2010.03.28 13:00 - Resistance is futile - alledgedly

The Guardian for this meeting was Agatha Macbeth, sitting in for Maxine. The comments are by Agatha Macbeth.

Agatha Macbeth: Hello recorder :)
Agatha Macbeth: Just waiting for everything to rez....
Agatha Macbeth: Hm, quicker than of late
Wol Euler: hey
Agatha Macbeth: Well hello there :)
Agatha Macbeth: You escaped then?
Wol Euler: well, I left "early"
Wol Euler: but I fear I may have caught a cold
Wol Euler: feeling pretty shitty

--BELL (1300)--

Agatha Macbeth: Oh dear
Agatha Macbeth: :(
Wol Euler: yeah, ty
Agatha Macbeth: How's things?
Wol Euler: you're looking good, nice specs, nice hair. It changes the shape of your face, gives it a new focus
Agatha Macbeth: TY, actually, this was the skin I was wearing when we first met!
Susi Alcott: _/!\_ Wol and Agatha
Wol Euler: hello susi
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Susi :)

(Anyone remember Amen Corner?)

Wol Euler: ah :)
Agatha Macbeth: Long time ago, I know
Wol Euler: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Yaku :)
Wol Euler: hello yaku
Susi Alcott: HelHello Yaku
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey :)
Wol Euler: another euro-session in the making
Agatha Macbeth: Ha!
Agatha Macbeth: At least the clocks are normal again
Wol Euler nods
Wol Euler: I read that the Russians have used the switch to reduce from 11 timezones to 9
Agatha Macbeth: Wow
Wol Euler: making two large regions out of four smaller ones
Wol Euler: hello vellora
Vellora Vella: hi all
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Vellora :)
Agatha Macbeth: Russia is a *very* big country tho
Agatha Macbeth: The Russian Federation I mean...
Wol Euler nods.
Wol Euler: have you been here before, Vellora?
Agatha Macbeth: Yes, she has...
Wol Euler: ok, good :)
Agatha Macbeth: So she knows our strange ways ;-)
Susi Alcott: grins
Wol Euler: :)
Agatha Macbeth: I heard Yaku's voice for the first time this afternoon!
Agatha Macbeth: Oddly enough he sounded rather American
Susi Alcott: oh...
Yakuzza Lethecus: everyone keeps telling me that
Yakuzza Lethecus: welcome IM
Susi Alcott: Hi IM
Vellora Vella: hi IM
IM Bluebird: Hey, guys
Agatha Macbeth: Hello IM
Yakuzza Lethecus: but i guess it´s just because i watch all those crappy american tv shows :)
Agatha Macbeth: Ah, that *could* be it
Wol Euler: hello IM
Agatha Macbeth: Are you new here IM?
Wol Euler: an SL artist, I see ;) You should meet Bleu Oleander
IM Bluebird: Yes
IM Bluebird: I have no idea about this place. :) yet
Yakuzza Lethecus: hehe, i tped bleu to him the day before actually :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey ssl
Agatha Macbeth: I'll give you acouple of notecards to explain a bit about us :)
Wol Euler: well, I'll give you an intro in IM so the others can carry on
Wol Euler: or not :)
Wol Euler: carry on
Agatha Macbeth: Oh, carry on Wol :)
IM Bluebird: :)
Wol Euler grins.
Agatha Macbeth: You do it better than me anyways

(She does it better than anyone IMHO)

SophiaSharon Larnia: hi everyone
Vellora Vella: hi Sophia
Agatha Macbeth: Hi SSL :)
Wol Euler: hello sharon
Susi Alcott: Hi SSL :)
IM Bluebird: thanks.
Susi Alcott: (beloved child has many nicknames :))
IM Bluebird: How long is it? I should ask... as I was going to go out.. :) I am curious though..
Agatha Macbeth: That's rather a noobie outfit for someone 372 days old IM :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: it´s usually about an hour
IM Bluebird: hahahaaha
Wol Euler grins
IM Bluebird: Isn't it unique? :)
Agatha Macbeth: Weeellllll.....

(No)

Wol Euler: it has a certain je-ne-sais-quoi about it
IM Bluebird: I change clothes all the time in RL though..
SophiaSharon Larnia: laughs
Agatha Macbeth: (It's different for girls I guess)
Wol Euler smiles.
IM Bluebird: :-)
IM Bluebird: How long have you been together?
Wol Euler: it'll be two years on April 1st
Agatha Macbeth: Yep, party coming up
IM Bluebird: Cool.
Wol Euler: I think I'm the oldest one present, I've been in it nearly 1.5 years
Yakuzza Lethecus: i have my rezzday tomorrow
Agatha Macbeth hands Wol her zimmer frame
SophiaSharon Larnia: congrats Yak ;p
Wol Euler: oooh, excellent. We must celebrate.
Susi Alcott: well...then U might not be the oldest...
Yakuzza Lethecus: facinating, it felt longer, especially since there was the malta retreat and everything
Susi Alcott: ahh...you ment the SL age ?
Wol Euler: not even that, I meant as a member of PaB
Yakuzza Lethecus: i haven´t even met ppl i know for ages through the internet in RL
Susi Alcott: _/!\_
IM Bluebird: I do not want to leave early at all today but actually I am wating for my friend's call. then I will go without saying bi.. as I do not want to interupt this meeting.. My apolozies..
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: it´s fine, we don´t have a special topic right now
Yakuzza Lethecus: there are theme sessions this week tho
IM Bluebird: :)
IM Bluebird: I see.
Yakuzza Lethecus: those are focused
IM Bluebird: I love this: _/!\_
Yakuzza Lethecus: http://playasbeing.wik.is/PaB_Theme_Sessions
Agatha Macbeth: It's addictive!
IM Bluebird: never seen it in text.
Susi Alcott: _/!\_
IM Bluebird: _/!\_

--BELL (1315)--

Agatha Macbeth: I quite enjoyed the little session in the Village square earlier on
Wol Euler: ah, the primmery :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: sorry I missed it
Wol Euler: what happened?
Agatha Macbeth: Hm
Yakuzza Lethecus: we played with the art a little :)
Agatha Macbeth: Oh we were climbing all over the sculptures and generally behaving like idiots :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hehe
Wol Euler: business as usual, then.
Agatha Macbeth: (Nothing new there)
Yakuzza Lethecus: and after that i tried to drag everyone into the use of voice :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: also as usual :)
Agatha Macbeth: Amazingly, FIVE of us managed to get on top of Zen's pillar

(No rude thoughts please folks...)

Wol Euler: wow
Agatha Macbeth: Somehow
Agatha Macbeth: Great view from up there
Agatha Macbeth: And we heard Bleu's dog too :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: wonderful view from the art of being :)
Agatha Macbeth: Yes!
Agatha Macbeth: Being seeing and all that
SophiaSharon Larnia: I can't see it from here :( will look again later
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Wasn't tonight supposed to be a theme session originally?
Wol Euler: it's a washout if it was.
Agatha Macbeth: They moved for some reason tho, I think
Agatha Macbeth: To Wednesday IIRC
SophiaSharon Larnia: changed to march 31 7am
Agatha Macbeth: Yes
Wol Euler: ah, right, ty
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, the TSK was supposed to be today
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes
SophiaSharon Larnia: check your spam box again Aggers :)
Agatha Macbeth: Oh, I saw the email this time! ;-)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i think we need a play as being portal
Agatha Macbeth: It was only today I found out what TSK meant :(
Yakuzza Lethecus: with the twitter accounts, and all the different googlegroups
Wol Euler nods
SophiaSharon Larnia: play as being portal?
Susi Alcott: (donno it still)
Agatha Macbeth: What is Twitter anyway?
Wol Euler: the world's slowest chatroom :)
Agatha Macbeth: Ah
Yakuzza Lethecus: wol is using it, eliza, storm...
Wol Euler: that's one use of it
Wol Euler: http://twitter.com/
Yakuzza Lethecus: i got a good link from foxes twitter accoutn
Wol Euler: http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23playasbeing
Yakuzza Lethecus: i don´t use twitter but i read a few twitteraccounts from pab users
Yakuzza Lethecus: lol, that didn´t have to make sense what i just said right ? i don´t use it but i read them? :P

Makes perfect sense to me Yaku :)

Wol Euler smiles
Agatha Macbeth grins
Wol Euler: well, you can read the tweetstream without subscribing
Wol Euler: it's just much less fun
SophiaSharon Larnia: i have an account, but don't use it or read it... the few non-pab ones i read seemed mundane ;p
Wol Euler: there is a lot of dross, sure.
Agatha Macbeth: As with everything...
Wol Euler: as with blogs, you choose who you listen to.
Agatha Macbeth: Indeed. That helps...

--BELL (1330)--

Agatha Macbeth: I found your comments about the SL Pandora thing interesting Wol
Wol Euler smiles
Agatha Macbeth: And rather sad
Wol Euler: it is very sad, I think.
Wol Euler: (talking about my blog, I wrote about the apparent demise of a roleplaying sim)
Agatha Macbeth: I've never been there, so don't know too much about it
Wol Euler: it's the RP that Bertram does, he talked me into going and taking a look.
Agatha Macbeth: Yes
Agatha Macbeth: I know Bert's into it in a big way
Wol Euler: yeah, he spends most of his time there.
Susi Alcott: there's many different kind of roleplayins sims in SL
Wol Euler nods
Agatha Macbeth: Can't say I know any of them actually
Agatha Macbeth: (Never seem to have the time)
Wol Euler: it's hard to keep them going, people love to play but are less eager to share the cost of running them
Agatha Macbeth nods. There's the rub
Susi Alcott: (learned quite much from friends who likes to play such)
SophiaSharon Larnia: just read it Wol, well written, wow!!
Agatha Macbeth: No such thing as a free lunch
Wol Euler smiles. Thank you
Wol Euler: (the URL is in my profile)
SophiaSharon Larnia: (did it the hard way, seached for 'wol euler' on google--- you're famous!)
Wol Euler: heheheheheh
Agatha Macbeth: She is too :)
Wol Euler: oh dear. I'll have to have a look.
SophiaSharon Larnia: giggles
SophiaSharon Larnia: it was the first search item
Agatha Macbeth: 'Famous' not 'infamous' :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: weellll
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Wol Euler: I got cured of the habit of googling myself because I have a sadly common RL name. Every other person with it is much more famous than I, they are all doctors and lawyers and politicians and professors :(
Qt Core: hi all
Wol Euler: I was never earlier than about the tenth page of google :((((
Yakuzza Lethecus: hi qt
SophiaSharon Larnia: ive found something similar too
Wol Euler: hello qt
Vellora Vella: hi qt
Agatha Macbeth: Buona Sera QT :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: with my name
Susi Alcott: Hi Qt
SophiaSharon Larnia: and its not extremely common
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Qt

I should elaborate at this point that QT had turned up looking like a Borg cube, rather than in his usual form...

Yakuzza Lethecus: i still recommend a borg texture qt :)
Wol Euler laughs!
Wol Euler: great.
Agatha Macbeth: I've only ever found one other person with my RL name
Agatha Macbeth: A real estate agent in the US
Agatha Macbeth: No less
Wol Euler: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: cool Qt :))
Yakuzza Lethecus: we will all get assimilated!!!!!! run for your lives
Agatha Macbeth: Oh wow
Wol Euler: heheheh
Yakuzza Lethecus: resistance is furtile
Wol Euler: resistance is futile.
Wol Euler: snap
Yakuzza Lethecus: rofl :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: laughs
Qt Core: ;-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: looks like your trying to bust out of the box Qt
Agatha Macbeth: How's Mr Rubik these days?
SophiaSharon Larnia: boing
SophiaSharon Larnia: heheh
Qt Core: this box got a little damaged in a crash, have to check what happened to it ;-)
Wol Euler: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes you must've fallen far!
Qt Core: it remind me about drunken borg
Agatha Macbeth: We'll call you Björn
SophiaSharon Larnia wonders if she could squeeze her avi in a triangle
Qt Core: did i interrupt some interesting discussion ?
Agatha Macbeth: Still something very Italian looking about you QT ;-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: laughs, you are the interesting conversation
Qt Core: what agatha ?
Agatha Macbeth: Must be the green dots...
SophiaSharon Larnia: but it is sad that those sims would close up so quickly
Wol Euler nods.
SophiaSharon Larnia: all on a price of coffee per member hmm

--BELL (1345)--

Agatha Macbeth: Food for thought
Yakuzza Lethecus: is pandora about to close ?
Wol Euler: cutting down, they are probably going to close one of the four sims on thursday
Wol Euler: and two others are threatened
Wol Euler: oops
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, it´s 1200 dollars a month when i am correct
Yakuzza Lethecus: 4 full sims
Wol Euler: yep, an awful amount of money, I fully understand that the landowners don't want to pay that indefinitely
Susi Alcott: very correct
Agatha Macbeth: Four sims is pretty big
Wol Euler: for a RP with 2000 members it's not too big, at least not in theory.
Wol Euler: but how to pay for it?
Wol Euler: there is a parallel here too, Pema paid out thousands a year for Kira and PaB land from his own pocket
Agatha Macbeth: You'd think with 2000 members it shouldn't be a problem
Wol Euler: but had to cut back
SophiaSharon Larnia: nods
Qt Core: just plain silly of the rpers, for a new world you can contribute to create and give an history
Wol Euler: yep
Agatha Macbeth: Something similar has happened at Mystic Academy, they may have to close down
Yakuzza Lethecus: i always ask myself how much land kira/pab really needs i am at least for myself very cheap and try to reduce sl to communication but even i have to admit that it´s nice to have some of these visuals
Agatha Macbeth nods
SophiaSharon Larnia: i guess technically, pab only needs enough room to sit
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Wol Euler: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Bums on seats love....
Susi Alcott: there's also he limit how many Avatars the area can receive....
Yakuzza Lethecus: for how long do you have your quarter sim sophia ?
Susi Alcott: so...even to sit is to use much more space that is easy to see
SophiaSharon Larnia: the rents up, i downsized
SophiaSharon Larnia: grins
Agatha Macbeth: Shrewd business lady...
SophiaSharon Larnia: back to my free 512
SophiaSharon Larnia: so to speak
Yakuzza Lethecus: yeah, a quarter sim is really much
SophiaSharon Larnia: im actually much Less creative in a lot of space, i don't know why
Yakuzza Lethecus: i was looking at a nice place to sell on phil island the other day also 512qm but only 112 prims allowed
Yakuzza Lethecus: even the pab spaces everyone got have more
Agatha Macbeth: Parkinson's law?
SophiaSharon Larnia: eh?
Wol Euler: well, wait a moment
Wol Euler: the PaB spaces have more because PaB owns the entire sim but doesn't use it all
Wol Euler: the extra allocation is divided up among us
Wol Euler: 112 for a 512 sq m is correct
Yakuzza Lethecus: ah
Susi Alcott: hm...it's changed ?
Susi Alcott: was 117...
Susi Alcott: the normal
Wol Euler: oh, right, yes it is
Yakuzza Lethecus: than it might be 117
Agatha Macbeth: So how is PaB mostly financed then?
Susi Alcott: ah yes; that I have often thought, that people can buy expensive games to play alone with the pc...but in SL the paying thoughts are different...
Yakuzza Lethecus: piet and maxine right now i think
Wol Euler: they carry most of it, I believe
Yakuzza Lethecus: and there was a big gift from an unknown guy
Yakuzza Lethecus: at least to me
Agatha Macbeth: Hmm
SophiaSharon Larnia: what kindness that is
Yakuzza Lethecus: http://www.kira.org/index.php?option...d=31&Itemid=58
Agatha Macbeth: Truly
Yakuzza Lethecus: http://playasbeing.wik.is/Donations
Yakuzza Lethecus: i don´t know how far to mix kira and pab up tho
Agatha Macbeth: Might some kind of fund raising events be in order?
Wol Euler: I'm sure they would be delighted to receive your suggestions :)
Agatha Macbeth: I'm not really much good at that kinda thing

Er....thinking....

Susi Alcott: (need help for Moon's sims for the same reason)
Agatha Macbeth nods
Yakuzza Lethecus: does moon have more then 1 sim ?
Susi Alcott: 4
Yakuzza Lethecus: is he still at the hospital ?
Susi Alcott: yes

--BELL (1400)--

Agatha Macbeth: What's wrong with him?
Susi Alcott: simply worked too hard
Agatha Macbeth: Oh dear
Wol Euler sighs
Agatha Macbeth: There's a lot of it about it seems...
Wol Euler: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: ((Moon)) (although not here) :)
Agatha Macbeth: It's been a while since he came to PaB I think
Susi Alcott: he's been in the hospital more than a week now
Wol Euler: oh wow
Susi Alcott: and yes; not any easy to get him to go there...
Agatha Macbeth: No news is good news just lately it seems
Susi Alcott: I have much faith that he'll get home tomorrow....sure that is not for sure to know
Agatha Macbeth: Well hopefully
Wol Euler nods.
Qt Core: then someone have to not make him overwork himself again

(I should say that at this point I had a mental picure of a small yellow teddy bear lying in a hospital bed....trust me eh?)

Yakuzza Lethecus: good night everyone
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Yakuzza
Qt Core: 'night yaku
Susi Alcott: good night Yaku
Wol Euler: night yaku
Agatha Macbeth: Bye for now Yaku
Vellora Vella: bye Yakuzza
SophiaSharon Larnia: me too, bye for now :))
Wol Euler: bye SS, take care
Qt Core: bye Sophia
Vellora Vella: bye Sophia
Susi Alcott: good night SSL :)
Agatha Macbeth: Night SSL, take care :)

In the meantime, the Borg cube has changed it's form....

Agatha Macbeth: Ah, the QT I know has returned!
Wol Euler: :)
Susi Alcott: _/!\_
Wol Euler: de-assimilated
Vellora Vella: smiles
Wol Euler: disborged
Agatha Macbeth grins
Qt Core: the strange rolling and inclination made me a little seasick ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: Still wearing pink pants tho...
Susi Alcott: rofl
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Susi Alcott: fits so well to Qt _/!\_
Agatha Macbeth: I couldn't possibly comment! :))
Susi Alcott: oh...why not ?
Qt Core: may have to buy them in rl then ;-)
Agatha Macbeth smiles
Agatha Macbeth: It takes a *real* man to get away with wearing pink QT ;-)))
Qt Core: i have pink shirt and a lilac car ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: :DDDDDDDDDDD
Susi Alcott: wooooooow
Qt Core: just to escape from the silver gray too many car shows
Wol Euler: :)
Agatha Macbeth: I still prefer the Star Trek uniform
Agatha Macbeth: You never saw Mr Spock in pink
Vellora Vella: lol
Wol Euler: this is the new uniform. "ST-The Retired Generation"
Agatha Macbeth: Bwahahah
Qt Core: st:shore leave for some years, then the retired one ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: Aww
Wol Euler: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Beam me up Scotty
Wol Euler: hello Ari's disembodied head.
Wol Euler: ah, there you are :)
Susi Alcott: Hello Ari
Arisia Vita: Hi all
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Arisia
Vellora Vella: hi Arisia !
Qt Core: hi Arisia
Agatha Macbeth: Are you captain of a ship or something Ari?
Arisia Vita: just captain of my soul
Agatha Macbeth: Ah
Wol Euler: awww:)
Susi Alcott: or maybe a huge Love boat ?
Agatha Macbeth: Sounds like a song
Arisia Vita: even better...
Agatha Macbeth: Or was that Captain of your Heart?
Agatha Macbeth: Dunno.
Arisia Vita: Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul. - Ashleigh Brilliant
Wol Euler: aaaaaaahh, that was it. well done aggers
Wol Euler: a great song.
Agatha Macbeth: Who did it?
Wol Euler: google knows
Wol Euler: swiss band called "double", and it was actually "captain of HER heart"
Agatha Macbeth: Someone called Double apparently
Agatha Macbeth: Not many people know that

--BELL (1415) --

Agatha Macbeth: One hit wonders, evidently
Agatha Macbeth: Here comes Bert
Susi Alcott: Hi Bert
Vellora Vella: hi Bert
Wol Euler: hello bert
Agatha Macbeth: Hiya Berti!
Qt Core: Hi Bert
Wol Euler: it seems really strange to see you as a human now :)
Agatha Macbeth: Not a Navi for once
Bertram Jacobus: :-)) - sry for disturbing so late ... ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: No worries :)
Arisia Vita: we are not, why should you be?
Agatha Macbeth smiles @ Bert
Agatha Macbeth: Thought you were going to do an Alf and stand up all night
Susi Alcott: thank you QT _/!\_
Bertram Jacobus is happy to read all the friendly comments ... :-)
Bertram Jacobus: ty !
Agatha Macbeth grins
Wol Euler smiles.

--BELL (1430)--

Susi Alcott: ...feels 'the hired man's teaser' to call
Susi Alcott: so I wanna thank you all for pleasent time and wish you good night

Not sure what 'feeling the hired man's teaser' refers to Susi: a Finnish custom perhaps? :8

Wol Euler: goodnight susi, take care
Agatha Macbeth: Night susi, sleep well
Qt Core: 'Night Susi
Vellora Vella: goodnight - see you Susi
Susi Alcott: _/!\_
Bertram Jacobus: good night susi
Susi Alcott: starpower
Agatha Macbeth: Indeed :)
Bertram Jacobus: *smile*
Qt Core: sleeptime for me
Wol Euler: goodngiht qt, take care
Agatha Macbeth: Buona notte QT
Qt Core: bye all
Vellora Vella: bye bye Qt
Bertram Jacobus: good nite qt
Vellora Vella: Well... i say thank you for being here - got to go - bye bye
Arisia Vita: bye Vel
Wol Euler: goodnight vellora, nice meeting you
Agatha Macbeth: Bye Vellora, nice to see you
Vellora Vella: thank you--- see u all
Bertram Jacobus: bye vellora ...
Agatha Macbeth: Love the dress too...

(It was long and red BTW :)

Wol Euler: well, what shall we do?
Agatha Macbeth: Backgammon?
Wol Euler: dancing?
Agatha Macbeth: Yeah!
Wol Euler grins. Gentlemen?
Agatha Macbeth: Where?
Wol Euler: my place?
Wol Euler: or apollo gardens...
Agatha Macbeth: Sounds ok to me
Agatha Macbeth: Either
Agatha Macbeth: Actually I've never been to AG
Wol Euler: ah :)
Bertram Jacobus: hehe. at the moment often action after the meetings here - nice ! :-)
Arisia Vita: If Bert goes I will too... :)
Wol Euler: ari? are you up for a little dancing?
Agatha Macbeth: Being, then action
Bertram Jacobus: i follow every tp from here(now) like to if i was allowed ... to accompany ... :-)
Agatha Macbeth: As Brecht might have said
Wol Euler: ok, I'll go and TP you all in
Wol Euler: stand by
Agatha Macbeth: Ok

--BELL (1445)--

Agatha Macbeth: Like I said, beam me up Scotty....

And at this point the session ended. As it goes, we had difficulties getting into Apollo Gardens, and so settled for an hour or so of dance at Wol's place in the village to round the evening off. And Bert didn't step on my toes once!

P.S. GET WELL SOON MOON!!! :)