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	<title>Comments on: Shika Nakamura &#8212; Post 6 Grrrrl</title>
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		<title>By: Wax</title>
		<link>http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/01/shika-nakamura-post-6-grrrrl.html/comment-page-1#comment-67481</link>
		<dc:creator>Wax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have investigated Midian City, it is a rape sim with child avatars allowed. That alone should have it shut down and not certain why Linden Labs allows Jade Steele to keep it running. Sure, not everyone in the sim does sex roleplay but sex and violence is what they advertise and what you get. Trying to put a glass slipper on a toad does not change the fact it&#039;s a toad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have investigated Midian City, it is a rape sim with child avatars allowed. That alone should have it shut down and not certain why Linden Labs allows Jade Steele to keep it running. Sure, not everyone in the sim does sex roleplay but sex and violence is what they advertise and what you get. Trying to put a glass slipper on a toad does not change the fact it&#8217;s a toad.</p>
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		<title>By: Skye Flaks</title>
		<link>http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/01/shika-nakamura-post-6-grrrrl.html/comment-page-1#comment-56633</link>
		<dc:creator>Skye Flaks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...Through roleplay I am achieving post-colonial cyberfeminist goals and empowering myself as a woman. Your misconceptions of what roleplaying is cause you to dismiss it at large and in such, you allow various roleplay communities to be conquered by sexist idioms that allow people to continue to proliferate an understanding of women as inferior and sexual objects. In such, in my opinion, dismissing roleplay communities is no different then playing a flirtatious, submissive disempowered woman as your general Second Life persona --- the end result is the same.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;Through roleplay I am achieving post-colonial cyberfeminist goals and empowering myself as a woman. Your misconceptions of what roleplaying is cause you to dismiss it at large and in such, you allow various roleplay communities to be conquered by sexist idioms that allow people to continue to proliferate an understanding of women as inferior and sexual objects. In such, in my opinion, dismissing roleplay communities is no different then playing a flirtatious, submissive disempowered woman as your general Second Life persona &#8212; the end result is the same.</p>
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		<title>By: Skye Flaks</title>
		<link>http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/01/shika-nakamura-post-6-grrrrl.html/comment-page-1#comment-56632</link>
		<dc:creator>Skye Flaks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>....Roleplaying is not about sex, yes some use it for that but that is not the general purpose. RPing at large, in fact, in SL and chat-based RPGs operates in a manner similar to the nature of internet-based communities and proscription for society at large discussed by Donna Haraway in her essay &quot;The Cyborg Manifesto&quot;. An RP community is a collection of writers who come together and through their discourse manufacture a joint sense of the world around them. It is social constructivism in play, a microcosm of how social constructivists believe the world to function at large. In such, through discourse, players have the opportunity to redefine gender roles and empower women. This is what I do and have always done, I place my characters in powerful positions and assert such as valid female roles. Constant exposure to women in power, intelligent women and women generally defying the roles forced upon them by society, even if artificial and expressed in a roleplay community, has an effect on the understandings of the players who engage in it...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;.Roleplaying is not about sex, yes some use it for that but that is not the general purpose. RPing at large, in fact, in SL and chat-based RPGs operates in a manner similar to the nature of internet-based communities and proscription for society at large discussed by Donna Haraway in her essay &#8220;The Cyborg Manifesto&#8221;. An RP community is a collection of writers who come together and through their discourse manufacture a joint sense of the world around them. It is social constructivism in play, a microcosm of how social constructivists believe the world to function at large. In such, through discourse, players have the opportunity to redefine gender roles and empower women. This is what I do and have always done, I place my characters in powerful positions and assert such as valid female roles. Constant exposure to women in power, intelligent women and women generally defying the roles forced upon them by society, even if artificial and expressed in a roleplay community, has an effect on the understandings of the players who engage in it&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Skye Flaks</title>
		<link>http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/01/shika-nakamura-post-6-grrrrl.html/comment-page-1#comment-56631</link>
		<dc:creator>Skye Flaks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have skimmed over the comments on this forum and discussion about role-playing and the slew of misconceptions regarding such. I have RPed in Midian City (and the surrounding sims) for about half of a year now and I&#039;ve only once in the duration of that time engaged in any sort of sexual play. In fact, in the entirety of my Second Life career (2+ years), which has consisted of much RP experience including being a Sim Manager/GM for a particular sim, I&#039;ve only ever RPed any sort of sex on three occasions....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have skimmed over the comments on this forum and discussion about role-playing and the slew of misconceptions regarding such. I have RPed in Midian City (and the surrounding sims) for about half of a year now and I&#8217;ve only once in the duration of that time engaged in any sort of sexual play. In fact, in the entirety of my Second Life career (2+ years), which has consisted of much RP experience including being a Sim Manager/GM for a particular sim, I&#8217;ve only ever RPed any sort of sex on three occasions&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Shika Nakamura</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shika Nakamura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvisational_theatre&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvisational_theatre&lt;/a&gt;

In case ya didn&#039;t feel like  looking it up.. here we go.


Improvisational theatre (also known as improv or impro) is a form of theatre in which the improvisational actors/ improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously. Improvisers typically use audience suggestions to guide the performance as they create dialogue, setting, and plot extemporaneously. Improvisational theatre performances tend to be comedic, although some forms, including Playback Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed, are not necessarily intended to be comedic.

Many improvisational actors/ improvisers also work as scripted actors, and &quot;improv&quot; techniques are often taught in standard acting classes. The basic skills of listening, clarity, confidence, and performing instinctively and spontaneously are considered important skills for actors to develop.


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<p>In case ya didn&#8217;t feel like  looking it up.. here we go.</p>
<p>Improvisational theatre (also known as improv or impro) is a form of theatre in which the improvisational actors/ improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously. Improvisers typically use audience suggestions to guide the performance as they create dialogue, setting, and plot extemporaneously. Improvisational theatre performances tend to be comedic, although some forms, including Playback Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed, are not necessarily intended to be comedic.</p>
<p>Many improvisational actors/ improvisers also work as scripted actors, and &#8220;improv&#8221; techniques are often taught in standard acting classes. The basic skills of listening, clarity, confidence, and performing instinctively and spontaneously are considered important skills for actors to develop.</p>
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		<title>By: Shika Nakamura</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shika Nakamura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Then you would not know about a thing called &quot; Improv&quot;.  As an acttress rl, this is one art form we do.  Many freeze while trying it..because it is not easy to do.  So, sorry to burst that bubble.

It can be compared to acting.  If it does not harm you one way or another,  how a person spends their time in sl shouldn&#039;t matter.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Then you would not know about a thing called &#8221; Improv&#8221;.  As an acttress rl, this is one art form we do.  Many freeze while trying it..because it is not easy to do.  So, sorry to burst that bubble.</p>
<p>It can be compared to acting.  If it does not harm you one way or another,  how a person spends their time in sl shouldn&#8217;t matter.</p>
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		<title>By: We</title>
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		<dc:creator>We</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Shika

I wouldn&#039;t compare Roleplayers to actors, while in a sense you&#039;re both playing a role, actors generally play a role that someone else made up by reading lines someone else wrote and only do it because they&#039;re paid to do it.  Roleplayers make a role that they made up, and write all their own lines themselves, and do it for fun.  So I feel if a person who roleplays chooses to be a Rapist serial killer who has sex with intestines, that says something about that person; especially since often times, people &quot;roleplay&quot; using their own personality and choices.
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<p>I wouldn&#8217;t compare Roleplayers to actors, while in a sense you&#8217;re both playing a role, actors generally play a role that someone else made up by reading lines someone else wrote and only do it because they&#8217;re paid to do it.  Roleplayers make a role that they made up, and write all their own lines themselves, and do it for fun.  So I feel if a person who roleplays chooses to be a Rapist serial killer who has sex with intestines, that says something about that person; especially since often times, people &#8220;roleplay&#8221; using their own personality and choices.</p>
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		<title>By: Scylla Rhiadra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scylla Rhiadra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I might well take you up on the offer of a tour, Shika.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I might well take you up on the offer of a tour, Shika.</p>
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		<title>By: Shika Nakamura</title>
		<link>http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/01/shika-nakamura-post-6-grrrrl.html/comment-page-1#comment-911</link>
		<dc:creator>Shika Nakamura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t know if you know most players in Midian..
However there have been many, many sponsored events.. and an ongoing one where all players donate to &quot; Midian Cancer Crushers&quot; and so many other funds.. To assume that   all that happens there is rape, or an occasional ass kicking.. you are wrong.. Ok maybe a lot more asskicking than anything.

At the end of the day, people want to get in a game to have fun. I say let them.  many many Players in Midian are children, or Non sexual players.  Can&#039;t have those in  Rape sims.  You should visit sometime.. I will give you a personal tour.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know if you know most players in Midian..<br />
However there have been many, many sponsored events.. and an ongoing one where all players donate to &#8221; Midian Cancer Crushers&#8221; and so many other funds.. To assume that   all that happens there is rape, or an occasional ass kicking.. you are wrong.. Ok maybe a lot more asskicking than anything.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, people want to get in a game to have fun. I say let them.  many many Players in Midian are children, or Non sexual players.  Can&#8217;t have those in  Rape sims.  You should visit sometime.. I will give you a personal tour.</p>
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		<title>By: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmK20EDUHOPQwsT1rCrvOF0xj4M5iyOZMg</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Id never read or seen the herald until Timothy asked me and I read a few back grrls so yes I knew I was in for some slack being a bbw av its and everyday occurance pretty much but prepared or not of course it stings a little, what might help is as someone mentioned ..get out of the studio take shots on location more also I feel the text might be better written by someone else writing about yourself I found rather difficult and reading it back I made a right hash of it! so perhaps a mini interview with someone might be the way to go.
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Mairead out
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Id never read or seen the herald until Timothy asked me and I read a few back grrls so yes I knew I was in for some slack being a bbw av its and everyday occurance pretty much but prepared or not of course it stings a little, what might help is as someone mentioned ..get out of the studio take shots on location more also I feel the text might be better written by someone else writing about yourself I found rather difficult and reading it back I made a right hash of it! so perhaps a mini interview with someone might be the way to go.<br />
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Mairead out</p>
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