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Sonatrix Dench
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Join date: 23 Jan 2009
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02-01-2010 16:18
Ok so it hasn't happened yet, but I really really wanna see it happen. And I was wondering if any of you fun creative people had any ideas on how to do it. I watched Whipit last and it reawakened an interested of mine from a while back. I always wanted to be in the Derby but where I was living there weren't any teams near enough to me for me to make it to practices. *sad face* But hey now I'm in SL, and avatars don't bruise, so why not right?
Also, if anyone is interested in joining a Derby team IM me in world, some of my friends and I have had so much fun just coming up with Derby names for ourselves and making avatars. So look me up if you want in!
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Osprey Therian
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Join date: 6 Jul 2004
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02-01-2010 16:25
There used to be roller derby - I had a team called the Grignano Bombadiers.
Heh - looking at snaps I see it was 2005 ;-D
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Sonatrix Dench
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Join date: 23 Jan 2009
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02-01-2010 16:28
Awww, awesome. Why'd it stop?
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Osprey Therian
I want capslocklock
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02-01-2010 17:07
Well, I think it could be done much better. The reason I stopped was that the particular way it was implemented had an infinite leveling mechanism. I got tired of spending time leveling (it was invented to keep people on the location to up dwell stats) and felt like people who were there all the time as they lived there had a great advantage - I'd never catch up, and it got tedious. We had fun for a while then quit, so I'm not complaining, really.
It can be done MUCH better, and be even more fun!
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Sonatrix Dench
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Join date: 23 Jan 2009
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02-01-2010 17:23
I was really just thinking like a fighting HUD of some sort. I don't know why you'd need to level up. It's be much more fun if anyone could get into it. That's how real Derby is. It's not like kids are playing roller derby on their blocks or in high school and they have all this experience before they go Pro. They just pick it up. I think the real skill will be in maneuvering on skates in SL and trying to knock each other down. My partner says that Abramations has a skating HUD that makes you fall down if you get knocked into. I'm going to look into that. And I know they have a kick punch HUD that makes you hit people whenever you get near them I was wondering if there was maybe some way to refine it a bit.
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Osprey Therian
I want capslocklock
Join date: 6 Jul 2004
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02-01-2010 17:27
It's eminently doable.
The reason for the leveling up was just so the sim got traffic stats. That was the underlying purpose - not fun.
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Sonatrix Dench
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Join date: 23 Jan 2009
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02-01-2010 19:05
I don't care so much about that, I'd rather do it on an event basis. Just for fun, no profit.
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Osprey Therian
I want capslocklock
Join date: 6 Jul 2004
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02-01-2010 19:24
No, I understand that and agree it would make it much better.
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