AFD News Volume 2 Issue 19

Announcements

Maxx Pollare celebrated a Fruiting Day on Feb. 27!!!

Software by Forfaox

Forfaox finally finished an upgrade of their dragon code reader. It's now ready for version 2.6, and should produce better results than the old version. You might've used the old version, but you'll like this one better ;)

J'Karrah blooms!

J'Karrah EbonDragon comments that spring is just a few short weeks away and she'd downloaded some really neat new brushes for Photoshop which lets her make a bunch of seaside wildflowers! http://ebondragon.com/

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Apples, Pears, Tomatoes...

Pyros Rutilicus posted that those who have been at AFD a long while are sometimes referred to as "fruits" or Olde Fruites" for reasons that have long since disappeared from memory. One's "fruiting day" is the anniversary of one's first post to AFD. Rai added an alternative definition, that if one subscribes to the 'fruitiness is a state of mind' idea rather than a purely temporal measure, when one realises one is part of the furniture.

Serpentine Insomnia

Hex, returning after a short absence commented on the sheer volume of traffic in Alfandra, wondering if residents ever slept. Lord Flame Stryke said that of course we sleep. Sometimes we sleep less and other times we sleep more. He added the Palladium Books version on dragon sleeping patterns. Because a dragon sometimes needs to be up constantly for weeks or even months at a time with little or no sleep, they take time when they're not involved with anything to sleep as much as they can. However, for some dragons, that just isn't possible, since there's never a time when they're not involved in anything.

Hex was just wondering what everyone would include if Alfandra had a time capsule and then buried it in a lair hidden for many eons. What would dragons and friends of dragons include? For himself, bagpipes would be there. His TRF dragon picture would also appear and the final item would be his "cleaner's" guild badge (read assassin). All say something of the dragon named Hex.
Sun and Moon

Lord Flame Stryke, wanting to share the important things with the ages said it was a tough question. He'd add something of his magic, but since that's part of him he couldn't even put in a book of spells. He'd also add something about his mate, but has mothing but memories of her.

In the last anlysis, he really couldn't think of anything to add. The only thing he really could say, the only thing that he has here and now that means anything to him, are his friends. So he'd get a huge group picture of all his friends and add that. He'd also add a complete message history of Here to let people know who we were and how we got along, and yes, even the trolls to show what we had to overcome, yet still we stayed together.

Editorial

Pyros Rutilicus says, "As in any group, people will occasionally argue. Sadly, this tends to come up every so often - someone gets fed up with whatever disagreements they've been in, and post something along the lines of "You all hate me, so I'm leaving." In every instance of such I can remember, I haven't seen anything to cause it from the group as a whole; rather, it is the result of one or two disagreements with individuals. Frequently a lot of the arguments occur off of AFD, either on another group or on the MUCK or elsewhere, meaning that the bulk of the AFD population is even more clueless about the causes. In addition, it is often simply a cry for attention. Sorry to sound so cynical, but after seeing the same pattern multiple times, it's hard not to be."

Bunch of Different Seahorses Together

Rai also comments, "I've always been a bit disgruntled with this idea that people=humans. If I /meant/humans, I'd say so -- to me, "people" is an inclusive rather than exclusive term. Anyone, no matter what race, is a person, so long as they exhibit some faint spark of individuality. 'Tis that, not our genes, that makes us such, IMHO."

Paid for by Digital Dragon: I have a bunch of Seattle Dragons shirts for sale in an assortment odd sizes. The artwork was done by our very own and lovable Malystryxx. These are limited edition shirts so they're available while stock last. I've taken a few snaps of the shirt, and I have the original work, on display here: http://digi.silverlight.org/
gatherpix (feel free to download the dragon screensaver while you are there:)

For those of you that are interested in acquiring one of these masterpieces of wearable art, the prices are as follows: $19 for Large and X-Large, $21 for XXL and XXXL. Sorry, but I didn't have any mediums or smalls made due to cost and the limited amount of medium and small dragons in the area ;P

I can accept PayPal, money order and personal checks (or cash if you happen to live in the area and I don't know about you yet :). Please - no credit card transactions! I can't accept them - not even through PayPal. To contact me about the shirts please write to me at digidrak@yahoo.com.

Testimonial by Eredien: Maly does wonderful shirts. I haven't seen these designs personally, but I have another shirt that she did for me and ordered one for my mate Arcturax a few months ago, and both of us are very pleased. She takes great care in creating them and even includes a special little instruction booklet telling you how to take care of them so the transfer doesn't wear off when you wash. They're very high-quality, unique, and a lot of fun. So get a shirt!

All Hail Forfaox , the Helpful Lurking Dragon, for making possible the tracking of statistics!


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