Club dance options

[Carolyn Zapedzki]

A little market research

I would like to see people's preferences, please.

When clubbing which of the following do you prefer:

1/Using your own HUD if able to if scripts are allowed

2/Use the clubs dance machine

And if you opt for the clubs machine do you prefer synchronised or none synchronised?

[Zalificent Corvinus]

4 minutes ago, Carolyn Zapedzki said:

When clubbing which of the following do you prefer:

1/Using your own HUD if able to if scripts are allowed

2/Use the clubs dance machine

I use my own dance HUD with dances I *like* in it.

 

5 minutes ago, Carolyn Zapedzki said:

if you opt for the clubs machine do you prefer synchronised or none synchronised?

Never really been a fan of "line dancing", it's too "Country & Western" for my tastes.

 

[Rowan Amore]

Always use my own

[MissSweetViolet]

I've done both, it depends how lazy I am when it comes to switching up the dance for the song [something I enjoy doing when using my own hud], sometimes it's easier to let someone else do it if I have to go between RL and SL during the event.

As for sync, I'm fine ether way, I've been to some events with amazing synced dances, but sometimes I like doing my own thing too. It all just kind of depends for me.

Edited August 26 by MissSweetViolet
Spelling corrections.

[Cinnamon Mistwood]

Depends on the day. I have my own dances for dancing alone, but use a club's couples dances all the time. If local chat is really active and fun and I decide to join in, I'll join the group dance thing to add to the community activity and chatting.

[Scylla Rhiadra]

1 hour ago, Carolyn Zapedzki said:

A little market research

I would like to see people's preferences, please.

When clubbing which of the following do you prefer:

1/Using your own HUD if able to if scripts are allowed

2/Use the clubs dance machine

And if you opt for the clubs machine do you prefer synchronised or none synchronised?

Except for couples dances, I invariably use my own dances.

I get around the script / HUD problem by not using a HUD.

On the whole, I kinda hate synchronized dancing, except for those shared by one DJ when she's just playing for a smallish group of friends. She has excellent taste in dances, and it's sort of a "community" thing in that case.

[CaerolleClaudel]

1 hour ago, Carolyn Zapedzki said:

A little market research

I would like to see people's preferences, please.

When clubbing which of the following do you prefer:

1/Using your own HUD if able to if scripts are allowed

2/Use the clubs dance machine

And if you opt for the clubs machine do you prefer synchronised or none synchronised?

Depends. Generally am there by myself and don't know anyone, so my own HUD 100%. On the rare occasion I might have some social connection and the others are on the club dance, I will join that, though I generally am not much of a fan of the dance animations it throws.

[Katherine Heartsong]

56 minutes ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

Depends on the day. I have my own dances for dancing alone, but use a club's couples dances all the time.

Same as @Cinnamon Mistwood but I never "join" a dance line or group animation though, just not my style.

Edited August 26 by Katherine Heartsong

[Caitlin Tobias]

When I am alone, I always bring my own dances.

For couple dances we use the machine that’s available but if those dances are really bad or outdated, we both dance solo with our own dances.

Dance-lines or group-dances are the horror.

[Bubblesort Triskaidekaphobia]

5 hours ago, Carolyn Zapedzki said:

A little market research

I would like to see people's preferences, please.

When clubbing which of the following do you prefer:

1/Using your own HUD if able to if scripts are allowed

2/Use the clubs dance machine

And if you opt for the clubs machine do you prefer synchronised or none synchronised?

1... kinda?  It's not really a HUD.  It's my AO.

I set my crouch to toggle, then I program my AO to dance when I crouch, because I almost never want to crouch, but want to dance a lot.  I have a dance that I picked out from a nice animation shop and I update it maybe every 3 or 4 years.  I use my firestorm AO, but I have a HUD AO set up like this in my inventory, just in case I want to use a viewer that doesn't have a built in AO for a little while.

[CaerolleClaudel]

24 minutes ago, Caitlin Tobias said:

When I am alone, I always bring my own dances.

 

For couple dances we use the machine that’s available but if those dances are really bad or outdated, we both dance solo with our own dances.

 

Dance-lines or group-dances are the horror.

 

Do couple’s dances still get out of sync pretty quickly like they used to? Seems that way when I see other people using them, but I am not that close to them, and perhaps it is working fine from their perspective.

[Katherine Heartsong]

1 hour ago, CaerolleClaudel said:

Do couple’s dances still get out of sync pretty quickly like they used to? Seems that way when I see other people using them, but I am not that close to them, and perhaps it is working fine from their perspective.

Sometimes. It seems random to me. One thing that I know triggers an out of sync is if I cam around a club and am not on screen at some point. When I come back my partner and I are often out of sync to some degree.

[Claireschen Hesten]

On the rare occasion i do go to a club and dancing is required i now always use the dance hud built in to my AO, i don't have to wait X amount of time for things to rez or cam around trying to find the venues dance machine. I have been burnt before by this requirement gone somewhere been very popular while waiting for things to rez got ejected went back got banned for being there more than a couple of minutes not dancing 

[Gabriele Graves]

I always use dance anims I've purchased for singles dancing, never the club ones.  I have some older ones from Vista, some from Akeyo but the majority of them are from Paragon dances which are my favourite for club dances.  I've got them all in the builtin FS AO.

[Kimmi Zehetbauer]

1 hour ago, Claireschen Hesten said:

On the rare occasion i do go to a club and dancing is required i now always use the dance hud built in to my AO, i don't have to wait X amount of time for things to rez or cam around trying to find the venues dance machine. I have been burnt before by this requirement gone somewhere been very popular while waiting for things to rez got ejected went back got banned for being there more than a couple of minutes not dancing 

I got tossed for not dancing.  Told the host that I was still waiting things to rez --- but he said not an excuse.  This was at a venue that's been around for a long long time sadly.

 

[Midnoot]

13 minutes ago, Kimmi Zehetbauer said:

I got tossed for not dancing.  Told the host that I was still waiting things to rez --- but he said not an excuse.  This was at a venue that's been around for a long long time sadly.

 

I hate clubs in second life for that reason specifically . Everyone there seems like the same person , hive minded brain dead , dancing in unison , ready to mate.

 

I always use my own dances , my own sits, etc. I hate most of the poses in furniture and most of the horribly animated dances that throw your head around wildly or suddenly jerk back into loop position , etc .

 

But then again , I almost never got to clubs and when I do I'm  usually standing . Can't move around too much though. Friends with me got  b****ed at for for moving  too much , ironically . " Calm down " they said . 🤔

Clubs are a trash environment for profit makers to make profit lol. Don't forget to pay the dj , don't forget to pay the host , don't forget to pay the dancers , don't forget to tip the group tip jar .

 

 

Edited August 27 by Midnoot

[Jaylinbridges]

26 minutes ago, Midnoot said:

Clubs are a trash environment for profit makers to make profit lol. Don't forget to pay the dj , don't forget to pay the host , don't forget to pay the dancers , don't forget to tip the group tip jar .

You are going to the wrong clubs.  Find one with adults in it, not robot kids.   I can't even think of a club that would eject someone for not dancing.  But then, I go to clubs where they still play music.

We have several patrons who have never tipped the club or the staff in years.  They are still welcome.  Better than bots standing around. 

Club owners making a profit?  Haha, you are delusional.

Edited August 27 by Jaylinbridges

[Alwin Alcott]

12 hours ago, Carolyn Zapedzki said:

A little market research

I would like to see people's preferences, please.

When clubbing which of the following do you prefer:

1/Using your own HUD if able to if scripts are allowed

2/Use the clubs dance machine

And if you opt for the clubs machine do you prefer synchronised or none synchronised?

always my own,  some clubs still seem to have the dances that were free at the freebiedungeon in 2005   

also decline the dj's and hosts that invite everybody (automatically) 
line dancing... never

[Carolyn Zapedzki]

1 hour ago, Midnoot said:

Clubs are a trash environment for profit makers to make profit lol. Don't forget to pay the dj , don't forget to pay the host , don't forget to pay the dancers , don't forget to tip the group tip jar .

Most club owners I know don't make any profit, they do it for love not Lindens

I know what you mean about shouts for tips though, that can get a bit annoying at some clubs.

 

 

 

[Conifer Dada]

I don't have a dance HUD, I just 'play' individual animations from my invo. I sometimes use the club machines and occasionally the synchronised ones as long as the other people dancing on them aren't hugely tall!

Edited August 27 by Conifer Dada

[Caitlin Tobias]

8 hours ago, Katherine Heartsong said:

Sometimes. It seems random to me. One thing that I know triggers an out of sync is if I cam around a club and am not on screen at some point. When I come back my partner and I are often out of sync to some degree.

Yes, camming messes up your dancing :). For the rest I think it's way better than 10 years ago, I hardly have to synchronise during dancing anymore.

[CaerolleClaudel]

6 hours ago, Caitlin Tobias said:

Yes, camming messes up your dancing :). For the rest I think it's way better than 10 years ago, I hardly have to synchronise during dancing anymore.

Odds are highly against me ever dancing with anyone again, but that is great to know! 

[Love Zhaoying]

19 minutes ago, CaerolleClaudel said:

Odds are highly against me ever dancing with anyone again, but that is great to know! 

You remind me of the WHAM! song, "Careless Whisper:

"… I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

… I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, oh"

 

[CaerolleClaudel]

12 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

You remind me of the WHAM! song, "Careless Whisper:

"… I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

… I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, oh"

 

I’ve heard that song, but had no idea who did it, and honestly have no idea who WHAM! Is lol. The name reminds me of a fake band in the movie Music and Lyrics.

[Carolyn Zapedzki]

12 minutes ago, CaerolleClaudel said:

I’ve heard that song, but had no idea who did it, and honestly have no idea who WHAM! Is lol. The name reminds me of a fake band in the movie Music and Lyrics.

You need to know who Wham are, so here you go