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Makati

2017-11-25T21:12:21Z

Makati: Adding convention history.

[[File:AcidGrunt-MakatiCharacterReference.png|right|thumb|240px|Makati's character reference by AcidGrunt]]
'''Makati''' (born May 1988) is a [[furry]] player and [[babyfur]]. Originally from the [[w:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], he lives in [[w:Washington (state)|Washington state]] in the USA. "Makati" can also refer to the name of his main [[character]], an [[anthropomorphic]] [[smilodon]] [[babyfur|cub]]. The name Makati is derived from the [[w:Makati|City of Makati]], the financial capital of the [[Wikipedia:Philippines|Philippines]] where he spent a part of his childhood in the late-1990s as an expat.

Makati is also a [[fursuiter]]. His suit depicts a Jedi knight character (premised on a pun: "light-saber toothed-tiger"), and was constructed by [[Circa]] ([[HopHazard Studios]]).

In [[real-life]], Makati is a software developer with research interests in robotics and computer vision.

== History ==

* 2002 - Makati became aware of the [[furry fandom]] through the [[Wikipedia:ABDL|ABDL]] community and [[deviantArt]], though he did not identify with the community.
* 2003 - After watching the 45-minute uncensored version of [[Plushies and Furries]] (as broadcast in the UK), Makti identified with furry. He created a [[panda]] cub character and joined [[FurNet|FurNet IRC]], becoming a regular in the #babyfurs, #softpaws and #northukfurs channels.
* 2004 - Throughout 2004, he attended [[NorthernFurs (UK)|NorthernFurs]] [[furmeet]]s.
* 2005 - After growing uncomfortable with the rate at which furry's popularity was increasing, he left both the furry and ABDL online communities.
* 2009 - After unintentionally encountering ABDL and furry content online and investigating further to see how the community had changed in four years, Makati reconnected with the ABDL community and attended the first ABDL munch in his university's city. He also befriended attending babyfurs, though did not re-identify with the babyfur or furry communities at this point.
* 2012 - Makati moved to Washington state and connected with local ABDLs through FetLife.
* 2013 (March) - While browsing Craigslist for potential ABDL playmates, Makati responded to an ad posted by a babyfur nearby and befriended the poster and his fellow babyfur housemate. A relationship soon ensued and his then-boyfriend re-introduced him into babyfur and furry-proper, including the creation of his smilodon character.
* 2013 (September) - Makati attended [[RainFurrest 2013]], his first furry [[convention]] attendance, albeit for only one day.
* 2014 - Makati attended [[RainFurrest 2014]] for the full four days with his Jedi knight-costumed smilodon fursuit.

== Convention history ==
* Various NorthernFurs meets in 2004.
* [[RainFurrest]] 2013
* [[RainFurrest]] 2014
* Furry contingent of [[DEF CON]] 2015
* [[RainFurrest]] 2015
* Various [[When Furballs Strike]] meets in 2016
* [[BLFC]] 2017
* Furry contingent of [[DEF CON]] 2017
* [[AnthroNW]] 2017
* Various [[When Furballs Strike]] meets in 2017
* [[MFF]] 2017

== External links ==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://twitter.com/MakatiCub MakatiCub] on [[Twitter]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/makati Makati] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.adisc.org/forum/member.php/7433-TheOriginalSomeThing SomeThing] on ADISC
* [https://fetlife.com/users/1864833 iPad] on FetLife

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Babyfurs]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Smilodon characters]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:1988 births]]

Makati

2014-10-06T07:46:40Z

Makati: removing unnecessary detail

[[File:AcidGrunt-MakatiCharacterReference.png|right|thumb|240px|Makati's character reference by AcidGrunt]]

'''Makati''' (born May 1988) is a furry player originally from the UK who now lives in Washington state in the USA. ''Makati'' can also refer to the name of his main character, an anthropomorphic [[Smilodon]] [[babyfur|cub]]. The name Makati is derived from the ''City of Makati'', the financial capital of the [[Wikipedia:Philippines|Philippines]] where he spent a part of his childhood in the late-1990s as an expat.

Makati is also a [[fursuiter]]: a Jedi knight character premised on a pun: "light-saber toothed-tiger".

In [[real-life]], Makati is a software developer with research interests in robotics and computer vision.

== History ==

* 2002 - Became aware of the furry fandom through the [[Wikipedia:ABDL|ABDL]] community and [[DeviantArt]] though did not identify with the community.
* 2003 - After watching the 45-minute uncensored version of [[Plushies and Furries]] (as broadcast in the UK), he identified with furry. He created a [[panda]] cub character and joined [[FurNet|FurNet IRC]] and became a regular in the #babyfurs, #softpaws and #northukfurs channels.
* 2004 - Throughout 2004 he attended [[NorthernFurs (UK)|NorthernFurs]] furmeets.
* 2005 - After growing uncomfortable with the rate at which furry's popularity was increasing, he left both the furry and ABDL online communities.
* 2009 - After unintentionally encountering ABDL and furry content online and investigating further to see how the community had changed in 4 years, he reconnected with the ABDL community and attended the first ABDL munch in his university's city and also befriended attending babyfurs, though did not re-identify with the babyfur or furry communities at this point.
* 2012 - Makati moved to Washington state and connected with local ABDLs through [[FetLife]].
* 2013 (March) - While browsing [[Craigslist]] for potential ABDL playmates, he responded to an ad posted by a babyfur nearby and befriended the poster and his fellow babyfur housemate. A relationship soon ensued and his then-boyfriend re-introduced him into babyfur and furry-proper, including the creation of his Smilodon character.
* 2013 (September) - Makati attended [[RainFurrest 2013]], his first furry convention attendance, albeit for only one day.
* 2014 - Makati attended [[RainFurrest 2014]] for the full 4 days with his Jedi knight-costumed Smilodon fursuit constructed by [[Circa]] ([[HopHazard Studios]]).

== External Links ==
* [http://twitter.com/MakatiCub ''MakatiCub''] on [[Twitter]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/makati ''Makati''] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.adisc.org/forum/member.php/7433-TheOriginalSomeThing SomeThing] on [[ADISC]]
* [https://fetlife.com/users/1864833 iPad] on [[FetLife]]

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Babyfurs]]
[[Category:Smilodon characters]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:1988 births]]

Makati

2014-10-06T07:40:52Z

Makati: Corrections

[[File:AcidGrunt-MakatiCharacterReference.png|right|thumb|240px|Makati's character reference by AcidGrunt]]

'''Makati''' (born May 1988) is a furry player originally from the UK who now lives in Washington state in the USA. ''Makati'' can also refer to the name of his main character, an anthropomorphic [[Smilodon]] [[babyfur|cub]]. The name Makati is derived from the ''City of Makati'', the financial capital of the [[Wikipedia:Philippines|Philippines]] where he spent a part of his childhood in the late-1990s as an expat.

Makati is also a [[fursuiter]]: a Jedi knight character premised on a pun: "light-saber toothed-tiger".

In [[real-life]], Makati is a software developer with research interests in robotics and computer vision.

== History ==

* 2002 - Became aware of the furry fandom through the [[Wikipedia:ABDL|ABDL]] community and [[DeviantArt]] though did not identify with the community.
* 2003 - After watching the 45-minute uncensored version of [[Plushies and Furries]] (as broadcast in the UK), he identified with furry. He created a [[panda]] cub character and joined [[FurNet|FurNet IRC]] and became a regular in the #babyfurs, #softpaws and #northukfurs channels.
* 2004 - Throughout 2004 he attended [[NorthernFurs (UK)|NorthernFurs]] furmeets.
* 2005 - After growing uncomfortable with the rate at which furry's popularity was increasing, he left both the furry and ABDL online communities.
* 2009 - After unintentionally encountering ABDL and furry content online and investigating further to see how the community had changed in 4 years, he reconnected with the ABDL community and attended the first ABDL munch in his university's city and also befriended attending babyfurs, though did not re-identify with the babyfur or furry communities at this point.
* 2012 - Makati moved to Redmond in the USA. and connected with local ABDLs through [[FetLife]].
* 2013 (March) - While browsing [[Craigslist]] for potential ABDL playmates, he responded to an ad posted by a babyfur nearby and befriended the poster and his fellow babyfur housemate. A relationship soon ensued and his then-boyfriend re-introduced him into babyfur and furry-proper, including the creation of his Smilodon character.
* 2013 (September) - Makati attended [[RainFurrest 2013]], his first furry convention attendance, albeit for only one day.
* 2014 - Makati attended [[RainFurrest 2014]] for the full 4 days with his Jedi knight-costumed Smilodon fursuit constructed by [[Circa]] ([[HopHazard Studios]]).

== External Links ==
* [http://twitter.com/MakatiCub ''MakatiCub''] on [[Twitter]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/makati ''Makati''] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.adisc.org/forum/member.php/7433-TheOriginalSomeThing SomeThing] on [[ADISC]]
* [https://fetlife.com/users/1864833 iPad] on [[FetLife]]

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Babyfurs]]
[[Category:Smilodon characters]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:1988 births]]

Makati

2014-10-06T07:34:25Z

Makati:

[[File:AcidGrunt-MakatiCharacterReference.png|right|thumb|240px|Makati's character reference by AcidGrunt]]

'''Makati''' (born May 1988) is a furry player originally from the UK who now lives in Redmond, Washington. ''Makati'' can also refer to the name of his main character, an anthropomorphic [[Smilodon]] [[babyfur|cub]]. The name Makati is derived from the ''City of Makati'', the financial capital of the [[Wikipedia:Philippines|Philippines]] where he spent a part of his childhood in the late-1990s as an expat.

Makati is also a [[fursuiter]]: a Jedi knight character premised on a pun: "light-saber toothed-tiger".

In [[real-life]], Makati is a software developer with research interests in robotics and computer vision.

== History ==

* 2002 - Became aware of the furry fandom through the [[Wikipedia:ABDL]] community and [[DeviantArt]] though did not identify with any of it.
* 2003 - After watching the 45-minute uncensored version of [[Plushies and Furries]] (as broadcast in the UK), he identified with furry. He created a [[panda]] cub character and joined [[FurNet|FurNet IRC]] and became a regular in the #babyfurs, #softpaws and #northukfurs channels.
* 2004 - Throughout 2004 he attended [[NorthernFurs (UK)|NorthernFurs]] furmeets.
* 2005 - After growing uncomfortable with the rate at which furry's popularity was increasing, he left both the furry and ABDL online communiteis.
* 2009 - After accidentally encountering ABDL and furry content online and seeing how the community had changed in 4 years, he reconnected with the ABDL community and attended the first ABDL munch in the city of his university and also befriended attending babyfurs, though did not re-identify with the babyfur community at this point.
* 2012 - Makati moved to Redmond in the USA. and connected with local ABDLs through [[FetLife]].
* 2013 - While browsing [[Craigslist]] for potential ABDL playmates, he responded to an ad posted by a babyfur nearby and befriended the poster and his fellow babyfur housemate. A relationship soon ensued and his then-boyfriend re-introduced him into babyfur and furry-proper, including the creation of his Smilodon character.

== External Links ==
* [http://twitter.com/MakatiCub ''MakatiCub''] on [[Twitter]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/makati ''Makati''] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.adisc.org/forum/member.php/7433-TheOriginalSomeThing SomeThing] on [[ADISC]]
* [https://fetlife.com/users/1864833 iPad] on [[FetLife]]

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Babyfurs]]
[[Category:Smilodon characters]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:1988 births]]

Makati

2014-10-06T07:33:45Z

Makati: Typos

[[File:AcidGrunt-MakatiCharacterReference.png|right|thumb|240px|Makati's character reference by AcidGrunt]]

'''Makati''' (born May 1988) is a furry player originally from the UK who now lives in Redmond, Washington. ''Makati'' can also refer to the name of his main character, an anthropomorphic [[Smilodon]] [[babyfur|cub]]. The name Makati is derived from the ''City of Makati'', the financial capital of the [[Wikipedia:Philippines|Philippines]] where he spent a part of his childhood in the late-1990s as an expat.

Makati is also a [[fursuiter]]: a Jedi knight character premised on a pun: "light-saber toothed-tiger".

In [[real-life]], Makati is a software developer with research interests in robotics and computer vision.

== History ==

* 2002 - Became aware of the furry fandom through the [[Wikipedia:ABDL]] community and [[DeviantArt]] though did not identify with any of it.
* 2003 - After watching the 45-minute uncensored version of [[Plushies and Furries]] (as broadcast in the UK), he identified with furry. He created a [[panda]] cub character and joined [[FurNet|FurNet IRC]] and became a regular in the #babyfurs, #softpaws and #northukfurs channels.
* 2004 - Throughout 2004 he attended [[NorthernFurs (UK)|NorthernFurs]] furmeets.
* 2005 - After growing uncomfortable with the rate at which furry's popularity was increasing, he left both the furry and ABDL online communiteis.
* 2009 - After accidentally encountering ABDL and furry content online and seeing how the community had changed in 4 years, he reconnected with the ABDL community and attended the first ABDL munch in the city of his university and also befriended attending babyfurs, though did not re-identify with the babyfur community at this point.
* 2012 - Makati moved to Redmond in the USA. and connected with local ABDLs through [[FetLife]].
* 2013 - While browsing [[Craigslist]] for potential ABDL playmates, he responded to an ad posted by a babyfur nearby and befriended the poster and his fellow babyfur housemate. A relationship soon ensued and his then-boyfriend re-introduced him into babyfur and furry-proper.

== External Links ==
* [http://twitter.com/MakatiCub ''MakatiCub''] on [[Twitter]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/makati ''Makati''] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.adisc.org/forum/member.php/7433-TheOriginalSomeThing SomeThing] on [[ADISC]]
* [https://fetlife.com/users/1864833 iPad] on [[FetLife]]

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Babyfurs]]
[[Category:Smilodon characters]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:1988 births]]

Makati

2014-10-06T07:32:30Z

Makati: Created page with 'Makati's character reference by AcidGrunt '''Makati''' (born May 1988) is a furry player originally from the...'

[[File:AcidGrunt-MakatiCharacterReference.png|right|thumb|240px|Makati's character reference by AcidGrunt]]

'''Makati''' (born May 1988) is a furry player originally from the UK who now lives in Redmond, Washington. ''Makati'' can also refer to the name of his main character, an anthropomorphic [[Smilodon]] [[babyfur|cub]]. The name Makati is derived from the ''City of Makatiy'', the financial capital of the [[Wikipedia:Philippines]] where he spent a few years of his childhood as an expat in the late-1990s.

Makati is also a [[fursuiter]]: a Jedi knight character premised on a pun: "light-saber toothed-tiger".

In [[real-life]], Makati is a software developer with research interests in robotics and computer vision.

== History ==

* 2002 - Became aware of the furry fandom through the [[Wikipedia:ABDL]] community and [[DeviantArt]] though did not identify with any of it.
* 2003 - After watching the 45-minute uncensored version of [[Plushies and Furries]] (as broadcast in the UK), he identified with furry. He created a [[panda]] cub character and joined [[FurNet|FurNet IRC]] and became a regular in the #babyfurs, #softpaws and #northukfurs channels.
* 2004 - Throughout 2004 he attended [[NorthernFurs (UK)|NorthernFurs]] furmeets.
* 2005 - After growing uncomfortable with the rate at which furry's popularity was increasing, he left both the furry and ABDL online communiteis.
* 2009 - After accidentally encountering ABDL and furry content online and seeing how the community had changed in 4 years, he reconnected with the ABDL community and attended the first ABDL munch in the city of his university and also befriended attending babyfurs, though did not re-identify with the babyfur community at this point.
* 2012 - Makati moved to Redmond in the USA. and connected with local ABDLs through [[FetLife]].
* 2013 - While browsing [[Craigslist]] for potential ABDL playmates, he responded to an ad posted by a babyfur nearby and befriended the poster and his fellow babyfur housemate. A relationship soon ensued and his then-boyfriend re-introduced him into babyfur and furry-proper.

== External Links ==
* [http://twitter.com/MakatiCub ''MakatiCub''] on [[Twitter]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/makati ''Makati''] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.adisc.org/forum/member.php/7433-TheOriginalSomeThing SomeThing] on [[ADISC]]
* [https://fetlife.com/users/1864833 iPad] on [[FetLife]]

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Babyfurs]]
[[Category:Smilodon characters]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:1988 births]]

Plushies and Furries

2014-10-06T07:31:48Z

Makati: Adding details of the UK/uncensored broadcast.

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'''''Plushies and Furries''''' is a short documentary film by [[Rick Castro]] produced in 2001, which aired as an episode of '''''Sex2K'''''/[[Wikipedia:True Life|True Life]] on [[Wikipedia:MTV|MTV]] in January 2002, and on Channel 5 UK in the summer of 2003. It "has screened at the American Cinemathéque, Outfest Los Angeles, Frameline San Francisco, the MIX Festival--NYC, the Milan Film Festival, the Montreal Gay Film Festival, the Seattle Gay Film Festival, and the Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney".<ref>[http://rickcastro.com/plushies.html Plushies and Furries] on RickCastro.com. Retrieved October 27, 2007.</ref> ''Plushies and Furries'' was in the 2001 the Montreal International Queer Film and Video Festival; an article in ''The Gazette'' mentions it as "Rick Castro's doc about people who love the static of rubbing against other people in adorable fuzzy animal costumes."<ref>Griffin, John. "Beyond closet door: Gay film fest comes in from the fringe" in ''The Gazette''. September 20, 2001. p. D.10. Retrieved October 27, 2007 through ProQuest online database Canadian Newsstand.</ref>

''Plushies and Furries'' mainly followed a furry named [[Mike Yote]] through [[Midwest Furfest]], and his relationship with his mother. Topics included [[fursuit sex]] and furry sexual jargon. Overall the episode was a sex-based portrayal of the furry subculture that some argue is unfavorable, following quickly on the heels of ''[[Vanity Fair]]'''s article earlier in the year.

The documentary as-aired on MTV in the USA was a censored 20-minute long presentation that lacked any overt pornographic material. The subsequent rebroadcast in the UK in 2003 was uncensored, 45 minutes long and featured extra material following other characters besides Yote, including interviews with furry artists. Rick Castro sometimes features this uncensored version at various Film Festivals.

== Controversy ==
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According to Yote, [http://www.pressedfur.com/comments/anonymous-sex2k.html the entire thing was faked] and his mother already knew about his interest in fursuiting and furry fandom. The scenes were shot a couple years before the ''Vanity Fair'' article came out. "It was all faked and made up by pyewacket [Rick Castro] so that he could have drama and a story," Yote wrote on a fursuit mailing list in 2002.

According to Rick Castro,{{fact}} Yote was well aware of where the interview was going as was his mother. Reportedly, they had to sign releases beforehand and therefore would have known the outcome{{fact}}. There was nothing made up about the questions and answers. The only thing that was created was the time of events. This was done to facilitate organizing a shooting schedule.

Many of furs that participated in the side interviews were told their interviews would be used for a much different type of show, and the artists were similarly lied to by [[Rick Castro]], the producer. For example, [[Michael Higgs]] was told his art was going to be used in a special about up-and-coming comic artists.

Rick Castro attended several furry conventions in the two or three years prior to the first airing of this episode, and professed to be "a furry working on a personal project." In fact, Rick Castro is a professional filmmaker, producer of documentaries involving the porn industry, and a professional fetish photographer as evidenced by his adults-only website at [http://rickcastro.com RickCastro.com].

=== Trademark issue ===

In the episode ''Plushies and Furries,'' a title screen between scenes was added to Rick Castro's original footage that said, "Yote attends his first confurence." This used the registered service mark "[[ConFurence]]" in the context of a generic term for a furry-themed convention (in this case, referring to ''Midwest Fur Fest''), and was '''not''' referring to the convention hosted annually by [[The ConFurence Group]] for which the service mark was registered. [[Darrel Exline]], owner of ''The ConFurence Group'' traded multiple letters with [[wikipedia:MTV Networks|MTV Networks]]' legal department over their improper use of the registered service mark but was unable to resolve the issue without starting expensive litigation.{{fact}}

== Quotes ==
'''Text appearing on the screen:''' In the 80's a subculture was born. ... There are plushophiles, people who get turned on by stuffed animals. There are fursuiters, people who get turned on by dressing as big stuffed animals. There are confurences, events where thousands of plushies and furries come together anonymously.
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'''"Ken":''' Part of the furry [fandom] I really think is sexual attraction. And anyone who says that furry is not a sexual-based fandom is really kind of fooling themselves.
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'''Yote:''' He's got a lot of fursuits, so we had a lot of fun trying them on. And while I was in it, my friend got a little bit yiffy, and got a little bit up, and I got aroused, but didn't climax or anything. He did though, I'm sure, because he was a little more boisterous in his movements against me.
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'''[[Giza]]:''' Like a lot of furries actually, I kind of grew up thinking I was straight.
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'''[[TygerCowboy]]:''' For many of us, our sexuality defines who we are.

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[FUROTICA]]

== External links ==

* [http://rickcastro.com/plushies.html ''Plushies and Furries''] on Rick Castro's website
* [http://fursuit.timduru.org/dirlist/FursuitVideo/FurriesInTheNews/MTV2002/ MTV's Sex2K Fursuit Video]

[[Category:Media coverage]]

File:AcidGrunt-MakatiCharacterReference.png

2014-10-06T07:21:21Z

Makati: {{fursona}} Character reference by AcidGrunt. Source: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13905715/

== Summary ==
{{fursona}}

Character reference by [[AcidGrunt]]. Source: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13905715/
== Licensing ==
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