tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post3613840526742253747..comments2023-12-14T18:17:52.957-08:00Comments on The Train Wreck Love Life: don't you think I know you're only trying to save yourself?Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-22954727621079527842011-03-22T19:06:29.550-07:002011-03-22T19:06:29.550-07:00Oh, me too. I like the structure, and about all I&...Oh, me too. I like the structure, and about all I've done over the years is change animations, and upgrade from ZHAO to ZHAO II.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-12328372764363997022011-03-22T15:42:45.518-07:002011-03-22T15:42:45.518-07:00Wouldn't catch me dead without SOME variety of...Wouldn't catch me dead without SOME variety of walk anim at the very least, in a female av. Never ever. But I have gone with just a walk and nothing else...that duck walk...ewww.... <br /><br />(That said...I'm still using ZHAO - I don't know how laggy other AO systems are, but ZHAO doesn't seem to be too horrid.)Sphynx Soleilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384124029613452884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-29874505673460948272011-03-21T22:25:31.618-07:002011-03-21T22:25:31.618-07:00I admit, that's one of my pet peeves in any vi...I admit, that's one of my pet peeves in <i>any</i> virtual world--if you have a profile, <b>FILL IT OUT</b>. But yes, I've heard that too, so adding to the above list:<br /><br /><b>* The "blank" bio</b> <i>(AKA, no groups, nothing in FL, nothing in the front-page bio.)</i><br /><br /><b>* No payment info on file</b> <i>(I am proof that this one DEEPLY bugs people--I became payment-verified my first month in, because no one would hire me without being payment-verified. And I can't count how many people I had to turn away from the Enigma who didn't have it)</i><br /><br /><b>* Not age-verified</b> <i>(Unless you're on Zindra, why does this matter? But some people look for it.)</i><br /><br />And what I consider one of the most ridiculous accusations:<br /><br /><b>* Misspelled group names</b> <i>(This is especially ludicrous coming from someone ranting about it who can't spell in their own <b>rant</b>, but the thinking goes that if they're in a group whose title is misspelled, or that has randomly capitalized letters--like, oh, say, PiNKMaRe'S HoUsE--then they're <b>obviously</b> a copybot griefer twelve-year-old who will nuke their sim ZOMG)</i><br /><br />As far as the AO issue...yep. In fact, I know more than one Caledonian who swears they will never own an AO--male and female both. Apparently the duck walk soothes their heads, or something.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-90316418209041488512011-03-21T21:40:19.246-07:002011-03-21T21:40:19.246-07:00....the HELL?
May as well add "having an em.......the HELL? <br /><br />May as well add "having an empty profile" and "no groups in profile" and "no payment info on file" (especially now with TEENS on the grid *eyeroll*) to the list. I've seen some assorted gripes about those cross group chats. <br /><br /><i>Some people go years without animations, actually preferring not to have the lag and the scripting interfere with their enjoyment of traveling about. </i><br /><br />*blinkblink* really? for female avs too? I can understand that for the male avs, the default anims aren't great, but don't suck as bad, but for the females too? *twitch*Sphynx Soleilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384124029613452884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-19684795064492978992011-03-21T17:27:26.875-07:002011-03-21T17:27:26.875-07:00Sphynx,
To date, the list is likely more exhausti...Sphynx,<br /><br />To date, the list is likely more exhaustive than I can imagine, but so far, the things I <i>know</i> about that paranoid merchants scan for when a 'suspicious' sort is in their store:<br /><br /><b>* Standing at the beam-in point too long</b> <i>(these days, I make a point of moving QUICKLY off the central point, even if nothing has rezzed in yet)</i><br /><b>* Not moving, or ceasing to move</b> <i>(most of the time when I do that, there's lag, and I'm camming around looking at vendors)</i><br /><b>* Wearing the same hair/dress/skin/outfit as someone who ported in before you</b> <i>(this doesn't happen often, but it's based around early explanations of copybot programs that can walk one av up to another, and copy everything they're wearing--what's become myth is the copying part, which some merchants believe can be done instantaneously)</i><br /><b>* Having the same groups as someone else in the store</b> <i>(This one just baffles me. How can having the same groups as someone else, even <b>one</b> same group, indicate a copyright infringer? I don't get it)</i><br /><br /><b>* Mentioning another av who's also in the store in your profile</b> <i>(so I suppose you're never supposed to shop with friends, SL family, partners...)</i><br /><br /><b>* Flying around the store</b> <i>(This one's just silly. But flying--especially flying without an AO--is viewed the province of newbs, and newbs are all copybotters, in the perception of some merchants)</i><br /><br /><b>* Not using an AO</b> <i>(This one's also silly. Some people go years without animations, actually preferring not to have the lag and the scripting interfere with their enjoyment of traveling about. But again, no AO to these paranoid merchants means you're a newb, and if you're a newb, you're looking to steal their products)</i><br /><br />Now, does <i>anything</i> on this list leap out at you, and make you think <i>"A-HA! That person is a THIEF!"</i>? Me neither. But these are the myths going around.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-23982129805629363692011-03-21T17:03:21.620-07:002011-03-21T17:03:21.620-07:00Miss Ember,
Thank you! Though on the second read-...Miss Ember,<br /><br />Thank you! Though on the second read-through, I caught some things I may well change--when I first plotted this out, almost two weeks back, I didn't have the funds to buy the gowns in question, so I had taken a great many vendor pictures instead.<br /><br />But I do actually <i>own</i> both gowns, so. :)Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-66353969091578051632011-03-21T11:24:49.824-07:002011-03-21T11:24:49.824-07:00Good gods, people overreacting if you're in th...Good gods, people overreacting if you're in the store too long, standing in one place too long, and now, freaking out if a design uses the same colors? <br /><br />No wonder there's so much "copybot" fear - they're doing it to themselves with their overreactions!Sphynx Soleilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384124029613452884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-30997550452753655232011-03-21T09:56:24.169-07:002011-03-21T09:56:24.169-07:00Good analysis, well done.Good analysis, well done.Miss D Emberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15759629792371786786noreply@blogger.com