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Off-Topic Non Furry Discussion / Re: Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version
« on: June 06, 2009, 18:38:12 »Lots of good ones [as bad as it is at parts, be sure to watch all of it.]
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Lots of good ones [as bad as it is at parts, be sure to watch all of it.]
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Dealers Forum / Re: CF 2009 Dealers' den feedback
« on: June 03, 2009, 23:39:08 »
Obviously I'm not a dealer [though who knows how things will change in a year] but I think it was great [but then I have nothing to compare it to XD]
My only gripes were about:
- the size of the room [already solved for next year,]
- the heat of the room [I hear there will be more fans next time?]
- and the queuing to get in [the increase in room size should help to move things faster but there is still the issue of being stood in a very hot and sweaty corridor while you wait (hope that's solved) also it's hard to get out when you only have a single door. Would it be possible to arrange things so you que to enter one door and you exit another which leads back into the con so you don't have to push past?]
If it's possible [though I doubt any con does this for security reasons] could the den be more a part of the con itself, what I mean is that I feel it's unfair that the dealers are unable to take part in anything else that is going on because of being in there for so long.
My thoughts on that are:
1) Shifts? [So dealers can pick times to be there (doubt this is possible at all.)]
2) Monitors streaming the events [with so many camera's going around the con, would it be possible to set up some for of transmission so that people in the den can watch the events while not busy? If not live then as uncut video starting right after the event ends.]
3) Perhaps place it more central or in a less formal fashion [possibly a second semi-den in the new sites version of the Lobby?]
Just some things to liven things up for these wonderful people.
My only gripes were about:
- the size of the room [already solved for next year,]
- the heat of the room [I hear there will be more fans next time?]
- and the queuing to get in [the increase in room size should help to move things faster but there is still the issue of being stood in a very hot and sweaty corridor while you wait (hope that's solved) also it's hard to get out when you only have a single door. Would it be possible to arrange things so you que to enter one door and you exit another which leads back into the con so you don't have to push past?]
If it's possible [though I doubt any con does this for security reasons] could the den be more a part of the con itself, what I mean is that I feel it's unfair that the dealers are unable to take part in anything else that is going on because of being in there for so long.
My thoughts on that are:
1) Shifts? [So dealers can pick times to be there (doubt this is possible at all.)]
2) Monitors streaming the events [with so many camera's going around the con, would it be possible to set up some for of transmission so that people in the den can watch the events while not busy? If not live then as uncut video starting right after the event ends.]
3) Perhaps place it more central or in a less formal fashion [possibly a second semi-den in the new sites version of the Lobby?]
Just some things to liven things up for these wonderful people.
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Dealers Forum / Re: Need to find UltraViolet for Replacement my Print was Destroyed by my Dog
« on: June 03, 2009, 23:20:09 »19
Introduce Yourself / Re: hey everyone!
« on: June 03, 2009, 22:58:25 »It would certainly fit the theme.Well that settles it, the Doctor has to be next years GoH.We can't rule out the possibility of time traveling attendants.Hey there, this is my second time at Confuzzled, I hope you enjoy it, see you there ^_^
If it was your third, people would be asking questions
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Announcements (CF2008-CF2011) / Re: ConFuzzled Application (Events On Your Mobile)
« on: May 07, 2009, 00:38:42 »Samsung SGH-D500When it was back up I checked the app and had to change the hour to 0 to match the phone, but after 11 hours it's 2 mins ahead again. My guess is that whatever it's comparing it's time to is not the part of the clock the user sets [that doesn't run fast or slow] but rather some other part entirely that keeps running fast so that the longer the phone is left turned on, the further ahead it will get.An offset of zero is normal for a UK phone (that's not running Windows Mobile).
Or at least that's my best guess.... I mean, it was minutes ahead but hours behind before the crash *shrugs*
I'm fairly certain that this behaviour is something to do with your phone (or rather your model of phone). The app we supply doesn't keep track of the current time. Periodically it asks "What's the time Mr. Phone?", adds the time zone offset (constant) and displays it on the screen. Once the con starts it also updates the now and next event list. But it isn't storing or incrementing the time anywhere.
You may find the phone model printed on a label under the battery along with a bunch of other gobbledygook like the phones IMEI and such.
I really don't get this at all, whatever part of the phone it's talking to is clearly messed up. It was 6 mins fast just now, then I turned off and checked the model and now I've turned it back on it's actually 1 min slow [00:33 instead of 00:34.]
===edit===
In the time taken to type this it's reached 1 min fast status.
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Announcements (CF2008-CF2011) / Re: ConFuzzled Application (Events On Your Mobile)
« on: May 06, 2009, 15:26:57 »
My phone glitched last night and restarted itself, from the welcome screen I'd guess it's a Samsung D500.
When it was back up I checked the app and had to change the hour to 0 to match the phone, but after 11 hours it's 2 mins ahead again. My guess is that whatever it's comparing it's time to is not the part of the clock the user sets [that doesn't run fast or slow] but rather some other part entirely that keeps running fast so that the longer the phone is left turned on, the further ahead it will get.
Or at least that's my best guess.... I mean, it was minutes ahead but hours behind before the crash *shrugs*
When it was back up I checked the app and had to change the hour to 0 to match the phone, but after 11 hours it's 2 mins ahead again. My guess is that whatever it's comparing it's time to is not the part of the clock the user sets [that doesn't run fast or slow] but rather some other part entirely that keeps running fast so that the longer the phone is left turned on, the further ahead it will get.
Or at least that's my best guess.... I mean, it was minutes ahead but hours behind before the crash *shrugs*
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Announcements (CF2008-CF2011) / Re: ConFuzzled Application (Events On Your Mobile)
« on: May 05, 2009, 21:35:39 »They only appear on the appropriate day of the con - you won't see them yet (unless you bodge your phone's date). Have a look at the user guide.Ah, thanks.
The event gets truncated to fit the width of your phone's display and whatever font it's using. It's doing it's best to show as much as it can on one line. And no, it doesn't scroll sideways.
That I can't explain. The app always asks the phone for the current time, and doesn't keep track of it itself.
Ok.
Now it's 11-12 mins fast.... this is very strange.
It's a Samsung [not sure how to find the model number] on O2.
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Announcements (CF2008-CF2011) / Re: ConFuzzled Application (Events On Your Mobile)
« on: May 05, 2009, 20:04:18 »
Managed to get it installed on my phone, though not sure if it's working right.
1) When you say faved events will show on the main page does that just refer to them gaining a heart icon on the event listing page for that day or something else? That's all I get.
2) I don't see all the text about an event name on the listing as it goes off the screen with no scroll option [but it's fine on the details page.]
3) The current time is acting strange, I had to set it to -5 hours to get it to match the time on my phone and even then it's wrong as for some reason it's running 7 minutes faster than my phone is.
===edit==
Ok... now it's 10 mins faster...
1) When you say faved events will show on the main page does that just refer to them gaining a heart icon on the event listing page for that day or something else? That's all I get.
2) I don't see all the text about an event name on the listing as it goes off the screen with no scroll option [but it's fine on the details page.]
3) The current time is acting strange, I had to set it to -5 hours to get it to match the time on my phone and even then it's wrong as for some reason it's running 7 minutes faster than my phone is.
===edit==
Ok... now it's 10 mins faster...
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Introduce Yourself / Re: About time I said hi.
« on: February 23, 2009, 20:06:12 »
Thanks, I'm sure it will be very enjoyable for all who attend.
Now to just find a job so that I can still attend.
Now to just find a job so that I can still attend.
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Off-Topic Furry Discussion / I think I broke my account
« on: February 20, 2009, 09:32:10 »
I've recently made myself a new email address to go with the name change and I updated it here in my registration details... well now I can't log in because I just get the following screen:
Registration disabled
Sorry, registration is disabled for the convention right now.
Registration disabled
Sorry, registration is disabled for the convention right now.
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Off-Topic Furry Discussion / Re: How do you discover the furry fandom?
« on: January 22, 2009, 21:52:29 »
This is taken from a journal on my old FA page.
Additional: My new name comes from being tired of the instant stereotyping that happens when people read a name like lonewolf, they just assume things about your personality [which were true before (see above) but not anymore
]
As such I decided to pick a new name, this came from my love of the Japanese language and Autumn being my favourite season. Akinokaze means Wind of Autumn [or can be shortened to Autumn Wind, though the correct word for that would be Akikaze.]
Though a friend came up with the nickname of Kino [key-no] from that which I quite like too ^_^
More than was asked for but meh XD
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Ok, :iconLouiefurrywolfy: posted a journal about fursona body image [go read it,] which got me to writing a quick comment about where my fursona came from..... which turned into a 1204 word essay about my life..... read at your own peril.=============================================
I started out with an on-line MUD called Achaea back in 97 when I was 12, I played this game till late 2001/early 2002 as a gamut of characters with very similar names (rogue, highlander and desease [yes I know that was spelt wrong] were some of them.)
I started out with these names because I was very isolated in highschool [12 is around the start of UK highschool] and I was used to it, so my RP naturally followed that. When I quit playing it was because is I burned out and bored (I'd been playing all these throwaway characters and just got sick of keeping up with all of the lies used to keep them in RP.)
Come march 2003, I return to the game [not sure what drove this] and picked a name based on my old pattern, that of Lonewolf (a member of the tiger-like humanoid race the Rajamala. [The name was never intended as meaning that I was a “Lone Wolf.”]) This time I decided to simply play as myself, no RP except for what fits the world itself. I would only play it how I felt I'd react, rather than to whatever RP-related stereotypes existed in relation to my class, race or city.
And I enjoyed myself, I started to open up [the shit I went through in highschool had emotionally destroyed me, before returning to the game I was basically only able to express anger and sadness.]
Working through the scenarios presented to my character the way that I would respond to them allowed me to rediscover things about myself and to understand myself better [for instance, during a test I was given in a martial-arts guild I was in I was asked what my feelings were about the importance of respect. Now I could have just stated what I thought they wanted to hear, but instead I thought about it. It resulted in a rather long explanation of why I believe that no-one deserves respect, they can only earn it through their actions as many who would be considered as deserving of your respect through their position, have never actively done a thing to earn that respect, and may even do things to lose the respect forever.] Over time this really helped me and was further helped by the friendship of Zen and Icelyon (without whom, I seriously doubt I'd be here today.)
I'm not sure when I entered the furry fandom as a noticeable person (faving, commenting, etc) but it was after I'd started Lonewolf [though I'd actually discovered furry by accident in 2001 when I was 16, while looking for art of werewolves using a word taken from sonic books and Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, that of "anthropomorphic." Which led me to the, now long vanished, heterosexual site “The Temple of Lunar” and the works of Gregg Panovich, K9 and Frank Gembeck.]
It was also after I'd become bisexual, though before I was gay. Yes, you read that right, I actually was each of these, there was no denial involved these are actually accurate. I was 100% straight till I was 16/17 (absolutely no interest in men at all.) After finding furry, and its over abundance of adult works, I started becoming interested in men. When I first found furry I'd only look at the clean works, then being a horny teen, I started looking at the adult works, but only the lesbian stuff (the straight stuff was a turn-off [why do straight guys like to see another guys dick when having sex with a woman?]) Then, over time, I started throwing in some straight stuff (cause I no-longer found it weird.)
Over time I started to become interested in guys as well, by 18 I came out as being Bi with a female preference (roughly 1:4,) by 19 I was Bi with a male preference (roughly 3:2,) and by 20 I was 100% gay. (So anyone who says your sexuality doesn't change, they're wrong.)
Anyway, when I decided to enter the fandom I needed a name. Well, I'd already gotten an email address, I was already known in a game, so I thought, “Screw it, I'll just call myself Lonewolf Achaea.”
That's how my name came about, the fursona however is separate and came a while later after I first started playing Furcadia. I actually started Lonewolf off as the feline species there, matching from Achaea. Later I decided it would be more fitting to actually choose an animal that I felt shared similar attributes to me through its personality.
I'm a fighter, but only when I have to be. I'm fiercely loyal to my friends and will protect them any way I can. I can be perfectly content to be alone, but I'm happier when in a group. To my mind this left only two immediate options, a Lion [for their Prides,] or a Wolf [for their Packs,] and I've always had an affinity for Canines. That, is how my anthro-wolf self came about, not because of my name or the prevalence of wolves in the fandom, but from careful thinking. The scars are just more prominent versions of scars I actually have [for instance, the eye scar, is merely an eye-brow scar on me,] the hair is the same as mine and the main colouring is based on the European wolf to reflect where I come from.
As for my other forms, the eastern-dragon came next. I decided to get Icelyon and Zen a gift as a thankyou for their friendship and I knew how much they liked “Spirited Away”. So I came up with an idea of the two of them riding dragon-Haku over a river, I tried to draw it myself and sucked royally.... so I commissioned Greenmonkey ^_^. During the sketching phase I thought about how similar his face was to that of a wolf and came up with the idea of Lonewolf being able to become an eastern dragon. Then all that remained was to add the facial scar and colour him using European wolf based colours.
Third and fourth came at the same time. My human and non-anthro-wolf solves are a result of watching Wolf's Rain and loving the very idea of the series, besides, simply put, why shouldn't you use yourself as well? Humans are animals too. [A recent change I've made to fourth form is to give him forward-pointing 7-shaped horns. This is based on the wolf-like creatures in “Monster Rancher.” He has now become “for the most part” just a differently coloured version of the character “Tiger of the Wind.”]
Fifth [and last,] we have my anthro-dragon-wolf self. This came as a result of my imagining a looping animation of my fursona shifting between his various forms and a fluid movement sequence and it simply clicked. I won't describe the animation in detail, as I have yet to find someone to make it, but I will say the order. Human > anthro-wolf > non-anthro-wolf > eastern dragon > anthro-dragon-wolf > human.
And that's it, that's where my name, personality, sexuality and fursona's come from ^_^;
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Additional: My new name comes from being tired of the instant stereotyping that happens when people read a name like lonewolf, they just assume things about your personality [which were true before (see above) but not anymore
]As such I decided to pick a new name, this came from my love of the Japanese language and Autumn being my favourite season. Akinokaze means Wind of Autumn [or can be shortened to Autumn Wind, though the correct word for that would be Akikaze.]
Though a friend came up with the nickname of Kino [key-no] from that which I quite like too ^_^
More than was asked for but meh XD
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Introduce Yourself / About time I said hi.
« on: January 22, 2009, 21:17:57 »
Hello everyone, just thought I'd say hi now that I've changed the name I go by [and seeing as it's been a few months since I registered for the con .]
I'm Akinokaze now, I used to be Lonewolf Achaea.
I'd been thinking of having a change for a while now and with Confuzzled only a few months away I thought it best to take care of that now so that people who know (of) me will be have time to get used to the new name.
.]I'm Akinokaze now, I used to be Lonewolf Achaea.
I'd been thinking of having a change for a while now and with Confuzzled only a few months away I thought it best to take care of that now so that people who know (of) me will be have time to get used to the new name.
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