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Easter weekend in Atlanta is Frolicon Weekend.  Frolicon is an alternative convention which celebrates BDSM and Kink along with Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

Over the past few years, they have been very friendly with the Atlanta Furry community, and have offered a panel where well respected members of the Atlanta Furry community come and explain what furry is.  During those panels, it is made clear that while some people bring a fetish aspect to Furry, that it is not all about sex.

Well, the “Regular Guys” did it again. Just like with their “Undercover” bit on Furry Weekend Atlanta, they had one of their people “Seabaz” go to the convention where he recorded audio and took photographs. During the replay of this, it pointed out that the same furries that were pissed at them for breaking in to Furry Weekend Atlanta were hosting the Furry Panel at Frolicon.

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Encyclopedia Dramatica, bane of all Furries, is no more forever, says primary contributor Sherrod DeGrippo.

ED was not necessarily an unbiased or even readable source of information, but it also distilled the culture surrounding memes and internet humor in all its unapologetic, hateful, dramatic, anti-everything glory. (As it was near impossible to single out the site as being offensive to a single group, as it made horrific fun of everyone from gay people, black people, old people, emo people, Jewish people,  fat people and Furries equally- it still was the target of some banhammers, big government ones, too.)

The site that formerly cataloged the wealth of drama and attention whores on the internet now redirects to a sanitized, entirely different site called OhInternet. DeGrippo cites an impetus to move away from the racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia and offensive graphic pornography that defined the old site:

DeGrippo says that the biggest difference between OhInternet and Dramatica is that the new site has moved towards “a more toned down content style and a streamlined design: Shock for shock’s sake is old at this point and we’re looking forward to the future and how things are evolving … when you put user experience first, the language becomes highly important and that’s what we’ve done.”

With a more toned down, work safe site, OhInternet is now open for monetization – generating advertising revenue through programs ED would have previously been barred from.  Advertisers often have strict rules regulating where their advertisements can appear.  With the hate that ED was known for, no advertiser would have touched the site.

ED’s fanbase doesn’t seem to be easily converting to the newer, friendlier version of ED, and Geekosystem reports that OhInternet’s Facebook page was littered with offensive, pornographic comments in response to the new site. Will you be sad to see the horribly offensive site go, or did you have secret lulz when browsing its salacious pages?

Several fans of ED have gotten a copy of the backup and are trying to revive the site at Encyclopediadramatica.ch.  There are several other ‘mirror’ sites going up with the same backup. It is our hope that DeGrippo will opt to take action to keep these sites offline.

[EDIT: Encyclopedia Dramatica as owned and run by Sherrod DeGrippo is gone. As stated above, there are groups trying to bring versions back. I seriously doubt they will be able to maintain these copies for any significant time. ED went through many legal battles and faced large hosting bills each month. It is doubtful anyone really wants shoulder the legal and financial responsibility for a true rebirth of the site. The LULz are fun when you are not the one trying to pay the bills that they generate.

The idententity of the individual in question has been posted at this blog "There Is No Joseph Evers" and there are several DOX sites that have sprang up.  This is NOT the same ED that resided at encyclopediadramatica.com - it is a copy, and an incomplete one at that.]

OhInternet’s page on Furries: http://ohinternet.com/Furries

OhInternet’s page on WikiFur: http://ohinternet.com/WikiFur

OhInternet’s page on FurAffinity: http://ohinternet.com/Furaffinity

Other sources:

Gawker

Geekosystem

Wikipedia

 

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No lie! The UK Soccer star dons an Easter Bunny costume to surprise his family.

Tweets came from Victoria Beckham…

https://twitter.com/#!/victoriabeckham/status/62236067528589312
https://twitter.com/#!/victoriabeckham/status/62268242105864193

While we realize he’s not a furry, it’s still cool.  Wonder how he enjoyed the experience?

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Growing up in the 70′s, there were lots of interesting things on television.  One program I remember above all others was the Banana Splits show.  This was designed by Sid & Marty Kroft and was produced and distributed by Hannah Barbera.

This is the reason I fell in love with the with Fursuits.  I wanted to have as much fun as these guys did!

Let me introduce you to the Banana Splits! The main characters were Fleegle, a beagle; Bingo, a gorilla; Drooper, a lion, and Snorky (called “Snork” in the theme song lyrics), an elephant. Fleegle would assume the role as leader of the Banana Splits and preside at club meetings. The characters were played by actors in fleecy costumes similar to later Sid and Marty Krofft characters such as H.R. Pufnstuf. They all spoke in English (Drooper with a Southern drawl), except for Snorky who “spoke” in honking noises.

The Tra-La-La song is still as infectious today as it was in 1967.

Version #2

The 2008 Revival of the show

So, what sparked YOUR interest in Furries? Comment below!

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Voting has closed for the 2011 Ursa Major Awards, celebrating all your favorite furry stuff from 2010. Can’t tell you who won yet — that’ll be announced at a special awards ceremony at Morphicon, taking place May 12th through 15th in Columbus, Ohio. Definitely looks as if there will be some surprises though! We can tell you that this year over 1,300 fur fans from around the world took part in voting for their favorite furry-themed movies, TV series, comic strips, games, and more. That’s a growth of more than 200 voters from last year! As usual, visit the Ursa Major Awards web site to find out more about the award winners and nominees, past and present.

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Dear Princess Celestia,

Today I learned that starting out new endeavors with your friends is both fun and challenging. Every new experience is a chance to grow and discover yourself. And this is especially true when you have friends who are willing to help out even if it may be a little right around the edges.

I would like to thank Chef Sandy, Doral, and Keb for jumping into the show this week. And the show is a learning process – we had a while 23 episodes to cover in one show. Give us some time, fellow bronies.

Logo belongs to the internet and the awesome people in it.

Intro music is The Friends Forever Mix by Chain Algorithm (youtube)

Outtro music is Fluttershy’s Lullaby by BandPuffs (youtube)

Sleep well, bronies.

Find the full article here: BronyShow

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This week on KnotCast, its all about the crazy. High bars are set this week for crazy, and Savrin, Fuzz, and Shiva read them as a warning to all.

We also memorialize the Cat of Hate, Lilly, who died tuesday. Her random meowing on the podcast will be missed. Haters gonna hate, but she was the best at it.

This weeks songs are
‘Apple Skytree’ and ‘She’s Just a DJ Unicorn’ by Sci & Chain Algorithm

Use our coupon code ‘knot’ at AdamEve.com for a great deal

Episode 137 – Sticking It In Crazy (AAC; 23.7 MB)
Episode 137 – Sticking It In Crazy (MP3; 56.2 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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This week on KnotCast, its all about the crazy. High bars are set this week for crazy, and Savrin, Fuzz, and Shiva read them as a warning to all. We also memorialize the Cat of Hate, Lilly, who died tuesday. Her random meowing on the podcast will be missed. Haters gonna hate, but she was the best at it. This weeks songs are 'Apple Skytree' and 'She's Just a DJ Unicorn' by Sci & Chain Algorithm Use our coupon code 'knot' at AdamEve.com for a great deal Episode 137 - Sticking It In Crazy

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In other news, the GID is up today after some comments on a porn website, bumped the already over exaggerated thumbnail to the top of the list, causing a massive Gideon tag surge. Investors still continue for their goals, hopefully not over 5 feet for this month.

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News:

• Self Professed Furry Charged Xbox Live Child Abuse
• Terror In Our Schools: School Mascot Fails Way Into Assembly
• Why Furries Are The Happiest People On Earth
• Teddy Bears Soften Pain of Social Exclusion

WikiFur article of the week:

• “Scalies”

Topics Discussed (copied directly from Google Moderator):

• “Why do so many furs seem to feel compelled to “come out” about being furry? (This is based on the sheer number of emails relating to that topic that FurCast receives)” (Chance)
• “Hello, I am planning on being a band director. Can the furry lifestyle/culture harmful one who wishes to be a HS/College teacher, I would not want a school administrator seeing me bounce around in a fursuit at a meet and fire me because of it.” (Bassoonwolf)
• “What was your first FurCon like? Include hotel conditions, people stayed with, and what not. Question thought up by Wolfie in the chatroom Shout out to all Buffalo furries!” (JontheFox)
• “What are the pros and cons to living in a real life wolf pack?” (Meep)

Emails (Sender – Subject):

• Pynk Lavender the Alaskan Malamute – “The friendly pink Alaskan malamute returns to Furcast for answers…”
• Puzzle the Cheetah – “My Balls – They are broken…”
• Killer The Orca – “New furry”
• Mike – “What should I call this?”
• Ani – “Crap, I can’t think of a catchy title….”
• Tidbits – “The Furry nation”
• Nick – “you can’t spell class without ass”
• Leon J Felon – “to thank you for the pages you’ve added to my book of life”
• Tyler – “Pockets Full of The “Fuck That” Coin”
• Blueblaze the wolfdragon – “A question shoutout and a lovely ending”
• Alex F. Vance – “Bad Dog Book Club Podcast”
• Anonymous – “All goes well :3″
• Firehawk – “day 100…to furcast”
• Your friendly Midwestern raccopard – “Hugs band a thank you”
• Nekochen – “Yay ^^”
• Leon J Fellon – “(no subject)”
• Landon Ookami – “How Landon Ookami fell into furry”
• Killer – “A little help”
• Gregory – “update.”
• Brian – “thank u so much”
• Alex Bogart – “Music. Sex and Stuff.”

FC-38 The Gideon Stock Market - In other news, the GID is up today after some comments on a porn website, bumped the already over exaggerated thumbnail to the top of the list, causing a massive Gideon tag surge. Investors still continue for their goals,

In other news, the GID is up today after some comments on a porn website, bumped the already over exaggerated thumbnail to the top of the list, causing a massive Gideon tag surge. Investors still continue for their goals, hopefully not over 5 feet for this month.

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News:

• Self Professed Furry Charged Xbox Live Child Abuse
• Terror In Our Schools: School Mascot Fails Way Into Assembly
• Why Furries Are The Happiest People On Earth
• Teddy Bears Soften Pain of Social Exclusion

WikiFur article of the week:

• “Scalies”

Topics Discussed (copied directly from Google Moderator):

• “Why do so many furs seem to feel compelled to “come out” about being furry? (This is based on the sheer number of emails relating to that topic that FurCast receives)” (Chance)
• “Hello, I am planning on being a band director. Can the furry lifestyle/culture harmful one who wishes to be a HS/College teacher, I would not want a school administrator seeing me bounce around in a fursuit at a meet and fire me because of it.” (Bassoonwolf)
• “What was your first FurCon like? Include hotel conditions, people stayed with, and what not. Question thought up by Wolfie in the chatroom Shout out to all Buffalo furries!” (JontheFox)
• “What are the pros and cons to living in a real life wolf pack?” (Meep)

Emails (Sender – Subject):

• Pynk Lavender the Alaskan Malamute – “The friendly pink Alaskan malamute returns to Furcast for answers…”
• Puzzle the Cheetah – “My Balls – They are broken…”
• Killer The Orca – “New furry”
• Mike – “What should I call this?”
• Ani – “Crap, I can’t think of a catchy title….”
• Tidbits – “The Furry nation”
• Nick – “you can’t spell class without ass”
• Leon J Felon – “to thank you for the pages you’ve added to my book of life”
• Tyler – “Pockets Full of The “Fuck That” Coin”
• Blueblaze the wolfdragon – “A question shoutout and a lovely ending”
• Alex F. Vance – “Bad Dog Book Club Podcast”
• Anonymous – “All goes well :3″
• Firehawk – “day 100…to furcast”
• Your friendly Midwestern raccopard – “Hugs band a thank you”
• Nekochen – “Yay ^^”
• Leon J Fellon – “(no subject)”
• Landon Ookami – “How Landon Ookami fell into furry”
• Killer – “A little help”
• Gregory – “update.”
• Brian – “thank u so much”
• Alex Bogart – “Music. Sex and Stuff.”

FC-38 The Gideon Stock Market - In other news, the GID is up today after some comments on a porn website, bumped the already over exaggerated thumbnail to the top of the list, causing a massive Gideon tag surge. Investors still continue for their goals,

In other news, the GID is up today after some comments on a porn website, bumped the already over exaggerated thumbnail to the top of the list, causing a massive Gideon tag surge. Investors still continue for their goals, hopefully not over 5 feet for this month.

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News:

• Self Professed Furry Charged Xbox Live Child Abuse

http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/04/self-professed-furry-charged-xbox-live-child-abuse/

• Terror In Our Schools: School Mascot Fails Way Into Assembly

http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/04/terror-schools-mascot-fai/

• Why Furries Are The Happiest People On Earth

http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/04/furries-happiest-people-earth/

• Teddy Bears Soften Pain of Social Exclusion

http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/teddy-bears-soften-pain-of-social-exclusion-30208/

 

WikiFur article of the week:

• “Scalies”

 

Topics Discussed (copied directly from Google Moderator):

• “Why do so many furs seem to feel compelled to “come out” about being furry? (This is based on the sheer number of emails relating to that topic that FurCast receives)” (Chance)
• “Hello, I am planning on being a band director. Can the furry lifestyle/culture harmful one who wishes to be a HS/College teacher, I would not want a school administrator seeing me bounce around in a fursuit at a meet and fire me because of it.” (Bassoonwolf)
• “What was your first FurCon like? Include hotel conditions, people stayed with, and what not. Question thought up by Wolfie in the chatroom Shout out to all Buffalo furries!” (JontheFox)
• “What are the pros and cons to living in a real life wolf pack?” (Meep)

 

Emails (Sender – Subject):

• Pynk Lavender the Alaskan Malamute – “The friendly pink Alaskan malamute returns to Furcast for answers…”
• Puzzle the Cheetah – “My Balls – They are broken…”
• Killer The Orca – “New furry”
• Mike – “What should I call this?”
• Ani – “Crap, I can’t think of a catchy title….”
• Tidbits – “The Furry nation”
• Nick – “you can’t spell class without ass”
• Leon J Felon – “to thank you for the pages you’ve added to my book of life”
• Tyler – “Pockets Full of The “Fuck That” Coin”
• Blueblaze the wolfdragon – “A question shoutout and a lovely ending”
• Alex F. Vance – “Bad Dog Book Club Podcast”
• Anonymous – “All goes well :3″
• Firehawk – “day 100…to furcast”
• Your friendly Midwestern raccopard – “Hugs band a thank you”
• Nekochen – “Yay ^^”
• Leon J Fellon – “(no subject)”
• Landon Ookami – “How Landon Ookami fell into furry”
• Killer – “A little help”
• Gregory – “update.”
• Brian – “thank u so much”
• Alex Bogart – “Music. Sex and Stuff.”

FC-38 The Gideon Stock Market - In other news, the GID is up today after some comments on a porn website, bumped the already over exaggerated thumbnail to the top of the list, causing a massive Gideon tag surge. Investors still continue for their goals,

"When first-time visitors arrive in Japan, a few things they may
notice right off the bat include the juxtaposition of the high-tech
and the ancient, the unfailing politeness of locals, and a curious
fixation with cuteness — to wit, all the cute mascots that promote
regions, historic sites, local specialties and events, the police, you

The Olympic games are headed for London, England and so are Mario and Sonic. ega and Nintendo have announced Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo 3DS. The game will likely launch around the same time tha the Olympics kick off though specific launch details have not been revealed.

The new game will allow players to participate in over 50 Olympic sports using characters from the casts of both iconic series. Other than the game's existance, no other information has been released as you will see in the press release on the next page... but at least we know 2 of the games for Nintendo's platforms that we will likely see on display at E3.

Indie developer Hothead Games surprised people with the simultaneous announcement and release of its newest game today, Bunny the Zombie Slayer for iOS.
Appropriately enough for Easter, you play as a bunny who shoots eggs at attacking zombies. The debut trailer makes it look like a combination of Plants vs. Zombies (in that there are zombies shambling across someone's yard from right to left) and Angry Birds (you fling eggs, slingshot-style, to take out your enemies).

The developer offered up the following description: "You control a heroic bunny, who must protect children searching for his eggs from waves of Zombie Hordes. These once-deceased characters (nurses, businessmen, cheerleaders and more) will stop at nothing to take what is most precious from these young ovo-searchers. Using the Bunny?s weapon of choice, brightly colored eggs, you can unleash a yolky fury to dismember and decapitate the undead. Aim for the head!"