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no you don't wear any unknown devices (not yet) but people using the device are recording they talked to you.

Where can I find a gun labeled "The Cleric" in Second Life, Jake?! I briefly saw it on someone and couldn't find it since!

Jake why do I get more attention as a red head then a blonde? should I become brunette for a change?

<mumbles something under his breathe about "red on the head, fire in the bed" snorts and leaves the thread before getting another spanking>

not so fast!

first off, no one avoids their spankings.

secondly, Im a brunette , so you're getting extra.

Id answer this but then Zuzu would say somethin ....

So well just say its entirely possible the words paddle , and bottom , and enjoy .. could be used in the same sentence with reguards to a certain poster in this thread.

It depends on how much attention you want...

there is an old joke:

What is a blonde's mating call? "I am so drunk."

What is a a brunette's mating call? "have all the blondes left?"

What is a red-heds mating call? "Next!"

I don't know why. perhaps it is thier relative rarity, but red heads seem to be the color of choice for sexy. It was not always so, during the sixties and 70's, and even the 80's it was always said blondes have more fun. However, through out the ninties, incresingly red, or variations of red, is the hair color most commonly asscoiated with beauty.

Hmmm wonders if I can find someone to shave thier hair and wear a bondange outfir to administer a spanking to billybob?

So are you..

Dear Jake,

Why is teen second life empty?

Sincerely,
Siobhan OFlynn

and even more. And Zuzu will say something because she's zuzu..and her commentary is weclome as long as it comes with questions. But you and I both know she likes being spanked..you both may be required to suitably punish billybob.

Well once the move the age restrictions off the main grid by elimiating the credit-card/age verification, then the teen grid empties-they hare coming to the main grid to hang out and par tay!

dunno bout shaving my head 0.o

seeing as my picture is plastered in many malls of SL in a Bondage harness - the outfit shouldnt be a problem.

I have read robin linden's announcement regarding the forums and I am saddend. Saddened in part because Ask Jake Anything will go away, and I will miss it, and miss all my readers.

But I am sad because it represents a concession that LL is unwilling or unable to invest the time and effort into building and managing a community. They have simply failed to grasp the obvious truth that you cannot build a community you are not going to manage. At the very least, if LL did not want to administer SL, provision should have been made to find someone who does.

In an online world, much fo the law and social tstructure is built into the code and it is logical for the developers to have administrative control over the world. People trust the developers, they do not trust other players. If player-run administration was part of the program from the very beginning, then perhaps people would accept it more, but LL assumed the role at the beiginng and still want to keep its fingers on the administrative strings. LL just does not have the resources to administer the world properly, and more over, they never want to.

Thus the community suffers from yet another attempt to do things cut rate. Sure its only the forums this time. But LL is facing serious failures in addressing bugs, zoning, griefing, protection of intellectual property rights, and how to seperate yard sales from real events.
In all truth, LL probably bit off alot more than it can chew, and now it its turing over further social development to the professionals..the elite chosen few who know whats best for everyone.

The forums..the one great voice of the the residents of SL have been closed.

Yes. There is posturing and drama and conflict and grandstanding and emotion and debate, lots of debate. People act like children and are amazingly rude to one another. Well gues what..that is a by product of diversity. People with differning view points, passiantely held will conflict. Ulrika and I are going to argue the points of Mac v. PC to death, and in other threads we will argue together against Kevin and the christian front.
Its all a natural consequnece of the outflow of a diverse community.

The forum was central meeting place of rome..where people went to shop and argue, and where goverment was conducted. These forums have been that way for SL, and now the voice of the people is being stomped out.

There is no in world equivalent of the forums, nor is a list with a bunch of blogs adequate. In point of fact many people cannot be in world, and there is no way of engaging in the type of debate that you can with the forums. Real time chat fades away quickly and limits the number of people involved. Forum topics allow a crosssection fo the community to particapte in a debat, even if one person is in london, another in japan, and another in topeka.

In SL we cannot even get more that forty people in a forum. And in world discussion groups, even if people wanted to do them, would get lost in a see of other events. the forums allow people to play SL who cannot be inworld. Many of us steal time druing the day to come and post on the forums. Its why I do instead of having coffe and lunch breaks. My connection to SL is far more through the forums than the grid.

Yes, things like the sandbox have nothing to do with SL, at least superficially. But the sand box is a place where people who may have nothing in common with each other come to debate the topics that mean something, or nothing to us. The sand Box is special because we all play SL, and here is where we come to talk about the world, religion and politcs with other residents..SL is the common thread here. More community building goes on in these forums than ever happens on the grid.

While I appreciate the sound business reasoning behind closing the forums, I also see it as a victory for the people who only want SL to be about SL. Who cannot get that what you do with technology is ultimately more interesting that then technology itself. My space isn't cool because people can make littel pages about themselves and thier bands..myspace is cool because people can talk to thier freinds and meet other people.

Ultimately everything about the web serves the single purpose of communication. If I wated to play a good game..I'd simply play KOTRII on the x-box. But I come to interact, and LL has slammed that door.

Thus I shall abide. I am bowing out. My time here, and in world is at a close. Without these forums, most of my access to SL is closed off. It is time for the experiment known as Jake Reitveld to come to a close. My inworld time is limited as it is, and perhaps this is just a sign that its time to move on to Neverwinter Nights 2.

So with that I thank all my readers, and questioners and spankers, and take my bow. AJA is over, and I am grateful for these steps we have walked together. I will remain in world as jake for a while, to wind down the afairs of my business there. Anyone who wishes to know my next step is welcome to IM me. Chances are it will involve an alt-perhaps its time to join the rest of the crowd and play a female.

Have a safe journey, and always remember, all of life is contained in the verb "to see." Open your eyes and have a look around.

Jake.

Thanks for the answers, Jake.

=(

Im really kinda annoyed by the removal of the forums -

Especially considering so many people look for something to do on wednesdays when the game is down.

Or when they are bored at work.

Without the forums a lot of people will be at a loss where to find information.

I remember my first post - how do I open a box?

Which was answered pretty quick, btw.

This saddens me most of all.

We'll miss you, Jake. IM me in world, if you make a smokin' hot female av. I'll take you shopping

Jake - of all the long running threads I have enjoyed reading yours the most. Your answers to questions have been complex, sincere, funny, profound and down right haunting at times.

I will miss you.

Jake you really should make a website dedicated to this thread. I never posted here but also really enjoyed reding it over the months.

I go away for a week and AJA closes shop.

Will I ever be able to find so many voluntary spankees again?




If the forums weren't closing I might have to start my own Ask Zuzu anything thread....





Yes, I like being spanked even more than giving spanking. So I will say it. You two need to be locked in a room together and not allowed out until you have wild monkey sex. Of course, I'm only saying it because I'm jealous and can't have Jake for myself.

Oh, and I'm trying to arrange a special spanking for Billybob

I've never asked Jake anything before. Now I need to think of a really good question.

Ok there are alot of conspiracy theories and wondering about what happened and I'm hoping you can shed some light on this mystery. What happened to Starax Statosky and where did he go?

OMG Rosie Shawk!

For the answer to the question about starax, check out the upcoming editions of the metaverse messenger! Ask Jake Anything's new home. As always, questions can be sent to me here via private message, or sent to me via offline in world. Eventually there will be an MM mailbox where questions can be sent.

Also As always, I will not give out your name unless specifically authorized to do so. So keep the questions coming, Ask Jake Anything is only as good as your questions.