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seeing as others were a bust, lets try to fill this one up. its in the falcon server, its called fudgeface's game and the password is redditfurry 8 players 10 spectators

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Falcon Server

Ryartran's Game

Password is /r/furry

8 Players

20 Spectators

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Hey everyone. I'm curious as to how many of you have had tails made for you and when/where you wear them. As well as your general opinion on them is.

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Dear Papabear, 

I am not normally one to go looking for advice online, but I've been following your column on Twitter since I joined the fandom in September, and you have some legitimately good advice and I figured you might have some insight into my particular dilemma.
 
Okay prologue over, I should give you some background: I am very new to the Furry community, really only getting involved in September this year, but I've been prolific in my short amount of time and made a lot of friends, constructed my first fursuit, nearly completed a second and am well into designing a third so that I can open for commissions. I've been suiting for a solid two weeks now and enjoy it immensely. I've also organized a local volunteer group, led a few different events which have been pretty successful and above all I have been having the time of my life. 

And this is where things get tricky. I never would have gotten as involved as I am without the encouragement of a friend of mine. He and I have been friends since high school and I knew he was involved in the furry community when we were in college a few years ago. So when I decided I wanted to see what the scene was all about I obviously went to him first. So he's been involved for a while and since he's pretty quiet and not very socially active, he hasn't made a lot of waves outside of his circle of friends and as far as I know he was uninterested in suiting or performing, choosing to stick more with the artistic side of things, something he is really good at! 

The problem is, I had gained a bit of popularity amongst the locals even before I started suiting. I am outgoing and friendly and really like meeting new people. At the time I started picking up on a bit of resentment from my friend, something I decided to ignore, assuming it would pass as he got more comfortable with the idea of me in the community, plus I tried to stick with him at meets, introduce him to some new people and get him to talk about his art with others. But as I finished my suit, and started becoming a bit more well known, this resentment has grown to a level which is making me a little uncomfortable. 

Mostly it comes down to him getting really sarcastic or angry anytime I want to talk about the fandom, or anytime someone recognizes me. It doesn't help that he keeps not getting recognized by people while I am. He was particularly upset when he was referred to as the "Guy" with me.

Lately he has taken to trying to emulate what I've done in that he's decided to take up suiting and wants to build his own fursuit as well, but doesn't want to take on the work behind it. I feel like I should be happy he's making a move forward to get to where he wants to be, but I feel like he is doing it all for the wrong reasons. I got into suiting because I love performing. I got into building because I have years of experience in crafting and it was applicable to something that I wanted. There is a lot of passion and love (not to mention work!) behind what I've done and I feel like he's doing it out of jealousy and keeps pointing out issues with my work, often times loudly and in front of others. I feel like this cheapens what I've done and makes me more than a little sad, because he's devaluing my work. 

Now, while I know it is none of my business why he does anything, what I really want to ask is how you would go about dealing with this situation if you were me. Should I work on preserving this friendship, or just let things fall where they may? I want to be a good friend and open some doors for him, but I also don't want to get caught holding the door, especially when he is treating me unpleasantly for something I don't feel like I should apologize for. Should I keep pulling him along and endure his attitude in the hopes it gets better, or leave him to find his own way at the risk of seeming like a jerk? Maybe you can think of a third option. 

Hope you can help, 

One Conflicted Panda

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Dear Conflicted,

Welcome to the fandom! It’s pawsome that you are enjoying it so much and becoming so active, while having a lot of fun, too. I’m glad that we have you among our numbers.

As for your friend, he is the very definition of jealousy rearing its ugly head. From what you write here (and remember, I can only form an opinion based on what I have learned from you) he is definitely emulating you because he wishes to reproduce your success in his own life. He resents you for becoming popular (note: I’m not saying you’re a popufur, which is actually more like what your friend is shooting for) and is probably being nasty to you because he is thinking along these lines: “Hey, if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t even be a furry. I’m the one who made you and you’re getting all the credit and attention!” That, of course, isn’t really true. Even if he was not your friend, you probably would have gravitated to furry on your own; he just expedited the process.

You have nothing to apologize for. He’s the one being the jerk. And he will be unsuccessful in his attempts to copy you because you and he have different personalities and skills. Therefore, what he should be doing is focusing on what he is skilled at, which sounds like his art, not fursuiting, public performance, or the more extroverted things you do.

I would never advise you to dump a friend without trying to keep that friend first. What I would do if I were you is find ways to encourage and promote his art, not try to help him be more like you. Use your own popularity to promote your friend’s abilities. Be his PR guy, in effect. He is clearly too shy to promote himself, which is why only a small circle of friends knows about him. You can change that. Don’t even ask permission. When you post messages on furry sites, mention his work. Paste samples of his art into your discussions. Ask your friends to pass the word along. Word of mouth can be very effective. And give him encouraging feedback about his art whenever you can. If the two of you are stopped in a hallway because a furry recognizes you, thank them and then make sure to introduce your buddy, adding, “... and he’s a really great artist, too! You should check out his stuff at FurAffinity [or wherever he posts].” Combine this with a neutral attitude toward any of his efforts to imitate you. Don’t criticize him for trying to fursuit, but don’t encourage him, either. Instead, always try to draw his attention back to his gifts as an artist and how wonderful that is. Perhaps act a little as if you were the jealous one (“Gosh! I wish I could draw as well as you do! You’re so talented!”)

With luck, your friend will find his own niche and his own success. This should stop him from trying to be like you and instead focus on being more like himself, which will stop the jealousy because he will have found his own success.

Good luck!

Papabear

So, I was looking around in this thread and I saw a comment from /u/Pbv9 where he said that he thinks furries could not biologically function well for a few reasons. This got me thinking, what kind of conditions would have to have been reached, or to be reached, for anthropomorphic people to actually live on Earth? What do you think, /r/furry? What would it take?

EDIT: Grammar.

EDIT 2: Thank you for your replies! Please keep them coming. I think I may post to /r/askscience later, but I welcome any of you to do it if you want, just lease link the thread in here so we can find it easily... Thanks! :)

EDIT 3: Please stop raining periwinkle on /u/fasterfind, he does display a somewhat valid argument, although misdirected. I don't like to see massive downvotes on any one user, especially if they have the right idea. submitted by Cookster997
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Description pending. Sorry listeners! S3 Episode 14 – 2013 Recap & Resolutions - Description pending. Sorry listeners!

Hello and welcome back! We’ve returned from our holiday hiatus! Wide eyed and bushy-tailed! (well, some of us have bushy tails at least… okay only one of us, and it’s a rabbit tail so it’s not THAT bushy).

We open with discussions as per usual. Smokey geeks out about SPAAAAAACE in the game Kerbal Space Program (seriously… using nothing but spacesuit RCS, he got out of an orbit with a closest point of 10,000km… awesome). Halfwit reminds us of an awesome product being developed called “Facerig” (link at the bottom of the show notes). Isty also discusses the first minigame for “Night in the Woods” which he discussed last episode. All of these things are awesome and you should go check them out. At least videos of them.

Emails come fast and furious and they number six.

First up is Loona Indiglo updating us on work and social matters with furries and bronies. Next is Cody who explains the meaning of ‘Jabroni’ and no, that’s not a New York Italian who is a big fan of Twilight Sparkle. Dee follows with a short message offering well wishes for the holiday and sorrow at the departure of Kyo. But he says he’s blue… curious. Our transcriptionist friend gives us a poke with some interesting information on a community of people that transcribe audio by breaking it into chunks and assigning them out to different people. Very neat indeed. Legionbunny regales us with how he was offered a modeling job, but that it might not be something he’s all that interested in going in for. Listen to find out more. Last but not least, Shadeus derails us with the mental image of logical penises then expresses an interest in making the hundred or so mile jump into moving into Dallas proper rather than living near Longview. We wish you the best on that!

Our next show will be all about the holidays, how you spent them, who you spent them with, if they were good, if you got anything you wanted even if you didn’t know you wanted it, etc. Tell us how your holidays went!

Also, as we mentioned before we read the emails, situations have changed resulting in our losing our current venue as a recording site. Unfortunately, due to the geographic distribution of the cast, this effectively shuts us done. We will be able to finish out January, making episode 99 our final show. We discussed the matter and decided that it would be best to end on 99 rather than perform our live show and have that be the final episode. But just because our show is coming to a close doesn’t mean we want you to stop writing us. We still have two more shows! Write in and tell us what you think, what you need help with, or whatever is on your mind! We can’t promise we’ll have anything insightful for everything that comes in, but at the very least, it’ll be entertaining! Right? …right?

Kerbal Space Program
SPAAAAAAAAAAACE on your computer. Seriously, this game is loads of fun if you’re at all interested in what NASA does. It even has true Newtonian physics… and it’s hilarious when you design a huge, outrageous rocket and it collapses into an explosion… or even better, it works! Available on Steam.

FaceRig (main site)
FaceRig’s Indiegogo Page
This is one of the most awesome pieces of communication software meant for the general public made in a long time. This will take any footage taken by most any webcam, scan facial expressions, and map them over onto a 3D rendered character in real time and output that to the communication medium of your choice (Skype, etc.). There is the availability to make custom characters. Furries… this is perfect for us. It’s already hit its goal, but as of this posting, there are 35 days remaining to contribute, and a rather low donation gets you early access to the product. Check it out!

Night in the Woods
Isty mentioned this kickstarter last episode, and it’s done well, hitting its goal and then some! They’ve recently released their first minigame as he mentioned on the show. Go check it out!

Episode 97 – Return of the Cast - Hello and welcome back! We’ve returned from our holiday hiatus! Wide eyed and bushy-tailed! (well, some of us have bushy tails at least… okay only one of us, and it’s a rabbit tail so it’s not THAT bu[...]

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Kan Gao, the creator the well recieved indie game To The Moon, has released a special small episode starring Dr. Watts and Dr. Rosalene for the low low price of completely free. 

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Falcon server

Videohuskys game

Password is cisco!

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I'm not much of an artist but I want to meet more furries. I'm not really sure where to start. I've never done RP though i'm interested in trying. Even any online chats.

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I actually went so far as to ask them if I could travel to Anthrocon or something because I have more east coast furry friends than west coast... And then they were just like "meh, you should stay local." However, if I take a bunch of pictures, maybe I'll get permission to go bigger :P

So uh, yeah, who's going to FC? I don't want to be like, completely alone there, haha

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Hello, Papa Bear.

Sometimes I feel like I am the most hopeless gay guy in the world. I've lived through quite a lot of summers, and yet I feel very miserable because both my love and sexual lives have been almost non-existent.

I would like a guy that could satisfy both the empty feelings in my heart, and the cravings in the other regions further below. And yet, I feel completely helpless and clueless trying to figure out how I could find myself some “friend with benefits,” much less a lover. I'm terribly shy, and can't function at all in most places where one most likely could find other gay people. I seriously doubt I could find love at a museum or a movie theater, but those are some of the few places I can go and not freak out before even putting a step in.

And there is the matter of sex. The few times I've been with other guys, it has never resulted in anything even close to ecstasy; I eventually lose my erection while the other guy finishes in my butt. In fact, I have never even come one single time. It makes me wonder if orgasms are just a myth, and has resulted in me shunning sex and making my shyness even worse.

To make it worse, sometimes when I am alone at home (which is most of my life, other than my time at work or doing errands) I feel like wanting to fuck a twink's ass as if the world were gonna end the next day. And yet if I were to cross paths with said twink, I know I would just shy away and not say a word to him.

Sometimes I wonder if fate just simply decided that I am not destined to have a partner in this life, or even friends (I can count the ones I have with one hand, and still have fingers left over). Or could it be that it the problem is just in my head, and I need to see a shrink that can set me straight? (As in in the right path, not the orientation.)

Sad reptile in the Mountains (Colorado, age 50)

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Dear Sad,

Thanks for reaching out. I hope I can help. There’s a lot going on in this one letter, so I will try and go through it step by step.

First, there is the shyness issue. Interestingly, I just wrote about shyness for another writer, and you can find my reply here. Just overcoming your shyness should do a lot for your search for a partner.

Secondly, although you don’t describe what you have done so far to look for a partner, have you tried dating sites? Are you searching for a furry partner or any partner, furry or mundane? There are furry dating sites just as there are mundane dating sites like Match.com (although you might want to try a gay dating site (gaydating.com). Furry dating sites include www.furrydate.com, www.meetfurries.com, www.furrymate.com, and www.pounced.com. 

But even if you find someone who is a match on one of those sites, your shyness could hamper you. A good way to overcome that is to meet at places where you are comfortable (you mention theaters and museums). You can increase your chances for finding a partner by getting involved with groups that share your interests. For example, you could become a volunteer docent at your local museum, or perhaps there is a local group of gay men who go on outings to movies and stage plays. Or, since you’re a furry, have you tried attending a furcon? Rocky Mountain Furcon could be one for you, or join the Colorado Springs Furry Alliance (see info here http://www.americanfurryassociation.org/co-consmeets.html). Participate in outside activities with groups of people who share your interests and you will dramatically increase your chances of finding someone. I know you’re terribly shy, but it’s easier to overcome such shyness when you know you’re among friends who like the same things you do.

As for the sex—as I always say, if you’re not having fun, then you’re not doing it right. I can certainly tell you that orgasms are not a myth :-P My suspicion, from your letter, is that you aren’t just looking for sex, you’re looking for romantic lovemaking, and when some guy is topping you and you’re not feeling the love, you lose interest. It sounds really hot at first, but when reality knocks at your door, what really turns you on is a passionate merging of bodies inspired by love, not lust. That’s actually a good thing! It means that once you do find someone you’re going to have a very strong bond with them satisfying both your loins and your heart.

Since you mention some of your sexual experiences, it is apparent that you have had some success finding people to get into bed with; you just haven’t found the right person. I’m sure there must be someone out there for you. There is for everyone 

Do not blame “fate” for your current loneliness. You have a lot of power and control over your own destination. You just have to take the bull by the horns and show him who’s boss. Take a look at my earlier letter about shyness, and hopefully that will help. And write again if this response didn’t help or missed the mark somehow.

Good luck!

Papabear