[-empyre-] Whitenoise vs. Metaverse 1

[melinda R]

max greetings

during/after the good/bad old days of vrml , around the  turn of the
centuary, i  came to the conclusion that avatars really are the
dominant emergent species..

whether they be carefully crafted polys, MUD text , or shiny metal
balls in play they are portals in and out of digtal/analogue space -
giving the program access to 1st life.. - tho i prefer to
differentiate them as hard and soft space.

they are relational, random, surprising, and very alive
( i have logical proof but realy we just all know its true.. )
there are more avatars active at any one moment than people in new zealand.

SL avatars, with some notable exceptions, are descendent of  Brandy
and Clint in the Garden of Metaverse, but why discriminate against
them for that ? avatars are evolving slowly, but as in any population
random mutation is not the norm..

I appreciate the clever constructions of artsits and performers but Is
the game play of the brandy and clint gene line any lesS relavent than
y/ours?
when the whole godddamn underlying conceptual architecture is queer
enough anyway.

mr
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max wrote:

game creation is game deconstruction

hello all humanoids and avatars,

the bad:
first i think Second Life is a stupid name but good for PR and 2/3 act
realy like thanatoids of 1st life ;) in the sense what MORE could be
possible in such a world. just thinking of the Elfe in 150 meters, which
does not move, `couse she is only her to chat with her frinds and the
man and his wife in 300 meters sex-role-game-thingy, btw. he plays a
woman. Some of those avatars make me go nuts, talking of privacy and
didn`t learn the tool they are "playing" with.

the good:
its a tool we dreamed in the VRML days. a multiuser-photoshop painting
in 3D. you do not need any money, a lot you can get for free, "arange"
it or build/script it by yourselfe. yes, Linden Labs is a company and
the Land-Fee and Land-Prices are not cheap, a bit/byte/bite pepper in
the soup which makes it spiecy.

if/else:
this metaverse can be used as a game, role-play, adventures,
car/airplane races (dogfight), simulation of X etc. or/and just beeing
there, experimenting, research, building community, family - feeling the
grid and getting in touch with cyberjesus.

A chaotic monarchic Academia just for Avatars,
http://synthetic.ning.com/

and a place to start Odyssey: a simulator in Second Life dedicated to
art and performance, there are some machinmia from students and friends
uploaded,
http://odysseyart.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=moswitzer

greetings
mm.