SpinDizzy
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Subject | Furry |
Website | |
Server | muck.spindizzy.org port 7073 (TLS required) |
Operator(s) | Austin Dern, Ping, Lightspill |
Status | Ongoing |
Ran from/to | 1998 - present |
SpinDizzy is a MUCK (which is the successor to the former MUCK, Toons, Furr, and Fluff [TF&F]), which focuses on whimsical interaction, mostly between animal characters of varying levels of anthropomorphism.
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News[edit]
SpinDizzy has had a regularly published online newspaper for its entire existence, featuring its characteristic style of reporting.
The original version was titled @Action News, and ran from April 1998 to February 2010. It was edited for many years by Argon Hamilton.
Its successor, SpinDizzy News, is run by the following staff:[1]
- Skyler - Executive editor
- BunnyHugger - Managing editor
- Austin Dern - Reporter
According to the News credits page:
Anyone can be a reporter for the News by writing and submitting articles. |
Recurring events[edit]
SpinDizzy has several recurring events including its own set of holidays. Other non-holiday events include an Artist's Ambush (modeled off the one on FurryMUCK), Christmas Tree ceremonies, a World’s Fair, and Olympic games.
Holidays[edit]
Holiday | Date |
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Iceberg Day | 2nd Wednesday of January |
Hugging Day | February 9th |
Morality Day | 4th Monday of February |
Shiny Day | March 17th |
Love Day | April 10th |
Day of Remembrance | May 30th |
Festival of Cuteness | 3rd Tuesday of June |
Expanding Horizons Day | July 14th |
Jellicle Ball | August 1st |
Mecha Day | 3rd Sunday in August |
Founder's Day | September 28th |
Groovy Day | 2nd Monday in October |
National Horizontal Day | 3rd Thursday of November |
E-Holiday (Everything Day) | December 8th |
Staff[edit]
Wizards[edit]
- Austin Dern - Managing Editor, Helpstaff Lead
- Lightspill - Just greasing the wheels of reality!
- Ping - Cookie management. No, really!
Former wizards[edit]
- Featherwing
- B.J.
- Findra - Server administrator (to October 2011)
- Morticon - ServerAdmin/RP/Programming/NewChar/Help/Etc
- Nicole - MUF
- Peppermint
- Shadow
- Skyler - Helpstaff lead (to July 2013)
- Spaceroo
Helpstaff[edit]
- Beltrami - Building, Tinyplot Scenes, Other, Otherness
- BunnyHugger - Building, MUF, MPI, homes, local culture, etc.
- Dragoncat - Building, MUF/MPI, Minor in Character Descing
- fluffy - Building, MPI, mad science, laundry
- Kamare - Building, MPI, RP, A shoulder to lean on
- Sirianna
Former staff[edit]
- GreenKai - Building, MPI/MUF, Cheese/Carrots, Hugs/Fuzzles
- Niny'ah - Questions, RP assistance, minor in MPI and Descing
- Westly - Questions/RP Coaching/Dispute Resolution
Mayors[edit]
Mayor | Deputy mayor | Vice mayor | Inaugurated | Notes |
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Beltrami | Portia | N/A | December 19, 2007 | Mayor did not run for reelection. |
Jaxen | Kefan | N/A | February 18, 2010 | Mayor did not run for reelection. |
Enkeli | Lightspill | N/A | February 14, 2012 | Mayor resigned and deputy succeeded. |
Lightspill | kedra | N/A | September 19, 2012 | Mayor promoted to wizard and resigned mayorship; deputy succeeded. |
Chandra | N/A | N/A | 2012 | Mayor did not run for reelection. |
None | N/A | N/A | N/A | In January 2013 the electorate voted to vacate the position for one year. |
Jukka | N/A | Morticon | February 9, 2014 | Mayor did not run for reelection. |
Sirianna | N/A | Lightspill | February 22, 2015 | Did not run for reelection. |
Aldrinor | N/A | Kef | February 15, 2016 | Neither ran for reelection. |
Mako | N/A | Daisy | February 19, 2016 | Current |
See also[edit]
- Category:SpinDizzy wizards
- Category:SpinDizzy characters
- Notes on Spindizzy, TF&F, and Dreamtime by Austin Dern, and Spindizzy: A brief social history, by Chanspot, edited by Kinsor - SpinDizzy MUCK, luge n1 e5, op, 2, l list
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- SpinDizzy on Rhal's Furry MU*s Page )offline)
- @Action News Archives (old news site)