Dillon Levenque

I'll chime in, too. I didn't go to the first Hippiestock to meet people, really. I did want to see people who's stuff I'd read on the forums but I think mostly I went because I'm a hippie, in some ways. At the time I considered myself very much a forum noob (deservedly) so it was kind of fun seeing people. Talking with anyone was really hard; the lag was pretty severe. I had a couple of IM's from someone—very sweet IM's they were, too—that I never saw (those who know me will not be surprised at that) until the next day. I did see some people there I hadn't heard of; Dres comes to mind because he kept almost knocking me down with that goofy flag. I talked a little to Dee because she was close to where I was. I got to hug Ewer (remember that awesome holiday thread, when she found the CD with all her saved pics?) but I found out later I should have waited; she reportedly was in a state of severe undress later in the day ;-). I got there too late so I didn't hear Lillie sing; in fact I didn't hear her sing until I got tp'd onto the top of her head on St. Patrick's Day (Keli Strikes Again!). I've made up for that since. I don't think it needs to be a case of everyone loving each other. I think if everyone is just civil that should be enough, and I didn't see any incivility there. I also hope you change your mind. Just go and groove. It's a fun thing to be part of. Peace Edited for more misspellings than usual.

Janelle Darkstone wrote: I had to stop and think about this (dangerous, I know). :smileytongue: When someone says "The Wall", is it strange that the first thing in my head was Pink Floyd? I'm betting someone from Germany and a Vietnam vet would automatically think other things (and probably have the same negative reaction, maybe). Sorry for the lame derail, Keli. Carry on. :smileywink: I wouldn't exactly call it lame, Janelle. Perhaps not quite up to your standards—didn't even have a racy pic—but certainly not lame ;-). BTW I'm leaning toward SLitter, including the wrist reference. But if everyone goes with the Feed, that would work too. I'll have to find a clip from "Cool Hand Luke" for that scene where Paul Newman yells, "Stop feeding on me!"

Happy Birthday, Chris!

Dogboat Taurog wrote: you are, at least i gather, a female. :smileyvery-happy:

Dogboat Taurog wrote: Void Singer wrote: obviously they will, you did. ... unless you are suddenly going to claim that you are not in fact any of those adjectives, and then please feel free to apply all of your arguments to yourself. i'll tell you how the majority of women think and feel if you like playing by your rules i'd be an expert. you need a bridge. Really, Dogboat. Hang it up. I was hoping someone would point out the fallacy of your argument a few posts back. Someone did. After several posts in which you professed to know, and willingly shared, the thoughts of adult heterosexual human males you responded by saying that those very same people (among whom you clearly included yourself) would not tell their thoughts. I'm sorry to have to tell you but that just doesn't fly. You contradicted yourself. Massively. Let it go. Just because I'm all done I'll throw in my two cent's worth, and I do know how to count to two. In my opinion any man who thinks his woman doesn't know exactly what he's all about is delusional. As is any man who thinks he has a woman all figured out. I'm not saying those things are not possible, just that they are very unlikely.

I use two of the methods suggested here and the combination works for me. Mind you I never really got going with V2 and I've only experimented a little with Firestorm. I'm guessing since you're new you'll be using the current Second Life Viewer 2 and I can't help with details but the ideas are identical. Folders, and subfolders within them, are really a must. Not just for clothes, although you'll probably have a lot more clothes than anything else for a while. There's already a Clothing folder. I'd at a minimum create new folders in there called Skirts, Tops, Pants, and Dresses. I know some people who break those down much farther and while it's a bit of work at the start I think it worthwhile. It doesn't take long before you're familiar with your Folder tree and can click right through to the things you want. As I said, it's not just for clothes. You should have a Footwear folder with subfolders. Also a Hair, ditto. If you're like a lot of us who really enjoy the holiday decorating aspects of SL you'll eventually want folders for, at a minimum, all your favorite holidays with perhaps subfolders in those for decorations, toys, clothes, etc. In conjunction with folders I use "Make Outfit" all the time. It's a lifesaver and especially so for a new resident. I remember being scared stiff anytime I'd make a change to my avatar for fear I wouldn't like the change and not be able to find what the old version is. "Make Outfit" is like doing a 'save all' of what you are wearing and what you are at any given moment. There are several good tutorials on it and I'd read them before I did anything else were I you. The new viewer allows features in outfits that don't exist on the old viewer which should make them even better. This link will take you to the tutorial I found way back when and is still worth reading. It changed my slife. Lum Pfohl on Make Outfit This is Torley Linden's video tutorial on Outfit creation with the current viewer: Torley on Outfits Torley has a kind of goofy speaking style but he is literally a wealth of information, so get used to it :-). The main thing is—have fun! Edited to add links

It's funny how for some individuals, all the world can be divided into only two groups: Those who agree with that individual's opinion, and those who lack the mental capacity to comprehend it.

Charo, I was TOLD—I don't have proof but I was told—that the SL scenes for that were shot in the same place I used for my 'Audience With M'! Check the credits :-).

Keli Kyrie wrote: Some like it rough, some like it spaced-out and some don't like you to call it a game at all... So what do you think: Do you play SL or does it play you... Not sure. More the latter than the former, I think. Keli Kyrie wrote: or is it something all together different than anything else? Yes. While there are certainly games to be played in SL, I don't think of it as a game. For one thing, you can't win (I know, I know: the same could be said of dodgeball) but beyond that it has few of the attributes associated with what is traditionally thought of as a game, video or otherwise. There are no clear winners—although there are some pretty obvious losers (sorry, could NOT resist). There aren't any stated goals or levels of achievement. There are no recognized ranks, unlike the Forums. Sure, you can treat is as a game. Some people treat REAL life as a game, for that matter. You could try to acquire the most money, or the most land, or something like that. Be incredibly boring for me but then that's just me. Things like Bloodlines have very definite game attributes and I've heard there is fierce competition for souls or whatever it is they use to keep score. But even there I would be quite willing to bet a fair large number of Lindens that a lot of Bloodlines 'players' are involved just because they think vampires are sexy. The thing that really keeps me here are the connections, the personal connections. I am an immersionist. I treat the friendships I have here just as I would friendships in RL. I have no problem with those who consider this all just a pretty game to be played, or a way to expand upon their RL connections. I just feel they are missing something. Yes, it's true: when I log off, I'm not 'here' anymore. Doesn't mean I'm not thinking about here, or that people here aren't thinking about me. A couple of hundred years ago friendships, relationships, even marriages, might go months or years without any personal interaction between the partners other than handwritten letters. That did not make them any less real.

Keli Kyrie wrote: There is a reason we don't let you play with guns anymore. :smileytongue: Hey! I was pretty good with that thing—those little metal ducks were scared to death of me.

Alazarin Mondrian wrote: Kelinda wrote: So it seems to me women out number men 8-10 to 1 in Second Life. Is this because most of SL is about shopping and homemaking? Are the boys off playing War Games? One thing I've noticed about the 'War Games' thing, and maybe some of you folks could help me here, is the gun thing. OK, I did live in the US for 5 years as a teenager long, long ago but since then have been back in bad old Yurp. So I can't claim to have much firsthand knowledge of US culture. One thing I repeatedly ran into after joining SL were people yarfing on about their gun collections, etc., etc. Is that a 'normal' US male thing or was I just unlucky to blunder into a crowd of psychopaths? I don't think owning guns in the U.S. is either usual or unusual. Some do, some don't. Some have very strong feelings about it, most (in my opinion) do not. As for gun ownership being the definition of psychopathic behavior, something your last question seems to imply, I think that might be a bit overstated. I've owned guns in the past, I don't own any now. I do own more than one fishing rod, and I'm as lethal with those as with a gun. Which is to say, not very. Well, I'm actually more lethal now that I think about it. Never shot anything but I have caught some fish.

Pamela Galli wrote: Now that the Merchant Forum is on life support I have been looking around at other forus, and this place seems actually pretty good. Is is for GD of SL? or just GD of anything? If you liked the old GD forum but did not like the endless flame wars, you'll probably like this one. If fact you'll probably like many of the sections in the Forums. As has been pointed out, the one thing that makes this particular section different is that non-SL topics are allowed. Including speculation on just what the next alien invasion of Earth will mean for us Earthlings, which you gotta admit is pretty important stuff so it's good we have a place to deal with that.

Thank you! :smileyvery-happy:

My word. I take a week off and come back to find the GD forum has descended even farther into madness. Fortunately, Anaiya has indeed hit upon a solution so elegant as to be almost breathtaking. ....slips on a pair of suitably round-heeled pumps, gazes serenely at nothing.... Mooooo

I feel lightheaded, and dizzy. I think I need to lie down and be looked after. Some of that soup would go nicely, too.

Sylvia Tamalyn wrote: Look away from the tassels!! Tried. Couldn't.

Scylla Rhiadra wrote: Who knew Jim Morrison was so clever? Me. The fact that there is little agreement in detail on such things as sex and violence isn't a reason to ignore the views of everyone who does have a view on them: it's a more pressing reason to accommodate those different perspectives as best we can. There are lots of ways to do that, of which a ratings system is but one -- but it's an important one, because it is backed by the threat of sanctions. I have a lot of respect for you, but on this subject I am in complete disagreement. I do like the idea of a 'PG Place' in SL. I personally enjoy being in a PG environment, most of the time. I like it when I have to watch what I say and do; it makes it feel a bit more like RL. But I just cannot accept that certain non-PG activities should be segregated from others. I simply do not buy into the argument that someone stumbling into a sim that celebrates an activity that particular someone finds horrific or terrible or disgusting is in any way a big deal. Going away is so easy. Can you be TP'd to someplace that invokes memories of something horrible that happened to you in your real life? Yes, I suppose so. But you can also TP out. And you should only have that happen once before you stop being stupid enough to accept tp's from people you don't know and trust. I think rating adult behavior HERE is a bad idea. Nobody is ignoring anyone's views. If something offends you, avoid it. There was a dance club in the sim next to the one I live in that was so incredibly racist it made me want to throw up. It wasn't close enough to intrude on my space and as far as I know it's long gone—I only happened to see it while exploring the neighborhood to see what was new. But even had it been next door I'd have lived with it. I'd have given it all the crap it could handle and banned anyone who belonged or showed up, but I'd have lived with it. That's what this place is about.

DQ Darwin wrote: I saw Lillie, was there something else in that picture??? ETA: Looks around for falling rocks:) Teehee

Hippie Bowman wrote: HI everyone! Many of you know of a poster, here in the old GD and Forums named Unklebob! I always enjoyed his posts, and humor. Where are you Uncle Bob!? Are you lurking? Give us a sign! Would love to here from you! Peace! Hippie, I remember Unklebob posting that he was getting damned tired of having his threads AR'd for not being SL related and his thread postings really dropped off after that, at least in the GD. You're right, he was always funny if not hysterically funny as well as being a very friendly and nice poster. He came up with some of the funniest pics ever. I actually copied the "Baywatch Canada" picture and still have it. He really should come back, the Forums are a better place now, and we even have a GD!

Keli Kyrie wrote: So I guess I am not a very good friend: But she is so evil: Never leave your Avi when you go AFK: But I still need a scirpt that will work. The story continues.... Keli, Keli, Keli. Don't you see? The whole concept is doomed. Cone of Shame can only work on someone who can feel shame. Your quarry is shameless. It's well known. ETA You're lucky Lillie's out of town, she'd smack you for including her in her nightie in that pic :smileywink:

Sylvia Tamalyn wrote: M get embarrassed? Have you already forgotten the twirling tassels?? :smileysurprised: I will never forget the twirly tassels.:smileyvery-happy:

Venus Petrov wrote: Keli: Going back to your OP. I have to wonder about those that are standing around watching. What is up with them? No one stepped in to help the victim? Of course we did! We all pounced on the perp and tickled her senseless. In the melee nobody thought to take a picture. I can't believe I hadn't seen this thread until now!

Some friends and I were actually thinking of doing that; I went dancing in roller skates (in fact that's where the pic on my badge came from) and everyone was trying to come up with cool names. I can see from yours that we were on the right track (intended). They picked 'Dil Lerious' for me. :smileyvery-happy:

DQ Darwin wrote: Happy Bastille Day to all Wooot @Val: I know but it was a great game. @Lia: Canada didn't get by the first round @Dillon: Nice clip, great movie, it's funny how some things stick with us yours made me think of this Wow, Dee. Very evocative. I think I have that outfit in my Inventory ;-)

Hi everybody! I was hoping to be the first to mention it but you guys just get up too early. Since I noticed that Val had wished all us Amis a happy Independence Day I wanted to wish her a Happy Bastille Day. For some reason the forum is fighting me and won't accept my perfectly good youtube link. Maybe I can just paste it. It's one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies. If the b-girl with the tears in her eyes doesn't get to you a little you probably cannot be gotten to ;-). Vive la France!