So I actually had an outfit planned out today. It was going to be a nice one actually. But then I logged in this morning and can you guess what I discovered boys and girls? That’s right. All my skins are broken. So Fuck you LL really, square in the pooper with a rusty shovel.
So instead, while I sit here listening to Bob Marley in order to quell the homicidal rage known as “LL Broke My Shit..Again” I’m going to bore you with lists much like Peter King does on Sports Illustrated’s website.
Things I’ve always wondered about in Second Life.
- Why do most Nekos look homeless? I mean I get the whole “grunge” thing (btw I was around for Grunge Music and no, that’s not it). But seriously, I own many cats in the real world. If I put them on some of the “Neko” furniture out there or put them in some of the “Neko” clothing they’d fucking cut me in my sleep.
- Why Gor? Seriously, I wish to know. I mean out of all the book series out there why Gor? I know it’s not about the sex but couldn’t they have worshiped the whole Taming of Sleeping Beauty Series by Anne “Oh Hai Jesus I’m Back” Rice. The people were prettier and the sex was also better. Instead they chose Gor? Because the golden hive mind thri-kreen make sense right? (You get Bonus Points if you get the Thri-Kreen reference)
- Why OpenGL? Could they not have done DirectX? They make DirectX for Apples, and really nobody cares about the Linux kids. (*puts on his penguin flameproof suit*)
- Fashion Shows? In Second Life? Why? What is the point? In the end it’s just a giant lag fest with barely rezzed clothing and models that look like Groucho Marx (Prim Eyelashes unrezzed make you look like Groucho Marx). Wouldn’t it just be easier to do a fashion show in an empty room and youtube it? Or maybe work out something with some bloggers and do it that way?
Things I think in regards to LL and Second Life.
- I someday want to visit the Linden Labs RL office. I suspect it is run by monkeys. Not very smart monkeys either. Probably howler monkeys considering how much useless shit we don’t care about they manage to blog.
- I think they should put Torley Linden in charge. I mean, I detest his favorite colors but at least we would be amused.
- I think at SLCC they should get the genius who came up with the whole current skin debacle to stand still and let every skin designer get one free kick in the jimmy.
- I think they need a crazy check at log in . While it would make the log in process longer it would possibly help filter out some of the nutters we see all the time in Second Life.
- I think more clubs and venues and businesses in Second Life should have a no “Gigantor” policy. Smaller doors. If you can’t fit through the door because you’re eleventy feet tall then you can’t come in until you get off the AV roids.
- I think people who use that copybot spam protection thing in their stores are mildly delusional. First off the spam sucks and secondly it doesn’t work. But it’s nice to have a little comfort blankie right?
- I think once Blue Mars comes out SL better shape up or a whole lot of people are going to ship out
- I think this whole Legend City Online, Openlife, other VW grid thing is nice and all. But you’re still using Linden Lab’s busted stuff and therefore you will have the same limitations.
And that’s about it for now actually. I will save the outfit for when SL Unfucks Itself.
And on a personal note, thanks to everybody who’s been sending good vibes out to my ma. She’s getting much better and should be out of ICU today.
About Dancien
You rock. So many great points on that list, I can’t cover them.
Hugs to you and your ma.
What’s Blue Mars? I wanna knowwww!
Also, I am eleventy feet tall. I shall crouch to get in your doorways. XD
Are you using the Release Candidate? I believe the new one has the reordered skin layers we’ve all been screaming about for the last few days.
@Sileny http://www.avatar-reality.com/ is the link for blue mars.
Imagine sims that can go up to 2km x 2km in size.
Excellent points.
I have asked “Why?” about Norman’s books since ’98. Someone DID try to launch a chat RP community based on the Beauty series back in ’01-’02 at a sister (vampire) site to Webmaze, but no one was interested. (Chatropolis, Webmaze, and Gorchat were pretty much online Gor hubs before SL.)
LOL! I resemble that gigantor remark, damn midgets. Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! *stomps on realistic height avatars*
Signed up last year for Blue Mars, can’t wait.
Is kinda glad you couldn’t do a fashion posts-not because I don’t like your style, but because I love your rants even more!
And, so glad to hear about your “ma”! I’m sure it’s like a ton of bricks off your shoulders!
Post is full of teh win, Dancien. I shall have your prim babies.
Why do most Nekos look homeless?
Ahh the “gritty kitty thing”, as I call it. I think it actually started as a reaction to the “glamazon look” . A kind of “I don’t want to be a cookie cutter glamazon so I’ll be a gritty urban homeless neko. Where’s mah catnip and piercings.” Problem is, lots of other people decided to do it too and now we have tons of homeless neko sitting around in free kitten boxes. When I wear mah ears and tail, I’m just same old retro-lovin, semi-victorian, pretty pretty clothes, me.
Why Gor? Seriously, I wish to know.
When you find out, let me know.
Anne “Oh Hai Jesus I’m Back†Rice.
Ha ha ha ha ha. maybe she’ll come to her senses…maybe…I’m hoping anyway.
Because the golden hive mind thri-kreen make sense right? (You get Bonus Points if you get the Thri-Kreen reference)
I’m a nerd, of course I know what Thri-Kreen are.
Why OpenGL? Could they not have done DirectX? They make DirectX for Apples, and really nobody cares about the Linux kids. (*puts on his penguin flameproof suit*)
OpenGL supports more hardware and software platforms, DirectX is Windows only (You’re thinking of ActiveX in regards to Macs, which is an IE technology).
Fashion Shows? In Second Life? Why? What is the point? In the end it’s just a giant lag fest with barely rezzed clothing Wouldn’t it just be easier to do a fashion show in an empty room and youtube it? Or maybe work out something with some bloggers and do it that way?
I get fashion show invites, but rarely attend, not because I can’t tolerate the shows, but because they don’t schedule multiple time slots. And rarely do they do press only shows or pre-shows. I’ve suggested the empty sim video thing, but they don’t do that either, that I’m aware of.
Did you know that Torley’s pink and green “residence” is gone? Yeah! You could spot that thing on the map.
Gor is fun for men, cause they get to shoot and kill and have women worshiping at their feet. How do you not get this? LOL
For women…well, if you are panther, you get to shoot and kill and capture men, and then force them to worship at your feet. Also, kinda fun.
If you are a slave, well, you have to have a certain personality to play that part. But if you are lucky, you find a guy to privately worship you cuz of your mad furring skillz.
And btw, in case I haven’t said it today…I luvz u, Dancien!
The release canidate works fine.
http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php download under “test viewers”
*blinks*
and to anyone who did that and lost their face, use the same link and get your Version Number: 1.22.11. back.
Loved your post..:-)…Smart, witty and thought provoking..btw…I’m recently single..*winks*
OOh I signed up for Blue Mars beta whatzit! Wee!
nVidea 9800 or later/better to get in Blue Mars. That cuts out almost everyone. It is dead out of the gate as far as mass exodus potential is concerned. In addition the content creation is limited to only expensive tools and not everyone will be allowed to import content.
Basically Blue Mars looks nice but will be a niche place. Sirikata is looking to fall into the same pit of fail as well.
The issue is all these places are run by geeks instead of by entertainment businesses. Then the places run bu entertainment businesses apparently don’t take care of the right kind of geeks so you get red light district (directX). Why is SL not on DirectX? because LL is a Linux shop. Which also says a lot about why LL doesn’t give a flying fuck about what human looking avatars look like since black screens with green DOS text rules.
Proven methodology and software engineering discipline to create and extend a world class system? They don’t even know what metadata architecture is rofl. And now they want interns to design a web sl client?
Whatever. LL has managed to create a gigantic time vampyre with all these PR nightmares rofl. maybe things will work out.
The bright side for those super angry with LL is you can always tier down and idle doing other things until SL is improved or an alternative becomes available. In the meantime the rest of us will continue painting and adapting. With transparent skins covered by clothes layers with skins built in and sculpty heads to disable LL’s nightmarish idea of avatars.
Why Gor?
Because on the good days, Goreans can be incredibly inventive, funny, articulate, hot, creative wordsmiths who honor language (how rare is THAT in SL?), who may pretty universally condemn Norman’s writing, but still immerse themselves imaginatively in a pretty cohesive culture. And cause it turns our crank.
And btw, in Gor we never sit around on our cushions, slaves serving pungent paga (vodka to you), pondering the SL fashion industry. All those Barbies spending all their pocket money and then some on virtual shoes and “fashion” that would rival the obsessive qualities of Imelda Markos and Carrie Bradshaw combined.
In other words, live and let live. You can only judge a SL culture from the inside–why would you expect to get anything as an uninvolved and not particularly interested observer?
Some of my friends went Gor. At first I tried to play along…but it’s so damn disturbing.
Why not Anne Rice? I’d like to think it’s because she’s clearly stated that she hates fanfiction, and people are respecting her wishes. But I really think it’s because there are subbybois and bisexuality in Rice. Because Gor is SEXISM pure and simple.
The girls (using the Gorean term) I know who play Gor actually like to be kicked around…a little…but what they really enjoy doing is also being passive aggressive and dissing their Masters in private voice chat. They get a double thrill out of being “loved and protected” and punished by the sort of big dumb bully I’ve never even let into my reality…and then in playing with his head and mocking him behind his back. Some of them have multiple alts and get a huge thrill out of being chained to a number of masters while letting each think he’s the one and only. I’m really starting to lose respect for them.
It isn’t like normal BDSM. They don’t want a world where people willingly give service out of a genuine need to submit (be they male or female). They want to play out the same stale gender roles that stunted them as children. I think they all have huge daddy-issues.
Also, can I say here that “emoting” is sooooo lame? Sorry, Mellyn, but I haven’t encountered any “articulate, hot, creative wordsmiths.” I’ve encountered trite, overblown language that at best resembles soft-porn or a Hallmark card. At worst, we’re talking Bulwer-Lytton award.
Thanks for letting me vent…*le sigh*
I meant why Gor because it’s such a poorly written series.
Is there a Hawaii 5-0 or Magnum PI RP Sim out there? I’d be all over that.
Yes! What is with the grungy nekos? I’d much rather see a well-dressed neko. That would be cute.
More pressing on my own mind lately: what’s with the horse tails nekos wear? In whose mind do those look like cat tails? I’ve had a maine coon and her tail was STILL nowhere near as poofy as these. Sure, I guess a couple of the regular, cat-shaped long flexi tails are out there, but I’ve sure never seen anyone actually wearing them. Whenever I see a neko, they have a horse’s tail.
There was (is?) a Beauty RP sim somewhere in SL. Ah, is – search just came up with Claiming Beauty. Anyway. It’s obviously not as big a culture as Gor has in SL, but it’s out there. No idea why Gor was chosen. I tried reading the first book to get an understanding of it and it was a big yawn-fest for me. Sexist? You bet, and I’m one of the farthest things from a feminist – I think the world would be in a much better place if women had never decided to get careers.
And fashion shows – agreed. It’s masochistic to the poor models if they’re doing one of the ones where they have to actually walk on the stage. In fact, one of the most fun points of going to one is waiting for one of the models to fall off the stage in the lag. Really. And the unrezzed clothing renders the entire thing pointless. On most peoples’ computers, in that lag, the outfits aren’t going to be finished rezzing by the time the model comes out, twirls around, and walks back. I get solicitations all the time from agencies wanting to do a fashion show with items from my store, for “only” about as much as my tier costs every month! And I’m thinking, um, my target audience would probably not be caught dead at one of those events.
LOL Dancien! Anne Rice isn’t exactly Shakespeare. As for why people don’t RP “The Brothers Karamazov” or something, you got me.
the damn homless gritty kitty thing is so passe.
I’m sick of it too.
I also remember back in the day Nekos were a rare thing…I’m sick of overexposure and cookie cutter look/styles (I been in game since 05)
Now, I like the store Gritty Kitty. Noam Sprocket makes some of the best hair in Second Life. But the whole hobo chic thing….no.
And Shimere, I know. I once offended a bunch of Rice fans at a goth club I go to because I merely asked “Look, I know Vampires are sexual creatures and all that. But why are all of hers gay?”
“nobody cares about the Linux kids”
Duh. Kids want games, and most games are Windows only (though some of them run under the ‘wine’ Windows emulator). When I install Linux outside my job duties, it’s usually for computer-challenged middle-aged people who got infected with viruses in the blink of an eye when they went online with Windows.
Oh, and Ann Otoole apparently hasn’t seen a Linux desktop in many years, if ever
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