Tuesday 3 May 2016

SL Great Sims



SecondLife is the worlds premier Virtual Reality platform and has been active for over a decade, long before vr goggles became commercially available.

I joined SL in 2012 when I finally got a powerful enough computer. It has changed my life.

I have learned that in VR everything is transient. The environments we create and cohabit change over time and will ultimately disappear. What remains of them is any 2D snapshot photographs, machinima and memories.

This blog series is about sharing some of the atmosphere and emotions created by the SL Master Builders whose environmental works of art I have been fortunate enough to experience.

The task of showcasing all of the best of SL is impossible as there is so much of it; thus this humble effort is merely a tiny insight into a much vaster world. It is for purposes of nostalgia and for introducing new people to what SecondLife is all about.

There are some amazing people who do regular professional blogs about SL Sims and Events. I do not intend to keep this series going beyond having recorded for posterity a small handful of those Sims which really stand out to me as being something special. The criteria is that I wander around them in a state of 'wow!' and gather my senses enough to take as many snapshots as possible, enough of an impact to do some research and compilation.

I make no claim of ownership, this is for educational and marketing purposes only.




Unfortunately I did not 'get into this' blogging about sims during my formative years. As a result I have very little to show of the works of master builder Jedda Zenovka who took me on as a student and showed me how to do a lot of things. I am deeply indebted to her passion for creativity in VR. Her work truly stands out - it is organic and pulses with life.

Unfortunately I was banned from Builders Brewery when one of the admin there Pavl Duke decided to cyber bully me because I replied to somebodies request for information on their group chat instead of by PM which is an easy mistake to make and 99.99% of other sims do not have that restriction. I had apologized and it was not good enough for him so I told him to leave me alone. BB is a great sim but like so many internet forums, the admin are the trolls and they have no empathy thus are inhuman and problematic to deal with. Do not let one bad apple spoil the orchard.











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Tuesday 19 January 2016

the kohl club




Ah me seems to wasting an inaudible amount of time in 3D constructing versions of a Goth venue inspired by cathedral architecture and basement clubs. Eventually one of them will do, like ravens in the dark grabbed through the late-night sleaze-haze of tibetan-musk scented fog machine and whatever cocktail the mashy group-mind are thriving on this night; vodka and black or cider and black or rum and ginger or pills or spliffs or grog and usually someone is on all of the above to bring it on. Grabbed and snogged in an alcove and pleasured until cenobytes come oozing out of the walls and everyone smiling through tear-stained mascara.

The Kohl club is this place and the music is awesome, something familiar yet new, prototypical vibes from shadows inside. You knew when you came in here you would be coming back for more, you have keys to the open door so long as you fit in and i am sure darling that you fit in well.

This is a scene from a dream that has not quite been although it's splattered all over the globe in its dribbulous drabulous most fabulous guises. Here, retro meets cyber meets all things black. That's the dress code and we don't cut slack.


Photo's to follow. 

This one is for SecondLife VR when we can afford to rent the land and figure out how the dj stuff works. 

Some WIPs for your sincerely treasured pleasures.
These have not got any final textures on yet.








Fifteen minutes after posting this up I came back to sort out typo's, much satisfied and surprised to find 80 beautiful people have clicked on this already. Totally open to suggestion as it is that sort of place. Comments below for the brave of face.

So the base is 28x38 its 2 stories high and anticipated at 16 Prim for the very basic 'pillars & arches' box; any more detail than that (lights fog tables chairs wall-art) and it quickly rises. Doing it at all means it's worth doing it right. Up late into the night until it's done, having fun. If i can't get the land it will be in sl market and in great demand.

Update: 12 hours later there's 170 views. Hell that's a lot of pressure to do this thing and get it right. Assuming it to indicate a need for such things in the world as more cybergoth clubs I will persevere.


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Update 20.1.16:
Twin Blog HERE and you will be interested to know how Masonic ritual affects the lives of all you who have gotten involved by sending your Attention-Energy through these grids.

Update 7.7.17:
the Kohl Club is for now located at:  Tabula Rasa #13,  (215, 166, 201)
for purposes of its construction and development and a grand opening ceremony tba.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/kohlclub


graffiti competition for backstage wall

in an alcove

ornate wrought iron door

vino tinto / snakebite / vodka / rum / caffeine


cloak room lockers