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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The SS Galaxy is Moving
I just read on the SL Sailing website that the SS Galaxy Cruise ship is going to be joining the USS(United Sailing Sims). My wife and I have both rented there, and loved it, I've also rented on the land area nearby(Al Nasl and Polis sims specifically). It is a great place to rent & live, or just hang out - the staff has always been good too.
Having said that, when I was living there were problems with newbies letting themselves into peoples' homes, trying to play hooker for $L, etc. In fact one day I tp'd in to find some girl standing in my drivway, on top of my car, and was immediately asked (in very crude English no less) if I wanted to have sex. She hadn't even made it to the freebie areas to bother with prim hair and clothes, she was in one of the default Linden get-ups looking like she had just taken a boat off of Orientation Island - couldn't have been more noobish. I laughed and ignored her, she tried to follow me into the apartment but once she figured out that she wasn't getting in she wandered off through the rest of the neighborhood asking any and every poor passersby(male & female alike) if they wanted to have sex with her. She then came back to ask me again(sans the standing on my car), and repeated the whole thing.
There had been increasing number of newbies wandering around at this time, most of them seemingly harmless, some of them even friendly but outnumbered by the ass hats. The ones who think they're bad-assed with their "defensive" gadgets, or just barge into peoples homes, camming in to hop on your furniture, helping themselves and a buddy to your sex bed or hot tub, etc. you all know the types I'm sure.
It's always something you have to deal with no matter where you live, just part of SL, but why were these nuisances so frequent? The SS Galaxy also serves as a Community Gateway for new residents. Good move business-wise and don't fault them at all for it, wish we had those when I was new. However, does a Community Gateway belong on the USS? I would have to say no, a perfect example as to why was recently posted on the SL Sailing Forums about the griefing of major events(specifically, one of the J-Classic races). The post starts out with..
This sort of thing of thing is hardly uncommon to begin with, even just pleasure cruising it's at least 2-3 times a week when someone clicks on my boat and effectively stops it dead in it's tracks, and/or hopping on uninvited(which can also heavily effect boat performance, the Beach Cat or Patchogue for example. I wish more boats came with eject scripts like other SL vehicles.) It isn't just a problem with newbies, but oldbies who should know better too.
Anyways, while I like the SS Galaxy and all, and on the whole think they'll be good neighbors(I live a short distance from the newly announced location), I think it'll be fun sailing in for the occasional 7Seas Fishing tournament held there(or other events, they have geisha shows and the Zodiac Ballroom etc., the cruise ship spans three sims), etc., - I do also have my reservations and hope the USS and others are ready to deal with increasing nuisances a Community Gateway will bring to the area.
Having said that, when I was living there were problems with newbies letting themselves into peoples' homes, trying to play hooker for $L, etc. In fact one day I tp'd in to find some girl standing in my drivway, on top of my car, and was immediately asked (in very crude English no less) if I wanted to have sex. She hadn't even made it to the freebie areas to bother with prim hair and clothes, she was in one of the default Linden get-ups looking like she had just taken a boat off of Orientation Island - couldn't have been more noobish. I laughed and ignored her, she tried to follow me into the apartment but once she figured out that she wasn't getting in she wandered off through the rest of the neighborhood asking any and every poor passersby(male & female alike) if they wanted to have sex with her. She then came back to ask me again(sans the standing on my car), and repeated the whole thing.
There had been increasing number of newbies wandering around at this time, most of them seemingly harmless, some of them even friendly but outnumbered by the ass hats. The ones who think they're bad-assed with their "defensive" gadgets, or just barge into peoples homes, camming in to hop on your furniture, helping themselves and a buddy to your sex bed or hot tub, etc. you all know the types I'm sure.
It's always something you have to deal with no matter where you live, just part of SL, but why were these nuisances so frequent? The SS Galaxy also serves as a Community Gateway for new residents. Good move business-wise and don't fault them at all for it, wish we had those when I was new. However, does a Community Gateway belong on the USS? I would have to say no, a perfect example as to why was recently posted on the SL Sailing Forums about the griefing of major events(specifically, one of the J-Classic races). The post starts out with..
(censored) is the name of an avatar that sat on a number of boats during the J-Classic finals. He disturbed the final race, possibly having a decisive outcome on the final results.
I am not going to immediately claim this person is a griefer, but it is kind of funny to see this account being made the same day of the finals. (11-07-2009 (US notation))
A number of people are witness to this action, one of them mentioned he asked the person to not do that, after which he apologized and jumped on another boat.
This sort of thing of thing is hardly uncommon to begin with, even just pleasure cruising it's at least 2-3 times a week when someone clicks on my boat and effectively stops it dead in it's tracks, and/or hopping on uninvited(which can also heavily effect boat performance, the Beach Cat or Patchogue for example. I wish more boats came with eject scripts like other SL vehicles.) It isn't just a problem with newbies, but oldbies who should know better too.
Anyways, while I like the SS Galaxy and all, and on the whole think they'll be good neighbors(I live a short distance from the newly announced location), I think it'll be fun sailing in for the occasional 7Seas Fishing tournament held there(or other events, they have geisha shows and the Zodiac Ballroom etc., the cruise ship spans three sims), etc., - I do also have my reservations and hope the USS and others are ready to deal with increasing nuisances a Community Gateway will bring to the area.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Saturday Exhibit, Nov 14th {An Update}
{Edit 11/14: I guess the Saturday night slot was given to a different manager than the one who asked me, and haven't been asked to set up yet so presuming I'm not on for tonight. I'm sure there'll be some great artists there regardless, and just as well as I have a stack of other things on my plate to get around to.}
I'll be doing another showcase at the Omni Market and Art Gallery Cafe this Saturday, Nov 14th, I believe from 6-8pm sl time but don't quote me on that :-p I'll repost Fri with more info. Was hoping to have the first volume of my soon to be published book out for sale but not looking likely, but I'll have plenty of new works out for your viewing pleasure(and purchase). Feel free to check out my main gallery in the meantime.
Cafe - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/13/19/90
My main gallery - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/176/220/82
I'll be doing another showcase at the Omni Market and Art Gallery Cafe this Saturday, Nov 14th, I believe from 6-8pm sl time but don't quote me on that :-p I'll repost Fri with more info. Was hoping to have the first volume of my soon to be published book out for sale but not looking likely, but I'll have plenty of new works out for your viewing pleasure(and purchase). Feel free to check out my main gallery in the meantime.
Cafe - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/13/19/90
My main gallery - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/176/220/82
Monday, November 02, 2009
Gallery Showing Tonight - Exclusive
I'll be at the Omni Market and Art Gallery tonight for a showing at the cafe, including some brand new works and some older exclusive stuff rarely if ever seen. The showing is officially 7-9pm SL time at the slurl below, it's set up now though so you can drop by and look around anytime before then if you wish.
Omni Market and Art Gallery - Cafe: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/21/41/82
There will be other artists showcasing there tonight as well. Hope to see you there!
ps. I presume there'll be live entertainment during the exhibit. Also you may of course visit my main gallery anytime if you aren't able to attend tonight's event
Omni Market and Art Gallery - Cafe: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/21/41/82
There will be other artists showcasing there tonight as well. Hope to see you there!
ps. I presume there'll be live entertainment during the exhibit. Also you may of course visit my main gallery anytime if you aren't able to attend tonight's event
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Blake Sea
Took some spur of the moment shots yesterday out on Blake Sea, many I've posted to my Koinup account. Maybe I'll throw a few up on Flickr too.
Blake has become rather littered with race buoys and markers, I suspect the LDPW(or whomever has permissions) puts them down for certain events and just never removes them. I had noticed it before while sailing, but egads - most of the post-processing on these photos was time spent cloning them out. Not difficult to do, but quickly gets to be a nuisance when it's a batch of a dozen or more photos. I suppose I should get in the habit of using the rendering tools in-world to hide junk more often. I usually don't think of it for casual spur of the moment shots unless I'm on mainland - then it's rather unavoidable.
Just saying..
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While I'm here, I'm glad that LL is finally doing something about all the 3rd Party Viewers out there. Nothing wrong with them in and of themselves, but no accountability or expectations from 3rd party developers and users just doesn't work.
I do hope the Lab makes it so that bots need to be registered to connect to the main grid as well. If not possible, then only let PIOF or Premium members connect to the grid with 3rd Party tools, take the anonymity out of it and you stem a lot of the abuse and content theft. Doing this I'd think would make the certain functionalities(such as export) added to viewers & other tools less of a concern - the few people who might theoretically have legit uses for them could still do so but who's going to use their RL info to go on a copytheft or griefing spree?
3rd Party developers would continue to complain and cry witch hunt where LL puts any restrictions on them, and many would rather see users(including content creators) restricted from transferring items without having a verified account. Basically, they'd rather the restrictions be on anyone but themselves, and will complain no matter what LL does. While there may be some individuals who are generally supportive of the Lab's upcoming policy, on the whole I wouldn't expect anything constructive to come out of their community regarding the matter. They don't even accept that 3rd party tools enable much of the content theft and griefing in SL, where there's viewers which make copy-theft so simple even a two-year old could do it and others which enable griefers to evade parcel bans and ejections, which is one of the main tools Residents have to deal with griefing and harrassment on their property. This is the kind of "creativity" that needs to be stifled, and I hope that LL is serious and follows through when they say it will not be tolerated.
Blake has become rather littered with race buoys and markers, I suspect the LDPW(or whomever has permissions) puts them down for certain events and just never removes them. I had noticed it before while sailing, but egads - most of the post-processing on these photos was time spent cloning them out. Not difficult to do, but quickly gets to be a nuisance when it's a batch of a dozen or more photos. I suppose I should get in the habit of using the rendering tools in-world to hide junk more often. I usually don't think of it for casual spur of the moment shots unless I'm on mainland - then it's rather unavoidable.
Just saying..
..
While I'm here, I'm glad that LL is finally doing something about all the 3rd Party Viewers out there. Nothing wrong with them in and of themselves, but no accountability or expectations from 3rd party developers and users just doesn't work.
I do hope the Lab makes it so that bots need to be registered to connect to the main grid as well. If not possible, then only let PIOF or Premium members connect to the grid with 3rd Party tools, take the anonymity out of it and you stem a lot of the abuse and content theft. Doing this I'd think would make the certain functionalities(such as export) added to viewers & other tools less of a concern - the few people who might theoretically have legit uses for them could still do so but who's going to use their RL info to go on a copytheft or griefing spree?
3rd Party developers would continue to complain and cry witch hunt where LL puts any restrictions on them, and many would rather see users(including content creators) restricted from transferring items without having a verified account. Basically, they'd rather the restrictions be on anyone but themselves, and will complain no matter what LL does. While there may be some individuals who are generally supportive of the Lab's upcoming policy, on the whole I wouldn't expect anything constructive to come out of their community regarding the matter. They don't even accept that 3rd party tools enable much of the content theft and griefing in SL, where there's viewers which make copy-theft so simple even a two-year old could do it and others which enable griefers to evade parcel bans and ejections, which is one of the main tools Residents have to deal with griefing and harrassment on their property. This is the kind of "creativity" that needs to be stifled, and I hope that LL is serious and follows through when they say it will not be tolerated.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Today's the Day! Will You Be There?
From 4pm - 6pm SLT(Pacific time) I'll be one of the featured artists at the Omni Artists Cafe. You can visit anytime throughout the day of course, in-world at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/130/128/84 (the cafe is on the 1st floor, I'm set up on the 2nd)
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Presenting..
This Tuesday, the 15th, I'll be presenting some of my works at the Omni Market & Artist Gallery event, along with the 3 other featured artists. I'll add the location's SLUrl here when I have it.
In the meantime, you can view my newest works on Koinup.com
In the meantime, you can view my newest works on Koinup.com
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Reopening the Blog
Yesterday I was invited to join the Omni Market & Art Gallery to show off my work(SL Photography), it's been months since I've posted anything here but decided to fire it back up and start posting again. More in the coming days not just on my work but other topics such as the state of SL these days, etc.
In the meantime, while in-world feel free to check out all the artists at slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/177/221/82
In the meantime, while in-world feel free to check out all the artists at slurl.com/secondlife/Giradikon/177/221/82
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