My SL Brother, and SL's U.S. President, Joker Terasaur, has dubbed me White House Chief of Staff. Now we all know what that entails IRL. So, in SL, it applies for SL Residents. All that a Political SHOULD stand for, does, here at THE WHITE HOUSE.
Come to Falcon Island, and visit the White House! We will also have events for all who join the group, and become a part of the great Agenda in making SL a better place. Along with fun, comedy, and many laughs! HAHAHAHAH!
So what are you waiting for?! Why are you so serious? Just do it!!
Go with a smile! :D
Monday, September 28, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Game or Not?
Since I have been a resident of SL, (like I have mentioned before) I have met many interesting people.
Some awesome, rediculous, obnoxious, outright mean & evil or heartless etc. In SL, I have learned
this is not a game. However, others may beg to differ greatly. As their whole take on it is based off
of the mentality, "Well, it is online...it must be a game".
Sure! There are RP areas in SL designated for just that. If you look at the top of the screen, you will see little icons that state this. Like the little man that looks like he is falling backwards with a red line in a circle behind him. That indicates the world you are in, requires "No Pushing" of others. In laymens terms, no running or bumping into another avatar. You might ask, "Well, they are all just avatars. Not real people! What harm can that do?" Honestly, physically this will do nothing. But it can be bothersome, annoying, disruptive, and is considered griefing. All a cause for being either shipped out of that Parcel, and back home again (i.e. Banned). That is, if the afflicted person felt it became such an issue that he/she had to file an AR (Abuse Report), or brought it to the attention of the Land Officer there. Sometimes, the Land Officer(s) or whoever else there is in charge will see this, warn them, and hope they will stop. If it persists, they sometimes asks the person being afflicted if that person is bothering them (especially in a class it does). If they say No. Nothing happens. If they are being bothered by the one pushing, then the Officer uses their own judgement, assessing the situation, and well....read what happens above again.
There are other little icons that may/may not accompany this one. Like the Heart. This one tells us the area you are in, is considered a combat area, and your avatar will be affected by whoever/whatever there decides to attack you. Blood is involved (not real of course), and once your life meter goes down...you are dead and sent back to Home. Not sure if you can ever get back to that particular land area afterwards. Then there is the Box with a no no line through it. Means "No Rezzing" of any objects. So, you may as well stick to the Sandbox areas for rezzing and building. Because a lot of places have this placed for a reason. They want to keep the Prim levels to a minimum. Most likely a part of their Land Covenant.
All-in-all, be respectful to others in world. Avatar or not, feelings do and will be affected. There are other people behind every avatar (accept for those who are shop assistants or card board stand-ups). Which brings me to the whole point of this post...RP in Second Life, and being up front with those you interact with.
If all second Life is to you, is a RP experience, or an experiment to experience how SL and RL are different or not so different etc. to one another (Whatever the underlying reasons), then make all of that clear prior to messing with the real emotions of the other person(s) you interact with. Do not just simply approach people, with all kinds of beautiful words, poetic bullshit, endearments, or proposals of marriage (yes, people do get hitched in SL. There is sex too) which invoke sincere emotions and feeling from the other person, only to destroy that! Do not play with people's emotions period!! Artist or not! Gamer or not! At least be upfront, as to what actual sex you are, or that you do live in "no mans land" in the contenant of Asia instead of the next state over in say...Wisconsin. You wanna play mind games, do it with someone in an RP world who is sick enough to enjoy that type of shit. Don't make such proposals of marriage or offer sex to someone "just out of technical experimentation" or whatnot, if they are NOT in SL to take part in such activities. Don't propose marriage, get a persons feelings all worked up, just to say a day later, "Oh, I cannot get into RP (when you never mentioned the RP thing to begin with, and they were serious about your connection with them) because we had an earthquake and my dog died..." or, "My brother just passed away with a disease unexpectedly...(but you failed to mention the disease to your betrothed at all?)" And not even give the other person the benefit of the doubt or courtesy of an actual IM between you! Do not wait for them NOT to be logged off to drop a dime on them like that.
And if SL is interfering with your RL, then why in the hell did you get on in the first place. This leads people to believe you're hiding shit. Be honest. You're married? Good for you. You go about your way, and I will go about mine, etc. I do not care if we are on the damn computer/not. I do not play that bull. If you are not married, then that is one less thing IRL to be worried about. But if you are at work, and on SL at the same time, and your online activities are interfering, that is your own damn fault. Do not make the other person feel all fucked up because you "want space and time away from the other person", and drop your own bomb truck on them, making them feel like shit for a minute.
Text communication in general, cannot define people's ACTUAL emotion behind those typed words. So, when you start to assume the other person is "acting" a certain way "under their text", you are making an ass out of yourself. The more you press that issue, and tell them to calm down, when they were calm to begin with, and still assume they are "acting a certain way", keep pressing the issue...then things tend to push those very buttons you apparently want them to feel! Because they are expressing how "No, I am NOT acting a certain way, nor being w/e way you claim I am being!" You are making the shit happen. Not the other person. Rupture someone elses world, jump in and out all you want with someone else who likes to be toyed with, while being the asshole for NOT waiting to be "man" or "woman" or "decent human being" enuf to wait for them to be logged on, THEN tell them what it is you wanted to say. No. Now you have officially not only hurt someone, you PISSED them off because you provided no common courtesy, when you sent an offline IM, opposed to a more face-to-face real time conversation. Thanks a lot! Hope your RL is happy now.
People are not always who they claim to be inworld. If you looked up the actual definition of what an Avatar REALLY is, then you'd understand (I hope). Try to understand one another, and I am sure the whole experience of SL would be less complicated.
In closing...SL is NOT a game. Especially when the Real Person behind each Avatar is being affected emotionally.
Have a nice Second Life/Real Life :-)
Second Life Wiki
Some awesome, rediculous, obnoxious, outright mean & evil or heartless etc. In SL, I have learned
this is not a game. However, others may beg to differ greatly. As their whole take on it is based off
of the mentality, "Well, it is online...it must be a game".
Sure! There are RP areas in SL designated for just that. If you look at the top of the screen, you will see little icons that state this. Like the little man that looks like he is falling backwards with a red line in a circle behind him. That indicates the world you are in, requires "No Pushing" of others. In laymens terms, no running or bumping into another avatar. You might ask, "Well, they are all just avatars. Not real people! What harm can that do?" Honestly, physically this will do nothing. But it can be bothersome, annoying, disruptive, and is considered griefing. All a cause for being either shipped out of that Parcel, and back home again (i.e. Banned). That is, if the afflicted person felt it became such an issue that he/she had to file an AR (Abuse Report), or brought it to the attention of the Land Officer there. Sometimes, the Land Officer(s) or whoever else there is in charge will see this, warn them, and hope they will stop. If it persists, they sometimes asks the person being afflicted if that person is bothering them (especially in a class it does). If they say No. Nothing happens. If they are being bothered by the one pushing, then the Officer uses their own judgement, assessing the situation, and well....read what happens above again.
There are other little icons that may/may not accompany this one. Like the Heart. This one tells us the area you are in, is considered a combat area, and your avatar will be affected by whoever/whatever there decides to attack you. Blood is involved (not real of course), and once your life meter goes down...you are dead and sent back to Home. Not sure if you can ever get back to that particular land area afterwards. Then there is the Box with a no no line through it. Means "No Rezzing" of any objects. So, you may as well stick to the Sandbox areas for rezzing and building. Because a lot of places have this placed for a reason. They want to keep the Prim levels to a minimum. Most likely a part of their Land Covenant.
All-in-all, be respectful to others in world. Avatar or not, feelings do and will be affected. There are other people behind every avatar (accept for those who are shop assistants or card board stand-ups). Which brings me to the whole point of this post...RP in Second Life, and being up front with those you interact with.
If all second Life is to you, is a RP experience, or an experiment to experience how SL and RL are different or not so different etc. to one another (Whatever the underlying reasons), then make all of that clear prior to messing with the real emotions of the other person(s) you interact with. Do not just simply approach people, with all kinds of beautiful words, poetic bullshit, endearments, or proposals of marriage (yes, people do get hitched in SL. There is sex too) which invoke sincere emotions and feeling from the other person, only to destroy that! Do not play with people's emotions period!! Artist or not! Gamer or not! At least be upfront, as to what actual sex you are, or that you do live in "no mans land" in the contenant of Asia instead of the next state over in say...Wisconsin. You wanna play mind games, do it with someone in an RP world who is sick enough to enjoy that type of shit. Don't make such proposals of marriage or offer sex to someone "just out of technical experimentation" or whatnot, if they are NOT in SL to take part in such activities. Don't propose marriage, get a persons feelings all worked up, just to say a day later, "Oh, I cannot get into RP (when you never mentioned the RP thing to begin with, and they were serious about your connection with them) because we had an earthquake and my dog died..." or, "My brother just passed away with a disease unexpectedly...(but you failed to mention the disease to your betrothed at all?)" And not even give the other person the benefit of the doubt or courtesy of an actual IM between you! Do not wait for them NOT to be logged off to drop a dime on them like that.
And if SL is interfering with your RL, then why in the hell did you get on in the first place. This leads people to believe you're hiding shit. Be honest. You're married? Good for you. You go about your way, and I will go about mine, etc. I do not care if we are on the damn computer/not. I do not play that bull. If you are not married, then that is one less thing IRL to be worried about. But if you are at work, and on SL at the same time, and your online activities are interfering, that is your own damn fault. Do not make the other person feel all fucked up because you "want space and time away from the other person", and drop your own bomb truck on them, making them feel like shit for a minute.
Text communication in general, cannot define people's ACTUAL emotion behind those typed words. So, when you start to assume the other person is "acting" a certain way "under their text", you are making an ass out of yourself. The more you press that issue, and tell them to calm down, when they were calm to begin with, and still assume they are "acting a certain way", keep pressing the issue...then things tend to push those very buttons you apparently want them to feel! Because they are expressing how "No, I am NOT acting a certain way, nor being w/e way you claim I am being!" You are making the shit happen. Not the other person. Rupture someone elses world, jump in and out all you want with someone else who likes to be toyed with, while being the asshole for NOT waiting to be "man" or "woman" or "decent human being" enuf to wait for them to be logged on, THEN tell them what it is you wanted to say. No. Now you have officially not only hurt someone, you PISSED them off because you provided no common courtesy, when you sent an offline IM, opposed to a more face-to-face real time conversation. Thanks a lot! Hope your RL is happy now.
People are not always who they claim to be inworld. If you looked up the actual definition of what an Avatar REALLY is, then you'd understand (I hope). Try to understand one another, and I am sure the whole experience of SL would be less complicated.
In closing...SL is NOT a game. Especially when the Real Person behind each Avatar is being affected emotionally.
Have a nice Second Life/Real Life :-)
Second Life Wiki
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Born on Date
I was born 7-18-09, in Steampunk Caledon. At the University of Oxbridge. On this date became an NCI group member, and met many new people from all over the RL globe! I was lucky to meet such helpful and nice people. Among the first included Niki Eyre and Haya Starsider.
Niki walked me through the entire Orientation, and helped me come from a pastey, duck walking default, to a Second Life citizen glowing avatar with rich dimension. It was within those first 2 days, I learned so much, that I was able to help others with what I had learned, so they too could successfully get started in SL as I have.
NCI provides help to all New Citizens to Second Life. Oxbridge University has a ton of classes you can take too. Anything from Newbie Q&A classes, to Advanced Building etc. In this particular area of SL, I chose as my home to start, they have Resident Halls where newbies can pick their own Dorm Room to stay in, while learning basics for a couple weeks. Here is a link to get you started. I am more than willing to answer any questions you may have regarding SL. Just ask! If I am really not well informed on something, I will give you a link directing you toward that.
So far I have learned that SL has many opportunities for the residents. A real economy, real people behind every avatar. Actual RL businesses use SL for their meetings, which is said to cut back on cost of travel. Which I believe is convenient in these times, and any other time! Some SIM worlds within SL, also provide RP experience (for those who are interested in that kind of thing), Selling, Real Estate, Dating, Entertainment, Music, Escort Services and much more.
I never became a resident of Second Life, to get involved in Griefing or Adult Escorting etc. I aim to learn to build, and invest in SL Real Estate in order to start my own business. Maybe even (hopefully) partner as a trusted group to buy SL land.
The only limit is your imagination. Who you become and/or wish to be, lies within.
Avatar-
1. Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2. an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life.
3. Computers. a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet.
Niki walked me through the entire Orientation, and helped me come from a pastey, duck walking default, to a Second Life citizen glowing avatar with rich dimension. It was within those first 2 days, I learned so much, that I was able to help others with what I had learned, so they too could successfully get started in SL as I have.
NCI provides help to all New Citizens to Second Life. Oxbridge University has a ton of classes you can take too. Anything from Newbie Q&A classes, to Advanced Building etc. In this particular area of SL, I chose as my home to start, they have Resident Halls where newbies can pick their own Dorm Room to stay in, while learning basics for a couple weeks. Here is a link to get you started. I am more than willing to answer any questions you may have regarding SL. Just ask! If I am really not well informed on something, I will give you a link directing you toward that.
So far I have learned that SL has many opportunities for the residents. A real economy, real people behind every avatar. Actual RL businesses use SL for their meetings, which is said to cut back on cost of travel. Which I believe is convenient in these times, and any other time! Some SIM worlds within SL, also provide RP experience (for those who are interested in that kind of thing), Selling, Real Estate, Dating, Entertainment, Music, Escort Services and much more.
I never became a resident of Second Life, to get involved in Griefing or Adult Escorting etc. I aim to learn to build, and invest in SL Real Estate in order to start my own business. Maybe even (hopefully) partner as a trusted group to buy SL land.
The only limit is your imagination. Who you become and/or wish to be, lies within.
Avatar-
1. Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2. an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life.
3. Computers. a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet.
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