Welcome to the NEW Forum Newsletter! Newsletter Classic, written by the great `conorschild, is no more: Get with the times!

The New Forum Newsletter, while updated just as often and hopefully just as well, has a new face behind the magic. We will still provide you with just as much amusement as before, and if not; may the April Fools mudkips eat us all.




The Forum News
Prince-Charles' "Inappropriate" Thread
What IS an erection, then? was =Prince-Charles complaint on pornographic material he found on dA that, when reported, was determined to be perfectly fine.

However, =Prince-Charles thread was later locked by @Stykera, because of the explicit sexual images Charles linked to, all of which were approved deviations.

"The forums really aren't the place to discuss explicit sexual states or link to photos of them."

THE IRON, IT IS IRONY!


A New Look for dAmn
This month, dAmn got a new look! How drastic, exactly? Fellow forumers, we're talking about ROUNDED EDGES.

I think it's time we give dA a big hug for this amazing improvement.

Oh, and dAmn doesn't work for a lot more people now that this brighter, rounded version has been released. But, just look at it as positively as possible: No more ouchies on sharp corners.


Mudkipz?!
dA played an April Fools joke on us all when they changed all avatars to mudkips on April 1st. While most users - particularly forumers - caught on quickly as to what day it was, there were some that didn't.

This lead to a massive amount of horrible threads by newbies everywhere.

Post-Mudkips, some users saved their avatar and chose to keep it. While this was funny at first, in the end, it has only lead to massive lameness, and much confusion over who was who, and where some people went.


=BlauerAuss is a lesbian.
She is, you know.


Transsexuals are having babies!
ZOMGNOWAI. D:
Thomas Beatie was born biologically female, had sex reassignment surgery, and is now legally male. When his wife, Nancy, was unable to have children, Thomas, who still has female genitalia, decided he’d carry their baby himself. And thus became the world’s first pregnant man.
Certainly it's no shock that this was a hot topic amongst the forums, especially after Beatie's appearance on Oprah. It quickly became a dead panda.
Related Threads: [link] [link] [link]


Slolly...?
Oh, yes.
~Slolly-part-tres is here.
!Slolly was known to be a quaint British gentleman of a troll, very respectable in his days. Disliked (as can be expected) by the staff, he surely wont be here long.
It would appear that, this time 'round, he is psychic in addition to British.
You've been warned.
Keep an eye out for the British plz, if you see it in this newsletter, it means it's ~Slolly-part-tres at work!


Hawt ~mangachu X ~ImmortalEcstasyDream action!
They are a couple.
And nobody cares.
Video cameras are up and running, waiting to get in on the sexy action (for those who do care). Meet the British man in the smoggy alley at 3 AM sharp if you want a copy. Tell them Pedobear sent you. Bring cash.




Bannings

We lost !translation-lost this past month when they guaranteed themselves an instant ban: Linking to a certain ED article on pain, which included some of the internet's more foul images. !translation-lost was a bit of a troll in their time in the forums.

!tingy-tang's ban, while not confirmed, was almost certainly due to ban evading: We're looking at !translation-lost here, people.

!Albysan's ban was quite a shock: He linked to the Google image search result for "furry". While some were appalled by this ban, overall we can all agree it's one of the funnier ways to go. !Albysan wasn't liked by many in the threads; he had been a bit of a n00b pre-ban.




Forum Feature
~magmanorn!
~magmanorn has been a deviant since 2005, and quite active in the forums. You can see her quite a bit, and we felt it was her time to get some recognition. She has a gorgeous gallery that dabbles in quite a few mediums: paintings, literature, fanart, photography and more.

If you find her in the forums lately, you'd know she hates people with spectacles who don't wear them, and being confused.
To you, ~magmanorn



And, selected by our special guest:




Memes
Same old same old for memes. is going down in popularity, and it seems tl;dr may finally be dying in peace.

Baaaaaaaaw is still hella lame, with no sight of returning any time soon. It's still cool to point out dead horses and pandas.




Interview!
bohobella's interview with

It's a gorgeous, sunny day outside and the sheet of ice covering the French-Canadian lake has finally melted. While every other person is outside, I'm happily enjoying a morning of napping, foruming and eating Ben and Jerry's delightfully cherry Cherry Garcia ice cream.

As I'm just about to hit 'submit' on yet another Help Desk inquiry (no, seriously, I still don't know why there was all those mudkips ), I can't help but notice the sudden scent of marzipan that fills the air. Turning in my seat, leaving my oh-so urgent mudkips inquiry on hold, I'm face to face with a familiar gentleman: *Prince-des-Sots. Light glows off him and his delightfully curly hair - topped with a pirate hat, nonetheless.

Who wouldn't be excited? :devprice-des-sots: has been a famous face of the forums for some time. A member since June of 2006, Sots is known for his clever way of talking. Winner of n00b idol 2006 and nowadays a definite regular with over 25 000 forum posts (and yet, no pageviews), you too would more than certainly welcome him in your basement.

"Ben and Jerry are the ice cream masters. They do the great things and respect the famous dead with the flavors," *Prince-des-Sots begins to speak. Oh yes, he sounds just as poetic as you thought he would as he watches me hide my tub of ice cream.

He continues. "I know of a lady here who likes Cherry Garcia and it tastes sexy. I like the Chunky Monkey: explosion of banana bassoons and chocolate clarinets. Some day, I hope to find the flavors of emotions and concepts to use in such creams so that everyone could taste the world in a condensed state, in a way."

I can only blink at him. Looking back to my monitor, I see a tab with ~mangachu's page loaded. Right, the forum newsletter. I'm supposed to write that or something like that. Do an interview, was it? Maybe. I grabbed a nearby pencil.

"So, Sots, why'd you start foruming?"

"Okie day!" *Prince-des-Sots made himself comfortable on the folding chair left open by my side as he realized it was question time. A man as quirky as him was certainly used to questions. "I first came to the forums in order to use a mix of trolling and my usual, offline clowning in the forums as a way to stretch the anuses of tight asses here in order to help pave a way for a dA of open mindedness...a dA of fun since, at that time seemed quite hostile and elitist towards newcomers."

I could only nod as my paper filled up fast with Sots' fascinating story.

"Things changed drastically over time. I started to realized that they are one in the same, for the internet is just another facet of our consensus reality and my revolt of the mind upon such reality was now for the sake of all rather than just myself. The community as a whole started to grow on me until I fell in love unconditionally with it and I decided to act more as a gadfly with jests that were fueled by compassion and tolerance of intolerance rather than self-righteous hate that was just as elitist as my very stance against elitism."

"You've been here for a while," I remind him, "What are some good memories of here?"

"The plz holocaust ending was quite a happy time to me... For a while. Used to be so daring posting with one's favorites before they were banned until they became 'allowed'. It's still fun to use them once in a while as emotes for more unique situations. Just doesn't make one feel like the master criminal," :devprince-des-sot: admits, "My memories are a bit runny with only tender chunks of less dramatic moments here and there, unfortunately."

I quickly launch Sots' page and take a look at it, hunting for inspiration. "How's life by the sea?"

"Oh, fabulous! The homeless are plump and happy and the little pastel buildings make everything feel like a lego paradise," *Prince-des-Sots lights up at this memory, "I tend to arrive as the sun is setting and melting into stale, orange sherbet and dissolving to a sea of what seems like the smooth interior of a mussel shell flexing all the gorgeous hues. My dog had fun here before he grew lumpy inside and had to die, so I am grateful for this town."

I look back to his page. No pageviews. Did I read that right? None? Sure enough, plenty of people bring it up on the comments on his page. "Dude, what happened to your pageviews?"

"In a thread where someone complained about not having enough pageviews, I stated along the lines of how I felt that the stat is part of what I saw as the fumes of the popularity contest aspects of this site which can alienate newer members and, through this silly hierarchy, lead to stilted communication between those who are new, regular and the like and that I would go as far as to have none." *Prince-des-Sots says with a grin.

"And?"

"A staff lad said that this could be done. I thought they were kidding since I didn't know such a thing could be done and, a few days later, BAM! So, without that door of pretension. All is free to come in all up in my loosened-ass and party in my house since they are as much a host as myself... In theory. Also, I have had a love for the number zero since I was five and 'Zero Man' did an assembly and held up his hands saying if everyone can see that he is holding the number up. I didn't and I was jealous of those who did. I later realized how much power lies in emptiness...in silence... In the great abyss upon which we all gaze at during our most trying times!"

I was impressed, but *Prince-des-Sots felt the need to take it further, standing on the folding chair to make his statement clear. "Now, I go through life with an empty hand like the Fool of which I adore: zero of the pageview, zero of any clue for all that is of mystery shall be revealed as true!"

Of course the folding chair didn't collapse on him, he's Prince-Des-Sots!

"Would you like to stay for tea?" I ask. Wait, you thought I would let him just leave?

"Actually, there happens to be a farmer's market in town on Thursdays. There is this dreadlock man who dances in front of a meat stand and he doesn't tire and he operates smoothly with the grin like a surgeon of rhythm. At the entrance into the street that takes place, there's an old guy who looks like Burt Reynolds who sells bad paintings that are slightly charming. No one buys them and he sits alone. I once saw this cute, old couple who were clowns and they had large buttons. They mostly stood around balloons and they were tired, but enjoying the festive spirit! They were in front of a shrimp stand where I like to get a fresh cocktail. One time, this gorgeous lady who was in her thirties came up to me to see where I got it. I studied her lips and the way her chest moved as she spoke. I wanted to reach in her chest to stroke the fires in her heart and lick her laugh lines that deepened as we conversed."

I blink, and grow envious of such a magical market of wonders.

"Some day, I wish to set up a magic display, not to place illusions on the minds of the audience, but to lift off the veil of the illusion from their eyes. The rabbit I take out of everyone's hat is wisdom from this newfound clarity of vision: to enlighten instead of just making my wallet tighten!"

"But, but Sots... The tea!"

With a final smile, *Prince-des-Sots is gone. The scent of marzipan leaves, sunshine seems to lessen, and a sudden blast of glitter is all he leaves behind.

In seconds, more replies can be seen in the forums. *Prince-des-Sots is at his best again, and I soon realize, regardless of how informative my interview may have been, reading just a few of that poetic man's comments will give you more information you'd ever need to know about him: From his opinion on motherhood to Winnie the Pooh, you can find him in just about any thread.

I close the help desk inquiry page that instant - there is always time for mudkips. I had glitter to clean up, and a newsletter to finish. *Prince-des-Sots had just glittered up the newsletter and my house for years to come.




Best of the Forums!
Threads
By The Way, You Look Awful In That 101 by ~aliska
A spoon full of sugar gives you constipation by ~Raped-By-Grandfather
Morons by ~WatermelonBread


Comments

there he was, a tall, snow white polygonal wolf with anime eyes, his recently purchased penis plugin swaying in the breeze by *bagshotrow

Weeaboo-nomnoms[...] by =bohobella

Have you tired striping down naked[...] by ~phildog

In its purest form, Asperger's is almost always a self-diagnosed disease.[...] by *AJGlass

I am rubber, you are glue.[...] by ~erspears


Plz Account





And let's not forget... The worst.
What are you looking at, punk??!! by ~Scarecrowcat13
XDD Sokka's drunk/high on cactus juice! by ~Teko-chi
i HATE dogs. by ~Tweenie-too
Faveorite jappenesse band by ~LexLex108
Problems with the law, the police are after me! by ~PearlHeart




Super Happy Fun Segment: ~mangachu's Interview with !Slolly
So here I was, staring at my computer screen, when a message popped up. A message, I thought to be impossible. It read, 'From: !Slolly, About: Interview'. I didn't believe it, the great troll himself, revealing himself to me for an interview.
Hastily, I accept, and I'm transported to a dark room. In the room, I see nothing. In a short moment, I hear a voice.

"So, ~mangachu," the voice says, "You decided to join me?"

I nod dumbly, as if I am coming face to face with the creator. "So I may interview you?"

"Ask away."

All right then, the chance of a lifetime, right here. "Tell me, why'd you do it? Why troll?"

"For fun, mostly." he replies tersely, "And because I saw so many crappy trolls, I needed to correct that. I became the most recent funny troll."

It all made sense to me. "Why man, why British?"

"Why not? No one else did it even though it was stereotypical, so I did it." It was then I noticed he had seemed to lose his odd dialect.

"What happened to the British?"

"Too much trouble, this is faster, but don't worry, it stays in the forums." I nod again, seeing the logic that wasn't there.

"Another question, did you make any mistakes?"

"Me, of course not. Except one, no, two. First, I marked myself as American on the profile of my first account, second, when I made my first account, I did nothing for four months."

For months? A record of survival! "So !Slolly, anything you'd like to say to the readers before being banned?"

"Only one thing, I'll always be there, coming back, I'll never leave, I'm here, FOREVER." Slightly creeped out, and mostly hungry, I turn to the door that suddenly appears.

"You may go." he says. I thank him for the interview, and turn to ask one last thing. "Who are you?"

"I can't tell you that, but I can tell you I'm a regular forumer. Let's just say I'm in all of you in some part."

Amazing, a true genius. As I left, I immediately assaulted the task of who it was, when suddenly, I jolted awake in my chair. Was it a dream? Was it real? Either way, I rushed this to the editing office. Who is !Slolly? We may never know.




Other stuff!
Past Forum Newsletters
A sticky created by $lolly and updated by various staff members can be found here in the Deviants forum for all your past forum newsletter needs! Relive the memories you had of a time when `conorschild was still the master behind the news, and thank the staff for being so kind as to post them!


Want to discuss the Forum Newsletter? Visit the chatroom!
If you feel the need to talk to fellow forumers about the new issues of the forum newsletter, or need a reminder as to when the next issue is out (...do you really?), we have a chatroom for you! Stop by #ForumNewsletter and gossip about our gossip.


Submit comments & threads to the Newsletter!
Spot a hilarious thread or comment?
Think it deserves spotlight?
How about nominating a fellow forumer for the monthly feature?
Send a note to =bohobella, ~mangachu or ~ImmortalEcstasyDream and they'll see to it! Please include links to all threads and comments if possible.


In the next issue...
Stay tuned as we investigate what really happened to `conorschild delicious muffins.



Join the Newsletter Team
The NEW Forum Newsletter has become a group effort. Our team, with help from the community, works to create the Forum Newsletter as great as `conorschild once did.

However, having too many people would be ridiculous, which is why we've created a special rank!

Correspondents
We don't have any yet, but this is a position open to the community with an unlimited number of places: If you're a regular of the forum with a good reputation and could help our team frequently with links to excellent forumers, comments and threads, just note =bohobella to become a correspondent. Despite this role, which is just a way of including the community more, anyone and everyone is welcome to send in links to forum moments of greatness.

What's the point of having this role even though everyone else is allowed (and encouraged) to send in links? Someone in this role means that their information is trustworthy, and that they will be frequently providing us with links.

That, and you get a higher rank in the dAmn Chatroom, #ForumNewsletter!




Until next time, happy foruming.







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<sub>This edition brought to you by:
Editing: ~Laerbn, =NoodleDoodler
Forum News: =bohobella
Bannings: =bohobella
Feature: ~ImmortalEcstasyDream, ~Laerbn, =bohobella, ~Slolly-part-tres
Memes: =bohobella
Interview: =bohobella, *Prince-des-Sots
Best/Worst of the forums: ~ImmortalEcstasyDream, ~Laerbn, =bohobella, ~mangachu
Super Happy Fun Segment: ~mangachu, ~Slolly-part-tres
Other Stuff: =bohobella

So please, when you come to bitch, bitch to the right person.</sub>