Your Guess for Top 10 SL Halloween Costumes?
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Ponsonby Low
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10-29-2009 21:41
It's Friday where I am, so:
It's become conventional wisdom in recent years* that Halloween is no longer a children's holiday, really---it's a chance for adults to go a little wild. And as many have noted, the main way this manifests for females is that wonderful once-a-year chance to dress in Slut, Tart, Naughty-Nurse (or what-have-you), Hooker, BDSM fashion.
But EVERY day in SL is Slut, Tart, Hooker, BDSM day for those running female avatars (for the majority, anyway).
So I'm wondering: if Halloween is a chance to present yourself differently than you do 'every day'....
...how does that manifest in SL? (Though I was in SL in October 2008, I wasn't around on Halloween, and so am curious about what I'll see THIS Halloween.)
If the principle 'be different than you are every other day' holds, then my guess for the top 10 female Second Life Halloween costumes would be:
10. Well-Behaved, Conservative Nurse
9. Flat-Chested Barmaid Wearing Corduroy Slacks and Work Shirt
8. Amish Pirate Wench
7. Republican National Committee Member Vampire
6. Sports Massage (ONLY) Therapist
5. Eleanor Roosevelt
4. Little Red Riding Hood in a polyester pantsuit
3. Rachel Maddow
2. AARP Witch
and of course the #1 SL Female-Avatar Costume for Halloween 2009: Lunch Lady
But...I could be wrong.
What are your guesses?
*(at least in the USA--and I'm wondering if this is true of other nations)
[I respect both Eleanor and Rachel, but you can't exactly picture either of them in a bustier and fishnets, can you?]
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RockAndRoll Michigan
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10-29-2009 23:24
My list of the top 10 Halloween costumes of 2009, not filtered for one gender or another:
10. Phillip Rosedale, with optional accessory: M Linden's head on a silver platter
9. Sno-cone making Snoopy
8. Amelia Earhart
7. Charles Lindberg
6. Michael Jackson's nose, before the nose job
5. Sarah Palin, streetwalking slut
4. Barack Obama's hairdresser
3. The head of M Linden
2. My names is Bond. Sea Bond.
1. George Herbert Walker Bush, male stripper, at your service.
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Ponsonby Low
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10-29-2009 23:40
It is a nice point as to whether one would prefer to witness the ecdysiast talents of Monsieur GHW Bush or Monsieur GW Bush. I know you didn't offer that choice, but one can't help thinking of it.
And I notice that that one particular severed head makes two appearances.
But over all, an impressive list of guesses!
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10-29-2009 23:58
1 - 10: Noobs from Inventory Library
Library only. Not even a Help Island freebie! And definitely no AO.
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10-30-2009 00:19
From: Sling Trebuchet 1 - 10: Noobs from Inventory Library
Library only. Not even a Help Island freebie! And definitely no AO. I think you've got a rather brilliant idea there: Just think of how crash-free we'd be. We'd have to express our personalities verbally. That might be a nice challenge!
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10-30-2009 02:19
I dont get Halloween
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10-30-2009 02:46
From: Ponsonby Low I think you've got a rather brilliant idea there: Just think of how crash-free we'd be.
We'd have to express our personalities verbally. That might be a nice challenge! If the challenge was considered 'boring'... There could be options to mix & match and accessorise from the Library. Library objects could be shruken down to make things like hats and jewellery. ... a "Best in Library" competition.
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Ann Otoole
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10-30-2009 03:30
In SL? Seems a number of the Lindens are sporting pirated infringements from various movies (like Hellraiser or Casper) this year sending a bold statement that LL approves of IP infringement.
Oh and be sure to check out the gore and dismemberment display in the PG sim cornfield 2. I guess that is supposed to be from children of the corn or something.
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Conifer Dada
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10-30-2009 03:48
Surely a walking pumpkin head would be the best thing.
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Indeterminate Schism
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10-30-2009 05:07
No, in the UK Halloween is still 'becoming' a kids celebration.
We have fireworks night on the 5th November, which has always been a bigger event. Such as Halloween was celebrated it was as part of a fireworks party.
Because of advertising and marketing from the US - and China, etc. that actually make all the 'spooky' rubbish that fills the shops - Halloween has been pushed here for several years. According to the news (well, GMTV, anyway) the British spend on Halloween has increased 20-fold in the past 8 years. This is still as a kid's event though. Adults don't need an excuse to party!
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Lindal Kidd
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10-30-2009 07:03
10 - Marilyn Monroe
9 - Ferret Girl (lots of us are after Argent)
8 - Barbie (complete with fixed smile and plastic skin)
7 - Mermaid
6 - Pirate Wench
5 - Agatha Heterodyne (lots of us are after Desmond, too)
4 - Ruth (nostalgia craze)
3 - Hamsterette (not a few are after Raymond)
2 - Slut (sluttier than normal, I mean...there's a big crowd who haven't got their Trout Ratings)
And in the top spot, the Number 1 Halloween costume this year will be...
1 - Amorphous Cloud of Mist
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10-30-2009 09:38
 And NO I was not riding a broom for sexual satisfaction! 
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10-30-2009 09:38
I found a really well-made Frankenstein avatar, and my g/f managed a nice Bride of Frankenstein getup. So, now we can wander around like that, but then we get bored of it and go back to normal. We were going to do smurfs, but the one place we found, the only available "tiny" version of smurfette didn't look how we liked. We're looking at masquerade masks also, there are some nice ones in SL.
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10-30-2009 09:55
Is Eleanor Roosevelt the inworld equivalent of Bette Davis?
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Ponsonby Low
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10-30-2009 12:34
From: Holocluck Henly Is Eleanor Roosevelt the inworld equivalent of Bette Davis? No. Bette Davis has no inworld equivalent. (Joan Crawford tried, but failed.)
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10-30-2009 12:35
From: Candy Lisle And NO I was not riding a broom for sexual satisfaction! If you say so (though the expression on your face.....hmn....)
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10-30-2009 12:35
From: Lindal Kidd
And in the top spot, the Number 1 Halloween costume this year will be...
1 - Amorphous Cloud of Mist No one will bet against you on THAT one. *sighs*
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10-30-2009 12:37
From: Indeterminate Schism No, in the UK Halloween is still 'becoming' a kids celebration.
We have fireworks night on the 5th November, which has always been a bigger event. Such as Halloween was celebrated it was as part of a fireworks party.
Because of advertising and marketing from the US - and China, etc. that actually make all the 'spooky' rubbish that fills the shops - Halloween has been pushed here for several years. According to the news (well, GMTV, anyway) the British spend on Halloween has increased 20-fold in the past 8 years. This is still as a kid's event though. Adults don't need an excuse to party! Very interesting--and scary (!) to think how much any culture is shaped by marketing.
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10-30-2009 12:38
From: Ann Otoole Seems a number of the Lindens are sporting pirated infringements from various movies (like Hellraiser or Casper) this year sending a bold statement that LL approves of IP infringement.
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10-30-2009 12:39
From: Sling Trebuchet
There could be options to mix & match and accessorise from the Library.
Library objects could be shruken down to make things like hats and jewellery.
... a "Best in Library" competition. Another really excellent idea. Sometimes an even playing field (such as being limited in the ways you suggested) can inspire the most creative responses...
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