30 Post 6 Grrrls, Guys, Nekos and Furries of 2008
by Alphaville Herald on 04/01/09 at 9:18 pm
by Bunny Brickworks
When somebody asks you'What is Second Life?' and you start searching for an answer and all that comesto your mind is the usual 'It is a virtual world, a social network, a game, abusiness opportunity.' just point at the picture and tell them that this isSecond Life.
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Second Life is what peoplemake of it and these people are the ones who actively contribute to making thisworld a better place, some for themselves, some for others.
And while I hear you trollsalready shout 'Look at the bunch of losers, no-lifers!' I sit back and smilelooking at 30 people I had the honor to feature last year. 30 people I spenttime with and who for a few hours gave us an insight into what Second Lifemeans for them.
Your world – yourimagination. That's the sentence that welcomes you on SL's homepage. And these30 people put this sentence into practice, every time they log on. I lost trackof some of them as my SL is a little busy but a quick look into their profilestells me they are alive and kicking.
None of them committedsuicide by jumping off a prim bridge after their appearance in the Herald; noneof them was crushed and shattered after some nasty comments, which in summarywere filed under 'comedy gold'. Boobs too big or too small, too much ass or notenough, no talent, no life… Thanks for all those comments; they made our Post 6people laugh!
But even more I would liketo thank those who actually took the time to drop a nice comment. Seeingfriends circle their wagons around the ones they love is something that makesme smile every week. Yes, friends! These people have them, both in real lifeand in Second Life. They are appreciated for their personalities and theirtalents. And here are some of the highlights in their second lives this year:
Peter Stindberg has beennominated SL Entrepreneur of the Year as he is doing a great job both withBabel Translations and GREENE Concept. Good luck Peter!
Nate Ninetails celebratedhis first photography exhibition and competing with him in photo contests hasbecome a mission impossible.
Azdel Slade has justfinished her 'Becoming Dragon' project. If you want to read more about it,please visit her blog. Good luck for your future ventures!
Trinity Dechou celebratedher wedding this year (all the best to you two) and is now a designer withGREENE Concept.
Shyayn Lusch has opened herfurniture store (~SHAG~ FabulousFurniture for Fabulous Virtual Living) and does prim magic there.
Seikatsu Koba spoiled uswith some beautiful nude pictures in her new exhibition 'Seikatsu Koba –Unclothed' and sparked some discussion about SL nudity.
Amaliscious Destiny is inthe process of remodeling whimsically cute Dollz Town, publishing a burlesquemagazine and adding a lot of pink to the sim. And she has opened Country Time,a furniture store… busy girl!
Nightflower has finallyopened her sim with a fabulous party and the who-is-who of the SL arts scene.The build is excellent and on behalf of my fellow artists I want to thank herfor giving us a home there.
All the others… I followtheir flickr streams, their Plurk timelines and their profiles and see they aredoing well. Some of them have become dear friends in the last months and I wantto thank each and every one of them for their patience while things weren'trezzing properly, for their wonderful essays and interviews and for the fun wehad during the photo shoots.
And what's my Post 6 NewYear's Resolution? More men, more furries, more Nekos, more vampires, moreangels and demons. Yes, there will be more. Happy New Year everyone,
- Buns
azdel slade
Jan 5th, 2009
Thanks bunny. As always, you make me smile, irl and in sl.
mootykips
Jan 5th, 2009
yes, nothing sums up second life better than the celebration of mindless consumerist phony-sexuality, where capitalism is overblown to the point of spending money on pixel clothes.
in these attempts to find the shallowest of identities to distract the person behind the keyboard from their own unique failings, we truly see the heart of the emergent web e-online 2.0 ENTERPRISE commerce virtual world metaverse
Salone Runo
Jan 5th, 2009
If I had a friend who I wanted to show what SL was.
Why would I show him a picture of people who are mainly pretty strange.
I’d probably show him, building.. weapons.. boats? etc.
Fuck no did many of us expect to join a game full of furfags and homosexuals. But were already here and MAINLY try to stay away from them.
New members should have to find out for themselves if they like the game, that picture would turn me off and make me want to stay the fuck away.
Amanda
Jan 5th, 2009
“in these attempts to find the shallowest of identities to distract the person behind the keyboard from their own unique failings, we truly see the heart of the emergent web e-online 2.0 ENTERPRISE commerce virtual world metaverse”
“If I had a friend who I wanted to show what SL was.
Why would I show him a picture of people who are mainly pretty strange.
I’d probably show him, building.. weapons.. boats? etc.
Fuck no did many of us expect to join a game full of furfags and homosexuals. But were already here and MAINLY try to stay away from them.
New members should have to find out for themselves if they like the game, that picture would turn me off and make me want to stay the fuck away.”
Oh FFS. These comments speak loads about your insecurities than the perceived insecurities of the people in the pictures. Shooting people with virtual weapons isn’t really my thing, but you know what? If it’s your thing, more power to you. If someone comes to SL to play virtual Barbies, or to be a virtual porn star, or to be a virtual solider, let them. Everybody’s got their something. If someone’s into doing things that’s not your cuppa, why let that get under your skin? If everyone in SL was making weapons, wouldn’t that be just as conformist as your perception of virtual models? Get over yourselves!
Salone Runo
Jan 5th, 2009
Lol, check my SL account if you want.
I’m a normal guy partenered with a normal girl. We don’t do any fucked up nude pictures or have bondage stores.
If I wanted to have someone join SL, I think something more lively like a war field instead of a picture of.. uh.. them. would help out more.
The war field would show all you are able to do in this game. That just shows some of the more towards sex and nab.
Professor C
Jan 5th, 2009
You know I find a common theme in here. All the Post 6 people on this list and the lists that I have seen over the years have one thing in common. They all work to better themselves or their business. And the highlight here you are showing the names of all the people you have done articles on that have businesses or some other way to better themselves.
So this begs the questions:
How much are these people paying you for these articles Bunny and if nothing, when are you going to show a Post 6 that is promoting a community that is separate from their business?
Second Life is all about people meeting people supposedly. Though lately those meetings have been happening on sex beds with XCite cocks but still it’s a community. There are communities that are run solely for the purpose of what Second Life was originally intended. Do research beyond just your personal friends list. Find the people that matter to the communities not just those that matter to you. And I know that you will defend against what I am saying but food for thought. Almost all of your Post6 everything start out with something resembling ‘When I met this person years ago’ … Now feel free to say you are not being bias. I need a good laugh.
Amanda
Jan 5th, 2009
“I’m a normal guy partenered with a normal girl. We don’t do any fucked up nude pictures or have bondage stores.”
Well, bully for you, Salone. I’m looking at your profile right now, and I personally don’t get the whole “family in SL” thing, but since you enjoy it, that’s what’s important.
“If I wanted to have someone join SL, I think something more lively like a war field instead of a picture of.. uh.. them. would help out more.
The war field would show all you are able to do in this game. That just shows some of the more towards sex and nab.”
If the first image I’d seen of SL was a war field, I never would have joined. There are enough war games out there and I wouldn’t see the point of yet another war game. The montage above is a much better representation of what is possible than a battlefield.
Carmen
Jan 5th, 2009
Although i can not agree that these pictures are a fair depiction of second life, i neither can agree with comments that battle fields or weapons would be a better depiction, any more than my own liking for exotic garden sims is. In summary surely second life is a game to some, a social place for others, a place to be artistic, a place to basically bully people by greifing or even a place to live out certain sexual fantasies. Is it not then practically impossible to get anyone to agree on what sl is? Also is this particular web site not just a place for people to do same? Seems to me that its used by the writers to get a reaction and some readers to either vent there frustrations sexual or otherwise. In fact im coming to the conclusion that most the trolls actually love sl if for no other reason that they can let rip here at people presumably to get things off their chest or maybe just to bully.
Either way you will all never agree so keep writing and keep Trolling its realy quite amusing to read.
I actually like post 6 some articles are quite interesting.
Salone Runo
Jan 5th, 2009
That picture doesn’t show the activities and what SL CAN be about.
It shows what some people have chosen to spend their time with.
And not just a war field, A war field would show how you can build anything in the game. If the person enjoyed boats, I would bring him to a shipyard and show him the yachts and etc.
I don’t know many people who when they first join SL are looking for a furry club.
I don’t do the gay “SL Mafia” thing, I roleplay sometimes as mafia. You aint gonna see me wearing wings and red skin ass raping people in cola or some shit.
The people in the picture are interesting, but its not like I would drop my friend in a furfag orgy and say, this is SL. Mainly I try and ignore that part of SL, but its the main majority.
Salone Runo
Jan 5th, 2009
And like I said before.. I don’t just people personally.
But theres no way those people should represent a virtual world in itself like Second Life.
HelloThar Erin
Jan 5th, 2009
HelloThar Erin was banned last night for daring to comment on a PJIRA issue. Just an FYI.
MachineCode
Jan 5th, 2009
My entire argument on the topic of cybersex boils down to that it is both pointless and idiotic. Not idiotic in a sense that I the people engaging in it are complete idiots, but they are idiots to even think that there is some purpose to it. They are idiots in regard to the internet, typing like five-year-olds and turning chatrooms and games everywhere into sad, retarded sexual deviancies. It attracts furfags, who are more wholly fucked up than anyone else. The entire reason anyone is pissed off about the state of SL is because they’re both a little ticked and saddened that a system that could be programmed into an amazing display of all varieties of technical amusements is largely used as a chatroom and cybersex playground. There’s nothing wrong with the odd group standing about and crafting up samples of LSL code or building something absolutely beautiful, but so many people seem to be either preoccupied with cybersex or groups related to it that few, if any, of the more clever and excellent aspects are ever explored. Sex in general can be a very uncomfortable area of conversation and to turn it into an everyday public encounter skews the perspective. The only reason people don’t get scared away is because it’s not obvious to someone who hasn’t scaled Mt. Learning Curve.
I truly believe that we griefers have the ideals of SL more at heart than the average user.
Bunny Brickworks
Jan 5th, 2009
Profesor C, go and do your homework. Here’s the statistics: 5 of those 30 are from my friends list, 12 recommended by people I know in some way, 12 contacted me sponatenously without having any prior relationship to me. They don’t pay for the articles, I wish they did that would be a nice compensation for having to deal with comments made by assclowns as you every week. kthxbai
Professor C
Jan 5th, 2009
So 17 of them are friends or friends of friends … Favoritism.
12 of them were looking for a free advertisement and you gave it to them. Got it.
Thanks for clearing that up. Wait that’s only 29 out of thirty.
Now lets add onto this little retort of yours. I have seen you time and time again poking fun at some of the people in articles on this list and at times along side me. So why is it so different when I take you down a few notches.
My point was that instead of seeking out and interviewing people that give something to the community. You go with your friends or people boasting about themselves to promote themselves. Thank you for proving that point for me. Much appreciated.
Oh and thanks for the laugh!
Bunny Shitsbricks
Jan 6th, 2009
Yes, I’ve noticed the trend of Post6 turning into “Oh here’s some people I’ve known for absolutely AGES dahlings and I love them mwahz, aren’t they lovely? Oh btw, go check out their businesses which isn’t why I’m showing them on my personal buddy blog at all no no no”.
Bah. At least when Post6 was all about tits it had some merit. Now it’s just favours for Bunny’s Buddy Club and those seeking free advertising.
Bunny, go out and find the people who actually do represent a cross-section of the SL population and who are actively involved in a wide variety of activities instead of your friends. Either that or just go back to showing us boobs.
Oh and Bunny dahling? “I wish they did that would be a nice compensation for having to deal with comments made by assclowns as you every week. kthxbai”. If you’re not willing to put up with criticism and trolling, don’t write for a publication known for such behaviour kthxbai
Darkley
Jan 6th, 2009
I was on post 6, i don’t need advertising for anything and i wasnt on Bunny’s friends list or friend of a friend list
Bunny Brickworks
Jan 6th, 2009
I don’t mind your notches at all, Professor C, they are highly entertaining as much as your maths and your weird sense of moral and ethics in the Post 6. Oh and the 29 … 29 plus me (I shamelessly advertised the products of people I have nothing to do with, I hang my head in shame and cry) So yes, I had no idea what category to put me into, I am not on my friends list, wasn’t recommended by anyone and didn’t make a blind application to be my own Post 6 either :p
And you want to see people that give something to the community? Well, bring them to me and just in case they have gone beyond the noobish look and a somewhat nice avatar, I’ll consider featuring them and their good deeds.The emphasis is on ‘bring them to me’ cause a self-confessing consumer bitch like me rather goes shopping than visit help island.
Professor C
Jan 6th, 2009
Just so I have this clear. What you are saying is that you don’t really bother to go looking for material around the grid, you just take friends and let people fill out applications to become a Post 6 person. By the way for a change instead of typing ‘Clothing’ into search why not try typing ‘Club’ or ‘Hangout’ and see what’s around.
I would name about 30 hangouts that I hop around to on occasion but if I started talking about where I care to spend my time I would pretty much be declaring who I am. And for the entire point of me being Professor C the nameless Professor Common Troll (Professor CT did not sound good) I need to be able to roam the grid to watch and investigate. Dare I say Bunny that even you have run into me a few times. To give credit you weren’t too much of a bitch.
Oh and I have a category to put you into. Moron. For several reasons. A few of which I shall name here:
You said this was not about you and your friends yet so far you have mentioned 18 of the 30 are you or your friends or friends of friends. There are always exceptions to every rule but you set the precedent in allowing this to be a majority. That’s pathetic.
You keep trying to say that this is not about the money or people’s businesses but you stated that the other 12 of the 30 actually applied to be a Post6 thus they are looking for something to gain. And you allow it so you are giving them publicity they really shouldn’t have.
You are trying to tell me that you are shamelessly advertising people and products you have nothing to do with. Yet in the next breath you are saying that it’s not about advertising and giving plugs. And on top of that, how DOES one plug something they have ‘Nothing to do with’ You would have to have something to do with it. No matter if you shop there, hang out there, have e-seks there, or just talk to people there, you have SOMETHING to do with it.
You want to write an article but you want everyone else to bring people to you or you scan through your friends list. Do the damn work yourself. That’s called JOURNALISM. Going out and getting the story. I do believe that a nice quality Post 6 Once a month or a little better than once a month would be better than a half assed Post 6 at a greater frequency average than every other week. Quality not quantity.
Bunny lastly the worst thing you can do is respond to me anger as you have here. I only seem to be an angry person. Anger forces a reaction that is immediate. That shows me your true side. Your true side as anyone can plainly see is a bitter angry individual with very little self control. You cannot take criticism at all and are combative. To prove a fact … you never really had to respond to me in the first place. Like I said before, you insulted others right along side me in the past and I bet you enjoyed reading it.
I will be watching Post 6 a little more from now on. I have primarily left it alone as it was not worth the trolling. But now after seeing that you take Post 6 as a ‘look how great I am’ article piece I can see I was wrong in that regard.
Bunny Shitsbricks
Jan 6th, 2009
“And you want to see people that give something to the community? Well, bring them to me and just in case they have gone beyond the noobish look and a somewhat nice avatar, I’ll consider featuring them and their good deeds.The emphasis is on ‘bring them to me’ cause a self-confessing consumer bitch like me rather goes shopping than visit help island.”
Whatever happened to reporters going out and finding their own stories? Rather go shopping than do the reporting job? Fine! Give the job to someone else and go enjoy your shopping! kthxbai
Anonymous
Jan 6th, 2009
@ the above comments,
I showed a friend SL.
because of that we are no longer friends. I’m not kidding. They seriously got freaked out, then they got freaked out about me playing SL.
SL is one of those things you don’t boast about playing.
Bunny Brickworks
Jan 6th, 2009
Shhhh Professor .. we are taking the limelight away from these wonderful people. Contact me in world to further discuss my professional attitude or character traits. Thank you!
We
Jan 6th, 2009
Sounds like your friend is a douche if he freaked out and broke a friendship over you playing SL.
Professor C
Jan 6th, 2009
Nice backtrack there. When in doubt … Run away.
Aya Pelous
Jan 7th, 2009
What trolls? You post articles in a Forum with open comments. Expect opinions that will be be different from yours Bunny. You can even say the ones that post the “positive” comments are trolls as well.
Just something you should think about Bunny.
Bald-Headed Freak
Jan 7th, 2009
“did many of us expect to join a game full of furfags and homosexuals. But were already here and MAINLY try to stay away from them.
New members should have to find out for themselves if they like the game, that picture would turn me off and make me want to stay the fuck away.”
The only things that would make me want to stay away from SL are intolerant and judgmental assholes. A few of them replied to this post.
Maybe they should pick up their fake guns, delete their fake personalities in SL, and just leave for some place else where they can act macho and shoot stuff and act like Big Grown-up Men.
They won’t be missed
lol
Jan 13th, 2009
“My entire argument on the topic of cybersex boils down to that it is both pointless and idiotic. Not idiotic in a sense that I the people engaging in it are complete idiots, but they are idiots to even think that there is some purpose to it.”
I’ll just say it then. The purpose is…
ENTERTAINMENT
Look it up in the dictionary
Archie
Jan 16th, 2009
It’s not the models that I have issues with
Just the bloody awful photography
Justine Babii
Jan 18th, 2009
Bunny! You soooo rock the post 6, keep up the great work!
Marx Dudek
Jan 20th, 2009
I am a Post Sixer, and proud to be. I did not know Bunny all that well before the photo shoot, although we became acquainted through a social networking site. I found her to be an delightfully engaging and an absolute joy to work with, and she has since become a dear friend. When I posed for her as a bunny, I knew the storm of ridicule that would accompany the results of the photoshoot. I didn’t care. Some of my friends spoke up in my defense, and while I love them for it, I neither expected it nor required it. Mouthbreathing bigots and armchair moralists exist because they have little else to offer our community, and I’d rather my friends spend their precious time creating wonderful things and devoting their psychic energy to positive people and pursuits. It’s a little like telling off a griefer while he’s pelting you with physical objects – it benefits no one and the griefer gets a stiffy from it. It gives him the attention that, as a misanthrope, he is otherwise denied.
Keep rockin’, Bunster.
Johney Giano
Dec 8th, 2011
Salone Runo, is 150% correct.
junnay
Sep 19th, 2012
Nice backtrack there. When in doubt … Run away.
EndOfStory
Sep 19th, 2012
Dang junnay, you dug deep to comment on
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