keep on the path I sent you on

And this sort of sheer, unadulterated, malicious violation of Twisted hunt's own posted rules just confirms I made the right choice to leave the group.

So we're taking another tack, and stepping away from hunting for a bit. This is another store, but clearly, it is a store with a difference.

The blurb reads thusly:

Pandemonium has a collection of dilapidated structures, sim prefabs, parcel prefabs and landscaping products. Great for Halloween. Est. 2009 New Mesh Cemetery Graveyard Gothic Medieval Swamp Dungeon CCS Blood Grunge Zombie Shack Ruins MC Vampire Cliffs

Let's look around.



Shouldn't more stores welcome us in with a giant's screaming skull?



Good to know, I'll keep it in mind if I run into any.



Nice little sitting area, if one needs to rest a bit. No coffee, but no one's perfect.



No one can say P4NDOR4 Quintessa's prices aren't high. But just look at the detail given for her works. Amazing. The aging, the weathering, the moss growing on parts of the stone, the cracks--no sharp angles, no texture flickering, nothing ever that looks pasted just on the surface.



Why is there a unicorn following me around? Does he not know what I do?

Anyway, if you're in need of collapsing ruins, tumbled stones along a path, dilapidated prefabs--Pandemonium is your one-stop shop.

the ducks and geese in flight, the silence in between

This one may get heavy.

[14:40] Cxx Vxxxxxxx: hi could i please get the clue for EC Desgns please

So, this is our protagonist. Miss C is new, and also, either has English for a second language, or just can't type. I pick apart typos as much as anyone, but that's not the point. Just keep her in mind: all she's doing here is asking a question that is perfectly allowed in this group, and, in fact, is 80% of why this group exists.

[14:41] Rxx Axxxxx: 26 - =EC Designs= - "How do you feel? That is the question
But I forget, you don't expect an easy answer "
[14:41] Cxx Vxxxxxxx: ok
[14:41] Cxx Vxxxxxxx: thank u
[14:41] Rxx Axxxxx: yw

Okay, some clues are obscure. I don't know the layout of EC Designs offhand, but even if I did, it wouldn't really convince me that it was an excellent clue as stated. And I don't know about Miss C, but generally, I only ask for a clue if I absolutely cannot find it on my own.

[14:43] Cxx Vxxxxxxx: not the besat clue by far lol

"Best", but this was the line that started things. Only one typo so far from her. Just to note.

[14:46] Cxxx Lxxxxxxxx: So sorry, next time I'll try to have a more besat clue, just for you.
[14:47] Mxxxxxxx Exxxxxxxxx: Please, I love when things are besat
[14:47] mxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: how does one besat things?

Yeah, okay, it was a typo. Yes, we've all played with typos before. But maybe it's having had a bad conversation in Twisted yesterday, but this struck me as not gentle teasing, but cruel taunting. This is not what I want out of a hunt group that's supposed to help players get through the hunt.

[14:48] Cxx Vxxxxxxx: no not at all i just mean it is hard is all lol it is a good clue

Here, Miss C is trying to make it better, explain further, emphatically trying not to make it worse. To 'lighten the mood', one might ven say.

[14:49] Mxxxxxxx Exxxxxxxxx: It's what happens when you've besit something before
[14:49] Cxx Vxxxxxxx: wow one spelling mistake and every one is taking the piss

Now it's starting to get to her. Not unreasonable.

[14:50] Cxxx Lxxxxxxxx: well I had a lot of water to drink today... it was inevitable
[14:50] Rxx Axxxxx: typos often lead to hilarity around here
[14:50] Mxxxxxxx Exxxxxxxxx: Obviously you don't us very well

And I'm just baffled by what she means. "Know us"? "Trust us"? What "us", Ms. M?

[14:50] mxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: mhmm.
[14:51] Mxxxxxxx Exxxxxxxxx: lol [Cxxx]
[14:51] Rxx Axxxxx: [Txxx] ended up with a nickname from a typo lol
[14:51] Cxxx Lxxxxxxxx: the challenge is to make fun of your own typo before the others beat you to it.

It astounds me that this needs to be explained, but if you're A) not a great typist anyway and B) potentially not a native English speaker (and even, hey, C) possibly dyslexic, just in case that applies), they're not going to get they've made a typo until they're flooded with humor they don't understand and go back and reread. Kind of like punching kittens--they don't understand it and they won't think it's funny.

[14:51] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: OMG the typo fairy is around today and on the attack!
[14:52] Cxx Vxxxxxxx: didnt realise u had to be perficit im sorry i cant speel that good all good i wont ask for help or say anything in the groups to be made fun of and again i didnt mean it was a bad clue just a very hard clue
[14:52] Cxx Vxxxxxxx: thank u all that has help me

No idea if she's serious about storming off, but I think she's justified in thinking her poor spelling got her mocked rudely, when all she wanted was a clue to a cube she couldn't find.

[14:52] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no worries [Cxx], typo issues are super common
[14:53] Mxxxxxxx Exxxxxxxxx: Oh geez we knew what you meant, get over yourself
[14:53] Cxxx Lxxxxxxxx: The clue is actually super easy if you figure out where it comes from.
[14:53] Cxxx Lxxxxxxxx: and that's all the 'extra' I'm giving on it today.
[14:53] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there's no reason to be hostile
[14:54] Jxxxxxxxxx Fxxxxxxxxx: *graps popcon

It should be *grabs popcorn*, you managed to get both words wrong in a two-word comment. And look at the immediate snapback--"get over yourself" and "the clue's actually easy" and "there's no reason to be hostile". No reason? There's every reason to be hostile, listen to what you said!

[14:54] Mxxxxxxx Exxxxxxxxx: You're one to talk
[14:56] Rxx Axxxxx: Ok enough If someone is new and not used to this group yes that conversation could have looked like less of the fun it tends to typically be and more of an attack I can see both sides

WELL GOSH THAT'S SO MAGNANIMOUS OF YOU.

Sheesh, now the clue brick drops, when it's been...sixteen solid minutes of mocking one person.

[14:59] Cxxx Lxxxxxxxx: Just a suggestion.. maaaaybe don't say a hint is crap and then get fussy when people tease in return. I actually work hard to make my hints really relevant and something that if you figure them out, they're a dead giveaway. I could just say "Nope, no hint, good luck". Aaaaand that's my 2cents and I'm done.

Just a suggestion...Maaaaybe don't mock her mercilessly for sixteen minutes next time, just let the hint be given and move on. Or is that too much common sense for you to parse?

[15:01] Rxx Axxxxx: Good point [Ixx], how about the hostility toward new people in the group stop... I didn't run any new person off, I asked a new merchant to follow the rules, they were sent the same fix it note by staff anyone else outside the rules would get... so let us more right the [f*ck] along *smiles sweetly*
[15:02] Jxxxxxxxxx Fxxxxxxxxx: we all have to remember that the people who were twisty years ago are not the same people now.

No, the problem is, some of us who were Twisty from year one are seeing some major changes in the group dynamic. And we're not liking what we're seeing.

[15:02] Ixxxxxx Cxxxxxx: That's not what I was refering to [Rxx]. a merchant that can't follow the rules can go [f*ck] themselves as far as I'm concerned

Great, Ms. I, but that's not the point. The point is, one person who doesn't spell well asked for one hint. And everyone just had to get the long knives out.

[15:02] Jxxxxxxxxx Fxxxxxxxxx: take a break from SL for like 4 years or so and see how many stores / clubs are poof gone after you return
[15:03] Cxxx Lxxxxxxxx: Yeah as a merchant who has actually gotten the notes before (and who should have known better, cube out of range, stupid me), I can vouch for the polite form letter that goes to anyone with an issue.
[15:03] Fxxxxxxxx Gxxxxx just logged in but saw on FB what [Ixx] is talking about

I don't have Facebook; if anyone who knows what was said, Twisted-Hunt wise, there, and feels like passing it on, neato, but I have no clue what she's upset over.

[15:03] Jxx Jxxxxxx tosses in two cents just because....
[15:04] Ixxxxxx Cxxxxxx: Actually you didn't [Pxxxx]. Because I wawsn't talking about htat

"Wasn't", and "that". Just for reference.

[15:04] Ixxxxxx Cxxxxxx takes [Jxxx]'s 2 cents and gives him a dime back in change.
[15:04] Jxx Jxxxxxx: oooo profit
[15:04] Jxx Jxxxxxx throws two more cents in
[15:04] Fxxxxxxxx Gxxxxx: My bad, it seemed that way. The words I saw would apply to that situation, so that why I thought....
[15:04] Jxx Jxxxxxx: I like how this works
[15:05] Ixxxxxx Cxxxxxx takes the two cents and gives [Jxxx] a Gibbs Slap

Here's my problem; I have another chunk of text that happened yesterday, and I'm still debating over whether or not I'm going to toss that up at some point. Understand I've been involved in the Twisted hunt since the beginning, I've watched the missteps they've taken, the successes they've had, and outside of a few merchants who never seemed to catch a clue, we've stumbled fairly well together until...about the past four years or so.

I don't know what changed, I really don't. But it's been less fun hunt and more arduous chore ever since.

Last year, the level of platforming involved in the end game, combined with the port-here-port-there-no-port-back-here back and forth nature of the Temple puzzle, I finally reached the point where I just walked away. From the hunt, from Second Life, from the computer, just shaking with hurt and rage and frustration. I told myself I was not going to let this happen again, that that level of stress was--physically, psychologically, medically--not good for me.

Fast forward to this year. I hit end game. There is @#$%^&*+@! platforming, apparently. But before that, there's a hideously designed fire ring puzzle that I kept dying on, and getting sent back to start. And after getting sent back for the fifth time, I realized I was right back there again, shaking, enraged, hurt, frustrated...I don't need this. I most definitely do not need a stroke along with my weird new triple heartbeat. It is not worth it.

Anyway, we pick up a little later:

[15:10] Rxx Axxxx: I will add that i'm not here to have the biggest hunt on the grid, i'd rather turn away merchants who are an issue or can't follow rules, or who sell ripped content rather than have an extra 20 or 50 merchants!
[15:11] Rxx Axxxx: Right so you might want to take a look in the mirror [Ixx], because the last time I told you to back off you told me I was ruining twisted because I was changing it.... SOOO let us all just take a step back at our own actions I have never jumped on anyone to get them to rage quit, ever frankly I actually am more likely to encourage them that they can do it if you talk to anyone who has said to me that it's too hard they can't do it.... now let us move along ...

Really? Never jumped on anyone, you say? Really?

[15:12] Ixxxxxx Cxxxxxx: LOL You keep on twisting my words any way you like it.
[15:13] Cxxx Lxxxxxxxx: [Ixx] was stabbing at me, [Rxx].. not you. I just chose to ignore the snark because I don't give a [sh*t].
[15:13] Rxx Axxxx: enough [Ixx] no I have the chat log
[15:13] Ixxxxxx Cxxxxxx: smdh

So there was a bit of a break here, because a massive hug fest broke out for some reason, only not among the folks who seemed to actually be arguing. I don't see any reason to include that. Thus, we pick up later:

[15:20] Rxx Axxxx: So I am stepping away, but let me just be clear, I keep doing all that is required to make twisted happen, because I have loved this community for a decade since the first day I joined the group (before it was even open to the public) it was an amazing and special thing... I feel blessed and honored that [Vxxxx] chose me among those she did to continue it, and I think it's something special and valuable... that said, the trashing on me that has happened about not doing enough, or ruining something that I hold sacred this time around, has me at the edge of breaking point, how much is too much? How much money do I have to put in time do I have to give and ignore other projects to be enough? I am human, I am not perfect, and I really was close to postponing this hunt or canceling it before it started because my god father passed away shortly before the start, but I cared and didn't want to disappoint this community. So now I am going to ask everyone to please keep in mind that I work my damn ass off for
[15:20] Rxx Axxxx: Twisted, and often ignore my own projects for it, and if you have issue with it, send me what you think is not working, and how you think I should fix it and I will like I always have consider your feedback, but I will not take anyone trashing me because they find it fun or amusing or can't be bothered to at least step up and give constructive feedback rather than be a bully or whining for the sake of it.
[15:22] Jxxxxxxxxx Fxxxxxxxxx: listen for the amount of years this hunt has been going on is a remarkable feet in itself and if someone has an issue send a NC... it does not need to be posted in chat otherwise *** PISS oFF!! *** lol

I am really starting not to like this guy.

So...it's a reasonable request she makes, and I would, but...I've decided to include the lines exchanged yesterday. The time stamps are different because it's a capture directly from the SL stored chat log.

[2018/09/22 12:51] dxxxxxx Mxxxxxxx: btw, the endgame rocks, used skills first learned in super mario 64
[2018/09/22 13:04] Emilly Orr: Okay, look, if the End Game requires platforming, AGAIN, I AM NOT GOING BACK
[2018/09/22 13:04] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: YAY [Dxxxxxx]
[2018/09/22 13:04] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: platforming?
[2018/09/22 13:04] Emilly Orr: I was frustrated enough with the fire rings, but I am not playing it further if I have to jump on things and fall a thousand times
[2018/09/22 13:05] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and well the first rule of end game is we dont talk about end game
[2018/09/22 13:05] Emilly Orr: Then I'm done. I'll finish up some side hunts, but I'm done for the year.
[2018/09/22 13:06] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[2018/09/22 13:06] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that sounds fun
[2018/09/22 13:06] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: just a heads up, the more that people say that they dont want jumping in end game, the more we put it in
[2018/09/22 13:06] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but i know how to move my avi

It must be so thrilling being you.

[2018/09/22 13:06] Emilly Orr: Then I'm done with all the Twisted end games. I do not need to choose between playing SL, and having a coronary. It. Is not. Worth it.
[2018/09/22 13:07] Ixxxxxx Cxxxxxx: lol
[2018/09/22 13:07] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: steam out the ears
[2018/09/22 13:07] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[2018/09/22 13:07] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Rxx] and I have talked about doing jumping classes, to help others that want to learn, cuz i taught her
[2018/09/22 13:07] Mxxxx Mxxxxx: the advice to breathe and jump on the exhale helped me yesterday :P
[2018/09/22 13:07] Ixxxxxx Cxxxxxx puts out a fainting couch
[2018/09/22 13:07] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh i know a dj that does step class here in sl and pole dancing class
[2018/09/22 13:08] Emilly Orr: Yeah, I hit it early this year, between US politics and the fire rings. Now I'm hip-deep in being unhappy with Hair Fair demos, so it's not getting better.
[2018/09/22 13:08] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: maybe you can integrate
[2018/09/22 13:08] Mxxxx Mxxxxx: mostly, stay calm and take your time. I am the world's WORST jumper, so if I can do it, I know you can!!! :D
[2018/09/22 13:08] Emilly Orr: And trust me, [Sxx], people have tried to teach me to platform in several other games, and over those attempts, the attempts to learn platforming in video games in general, and 11 years of SL, it is not a skill I can learn. If I can't fly, I *cannot* platform. It's not wilfullness, it's just not my skill set at all.
[2018/09/22 13:09] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ths is getting me hungry
[2018/09/22 13:10] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i have sandwich making in my skill set.. have fun everyone
[2018/09/22 13:11] rxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Yanno, I'm starting to like that DJ character. lol

Funny, I'm not. But okay, I would take it back, that okay, it wasn't [Rxx], but [Sxx] and Miss [Ixx] and DJ A who decided jumping on my last nerve was grand fun, but...looking for that particular interchange in the chat log, I came across this:

[2018/09/22 13:48] Rxx Axxxx: SOOOO I Heard we had an end game rage quit this morning... let me reitterate what I've said dozens of times, JUMPING has been a part of end games for a decade, jumping WILL be a part of what we choose from for end game for the next decade... I personally set up the jumping this time, so that it is MUCH MUCH easier than last, AND it is doable! THat said, the more people whine, complain or even rage quit end game... the more likely I am to say YES we MUST have that in the next end game... so if you REALLY hate it you probably should consider not complaining that it's too hard, cuz, this is Twisted, and that's kind of what we're looking for... just saying, that is all!

Okay. Guess I'm done, then.

I will outline the points briefly I want to conclude with, because this is already way too long.

1. No, jumping has not been a part of Twisted end games for a decade. That is a bald-faced lie.
2. I will never know if the platforming part is easier than last year's, will I, because I can't get past the fire rings.
3. If the point of the Twisted hunt is to make the End Game--which was in past years always an extra, not an essential for anything except the group title switch and the extra gifts--as mind-crushingly hard as possible, and not themed with the rest of the game, and a fun exploration of creativity...well, then yes, I for one say Twisted has changed.

And I don't like the changes.

End trans.

just a voice like a riot rocking every revision

This message just came in from the Twisted hunt group. Apparently I missed something huge while I was off the keys.

Hello Twisties.

The Twisted Organization Team has always valued the community created by all the people in the Twisted Hunt Group. We consider you all friends and family, and encourage folks to interact - everything from playful banter to rigorous debate. Our community is based on mutual respect for others, friendship, and general awesomeness that is each and every one of you. We tease each other, we help each other, and we share things and places of interest with each other.

Twisted Hunt group only has one big rule when it comes to what you can say: Don't be a Douche. Just don't. Nobody likes being on the receiving end of intolerance, hate, bigotry and prejudice; and, quite frankly, the Twisted Organization Team doesn't like to see it happening. We shouldn't have to police you, because you are all adults. True, some people adult better than others, but we trust you to have some judgment about what is and isn't okay.

However, a few recent events within group chat have left a number of people feeling upset and offended. Without placing blame or outing anyone for their illicit behavior towards others, it's time to let you all know that we do not tolerate bigotry or intolerance for any Twisted member's race, religion, creed, gender, sexuality, or anything else. If you disagree with someone, that is fine, but it is not okay to disrespect another by openly attacking the person in group chat. It is not okay to belittle someone and attack them, period. If you don't agree with what the person is saying, Second Life has provided a means to block people you don't want to see/hear.

In addition, if you feel you can't deal with things being said (and this goes for either party), there is a little X in the upper right corner of your chat window. Or you can hit the ZZ symbol next to that X to snooze chat for a time, likelihood is when it pops back open the conversation will have changed. Either way, the chat will be silenced.

************* BUT **************

Consider this your warning. It may seem ironic, but we cannot tolerate intolerance. Period. Full Stop. We have no qualms punting people from the group if need be, and no one is above this rule!

********************************
TL;DR
********************************

Be excellent to each other. Any douche baggery hate speech will earn you an instaban.

- Twisted Team
Rox Arten, Sredni Eel, Lokii Violet

Think that's pretty self-explanatory. Don't know what happened, but in case you are in the group, and didn't see this, there you go.

you know it used to be mad love

I found a wholly adorbs Sphynx cat here. It's made by Pixicat, but going to her store does not turn up that particular model anywhere.

I did find these cute l'il guys:



but other than the basket they're in confirming that they're also made by Pixicat, I have no idea where they might be found. If I do find out, I'll let you know!

In other news...



Do not click this box. Seriously, don't.



Just don't. You will get stabbed in the butt.

creep up and suddenly I found myself

Mornings do not make us moral. This is good to know.

Americans like to drink bad coffee? I'm not entirely sure their conclusion is correct. I do think that Americans--and busy people, worldwide, who feel stressed by the pressures of work and getting everything necessary done in one day--deeply value convenience. One can have convenience without reducing quality; one just has to pay more to get it. When the Keurig machines launched, they were very expensive--but very convenient.

[12:26] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: random IM stats normal, hi, then like a whole rant about how women are players worse then men and a demand for an explanation of what would be the roll of women in the future... that is a new level of weird. I don't even know this guy. was just shopping x.x
[12:27] gxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: how about the "men's right's" groups?
[12:28] Emilly Orr: So seriously, just 'hi' and then 'women all suck'? That's a man with issues.
[12:29] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yeah and at some point when I answered that I don't represent the whole of women kind and not their leader, he said I'm lost... lol huh?

No clue. Some people really have issues. Though she still doesn't know why this random moment happened.

Something to be aware of, in these latter days of gaming on SL: where do you live? This is now an important question, because yes, at least one confirmed person was banned whose typist lived in Florida, for attending a concert that was in a club on a gaming sim. By law, the Lab WILL track IPs to remain in compliance with the strictures.

This shouldn't apply to the internationals, but if you're in the US, and you live in one of these states:

Arizona	♦	Arkansas
Delaware	♦	Florida
Kentucky	♦	Louisiana
Maryland	♦	South Carolina
South Dakota	♦	Tennessee

KNOW WHERE YOU'RE PORTING BEFORE YOU GO. It could mean your account.

Finally, the Twisted Spring hunt has been delayed. If you've been having a problem finding the cube, it may not only be that it's semi-transparent--it may be that it's just plain not there. Due to a variety of issues, the Spring hunt is starting on March 5th.

come inside, the show's about to start, guaranteed to blow your head apart

Keloid. Look into it. To say anything, I think, will take away from the impact of the short film, but I will say this: if you are unnerved by mannequins, you might not want to see it. (But if you like big faceless mechs, you definitely need to.)

Meanwhile, from before the last Twisted hunt ended...

[19:06] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: In store number three been looking for hours is there another hint?
[19:07] Axxxxx Bxxxxxxx: There is only one official hint. That cube and the hint that goes with it also changes frequently.
[19:09] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: tp me if you want help

So far, so good. Mr. axxxxxxx wanted more help; Ms. Rxxxxxx wanted to help him. Seems innocuous enough.

[19:12] Lokii Violet: Pro tip - escorting people directly to the box will make me move it really fucking fast.
[19:12] Lokii Violet: I suggest not doing it that way. Carry on.

Warnings for language from here on out; I'm leaving her name because it was her store, but also, Lokii Violet is the store owner of Malfean Visions, the two mentioned above were in Malfean Visions, and Lokii was watching them. These are important things to remember.

[19:12] Cxxxxxx Mxxx: o.O
[19:12] Emilly Orr: Plzplzplz don't make her move it, it was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find the second time!!!

I mentioned that only because some store owners, as the hunt wore on, had the habit of adding new things to the box. I didn't know if Lokii had plans to do that, and I'd already picked the wrong box up once, thinking it was the only one I needed to find.

[19:13] Pxxx Oxxxxxxx: What store is talking about moving things? xD
[19:13] Lokii Violet: #3.
[19:13] Wxxxx Sxxxxx: Oh yes please, give Lokii a reason to move the box. Please. I wanna see what she does next 'cause she's a freakin' genius at hiding it :D

There were a few changes this year from previous years. First, this was the tenth anniversary hunt, so folks tried to go all out. But second, this was the tenth anniversary hunt, and merchants this year were tired of babysitting anyone who'd been on previous hunts.

So in a few stores, people (and by "people", I mean "store owners") were armed. And they shot people being dumb in their store. And by "dumb", I generally mean really dumb--standing at the port-in point after being warned in local chat and IM; telling people where the boxes were in local chat; hassling other hunt participants--that level of dumb.

Very, very few people in the hunt group protested this, by the way. Except...the really dumb ones who got shot.

[19:13] Lokii Violet: (And yes I'm watching. I suggest not doing it.)
[19:13] Exxxxxx Dxxxxxxx: You grumpy yet, Lokii?
[19:13] Emilly Orr: And for the folks *IN* Malfean Visions, if you're the one she's talking to, please stop being dumb. Thank you, the rest of us.
[19:14] Cxxxxxx Mxxx: Lokii will you be kind enough to share the name with other store owners?
[19:14] jxxxx Wxxx: yes please Lokii please share
[19:14] Exxxxxx Dxxxxxxx: Sharing the names of stupid people?
[19:14] Lokii Violet: Too late.

And there it was. Around 19:10 Mr. axxxxxxx and Ms. Rxxxxxx were both in the shop; only four minutes later Lokii had had enough and picked up the box to hide it again.

Lokii is not a perfect being--which of us is? But to irritate someone enough to make her physically pick up a hunt item to hide it again...during a high-traffic hunt...that takes special, extra-stupid skills.

[19:14] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: I'm sure she'll share it with the merchants in the hunt.
[19:14] Lokii Violet: Warned you.
[19:14] Lokii Violet: It gets moved now.
[19:14] pxxx Oxxxxxxx: Does that mean it's been moved?
[19:15] Exxxxxxx Dxxxxxxx: Lokii, Are you yelling at them in chat too?
[19:15] Emilly Orr: DAMN it!
[19:15] Cxxxxxx Mxxx: means it is getting moved
[19:15] Emilly Orr: Stupid, stupid hunters, not playing by the rules...
[19:15] Lokii Violet: Nope. Taking my time relocating it.
[19:16] Pimm (pimm.olivieri): Does that mean it's not on the map anymore?

*facepalm*

[19:16] Lokii Violet: ...it means I'm moving the *box*
[19:16] Emilly Orr: Nope. "it is getting moved" means she picked it up and is wandering around looking for a better spot.
[19:16] Axxxxx Bxxxxxxx: Beginners Hunt tip: If you do anything that someone might consider cheating, do not announce doing so in local or in group chat.
[19:16] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: theres a shooter at gwen
[19:17] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: flagship store

Let me make note of this, again--Ms. Rxxxxxx was obviously following chat; had obviously picked up the part about Lokii moving the box; and then had the temerity to complain that Ms. Mxxxxx, a store employee who was armed by will and fiat of the store owner, was shooting infractors. This is getting pretty high up in the stupidsphere.

[19:17] Cxxxxxx Mxxx: Lokii when you have a moment please toss me the name of said person?
[19:17] Lokii Violet: I don't have the time. K? Busy.

Also, if Ms. Mxxx had been reading along in the chat as well, both participants in this ill-advised escapade were mentioned, several times.

[19:17] Rxxxx Ixxxxxx: uh oh who pissed Lokii off?
[19:17] Rxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: some idiot
[19:17] Emilly Orr: Also angry. Also understandably.
[19:17] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: Like I said, I'm sure she'll share it with MERCHANTS WHO ARE IN THE HUNT
[19:17] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: And [Exxxxxxx], I shot you just cause ♥

Also important to note: Mr. Dxxxxxxx, mentioned above, is a friend of both Ms. Mxxxxx and Lokii Violet. Moreover, he's used to getting shot in the store. However, this was also mentioned openly in chat, so again: Ms. Rxxxxxx was reading chat; she was in the store under discussion; and she now knew (if she didn't before) who was firing. Nothing's being hidden here.

[19:18] Nxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: Alright you pissed Lokii the god of mischief off? Did we not watch The Avengers? LOL
[19:18] Axxxxx Bxxxxxxx: Beginners Hunt Hint # 2: Merchants reserve the right to eject, ban and shoot people they consider to be cheating or rude.

Also true. It's in the rules.

[19:18] Sxxxxx Zxxxxx: Why is it that this year is horrible for people and the hunt?
[19:18] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: i was helping a man ..lol didnt say a word
[19:19] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: he asked for help in chat
[19:19] Lokii Violet: That doesn't mean walk right to the bloody box and into the wall where it was perched at.

It's a good point.

[19:19] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: i was standing still is all
[19:19] Lokii Violet: ...directly under it.
[19:20] Sxxxxx Zxxxxx: Thats pretty much rude...
[19:20] Emilly Orr: Yeah, [dxxxx], that'd get you banned, blocked, or shot.
[19:20] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: yes so he could find he said he was ther for hours
[19:20] Rxxxx SMxxxxx: Look. Lemme be perfectly blunt. You're being a cunt and eliminating the need to HUNT FOR A FUCKING ITEM. Enjoy your bullet sammiches.
[19:20] Emilly Orr: That's what IMs are for, [dxxxx].
[19:20] Oxxxx Txxxxx: Also, it's a Bad Move to brag about derendering in local, in Twisted chat, and to Twisted Assistants in IM.
[19:20] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: i was in im
[19:21] Cxxxxxx Mxxx: *facepalms*

Yeah, really. Ms. Rxxxxxx just didn't seem to get it, at all. It wasn't just misunderstanding of the basic problem; it was like she was deliberately denying she did anything wrong even with visual sightings of her and her actions to back the store owners (and employees) up.

[19:21] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: i dont know i didnt do anything wrong i grabbed the box
[19:21] Wxxxx Sxxxxx just joins Cxxxxxx in facepalming
[19:21] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: stood there thats all
[19:21] Oxxxx Txxxxx: If you're going to park idle, don't do it in front of the target.
[19:21] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: i was there for less then a min ..so sorry it bothered you
[19:21] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: ask the man
[19:21] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: [axxxxxxx]

Cue greater facepalming. So: not only was Ms. Rxxxxxx standing directly under the hunt item (presumedly, so Mr. axxxxxxx could manage to find it), but also, she was openly talking about how difficult it was and how she had to derender things to find it to a store employee in IM?!?

This isn't just stupidity, it might actually be organic damage.

[19:21] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: btw.. I'm the shooter. :3

Again: asked and identified. How Ms. Rxxxxxx continued not to know who banned her and shot her "friend" is beyond me.

Five minutes later...

[19:26] Lokii Violet: Relocated. Hidden. Hint updated. *throws fingers, goes back to her movie*
[19:26] Emilly Orr: That took less time to hide than the last time this happened. Should we be worried? [19:26] Lokii Violet: Yes. You should.

And as it turned out, we were right to be. (Though that has nothing to do with this escapade.)

[19:26] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx:

19:25] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: i didnt do anything wrong rydia ..i had finished the hunt and was just helping a man who was there for hours...is your perogative to ban me ...i dont cheat..i dont have huds ...anyway goodluck to you
[19:25] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: You're an idiot. You took someone RIGHT TO THE BOX. That is cheating. But you go on with your delusional self!
[19:26] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: sighs whatever
[19:26] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: take a pill
[19:26] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: relax its sl
[19:26] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: And you're a douche 8D
[19:26] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: i have purchased at your store you lost a costomer
[19:26] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: aww muffin

[19:27] Sxxxxx Fxxxxxxx: And now she breaks the TOS. Real piece of work, this one.
[19:27] Lokii-ikthya (lokii.violet): ...well, I wasn't going to ban, now I am.
[19:27] Lokii-ikthya (lokii.violet): Real smart there muffin.
[19:27] Emilly Orr: Y'know, every time someone says "Relax it's just SL", I lower them several points on the intelligence scale.
[19:27] Mal Martynov: good job daisy, posting ims within sl are against the ToS

Seriously, who doesn't know this by now?

[19:28] Oxxxx Txxxxx: Moo's guide to surviving MV:

1) Move away from the landing point.2) Actually hunt (or shop)3) do NOT tell locations here, or in local. (What you do in IM or on Skype is your business)4) Do not stare/idle at the right cube(s)5) Do not tp or walk folks right to it either6) Or simply: Don't be a stupid git.

Pretty much. And, for the record, those are good rules for any hunt, not just Twisted.

[19:28] Rxxxx Mxxxxx boops and nuzzles Moo
[19:28] Emilly Orr: Yeah, there's a lot of Wheaton's Law in Twisted hunting.
[[19:28] Oxxxx Txxxxx moos.

Upshot of all this is: don't be a jerk while hunting, because bad things can and will happen. Some of the Twisted shop owners go armed, and know how to fire. Others simply ban, either temporarily, or permanently. Mr. Demain from FallnAngel Designs, during his hunts, has been known not only to ban people who pull stupid things on hunts, but now puts out a detailed set of rules to follow--which, if not followed to the letter, can and has resulted in him moving all the hunt objects, which is beyond annoying for the rest of us.



I'll leave you with Wheaton himself explaining the origin's of Wheaton's Law. And as he said, as a legacy, it's not a bad one. And more people on SL need to follow it.

stood on the edge of your bridge until I felt the rain push me away

Some of this year's Twisted hunt.

(from the scavenging album)

I would like to assert I am not a Petite in this image.

(from the scavenging album)

I am actually standing 5'7", including the (admittedly low) heels, yet I cannot make it up the steps to AD Creations without flying.

(from the scavenging album)

Shame on you, AD Creations. Fix your stairs!

(from the scavenging album)

Seen at LoveCats: giant follower cubes. Cute and creepy. They don't actually go into the store, but they do come close.

(from the scavenging album)

Seen at CatniP underneath the Carnival. I'm fairly sure the Carnival goes away at the end of the month, though I could be wrong--either way, it's likely you should check it out now before it's gone! (Though a word of warning: if you don't like the sight of random dead bodies, don't go.)

(from the scavenging album)

Seen (briefly) in Steelhead Harborside. A stunning center build.

Found in the description of a random group along the way:

I am a cat; we dare to sit on the Thrones of Kings and in the laps of Gods. If you want to collar something get a Dog. Dogs have Masters. Cats have staff.

Indeed. Amusingly, the avatar who put this in her profile was in human skin for her SL pic, and as actually encountered in the store. This, of course, does not mean she doesn't sprout cat ears and a fluffy tail at other times; just that she, as seen, wasn't feline.

(from the scavenging album)

Seen at Post: the very practical 'house rules' list. Also, do check out the store in general--the texturing and shading work is breathtakingly good, from the store itself to the products on offer. And for that excellence of texturing, the prices are eminently reasonable.

(from the scavenging album)

Finally, seen at REDRUM: Preservation, and again, impressively detailed. I have no way of knowing most days if something is actually mesh, or not, because I have a mesh-enabled viewer. But I'd suspect it is, because that many tiny prims assembled together would be ruinous on sim performance. But it's well worth a visit for the macabre set.