Tapestries MUCK
Encyclopedia
Tapestries MUCK is an adults-only social and roleplaying MUCK
popular within the furry fandom
. The overall theme of the game is a world of anthropomorphic animal characters who may participate in BDSM
and sex
freely in the public areas of the game world. Because the MUCK, a MUD
-style online social game, is text-based, this amounts to cybersex
(sometimes called "yiff" in the furry fandom, although this word has a subtly negative connotation).
No players under the age of 18 are allowed to join. Though this is almost impossible to verify, players found to be under the age of 18 are typically banned from the game server.
As of 2002 Tapestries became the largest and most populated furry fandom
non-graphical online game, with an average of over 800 simultaneously connected users at peak times, surpassing FurryMUCK
by a wide margin. As of March 2007 it has 18,179 accounts of which 11,743 have been active within the last sixty days.
play party, a free form role-playing environment, and a social gathering place all within a furry theme. It strives to provide a place for safe and free exploration of dominance and submission roleplay, as well as other forms of sexual expression in public and in private. Tapestries facilitates this by providing an environment that is populated exclusively by adult players and furry characters, as well as by setting guidelines that encourage tolerance and respect of other's fantasies and beliefs.
to indicate nonsexual attributes of characters.
beings like elves, ogres, or centaurs — humans are against the game's policies) from different backgrounds may interact with each other. Aside from the species restriction, themes are not strictly enforced. An unlimited variety of character origins are permitted by the game's administrators.
The game world itself is based around the town of Layleaux, the center of most social interaction. Because of the overall adult theme, many of the MUCK's peripheral areas are themed around certain BDSM-based fetish
es or interests.
article as a place to find cybersex and a factor in "the deterioration of sex chat" on IRC. Because the servers were beginning to get flooded, the game's administrators shut down new character registration for over a week, with an explanatory note.
Tapestries was chosen as Sex & Games' "link of the day" on October 3, 2005.
Muck
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popular within the furry fandom
Furry fandom
Furry fandom is a fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes...
. The overall theme of the game is a world of anthropomorphic animal characters who may participate in BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
and sex
Sex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
freely in the public areas of the game world. Because the MUCK, a MUD
MUD
A MUD , pronounced , is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, with the term usually referring to text-based instances of these. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat...
-style online social game, is text-based, this amounts to cybersex
Cybersex
Cybersex, also called computer sex, Internet sex, netsex, mudsex, TinySex and, colloquially, cybering, is a virtual sex encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely via computer network send each other sexually explicit messages describing a sexual experience...
(sometimes called "yiff" in the furry fandom, although this word has a subtly negative connotation).
No players under the age of 18 are allowed to join. Though this is almost impossible to verify, players found to be under the age of 18 are typically banned from the game server.
As of 2002 Tapestries became the largest and most populated furry fandom
Furry fandom
Furry fandom is a fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes...
non-graphical online game, with an average of over 800 simultaneously connected users at peak times, surpassing FurryMUCK
FurryMUCK
FurryMUCK is one of the oldest and largest non-combat MUD-style games in existence. It was founded in 1990 as an online gathering place for furry fans to meet and socialize in a virtual role-playing environment...
by a wide margin. As of March 2007 it has 18,179 accounts of which 11,743 have been active within the last sixty days.
Mission Statement (Stated)
Tapestries MUCK is a cross between a real life BDSMBDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
play party, a free form role-playing environment, and a social gathering place all within a furry theme. It strives to provide a place for safe and free exploration of dominance and submission roleplay, as well as other forms of sexual expression in public and in private. Tapestries facilitates this by providing an environment that is populated exclusively by adult players and furry characters, as well as by setting guidelines that encourage tolerance and respect of other's fantasies and beliefs.
WIXXX
Tapestries is noted for its system of "wixxx tags," by which players may indicate their characters' sexual attributes or interests. This system has been copied, often with modifications, by other adult MUCKs. It was itself a modification of the more general "wi" system used by FurryMUCKFurryMUCK
FurryMUCK is one of the oldest and largest non-combat MUD-style games in existence. It was founded in 1990 as an online gathering place for furry fans to meet and socialize in a virtual role-playing environment...
to indicate nonsexual attributes of characters.
The world of the MUCK
Tapestries is based around a "culture nexus," where furry characters (as well as certain humanoidHumanoid
A humanoid is something that has an appearance resembling a human being. The term first appeared in 1912 to refer to fossils which were morphologically similar to, but not identical with, those of the human skeleton. Although this usage was common in the sciences for much of the 20th century, it...
beings like elves, ogres, or centaurs — humans are against the game's policies) from different backgrounds may interact with each other. Aside from the species restriction, themes are not strictly enforced. An unlimited variety of character origins are permitted by the game's administrators.
The game world itself is based around the town of Layleaux, the center of most social interaction. Because of the overall adult theme, many of the MUCK's peripheral areas are themed around certain BDSM-based fetish
Sexual fetishism
Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is the sexual arousal a person receives from a physical object, or from a specific situation. The object or situation of interest is called the fetish, the person a fetishist who has a fetish for that object/situation. Sexual fetishism may be regarded, e.g...
es or interests.
Reception
In January 2005, Tapestries was mentioned in a Wired NewsWired News
Wired News is an online technology news website, formerly known as HotWired, that split off from Wired magazine when the magazine was purchased by Condé Nast Publishing in the 1990s. Wired News was owned by Lycos not long after the split, until Condé Nast purchased Wired News on July 11, 2006...
article as a place to find cybersex and a factor in "the deterioration of sex chat" on IRC. Because the servers were beginning to get flooded, the game's administrators shut down new character registration for over a week, with an explanatory note.
Tapestries was chosen as Sex & Games' "link of the day" on October 3, 2005.
External links
- Tapestries MUCK at WikiFur