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Fur Affinity

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{{Infobox website
| title = Fur Affinity
| image = [[Image:Fender.jpg|150px]] Fender, drawn by [[Mutley James]]
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| author = '''Owners:''' [[The Dragoneer]]
* '''Site Founder:''' [[Alkora]]
* '''Lead Admins''': [[Damaratus]], The Dragoneer
* '''Admins''': [[Ahkahna]], [[Bijoux]], [[Fox Amoore]], [[Glaide]], [[Kyoujin]], [[Wicht]], [[Rhainor]], and [[Pinkuh]]
* '''Coders''': [[Net-cat]], [[Tsawolf]], [[yak]]
| url = http://www.furaffinity.net/
*'''Forums''': http://forums.furaffinity.net/
*'''Wiki''': http://wiki.furaffinity.net/
*'''LiveJournal''': http://community.livejournal.com/furaffinity/
*'''Twitter''': http://twitter.com/furaffinity
*'''IRC''': [irc://irc.furnet.org/furaffinity #furaffinity] on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]
*'''Steam''': [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FurAffinityGamers FurAffinity Gamers]
| status =
| began = 16 January 2005 - 1 August 2005 (staff dispute & coding/server problems)
* 10 December 2005 - Present
| ended = Ongoing
| genre = Multimedia archive
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'''Fur Affinity''', also known as '''FA''', is the [[furry fandom]]'s largest online community with focus on the promotion of art, music, stories and more.{{fact}}

The site was created by [[Alkora]] as an alternative to various art community sites such as [[SheezyArt]] and [[deviantART]], promoting itself by allowing artistic freedom of expression regardless of content rating.

{{WikiFurNews|Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute}}
{{WikiFurNews|'Krystal sandwich' meme strikes Fur Affinity}}
== History ==
{{main|History of Fur Affinity}}

== Features and rules ==

Fur Affinity's features for users include the ability to allow users to track new updates from particular [[artist]]s; highlight favorites; and upload a wide variety of art (images, music and stories). The site attempts to promote community through its comments system and individual journals.

While works of all ratings are accepted (other than ''photographic nudes and images whose intent are to slander or discredit others''<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/faq/ Fur Affinity FAQ]</ref>), art rated as mature or adult is not shown to visitors, or to users who have not specified it as a preference (which requires giving a date of birth indicating an age over 18). In addition, a tagging system is in use, but in the current version of the website software it doesn't have any effect on the site functionality, being used only as a visual addition to the submission page. Previously, users could browse and block the display of art based on these tags, but much like the search feature it was disabled due to performance issues. It has since been reimplemented on February 2009.

Fur Affinity's search engine was "temporarily disabled" in mid-2006 due to it taking up too many resources.<ref>Alkora. [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=1334 Admin mode on june 5th 2006], Fur Affinity Forums, June 5, 2006, accessed March 18, 2009.</ref> A faux search feature was implemented for April Fool's Day 2007, much to the chagrin of some users.<ref>[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=7229 Search is up!], Fur Affinity Forums, April 1, 2007, accessed March 18, 2009.</ref> Search was reimplemented on February 5, 2009; it was initially labelled as "That Thing You Want" and randomly included [[wikipedia:Rickrolling|rickrolls]].<ref>Dragoneer. [http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/616339/ SEARCH], Fur Affinity journal, February 5, 2009</ref>

==Project Ferrox==
{{main|Ferrox (software)}}
The FA development team are working on a new backend system called [[Ferrox_(software)|Ferrox]] which, in addition to being used for the next major revision of Fur Affinity, will be made available as [[Wikipedia:FOSS|FOSS]] (Free and Open Source Software) for other sites to use.

== Mascots ==

[[Fender]] is the Fur Affinity [[mascot]]. He was primarily created by artist [[K-9]], based upon a character concept by [[Preyfar]]. He is half [[fox]] and half [[ferret]].

A second mascot, [[Rednef]], or "Fender" spelled backwards, a female dragon, was announced in May 2007. She has been shown in the Fur Affinity header on April 1, 2007.

Fender was displayed as a three-toed [[sloth]] for April Fools' Day 2008.

== Controversies ==
{{main|History of Fur Affinity#Controversies}}

== Facts ==
=== Statistics ===
* In less than a year since the site's re-launch, Fur Affinity gained over 45,000 users and over 300,000 submissions.
* The site transfers a daily average of nearly 80 GB of data and well over 10,000,000 individual files. The site's peak bandwidth record stands at 33.2Mbit.
* Alexa ranked Fur Affinity in the [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=www.furaffinity.net&site1=vclart.net&site2=&site3=&site4=&x=75&y=15&h=300&w=610&h=400&w=700&z=3&range=1y&size=medium&y=r&z=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furaffinity.net top 4,000 sites] on the web as of 1 November 2007, showing greater traffic than the VCL for most of previous year. Fur Affinity has ranked as high as 3,475 on individual days.
* Account import strings began and ended with <tt>!pie!</tt>
* Fur Affinity gets approximately 2.5 million page hits per day (estimated on 01/11/2007).
* Fur Affinity reached its 1,000,000th submission on January 11th, 2008. It later reached its 2,000,000th submission on February 15th, 2009.
* On average, Fur Affinity receives approximately 2,500 submissions a day. Thats about 104.2 submissions every hour, and 1.6 submissions every minute.

=== Hardware ===
[[Image:Furaffinity_Server_Farm.jpg|thumb|Fur Affinity's servers Neo Bahamut, Trogdor, Tiamat and Novastorm]]
There are currently four servers held by Fur Affinity:

* '''Tiamat''', the DB backend server, is a twin dual core 2.0Ghz Opteron 2212 with 8GB DDR2-533 RAM. Storage consists of 4x 74GB 10K RPM hard drives.
* '''Neo Bahamut''', a data storage server, is a dual core 2.0GHz Opteron 1212 with 2GB DDR2-667 RAM. Storage consists of 4x 1TB hard drives.
* '''Trogdor''', the new data server, is a Dell Poweredge 2970 2U Server with 32GB RAM. Storage consists of 6x 1TB hard drives.
* '''Novastorm''', the web front end server, is a Sun Fire X4150 with dual quad-core 2.5Ghz Xeon 5420 processors and 4GB of RAM. Storage consists of 2x 146GB 15K RPM hard drives.

==== Retired Hardware ====
* '''Gecko''', the original FA server, is a dual 3.0Ghz Nocona Xeon system with 4GB of RAM. Storage consists of 2x 250GB hard drives. The server is currently retired from Fur Affinity, though it is still used to host Team Fortress 2 servers for the Furry Pound and Left 4 Dead servers for the Fur Affinity Steam Gamers group.

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
*[http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/details.php?room=%23furaffinity&net=FurNet statistics of #furaffinity on FurNet IRC network] on irc.netsplit.de

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'''TigerTails Radio''' is a [[furry]] [[Wikipedia:Internet radio|Internet radio]] show based in the United Kingdom, started by [[TK Tiger]] in mid-2004. It streams every Monday night on [[BritFur FM]] and a server provided by [[Mhisani]].

In its first season, one three-hour show was broadcast for every day of the year. The show has changed format numerous times, and has raised over £1000 for UK children's charity [[Wikipedia:Comic Relief|Comic Relief]].

* '''Address''': http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk/
* '''Founder''': [[TK Tiger]]
* '''Ran from/to''': 20 July 2004 - present

== Season One ==

TigerTails Radio was started because TK Tiger felt that most Internet radio was rubbish, as all the stations he found were [[Wikipedia:MP3|MP3]] playlists with no one presenting the show. Teaming up with [[Blaster Hedgie]], TK decided to "put the voice" back in to Internet radio by running a furry radio station for an entire year. The first airdate was 20 July 2004.

For the first few broadcasts, TigerTails Radio was just talk radio, but MP3s soon found their way into the show as TK purchased more equipment. By the end of Season One, the show was running two feeds: one in mono for dial-up users, and a second in stereo for those on broadband.

Season One aired for three hours, every night of the week. When neither TK nor BH hosted the show, a reserve co-host was drafted in to cover. Replacement hosts included other UK furs [[Lazerus101]], [[Tungro]], [[SouthPaw]], and [[Goten]].

After 365 shows, TigerTails Radio celebrated its first birthday, and was killed off by TK, as it had achieved his goal of airing every single day since its creation.

=== ShepFact ===

During Season One, TK decided it was a good idea to have content supplied by the listeners. One listener was a fountain of knowledge who had just appeared on the Furry scene named [[Shep Shepherd]]. Every day Shep would supply the show with a fact, which either host would read out during the ShepFact music (a 50 second version of the ''[[Wikipedia:Blue Peter|Blue Peter]]'' theme). Shep would then put the fact in his [[LiveJournal]], and TK would update the TigerTails Radio website. When Shep was in the studio, he often prepared extra special ShepFacts for the show. To this day, Shep continues to post a daily ShepFact to his journal.

=== Memorable shows ===
==== The 80's Disco Night ====

The most memorable show from Season One was the 80's Disco. This is the only show the cast have a full archive of. The show ran for eight hours, 9PM until 5AM UK time. The main show was the normal three hours, but it was bookended by non-stop 80's music. The studio was turned into a dance-floor, complete with food, drinks, disco lights, and a mirror ball. A large number of guests turned up for the show, though few lasted the whole eight hours. A non-furry friend of [[Blaster Hedgie]] archived the show and posted it to the studio.

==== Karaoke Night ====

To celebrate the changing of the year from 2004 to 2005, TigerTails Radio held a [[Wikipedia:karaoke|karaoke]] night. Music was provided by the studio's [[Wikipedia:PS2|PS2]] and various editions of the game ''[[Wikipedia:SingStar|SingStar]]''. A large number of gusts came to see the new year in, and many took part in the singing. Notable performances included [[Klepsydra]] singing "Ace Of Spades", [[Leinir]] performing "Ain't No Sunshine", and TK's version of "Affirmation" - which he hated, but a few listeners enjoyed enough to ask him to repeat the song. He refused, and it became a running gag to ask TK to sing Affirmation. Klepsydra's "Ace Of Spades" was voted the best song of the night.

==== The Waffle Night ====

Near the end of Season One, a visit to the studio by Lazerus101 inspired the cast to relive the old talk radio style of show. The conversation was fast and flowing, to the point where the entire show had passed without anyone remembering to play any music. Only one listener complained about this, while others wrote in to say how much they had enjoyed the show.

==== TigerTails Radio Comic Relief Gunge-a-thon 1 ====

12 March 2005 was the night of the UK childrens' charity [[Wikipedia:Comic Relief|Comic Relief]] (also known as "Red Nose Day".) TK decided it would be a good idea to raise money for this good cause by throwing 8 litres (US: [[Wikipedia:Liter|liter]]) of [[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] [[Wikipedia:gunge|gunge]] over the regular cast members. TK Tiger press-ganged [[Bungle BearSkunk]], Blaster Hedgie, and Lazerus101 into taking part as victims. Guests in the studio could donate money to pour the bucket of gunge over the cast member sat in "the hot seat" - which was a very cold seat as the gungings took place outside on a cold spring night.

[[Dark Lordess]] poured a bucket of orange gunge over TK first. An hour later Lazerus101 dumped 8 litres of blue gunge over BH. Another hour followed before TK got to be on the pouring end of the bucket, as he covered Bungle in a second blue bucket. Finally at around 1:30am, Laz received a bucket of orange gunge from [[TimmyPup]], who had donated £100 via the TigerTails Radio's portion of the Comic Relief website, kindly setup by SouthPaw. The show raised £301 in total.

==== The Final Show ====

TigerTails Radio celebrated its first birthday on 20 July 2005. During this show, TK made the announcement that this would be the last TigerTails Radio broadcast for Season One. The show turned in to a party, with people remembering their favorite shows, or sections from the show. After the show ended, the cast (chiefly TK, Blaster Hedgie and Shep Shepherd) waited a few moments before broadcasting an extra section for another hour of random fun. The show finally ended for real with TK reprising his karaoke night performance of "Affirmation".

== Pup Music Radio ==

'''Pup Music''' was a radio project to carry on where TigerTails Radio left off. A group of TigerTails Radio listeners, lead by [[Goten]], came together and created their own show. Pup Music later became [[Furocious Radio]], the show for [[Furocious Entertainment]] - the [[Manchester Northern Furmeet]] site.

== Season Two ==

Over half a year after TigerTails Radio was pulled off the air, Blaster Hedgie asked TK Tiger if he fancied restarting the radio show. TK agreed, and got to work preparing everything for Season Two of TigerTails Radio. This time the show would not be aired every night, but only when both TK and BH had the time to spare. This created a sporadic show schedule, so TK decided to archive each show and offer them for download for those who missed an episode.

=== Technical issues ===

Season Two aired 36 shows. The last show was the second Comic Relief Gunge show. Many technical problems stopped Season 2 from reaching its target of 100 shows, with two hard disk failures in the broadcast machine, the loss of the show archive server, amp and mixer problems, and the loss of the broadcast server.

=== Memorable shows ===
==== Show #0 ====

22nd of February 2006 was the date of the pilot show, numbered show #0. It wasn't a true show, but a live dry-run to test the new equipment. It got a good number of listeners, even without advertising. The show ran for the full three hours, and featured [[Silver Tomcat]] live via [[Wikipedia:Skype|Skype]], a new feature.

==== TigerTails Radio Comic Relief Gunge-a-thon 2 ====

After raising over £300 in 2005, everyone involved thought it would be a good idea to try and raise the same amount, if not more, when Comic Relief 2007 rolled around. Three months of planning came together on 16 March 2007, when the second Gunge-a-thon took place. Ten furs, including the four victims from last time, took part - each getting a bucket of BBC gunge and a second bucket of something else.

The BBC gunge was poured by a friend of TK from the world of theatre. Like before, those in the studio could donate to pour a second bucket over the victim. A few victims' second bucket had been decided before the event thanks to online donations. These included [[Jowgenetsu]]'s gunging with porridge at the hands of [[Wikipedia:Lord Voldemort|Lord Voldemort]] as Jowgenetsu looked like [[Wikipedia:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]].

Furs gunged were [[Lazerus101]], [[SouthPaw]], Jowgenetsu, [[Xell]], [[Tungro]], Bungle BearSkunk, WolfPaw, Tryst, Blaster Hedgie, and finally [[TK Tiger]].

The night raised £700 for Comic Relief, more than double the 2005 effort, and £200 more than the night's target of £500.

== Season Three ==

Season Three of TigerTails Radio began airing on 17 September 2007, starting with another Show #0. It didn't go smoothly and a few problems were discovered and ironed out. The studio lost its Internet connection on the date Show #1 was due to air due to a change in ISP. Show #0.5 aired on Monday 19 November, using the studio's brand new (and much faster) Internet connection. This test show went without major incident, and [[Sacred]] was even able to call in to the studio via Skype without the technical difficulties previously involved.

A problem with spyware caused a big headache for TK shortly before Show #5 was due to air, as it killed the broadcast machine. Show #5 was not only Season 3's first Theme Night (TV Theme Tunes in this case), but it was also the Christmas Eve/Day show. A hasty install of XP (on a failing hard disk) failed to resolve the problem, forcing TK to reinstate an old piece of show equipment replaced after Season 1. Blaster Hedgie's laptop had been used to provide the music for the show but was replaced by the Skype PC in Season Two and vinyl records in Season Three. It served as a broadcast machine until TK fixed the normal broadcast computer.

While a schedule of airing dates was be listed on the front page of the TigerTails Radio website, the cast tried to air a show every Monday if possible. It was agreed that a regular air-date would help the show gain repeat listeners, while extra shows could be added mid-week if needed. TigerTails Radio 24 (see TTR24 below) saw listeners in to 2008 instead of a regular show, with Season Three restarted on Monday 7 January.

Show #14 was the first show to take advantage of the [[BritFur FM]] server, allowing TigerTails Radio to broadcast in stereo for the first time since late Season One. The BritFur stream was broadcast in 128kbps stereo, whereas [[Pridelands]] was still broadcast in 56kbps mono. As of Show #16, the show archive is recorded in stereo.

Show #22 was the first show to introduce a musical underscore to each show, and also a change in format (see Memorable Show #22). This format was maintained until Show #29.

On the morning of Show #29, six days before the show's fourth birthday, long-standing co-host BH decided to stand down from TigerTails Radio. His LiveJournal post on the matter lists his work schedule as one reason for deciding to quit, as well as feeling that he was no longer up to the task of being entertaining. BH had failed to appear on every show since Show #25, so his announcement was no surprise. His departure saw TK take the show back to its pirate roots for a while while a new co-host was sourced.

After a period of time, regular guest [[Eeve3]] became the new co-host, while another member of TK's household, Xavier, became the new regular guest. Records were replaced by MP3s again after the motor in the record player became unreliable, and the show never returned to the musical-underscore format of the PSP days. After Show #43, plans to end Season Three at Show #52 were decided, with TTR24 taking over the slot until a good working arrangement for Season Four could be decided upon.

=== Memorable shows ===

==== Show #17 ====
Dubbed the EPIC SHOW OF POWER by Dante the Jedi in the #tigertailsradio AnthroChat IRC channel, Show #17 was a small celebration of Easter 2008 that quickly got out of hand. [[Southpaw]] visited the studio for the first time in Season 3, Hedgie actually got something right for a change, and the show Blankety Blank actually ran like the TV show for the first time since the team started doing it. After the show ended, TK decided to broadcast a little extra music to scare the people still connected in to going to bed.

TK played "classic" old records like Mr Blobby, Rupert The Bear, The Addams Groove, and a collection of [[Wikipedia:Black Lace|Black Lace]] songs. Eventually, he resorted to letting Hedgie sing on the show, even digging out Affirmation (not seen since the end of Season One). Listeners were then invited to message the studio to show they were still listening. Responding listeners were (in no order): [[Kyyanno]], [[Mhisani]], [[CW Tyger]], [[Dante the Jedi]], [[Split Persona]] and [[Owl]], though server stats at the time reported nine users connected to the streams. Finally, after an extra two hours, TK called it a night and ended the broadcast for real, ending after a second round of the National Anthem (played at the end of every show since Season One Show #1) and a firm instruction of "Go To Bed", followed by a brief message announcing there will be "No Extra Part 2". Finally, the connections to Pridelands and BritFur were disconnected.

The archive (in the original .ogg format) was 148MB in size, compared to the show's normal archive size of around 90MB.

==== Show #22 ====
Nicknamed the Dead Show in a LiveJournal post by TK before the show aired, this was the first show of Season Three to run without any copyrighted music. It was also the first show ever to have backing music for the entire show. The new format came thanks to technical failures in two of the show's fleet of PCs (taking three hard-disks with them). The show was a very basic affair, with the opening jingle and the entire night's backing music being supplied by TK's PlayStation Portable. There was no Skype or messengers running, and IRC was op-less as the secondary IRC machine was the only IRC PC running. The show ended with TK playing the National Anthem live using BH's Keytar, as the .ogg version normally played wasn't converted and put on the PSP in time.

This show was three hours of talking, much like the Waffle Night of Season One. Though constant buffering problems kept the listener count down, those who did battle through the skipping gave enough positive feedback to convince TK to keep the format and turn TigerTails Radio in to BritFur FM's first Talk Show, which also meant that TigerTails Radio was no longer a pirate radio show.

[[Mustan]] provided the Blankety Blank questions for the night, which was won by TK (winning 50 blanks).

==== Show #41 ====
Also known as "The Drunk Show!", in which TigerTails Radio took a somewhat more alcohol-fueled look at the world for one night only, sponsored by [[Dante the Jedi]]. Having work in the morning, TK was drinking Tiger Beer (so he wouldn't get too drunk), Eeve3 was on vodka-based drinks, the teetotal Jowgenetsu was on Coke, while guests Lazerus, FoxieDragon and Draconder were drinking vodka, pear cider and beer respectively.

The evening ended with Eeve3 being more drunk than she had ever been in her life, and a rather merry FoxieDragon being escorted home by Lazerus and Jowgenetsu. Eeve3 woke up still drunk; after suffering her hangover she vowed never to drink that much again, ever!

=== Theme nights ===

While Season One had a theme night every Saturday, the idea was ditched for Season Two. Season Three saw the return of the theme night idea. The original plan was to have a theme night every fifth show, but that ultimately did not happen. So far, the theme nights have been:
* Show #05 - TV Themes
* Show #10 - Novelty Singles
* Show #15 - Video Games
* Show #20 - Movies and Musicals
* Show #28 - Experimental Music
* Show #32 - The Music of Michael Jackson

== Pre-Season Four ==

TTR24 lasted until January 2009, whereupon a series of Pre-Season Four shows began. A new mixer and a condenser microphone had been obtained over the Christmas period, and TK was keen to play with his new toys. Using a mic stand stolen from BH's copy of [[Wikipedia:Rock_Band_(video_game)|Rock Band]] and a good number of cable ties, TK managed to rig up a system where three microphones could be used, with a fourth mic hanging from TK's headphone cable. With the microphones no longer on the table, laptops could be brought in, and IRC corner was moved from afar to the centre of the action.

A new phono to USB adapter had also been obtained, allowing the show to be broadcast on one PC via USB (eliminating Sound Card Hiss) while a PC connected to the phono output could archive everything. An old PC was found, and the archiving software installed. The USB audio input, however, caused one of the show's webcams to fail (due to driver conflicts) resulting in the show only having a single webcam where there had been two in Season Three.

Finally, thanks to the new mixer having a cross-fader, TK's PSP could make a come-back with the backing music. The laptop formally belonging to BH was once again used to supply the normal music. It was also used to let TK play in IRC. The backing music was again Creative Commons, and mostly sourced from the artist Sanxion7.

9 Pre-Season Four shows ran, with Show #9 being the first to reintroduce Skype on a dedicated PC since the trial runs of Season Three. Show #9 was also the first show to introduce a second new mixer which allowed for increased volumes on the microphones (a problem plaguing the other Pre-Season Four shows), more sound effects, and the allowance for more things to be plugged in. Another mixer was rescued from the Season Three left-overs and used for the Skype PC. Fellow BritFur broadcaster [[Stuart Otterson]] joined the final Pre-Season Four show via Skype, winning the call-in game of "Twenty Questions" on his final chance.

== Season Four ==

Season Four started on March 16 2009. The show still uses [[Wikipedia:Shoutcast|Shoutcast]], and will support [[Wikipedia:podcasting|podcasting]]. The first podcast went live in late February, and was a segment of Pre-Season Four show #6. The segment was a trial run of a feature named That Time of the Month; a topical (and amusing) news quiz designed to give BH an excuse to come out retirement once a month. That Time of the Month will be done on the last show of each month, with the cast reviewing the month's news.

The Pre-Season Four shows helped the cast bash out a rough schedule for each show. The first 30 minutes is spent with the opening song, and the cast talking about their week, as well as any important news that may have affected them. The second half of the first hour is spent reviewing things, and updates on the Xavier Retro Gaming Challenge (another new segment for Season Four). The last hour is mostly chatting with IRC, playing music, Skype games, and if it's the last show of the month then That Time of the Month is played.

Future plans for Season Four include the TigerTails Radio Comic Relief Gunge-a-thon 3, which has been put-back due to the economic downturn. This is now due to take place during the summer months.

The first update of the Yahoo360 blog in 2009 revealed the first show of Season Four was Show #472, counting all full shows since the very first show of Season One on July 20 2004. On Monday 20 July 2009, TigerTails Radio hit Show #490, and became 5 years old. There was a small celebration in the studio and the show featured clips from the past, messages from absent co-host Eeve3 and BritFur host Stuart Otterson, and even BH appeared live for the first time since show #476.

== TTR24 ==

TigerTails Radio 24 (TTR24 for short) is a playlist set up for times when TigerTails Radio would normally be off-air, or for when a main show can't appear as scheduled. TTR24 often takes over during Christmas and New Years, and can run for many days non-stop. Season Three Show #28 saw TTR24 precede TigerTails Radio's live show for the first time, something which continued until the end of the season. TTR24 then took over for a few weeks before Season Four began in March 2009.

In times when the main TigerTails Radio show can not be broadcast, TTR24 is broadcast on all regular show servers. All other times, TTR24 is exclusive to the Pridelands server.

== TigerTails Radio Meet #1 ==

Announced in the Pre-Season Four shows, the TigerTails Radio Meet was a planned [[furmeet]] to take place in the city of Southampton (UK) during the first weekend of June 2009. While listening to the broadcast of Slaughter House Radio after the meet was announced, TK heard Stuart Otterson call the meet "The TigerTails Radio Convention", which coined the tagline "It's a meet, not a con!". Rough details of the event were listed on the TigerTails Radio Facebook page, with more detailed information appearing on the main TigerTails Radio Website when it was finalised.

Around twenty people turned up (though before the meet TK estimated only around seven would), including other BritFur hosts White Virus from Virus Core Radio and Stuart Otterson from Slaughter House Radio. The meet surprised some attendees by revealing that not all TigerTails Radio listeners are members of the Furry Fandom, though furs and non-furs mingled with great ease.

The first day was spent in a rather green part of Southampton known as Southampton Common, a patch of common land which contains lots of open space and trees. A planned barbecue was a huge success, with a small "instant barbecue" lasting for two hours - over twice its normal length. Even the weather held out, providing lots of glorious sunshine without getting too hot. The second day of the meet was spent eating at Chinese restaurants and looking around the shopping areas.

The initial feedback from the meet was positive enough to warrant thinking about another meet late in Season Four, or early in Season Five.

== External links ==
* [http://www.britfur.fm/tigertailsradio.php TigerTails Radio] on BritFur FM
* [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52714238701 TigerTails Radio] on Facebook

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Anakuro

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{{Infobox webcomic
| title = Anakuro
| image = [[Image:AKchibiBanner.jpg]]
| caption =
| author = [[Ana]] and [[Kuro]]
| url = http://www.anakuro.com/
| status = Tuesdays
| began = 7 July 2008
| ended = Ongoing
| genre = Comedy, Drama, Real Life, Anthropomorphic
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'''''Anakuro''''' is a [[webcomic]] written by [[furry artist]]s [[Ana]] (Stacie Pasman) and [[Kuro]] (George Takahashi). The [[Wikipedia:Slice of life story|slice-of-life]] comic follows the two title characters through events that sometimes parallel the lives of its creators, and takes place in a world populated by [[anthropomorphic]] animals whose species reflect their ethnicity.

The comic currently updates on a bi-monthly schedule. Strips are presented in greyscale.

==Characters==

====Main characters====

[[Image:AnaThumb.jpg|left|150px|Ana]]'''Anastacia “Ana” Maria Hernández-Velázquez'''
*Ana is a 23-year-old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_lynx Iberian Lynx] who currently lives with Kuro in [[Wikipedia:Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]. Born in [[Wikipedia:Madrid|Madrid]], she is fluent in both Spanish and English. She works as a graphics designer and freelance artist, and loves cookie dough, caffeine, and half-Japanese wolf boys. She is engaged to Kuro.

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[[Image:KuroThumb.jpg|left|150px|Kuro]]'''Kuro Mori'''

*Kuro is a 25-year-old [[Wikipedia:Kai Ken|Kai Inu]]/gray wolf [[Wikipedia:hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] who works in Chicago as a jack-of-all-trades of sorts, repairing computers at Ana's design firm and doing other odd jobs. He was born to a Japanese father and American mother in [[Wikipedia:Osaka|Osaka, Japan]], where he was ridiculed and ostracized for being [[Wikipedia:multiracial|multiracial]]. He later moved to Spain where he eventually met Ana. He is best described as "mopey," though Ana has managed on several occasions to make him crack a smile.

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====Secondary characters====
[[Image:BeccaThumb.jpg|left|150px|Becca]]
;Becca Takamura
*Becca is a short, stocky Japanese [[Wikipedia:raccoon dog|raccoon dog]] and Ana's coworker and friend. As an American-born ''tanuki'' surrounded by raccoons, she is quite defensive of her species and will not tolerate being misidentified. Becca can be a bit boisterous and outspoken, but she has a kind heart and good intentions.

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;Shiroji Mori
*Shiroji is Kuro's younger brother. He is much more upbeat and happy than his dour older sibling, possibly because he was too young to be affected by his mother's presumed death.

==External links==
*[http://www.anakuro.com/ Anakuro.com homepage]
*[http://www.anakuro.com/forum/ The Anakuro Forum]
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/anakuro/ Ana and Kuro's] [[Fur Affinity]] page
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User talk:Softpaw

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Welcome to [[WikiFur]]! Thank you for registering an account. We here at [[WikiFur]] look forward to working with you. [[Forum:Help desk|Let us know]] if you need any [[help]] not already provided. If you would like help creating an article or just editing it, don't hesitate to consult the [[Help:Furry Book of Style|Furry Book of Style]] or just contact a [[WikiFur:Administrator|administrator]]. Have a nice day! :-)
--[[User:Rat|Rat]] 17:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

:Hehe, thanks for the welcome! I've actually had an account here for quite some time, I just never really bothered to do anything with it. Wikis are kinda cool, but I have a very hard time understanding the syntax, so I don't know how much I'll really be doing. We'll see, though! --[[User:FelixSoftpaw|Felix Softpaw]] 00:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

==Colditz==
No, I edited it due to several reasons, if you really want, you can throw my last.fm in it, but please let my Contributor and deviantArt out of it ;) thanks in further [[User:Colditz|Colditz]] 20:45, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

==Daelyhel Axon==
Thank you for Fixing someones comment to my profile [[User:Daelyhel Axon|Daelyhel Axon]] 22:41, 5 April 2009--[[User:Daelyhel Axon|Daelyhel Axon]] 02:42, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

:No problem :-) -- ''[[User:FelixSoftpaw|Natasha Softpaw]]'' ( [[User_talk:FelixSoftpaw|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/FelixSoftpaw|contribs]] ) 02:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

== Block time ==

Isn't there a single admin around? I'm having trouble getting any staff or helpers to block the guy. [[User:The 888th Avatar|'''Wjxhuang''']], [[w:c:avatar:User:The 888th Avatar|the 888th Avatar]] [[User talk:The 888th Avatar|{Talk}]] 13:22, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

:Not that I can see. I figured one would show up by now, there's usually a constant admin presence here 24/7, but that doesn't seem to be the case at the moment. -- ''[[User:FelixSoftpaw|Natasha Softpaw]]'' ( [[User_talk:FelixSoftpaw|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/FelixSoftpaw|contribs]] ) 13:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

::Yeah, big trouble, I can't fish any out on IRC either. We'll just need to be patient. [[User:The 888th Avatar|'''Wjxhuang''']], [[w:c:avatar:User:The 888th Avatar|the 888th Avatar]] [[User talk:The 888th Avatar|{Talk}]] 13:24, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

:::I'm attempting to chase one down via AIM. -- ''[[User:FelixSoftpaw|Natasha Softpaw]]'' ( [[User_talk:FelixSoftpaw|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/FelixSoftpaw|contribs]] ) 13:27, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

::::Okay. [[User:The 888th Avatar|'''Wjxhuang''']], [[w:c:avatar:User:The 888th Avatar|the 888th Avatar]] [[User talk:The 888th Avatar|{Talk}]] 13:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Natasha Softpaw

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[[Image:Natasha_Softpaw_Mini-Badge.jpg|thumb|210px|right|Natasha Softpaw's main con badge. Art by [[MehndiX]].]][[Image:Natasha_Softpaw_Marci_Badge.jpg|thumb|210px|right|Natasha Softpaw's babyfur fursona. Art by [[Marci McAdam]].]]
'''Natasha Softpaw''', also known as '''Natasha Lockhart''', and as '''Natasha Petrichor''' on [[Second Life]], is a [[grey wolf]] [[fur]], born in August 1985. She is a professional web designer, with hobbies including amateur radio, nature photography, travelling, hiking, and off-roading. She's also [[transgender|transgendered]], and while she used to use a male fursona/identity on furry sites, she's in the process of changing this to reflect changes in her real life.

== Character Forms ==
=== Adult Form ===
Natasha Softpaw is a female grey wolf in her late teens (about 17, give or take a year). She’s a light-hearted, fun-loving fur who seldom takes life seriously, and she has a very playful personality. Her favourite activities include hiking, photography, swimming, and just relaxing among the trees near her home. She’s had a strong love of nature (particularly trees and flowers) ever since she was a pup, and happily describes herself as a “tree-hugger”. And, while she spends much of her time alone, she also enjoys social activities with her closest friends.

Her build is best described as average, but short. She’s roughly 5’4”, but this can vary due to her digitgrade legs (her family’s canine roots are unusually strong). Her headfur is dark brown, more than halfway down her back in length, and she typically lets it flow loosely, having never been a fan of the constricting sensation of hair elastics. But, she does loosely tie it back for swimming or hiking (if it’s a hot day). She seldom wears skirts or dresses, preferring short denim shorts and T-shirts (or tank-tops) instead. And, she usually wears a small, silver pentacle necklace (five-pointed star in a circle). She also loves wearing flowers in her hair, they make her feel like she’s bringing the forest home with her when she heads back after a day of hiking.

[http://www.softpaw.eu/misc/natasha-ref.php Click here for description and reference images.]

=== Babyfur Form ===
Natasha Softpaw is a female grey wolf puppy (about 2, give or take a year). She’s highly energetic, yet also quite affectionate, and she greatly prefers playing outside over staying inside. She has an affinity for exploration, but she’s rather timid, so she usually brings one of her plushies (her favourite is a river otter) along to “protect” her. Luckily, her parents have a large, forested backyard, so she can play in the woods without being in any real danger. She has a bit of an overactive imagination, and loves dreaming up wild fantasy scenarios, which keep her much too busy to be bothered with TV or video games. But, when bedtime comes, there are few things she enjoys more than a long bath (she loves water), and some snuggle time in the arms of her mommy.

She has pretty long headfur for her age, it’s nearly halfway down her back, and dark brown in colour. Her preferred style is to just let it flow loosely, but she spends a lot of time brushing it to keep it smooth and untangled. She doesn’t like wearing dresses, nor does she like wearing just a diaper, though she does like jumpers and shortalls. Her favourite colours are lavender and blue, and she hates yellow, with her wardrobe reflecting this. And, she loves bringing flowers back inside after a long day of playing, as well as tucking them in her hair (she thinks they look pretty, and they smell nice).

[http://www.softpaw.eu/misc/natasha-bf-ref.php Click here for description and reference images.]

== Fandom Involvement ==
To date, Natasha has attended nine furry conventions, including [[Anthrocon]], [[Megaplex]], and [[Midwest FurFest]], as well as number of mini-cons like [[Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend|WPAFW]] and [[New Year's Furry Ball|NYFB]]. She also attends local meets in the Pittsburgh area on a regular basis, and frequently visits groups of furry friends in Northern Virginia and Maryland, among other locations. She enjoys lending her expertise in website/community administration to a number of furry forums and websites, and recently, she's been involved with running large babyfur parties/social events at major furry cons.

She discovered the fandom on Halloween in 2003, and has been an avid member of the furry community ever since. And, contrary to popular misconceptions among those who've never met her, Natasha has no relation to [[Softpaw Magazine]], nor should she be confused with the artist [[Kiffin Softpaw]].

== Lupinia ==
Natasha's website, [[Lupinia]], hosts several other websites, both furry related and otherwise. Among these are:
* [[Furry Teens]] , a general furry site geared toward a teen audience.
* [[House Rules]], the fan-colored version of ''[[Ozy and Millie]]''.
* The [[MILFurs|Military Furs]] forum, run by [[Flinch Ferrex]]

== External links ==
{{contributor|FelixSoftpaw}}
* [http://www.softpaw.eu/ Lupinia Studios] - Natasha's website
* [http://www.softpaw.eu/about/webmaster.php Lupinia - About Natasha] - Natasha's personal bio on [[Lupinia]]
* [http://www.softpaw.eu/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2447 Lupinia Studios Gallery] - Natasha's personal image gallery on [[Lupinia]]
* [http://natashasoftpaw.livejournal.com/ Lupinia on LJ] - Natasha's [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://www.myfursona.com/user/softpaw Softpaw] - Natasha's [[MyFursona]] account
* [http://twitter.com/lupinia Lupinia on Twitter] - Natasha's Twitter feed
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/softpaw/ Softpaw] - Natasha's [[FurAffinity]] account

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Genevive Fox

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[[Image:Genevive Fox.jpg|right|thumb]]'''Genevive Anna Fox''' is a fictional character, a female red-furred [[husky]], primarily used as a [[role-playing]] avatar on furry-themed MU*s, most notably [[FurryMUCK]] (as Genevive). Her original name was Genevive Anna Woulfe (surname taken directly from her adopted father on FurryMUCK, [[Woulfe]]), it was changed on May 29, 2006 as a result of her marriage to [[Kenneth Fox]] (KensterFox) on FurryMUCK. The couple has two children together, Corinne, born on October 9, 2006 and Alaska, born on November 12, 2007.

On FurryMUCK, she is the co-owner (with her husband) of the Gaming Complex, as well as being a long-time active member of the FurryMUCK Cribbage League.

Her player, '''Elizabeth Hess''' ("Bet"), has been involved with the operation of [[Further Confusion]] for many years, and has held positions on the convention's Executive Staff since 2004. She is acting as Events Lead for [[Further Confusion 2008]].

== External links ==

* [http://genhusky.livejournal.com/ ''Genevive's Grotto - Thoughts from a Husky''] - Genevive Fox's [[LiveJournal]]

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Slario Aero Zenophyre

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'''Slario Aero Zenophyre''' is a [[Furcadia]] [[furre]] and [[artist]] whose [[fursona]] is a [[chimera]].<ref>[http://fanart.lionking.org/showprofile.cgi?Slario_Aero_Zenophyre Artist Profile] on [[fanart.lionking.org]]. Retrieved April 24, 2008.</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* http://slario-moa-genothez.deviantart.com/

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Fursuit

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[[Image:Autumnfox.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Summer Vixen]] and [[Autumnwah]] at [[Further Confusion 2006]].]]
[[Image:Autumn 012.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Autumn Vixen]] poses in fursuit.]]
'''Fursuits''' are [[animal]] costumes associated with the [[furry fandom]]. They range from simple [[tail]]s and [[ears]] to full costumes cooled by battery-powered fans. Similar to [[mascot]] suits, they allow the wearer to adopt another personality while in costume. Owners (also known as '''[[:Category:Fursuiters|fursuiters]]''') can spend less than one-hundred to many thousands of dollars on one fursuit, depending on the complexity of the design and on the materials used. These items are frequently sold at conventions, or online by either commission or auction. Many furry fans [[:category:Fursuit makers|make their own]] using online tutorials or advice from newsgroups.

The term ''fursuit'' (coined<ref>[[Critter Costuming]], p13 - Robert King mentions inventing the term ''fursuit'' back in 1993 for the title of an amateur costumers' mailing list about the then un-named hobby while on the way back from a conference (perhaps [[ConFurence 4]]?), in part as a pun on the word ''pursuit''</ref> in 1993 by [[Robert King]]) can also refer to animal mascot costumes in general, as opposed to [[human]] or inanimate object mascots. The act of wearing a fursuit is usually referred to as ''[[fursuiting]]''.

==Types of fursuits==
[[Image:GR FC2007 furry cats costumers.jpg|right|thumb|Fursuits are not always furry]]
The standard fursuit is a full body costume that consists of a head, forepaws (hands), hindpaws (feet) and a body with an attached tail; in some cases, the tail is connected via a belt to the wearer and hangs out through a hole in the back of the body. Many suits include special padding or undersuits to give the character its desired shape (this is especially present in larger characters or those of a particular gender.)

A ''partial suit'' or ''half-suit'' contains the above, only without the body. This allows the wearer to don ordinary clothing (or a different costume) overtop of the paws, head and tail. In partial suits, the tail is usually attached to a belt, and the arms and legs have sleeves that can go up as far as the shoulders and pelvis, respectively.

Most recently, a third type known as the ''three-quarter suit'' has been developed, which consists of a head, arms and pants made to look like the legs, tail and feet of the animal in question, which works well for characters who only wear shirts.

== Reasons for fursuiting ==
[[Image:Wgg the Gnoll.jpg|thumb|right|Wgg the Gnoll, an example of a suit that uses a mask.]]
A person who wears a fursuit generally falls into one or more of five categories.

=== Job or charity work ===
Many furry fans wear fursuits as a job or to bring attention to an event or charity. This can include mascots, though not all mascots are fursuits, nor are all mascot performers furries. Many fursuiters are hired through an agency to represent a character, while others bring their own constructions to an event instead. There are also several volunteer fursuiting groups across North America that either ask or are asked to entertain at various social functions. Some groups even set up their own charitable events or perform on the streets to passersby.

=== Conventions, parades, exhibitions ===
[[Image:FursuitDancersAC2006.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Fursuit dancers at [[Anthrocon 2006]] - video by [[BigBlueFox|BBF]]: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=dFKdUVsjUqY 1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb82sUmiCq4&NR 2] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aafWQJwQmZ0 3] ]]
Other furries enjoy wearing their suits for parades, exhibitions, or [[convention]]s. Oftentimes these are of a personal character who they are expressing as a form of role play. The fursuiter may consider themselves to be expressing who they really are. These fursuiters may also wear their suits to small, informal meetings among furry fans in their area. Some may get permission to perform in or outside of a shop or event, while others may simply wear a suit in a major area, such as a mall. However, some public areas have no-mask laws, so individuals seeking to wear their fursuit in large, public places should check first if it's allowed before performing at that location.

=== [[Role-playing]] ===
Some LARPers create highly elaborate costumes (including fursuits) for their characters. Half-suits are usually created for role-playing games, though some LARPers use full-body suits. These suits wear elaborate clothes and costumes of their own, depending on the theme of the game.

=== Sexuality ===
A small portion of the [[furry fandom]] considers a fursuit a sexual item. A fraction of the fursuits sold are made for sexual activity. Some suits may contain elaborately designed sexual features, while some wearers simply snip a hole or two out themselves. The [[Wikipedia:music video|music video]] for "[[Beautiful]]" by [[Wikipedia:Moby|Moby]] revolves around a [[Wikipedia:Swinging|swinger]] house party where all the participants are dressed up in fursuits, though this is likely to be intended as a metaphor rather than a statement about the furry fandom.

=== Spirituality ===
Some people (usually [[Wikipedia:otherkin|otherkin]] or [[Wikipedia:therianthropy|therianthropes]]) also fursuit for reasons of expressing what they feel is their inner animal self. Most of them try to make their suits as realistic and lifelike as possible.

==Construction==
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==Maintenance==

Some fursuiters spray their costumes with Febreeze, Endbac, Lysol, or a generic antibacterial spray after each use. Usually fursuiters select a product that will kill bacteria, rather than just mask odours. During storage, the fursuiter may keep it stored with a fabric softener sheet, or a box of baking soda like the ones used in a fridge or freezer.

The fursuit is regularly brushed. Fursuiters usually try to brush the fur in such a way that it doesn't pull on the fur backing, as not to weaken it.

When it comes time to wash the suit, fursuiters consider each part individually. If foam is soaked in water, it may not dry quickly enough and start to grow bacteria or fungus before it does. Airbrushed patterns may fade if washed. Glue used to hold parts of the suit together may weaken if washed. Leather is usually not advisable to soak in water. If the suit has any electronics, those may be damaged by water. If wire or plastic canvas gives part of the suit its shape, it may not be advisable to soak that part, or at least not to machine-wash it.

The parts that will not be washed can usually be wiped with a damp cloth. Stains may be removable with a product like [[Bubble Gund]].

The parts that will be washed can either be machine washed or hand-washed. Usually the fursuit is turned inside-out and zipped up to avoid extra stress to the fur. No heat is used during the process as this can shrivel the fur. For detergent some will use a regular laundry detergent, while some may use a special detergent like Woolite. Putting undiluted detergent directly onto the fur may cause fading, so fursuiters try to avoid this except for treating stains. For machine-washing, the fursuiter chooses one of the more delicate cycles. For hand-washing, the fursuiter tries not to stretch the backing, and not to squeeze the fur into an alignment other than its natural lying flat state.

After the suit is washed, it is then dried. The fursuiter may fluff it up in the dryer in an air-only cycle. '''No heat is used in any step.''' Usually the fursuiter does not dry it completely, but takes it out and brushes it periodically until it is completely dry. Since waterlogged fur is heavy, the fursuiter may go to some lengths to lay it out flat while drying, so it doesn't stretch from the extra weight. Fans may be used to accelerate the drying process.

Fursuiters are divided over whether [[Wikipedia:drycleaning|dry cleaning]] is advisable for fursuits. Since dry-cleaners can choose from many different methods and settings, and there are many types of fur, it is likely that one answer does not apply to all situations.

== Performance ==
[[Image:Fursuit Markus Hug.JPG|right|thumb|[[Markus]] offering a hug.]]
A key part of playing a character in suit is an engaging performance. The most expensive fursuit in the world will not help someone who does not know how to use it. Looking good is important, but not as important as ''acting''.

How the performer acts in costume reflects on how others relate to them. If the desired character is bouncy and bubbly, then acting that way is required to communicate it to spectators.

The design of the suit plays a part in some of the moves that can be done. For example, some fursuiters with floppy muzzles nod their heads up and down rapidly to simulate laughter or enjoyment. This cannot be done with suits with a rigid muzzle, or no muzzle at all.

=== Body language ===

Fursuiters do not generally speak in costume. This may be for a variety of reasons:
* To preserve the anonymity or conceal the gender of the performer
* The design of most suits muffles the voice of the performer
* Most animals don't talk

Because of this, acting in suit is all about body language.

== See also ==
*[[:Category:Fursuiters|Fursuiters]]
*[[:Category:Fursuit makers|Fursuit makers]]
*[[:Category:Fursuit photographs|Fursuit photographs]]
*[[Wikipedia:Fursuit|Fursuit]] at Wikipedia

== External links ==

=== Tutorials ===
*[http://www.matrices.net/fursuiting.asp Costuming and fursuiting] at [[Matrices]].net
*[http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=fursuit The Fursuit community] (on LiveJournal)
*[http://www.fursuit.org/wiki/doku.php?id=fursuit:introduction Fursuit FAQ Wiki at The Furry Costume Information Exchange]
*[http://www.nicodemus.org/fursuit/ Nicodemus' Fursuit Pages] - a good source of information by [[Nicodemus (person)|Adam "Nicodemus" Riggs]]; consider his book, ''[[Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits]]''
*[http://www.jinglefox.com/guides/index.php Furry World Guides] by [[Santa Fox]] - includes several fursuiting guides
*[http://www.fursuit.de/cms/index.php/En:Fursuit_building Fursuit building] by [[Tioh]]

=== Databases ===
* [http://www.frappr.com/fursuiters A map dedicated to fursuiters around the world]
* [http://fur-suit.org The Fursuit Database] A comprehensive Fursuit database
* fursuiter.org - fursuit database - Defunct (see [http://web.archive.org/web/20070116205759/http://www.fursuiter.org/ archive])

=== Other ===
* [http://fursuit.org/ The Furry Costume Information Exchange]
* [http://fursuit.timduru.org/ The Fursuit Archive]
* [http://www.fursuit.co.uk/ Fursuit.co.uk] The British fursuit site
* [http://www.onefurall.com/ onefurall.com] Fursuit gallery and commissioning
* [http://www.crushyiffdestroy.com/show/fs1 The Bitter Ex-furry's Guide to Fursuiting] at [[Crush Yiff Destroy]] (mostly bitter, but a few good points)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XKCRMnSxz4 Example of fursuit dancing] on YouTube
* [http://www.lionofthesun.com Lion of the Sun] Awesome masks and other fursuit parts

== References ==
* ''Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits'' by [[Nicodemus (person)|Adam Riggs]], [http://www.ibexa.com/ Ibexa Press], September 2004, 208 pages (spiral-bound), ISBN 0967817072, ([http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0967817072/ Amazon link])
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'''Utatu''' was the largest of the prides on [[The Lion King MUCK]], running from approximately early 1998 to June 21, 2007, ruled by the lion [[Mtunga]]. At its peak it easily boasted over 50 members. Unfortunately, time and dwindling connections reduced the activity in the lands to a small few until the wizards disbanded the pride in 2007.

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The Tail Underground

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[[Image:TheTailUnderground.png|351px|right|The Tail Underground]]
'''The Tail Underground''' is a Macromedia Flash-based adult website created by [[Ian R. Soulfox]].

The player enters a virtual inn and can walk around and explore the site as well as talk to the guests.

The stories these characters tell and the animations that can be found by opening some of the doors have adult content. A number of the scenes are interactive flash movies.

All the guests of the inn are male, though during the New Years Eve version, there was a female amoung the other males.

The latest version takes place during a Halloween party in the evening.

== The Tail Underground: Redux ==
In 2007 the creator Ian Soulfox released some artwork and animation previews for a newer version of the website called '''''The Tail Underground: Redux'''''. According to a backstory provided by Soulfox, a raid had occurred the night of the Halloween party, and the tavern had been significantly fire damaged. This version will take place a few months after the incident, when the inn had been rebuilt and renovated.

The new version will contain more locations including a bathroom, a kitchen, and a wine cellar. Many of the previous characters will appear, as well as some new ones. Ian R. Soulfox hopes to add more interactive sequences than in the previous versions, and the artwork itself will be improved. [http://www.furaffinity.net/view/963904/]

<blockquote>"The new version will be making extensive use of bitmap graphics instead of vector work for the backgrounds...this will however bloat the flash files even further, but I felt it was time to gravitate past the limit that kept me from doing so further, namely accomodating for slower connections. I can only do so much to keep the file sizes down and my vision for the site requires me to push a little further now." (Ian R. Soulfox)[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/480457/] </blockquote>

No release date has been set.

== IRC ==
For the roleplaying and social types there is #the_tail_underground IRC chat channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet IRC network]]. Please note that it is still active. However Ian uses second life more than IRC.
==See also==
*[[High Tail Hall]]

==External link==
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*[http://www.furnation.com/Ian_R_Soulfox/TheTailUnderground.html The Tail Underground] The game is back up as of April 24th 2008, but this is an old version. Ian R. Soulfox posted that he is unclear as to how long it will take to re-upload the current version and whether or not he was going to include any future updates.
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*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ianrsoulfox/ Ian R. Soulfox's userpage at FurAffinity] Contains art related to The Tail Underground, with progress updates for the upcoming ''Redux'' version.

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[[Image:DaelyhelUnfinished.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Created by Howlinger of F2F, Unfinished]] '''Daelyhel Axon''' (born June, 1979), also known as '''Dael''' and/or '''Dae''', is a [[furry]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:Mount Jackson, Virginia|Mount Jackson, Virginia]], United States.

Daelyhel has been around the USA quite a bit in his youth, living in all parts of southern [[Wikipedia:Louisiana|Louisiana]], to [[Wikipedia:Virgina|Virgina]], to [[Wikipedia:Texas|Texas]], until finally getting to [[Wikipedia:Southern_California|Southern California]]. There he met and fell in love with his mate, the snow leopardess, [[Liavain Axon]]. They have three children together, two boys and a little girl.

He formerly a [http://www.slb.com/content/about/hse/hse_policy.asp QHSE] (Quality Health, Safety, and Environmental) Specialist for [[Wikipedia:Schlumberger|Schlumberger]], and still training in his progression. He welcomed such a job within the [[Wikipedia:Oil Industry|oil industry]] due to the loss of his Father at age 11 to the oil field, which only made him more committed to seeing employees get home safely to the ones they love.

Currently he is seeking new work within the safety field, but willing to take anything to support his family. Including picking up his artistic skills once again and getting ready to release a new gallery of Furry Art to the community.

==Daelyhel's Personal Life==
Daelyhel came to know of [[Furry to Furry]] because of a darker side of events; Keeping a hidden life from his lover. During this time, he came to meet another Fur whom he grew connected with. Later, Liavain discovered his secret and his hidden lover. These darker moments brought them to a new understanding of themselves, including their acceptance of their [[Wikipedia:Bisexuality|Bisexuality]] and together they started a relationship with [[LunarFang]] aka [[ElunaWolf]]. [[Wikipedia:Bisexuality|Bisexuality]]

By discovering [[Wikipedia:Polyamory|Polyamory]], it allowed them to understand that someones love can be so great, they can accept another mate within the relationship. Enlightening the three into a full three way relationship. Due to extremely sensitive and personal reasons the relationship could not become material. Despite this, ElunaWolf has remained close friends of the couple. They continued to seek another fur to be accepted within their relationship.
[[Image:Seal_Of_The_Three.png‎ |right|thumb|100px|Seal of the Three Lovers]]

In 2008 Daelyhel and [[Liavain Axon]] had to leave their home during Hurricane Gustav. During that time, one of their closest friends, [[Fox Bluetail]] kept in direct contact with them. Insuring their safety and keeping their spirits up in those trouble times. During those calls and talks with one another, a fondness began to form with the three of them. After turning events, they have found themselves within each others arms. Now the three are looking forward to living together and sharing the next stage if their life.

By the Winter of 2008, Mid December, the Axon family packed up and moved out to the Mountains of Virginia to be with their mate [[Fox Bluetail]]. Lia, Fox, and Dae together have found their hearts and lives growing stronger than they ever expected before. A relationship never believed to be possible to have taken shape and form. Now the trio looks forward to a new addition to the family. As Lia accepted Fox's seed with Dae's blessing. Soon a Fox Kit will be born into the family.

== Fursona and Personality ==

[[Image:RedWolf.jpg|left|thumb|131px|Red Wolf - Image from Wikipedia]]
His fursona is of a cream and tan fur pattern [[Wikipedia:Red Wolf|Red Wolf]]. The red wolf comes from his birthplace of Louisiana, as the cream and tan are a representation of his grounding in nature as well as the idea that positive and negative aspects are never too far apart. As the wolf as grown older, white and gray are visible within his muzzle and hair.

He has taken upon himself the title of Pervy Wolf Sage, as this is another representation of his well known pervy/[[furvert]] nature and the sagacious wisdom he willingly gives. But even with such a title, his fursona always takes the representation of a Native American Shaman due to his [[Wikipedia:Houma_Tribe|Houma Indian]] bloodline.

== Effect within the Furdom ==

Daelyhel is also one of the five Administrators of the well known [[Furry to Furry]] Bulletin Boards. The others being [[Liavain Axon]], [[Rrruff]], [[Mestopho]], & [[Frosty Orca]].

He is also good friends of [[Mestopho]] & [[Frosty_Orca]]. He has known [[Frosty_Orca]] from the time they met within [[Wikipedia:Secondlife|Secondlife]]. While they have come to close friends with [[Mestopho]] from their time within [[Furry to Furry]]. New friendships have also been made along with the Moderators of Furry to Furry, including [[Idesin]], [[FallenGreyWolf]], [[Howlinger]], [[Kcoar]], & [[Fox_Hound]].

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{{date|February|19|2009}}{{publish}}
[[Image:Furp head cropped.jpg|right|frame|Furp at [[Dorsai Thing]] 31]]
Long-time fandom member and convention volunteer [[Furp]] (Patrick Reed) died yesterday in an accident on the roads close to his work at the [[Wikipedia:Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms|Twentynine Palms]] [[Wikipedia:Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] base in California.<ref name="unclekage">''[http://unclekage.livejournal.com/106551.html Unbearable news]'' - {{lj-user|unclekage}} (February 19, 2009)</ref>

Furp was riding his motorcycle on [[Wikipedia:California State Route 62|Highway 62]] when a Marine turned left in front of him.<ref name="unclekage" /><ref>''[http://www.insidesocal.com/news247/2009/02/motorcyclist-killed-in-twentyn.html Motorcyclist killed in Twentynine Palms crash]'' - Melissa Pinion-Whitt, InsideSocal.com (February 19, 2009)</ref><ref>''[http://bluedeer.livejournal.com/322203.html Rest in Peace, Furp]'' - {{lj-user|bluedeer}} (February 19, 2009)</ref><ref>''[http://www.mymurrieta.com/wordpress/?p=3918 Twentynine Palms - Fatal Traffic Collision]'' - The Inland Empire Crime Blog (February 19, 2009)</ref> He was pronounced dead on the scene. He was 29.<ref>[http://www.anthrocon.org/node/3547#comment-26792 Comment on ''A tragic loss''] - [[Uncle Kage]], Anthrocon forums (February 19, 2009)</ref>

Furp was a regular member of [[Anthrocon]] [[operations]] staff, as well other conventions such as [[Califur]], [[FurFright]], [[Midwest FurFest]] and [[Rocket City FurMeet]], and provided expertise in first-aid.

The report of Furp's death resulted in an outpouring of emotion from friends and well-wishers. A LiveJournal community, {{lj-comm|remember_furp}}, has been set up in his memory.<ref>''[http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2009/02/21/breaking_news/doc499fbe7605bce413904615.txt Veteran killed in accident]'' - ''Hi-Desert Star'' (21 February 2009)</ref>

Furp's memorial service will be held at Heritage Funeral Home, 16880 National Ave., New Berlin, WI 53151 (262-901-1140), likely on February 28.<ref>''[http://community.livejournal.com/remember_furp/38939.html Memorial Service Information]'' (February 22, 2009)</ref><ref>''[http://bluedeer.livejournal.com/324412.html Update from Furp's Mom]'' - [[Skye Bluedeer]] (February 23, 2009)</ref>

==Quotes==
{{q|Anyone who was on the MFF staff in any of the last ten years knew Furp [...] From removing glass from Candis King's foot in 2000 to helping my sister in 2006 when she collapsed just after Kage's "So This Is Your First Convention" panel and to things non-con related...there's a number of things to remember. He'll be missed in no small number of ways by no small number of people. — [[Foxish (person)|Foxish]]<ref>[http://unclekage.livejournal.com/106551.html?thread=3116087#t3116087 Foxish's comment] (February 19, 2009)</ref>}}
{{q|To those who knew Furp, and his wonderful darker sense of humor.. all I can do is picture him at the pearly gates, looking around with that lovely grin of his, then back at the world that will miss him so, smiling at God and rolling his eyes going "F-ing marines..." — [[Chains Coyote]] <ref>[http://unclekage.livejournal.com/106551.html?thread=3117879#t3117879 Chains Coyote's comment] (February 19, 2009)</ref>}}
{{q|I first met Furp back in 2003 or so, when [[Uncle Kage]] felt that he would be a good addition to Con Ops. That totally turned out to be the case. He worked hard, and partied harder when the work was done. — [[Giza]]<ref>''[http://giza.livejournal.com/548665.html Patrick Reed: 1979-2009]'' — {{lj-user|giza}} (February 19, 2009)</ref>}}
{{q|I met Furp years ago because we both worked late nights at Anthrocon. We'd hang out in ops after I'd closed the dances and I was around for some of the 'first responder' situations. I saw him briefly at FC'09 but the last time I really spent much time with him was watching him gleefully cooking up absinthe he'd gotten overseas at the DI Dead Dog party of AC'08. [...] I'll really miss him a lot. — [[Triggur]]}}
{{q|Furp and I had a rocky start but developed into a friendship years later. Sometimes it was like looking into a mirror, sometimes it was like he was a brother. He always had a quirky sense of humor and always seemed to bring about something zany to the table. [...] I can still remember fondly some of those evenings with a cup of coffee, Furp and I, and some good chats about things. — [[Skye Bluedeer]]}}
{{q|Furp offered a shoulder to a stranger some time ago, and helped a new fur into the fandom with his encouragement. Patched up a gash I got at MFM '03, helped me learn the ropes at the con, and kept me out of harm's way. Damn shame to lose someone on such good footing from the fandom and life as a whole. — [[Selkit]]}}

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