Xydexx

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Xydexx on Second Life

Xydexx is a silly purple inflatable unicorn character created by Karl Jorgensen on December 13, 1993. Xydexx resides on FurryMUCK near the Multi-Road Intersection. He is known on Second Life as Demented Calliope.

1 Xydexx the character
- 1.1 FurryMUCK description
2 Xydexx's player
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Xydexx the character

Xydexx never really had a history or backstory other than showing up one day on FurryMUCK and liking it so much he stayed. After piecing together various plot ideas from various sources, the official rumor is he used to be a mascot for the Matteawan Rubber Company in upstate New York. When the company closed, Xydexx found himself out of a job. In the early 1970s he found temporary work overseas in various films by Moldavian animator Adrian Vonner, most notably Mr Squeakypony meets Herr Pin. In 2001, he sold his sense of humor for some magic beans.

Xydexx spends his time being bouncy and squeaky and generally friendly and upbeat. He used to be white with a black mane, but turned purple in May 2003. Although Xydexx is inflatable, he is not a "sex doll" or a maliciously-inclined space robot. Xydexx has made several appearances in the comic West Corner Of the Park, by Jim Groat.

[edit] FurryMUCK description

Xydexx Squeakypony is an inflatable anthro unicorn stallion. He stands 6' tall and has a light purple latex body. His dark purple mane goes down to his shoulders. Xydexx wears a black short-sleeve shirt with "100% Squeaky!" written on the front, black jeans, and some battle-scarred hiking boots for his cute lil' rubber feet. He smiles and nods shyly back at you in greeting.

[edit] Xydexx's player

Xydexx is originally from New York. He has extensive desktop publishing experience and currently works as a proposal specialist. He resides at Castle Xy-Gel in Leesburg, Virginia with his longtime partner, Brian Harris.

[edit] Conventions and furmeets

Xydexx got involved with furry fandom in December 1993. He attended his first furry convention, Furtasticon, in 1994. Since then, he has attended more than 30 furry conventions, including instances of Anthrocon, ConFurence, Confurence East, Megaplex, Mephit FurMeet, and Midwest FurFest. He usually attends the "Big Three" (AC, FC, and MFF) each year as a sponsor or supersponsor. He can also be found at annual gatherings in the DC metro area, such as Pandaguy's Picnic and Meat And Fire. He was the organizer of Mine Fire Fur Meet, a furry excursion to the smoking ruins of Centralia, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Fandom activity

After years of volunteering behind the scenes, Xydexx joined Anthrocon's staff to serve as Editor-In-Chief for the conbook in 2002. In July 2003, he was elected to Anthrocon, Inc.'s Board of Directors. He currently serves as Publications Director. Xydexx attended SMOFcon 22 in December 2004.

"Little does anyone know this is just another plot of mine to take over the fandom and replace it with gigantic quivering monkeypants." —Xydexx, 07/22/03, on being elected to Anthrocon's Board of Directors

Xydexx has been a longtime supporter of Furry Peace with an eye toward improving furry fandom and making it "a cool place for everyone who likes anthropomorphic animals." He was an early advocate of panels to welcome new convention attendees, and strongly supported creating Media Liaison positions for furry conventions and instituting policies to control exploitive media crews.

Xydexx dislikes flamewars and usually drops out of them in favor of doing better things with his time. In 2000, he voted in support of creation of the moderated newsgroup rec.arts.furry in hopes of providing a flame-free alternative to alt.fan.furry. He founded the group Cool Furries in November 2006.

Xydexx writes a little, draws a little, and procrastinates a lot. He isn't really an inflatable unicorn; he just plays one on the internet.

[edit] Xydexx's Axiom of Fandom Enjoyability

Xydexx is highly critical of anti-furries and other attempts to divide the fandom. Xydexx's Axiom of Fandom Enjoyability, initially developed in 1999 and later expanded, states:

If you hang around with a bunch of people who go around saying how much furry fandom sucks, you will eventually start to believe it's true.
If you try to convince a bunch of people who enjoy saying furry fandom sucks that it isn't true, you're wasting time that would better be spent hanging around with people who are actually fun to hang around with.^[1]