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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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.

I had a fantabulous time taking questions and receiving answerage on Teen Second Life yesterday. Thanx to George, Amber, Lexie, and Mia Linden of our Volunteer Team (aka VTeam) for organizing this and making me feel so welcome. Thanx also to Mia for moderating and getting the transcript up so quickly!

There was a lot of energy, and amidst some really fun questions like:

“have you ever been griefed while shooting a video tutorial?”

I was thrilled to see some familiar faces I sometimes ping on other social networks like Twitter and Flickr. Here’s a BIG thanxies to Daniel Voyager for not just the picture above, but being a growing link star (this ability, I can relate to) and maintaining a helpful and enlightening blog.

Of course, I had to wear my Watermelon Dazzle Bat avatar crafted by Sylver Bu (you may’ve seen it on lindenlab.com), and encourage the aspirations and future of our precocious Resis. When I was a teen, I wanted just about nothing more than to have role models I could aspire to, so now, it’s my turn to inspire in kind — *touched*

you guys rock and like I said at the end, I hope to do followup… including filming more video tutorials on TSL.

More melons here. Thanks to my beloved wife for serving the watermelon.