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Further Confusion 2012 May newsletter
Author: Frysco
- New Venue, New theme
- New Reservation policy and a message from our chair
- FC2012 Pre-Registration is Open! Now Fully Online!
- Dealers Room Applications now open!
- Hotel reservation time
- Next Staff Meeting
- For ‘would-be’ Staff
1. New Venue, New theme
The theme for Further Confusion 2012 is “The Infurmary (For a limited time
every surgery comes with a free prize inside!)”. It will be held at the
San Jose Convention Center, from January 12th through the 16th 2012, with
the San Jose Marriott and the Hilton San Jose as our main hotels and the
St. Claire as our preferred overflow.
2. New Reservation policy and a message from our chair
This year we are moving to what may be our final home at the San Jose
Convention Center just one block from last year’s location at the
Fairmont. We have secured the site for the next 3 years on the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. This new location holds promise with
more programming space, indoor parking, and two wonderful hotels attached
to the property. The San Jose Marriott and the Hilton San Jose will be
our main hotels continuing with the St. Claire as our preferred overflow.
All in all, an outstanding move.
So that we can continue to offer the best attendee experience the
convention, hotels, and venue can provide, we must make a difficult but
necessary change to our hotel room registration process and policy.
Beginning May 15th at 1pm Pacific Time (4pm Eastern, 9pm UK, 10pm Central
Europe) we will be accepting hotel reservations for Further Confusion
2012.
At the time of registration each person will be immediately billed their
first night’s room and tax for each room reserved. This will be
considered a non-refundable deposit and will not be returned in the event
of cancellation.
This tough decision is necessary to help mitigate room holds that are
released shortly before the convention start date and after the room block
has closed. Conventions such as ours are granted concessions and program
space based on how many rooms are filled over the course of the
convention. Once the room block is closed if someone releases interest in
a room it counts against our room block. If enough rooms are released,
which has happened, the convention is liable for those rooms and must pay
for them. The costs can be very high which can diminish the ability of
Further Confusion to offer world class amenities to our deserving
attendees.
Further Confusion is asking that attendees reserving rooms within our
block carefully consider their reservation before making it. If you are
making a reservation with a debit card for example, your bank account will
be deducted the first room night and tax immediately and no refunds will
be offered. In the event of a cancellation no further charges will be
made beyond the first night and tax.
Please consider your choices carefully as you reserve!
Contact hotel@furtherconfusion.org with any questions about this policy.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
3. FC2012 Pre-Registration is Open! Now Fully Online!
You can pre-register for Further Confusion next year with our spiffy new
online registration system! Just follow the directions to the online
registration system at the top of the Registration page our web site and
then enter your information.
Pre-registration is $45 for regular attendees (through August 31st, then
the price will rise to $50), but you can also pre-register at the sponsor
($100) or patron ($200) levels.
Since this is a new system, it’s going to look a little different to what
you might have used in the past (but may be familar to some). The big
benefit is that you’ll be able to work out whether you’ve pre-registered
or not at any time of the day, just by logging on! No more worried emails
at the last moment wondering if you remembered to pre-register or not -
the answer will be just a few clicks of the mouse away!
First, create an account with your real first and last name, and then you
will be asked to set up a security question that no-one else can answer.
The first time through, you’ll also be asked to give your contact
information, but when you’ve done that once it’ll be there from year to
year. Then pick the membership type that you want, and how you want to
pay. Currently, you can choose to either mail in a check or money order
with a form that you print, or you can pay instantly online through PayPal
(which also works for credit cards). Coming soon, we’ll also have a
separate credit card option for those people who don’t have a PayPal
account. Watch this space!
It’s not all automated, of course! If you have any questions, you can
still talk to a real person by emailing registration@furtherconfusion.org.
4. Dealers Room Applications now open!
Yes, you read that right, we are now open for dealer table sales! To apply
for a table, go to the Further Confusion website, and then to the Dealers
page, and there will be a link to the application process.
This year, all but one small step will be done online. You will still need
to mail in something to us (a signature form, and payment if paying by
check or money order), but there’s not going to be any ‘if we receive it
before date X, you go to the back of the line.
We have slightly fewer spaces than we had last year due to the new
facility, but not by much, so we do recommend that you try to get into the
system as soon as you can.
5. Hotel reservation time
We’ve said this above, but we’ll say it again because it’s important.
Beginning May 15th at 1pm Pacific time, we will be accepting hotel
reservations for Further Confusion 2012. If you haven’t read the message
from the Chair (above closely – do so! There is a very important change
regarding room reservation policy!
6. Next Staff Meeting
The next meeting is May 14th, and will take place in the Willow Glen room
of the San Jose Marriott. Meeting time is 1pm.
For those furs wishing to participate in our staff meeting from out of
town, we will be doing a trial run with a conference bridge at this
meeting, using pro-grade conference phones.
You do not need to be staff to join the call, but we are keeping this
number unpublished at the moment while this solution is in beta: please
contact info@furtherconfusion.org for the number, along with what you’re
interested in doing for the convention.
(Note that this is a regular number in the Bay Area, and is not toll free
– FC is not responsible for your phone bill)
We will join the bridge from the meeting room a few minutes before the
meeting starts, and will make time for folks on the conference during roll
call, etc.
7. For ‘would-be’ Staff
Are you working with FC2012? Have you been officially hired? Are you
able to access our private site? Do you see your name there?
If the answer to any of these is “no” or “Wait, what private site?”,
please speak to your track leader or “boss” (ie, the person who hired you)
to make sure your info has been sent in to our HR team and that you’ve
been added to the appropriate lists.
If you would like to be staff, but have no idea what you would like to do
(or even if you have an idea of what to do), you can contact our HR team
at HR@furtherconfusion.org.
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Bucktown Tiger covers “Want You Gone” from Portal 2
Continuing his tradition of doing Fursuit covers of popular songs, Bucktown Tiger has done it again with “Want You Gone”, the ending credits theme from Portal 2.
Might we consider adding vocals via Auto-Tune? -#furriesruineverything
For your consideration:
There are some pretty amazing covers of “Want You Gone” popping up all over youtube. Check some of them out at the link below. We can recommend the cover by Harry101UK
Are furries as open to the LGBT culture as I want to believe?
I mean, furries get their kind of shit, but so does homosexuals and other kinds of people in the LGBT community. I want to say yes, but do any of you know any furries that are homophobic or otherwise disagree with being non-straight?
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Tiny Kitten Teeth
With a name like that, it has to be… furry! Tiny Kitten Teeth is a hand-painted on-line comic strip, created by Becky and Frank Dreistadt. It updates twice weekly. According to the creators, “The comic follows the slice-of-life adventures of Mewsli, a fish out of water in Owltown, a compact metropolis built around a particularly affluent arts college. Every week we take a break from the story and go visit our friend Tigerbuttah, a little tiger who doesn’t know much about life yet.” Becky and Frank also have a Kickstarter campaign going to raise funds to publish a Tigerbuttah children’s book, in the style of the old Golden Books line. They also have several other art projects going, which they’re more than happy to tell you about on their comic strip’s web site.
KnotCast: Episode 139 – Switch Hitting
Author: KnotCast@foxstuffers.com
This week on KnotCast, there aren’t any baseball metaphors beyond the title! Fuzz, Savrin, Shiva, and Rekkie read your emails on the magical midway point of bisexuality, shoot the breeze, and watch Savrin get some on-air abuse at the horrible paws of panther for showing him a pony-fied version of a Pink Floyd album cover. Poor foxes. We also do the draw for the two Steam games, so if you heard your name called, email in with your steamid and choice of game.
This weeks song is Giggle At the Ghostly (Saltakrits’ 20% Cooler Mix)
Use our coupon code ‘knot’ at AdamEve.com for a great deal.
Episode 139 – Switch Hitting (AAC; 26.7 MB)
Episode 139 – Switch Hitting (MP3; 65.3 MB)
Find the full article here: KnotCast News
The contents of this Podcast may have adult language and adult themes. The content is not produced by Furry News Network, but is posted for your convenience.
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Author: studio@xanacreations.com (..::XANA::.. Creations)
Who uses tabbed browsing anymore? Fayroe doesn’t. That’s for sure. Get with the times man.
News:
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98.9 Breakfast Buzz Markos Furry Interview
WikiFur article of the week:
- “History”
Topics Discussed (copied directly from Google Moderator):
- “I’d love to have an Interview with Lupine Assassin, aks Allan Greenwald. The most hated furry in the fandom. Would this be a good idea?” (Fayroe)
- “Is it just me or do furries have more alternative political views than humans?” (JontheFox)
- “After saving up the necessary money, follow through with the idea that Mattox and Fayroe had of recording an interview with 2 the Ranting Gryphon.” (Inkfox)
Additional Topics:
- “Bestiality”
Emails (Sender – Subject):
- Curious Mom – questions from a curious mom
- Arzet the Fox – Worst furry nightmare
- Skids – The light lavender snow leopard
- WizeNDeadly – 2 Questions!!!
- An Irish Lynx – Weird Dreams, HOW DO THEY STOP!
- Daze – Roleplaying, how does it work?
- fang – Furries make the theatre go
- inike – cheese
- Kanuin – Got Yiff?
- Clawdane – Win some, Lose some
- Ryolo – Ryolo, back again with updates!
- fatacus – (no subject)
- Kurogitsune – Holy s*** lucid dreaming
- Poizen – (no subject)
- Adolpho/CharleeSheen – My phantom shift
- Drayden Lycos – Josh’s unread email
- Asani Kunstenaar – Opinions on a furry Facebook group for my high school?
- Pallor – Lucid dreams, commissions and a great song
- Jose – Oh noes Satan!
Find the full article here: FurCast
The contents of this Podcast may have adult language and adult themes. The content is not produced by Furry News Network, but is posted for your convenience.
from /r/cogsci - Brain scans reveal that works of art can give as much joy as being in love. Not furry, but furry relevant, IMO. Discuss?
Episode 139 - Switch Hitting
Last night I dreamed that Alton Brown was a furry/otherkin, and self-identified as a nuthatch since he was fourteen.
Mental note: Beer and salsa does not constitute a proper dinner.
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Share your LESSER KNOWN favorite web comics.
Text to avoid upvote whoring.
Everyone knows about the big name comics. you know, the ones that often suck, but people like anyways for whatever reason. Well now it's time to catalog some of your favorite web comics, whether they be Furry or not.
Kid Radd was a sprite comic that ran a few years ago about a character from an NES game who's ROM got uploaded to the internet one day, and then was freed from his game by a game sprite liberation group and released to live among others like him in the internet.
Inverloch A mini-series about a soft-hearted saiter boy who goes on a quest to find a mysterious silver haired elf who holds the key as to why the elves of the land are now aging and losing their magic abilities.
Gone With the Blastwave A dark comedy post-apocalyptic HIGH QUALITY ART comic, that I really can't find any other way to describe it..... it's goofy. Think.... Red vs Blue in Fallout.
Indefensible Positions A story in 14 chapters told in comic format about Good vs Evil, Chaos vs. Order. and the inner workings of the mind and the power of Memes.
Dr. McNinja Because no comic list is complete without Dr. McNinja, be it about lesser known comics or not.... some people still haven't heard of it. SHAMROCKS!?! This is STUPID!
I have plenty more, but this is just to get you started... remember, FORMATTING!
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Rabid skunk alert in Royal Oak, Michigan; 2 destroyed
Author: RingtailedFox
Unfortunate news from Metro Detroit this week: On Thursday, a pair of rabid skunks were destroyed in the suburb of Royal Oak, causing the police to issue a warning to local residents. [WXYZ-TV - Channel 7 Detroit and WDIV-TV - ClickonDetroit.com]
The Royal Oak Police say the skunks were found on the 1700 Block of Maxwell Avenue and the 200 block of Dewey Street, near Oakview Cemetery. Numerous calls were received from concerned homeowners in the highly-built-up residential area. The police said those coming into contact with an animal who they suspect may have rabies should leave the area and call them.
Read more: Information on rabies from the Oakland County Health Department and Wikipedia.
Rabid Skunk video report: http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/27807416/index.html
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New furry-inspired clothing line looks to make a splash in the UK and beyond
By: Tim “Kijani” Watanabe
In today’s down economy, it takes a great idea, a dream, and a lot of persistence to start a niche-market clothing line.
But 5V5 (V), who is based out of the picturesque countryside town of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, believes he has all of the above, and then some. He is the owner of a new company, Saint Le Fur, which specializes in clothing catered to members of the furry fandom.
“I’ve been interested in fashion design since I was 15,” V said. “I was always interested in seeing fashion forecasts and how they shaped peoples’ personalities.”
An inspired college student, V didn’t let the heartbreak of not being accepted into a university course in fashion get to him. Instead, his combined interest in designer labels and the furry fandom led V to create his own line, with a name as unique as his clothing.
“I wanted it to be different and original for the community in its own way, and thus the name (Saint Le Fur),” V explained. “Its actual meaning is ‘The Righteous Fur,’ meaning, ‘daring to be different.’”
Frisky Soulwolf shows off one of Saint Le Fur's T-shirt designs in Times Square, New York City. Saint Le Fur, owned by 5V5, is a new furry-themed fashion line based out of the United Kingdom.
According to V, the target market for Saint Le Fur is wide-ranging, “roughly 17 to 30-year-old males and females,” he said. What sets Saint Le Fur’s shirts apart from other furry-themed apparel is that the brand’s one-of-a-kind stylization offers “closeted” furries something to wear in public without feeling uncomfortable.
Hosted on www.streetshirts.co.uk for the time being and being based out of the United Kingdom, a majority of Saint Le Fur’s vibrant shirts are UK-themed, but V is looking forward to the opportunity to branch out to a more worldwide audience as hit company gets off the ground.
“Due to the costs of shipping and handling, we are mainly aimed at the UK community,” V said, adding that some of his line is inspired by DJs and the clubbing scene. “When we build a solid fan base, I’d like to make more designs suited to other countries. My plan is to save up enough money to get some T-shirts made and go to AnthroCon to see how they go.”
Saint Le Fur does have a selection of generic furry designs, such as the popular I (paw) NY illustration, that has already been seen in the United States at conventions and elsewhere. The creative team behind the company is always open to hearing about and seeing new design ideas for their apparel.
“Thinking of new ideas everyday and just jotting them down for future reference is amazing,” V said, admitting that relying on third-party manufacturers such as Street Shirts relinquishes control of the shirt quality, but not the designs. “We are soon to change this as we expand and sell more shirts. Right now we just aim to build up ground.”
Although Saint Le Fur is in its precarious early stages, V, like most upstart fashion designers, has lofty goals for his line.
“I’d like to have branded parties, fashion shows at conventions and having unknown artists within the fandom step up and collaborate with us,” described V on his eventual goals for Saint Le Fur. “In general though, I’d just like to see this company succeed and really see people wear our stuff and say it’s ‘pawesome!’”
To view Saint Le Fur’s current clothing line, visit their Street Shirts website at www.streetshirts.co.uk/SaintLeFur. For questions or more information, e-mail V at SaintLeFur@hotmail.co.uk.
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Who uses tabbed browsing anymore? Fayroe doesn’t. That’s for sure. Get with the times man.
News:- Japanese company developing brainwave-controlled cat ears
- Teenagers dressed as Easter bunnies turned away from zoo over fears they would cause animals ‘psychological damage’
- Florida passes bestiality bill; awaits Gov’s signature
- Furry News Network’s Markos Interviewed by Rochester 98.9FM The Breakfast Buzz
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- “History”
- “I’d love to have an Interview with Lupine Assassin, aks Allan Greenwald. The most hated furry in the fandom. Would this be a good idea?” (Fayroe)
- “Is it just me or do furries have more alternative political views than humans?” (JontheFox)
- “After saving up the necessary money, follow through with the idea that Mattox and Fayroe had of recording an interview with 2 the Ranting Gryphon.” (Inkfox)
- “Bestiality”
- Curious Mom – questions from a curious mom
- Arzet the Fox – Worst furry nightmare
- Skids – The light lavender snow leopard
- WizeNDeadly – 2 Questions!!!
- An Irish Lynx – Weird Dreams, HOW DO THEY STOP!
- Daze – Roleplaying, how does it work?
- fang – Furries make the theatre go
- inike – cheese
- Kanuin – Got Yiff?
- Clawdane – Win some, Lose some
- Ryolo – Ryolo, back again with updates!
- fatacus – (no subject)
- Kurogitsune – Holy s*** lucid dreaming
- Poizen – (no subject)
- Adolpho/CharleeSheen – My phantom shift
- Drayden Lycos – Josh’s unread email
- Asani Kunstenaar – Opinions on a furry Facebook group for my high school?
- Pallor – Lucid dreams, commissions and a great song
- Jose – Oh noes Satan!
FC-40 One Tab Man - Who uses tabbed browsing anymore? Fayroe doesn't. That's for sure. Get with the times man.
Who uses tabbed browsing anymore? Fayroe doesn’t. That’s for sure. Get with the times man.
News:- Japanese company developing brainwave-controlled cat ears
- Teenagers dressed as Easter bunnies turned away from zoo over fears they would cause animals ‘psychological damage’
- Florida passes bestiality bill; awaits Gov’s signature
- Furry News Network’s Markos Interviewed by Rochester 98.9FM The Breakfast Buzz
Download MP3:
98.9 Breakfast Buzz Markos Furry Interview
- “History”
- “I’d love to have an Interview with Lupine Assassin, aks Allan Greenwald. The most hated furry in the fandom. Would this be a good idea?” (Fayroe)
- “Is it just me or do furries have more alternative political views than humans?” (JontheFox)
- “After saving up the necessary money, follow through with the idea that Mattox and Fayroe had of recording an interview with 2 the Ranting Gryphon.” (Inkfox)
- “Bestiality”
- Curious Mom – questions from a curious mom
- Arzet the Fox – Worst furry nightmare
- Skids – The light lavender snow leopard
- WizeNDeadly – 2 Questions!!!
- An Irish Lynx – Weird Dreams, HOW DO THEY STOP!
- Daze – Roleplaying, how does it work?
- fang – Furries make the theatre go
- inike – cheese
- Kanuin – Got Yiff?
- Clawdane – Win some, Lose some
- Ryolo – Ryolo, back again with updates!
- fatacus – (no subject)
- Kurogitsune – Holy s*** lucid dreaming
- Poizen – (no subject)
- Adolpho/CharleeSheen – My phantom shift
- Drayden Lycos – Josh’s unread email
- Asani Kunstenaar – Opinions on a furry Facebook group for my high school?
- Pallor – Lucid dreams, commissions and a great song
- Jose – Oh noes Satan!
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Who uses tabbed browsing anymore? Fayroe doesn’t. That’s for sure. Get with the times man.
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News:
Download MP3:
98.9 Breakfast Buzz Markos Furry Interview
WikiFur article of the week:
- “History”
Topics Discussed (copied directly from Google Moderator):
- “I’d love to have an Interview with Lupine Assassin, aks Allan Greenwald. The most hated furry in the fandom. Would this be a good idea?” (Fayroe)
- “Is it just me or do furries have more alternative political views than humans?” (JontheFox)
- “After saving up the necessary money, follow through with the idea that Mattox and Fayroe had of recording an interview with 2 the Ranting Gryphon.” (Inkfox)
Additional Topics:
- “Bestiality”
Emails (Sender – Subject):
- Curious Mom – questions from a curious mom
- Arzet the Fox – Worst furry nightmare
- Skids – The light lavender snow leopard
- WizeNDeadly – 2 Questions!!!
- An Irish Lynx – Weird Dreams, HOW DO THEY STOP!
- Daze – Roleplaying, how does it work?
- fang – Furries make the theatre go
- inike – cheese
- Kanuin – Got Yiff?
- Clawdane – Win some, Lose some
- Ryolo – Ryolo, back again with updates!
- fatacus – (no subject)
- Kurogitsune – Holy s*** lucid dreaming
- Poizen – (no subject)
- Adolpho/CharleeSheen – My phantom shift
- Drayden Lycos – Josh’s unread email
- Asani Kunstenaar – Opinions on a furry Facebook group for my high school?
- Pallor – Lucid dreams, commissions and a great song
- Jose – Oh noes Satan!
Facebook Deleting ‘Non-Human’ Profiles
Facebook, you likely either love it or hate it. The social networking giant seems to have been conducting maintenance on its user accounts for a few years focused on accounts for pets or animals. Mainly this seems to be driven by the network’s security policies to keep users from hiding behind another personality and not showing a profile page.
Today some furs in the UK have been on Twitter saying that they have signed onto Facebook to find their accounts have been deleted. Most are assumed to have been using either fursona names or profile pictures of either their fursuit or character artwork.
Several groups have sprung up to petition against the site from taking down profiles which are based on pets (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=133690639974794&v=wall) and also other objects such as calculators and teddy bears (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2220851540&v=wall).
Although Facebook has no official policy regarding ‘non-human’ profile pages, the terms of the website ask that users “provide their real names and information” and also “not create more than one personal profile” (http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf) which is common among some furs to separate personal and furry lives apart.
If you have an account on Facebook, might be recommended to check what your name is and if it sounds realistic and everyday. Also be aware if your profile photos are all of character art or a Fursuit you might be more likely to catch the web moderators attention.
[Edit: One solution is to create a real user account, and then create a "fan page" for your Fursona or character. ]
One of those whose account was deleted, Axle Fox, was able to get his restored by giving Facebook his real name.
Alternative Furry Social Networks:
FurryUnited: http://www.furryunited.net (Twitter like site)
Furry4Life: http://furry4life.org/
FurNation: http://furnation.com/
MyFur: http://myfur.net/
FurBook: http://www.furbook.me/site/home.php
Furiends: http://www.furiends.com/ (Currently rebuilding)
FurSpace: http://www.furspace.com/
MyFursona: http://myfursona.com/register
Pounced: http://www.pounced.org/
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