ATTN: (edited) please remove your ugly club build!

Earlier in the week, I had heard rumors that venerable SL Resident Bel Muse was going to start her own club. This came a few weeks following me finding out that Bel plays Tringo -- NOT that the two are connected in any way, but you never know. (I even sat and watched Bel play Tringo, so I was a firsthand witness.) Bel and I have generally got along well, as evidenced by past Forum communication. I had -- past tense -- the utmost respect for what she has brought to the Second Life community. However, as she is no longer a content creator and now a club owner, I no longer can honor my earlier committment.

Furthermore, a recent turn of events has GRAVELY SHAKEN MY FAITH and QUITE FRANKLY, has LOWERED MY RESPECT EVEN MORE for someone who *used* to be an upstanding and positively contributing member of the Community. Let me explain: I recently purchased First Land which was to be used for discreet purposes between myself and my librarian ladylove, as I have every right to my privacy. I respect the privacy of others as well, as I have stated on numerous occasions. However, shortly after moving in, I wondered why the Sim FPS routinely dropped to sub-30 levels, even on a sunny day.

The answer lay in me turning around 180 degrees. As soon as I did so, it was clear to me what the problem was: Bel had indeed started her own club in SL. Now, mind you, I visit a lot of clubs and enjoy them (being considered an avid "social butterfly" to some), but I did NOT enjoy this: it is a laggy, laggy U-G-L-Y build that even my passion for neon watermelon colors could not tolerate. Furthermore, it has pose balls. 'Nuff said. THE FOLLOWING IS SUBMITTED AS EVIDENCE OF THE UGLINESS OF THE BUILD. AND DON'T COUNT THE FOREST AS PART OF IT:



BEL. I HAVE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU VIA IM AND YOU HAVE NOT RESPONDED BECAUSE YOU WERE PLAYING TRINGO. I HAILED YOU SEVERAL TIMES AND YOU DID NOT REPLY!!!

I AM THEREFORE WRITING THIS OPEN LETTER ASKING YOU TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE remove your CLUBEL: THE BELLEST CLUB OR I WILL FILE MULTIPLE ABUSE REPORTS BECAUSE OF YOUR EYESORE (AND EARSORE) VIOLATION OF THE TOS, ASAP. YOUR SO-CALLED "FREEDOM OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION" TRAMPLES ON MINE, AND SO, I AM FREE TO EXPRESS MYSELF AND TRAMPLE ON "YOURS" TOO, MISSY! SO THERE. I MEAN, NOT 'THERE', BUT HERE, IN 'SECOND LIFE'. YOU GET WHAT I MEAN. OR DO YOU???

JESKA AND ROBIN AND BLUE, PLEASE STAY OUT OF THIS! THIS IS A ***PRIVATE*** DISPUTE!

^a joke, perhaps parodidoxical. In all serious fun, I support Bel Muse and her right to b u i l d ugly clubs. Or do I? To be continued...

or not

Torley,

1. that hurt my poorly eyes @.@
2. me and Kris got warnedfor our joke thread
3. you made me spit hot lemon onto my keyboard
4. I LOVE YOU

I will only respond to this feted thread by asking, "HOT LEMON?????"

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Next time I see you Torley, I'm beating you with a club.

Stop posting pictures of sweaty disco balls.

Torley, Give me back my WWTD shirt ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111one

"The way you squeeze my lemon, I'm gonna fall right outta bed. Hey, hey, heeeeeey..."

OMG there is a WWTD t-shirt? Will konstruckt grief builds for WWTD shirt!

OMG
Zeppelin reference meter reading full!

Your time is gonna come!

That IS a cute box, though! *Derek Hugs Box*

u and ur fetid inner core content baron technogeek brats can kiss my ass! I will PWN U!!!111!! Feel my GREEF!

Ok, seriously, i'm laughing too hard to even type. Torley, this was f**king brilliant. You, your stunt, our late night discussions, are everything i love about this game!!

TOO FUNNY!

Please allow me to graciously clarify:

THIS IS A JOKE.

Now that that's cleared up,

*hugglez Bel*

TON OF BRICKS

HUZZAH FOR DRACONIAN LINDEN MODERATION

^that, is ALSO a joke. Semi!

mayhap i should go get some pics myself? of this, Bels overly shiny club o'rama!

headline in SL:UT - "Bel Bows to Beastly Behaviour! New Club Clubs Clubbers!"

To give a little background to this thread ...Torley, Oz Spade and I, rambled around SL til the wee hours having one of those fun "deep" discussions about this and that.

The subject of clubs and malls came up. My position is if clubs and malll are what people want to build and have fun with then more power to them. Torley contended that this was indeed a most laudable sentiment, but that sometimes clubs got a little carried away with script and textures and that they should try to be considerate of their neighbors in both aesthetics and server resources.

"Bah!" I cried. "Folks can do on their own land as they see fit. Period!"

So today, Torley called me on it...in a creative and very funny way. When i arrived in-world, I discovered ClubBel! A wonderful box full of club cliches all jumbled into a portable object. It spins, emits particles and is chock full of scripts. It's gorgeously tacky and i love it!

But it also makes her point. Do I want to live next door to it?

This is one of those moments when SL just blows my mind! Torley took our discussion and made it real! She took it to the foums, because, well its a hot topic. We read about it on the forums, discuss it in-world, create something and bring it back to the forums.

And that my friends is SL at its finest and funniest!

one more reason why i should get my ass in gear with SL:UT!!!


PS - very funny stuff you guys!

Shouldn't this thread be cut and pasted over to the "fuck you" thread that Jeska started? Sounds like a good match to me! hehe


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Thanks, TQ! And I would love to read SL:UT!

I toyed with the idea of 'club phukbawls' -- a giant club shaped like a pose ball...

Only thing was I'd need to make poseballs shaped like little clubs...

I'll go back to my original idea of 'club harp seal' - instead of money balls you club baby harp seals to death for a punitive amount of L$.

Siggy.

Dude your sig is so funny

Whee! This thread is my home.

I'm just waiting to see Torley build with these prims.

http://www.cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh/yourturn/images/ytf34.jpg

Thanks for the background, Bel. Much like The Simpsons, a series I've long enjoyed, I greatly appreciate it when social commentary is wrapped in a bundle of perhaps biting satire. While this isn't a great skill of mine, I do try to practice, and Second Life provides an avenue for such efforts. The magic comes together, as Bel pointed out, and ideas quickly get executed into full-blown creations depending on the individual. Without being self-aggrandizing:



I feel honored that Bel put it this way.

What SL ultimately achieves for me, on a number of levels, is the transformation of germinated idea-seed in one's mind to a virtual -- yet real -- creation that can quickly be experienced, enjoyed, disseminated, and soforth. The Forums can be a useful location to lay out some of these plans, be they well-intentioned or not (and everything in between!), and a constructive dialog provides a fitting counterpoint to even zany performance art in a plethora of scenarios.

In other words, making something fun and sharing it is a most excellent thing!

If you would like a copy of CLUBEL: THE BELLEST CLUB so you can see it for yourself in 3d multimedia action, you're welcome to IM me.


Russell: If only we had bevelled corners for cubes in SL -- I have a ripe texture from Rose Karuna all ready for those, and a stem could be a tidy little job. Thanks for sharing that, I had a good smile.

This thread is so bizarre that it burns, burns with a funny tingle that makes me laugh.

Torley, I search for words to describe you.

*kowtows*

Sometimes, amidst all the hyperbolic arrogant whining born of outrageously exaggerated senses of entitlement, I'm reminded that there are still people here that "get it"! THANK YOU!!!!