The Hangar]] club. Residence in the sky apartments is one of the most affordable at 100L$ per week for 100 prims, which makes them popular and causes a waiting list to accumulate for the space. The residents of the skyboxes are among the more friendly 'neighbourhood' style cliques and as a new denizen of the sim you can expect sudden visits from the other residents.

===[[Coonspiracy]]===
* Southwest corner of Noonkkot sim, a hangout for raccoons, gators, swamp foxes, and the like.

===[[Meeting Island]]===
* Mature-rated furry-themed island sim run by [[Pounce Teasle]]. '''[[Raccoon Hill]]''', formerly '''[[Fae Valley]]''' from the '''Fur Valleys''' sim conglomerate, was added in May, 2006, but has since vacated. '''Meeting Island''' is best known for the furry [[escort]] establishment, [[The Seven Tails Brothel]].

===[[Lost Furest]]===
[[Image:lfcenterance.jpg|thumb|200px|Pawprint lake at Lost Furest, welcoming visitors.]]
*This island sim is "Mature" rated and correctly named Sables Dalliez >Lost Furest<.
*Visitors usually are thrown off by the sim's name, expecting trees and foliage yet finding an island full of sand. The name actually represents the act of being at rest or as we call it "Fur-Rest".
*Home to the [[Lost Creatures]] furry avatars, founded by two creators [[Cheetah Kitty]] and [[Daisuke Tokugawa]].
*Awarded Developer's Incentive awards three times by Linden Lab and has recently become a heavy traffic area, earning the islands name in the top 20 most popular places often.
:{{see also|Lost Furest}}

Collecting donations for Island upkeep fees is a popular activity on islands, furry or otherwise.

===[[Furry Plateau]]===
Furry plateau is teengrid's oldest furry hangout (3.75 years now), it was originally founded by [[Reggie Marquez]], and [[Inuyasha Overlord]]. The hangout was originally a 1024 plot for the "brothers" to live in. After sometime, Reggie's account was disabled due to payment issues. Inuyasha Overlord continue to take care of the parcel untill it moved to Gordon, where it became a mainstream hangout. After a year Inuyasha left the parcel due to his payment issues and continued on with his sl. Shortly after Reggie returned on an alternate account [[Reggie Clifton]] who brought FP back to teengrid alongside [[Phox Sillanpaa]] in hopes that it would reach mainstream again, which it did. Furry Plateau quickly reached the top of the pop-list with it's "housing for homeless furs" a program started inorder to help new furries adjust to the community. This housing project became big enough to put FP at the top of the popular list for another six months. The land soon became too small to contain the community and the group continued on to create the FP Peacelands alongside [[Nicelus Borelly]]. The "four founding furs" have been through hell and back and now continue the community on the sims Citivas and Leviathan.

===[[TSL Fur Fest]]===
Teen Second Life (TSL) Fur Fest (TSLFF) is the Teen Grid's first [[furry]] and [[anthropomorphic]]s [[convention]]. TSLFF was founded by Ferret Surface ([[Ferret Vulpsi]]) and the first TSLFF was held in 2007 on August 17th, 18th, and 19th mainly in the sim of Unreal. The convention was mainly attended by members of the FP, FN (TSL), and Tiamat communities however the con was a grid wide event and made history as the first furry convention (or convention of any kind for that matter) to be held on the Teen Grid.

===[[Castle Dark Haven]]===
[[Image:DH_Castle.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Castle Dark Haven]]
Castle Dark Haven is a huge furry castle located within an ancient mystical forest on Growl1. Owned and operated by [[Growl Fardel]] and [[Nilsninian Dryke]], the castle and forest offer many distractions. Concealed surprises may also be found by unsuspecting adventurers within the vastness of the castle.

Rated mature, Dark Haven is open to all furs and offers an Avatar Shopping Center, the Twisted Tails Dance Club, private skyboxes, a [[yiff]] lounge, yiff dungeon, hot tub area and beautiful scenic areas for peaceful relaxation.

===[[Drachen & Amaru]]===
Drachen is a scaly and furry region that is home to Dragon Spire. Its a modern town theme with a fortress on a hill.

Amaru is a region to the west of Drachen that is the home of a the new Herm club "The Constellation." As well as HermHQ, Dooglabs, Pavi's Avi's and The Tool Shed. And the location of hantu's collective lands.

== "Second Life Furry" logo ==
[[Image:Slfur.png|right|100px]]
In (early 2006?), a "furry admin" meeting for all furry and/or furry-friendly sims' administrators or owners was held to discuss several unifying strategies regarding the fandom population in world ([[Inferniel Solvang]] was the lead fur for this particular encounter.) Of the many proposals, one was the creation of a common, official symbol or logo for identifying purposes for sim or fur.

The final design, a SL logo inspired image, came to be thanks to the design of SL [[furry artist]], [[Yiffy Yaffle]]. The logo can be viewed on most of the older furry sims, with propagation to newer ones going at a slow, but steady rate.

== Video ==
[[Image:SecondLifeFundayPawPetShow.png|right|thumb|200px|Furs watching the Funday PawPet Show in Second Life]]
As of version 1.6.0, Second Life now hooks [[Wikipedia:Quicktime|Quicktime]], if it is installed on the user's system, to provide an interface that allows one to watch movies within the client itself. A '''very''' fast connection is suggested in this case, as you will be streaming world data ''and'' a video at the same time. If Quicktime is not installed, the user will be reminded that Quicktime is needed to watch video within the client when they enter a parcel with video.

A number of furs use the video feature to watch the [[Funday PawPet Show]] on their land.

Some users have taken advantage of this new feature to bring forward a new business: Movie Rentals. One may rent adult movies from a couple of the businesses in Second Life, for the express purpose of being able to watch pornography on their land for a couple of hours.

== Preview Grid ==
As Linden Lab draws closer to a potential release, be it a sub-version upgrade, or a full point-release jump, they release preview versions of the client, to allow all interested parties to test the new client and its features. This is extremely important to builders, scripters, and texturers, as knowing how the new software will handle their works is very important.

The Preview client is run on a separate grid from the current client, which means there are less people to interact with. Most of the people available test their wares, making sure they won't have to do a full rebuild or rescript for the next version, as well as reporting bugs.

== Technical advice ==

Due to the amount of data that is sent between the client (you) and the servers, Second Life requires a fast internet connection, at least 128kbps, though more (768kbps or better) is highly recommended, at least 512MB of RAM (preferably at least 1024), and a CPU faster than 800MHz, though the bare minimum will not be as pleasant an experience. Linden Lab suggests that you invest in hardware that will exceed the minimum specs. There are also specific graphics card requirements due to the game making use of a certain OpenGL standard. The system requirements for interested people is listed at the Second Life website partially, and more exact requirements can be found inside its technical support area.

Although it is not impossible to use a dial-up connection with Second Life, nearly every option of the game requires serious cutting back; close to the bare minimum. This makes the experience flatter and less pleasant, with lag so heavy that movement is difficult and awkward with occasional stop-frame style "clipping" animation. Walking forward one step, for example, might occasionally result in sliding forward more then a yard or two before being snapped back to your intended position in a rather sudden jerk, or scenery change. Sometimes, said movement could make you sink through the ground or pass through other objects (like a wall) before the snap-back occurs. Then you find you need another of the regular 24MB to 25[[Wikipedia:Megabyte|MB]] updates to play. There aren't many dial-up users on Second Life as a result. ISDN provides a usable experience, but only just. Mobile broadband solutions such as UMTS or HSDPA are usually good enough, however.

Second Life has been dealing with issues over ATI's video card drivers for quite a while. It has become practice on the forums to suggest to ATi users to pick up the [http://www.omegadrivers.net/ Omega Drivers], a set of user-modified drivers recognized by ATi (according to their author) as "''the best-modded drivers in the Internet''". These Omega Drivers enable features that Second Life can use which aren't easily enabled in the default drivers.

== Fan-sites ==

Linden Lab's policies regarding the use of trademarks on Second Life fansites are loose, provided the following stipulations are met.

* There is no attempt to pass off a fan site as Second Life or Linden Lab itself.

* The following legal text is present on all Second Life related pages: "Second Life® and Linden Lab® are registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. No infringement is intended." this must include the ® circles though can be any size the website creators see fit.

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Second Life|Second Life]] on Wikipedia
* [[:Category:Second Lifers|Second Lifers on WikiFur]]
* [http://secondlife.com/movies/secondtake.wmv Second Life Promotional Video] -- This file is directly available on the Second Life Home page. The video is linked to an image titled "watch the video" that will alternate with the free trial promotional image link. There is also a [http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/secondlife/ Quicktime version] of the video.

== External links ==
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* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/secondlife_furs/ Second Life Furry Community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* ''[http://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000505.html The Second Life Herald: Miravoir Meets The Furries]'' — Article about furries on Second Life
* ''[http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2005/04/furry_like_me.html New World Notes: Furry Like Me]'' — Another article about furries on Second Life
* ''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982001.htm?chan=tc&chan=technology_technology+index+page_today's+top+stories My Virtual Life]'' — Business Week reporter examines Second Life in detail
* ''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982009.htm Virtual Land, Real Money]'' — An interview with [[Anshe Chung]]
* {{youtube|1LlMZjCBJhE|Beatfox and his flexy foxy tail}} - an video example of flexiprims in furry avatars
* [http://jolie.silentshadows.net Jolie Grant: SL Furry Model] - a website with models created by [[Jolie]], a furry who made it into the human modeling world with her avatar
* ''[http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20060702 Second Life]'' - ''[[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]'' strip about [[FurryMUCK]] players who spend time in both worlds
*[http://www.news.com/2300-1026_3-6204587-3.html?tag=ne.gall.pg Furries, pirates, drag queens at 'Second Life' ball], page 3 of coverage (credited to Caroline McCarthy) of 2007 Second Life Community Convention.

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''A piece of this article has been copied directly from the Second Life website and no challenge is being issued in regards to the material of the quote taken in any way, shape, or form.''

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[[fi:Second Life]]

ButtBadger

2008-01-08T14:21:53Z

Buttbadger: /* Second Life */

[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, by himself.]]
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a [[Skunk (species)|skunk]]-[[Wolf (species)|wolf]] [[hybrid]] from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works as a freelance computer technician.

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. He did a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is working on his own [[fursuit]].
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is [[mate]]d to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a fan of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' and especially of [[Fifi le Fume]].

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an [[anthropomorphic]] wolf with some differences, including his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short [[muzzle]] and his big footpaws. He has the ability to spray different kind of odors. Like [[Pepé le Pew]], he sometimes adopts a French accent when he talks in English.

The name comes from "Buttbadger123", a song by [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]].

==Second Life==
ButtBadger is active on [[Second Life]] as ''Buttbadger Mirabeau'' since 2005.

He is one of the main moderators of the sim [[EuroFur|EuroFur Exodus (Extra)]], a French and European themed sim for furries; he works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] aalso makes various stuff.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.furryartpile.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[Furry Art Pile]] ([[Yiff]] drawings only)
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

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[[fr:ButtBadger]]

Second Life

2007-05-04T20:00:57Z

Buttbadger: /* Islands and other locations */ (added EuroFur on the list)

[[Image:SecondLife.png|right|Second Life]]
'''Second Life''' is an online [[Wikipedia:Virtual world|virtual world]] consisting of hundreds of interconnected large-scale areas populated by interactive [[Wikipedia:avatar|avatars]], whose players may choose to take any form they can create or purchase. The major form of short-distance transportation is flight, while transportation between areas is typically performed through teleportation; both abilities are innate. The "main grid" is restricted to those 18 or over, as some regions contain strong violence or sexual content. A teen version for those 13 to 17 is also available.

*'''Address''': http://www.secondlife.com

Second Life has over 2,269,603 registered users and 487,911 active users as of January 1, 2007; logged-in users range from 6,000 to 20,000 at any one time. The system is funded through a combination of account subscriptions and "tier" (a form of [[Wikipedia:Land value tax|land value tax]]). Users have the option to own or rent land parcels in a variety of sizes - as in [[real life]], some owners may zone their land to restrict certain activities, such as commercial development. Business in the game's virtual currency (exchangeable for real-world funds) is encouraged by the ''[[Wikipedia:Linden Lab|Linden Research]]'', and a variety of content vendors have sprung up to meet demand.

==Second Life and furry==

The [[furry fandom]] has a major presence in Second Life, with multiple areas devoted to providing accommodation, entertainment and creative services specifically for members of the furry community. Themes range from the pedestrian to the bizarre, although trees are common in furry haunts. Each user can create their own objects from the inbuilt primitives, but the majority of users rely in part on objects created and sold by others. These include body parts for avatars, accessories, vehicles (which may be purely aesthetic or provide extra functionality), toys, [[pose ball]]s for avatar animation, and scripts to provide extra features (like "push" and "shield" defensive/offensive capabilities).

==Controversy==

On September 8th 2006, Linden Lab reported via a security bulletin (which was also emailed to all SL users) that the servers holding player account information had been attacked using a zero-day exploit. According to Linden Labs, this attack on the servers may have begun as early as September 3rd and they only noticed an increase in activity on the 6th which they then quickly locked out. Their investigation showed that the attack allowed a significant amount of customer account information to be downloaded such as credit card numbers, PayPal transaction ID's, real life names, Second Life names, account passwords, and contact information.

As part of their effort to improve the security of their servers, Linden Lab had invalidated the passwords (assuming they were already compromised) of all Second Life users and has required said users to reset their passwords. Linden Lab further mentioned that while the compromised payment information was encrypted, no encryption is unbreakable given enough time and computing power. They had thus stated that if any SL user believed themselves to be the victim of credit card fraud, they (the user) should contact their credit card company.

The short form of the bulletin in available at http://secondlife.com/corporate/bulletin.php

== Outline ==
[[Image:SecondLifeCarrot.png|right|thumb|150px|Second Life lets you create your own objects]]
Second Life was started in 2003 as a project by "Linden Research, Inc." doing business as "Linden Lab".
Second Life's primary attraction has always been the level of customization; from the ground under your feet to the clouds in the sky. This was quite literal since the game's developers intended for the user to be able to create the world to their desire, as is quoted in the Second Life overview on its site:

:''"Second Life is a virtual world - a 3D online persistent space totally created and evolved by its users. Within this vast and rapidly expanding place, you can do, create or become just about anything you can imagine. Built-in content creation tools let you make almost anything you can imagine, in real time and in collaboration with others."''

Second Life is considered by some to be a variant of the ''Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game'', or ''[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]]'' for short. The true answer to the question "is it such a game?" is "yes and no" - Second Life is technically not a [[role-playing|role-playing game]] by itself.
Also, unlike other role playing games, there is no goal to reach, no levels to gain, no enemies to defeat, therefore it isn't a game at all. It is more a MUSE: Multi User Simulated Environment.
Rather, it is a platform that allows games and worlds to be built within its framework. It is better classified as a richly graphical multiple user chat kingdom ([[MUCK]]) rather than an MMORPG. Some go so far as to just call it a [[Wikipedia:Metaverse|metaverse]], which isn't that far of a stretch. Membership requires a credit card or [[Wikipedia:Short message service|SMS]]-capable cellphone, both for security reasons and because each region has its own content rating, from PG to Mature (which can be very mature at times), though as of April 2007, both of these appeared to no longer be required.

Second Life has become one of the popular forms of online entertainment for members of the furry fandom; at last count there were over 500 furries registered as Second Life users, and the true number is probably several times that by now. This arose out of the fact that the avatars, humanoid objects representing the user, are very customizable and the game's disposition for allowing users to create anything has made the concept of a virtual "[[fursuit]]" possible.(Edit here: Most Furres of Second Life dont like to be called Fursuits. In turn they concider it to be their real body. As much a human would.) These consist of a variety body parts which are attached to the user's avatar. These parts include [[tail]]s, [[wing]]s, legs, and so on - some have even made complete sets that resemble mythical beasts such as [[dragon]]s, complete with scripted flame effects. Such avatar add-ons can be sold by their creators, who retain the ability to control distribution of their objects as part of their copyright, enforced by inbuilt copy restrictions. Some choose to give works away for free, for apparently [[Wikipedia:altruism|altruistic]] or promotional purposes.

The high interactivity is also a plus for online social networks - as a result, various [[furry]] communities began to pop up in the game and are now a sizable force in the virtual world. In the October 2005 issue of ''[[Wikipedia:Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games]]'', "Furries" (used as a proper noun) were noted as a major user-base in Second Life in an article about the use of MMOs for self-actualization.<ref>Liu, Johnny. "Waking Dreams." ''[[Wikipedia:Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games]]'', October 2005; pp. 58-59</ref>

Signing up for a new account no longer requires a credit card or an SMS-capable cell phone. Also, current members have the option of changing their billing information in the members area so their membership fees can be deducted through [[Wikipedia:PayPal|PayPal]].''

== Age policy ==
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As with most social environments on the Net, there is no way to tell inside the game how old someone really is. The game's Terms of Service state quite clearly you must be over the age of 18 to enter the "main grid" of Second Life. If anyone is found to be under 18 in the main grid, they will be banned from the game and all money and inventory will be forfeit. It is generally assumed that almost all players in the main grid are over the age of 18.

Second Life rates the individual sections of the game as Mature, or PG, with other possible ratings. These ratings help moderate the behavior of people that populate the various sections of the game, as they won't tolerate someone breaking the PG rating by performing a Mature-rated act in a PG-rated zone. The rating system is not in place to keep children out of areas in SL; it is there because many adults don't want to be exposed to [[:Image:SecondLifePenisVendor.jpg|adult material]] during their time in the game or to take a break from it for a time by visiting a PG sim. [[Luskwood]] is a prime example of a furry PG sim, safe from displays of naked [[hermaphrodite]]s with a huge [[phallus]] and even bigger [[breasts]] parading around as one might see in a mature furry sim like [[FurNation Worlds]] (technically they are not supposed to be visible from a casual flyover).

=== Teen Grid ===
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Late in 2005, Second Life created a separate version of its game designed with teens in mind, strictly separating those 18 years of age or greater from those 17 and under. Server-side tracking differentiates teen users from adult users, sending teens to the Teen Grid instead of the main grid. The Teen Grid has different rating policies than the main version; being made for teenagers, none of the regions are rated Mature and nothing may exceed the general PG13 to PG17 rating spans.

* '''Website:''' http://teen.secondlife.com/

== Environment and Economy ==

=== Costs and land ownership ===

Membership of Second Life falls into one of two categories: "Basic" and "Premium". Basic accounts are free to create and incur no monthly fee. If you wish to have more than one account however, secondary accounts ([[Alt|Alts]]) incur a one-off fee of US$9.95, which may be paid with a credit card, or a positive [[Wikipedia:PayPal|PayPal]] balance.

Basic accounts are subdivided into "verified" and "unverified". A verified account means that the user has submitted a credit card, PayPal account, or telephone number to verify their identity. However, users may create an account without any verification of their identity. This was a highly unpopular move that sparked protests<ref>PierceP, {{youtube|TfV1DrrY2r4|The Protest}}</ref>. In response to this, Linden Labs added the ability to prevent unverified users from entering a parcel of land, and introduced an option to the LSL function [http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=llRequestAgentData llRequestAgentData()] to return an agent's payment status as one of:

* No Payment Info on File
* Payment Info on File
* No Payment Info on File AND Payment Info Used (Only Beta/Lifetime users fall under this status)
* Payment Info on File AND Payment Info Used

The fears of "open registration" were that it would lead to an influx of minors on the main grid - both opening Linden Labs to potential lawsuits and its users; and allow [[griefer|griefers]] to quickly and freely create a new account as soon as one account is banned for their misdeeds.

Premium accounts come at a rate of US$9.95 each month, with discounts for paying quarterly or annually -- $22.50, and $72, respectively. The premium accounts come with the privilege of owning 512 square meters of land, known as 'First Land'. This is approximately 1/256 of 1 simulator, or "not much". They also come with a weekly stipend of L$300. The ability to acquire additional amounts of land bring an additional charge, called ''land tier''.

* US$195.00/month: 65,536 square meters - Entire Region
* US$125.00/month: 32,768 square meters - 1/2 Region
* US$75.00/month: 16,384 square meters - 1/4 Region
* US$40.00/month: 8,192 square meters - 1/8 Region
* US$25.00/month: 4,096 square meters - 1/16 Region
* US$15.00/month: 2,048 square meters - 1/32 Region
* US$8.00/month: 1,024 square meters - 1/64 Region
* US$5.00/month: 512 square meters - 1/128 Region

These are the official Linden rates - it is possible to find island owners (see below) who will sell or rent land for lower rates, usually with some restrictions as to its use. It is also possible to get low-cost rented accommodation with no specific land ownership, and to own land without a premium account through a "group" to which the land is deeded. Many users own no land or accommodation at all - it is not required for object ownership, although object creation can be another matter.

Land, once purchased, may be traded between users at market rates. Large contiguous plots of land (or even relatively small plots of land in a busy place) can often sell at a hefty premium. Linden's tier remains the same whatever the selling price.

=== Referrals ===

Each user who joins Second Life gets an unique referral link. Giving this link to people who have yet to sign up, and getting them to do so used to credit the user with a certain amount of Linden Dollars -- the in-world currency. Since late January 2006, only premium account signups will result in a bonus, of L$2500, staggered over a three month period, where you get L$500 on the spot, another L$500 after one month, another L$500 after two months, and the final L$1000 after three months, to prevent gaming of the premium account referral bonus.

=== Currency ===

Users can buy or sell their Linden Dollars (L$) from within the game using the Lindex money market run by Linden Research. There are also third-party exchange services.

Exchanges can be performed with any number of Linden Dollars. The Lindex calculator will give you an idea of what you'll be receiving as a result of your sale. The amount that you receive as a result of your sale gets placed into your account, where you may have it applied to anything you owe for your account if you are a premium user, or may have it sent to you via PayPal for a US$1 charge. For larger amounts, you may also have a check mailed to you for a fee - US$5 if you're inside the United States, or US$15 for locations outside of the United States.

There are some furs who extract do this with the earnings from their businesses (custom avatar creation, generic avatar vending, etc.), turning it into profit that allows them to do whatever they want to pay for, up to, and including starting their own islands. Historically-speaking, the L$ is a relatively volatile currency prone to bouts of inflation. It can therefore be a good idea to remove any significant sums from the game, unless they are to be spent quickly in-game.

== Islands and other locations ==
[[island (Second Life)|Islands]] are user-owned simulators within Second Life. You can buy your own island but the price to play is pretty steep: $1675 for start up costs and a server (you don't own the server itself though and due to multiple CPU servers, you are effectively buying space on a single CPU for your island), as well as $295 a month maintenance fee. Islands, as opposed to the mainland, get a dedicated processor to run on. Mainland sims (regions) may have to share resources with up to 3 other neighboring regions. An additional benefit is that purchasing an island allows you to contact the Linden Concierge directly with questions, bypassing the standard technical support lines and forums.

Prior to the creation of islands, every simulator belonged to a large land mass. Regions of these simulators sometimes ended up dedicated to specific groups, including the furry fandom.

There are currently a number of furry-owned or themed islands and regions in Second Life:
[[Image:Luskwoodlobby.jpg|thumb|200px|The Lobby at Luskwood, the primary hangout for many furs]]
;[[Luskwood]]
* Luskwood consists of two sims/regions, '''Lusk''' and '''Perry''', with some elements spilling into '''Clara'''; PG-rated, though not heavy on rules, Luskwood (started in mid-2003) is the oldest Furry-themed area in SL. Though not an island in practice (it resides on the SL mainland,) these regions are wholly owned by the Luskwood group, and can be considered its own furry-themed area.

*It is home to [[Luskwood Creatures]] the first Furry avatar makers on SL. Luskwood builds many varieties of furry avatars, and is considered a sister-sim to, and administered by some of the same folks who run Taco.
:{{see also|Luskwood}}

; [[FurPleasure]]
[[Image:Market_logo512.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The FP Sim logo, with the marketplace backdrop]]
* A mature friendly Furry themed sim including large club, shopping area and groups of residential areas both ('''FP Enigma''') and family owned residential sim ('''Asian Delight'''), Owned and run by a group of dedicated Sim Admins headed by Foxdie Ghia and Kit Keiko. The sim is dedicated to and run in the memory of AoD Enigma. Providing a fun and stimulating place for all furs to relax and socialise
* Started as a small club in the highflyer sim, and then expanded into sprawler due to further need for space. The first sim was purchased shortly after was co-owned by Iyeyasu Muromachi (who now owns Asian Delight) and AoD Enigma. AoD Enigma passed away in 2006 at the age of 21, and the sims ownership was moved over to Foxdie Ghia who currently owns the sim.

; [[FurNation Worlds]]
[[Image:FurNationWorldsLuxor.png|right|thumb|200px|The Luxor on FurNation Prime]]
* FurNation Worlds is a group of seven simulators ('''Prime''', '''Alpha''', '''Vista''', '''Aqua''', '''Reia''', '''Omega''', and '''Kitsune''') run by the crew at [[FurNation]].
* Each of their simulators seems to serve a particular purpose.
** Alpha appears to be the residential area;
** Vista and Omega appear to be sandbox areas;
** Prime is the welcome area and hub for everything in the area.
**There was a seventh (private) sim attached to the south of FNW, '''Istaria Prime''', which is not related in any way to it.
*On April 5, 2006, '''Istaria Prime''' moved to the '''[[Fur Valleys]]''' sim conglomerate, followed by former FN sim '''Tria''' on April 7, becoming '''Masquerade Valley''' in the process.
*On May, 2006, '''Kitsune''' (formerly '''Kitsune Valley''', from the '''Fur Valleys''' sim conglomerate) moved in, along with '''Aqua''', which took '''Tria''''s spot.
:{{see also|FurNation Worlds}}

; [[The Forest]]
[[Image:SecondLifeForestDeluxeApartments.png|right|thumb|200px|Treehouse apartments in The Forest]]
* The Forest was the first Furry oriented island in Second Life.
* This sim had an abundance of trees, but towards the end of [[Spade Richlieu]]'s management, trees were a bit too bare in many spots to really own up to its name.
* This sim suffered from severe lag issues in the beginning, as it was a prime hangout to many furs, which led to the island being full at peak times. This distinction was taken later on by the FurNation Worlds.
* [[Sibe]] was banned from this simulator for reasons unknown; this made big news within the furry circles of Second Life, and it wasn't long before many wanted to know why. This ban has long since been repealed, probably during Anshe's acquisition.
* In its first months, The Forest it earned at least one dwell award (money previously given to people who rake in the most dwell - or ''butt hours'' - each month by Linden Research). The entire island earned one of the awards for January 2005, which offset the first month's island fee by about half in this case.
* The Forest eventually came under [[Anshe Chung]]'s ownership. She soon added '''Tiger Creek''' to the south of The Forest as a residential area for furs to purchase or rent land. In March 2006 a second residential island was added, '''Bunny Bay'''. Revenues from Tiger Creek and Bunny Bay go towards paying for The Forest's tier.
* The Forest, Tiger Creek and Bunny Bay are part of what many call '''AnsheLand''' (mostly out of dislike for its owner - its proper name is actually '''Dreamland'''), a chunk of 55 linked islands located west-north-west of the North Continent of the main Grid.
* As of late May 2006, The Forest has suffered a crisis of administration. Disagreements between Anshe and the Forest Guides led to the replacement of the latter with a set of Dreamland administrators. Meanwhile, the Guides removed all their content, including the vast majority of the trees.
* At the start of June 2006, the Guides moved to a new sim in the north '''Fur Valleys''' region, '''[[Serenity Woods]]'''.
:{{see also|The Forest}}

; [[Fur Valleys]]
[[Image:Fur_Valleys.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Map of the Fur Valleys region, September 2006]]
[[Image:CubConclaveClubResurgenceDancer.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Dancing [[babyfur]] in [[Cub Conclave]]]]
* Sometimes simply known as '''The Valleys''', this grouping of sims is located in the island cloud, southwest of Anshe Chung's ''Dreamland'', and northwest of Furnation Worlds.
* The first sim in this region was founded in November 2005 by [[RedFox Costello]]. Since then, the region has grown, with the addition of new islands, generally all owned by different individuals. These include:
**'''Fox Valley''', owned by Redfox Costello
**'''Wolf Valley''', owned by [[Mako Minogue]]
**'''Tiger Valley''', owned by [[David von Foxkin|Foxkin Impfondo]]
**'''FlyinTails Airfield''', owned by [[Effsey Nelson]]
**'''Rabbit Valley''', owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Dragon Valley''', owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Ryu Valley''', owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Isteria Prime''', owned by [[Crawler Woyseck]]
**'''[[Serenity Woods]]''', moved in early June 2006, run by the former Forest Guides of '''[[The Forest]]'''
**'''Critter Valley''', moved in late June 2006, owned by [[kodi Sachs]]
**'''Silverymoon''', owned by [[Angel Fluffy]]
**'''Zeta Valley''', surfaced July 29th, 2006, owned by [[Wolphin Fluffball]]
**'''Neko Valley''', brought online in November 2006, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Otter Valley''', brought online in November 2006, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''[[Cub Conclave]]''', owned by [[Raven Welesa]]
**'''[[Kit Estates]]''', owned by Raven Welesa
**'''Pony Island'''
* The '''Fur Valleys''' also now contain four ocean sims (also known as void sims), all owned by Foxkin Impfondo, including:
**'''Kitsune Sea''', run by [[Autumnfox|Autumnfox Vesperia]]
**'''Strianic Ocean''', run by [[Stria Inbiri|Stria Teazle]]
**'''Onyx Ocean''', run by [[Fara Heart]]
**'''Dragons Void''', run by [[djomnifusion Snickerdoodle]]
* The following sims have moved out of the Valleys region since the region's inception:
**'''Kitsune Valley''' moved out in May 2006, becoming '''FurNation Kitsune''' of the '''FurNation Worlds''' sim conglomerate.
**'''Fae Valley''' moved out in May 2006, joined with '''Meeting Island''' and became '''Raccoon Hill''', but has since vanished; these were owned by [[Alynna Vixen]].
**'''Masquerade Valley''', formerly '''Furnation Tria''', moved out of the Valleys in December 2006. This sim was formerly owned by [[kodi Sachs]], and has since been sold and moved, becoming a free-floating sim, Masquerade Island.
:{{see also|Fur Valleys}}

; [[Abbotts Aerodrome]]
[[Image:Sl abbotts aerodrome cubey terra.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Abbotts Aerodrome]]
* Abbotts Aerodrome bills itself as "the most famous airport in Second Life". Occasionally referred to as '''Abbotts Furrodrome''', Abbotts is among the most fur-friendly airports in Second Life. The Aerodrome features free demo flights, a skydiving center, A.I. flights, and shops owned by some of the leading aircraft designers in Second Life. Founded by Apotheus Silverman and Cubey Terra in 2004, Abbotts Aerodrome is a center for aircraft development and skydiving.

;[[Gay Yiffy Club]]
* Gay Yiffy Club is a popular furry nightclub, partially due to the open and welcoming atmosphere for every species, gender or alignment (even though its name suggests to cater only to gay male furs). Originally built by [[Senjin Soothsayer]] and managed by [[Kiroja Fluffy]] and [[Darkfoxx Bunyip]]. It's not even an island SIM, yet it's traffic surpasses most islands. The club is commonly referred to by its abbreviation GYC and thanks it's popularity mostly to the very active staff containing dancers, DJs and Bartenders. The club features dance-floor, bar, darkroom, stage, pool, private rooms, lounge area and a separately located shopping area.
Unlike other clubs, public display of intimacy is not frowned upon, and even encouraged.
:{{see also|Gay Yiffy Club}}

; [[Rainbow Tiger]]
* Originally a dance club owned by [[Spike Nico]] and an adjoining mall owned by [[Shadow Garden]] in the '''Cleary''' region, Rainbow Tiger has expanded onto a full island. Rainbow Tiger currently has: [[Club Rainbow Tiger]], a large dance club with live DJ's spinning tunes regularly as well as a large 3 story mall, swimming pool, events center, casino, and an exercise room. It is also the primary retail location for OrcaHorse, owned by [[Fore Odets]]. Rainbow Tiger has been awarded Developer's Incentive awards twice by Linden Lab since its creation. A second island named [[Rainbow Stallion]] was added at the end of March 2006, and is being developed as a residential area. Both sims are rated 'mature', and are open to all species.
:{{see also|Rainbow Tiger}}

; [[Tartarus Island]]
* The new home of [[The Fur Dungeon]], a club that once existed on the mainland. Underwater dungeon areas and an array of domes (including, presently, a mall and movie dome) complement the club itself. Created by [[Musuko Massiel]].

; [[EuroFur]]
* Furry themed sim especially made for french and european furries, maintained by kerunix Flan and [[ButtBadger]]. This sim includes a club, a mall, a residential building, a beach, some yiff skyboxes and several parcels for rent. Some elements are still under construction.

; [[The Wild (Second Life)|The Wild]]
* Furry [[Wikipedia:Myst|Myst]] themed island owned by [[Shaun Wallaby]].

; [[Prometheus]]
* Mature-rated furry-themed island sim run by [[Sabvriel Padar]]. Mostly residential, with several houses nestled amid beautiful landscaping and apartments for rent up in the sky. Also hosts a small shop for vendors, and [[Club Synergy]].

; [[Coonspiracy]]
* Southwest corner of Noonkkot sim, a hangout for raccoons, gators, swamp foxes, and the like.

; [[Meeting Island]]
* Mature-rated furry-themed island sim run by [[Pounce Teasle]]. '''[[Raccoon Hill]]''', formerly '''[[Fae Valley]]''' from the '''Fur Valleys''' sim conglomerate, was added in May, 2006, but has since vacated. '''Meeting Island''' is best known for the furry [[escort]] establishment, [[The Seven Tails Brothel]].

;[[Lost Furest]]
[[Image:lfcenterance.jpg|thumb|200px|Pawprint lake at Lost Furest, welcoming visitors.]]
*After ownership of the original Forest was passed from [[Spade Richlieu]] to [[Anshe Chung]], four furs decided to make a new home for themselves, thus the furry sim "Lost Furest" was born in 2005. It's now called home to many furs who seek a relaxing atmosphere.
*This island sim is "Mature" rated and correctly named Sables Dalliez >Lost Furest<.
*Visitors usually are thrown off by the sim's name, expecting trees and foliage yet finding an island full of sand. The name actually represents the act of being at rest or as we call it "Fur-Rest".
*Home to the [[Lost Creatures]] furry avatars, founded by two creators [[Cheetah Kitty]] and [[Daisuke Tokugawa]].
*Awarded Developer's Incentive awards three times by Linden Lab and has recently become a heavy traffic area, earning the islands name in the top 20 most popular places often.
:{{see also|Lost Furest}}

Collecting donations for Island upkeep fees is a popular activity on islands, furry or otherwise.

== "Second Life Furry" logo ==
[[Image:Slfur.png|right|100px]]
In (early 2006?), a "furry admin" meeting for all furry and/or furry-friendly sims' administrators or owners was held to discuss several unifying strategies regarding the fandom population in world ([[Inferniel Solvang]] was the lead fur for this particular encounter.) Of the many proposals, one was the creation of a common, official symbol or logo for identifying purposes for sim or fur.

The final design, a SL logo inspired image, came to be thanks to the design of SL [[furry artist]], [[Yiffy Yaffle]]. The logo can be viewed on most of the older furry sims, with propagation to newer ones going at a slow, but steady rate.

== Video ==
[[Image:SecondLifeFundayPawPetShow.png|right|thumb|200px|Furs watching the Funday PawPet Show in Second Life]]
As of version 1.6.0, Second Life now hooks [[Wikipedia:Quicktime|Quicktime]], if it is installed on the user's system, to provide an interface that allows one to watch movies within the client itself. A '''very''' fast connection is suggested in this case, as you will be streaming world data ''and'' a video at the same time. If Quicktime is not installed, the user will be reminded that Quicktime is needed to watch video within the client when they enter a parcel with video.

A number of furs use the video feature to watch the [[Funday PawPet Show]] on their land.

Some users have taken advantage of this new feature to bring forward a new business: Movie Rentals. One may rent adult movies from a couple of the businesses in Second Life, for the express purpose of being able to watch pornography on their land for a couple of hours.

== Preview Grid ==
As Linden Lab draws closer to a potential release, be it a sub-version upgrade, or a full point-release jump, they release preview versions of the client, to allow all interested parties to test the new client and its features. This is extremely important to builders, scripters, and texturers, as knowing how the new software will handle their works is very important.

The Preview client is run on a separate grid from the current client, which means there are less people to interact with. Most of the people available test their wares, making sure they won't have to do a full rebuild or rescript for the next version, as well as reporting bugs.

== Technical advice ==

Due to the amount of data that is sent between the client (you) and the servers, Second Life requires a fast internet connection, at least 128kbps, though more (768kbps or better) is highly recommended, at least 512MB of RAM (preferably at least 1024), and a CPU faster than 800MHz, though the bare minimum will not be as pleasant an experience. Linden Lab suggests that you invest in hardware that will exceed the minimum specs. There are also specific graphics card requirements due to the game making use of a certain OpenGL standard. The system requirements for interested people is listed at the Second Life website partially, and more exact requirements can be found inside its technical support area.

Although it is not impossible to use a dial-up connection with Second Life, nearly every option of the game requires serious cutting back; close to the bare minimum. This makes the experience flatter and less pleasant, with lag so heavy that movement is difficult and awkward with occasional stop-frame style "clipping" animation. Walking forward one step, for example, might occasionally result in sliding forward more then a yard or two before being snapped back to your intended position in a rather sudden jerk, or scenery change. Sometimes, said movement could make you sink through the ground or pass through other objects (like a wall) before the snap-back occurs. Then you find you need another of the regular 24MB to 25[[Wikipedia:Megabyte|MB]] updates to play. There aren't many dial-up users on Second Life as a result. ISDN provides a usable experience, but only just. Mobile broadband solutions such as UMTS or HSDPA are usually good enough, however.

Second Life has been dealing with issues over ATI's video card drivers for quite a while. It has become practice on the forums to suggest to ATi users to pick up the [http://www.omegadrivers.net/ Omega Drivers], a set of user-modified drivers recognized by ATi (according to their author) as "''the best-modded drivers in the Internet''". These Omega Drivers enable features that Second Life can use which aren't easily enabled in the default drivers.

== Fan-sites ==

Linden Lab's policies regarding the use of trademarks on Second Life fansites are loose, provided the following stipulations are met.

* There is no attempt to pass off a fan site as Second Life or Linden Lab itself

* The following legal text is present on all Second Life related pages: "Second Life® and Linden Lab® are registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. No infringement is intended." this must include the ® circles though can be any size the website creators see fit.

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Second Life|Second Life]] on Wikipedia
* [[:Category:Second Lifers|Second Lifers on WikiFur]]
* [http://secondlife.com/movies/secondtake.wmv Second Life Promotional Video] -- This file is directly available on the Second Life Home page. The video is linked to an image titled "watch the video" that will alternate with the free trial promotional image link. There is also a [http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/secondlife/ Quicktime version] of the video.

== External links ==
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* ''[http://nothingkat.com/confession/secondlife.htm If Furries Ruled The World....]'' — An article at [[Nothingkat.com]] which voices a dislike of Second Life from an [[Anti-furries|Anti-Fur]] point of view (contains graphic nudity)
* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/secondlife_furs/ Second Life Furry Community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* ''[http://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000505.html The Second Life Herald: Miravoir Meets The Furries]'' — Article about furries on Second Life
* ''[http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2005/04/furry_like_me.html New World Notes: Furry Like Me]'' — Another article about furries on Second Life
* ''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982001.htm?chan=tc&chan=technology_technology+index+page_today's+top+stories My Virtual Life]'' — Business Week reporter examines Second Life in detail
* ''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982009.htm Virtual Land, Real Money]'' — An interview with [[Anshe Chung]]
* {{youtube|1LlMZjCBJhE|Beatfox and his flexy foxy tail}} - an video example of flexiprims in furry avatars
* [http://jolie.silentshadows.net Jolie Grant: SL Furry Model] - a website with models created by [[Jolie]], a furry who made it into the human modeling world with her avatar
* ''[http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20060702 Second Life]'' - ''[[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]'' strip about [[FurryMUCK]] players who spend time in both worlds
* ''[http://www.ninjaweasel.com/ Ninja Weasel Studios]'' - A popular furry avatar store located on the Tokachi City sim in Second Life.
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ButtBadger

2007-03-12T10:32:29Z

Buttbadger: /* External links */ (joined FAP :p )

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works actually as a freelance computer technician.
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is actually working on his own fursuit.
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a big secret fan of [[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]] and especially of [[Wikipedia:Fifi le Fume|Fifi laFume]], his very first childhood love.

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws. He also have the ability to spray different kind of odors. Like [[Wikipedia:Pepé le Pew|Pepé le Pew]], he sometimes adopt a french accent when he talks in english.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

==Second Life==
ButtBadger is also active on [[Second Life]] as "buttbadger Mirabeau" since 2005.

He is one of the main moderators of the sim [[EuroFur]], a french and european themed sim for furries, actually in progress.
He also works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and WildStyl3, a french night club. He is also known for making furry shirts and some funny stuff.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.furryartpile.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurryArtPile]] ([[Yiff]] drawings only)
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2007-03-12T10:29:32Z

Buttbadger: /* Introduction */ (talking about the "EuroFur" sim project ^^)

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works actually as a freelance computer technician.
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is actually working on his own fursuit.
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a big secret fan of [[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]] and especially of [[Wikipedia:Fifi le Fume|Fifi laFume]], his very first childhood love.

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws. He also have the ability to spray different kind of odors. Like [[Wikipedia:Pepé le Pew|Pepé le Pew]], he sometimes adopt a french accent when he talks in english.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

==Second Life==
ButtBadger is also active on [[Second Life]] as "buttbadger Mirabeau" since 2005.

He is one of the main moderators of the sim [[EuroFur]], a french and european themed sim for furries, actually in progress.
He also works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and WildStyl3, a french night club. He is also known for making furry shirts and some funny stuff.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2007-01-11T14:55:37Z

Buttbadger:

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works actually as a freelance computer technician.
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is actually working on his own fursuit.
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a big secret fan of [[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]] and especially of [[Wikipedia:Fifi le Fume|Fifi laFume]], his very first childhood love.

ButtBadger is also active on [[Second Life]] as "buttbadger Mirabeau" since 2005. He works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and WildStyl3, a french night club. He is also known for making furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws. He also have the ability to spray different kind of odors. Like [[Wikipedia:Pepé le Pew|Pepé le Pew]], he sometimes adopt a french accent when he talks in english.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2007-01-11T14:54:40Z

Buttbadger: back to SL! woohoo! :p

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works actually as a freelance computer technician.
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is actually working on his own fursuit.
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a big secret fan of [[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]] and especially of [[Wikipedia:Fifi le Fume|Fifi laFume]], his very first childhood love.

ButtBadger is also active on [[Second Life]] as "buttbadger Mirabeau" since 2005. He works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and WildStyl3, a french night club. He is also known for making furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws. He also have the ability to spray different kind of odors. Like [[Wikipedia:Pepé le Pew|Pepé le Pew]], he sometimes adopt a french accent when he talks in english.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

{{User Second Life Name|buttbadger Mirabeau}}

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

User:Buttbadger

2007-01-11T14:49:45Z

Buttbadger:

All my general information is on my page below :p

I need to thank all the contributors who worked on my page before myself, and also all the [[WikiFur]] [[WikiFur:Administrators|staff]] for have made this wiki ^^

My english is very baaaad. I will try to do my best to contribute as well as I can... I know the French furry fandom very well, so I'll probably try to contribute there ^^ btw don't hesitate to correct my grammar if it needs it :p

{{ContributorU|ButtBadger}}

{{User Second Life}}

User:Buttbadger

2007-01-11T14:49:11Z

Buttbadger:

ButtBadger

2007-01-05T15:10:06Z

Buttbadger:

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works actually as a freelance computer technician.
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is actually working on his own fursuit.
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a big secret fan of [[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]] and especially of [[Wikipedia:Fifi le Fume|Fifi laFume]], his very first childhood love.

ButtBadger was also active on [[Second Life]] as "Buttbadger Mirabeau" during the years 2005 and 2006. He finally left SL (temporary?) for a while. He worked as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and [[WildStyl3]]. He was also known for making furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws. He also have the ability to spray different kind of odors. Like [[Wikipedia:Pepé le Pew|Pepé le Pew]], he sometimes adopt a french accent when he talks in english.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2006-11-25T17:53:18Z

Buttbadger:

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works actually as a freelance computer technician.
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is actually working on his own fursuit.
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a big secret fan of [[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]] and especially of [[Wikipedia:Fifi le Fume|Fifi laFume]], his very first childhood love.

ButtBadger was also active on [[Second Life]] as "Buttbadger Mirabeau" during the years 2005 and 2006. He finally left SL (temporary?) for a while. He worked as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and [[WildStyl3]]. He was also known for making furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws. He also have the ability to spray different kind of odors.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2006-11-25T17:52:23Z

Buttbadger: updates about several points

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He works actually as a freelance computer technician.
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He is actually working on his own fursuit.
He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]]. He is a big secret fan of [[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]] and especially of [[Wikipedia:Fifi le Fume|Fifi laFume]], his very first childhood love.

ButtBadger was also active on [[Second Life]] as "Buttbadger Mirabeau" during the years 2005 and 2006. He finally left SL (temporary?) for a while. He worked as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and [[WildStyl3]]. He was also known for making furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character (fully named Mickaël Junior ButtBadger) is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws. He also have the ability to spay different kind of odors.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Rainbow Tiger

2006-07-05T19:36:20Z

Buttbadger: /* Rainbow Tiger Radio */

Originally a dance club owned by [[Spike Nico]] and an adjoining mall owned by [[Shadow Garden]] in the Cleary region of [[Second Life]], '''Rainbow Tiger''' has expanded onto a full [[island (Second Life)|island]].

== Locations==

* Club Rainbow Tiger, a large dance club with live DJ's spinning tunes regularly,
* Large 3 story mall (now with additional expansions added),
* Swimming Pool and Gymnasium,
* Events Center
* Casino

* OrcaHorse, primary retail store for the OrcaHorse group, it is owned by Fore Odets.
* The Tie that Binds, primary retail store for Grifter Kawabata and his mate Painless Kawabata.
* MechMinds, primary retail store for Fenrir Reitveld.

A second island named [[Rainbow Stallion]] was added at the end of March 2006, and is being developed as a residential area.

== Rainbow Tiger Radio ==
The Rainbow Tiger Radio can be heard away from Second Life at: [http://www.rainbowtigerradio.com:9000/listen.pls Rainbow Tiger Radio]

Rainbow Tiger Radio DJs -
* Ashadan Sachertorte
* [[Spike Nico]]
* Heuvadoches Naumova
* Amber Sleeper
* [[ButtBadger|buttbadger Mirabeau]]
* Carlevin Neurocam
* Dragon Heart
* Gearlock Angelus
* Genki Nico
* MAGWolf Draco
* [[Marsten]] Eccleston
* Miles Enfield
* Myke Patton
* Nerikull Murakami
* Ranan Barrett
* Scubble Agnon
* Trevalyn Sleestak
* Tyr Perhaps
* Xeal Giles
* Xeno Udal

[[Category:Second Life]]

ButtBadger

2006-07-05T19:29:37Z

Buttbadger: moved my house again lol

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]].
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]].

ButtBadger is also active on [[Second Life]] as "Buttbadger Mirabeau", with a house at [[Fox Valley]], and works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and [[WildStyl3]]. He is also known for making furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2006-05-14T19:28:38Z

Buttbadger: i moved my house somewhere else ^^

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]].
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]].

ButtBadger is also active on [[Second Life]] as "Buttbadger Mirabeau", with a house at Area 51, and works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and [[WildStyl3]]. He is also known for making furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Skunk-hybrid characters]][[Category:Wolf-hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Lord Foxhole

2006-05-04T00:11:40Z

Buttbadger: Added FA link

'''Lord Foxhole''' is an [[artist]] from [[Wikipedia:Belgium|Belgium]].

{{person-stub}}

=External links=
* [http://lord-foxhole.francefurs.org/gallery/ Lord Foxhole's gallery]
* [http://www.furnation.com/Chrisdraco/lord_foxhole1.htm Lord Foxhole's gallery] at [[Furnation]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lordfoxhole/ Lord Foxhole's gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Deer characters]]
[[Category:Belgium]]

User talk:Buttbadger

2006-04-21T12:49:48Z

Buttbadger: /* Halo 2 Link on personal article */

Hi there, Buttbadger, and welcome to WikiFur! [[User talk:GreenReaper|Let me know]] if you need any [[help]] not already provided. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 02:40, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

hehe thanx for that, and for have correct me ^^... i wish i can learn more english :p --[[User:Buttbadger|Buttbadger]] 00:11, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

==Halo 2 Link on personal article==
Ah.. sorry about the confusion.. You don't play Halo 2 though? For shame! ;) --[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 22:48, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

-- np dude :p the mistake was easy... I'm even surprised to see someone else with my name... Now there's 3 buttbadgers on the web (me, the halo2 player and a guy from a punk forum :p ) --[[User:Buttbadger|Buttbadger]] 12:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Buttbadger

2006-04-21T12:49:16Z

Buttbadger: /* Halo 2 Link on personal article */

ButtBadger

2006-04-01T20:06:44Z

Buttbadger: emmm thank you but this guy is NOT me, i don't play Halo2...if you have a doubt, please ask me before edit :p

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]].
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Although most of his works are hand-drawn, he has also tried his hand at flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He likes everything [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]], is very passionate about every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to [[Jade Sheppard]].

ButtBadger is also active on [[Second Life]] as "Buttbadger Mirabeau", with a house at Afton (188,9,117), and works as an occasional DJ at [[Rainbow Tiger]] and [[WildStyl3]]. He is also known for making furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences, like his big fluffy tri-coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]][[Category:Skunk characters]][[Category:Wolf characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2006-03-20T11:36:10Z

Buttbadger: /* Introduction */ some new stuff added

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]].
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Actually unemployed, most of his works are drawings. He does also some other arts like flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He likes everything which is from [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japan]], is very passionated to every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to another furry named Jade Sheppard.

He is also active on [[Second Life]] as "buttbadger Mirabeau", with a house at Afton (188,9,117), and works as an occasional DJ at Rainbow Tiger and WildStyl3. His big ability in there is to make furry shirts and funny stuff.

His character is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences like his big fluffy tri coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves alot.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]][[Category:Skunk characters]][[Category:Wolf characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Second Life

2006-02-25T13:57:49Z

Buttbadger: /* Islands */

[[Image:SecondLife.png|right|Second Life]]
'''Second Life''' is sometimes known as a ''Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game'', or ''[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]]'' for short. In reality, the answer to the question "is it such a game?" is normally "yes and no". Second Life is technically unable to fit into the MMORPG category, as by itself it is not a roleplaying game. Rather, it is a platform that allows games to be built within its framework, and is a bit better classified as a richly graphical multiple user chat kingdom ([[MUCK]]) rather than an MMORPG. Some lean so far as to just call it a [[Wikipedia:Metaverse|metaverse]], which isn't that far of a stretch.

*'''Address''': http://www.secondlife.com

== Outline ==

Second Life has become one of the popular forms of online gaming for members of the furry fandom, as at last count there were at least 500 furries registered as Second Life users. This arose out of the fact that the avatars, a humanoid object representing the user, are very customizable and the game's disposition for allowing users to create anything has made the concept of a virtual "[[fursuit]]" possible. There are a variety of fursuits which consist of body parts you attach to your avatar. These parts include tails, wings, legs, and so on. Membership requires a credit card (or SMSable cellphone) for security reasons, and the game world has mixed content ratings from PG to Mature. It is always wise to be aware of this mixed rating as each section of the game is rated as one or the other and people going into the Mature areas should be aware of the risks well beforehand.

The high interactivity is also a plus; there are various [[furry]] communities popping up in the game as well. In the October 2005 issue of the magazine Computer Games, "Furries" (used as a proper noun) were noted as a major userbase in Second Life in an article about the use of MMOs for self-actualization.

:''Although Signup for a new account requires a credit card or an SMS capable cell phone, current members have the option of changing their billing information so their membership fees can be deducted through Paypal. This is done through the user's pages available after logging into the SL website's members area.''

== History ==

Second Life was started in 2003 as a project by ''Linden Lab'', now known as ''[[Wikipedia:Linden Resarch|Linden Research]]''. The game's primary attraction was the level of customizability from the ground under your feet to the clouds in the sky. This was quite literal since the game's developers intended for the user to be able to create the world to their desire, as is quoted in the Second Life overview on its site: "Second Life is a virtual world - a 3D online persistent space totally created and evolved by its users. Within this vast and rapidly expanding place, you can do, create or become just about anything you can imagine. Built-in content creation tools let you make almost anything you can imagine, in real time and in collaboration with others."

[[Image:Censor NC17.png|right]]
== Age policy ==

Even though Second Life requires a credit card (for age verification and security purposes), there is no way to tell inside the game how old someone really is. It is generally assumed that almost all players in the game are over the age of 18, but this is not assured as there is no definite way to know the real ages of the people in your vicinity. However, Second Life rates the individual sections of the game as Mature, or PG, with other possible ratings. These ratings help moderate the behaviour of people that populate the various sections of the game, as they won't tolerate someone breaking the PG rating by doing a Mature rated act in a PG rated zone.

The game's Terms of Service state quite clearly you must be over the age of 18 to enter the "main grid" of Second Life. If anyone is found to be under 18 in the main grid, they will be banned from the game and all money and inventory will be forfeit. The rating system is not in place to keep children out of areas in SL, it is there because many adults don't want to be exposed to adult material during their time in the game or to take a break from it for a time by visiting a PG sim. Luskwood is a prime example of a furry PG sim, safe from displays of naked [[hermaphrodite]]s with a huge [[phallus]] and even bigger [[breasts]] parading around as one might see in a mature furry sim like Furnation (technically they are not supposed to be visable from a casual flyover).

== Environment and Economy ==

=== Costs ===
Second Life is now free to sign up if you have never attempted to sign up and play before.
Otherwise, a basic account will be a once-off fee of US$9.95, which may be paid with a credit card, or, with the recent addition of [[PayPal]] as an acceptable source of funding, a positive balance from said service.
It is recommended that you find a friend that is already in-game before completing your signup, as they will earn a referral bonus (see below) for your successful signup.

Premium accounts come at a rate of US$9.95 each month, with options to pay quarterly or annually -- $22.50, and $72, respectively.
The premium accounts come with the priviledge to own 512 square meters of land (approximately 1/256 of 1 simulator, or "not much"). The ability to acquire additional amounts of land bring an additional charge, called ''land tier''.

* US$195.00/month: 65,536 square meters - Entire Region
* US$125.00/month: 32,768 square meters - 1/2 Region
* US$75.00/month: 16,384 square meters - 1/4 Region
* US$40.00/month: 8,192 square meters - 1/8 Region
* US$25.00/month: 4,096 square meters - 1/16 Region
* US$15.00/month: 2,048 square meters - 1/32 Region
* US$8.00/month: 1,024 square meters - 1/64 Region
* US$5.00/month: 512 square meters - 1/128 Region

=== Referrals ===
Each user who joins Second Life gets an unique referral link. Giving this link to people who have yet to sign up, and getting them to do so credits the user with a certain amount of Linden Dollars -- the in-world currency.
* L$1000: Basic account signup completion.
* L$2500: Premium account signup completion; The payout is now staggered over a three month period, where you get L$500 on the spot, another L$500 after one month, another L$500 after two months, and the final L$1000 after 3 months, to prevent gaming of the premium account referral bonus.

=== Currency ===
Speaking of the currency, one can buy or sell their Linden Dollars (L$) from within the game using the Lindex™ money market run by Linden Research™. There are also third-party exchange services, with links available on SecondLife.com to their home pages, but this section will focus solely on Lindex.

Exchanges can be done with any amount of Linden Dollars, and their calculator will give you an idea of what you'll be receiving as a result of your sale. The amount that you receive as a result of your sale gets placed into your account, where you may have it applied to anything you owe for your account if you are a premium user, or may have it sent to you via PayPal for a US$1 charge. For larger amounts, you may also have a check mailed to you for a fee - US$5 if you're inside the United States, or a whopping '''US$15''' for locations outside of the United States.

There are some furs who do this with the earnings from their businesses (Custom avatar creation, Generic avatar vending, etc), turning it into profit that allows them to do whatever they want to pay for, up to, and including starting their own Island(s).

Collecting donations for Island upkeep fees is a popular activity on islands, furry or otherwise.

=== Islands ===
[[island_(Second_Life)|Island]]s are user-owned simulators within Second Life. You can buy your own island but the price to play is pretty steep. $1250 for start up costs and a server (you don't own the server itself though and due to multiple CPU servers, you are effectively buying space on a single CPU for your island)and $190 a month tier. As of this edit, there are a number of furry-owned or themed Islands in Second Life:

* Taco
** Currently owned and run by Arito Cotton of [[Luskwood]] fame.
** This sim currently has a ''Mature'' rating label, though it is asked that you keep the blatantly mature items far, far away from ground level.
** This sim has a slightly cartoony feel to it, and is the home of ''Dwellget'', a department store that parodies heavily on Target.

* [[FurNation Worlds]]
** This is a group of six simulators (Prime, Alpha, Vista, Tria, Reia and Omega) run by the crew at [[Furnation]].
** Each of their simulators seems to serve a particular purpose.
*** Alpha appears to be the residential area;
*** Vista appears to be the sandbox area;
*** Tria has a very watery theme, perhaps a Sci-Fi theme.
*** Prime is the welcome area and hub for everything in the area.
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* [[The Forest]], [[Tiger Creek]]
** The Forest was the first Furry oriented island in Second Life. (More info on (former?) owners, please. Spade Richlieu?)
** This sim had an abundance of trees, but towards the end of Spade Richlieu's management, trees were a bit too bare in many spots, to really own up to its name.
** This sim suffered from severe lag issues in the beginning, as it was a prime hangout to many furs, which led to the island being full at peak times. This position was taken by the recently opened [[FurNation Worlds]].
** [[Sibe]] was banned from this simulator for reasons unknown to this author; However, it made big news within the furry "circles" of Second Life, and it wasn't long before many wanted to know. This ban has long since been repealed, probably during Anshe's aquisition.
** In its first months, it earned at least one dwell award (money given to people who rake in the most dwell (''butt hours'') each month by Linden Research -- The entire island earned one of the awards for January 2005, which offset the first month's island fee by about half in this case).
** The Forest eventually came under Anshe Chung's ownership. Anshe added Tiger Creek to the south of The Forest as a residential area for furs to purchase or rent land. Revenues from Tiger Creek go towards paying for The Forest's tier.
** The Forest and Tiger Creek are now part of what many call ''AnsheLand'' (Mostly out of dislike for its owner. Its proper name is actually '''Dreamland'''), a chunk of 55 linked islands located west-north-west of the North Continent of the main Grid..

* Fox Valley
** A furry residential sim run by RedFox Costello as an alternative to The Forest and Tiger Creek.
** The single island is located in the island cloud, southwest of Anshe Chung's ''Dreamland'', northwest of Furnation Worlds.
** Fox Valley was founded in November 2005, making it the youngest of the furry islands. It has grown in january with some additionals islands named Wolf Valley, Kitsune Valley and Tiger Valley.

* Rainbow Tiger
** Originally a simple club and mall owned by [[SpikeTxTyger]] in the Cleary region, Rainbow Tiger is now a full island.
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== Video ==
[[Image:SecondLifeFundayPawPetShow.png|right|thumb|200px|Furs watching the Funday PawPet Show in Second Life]]
As of version 1.6.0, Second Life now hooks [[Wikipedia:Quicktime|Quicktime]], if it is installed on the user's system, to provide an interface that allows one to watch movies within the client itself. A '''very''' fast connection is suggested in this case, as you will be streaming world data ''and'' a video at the same time.

If Quicktime is not installed, the first time you touch a parcel with video, you will be reminded that Quicktime is needed to watch video within the client.

A number of furs use the video feature to watch the [[Funday PawPet Show]] on their land.

Of note, some users have taken advantage of this new feature to bring forward a new business: Movie Rentals. One may rent adult movies from a couple of the businesses in Second Life, for the express purpose of being able to watch pornography on their land for a couple of hours.

== Preview Grid ==
As Linden Lab draws closer to a potential release, be it a subversion, or a full on version jump, they will release preview versions of the client, to allow all interested parties to test the new client and its features. This is extremely important to builders, scripters, and texturers, as knowing how the new software will handle their works is very important.

The Preview client is run on a separate grid from the current client, which means there are less people to interact with. Most of the people available test their wares, making sure they won't have to do a full rebuild or rescript for the next version, as well as reporting bugs.

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== Teen Version ==

Very recently, Second Life has created a seperate version of its game designed with teens in mind. This seperate version is still new and has little information to go with it. However, it is known that this teen version uses modified software to differentiate teen users from adult users, sending them to a different server grid, and not allowing normal SL users to interact with the teen world users (and vice versa). This version has different rating policies than the normal version; being made for teenagers, the world ratings are typically and may not exceed the general PG14 to PG17 rating spans.

* '''Website:''' http://teen.secondlife.com/

== Technical advice ==

Due to the amount of data that is sent between the client (you) and the servers, SL requires broadband internet of 1Mbps or better (it is not impossible to use Dialup with SL, as nearly every option of the game would require serious cutting back, which would make the experience flatter and not as pleasant), at least 512MB of computer RAM, and a CPU faster than 800MHz, though the bare minimum will not a be pleasant experience. Linden Lab suggests that you invest in hardware that will exceed the minimum specs. There are also specific graphics card requirements due to the game making use of a certain OpenGL standard. The system requirements for interested people is listed at the Second Life website partially, and more exact requirements can be found inside its technical support area.

Of note: For quite a while, Second Life has been dealing with issues over ATi's video card drivers. It had become practice on the forums to suggest to ATi users to pick up [http://www.omegadrivers.net/ Omega Drivers], a set of user-modified drivers recognized by ATi as "''the best modded drivers in the Internet''", according to their author. These Omega Drivers enabled things that Second Life wants, and that aren't enabled without difficulty in the default drivers.

== References ==
*Liu, Johnny. "Waking Dreams." Computer Games, October 2005; pp. 58-59.

== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Second Life|Second Life]] on Wikipedia
* [[:Category:Second Lifers|Second Lifers on WikiFur]]
* [http://secondlife.com/movies/secondtake.wmv Second Life Promotional Video] -- This file is directly available on the Second Life Home page. The video is linked to an image titled "watch the video" that will alternate with the free trial promotional image link. There is also a [http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/secondlife/ Quicktime version] of the video.

== External links ==
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* ''[http://nothingkat.com/confession/secondlife.htm If Furries Ruled The World....]'' — An article at [[Nothingkat.com]] which voices a dislike of Second Life from an [[Anti-furries|Anti-Fur]] point of view. (contains graphic nudity)
* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/secondlife_furs/ Second Life Furry Community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* ''[http://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000505.html The Second Life Herald: Miravoir Meets The Furries]'' — Article about furries on Second Life.
* ''[http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2005/04/furry_like_me.html New World Notes: Furry Like Me]'' — Another article about furries on Second Life.
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''A piece of this article has been copied directly from the Second Life website and no challenge is being issued in regards to the material of the quote taken in any way, shape, or form.''

[[Category:Multiplayer worlds]][[Category:Second Life|*]]

ButtBadger

2006-01-27T21:52:56Z

Buttbadger: for those who makes fun of my name :p

==Introduction==
'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]].
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Actually unemployed, most of his works are drawings. He does also some other arts like flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He likes everything which is from [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japan]], is very passionated to every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to another furry named Jade Sheppard.

He is also active on [[Second Life]] as "buttbadger Mirabeau", with a house at Afton (188,9), and works as an occasional DJ. His big ability in there is to make furry shirts.

His character is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences like his big fluffy tri coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws.

Some people are disturbed because of the name ''ButtBadger''. The name simply cames from a song of [[Wikipedia:Threebrain|ThreeBrain]] named ''buttbadger123'', a song that ButtBadger loves alot.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]][[Category:Skunk characters]][[Category:Wolf characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2006-01-27T16:47:25Z

Buttbadger:

'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]].
[[Image:ButtBadger1.jpg|right|thumb|ButtBadger, made by himself]]

Actually unemployed, most of his works are drawings. He does also some other arts like flash animations. His most popular work is a [[furry]] 'remake' of an other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], [[Badger Badger Badger]], named 'ButtBadgerPhone'. He likes everything which is from [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japan]], is very passionated to every kind of anthropomorphism, and is mated to another furry named Jade Sheppard.

He is also active on [[Second Life]] as "buttbadger Mirabeau", with a house at Afton (188,9), and works as an occasional DJ. His big ability in there is to make furry shirts.

His character is an anthropomorphic wolf with some differences like his big fluffy tri coloured skunk tail, his fur color, his short muzzle and his big footpaws.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's furry gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)

[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]][[Category:Skunk characters]][[Category:Wolf characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Lord Foxhole

2006-01-26T00:06:39Z

Buttbadger: /* External links */ added one

'''Lord Foxhole''' is an artist from [[Wikipedia:Belgium|Belgium]].

{{person-stub}}

=External links=
* [http://lord-foxhole.francefurs.org/gallery/ Lord Foxhole's Gallery]
* [http://www.furnation.com/Chrisdraco/lord_foxhole1.htm Lord Foxhole's FurryNation's gallery]

[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Deer characters]]
[[Category:Belgium]]

Quinquin

2006-01-24T16:00:44Z

Buttbadger:

'''Quinquin''' is an artist from [[Wikipedia:France|France]].

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.furrynation.com/~quinquinfox/ Main furry website]
* [http://quinquin.deviantart.com/ Quinquin's page] at [[DeviantArt]]

[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Fox characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Unicornshewolf

2006-01-24T15:56:55Z

Buttbadger:

'''Unicornshewolf''' ('''Lilie Lycanthropia''') is an artist from france.

{{person-stub}}

==External links==
* [http://unicornshewolf.deviantart.com/ Unicornshewolf's page] at [[DeviantArt]]
* [http://unicornshewolf.livejournal.com/ Unicornshewolf's LiveJournal]

[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Unicorn characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Second Life

2006-01-24T14:40:08Z

Buttbadger: /* Islands */ added the one of Rainbow Tiger and Wolf Valley

[[Image:SecondLife.png|right|Second Life]]
'''Second Life''' is sometimes known as a ''Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game'', or ''[[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]]'' for short. In reality, the answer to the question "is it such a game?" is normally "yes and no". Second Life is technically unable to fit into the MMORPG category, as by itself it is not a roleplaying game. Rather, it is a platform that allows games to be built within its framework, and is a bit better classified as a richly graphical multiple user chat kingdom ([[MUCK]]) rather than an MMORPG. Some lean so far as to just call it a [[Wikipedia:Metaverse|metaverse]], which isn't that far of a stretch.

*'''Address''': http://www.secondlife.com

== Outline ==

Second Life has become one of the popular forms of online gaming for members of the furry fandom, as at last count there were at least 500 furries registered as Second Life users. This arose out of the fact that the avatars, a humanoid object representing the user, are very customizable and the game's disposition for allowing users to create anything has made the concept of a virtual "[[fursuit]]" possible. There are a variety of fursuits which consist of body parts you attach to your avatar. These parts include tails, wings, legs, and so on. Membership requires a credit card (or SMSable cellphone) for security reasons, and the game world has mixed content ratings from PG to Mature. It is always wise to be aware of this mixed rating as each section of the game is rated as one or the other and people going into the Mature areas should be aware of the risks well beforehand.

The high interactivity is also a plus; there are various [[furry]] communities popping up in the game as well. In the October 2005 issue of the magazine Computer Games, "Furries" (used as a proper noun) were noted as a major userbase in Second Life in an article about the use of MMOs for self-actualization.

== History ==

Second Life was started in 2003 as a project by ''Linden Lab'', now known as ''[[Wikipedia:Linden Resarch|Linden Research]]''. The game's primary attraction was the level of customizability from the ground under your feet to the clouds in the sky. This was quite literal since the game's developers intended for the user to be able to create the world to their desire, as is quoted in the Second Life overview on its site: "Second Life is a virtual world - a 3D online persistent space totally created and evolved by its users. Within this vast and rapidly expanding place, you can do, create or become just about anything you can imagine. Built-in content creation tools let you make almost anything you can imagine, in real time and in collaboration with others."

[[Image:Censor NC17.png|right]]
== Age policy ==

Even though Second Life requires a credit card (for age verification and security purposes), there is no way to tell inside the game how old someone really is. It is generally assumed that almost all players in the game are over the age of 18, but this is not assured as there is no definite way to know the real ages of the people in your vicinity. However, Second Life rates the individual sections of the game as Mature, or PG, with other possible ratings. These ratings help moderate the behaviour of people that populate the various sections of the game, as they won't tolerate someone breaking the PG rating by doing a Mature rated act in a PG rated zone.

The game's Terms of Service state quite clearly you must be over the age of 18 to enter the "main grid" of Second Life. If anyone is found to be under 18 in the main grid, they will be banned from the game and all money and inventory will be forfeit. The rating system is not in place to keep children out of areas in SL, it is there because many adults don't want to be exposed to adult material during their time in the game or to take a break from it for a time by visiting a PG sim. Luskwood is a prime example of a furry PG sim, safe from displays of naked [[hermaphrodite]]s with a huge [[phallus]] and even bigger [[breasts]] parading around as one might see in a mature furry sim like Furnation (technically they are not supposed to be visable from a casual flyover).

== Environment and Economy ==

=== Costs ===
Second Life is now free to sign up if you have never attempted to sign up and play before.
Otherwise, a basic account will be a once-off fee of US$9.95, which may be paid with a credit card, or, with the recent addition of [[PayPal]] as an acceptable source of funding, a positive balance from said service.
It is recommended that you find a friend that is already in-game before completing your signup, as they will earn a referral bonus (see below) for your successful signup.

Premium accounts come at a rate of US$9.95 each month, with options to pay quarterly or annually -- $22.50, and $72, respectively.
The premium accounts come with the priviledge to own 512 square meters of land (approximately 1/256 of 1 simulator, or "not much"). The ability to acquire additional amounts of land bring an additional charge, called ''land tier''.

* US$195.00/month: 65,536 square meters - Entire Region
* US$125.00/month: 32,768 square meters - 1/2 Region
* US$75.00/month: 16,384 square meters - 1/4 Region
* US$40.00/month: 8,192 square meters - 1/8 Region
* US$25.00/month: 4,096 square meters - 1/16 Region
* US$15.00/month: 2,048 square meters - 1/32 Region
* US$8.00/month: 1,024 square meters - 1/64 Region
* US$5.00/month: 512 square meters - 1/128 Region

=== Referrals ===
Each user who joins Second Life gets an unique referral link. Giving this link to people who have yet to sign up, and getting them to do so credits the user with a certain amount of Linden Dollars -- the in-world currency.
* L$1000: Basic account signup completion.
* L$2500: Premium account signup completion; The payout is now staggered over a three month period, where you get L$500 on the spot, another L$500 after one month, another L$500 after two months, and the final L$1000 after 3 months, to prevent gaming of the premium account referral bonus.

=== Currency ===
Speaking of the currency, one can buy or sell their Linden Dollars (L$) from within the game using the Lindex™ money market run by Linden Research™. There are also third-party exchange services, with links available on SecondLife.com to their home pages, but this section will focus solely on Lindex.

Exchanges can be done with any amount of Linden Dollars, and their calculator will give you an idea of what you'll be receiving as a result of your sale. The amount that you receive as a result of your sale gets placed into your account, where you may have it applied to anything you owe for your account if you are a premium user, or may have it sent to you via PayPal for a US$1 charge. For larger amounts, you may also have a check mailed to you for a fee - US$5 if you're inside the United States, or a whopping '''US$15''' for locations outside of the United States.

There are some furs who do this with the earnings from their businesses (Custom avatar creation, Generic avatar vending, etc), turning it into profit that allows them to do whatever they want to pay for, up to, and including starting their own Island(s).

Collecting donations for Island upkeep fees is a popular activity on islands, furry or otherwise.

=== Islands ===
[[island_(Second_Life)|Island]]s are user-owned simulators within Second Life. You can buy your own island but the price to play is pretty steep. $1250 for start up costs and a server (you don't own the server itself though and due to multiple CPU servers, you are effectively buying space on a single CPU for your island)and $190 a month tier. As of this edit, there are a number of furry-owned or themed Islands in Second Life:

* Taco
** Currently owned and run by Arito Cotton of [[Luskwood]] fame.
** This sim currently has a ''Mature'' rating label, though it is asked that you keep the blatantly mature items far, far away from ground level.
** This sim has a slightly cartoony feel to it, and is the home of ''Dwellget'', a department store that parodies heavily on Target.

* [[FurNation Worlds]]
** This is a group of four simulators (Prime, Alpha, Vista, Tria) run by the crew at [[Furnation]].
** Each of their simulators seems to serve a particular purpose.
*** Alpha appears to be the residential area;
*** Vista appears to be the sandbox area;
*** Tria has a very watery theme, perhaps a Sci-Fi theme.
*** Prime is the welcome area and hub for everything in the area.

* [[The Forest]], [[Tiger Creek]]
** The Forest was the first Furry oriented island in Second Life. (More info on (former?) owners, please. Spade Richlieu?)
** This sim had an abundance of trees, but towards the end of Spade Richlieu's management, trees were a bit too bare in many spots, to really own up to its name.
** This sim suffered from severe lag issues in the beginning, as it was a prime hangout to many furs, which led to the island being full at peak times. This position was taken by the recently opened [[FurNation Worlds]].
** [[Sibe]] was banned from this simulator for reasons unknown to this author; However, it made big news within the furry "circles" of Second Life, and it wasn't long before many wanted to know. This ban has long since been repealed, probably during Anshe's aquisition.
** In its first months, it earned at least one dwell award (money given to people who rake in the most dwell (''butt hours'') each month by Linden Research -- The entire island earned one of the awards for January 2005, which offset the first month's island fee by about half in this case).
** The Forest eventually came under Anshe Chung's ownership. Anshe added Tiger Creek to the south of The Forest as a residential area for furs to purchase or rent land. Revenues from Tiger Creek go towards paying for The Forest's tier.
** The Forest and Tiger Creek are now part of what many call ''AnsheLand'' (Mostly out of dislike for its owner. Its proper name is actually '''Dreamland'''), a chunk of 55 linked islands located west-north-west of the North Continent of the main Grid..

* Fox Valley
** A furry residential sim run by RedFox Costello as an alternative to The Forest and Tiger Creek.
** The single island is located in the island cloud, southwest of Anshe Chung's ''Dreamland'', northwest of Furnation Worlds.
** Fox Valley was founded in November 2005, making it the youngest of the furry islands. It have grown in january with an additional island named Wolf Valley.

* Rainbow Tiger
** Originally a simple club and mall owned by [[SpikeTxTyger]] in the Cleary region, Rainbow Tiger is now a full island.
{{Stub}}

== Video ==
As of version 1.6.0, Second Life now hooks [[Wikipedia:Quicktime|Quicktime]], if it is installed on the user's system, to provide an interface that allows one to watch movies within the client itself. A '''very''' fast connection is suggested in this case, as you will be streaming world data ''and'' a video at the same time.

If Quicktime is not installed, the first time you touch a parcel with video, you will be reminded that Quicktime is needed to watch video within the client.

A number of furs use the video feature to watch the [[Funday PawPet Show]] on their land.

Of note, some users have taken advantage of this new feature to bring forward a new business: Movie Rentals. One may rent adult movies from a couple of the businesses in Second Life, for the express purpose of being able to watch pornography on their land for a couple of hours.

== Preview Grid ==
As Linden Lab draws closer to a potential release, be it a subversion, or a full on version jump, they will release preview versions of the client, to allow all interested parties to test the new client and its features. This is extremely important to builders, scripters, and texturers, as knowing how the new software will handle their works is very important.

The Preview client is run on a separate grid from the current client, which means there are less people to interact with. Most of the people available are testing their wares, making sure they won't have to do a full rebuild or rescript for the next version, as well as reporting bugs.

Testing has begun on Second Life, version 1.7.0 on the preview grid.

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== Teen Version ==

Very recently, Second Life has created a seperate version of its game designed with teens in mind. This seperate version is still new and has little information to go with it. However, it is known that this teen version uses modified software to differentiate teen users from adult users, sending them to a different server grid, and not allowing normal SL users to interact with the teen world users (and vice versa). This version has different rating policies than the normal version; being made for teenagers, the world ratings are typically and may not exceed the general PG14 to PG17 rating spans.

* '''Website:''' http://teen.secondlife.com/

== Technical advice ==

Due to the amount of data that is sent between the client (you) and the servers, SL requires broadband internet of 1Mbps or better (it is not impossible to use Dialup with SL, as nearly every option of the game would require serious cutting back, which would make the experience flatter and not as pleasant), at least 512MB of computer RAM, and a CPU faster than 800MHz, though the bare minimum will not a be pleasant experience. Linden Lab suggests that you invest in hardware that will exceed the minimum specs. There are also specific graphics card requirements due to the game making use of a certain OpenGL standard. The system requirements for interested people is listed at the Second Life website partially, and more exact requirements can be found inside its technical support area.

Of note: For quite a while, Second Life has been dealing with issues over ATi's video card drivers. It had become practice on the forums to suggest to ATi users to pick up [http://www.omegadrivers.net/ Omega Drivers], a set of user-modified drivers recognized by ATi as "''the best modded drivers in the Internet''", according to their author. These Omega Drivers enabled things that Second Life wants, and that aren't enabled without difficulty in the default drivers.

== References ==
*Liu, Johnny. "Waking Dreams." Computer Games, October 2005; pp. 58-59.

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Second Life|Second Life]] on Wikipedia
* [http://secondlife.com/movies/secondtake.wmv Second Life Promotional Video] This file is directly available on the Second Life Home page. The video is linked to an image titled "watch the video" that will alternate with the free trial promotional image link. There is also a [http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/secondlife/ Quicktime version] of the video.

== External links ==
[[Image:Censor_MA_button.png|right]]
* ''[http://nothingkat.com/confession/secondlife.htm If Furries Ruled The World....]'' — An article at [[Nothingkat.com]] which voices a dislike of Second Life from an [[Anti-furries|Anti-Fur]] point of view. (contains graphic nudity)
* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/secondlife_furs/ Second Life Furry Community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* ''[http://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000505.html The Second Life Herald: Miravoir Meets The Furries]'' — Article about furries on Second Life.
* ''[http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2005/04/furry_like_me.html New World Notes: Furry Like Me]'' — Another article about furries on Second Life.
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''A piece of this article has been copied directly from the Second Life website and no challenge is being issued in regards to the material of the quote taken in any way, shape, or form.''

[[Category:Multiplayer worlds]][[Category:Second Life|*]]

ButtBadger

2006-01-24T11:42:38Z

Buttbadger:

File:ButtBadger1.jpg

2006-01-24T11:10:55Z

Buttbadger:

ButtBadger

2006-01-24T00:47:18Z

Buttbadger:

'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. Although he has created his own animations and done some drawings, most of his most popular works are [[furry]] 'remakes' of other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], like [[Badger Badger Badger]]. He is also active on [[Second Life]] as buttbadger Mirabeau, with a house at Afton (188,9), and works as an occasional DJ.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's flash works] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)
[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2006-01-24T00:46:41Z

Buttbadger: i've left DA

'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. Although he has created his own animations and done some drawings, most of his most popular works are [[furry]] 'remakes' of other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], like [[Badger Badger Badger]]. He is also active on [[Second Life]] as buttbadger Mirabeau, with a house at Afton (188,9), and works as an occasional DJ.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's page] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)
[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Rimou

2006-01-24T00:41:36Z

Buttbadger:

'''Rimou''' is a drawer from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]

{{person-stub}}

=External links=
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rimou/ Rimou's Furaffinity page]
* [http://rimou.livejournal.com/ Rimou's LiveJournal]

[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Lion characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Lord Foxhole

2006-01-24T00:37:10Z

Buttbadger:

'''Lord Foxhole''' is a drawer from [[Wikipedia:Belgium|Belgium]].

{{person-stub}}

=External links=
* [http://www.furnation.com/Chrisdraco/lord_foxhole1.htm Lord Foxhole's FurryNation's gallery]

[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Deer characters]]
[[Category:Belgium]]

ButtBadger

2006-01-24T00:13:24Z

Buttbadger: whoops :p

'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a skunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. Although he has created his own animations and done some drawings, most of his most popular works are [[furry]] 'remakes' of other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], like [[Badger Badger Badger]]. He is also active on [[Second Life]] as buttbadger Mirabeau, with a house at Afton (188,9), and works as an occasional DJ.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's page] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://maxlefou.deviantart.com/ ButtBadger's page] at [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)
[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

ButtBadger

2006-01-24T00:13:03Z

Buttbadger:

'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is a wkunk-wolf hybrid from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. Although he has created his own animations and done some drawings, most of his most popular works are [[furry]] 'remakes' of other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], like [[Badger Badger Badger]]. He is also active on [[Second Life]] as buttbadger Mirabeau, with a house at Afton (188,9), and works as an occasional DJ.

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Buttbadger}}
* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's page] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://maxlefou.deviantart.com/ ButtBadger's page] at [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)
[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

User talk:Buttbadger

2006-01-24T00:11:58Z

Buttbadger:

Ozone Griffox

2006-01-22T21:40:10Z

Buttbadger:

'''Ozone Griffox''' is from [[Wikipedia:France|France]] and he used to color other artist works, or make coloring tutorials. He have also created the [[FranFurence]] convention.

{{person-stub}}

=External links=
* [http://www.griffox.info/ Ozone's Main website]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Ozone_Griffox/ Ozone's VCL Gallery]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/ozonegriffox/ Ozone's Livejournal]

[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]]

Issarlk

2006-01-22T21:35:33Z

Buttbadger:

'''Issarlk''' is a furry drawer from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. He have also made some french translations for the [[Sabrina Online]] comic.

{{person-stub}}

=External links=
* [http://www.issarlk.net/ Issarlk's Main website]
* [http://www.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/issarlk/ Issarlk's VCL Gallery]
* [http://issarlk.deviantart.com/ Issarlk's DeviantART page]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/issarlk/ Issarlk's FurAffinity page]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/issarlk/ Issarlk's LiveJournal]
* [http://www.furry.de/sabonlfr/ Sabrina-Online French translation]

[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

Ozone Griffox

2006-01-22T21:28:10Z

Buttbadger:

'''Ozone Griffox''' is from [[Wikipedia:France|France]] and he used to color other artist works, or make coloring tutorials. He have also created the [[FranFurence]] convention.

{{person-stub}}

=External links=
* [http://www.griffox.info/ Ozone's Main website]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Ozone_Griffox/ Ozone's VCL Gallery

[[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]]

Category:France

2006-01-22T21:14:39Z

Buttbadger: /* External links */

{{Country category|name=France}}

== External links ==
* [http://clx.leapingtiger.org/map/ French Furry Map Database]
* [http://www.francefurs.org/ FranceFurs] A Website for the French Furry Community
* [http://www.furrynation.com/ FurryNation] Another website for the French Furry Community (English translated)

User:Buttbadger

2006-01-22T20:19:46Z

Buttbadger:

All my general information is on my page below :p
Ah need to thank all the contributors who have made my page before myself, and also all the wikifur staff for have made this wiki ^^
My english iz very baaaad. I will try to do my best for contribute the most better i can... I know very well the French furry fandom, i'll probably try to contribute there ^^ btw don't hesitate to correct my grammar if it needs it :p

{{ContributorU|ButtBadger}}

ButtBadger

2006-01-21T16:39:43Z

Buttbadger: /* External links */

'''ButtBadger''' ('''Max le Fou''') is the pseudonym of an animator from [[Wikipedia:France|France]]. Although he has created his own animations, most of his most popular works are [[furry]] 'remakes' of other popular [[Wikipedia:meme|memes]], like [[Badger Badger Badger]]. He is also active on [[Second Life]] as buttbadger Mirabeau, with a house at Afton (188,9).

{{person-stub}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.furnation.com/Atomic_Skunk/butt/index.htm Atomic Skunk - Buttbadger]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/buttbadger/ ButtBadger] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/ButtBadger/ ButtBadger] at the [[VCL]]
* [http://buttbadger.sheezyart.com/ buttbadger's page] at [[SheezyArt]]
* [http://maxlefou.deviantart.com/ ButtBadger's page] at [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buttbadger/ ButtBadger's gallery] at [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&user_avatar_id=3221 ButtBadger's Second Life boutique]
* [http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=7799 ButtBadger's Second Life Exchange]
* [http://www.maxlefou.net/ Main non-furry site] (French)
[[Category:Animators]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Hybrid characters]]
[[Category:France]]

User:Buttbadger

2006-01-21T16:35:20Z

Buttbadger:

#REDIRECT [[ButtBadger]]

User:Buttbadger

2006-01-21T16:35:01Z

Buttbadger:

#REDIRECT ButtBadger