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Yup, it's our first year and it's looking to be a great turnout. I hope you guys join us up in Brookfield, WI for all the fun furry stuffs. I'll be doing 20 minutes of stand-up, doing a live recording of my podcast, there will be dances, a dance competition, variety show, dealers den & artist alley and much more! I hope to see you guys there.

Here's the pic I made with all of our supersponsors: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12743115/

And the con website: www.fursquared.com

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Dear Papa Bear, 

Thank you so much for answering my last question about Daisy. I hope that you can answer this one as well.

Daisy and I haven't been communicating much lately and it breaks my heart. She keeps ignoring my (and all of my other friends') texts and I have no idea why. I always text her and she never replies, but it says when she reads it. She means so much to me and I miss her more than anything.... I can't imagine the day I won't. We talked like every day until she started to fit in at school and meet her new friends.... I am very happy for her about that, but why is she forgetting about me? We don't even talk anymore and I don't know what to do about it. She has been my best friend for 8 years and she moved not long ago ... I hope she hasn't forgotten about me. I still think about her everyday and sometimes I get sad just thinking about her. I miss her so much. I don't have many friends here ... some good friends with about 2 best friends. So it's kind of hard for me. I really need to talk to Daisy and catch up on things, but it doesn't seem like she's all that interested in me anymore.

CJ (age 14)

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Dear CJ,

In our first correspondence I talked about the different kinds of friends we make in life and how I thought you and Daisy would be BFFs, even if you no longer lived close by.

This letter, however, sounds like there was only one BFF between the two of you, and that was you. It sounds like Daisy is moving on, making new friends, and leaving her old ones behind, rather than making the effort to stay in touch.

You’re instincts are, sadly, likely correct. If she isn’t talking to you, she is probably losing interest. Papabear can’t judge her character, having never talked with her or met her, so there might be something else going on here. Pick up the telephone and give her a call and find out what’s up with her life. If she is not going through some personal tragedy or hardship that is preventing her from talking to you (although one would hope she’d want to talk to her BFF in such a case), then it is likely that she isn’t talking to you because she has simply moved on.

In my last letter to you, I said that learning to cope with separation was part of growing up. So is learning what it means to lose a friend. This will happen more than once in your life, and just as you will lose friends, you will make new ones. It is very rare that you will find that one friend who will stick by your side all your life. I thought, as you did, that Daisy was one of those, but perhaps not. On the other hand, maybe she is corresponding less with you because she believes that keeping the friendship alive when you can’t see each other regularly would be too painful. If that’s the case, then you need to show her that you can make this long-distance friendship work. [Note to readers: you might observe a difference here between my advice about LDRs when it comes to lovers vs. friends; I believe that long-distance friendships are possible because they don't require physical intimacy, whereas long-distance romance does require that close proximity in my opinion.]

Remember, this is a reflection upon Daisy’s character, not yours. You sound like a loyal and caring friend, a true friend. I hope you can still work it out. You’ll need to make an effort to talk to her again—a solid, heart-to-heart talk—and find out just what she wants. For the friendship to work, you both have to want it, and if she doesn’t there is nothing you can do about that but bid her farewell.

Hugs,

Papabear

So, as you may know from my username, I am a fox. A fluffy white arctic fox. Thing is though, I don't know if I even want a fox on it's own.

I'm thinking about Hybridizing with a German Shepherd. Or have two characters on their own. I can either have an Arctic Fox character, and a German Shepherd character, or Hybridize and go with something completely unique and off the roll, like a "Arctic Foxshep" or a "German Foxshep of the Arctic Variety" (thanks Modo). The thing is, I don't even know what to pick and do.

I guess this has happened to all of us, especially as I have talked to it with others furs - One used to be a Marlamute before changing over to a Dalmatian - another fur has changed from an Arctic Fox to a Arctic Foxhawk.

Damn. I don't know what to do. Help me out guys!

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Hi, everyone! :D

I've been lurking around the fandom for several years now and I just moved to Atlanta to start college last year. Seeing that FWA lines up perfectly with my spring break, I figured I would be stupid to not go. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here could give me any pointers or heads-ups as to what to bring/expect/prepare for. Room and transportation isn't going to be an issue since I plan on just taking public transportation to and from the con and my dorm room. I will also be going alone since I don't have any other furry friends in the area, so if anyone wants to meet up and show me what do there, that'd be really great too; just PM me and let me know!

Thanks

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Direct from Texas Furry Fiesta at the Hotel Intercontinental Dallas, it's Size Matters LIVE!! Host Kwandry Baasher and Kenson Shimobe are joined by special guest Kitsune Kitto discuss macro/micro heroes and villans (since that was the con's theme and all). We talk about our own ideas for the subject and then get help from the audience with a fairly long and eventful question and answer session! Special thanks to Ty husky for his help getting the audio files for this, and look for the video from the con soon! Have questions, suggestions, or things you just want to say? Email us at sizematterspodcast@gmail.com Episode 18: "LIVE!" (2014-02-24)

Author: Dear Papa Bear, First, I’m fully aware my grammar sucks, but at least, I have good spelling and thank you for your time :3 For a few months now, I’ve been thinking and bothered by a robbery that happened to me—or, more like who robbed me. I got back most of stuff (only missing […]

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The latest issue of NF Magazine contained several interesting interviews, probably the most interesting of which was with Chris Seavor, project leader of Conker's Bad Fur Day, and Conker Live and Reloaded.

When asked how they managed to get a very M rated game on the N64 Chris said "... I'm not even sure they [Nintendo] knew what they really had with Conker. Tim [Stamper] and Chris [Stamper] did and they said 'Yes, we want to make this'. And such was the trust between Rare and Nintendo that they were fine with that... Trust. A lovely concept, sadly lacking today with some publishers."

But then how did the transition go from Nintendo to Microsoft, if Nintendo was so trusting, how was Microsoft towards the developer? "...a promise from Microsoft that they wouldn't touch the way Rare was run (I guess because they didn't understand it), soon started to give was to little prods and pokes here and there... 'Production Managers' started to appear, asking all sorts of banal questions (not you Alison, we liked you). More and more strange people were appearing in the corridor, like a parade of eggs with eyes, wanting to see the game...You'd strike up a friendship, develop a rapport and then 'Poof' that person was gone and replaced by someone you didn't know. Then Tim and Chris left, there were more changes, then even more changes, then I didn't care anymore. And that's that I suppose." Not too well it seems.

Chris also talked about his work on the first two Killer Instinct games, and how he'd like to see Conker in Super Smash Bros. Now that's something I'd like to see, Conker fighting Sonic and Mario.

"... I'm not even sure they [Nintendo] knew what they really had with Conker. Tim [Stamper] and Chris [Stamper] did and they said 'Yes, we want to make this'. And such was the trust between Rare and Nintendo that they were fine with that... Trust. A lovely concept, sadly lacking today with some publishers."
Read more at http://www.destructoid.com/conker-creator-talks-working-with-nintendo-and-microsoft-271009.phtml#7uP8iATrVDtEpW

Hey new to the forums was wondering if its better to have short tails ( hang to just above the ground) or long tails ( may have to hold them) thanks

Geiger T Rat

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Hey guys! I'm a relatively new suiter, and I was wondering if anyone can offer me any tips or tricks of the trade that they've learnt for maintaining their suits and keeping themselves cool while wearing. Any advice is appreciated :3

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I've been getting several messages on how to install Morenatsu easily, so I thought I'd make a post! Here's a screenshot of the steps I've been sending http://i.imgur.com/4GFWoIt.jpg

Message me if there's any trouble!

For those who don't know, Morenatsu is a homosexual furry virtual novel. It's not just a yiff-fest, as the plotlines have deep emotional implications, with the cougheroticacough being at the end of each character path. A lot of people haven't played because it's "hard to apply the English patch," when it's actually quite simple! The game really does deserve more recognition in the furry community, in my opinion.

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