Torley Lives

Video courtesy of my gorgeous wife, the exquisite Ravenelle Zugzwang
 

I love experiencing exceptional stuff in Second Life, and this is an exception among exceptions! Disclosure: I’m beta-testing Damien Fate’s newest creations, the Loco Pocos, which effectively translates to “Crazy Tinies” from Spanish. What a catchy name, and a nice guy: he graciously gave my wife and me a tour of the forthcoming Loco Pocos Island, and you can learn more at the Loco Pocos website.

So why I am I gushing so much over these beautiful creatures? Simply put, they excel on many levels: I’ve known many SL products which were great in some ways, but felt like they were missing quality in others, and would benefit from a collaboration or further development on the part of the maker. For example, a well-crafted club which lacks event hosts so it’s always empty, or a brilliantly-scripted device which looks like crap. (What I say: can’t do it yourself? Team up with a friend… or friend-to-be!)

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They:

• Often cannot relate to humanity, and chalk this up to “cultural differences”.
• Have occupations which are recognizably combinations of our own, such as" “politicomedians”.
• Appear insectoid and have enormous hulls in their starfaring ships, yet are alarmingly cute.
• Get a kick out of trading spices (simply because they watched Dune and Star Wars). They have little practical use for them.
• Hated Starship Troopers but are looking forward to Spore.
• Put the “mental” in incremental.
• Have not separation of church and state, but “states of churches”.
• Need to share resources, or else they will spontaneously self-combust.
• By far and large, do not invent problems.

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2, maybe 3 Torleys have all the fun.

Based on:

• Williams’ remix of Tangerine Dream’s “Love on a Real Train”
• My original animated GIF

At least that’s what enthusiastic Teen Second Life Resi Smiley Barry thinks, and I’ve gotta agree. Credz to him for doing this via “Edit This Page”. Thanx Smiley!

Catchphrases have such a monumental gravity to them — I was watching Rodney Dangerfield and his “I don’t get no respect” routine the other day. He was more than that, but he built a career, or a very sizeable part of it, out of a single line.

Incidentally, googling for “friendly greetings” reveals me as the #2 match.