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User:SmackJackal

2009-02-06T17:42:45Z

SmackJackal: Added information about a recently construced fursuit and character created/worn by SmackJackal.

[[Image: Rong-Wei001.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[SmackJackal]] as Rong-Wei, photo by [[Tugrik]]]]SmackJackal has been associated with the [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980’s, having been introduced to it while a freshman in high school. He quickly found his way to the larger on-line Furry community through the use of dial-up computer systems such as the [[Tiger's Den BBS]] and the Internet under the handle/nickname of [[Farix]]. He also became active with local furry groups, such as those associated with the [[Prancing Skiltaire]], and helped out as a staff member at the [[ConFurence 4]] through [[ConFurence 7]] conventions held in Orange County, California.

In 1994, SmackJackal moved to the Silicon Valley to begin a career in systems administration and systems engineering. He has recently gone back to college part-time to complete his degree in computer science.

= Hobbies =
[[Image: 2240369671_1a25ac17f5_o.jpg |left|thumb|200px|Flash by [[SmackJackal]]]]SmackJackal is an avid motorcyclist, sport compact car fiend, armature photographer/videographer and fairly serious gamer. He has also taken up the study of Kung Fu San Soo, a fighting art in which he currently holds the rank of green belt. When not working on cars or motorcycles, gaming, studying martial arts, or furthering his education SmackJackal enjoys taking up new personal challenges and hobbies.

From time to time SmackJackal has been known to pick up a pencil in the act of drawing or writing though he does not pursue either interest with a great amount of dedication or passion, they are primarily diversions to consume slack space in his busy schedule. SmackJackal was an early member and contributor to the [[Furthest North Crew]] APA and provided artwork that became the cover of first issue of [[Anthropmorphine]] . He has not sought wide notoriety through his artistic efforts with drawing or writing, however.

As a result of a personal challenge to create and present a half-way decent looking [[fursuit]], SmackJackal completed construction of a partial [[fursuit]] named [[Rong-Wei]] in December, 2007. Rong-Wei is a white tiger created as a compliment the theme of [[Further Confusion 2008]], The Fur East. In much the same way that SmackJackal does not refer to himself as an artist or a writer, he also does not refer to himself as a fursuiter even though he enjoy aspects of [[fursuit]] construction and performance.

As an amature videographer, SmackJackal's primary interest is in recording and depicting individuals having fun and enjoying themselves within the context of [[fandom]]. Starting with Anthrocon 2006 he began to edit his convention footage together into short montages set to music as his personal expression of the standard 'con report', making those videos available through [[YouTube]].

= Other Fan Names and Characters =
SmackJackal does not lay claim to any particular concept as a fursona or personal furry though he does generally identify most closely with [[canine]] animals, most obviously jackals, coyotes, and foxes. The fursuit character Rong-Wei is a representation of SmackJackal’s Chinese astrological sign but holds no deeper significance than that.

SmackJackal prefers to be addressed by either his real name, SmackJackal or Jackal. Close friends occasionally refer to him as Fox for various reasons.

== Rong-Wei ==
Rong-Wei is the character name of a partial fursuit created by SmackJackal for [[Further Confusion 2008]] as a compliment to the convention's theme, The Fur East. The character's concept is that of white tiger of Chinese ancestory versed in at least one form of fighting art. The character's specicies, tiger, is the actual Chinese astrological sign of the suit's creator.

Rong-Wei was constructed as a partial fursuit to afford his wearer better freedom of movement when performing martial arts sets in costume. Rong-Wei wears either a traditional kung fu uniform or a white Chinese long coat and wields a Flying Guillotine, a prop created by [[DustyKat]].

His name was chosen quite intentionally as a play on words between English and Chinese. The words rong and wei roughly translates to 'martial' and 'strong' and reflect the character's martial arts skills. When spoken quickly the name sounds like "wrong way" in English which leads to many natural jokes.

== ScrewDriver ==
ScrewDriver is a full fursuit constructed and worn by SmackJackal for the DrinkFoxes costuming group. The inspiration for ScrewDriver comes from the alcoholic beverage of the same name. Somewhat in keeping with the theme for [[Further Confusion 2009]], the character concept for ScrewDriver is that of a burnt out beach combing ex-surfer fox who stumbles around looking for the next party or hang out.

== Farix ==
SmackJackal's original BBS handle was [[Farix]], the name of an ancillary character in a series of short stories he wrote as junior in high school. The name followed SmackJackal online becoming the default name of his primary character on several [[MUD]]s, including [[Furry Muck]]. The character, however, does not represent his [[fursona]] and he has never been comfortable being addressed by that name in real life.

The present online character of Farix is that of a female arctic fox who dresses somewhat punkishly. The character is not a [[personal furry]] of its creator/player, SmackJackal.

= External Links =
{{ContributorU}}
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sn_wally/ SmackJackal] on Flickr.
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/smackjackal SmackJackal] on [[YouTube]].
*[http://smackjackal.livejournal.com/ ''Mad Rantings''] - SmackJackal on [[LiveJournal]].
*[http://www.critter.net/~voop/issue1.htm ''Anthropomorphine #1'']
*[http://www.kungfusansoo.com/ ''The Jimmy H. Woo Kung Fu San Soo Association'']

DustyKat

2008-04-08T18:31:42Z

SmackJackal: Addes some information regarding DustyKat's wide ranging talents.

[[Image:dustykat6.jpg|right|thumb|DustyKat.]]
'''Dusty Rhoades''' (born April 22, 1968)<ref name="DKLJP">[http://dustykat.livejournal.com/profile DustyKat's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved April 7 2008</ref> is an [[artist]] and [[fursuiter]] whose [[fursona]], '''DustyKat''', is a charming motorcycle-riding, jack-of-all-trades [[bobcat]].

Dusty has been active in the [[Furry Fandom]] since the late 1980s. With several friends in the northeast, he started the Furthest North Crew (FNC), an amateur press association that is still active. An active artist, Dusty recently turned his creative endeavors towards film, co-producing and acting in ''[[Under the Same Sky]]'', released at [[Further Confusion 2008]].

Earlier work by Dustykat includes comic page work in [[Furlough]], [[Genus]] and [[Hit the Beach]] comics. He also has done animation voice over work for friends. Best known of these works is [["Something to Remember"]] by [[Christina "Smudge" Hanson]]. He plays the Wolf Mercenary who teaches young Ebin a lesson in relationships

Dustykat started his art endeavors by producing his own mini comic called [["The Hywayman"]] which went on for 3 issues.

He has put is considerable and wide-ranging tallents to use producing and performing at fan events at many furry conventions. One little known and not often heard expression is an old school hip-hop peice he wrote and recorded in conjunction with a notable Detroit based musician.

As of April, 2008, Dusty lives in [[Wikipedia:Campbell, California|Campbell, California]], U.S.A., with his cat, The Amazing F*cking Randy.

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://dustykat.livejournal.com/ ''What goes on inside ma head''] - DustyKat on [[LiveJournal]].
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dustykat/ Dustykat] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hsKjY7l3KQ ''Something to Remember''] Christina "Smudge" Hanson's Animation

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User:SmackJackal

2008-04-08T17:58:43Z

SmackJackal:

[[Image: Rong-Wei001.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[SmackJackal]] as Rong-Wei, photo by [[Tugrik]]]]SmackJackal has been associated with the [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980’s, having been introduced to it while a freshman in high school. He quickly found his way to the larger on-line Furry community through the use of dial-up computer systems such as the [[Tiger's Den BBS]] and the Internet under the handle/nickname of [[Farix]]. He also became active with local furry groups, such as those associated with the [[Prancing Skiltaire]], and helped out as a staff member at the [[ConFurence 4]] through [[ConFurence 7]] conventions held in Orange County, California.

In 1994, SmackJackal moved to the Silicon Valley to begin a career in systems administration and systems engineering. He has recently gone back to college part-time to complete his degree in computer science.

= Hobbies =
[[Image: 2240369671_1a25ac17f5_o.jpg |left|thumb|200px|Flash by [[SmackJackal]]]]SmackJackal is an avid motorcyclist, sport compact car fiend, armature photographer/videographer and fairly serious gamer. He has also taken up the study of Kung Fu San Soo, a fighting art in which he currently holds the rank of green belt. When not working on cars or motorcycles, gaming, studying martial arts, or furthering his education SmackJackal enjoys taking up new personal challenges and hobbies.

From time to time SmackJackal has been known to pick up a pencil in the act of drawing or writing though he does not pursue either interest with a great amount of dedication or passion, they are primarily diversions to consume slack space in his busy schedule. SmackJackal was an early member and contributor to the [[Furthest North Crew]] APA and provided artwork that became the cover of first issue of [[Anthropmorphine]] . He has not sought wide notoriety through his artistic efforts with drawing or writing, however.

As a result of a personal challenge to create and present a half-way decent looking [[fursuit]], SmackJackal completed construction of a partial [[fursuit]] named [[Rong-Wei]] in December, 2007. Rong-Wei is a white tiger created as a compliment the theme of [[Further Confusion 2008]], The Fur East. In much the same way that SmackJackal does not refer to himself as an artist or a writer, he also does not refer to himself as a fursuiter even though he enjoy aspects of [[fursuit]] construction and performance.

As an amature videographer, SmackJackal's primary interest is in recording and depicting individuals having fun and enjoying themselves within the context of [[fandom]]. Starting with Anthrocon 2006 he began to edit his convention footage together into short montages set to music as his personal expression of the standard 'con report', making those videos available through [[YouTube]].

= Other Fan Names and Characters =
SmackJackal does not lay claim to any particular concept as a fursona or personal furry though he does generally identify most closely with [[canine]] animals, most obviously jackals, coyotes, and foxes. The fursuit character Rong-Wei is a representation of SmackJackal’s Chinese astrological sign but holds no deeper significance than that.

SmackJackal prefers to be addressed by either his real name, SmackJackal or Jackal. Close friends occasionally refer to him as Fox for various reasons.

== Rong-Wei ==
Rong-Wei is the character name of a fursuit created by SmackJackal for [[Further Confusion 2008]] as a compliment to the convent's theme, The Fur East. The character's concept is that of white tiger of Chinese ancestor versed in at least one form of fighting art and his species, tiger, is the actual Chinese astrological sign of the suit's creator.

Rong-Wei was constructed as a partial fursuit to afford his wearer, SmackJackal, better freedom of movement when performing martial arts forms and sets in costume. Rong-Wei wears either a traditional kung fu uniform or a white Chinese long coat and wields a Flying Guillotine, a prop created by [[DustyKat]].

His name was chosen quite intentionally as a play on words between English and Chinese. The words rong and wei roughly translates to 'martial' and 'strong' and English and reflect the character's martial arts skills. When spoken quickly the name sounds like "wrong way" in English which leads to many natural jokes.

== Farix ==
SmackJackal's original BBS handle was [[Farix]], the name of an ancillary character in a series of short stories he wrote as junior in high school. The name followed SmackJackal online becoming the default name of his primary character on several [[MUD]]s, including [[Furry Muck]]. The character, however, does not represent his [[fursona]] and he has never been comfortable being addressed by that name in real life.

The present online character of Farix is that of a female arctic fox who dresses somewhat punkishly. The character is not a [[personal furry]] of its creator/player, SmackJackal.

= External Links =
{{Contributor}}
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sn_wally/ SmackJackal] on Flickr.
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/smackjackal SmackJackal] on [[YouTube]].
*[http://smackjackal.livejournal.com/ ''Mad Rantings''] - SmackJackal on [[LiveJournal]].
*[http://www.critter.net/~voop/issue1.htm ''Anthropomorphine #1'']
*[http://www.kungfusansoo.com/ ''The Jimmy H. Woo Kung Fu San Soo Association'']

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[[Category:Tiger characters]]

SmackJackal

2008-04-08T17:56:50Z

SmackJackal: Updating page to fold in two other articles.

[[Image: Rong-Wei001.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[SmackJackal]] as Rong-Wei, photo by [[Tugrik]]]]SmackJackal has been associated with the [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980’s, having been introduced to it while a freshman in high school. He quickly found his way to the larger on-line Furry community through the use of dial-up computer systems such as the [[Tiger's Den BBS]] and the Internet under the handle/nickname of [[Farix]]. He also became active with local furry groups, such as those associated with the [[Prancing Skiltaire]], and helped out as a staff member at the [[ConFurence 4]] through [[ConFurence 7]] conventions held in Orange County, California.

In 1994, SmackJackal moved to the Silicon Valley to begin a career in systems administration and systems engineering. He has recently gone back to college part-time to complete his degree in computer science.

= Hobbies =
[[Image: 2240369671_1a25ac17f5_o.jpg |left|thumb|200px|Flash by [[SmackJackal]]]]SmackJackal is an avid motorcyclist, sport compact car fiend, armature photographer/videographer and fairly serious gamer. He has also taken up the study of Kung Fu San Soo, a fighting art in which he currently holds the rank of green belt. When not working on cars or motorcycles, gaming, studying martial arts, or furthering his education SmackJackal enjoys taking up new personal challenges and hobbies.

From time to time SmackJackal has been known to pick up a pencil in the act of drawing or writing though he does not pursue either interest with a great amount of dedication or passion, they are primarily diversions to consume slack space in his busy schedule. SmackJackal was an early member and contributor to the [[Furthest North Crew]] APA and provided artwork that became the cover of first issue of [[Anthropmorphine]] . He has not sought wide notoriety through his artistic efforts with drawing or writing, however.

As a result of a personal challenge to create and present a half-way decent looking [[fursuit]], SmackJackal completed construction of a partial [[fursuit]] named [[Rong-Wei]] in December, 2007. Rong-Wei is a white tiger created as a compliment the theme of [[Further Confusion 2008]], The Fur East. In much the same way that SmackJackal does not refer to himself as an artist or a writer, he also does not refer to himself as a fursuiter even though he enjoy aspects of [[fursuit]] construction and performance.

As an amature videographer, SmackJackal's primary interest is in recording and depicting individuals having fun and enjoying themselves within the context of [[fandom]]. Starting with Anthrocon 2006 he began to edit his convention footage together into short montages set to music as his personal expression of the standard 'con report', making those videos available through [[YouTube]].

= Other Fan Names and Characters =
SmackJackal does not lay claim to any particular concept as a fursona or personal furry though he does generally identify most closely with [[canine]] animals, most obviously jackals, coyotes, and foxes. The fursuit character Rong-Wei is a representation of SmackJackal’s Chinese astrological sign but holds no deeper significance than that.

SmackJackal prefers to be addressed by either his real name, SmackJackal or Jackal. Close friends occasionally refer to him as Fox for various reasons.

== Rong-Wei ==
Rong-Wei is the character name of a fursuit created by SmackJackal for [[Further Confusion 2008]] as a compliment to the convent's theme, The Fur East. The character's concept is that of white tiger of Chinese ancestor versed in at least one form of fighting art and his species, tiger, is the actual Chinese astrological sign of the suit's creator.

Rong-Wei was constructed as a partial fursuit to afford his wearer, SmackJackal, better freedom of movement when performing martial arts forms and sets in costume. Rong-Wei wears either a traditional kung fu uniform or a white Chinese long coat and wields a Flying Guillotine, a prop created by [[DustyKat]].

His name was chosen quite intentionally as a play on words between English and Chinese. The words rong and wei roughly translates to 'martial' and 'strong' and English and reflect the character's martial arts skills. When spoken quickly the name sounds like "wrong way" in English which leads to many natural jokes.

== Farix ==
SmackJackal's original BBS handle was [[Farix]], the name of an ancillary character in a series of short stories he wrote as junior in high school. The name followed SmackJackal online becoming the default name of his primary character on several [[MUD]]s, including [[Furry Muck]]. The character, however, does not represent his [[fursona]] and he has never been comfortable being addressed by that name in real life.

The present online character of Farix is that of a female arctic fox who dresses somewhat punkishly. The character is not a [[personal furry]] of its creator/player, SmackJackal.

= External Links =
{{Contributor}}
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sn_wally/ SmackJackal] on Flickr.
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/smackjackal SmackJackal] on [[YouTube]].
*[http://smackjackal.livejournal.com/ ''Mad Rantings''] - SmackJackal on [[LiveJournal]].
*[http://www.critter.net/~voop/issue1.htm ''Anthropomorphine #1'']
*[http://www.kungfusansoo.com/ ''The Jimmy H. Woo Kung Fu San Soo Association'']

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[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:California]]
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[[Category:Arctic Fox characters]]
[[Category:Fursuits]]
[[Category:Martial Artists]]
[[Category:Tiger characters]]

Rong-Wei

2008-04-08T17:36:48Z

SmackJackal: Redirecting to SmackJackal

#REDIRECT [[SmackJackal]] {{R from merge}}

Rong-Wei

2008-04-08T17:36:35Z

SmackJackal: Edit for page merge.

#REDIRECT [[SmackJackal:Rong-Wei]] {{R from merge}}

Farix

2008-04-08T17:33:48Z

SmackJackal: Redirecting to SmackJackal

#REDIRECT [[SmackJackal]] {{R from merge}}

Farix

2008-04-08T03:49:22Z

SmackJackal:

Farix is an online handle and character name used by [[SmackJackal]] for bullitin board systems and [[MUD]]s, especially [[Furry Muck]] and [[Tapestries]].

The present online character of Farix is that of a female arctic fox who dresses somewhat punkishly. The character is not [[personal furry]] of its creator/player, [[SmackJackal]].

[[Category:Arctic Fox characters]]

Rong-Wei

2008-04-08T03:47:42Z

SmackJackal:

[[Image: Rong-Wei001.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[SmackJackal]] as Rong-Wei, photo by [[Tugrik]]]]Rong-Wei is the character name of a fursuit created by [[SmackJackal]] for [[Further Confusion 2008]] as a compliment to the convent's theme, The Fur East. The character's concept is that of white tiger of Chinese ancestor versed in at least one form of fighting art and his species, tiger, is the actual Chinese astrological sign of the suit's creator.

Rong-Wei was constructed as a partial fursuit to afford his wearer, [[SmackJackal]], better freedom of movement when performing martial arts forms and sets in costume. Rong-Wei wears either a traditional kung fu uniform or a white Chinese long coat and wields a Flying Guillotine, a prop created by [[DustyKat]].

[[Category:Fursuits]]
[[Category:Tiger characters]]

SmackJackal

2008-04-08T02:21:52Z

SmackJackal:

[[Image: Rong-Wei001.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[SmackJackal]] as Rong-Wei, photo by [[Tugrik]]]]SmackJackal has been associated with the [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980’s, having been introduced to it while a freshman in high school. He quickly found his way to the larger on-line Furry community through the use of dial-up computer systems such as the [[Tiger's Den BBS]] and the Internet under the handle/nickname of [[Farix]]. He also became active with local furry groups, such as those associated with the [[Prancing Skiltaire]], and helped out as a staff member at the [[ConFurence 4]] through [[ConFurence 7]] conventions held in Orange County, California.

In 1994, SmackJackal moved to the Silicon Valley to begin a career as a Unix systems administrator and systems engineering.

== Hobbies ==
[[Image: 2240369671_1a25ac17f5_o.jpg |left|thumb|200px|Flash by [[SmackJackal]]]]SmackJackal is an avid motorcyclist, sport compact car fiend, armature photographer/videographer and fairly serious gamer. He has also taken up the study of Kung Fu San Soo, a fighting art in which he currently holds the rank of green belt. When not working on cars or motorcycles, gaming, studying martial arts, or furthering his education SmackJackal enjoys taking up new personal challenges and hobbies.

From time to time SmackJackal has been known to pick up a pencil in the act of drawing or writing though he does not pursue either interest with a great amount of dedication or passion, they are primarily diversions to consume slack space in his busy schedule. SmackJackal was an early member and contributor to the [[Furthest North Crew]] APA and provided artwork that became the cover of first issue of [[Anthropmorphine]] . He has not sought wide notoriety through his artistic efforts with drawing or writing, however.

As a result of a personal challenge to create and present a half-way decent looking [[fursuit]], SmackJackal completed construction of a partial [[fursuit]] named [[Rong-Wei]] in December, 2007. Rong-Wei is a white tiger created as a compliment the theme of [[Further Confusion 2008]], The Fur East. In much the same way that SmackJackal does not refer to himself as an artist or a writer, he also does not refer to himself as a fursuiter even though he enjoy aspects of [[fursuit]] construction and performance.

As an amature videographer, SmackJackal's primary interest is in recording and depicting individuals having fun and enjoying themselves within the context of [[fandom]]. Starting with Anthrocon 2006 he began to edit his convention footage together into short montages set to music as his personal expression of the standard 'con report', making those videos available through [[YouTube]].

== Other Fan Names and Fursona ==

SmackJackal's original BBS handle was [[Farix]], the name of an ancillary character in a series of short stories he wrote as junior in high school. The name followed SmackJackal online becoming the default name of his primary character on several [[MUD]]s, including [[Furry Muck]]. The character, however, does not represent his [[fursona]] and he has never been comfortable being addressed by that name in real life. SmackJackal prefers to be addressed by either his real name, SmackJackal or Jackal. Close friends occasionally refer to him as Fox for various reasons.

SmackJackal does not lay claim to any particular concept as a fursona or personal furry though he does generally identify most closely with [[canine]] animals, most obviously jackals, coyotes, and foxes. The fursuit character Rong-Wei is a representation of SmackJackal’s Chinese astrological sign but holds no deeper significance than that.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sn_wally/ SmackJackal] on [[Flickr]].
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/smackjackal SmackJackal] on [[YouTube]].
*[http://smackjackal.livejournal.com/ ''Mad Rantings''] - SmackJackal on [[LiveJournal]].
*[http://www.critter.net/~voop/issue1.htm ''Anthropomorphine #1'']
*[http://www.kungfusansoo.com/ ''The Jimmy H. Woo Kung Fu San Soo Association'']

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[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:California]]
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[[Category:Motorcycle Furs]]

SmackJackal

2008-04-08T02:13:43Z

SmackJackal:

[[Image: Rong-Wei001.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[SmackJackal]] as Rong-Wei, photo by [[Tugrik]]]]SmackJackal has been associated with the [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980’s, having been introduced to it while a freshman in high school. He quickly found his way to the larger on-line Furry community through the use of dial-up computer systems such as the [[Tiger's Den BBS]] and the Internet under the handle/nickname of [[Farix]]. He also became active with local furry groups, such as those associated with the [[Prancing Skiltaire]], and helped out as a staff member at the [[ConFurence 4]] through [[ConFurence 7]] conventions held in Orange County, California.

In 1994, SmackJackal moved to the Silicon Valley to begin a career as a Unix systems administrator and systems engineering.

== Hobbies ==
[[Image: 2240369671_1a25ac17f5_o.jpg |left|thumb|200px|Flash by [[SmackJackal]]]]SmackJackal is an avid motorcyclist, sport compact car fiend, armature photographer/videographer and fairly serious gamer. He has also taken up the study of Kung Fu San Soo, a fighting art in which he currently holds the rank of green belt. When not working on cars or motorcycles, gaming, studying martial arts, or furthering his education SmackJackal enjoys taking up new personal challenges and hobbies.

From time to time SmackJackal has been known to pick up a pencil in the act of drawing or writing though he does not pursue either interest with a great amount of dedication or passion, they are primarily diversions to consume slack space in his busy schedule. SmackJackal was an early member and contributor to the [[Furthest North Crew]] APA and provided artwork that became the cover of first issue of [[Anthropmorphine]] . He has not sought wide notoriety through his artistic efforts with drawing or writing, however.

As a result of a personal challenge to create and present a half-way decent looking [[fursuit]], SmackJackal completed construction of a partial [[fursuit]] named [[Rong-Wei]] in December, 2007. Rong-Wei is a white tiger created as a compliment the theme of [[Further Confusion 2008]], The Fur East. In much the same way that SmackJackal does not refer to himself as an artist or a writer, he also does not refer to himself as a fursuiter even though he enjoy aspects of [[fursuit]] construction and performance.

As an amature videographer, SmackJackal's primary interest is in recording and depicting individuals having fun and enjoying themselves within the context of [[fandom]]. Starting with Anthrocon 2006 he began to edit his convention footage together into short montages set to music as his personal expression of the standard 'con report', making those videos available through [[YouTube]].

== Other Fan Names and Fursona ==

SmackJackal's original BBS handle was [[Farix]], the name of an ancillary character in a series of short stories he wrote as junior in high school. The name followed SmackJackal online becoming the default name of his primary character on several [[MUD]]s, including [[Furry Muck]]. The character, however, does not represent his [[fursona]] and he has never been comfortable being addressed by that name in real life. SmackJackal prefers to be addressed by either his real name, SmackJackal or Jackal. Close friends occasionally refer to him as Fox for various reasons.

SmackJackal does not lay claim to any particular concept as a fursona or personal furry though he does generally identify most closely with [[canine]] animals, most obviously jackals, coyotes, and foxes. The fursuit character Rong-Wei is a representation of SmackJackal’s Chinese astrological sign but holds no deeper significance than that.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sn_wally/ SmackJackal] on [[Flickr]].
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/smackjackal SmackJackal] on [[YouTube]].
*[http://smackjackal.livejournal.com/ ''Mad Rantings''] - SmackJackal on [[LiveJournal]].
*[http://www.critter.net/~voop/issue1.htm ''Anthropomorphine #1'']
*[http://www.kungfusansoo.com/ ''The Jimmy H. Woo Kung Fu San Soo Association'']

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:California]]
[[Category:1975 births]]

Rong-Wei

2008-04-07T23:16:36Z

SmackJackal: Created page with '[[SmackJackal as Rong-Wei, photo by Tugrik]]Rong-Wei is the character name of a fursuit created by SmackJackal for [[Further...'

Farix

2008-04-07T23:05:57Z

SmackJackal:

Farix

2008-04-07T23:00:20Z

SmackJackal: Created page with 'Farix is an online character played by SmackJackal on Furry Muck and Tapestries. The character is a female arctic fox.'

Farix is an online character played by [[SmackJackal]] on [[Furry Muck]] and [[Tapestries]]. The character is a female arctic fox.

SmackJackal

2008-04-07T22:57:08Z

SmackJackal: Created page with '[[SmackJackal as Rong-Wei, photo by Tugrik]]SmackJackal has been associated with the furry fandom since the late 1980’s, h...'

[[Image: Rong-Wei001.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[SmackJackal]] as Rong-Wei, photo by [[Tugrik]]]]SmackJackal has been associated with the [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980’s, having been introduced to it while a freshman in high school. He quickly found his way to the larger on-line Furry community through the use of dial-up computer systems such as the [[Tiger's Den BBS]] and the Internet under the handle/nickname of [[Farix]]. He also became active with local furry groups, such as those associated with the [[Prancing Skiltaire]], and helped out as a staff member at the [[ConFurence 4]] through [[ConFurence 7]] conventions held in Orange County, California.

In 1994, SmackJackal moved to the Silicon Valley to begin a career as a Unix systems administrator and systems engineering.

== Hobbies ==
[[Image: 2240369671_1a25ac17f5_o.jpg |left|thumb|200px|Flash by [[SmackJackal]]]]SmackJackal is an avid motorcyclist, sport compact car fiend, armature photographer/videographer and fairly serious gamer. He has also taken up the study of Kung Fu San Soo, a fighting art in which he currently holds the rank of green belt. When not working on cars or motorcycles, gaming, studying martial arts, or furthering his education SmackJackal enjoys taking up new personal challenges and hobbies.

From time to time SmackJackal has been known to pick up a pencil in the act of drawing or writing though he does not pursue either interest with a great amount of dedication or passion, they are primarily diversions to consume slack space in his busy schedule. SmackJackal was an early member and contributor to the [[Furthest North Crew]] APA and provided artwork that became the cover of first issue of [[Anthropmorphine]] . He has not sought wide notoriety through his artistic efforts with drawing or writing, however.

As a result of a personal challenge to create and present a half-way decent looking [[fursuit]], SmackJackal completed construction of a partial [[fursuit]] named [[Rong-Wei]] in December, 2007. Rong-Wei is a white tiger created as a compliment the theme of [[Further Confusion 2008]], The Fur East. In much the same way that SmackJackal does not refer to himself as an artist or a writer, he also does not refer to himself as a fursuiter even though he enjoy aspects of [[fursuit]] construction and performance.

As an amature videographer, SmackJackal's primary interest is in recording and depicting individuals having fun and enjoying themselves within the context of [[fandom]]. Starting with Anthrocon 2006 he began to edit his convention footage together into short montages set to music as his personal expression of the standard 'con report', making those videos available through [[YouTube]].

== Other Fan Names and Fursona ==

SmackJackal's original BBS handle was [[Farix]], the name of an ancillary character in a series of short stories he wrote as junior in high school. The name followed SmackJackal online becoming the default name of his primary character on several [[MUD]]s, including [[Furry Muck]]. The character, however, does not represent his [[fursona]] and he has never been comfortable being addressed by that name in real life. SmackJackal prefers to be addressed by either his real name, SmackJackal or Jackal. Close friends occasionally refer to him as Fox for various reasons.

SmackJackal does not lay claim to any particular concept as a fursona or personal furry though he does generally identify most closely with [[canine]] animals, most obviously jackals, coyotes, and foxes. The fursuit character Rong-Wei is a representation of SmackJackal’s Chinese astrological sign but holds no deeper significance than that.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sn_wally/ SmackJackal] on [[Flickr]].
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/smackjackal SmackJackal] on [[YouTube]].
*[http://smackjackal.livejournal.com/ ''Mad Rantings''] - SmackJackal on [[LiveJournal]].
*[http://www.critter.net/~voop/issue1.htm ''Anthropomorphine #1'']
*[http://www.kungfusansoo.com/ ''The Jimmy H. Woo Kung Fu San Soo Association'']

User:SmackJackal

2008-04-07T22:50:52Z

SmackJackal: Created page with '[[SmackJackal as Rong-Wei, photo by Tugrik]]SmackJackal has been associated with the furry fandom since the late 1980’s, h...'

[[Image: Rong-Wei001.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[SmackJackal]] as Rong-Wei, photo by [[Tugrik]]]]SmackJackal has been associated with the [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980’s, having been introduced to it while a freshman in high school. He quickly found his way to the larger on-line Furry community through the use of dial-up computer systems such as the [[Tiger's Den BBS]] and the Internet under the handle/nickname of [[Farix]]. He also became active with local furry groups, such as those associated with the [[Prancing Skiltaire]], and helped out as a staff member at the [[ConFurence 4]] through [[ConFurence 7]] conventions held in Orange County, California.

In 1994, SmackJackal moved to the Silicon Valley to begin a career as a Unix systems administrator and systems engineering.

== Hobbies ==
[[Image: 2240369671_1a25ac17f5_o.jpg |left|thumb|200px|Flash by [[SmackJackal]]]]SmackJackal is an avid motorcyclist, sport compact car fiend, armature photographer/videographer and fairly serious gamer. He has also taken up the study of Kung Fu San Soo, a fighting art in which he currently holds the rank of green belt. When not working on cars or motorcycles, gaming, studying martial arts, or furthering his education SmackJackal enjoys taking up new personal challenges and hobbies.

From time to time SmackJackal has been known to pick up a pencil in the act of drawing or writing though he does not pursue either interest with a great amount of dedication or passion, they are primarily diversions to consume slack space in his busy schedule. SmackJackal was an early member and contributor to the [[Furthest North Crew]] APA and provided artwork that became the cover of first issue of [[Anthropmorphine]] . He has not sought wide notoriety through his artistic efforts with drawing or writing, however.

As a result of a personal challenge to create and present a half-way decent looking [[fursuit]], SmackJackal completed construction of a partial [[fursuit]] named [[Rong-Wei]] in December, 2007. Rong-Wei is a white tiger created as a compliment the theme of [[Further Confusion 2008]], The Fur East. In much the same way that SmackJackal does not refer to himself as an artist or a writer, he also does not refer to himself as a fursuiter even though he enjoy aspects of [[fursuit]] construction and performance.

As an amature videographer, SmackJackal's primary interest is in recording and depicting individuals having fun and enjoying themselves within the context of [[fandom]]. Starting with Anthrocon 2006 he began to edit his convention footage together into short montages set to music as his personal expression of the standard 'con report', making those videos available through [[YouTube]].

== Other Fan Names and Fursona ==

SmackJackal's original BBS handle was [[Farix]], the name of an ancillary character in a series of short stories he wrote as junior in high school. The name followed SmackJackal online becoming the default name of his primary character on several [[MUD]]s, including [[Furry Muck]]. The character, however, does not represent his [[fursona]] and he has never been comfortable being addressed by that name in real life. SmackJackal prefers to be addressed by either his real name, SmackJackal or Jackal. Close friends occasionally refer to him as Fox for various reasons.

SmackJackal does not lay claim to any particular concept as a fursona or personal furry though he does generally identify most closely with [[canine]] animals, most obviously jackals, coyotes, and foxes. The fursuit character Rong-Wei is a representation of SmackJackal’s Chinese astrological sign but holds no deeper significance than that.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sn_wally/ SmackJackal] on [[Flickr]].
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/smackjackal SmackJackal] on [[YouTube]].
*[http://smackjackal.livejournal.com/ ''Mad Rantings''] - SmackJackal on [[LiveJournal]].
*[http://www.critter.net/~voop/issue1.htm ''Anthropomorphine #1'']
*[http://www.kungfusansoo.com/ ''The Jimmy H. Woo Kung Fu San Soo Association'']

File:Rong-Wei001.jpg

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SmackJackal: Rong-Wei as presented at Further Confusion, 2008.

== Summary ==
Rong-Wei as presented at Further Confusion, 2008.
== Licensing ==
{{Cc-by-3.0}}

File:2240369671 1a25ac17f5 o.jpg

2008-04-07T19:54:11Z

SmackJackal: Character design sketch by SmackJackal.

== Summary ==
Character design sketch by SmackJackal.
== Licensing ==
{{Cc-by-3.0}}

ConFurence 6

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SmackJackal: /* Staff Members */ SmackJackal is the preffered on-line name of the individual Sean Wally.

{{ConFurence}}
'''ConFurence 6''' was the 1995 [[ConFurence]] [[furry convention]], held over January 13-15 at the Airporter Garden Hotel in Irvine, California.

The theme for 1995 was "Magic and Morphs". Three-day membership was $20 in advance.

==Events==
The programming included a special visit from the writers of the Disney cartoon [[Gargoyles]] and two separate art auctions. The video room was also split, into one for animé and a second for video [[SIG]]s and programming based on the con's theme. A juice bar (The Pearl Possum) operated.

==Guests of Honor==
* [[Alan Dean Foster]] (science fiction/fantasy author)
* [[Elissa Mitchell]] (SF/fantasy illustrator)
* [[Ed Zolna]] (comic/[[fanzine]] creator and distributor)

==Credits==
====Co-Directors, Programming, Facilities, Publications====
[[Mark Merlino]], [[Rod O'Riley]], [[John Alan Stanley]]

====Art Show====
[[Jazmyn Concolor]], [[John Alan Stanley]], [[Vicky Levitin]]

====Video Programming====
[[John Cawley]], [[Larry Adams]], [[James G. Lomax]], [[Henry S. Brown Jr]]

====Official Mascots====
[[Sydney Fisher]], [[Cairn Fisher]]

====Security====
[[Shayn Raney]], [[Scott Malcolmson]], [[Tom McDaniel]]

====T-Shirts====
[[Daphne Lage]], [[Ken Bolland]]

====Staff Members====
[[Lawrence A. Adams]], [[David Bliss]], [[Gearl Brace]], [[Henry S. Brown Jr]], [[James P. Callicott]], [[Jazmyn Concolor]], [[Mario D'Anna Jr]], [[Timothy Fitelson GFM3]], [[Dave Friedman]], [[Steve Gattuso]], [[Amanda Geyer]], [[John Geyer]], [[Charles E. Gray]], [[Darren Hanson]], [[Robert Hanz]], [[Lori Henderson]], [[Lisa Iennaco]], [[Warren Johnson]], [[David E. Klinkler]], [[TigerEyes|Zsa'nene Klinkler]], [[Vicky Levitin]], [[James G. Lomax]], [[Scott Malcolmson]], [[Brandy McDaniel]], [[Tom McDaniel]], [[Avi Melman]], [[Mark Merlino]], [[Kurt Miller]], [[Charles Nezzer]], [[Ken Nielsen]], [[Kelly O'Guinn]], [[Rod O'Riley]], [[Jan M. Paxton]], [[Lewis Peterson Jr]], [[Waverly Pierre]], [[Manfred Prange]], [[Shayn Raney]], [[Kay Shapero]], [[John Alan Stanley]], [[Richard Taliaferro]], [[SmackJackal]], [[Taylor Wilson]]

====Super Sponsors====
[[David Bliss]], [[Thomas G. Brady]], [[Gary Breuckman]], [[Cody Buchmann]], [[Uncle Kage|Samuel Conway]], [[Jeffrey A. Costa]], [[Derrick Dasenbrock]], [[David Ewell]], [[Norman Fabian]], [[Mark Farey]], [[Pete Glaskowski]], [[Jimmy M. Hines]], [[Ron Johnson]], [[Juan F. Lara]], [[Richard Lewis]], [[Walter A. Lyzohub Jr]], [[Sean Malloy]], [[Jeff Mancebo]], [[Matthew R. Muench]], [[David Orth]], [[Carol Ann Osman]], [[John D. Pennington III]], [[Dennis R. Peterson]], [[Dennis W. Province]], [[Robert Repas]], [[Mike Selewski]], [[Scott Shannon]], [[Richard P. Thatcher]], [[David J. Van Deusen]], [[Bruce Wilhite]]

====Sponsors====
[[Waylon Adams]], [[Suzanne Barth]], [[Joshua Carpman]], [[Michael T. Danaher]], [[Bernard Doove]], [[Lanny Fields]], [[Don Fitch]], [[Steve Gattuso]], [[William A. Green]], [[Rich Griffin]], [[Lionman]], [[Johnathan Hammar]], [[William Haskell]], [[Russell Hoekins]], [[Jo Ellen Kellner]], [[Robert C. King]], [[John G. Lussmeyer]], [[Walter A. Lyzohub Jr]], [[Karl Meyer]], [[Eric Miyoda]], [[Barry Needleman]], [[Ken Nielsen]], [[John Overall]], [[David Reiss]], [[B. J. Staehlin]], [[Dana Uehara]], [[John Van Stry]], [[Scott Whitmore]], [[Leonard Zubkoff]]

==Con Book==
The [[con book|programme book]] for CF6 was 56 pages and featured black-and-white cover art by [[Daphne Lage]]. It was printed by A E Press of Concord, California.

==External links==
* [http://www.confurence.com/CF6/ ConFurence 6 info page]
* {{con resources|ConFurence|ConFurence 6 (1995)}}

[[Category:1995 events]]

Yerf newsgroups

2008-04-07T17:45:44Z

SmackJackal: SmackJackal is the preffered fan name of the individual who is also known as Farix.

The '''Yerf Newsgroups''' were a [[Usenet]]-like hierarchical set of chat groups created to provide both [[Yerf]] members and non-affiliated users with specific topic areas, protected from the rest of Usenet (In short, based on the same reasons for which the [[Furrynet]] hierarchy was created.)

The news server came online in early 1999, after parting ways with the old news.purrsia.com server, with the help of [[Tugrik d'Itichi]], which facilitated the allocation space for the [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix]] machine hosting it, plus the necessary bandwidth to run it, with [[SmackJackal]] and [[Revar (FurryMUCK)|Revar]] providing hardware and personnel support. [[Scotty Arsenault]] was in overall charge of the whole project, after taking over [[Ratman]]'s duties (he would be graciously endowed with the title of "Honorable Founder," for all the work he committed to the project up to this point). Later on, [[Dingofox|Dingo]] and [[Dusty]] were added to the staff.

This server, and the groups contained within, were used to discuss matters relating to both Yerf artists, visitors, and the furry community in general in a civil forum (''in theory''.) (Their opinion, not Wikifur's.) There was little moderation and many flamewars broke out over issues of [[Burned Fur]] alignment and personal drama, but there were also fun [[bandwagons]] wherein the artists would draw their characters reacting to other Yerf artists' characters. Unfortunately, it ceased operations in July 2002, being retired in favor of a web forum format. The intended idea of archiving the old newsgroup postings ''"in the near future"'' were put on long hold, then permanently, with the crash, on December 27, 2004, of the Yerf main server, which resulted in the total data loss of all information within, including the archived news server.

==Servers==
*Original server: news.purrsia.com
*Moved to: news.yerf.com

==Newsgroups==
*yerf.admin. For topics regarding Yerf's rules, administration, and maintenace.
*yerf.yap. For miscellaneous news and info about [[Furry fandom]], or life in general, readers may find of interest. Debate was encouraged, but flaming was not acceptable. Posts that crossed that line and/or would offend people outright would get removed.
*yerf.binary. For posting pictures from Yerf and non-Yerf [[artist]]s, which included pictures that might not be acceptable for Yerf in one way or another.. (i.e. "[[Humans]]," "[[Fan art]]," "[[Bandwagon picture]]s," etc,) with the exception of sexual or violent illustrations, which were deleted on sight.
*yerf.recent. For the critique of pictures that were on Yerf.com. No binaries were allowed here.
*yerf.test. Testing ("One, two, three,...")

==See also==
*[[Yerf]]
*[[purrsia.yerf]]
*[[Yerf forums]]

== External links ==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/8bba6c4a467a25d3/2b8eefce84ff7161?lnk=st&q=purrsia+yerf&rnum=6&hl=en#2b8eefce84ff7161 The announcement of the creation of the new server] on [[alt.fan.furry]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/4797dcbbbcdb962f?scoring=d&q=Yerf+newsgroups&hl=en The announcement of the demise of the server] on alt.fan.furry

[[Category:Newsgroups]]