I hate nothing more as being redundant. For me most is said about sports in Second Life, even if I just looked on four different sport disciplines in total. I wanted to explore, what sport is about and not how each sport works and there are far more sporty things to do in SL: Simboarding (which is great fun), sailing, football, hockey justto mention a few more...wanna find more about sport disciplins visit: http://slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools/65/94/25
After all explorations for me sports are still a fun cultural community driven video game. But as one seems to get more motivated to do real life sports watching her/his alter ego doing in game sports, it may even have a positive influence on our clickers. So go for sports with a nice community is my suggestion!
To close this section about sports I did one last (notecard) interview with August Pain Lusch, who as well was the first one I talked to, when starting my sports research month ago.
August, you are a sports reporter on treet.tv right?
I'm actually an Executive Producer for Treet.TV overall, I do a lot of things for a lot of shows on Treet. The main sports I deal with are Treet Sports, such as GOHA (Global Online Hockey Association) and RacerX Gullwings Giant Snail Racing. We also have Dirtfield Racing on the channel which I am keenly interested in I'm just trying to find the time.
How did you become a reporter on SL TV and was it always sports you reported about?
I actually started as a player in the Euro Division of the Hockey League while Vox Mullen was doing the sportscasting for GOHA, when Vox unfortunately had to leave due to RL commitments, Kert Upshaw and I were offered the slot.
Kert kept with and still is with GOHA as the main sportscaster on the show, I moved a little bit varied and tried out Snail Racing and started producing the shortlived (but hopefully will be revived) DailyPWN: Weekly Review with Matt Ryan which was a show about Video Games in General.
Are you a reporter in RL as well?
I work a lot with Treet.TV, although I am not a reporter, I do have a degree in Media & Cultural Studies with English Literature and Cultural History and have had small articles published.
Which sports you report about in general?
Treet's main focus is Snail Racing, GOHA and Dirtfield though we are looking at Wrestling to join our numbers.
Are you interested in the same sports in RL or in any sports even?
I love Football (Soccer) in RL and have tried to find a non trademark infringing Soccer game in SL to bring to Treet. So far no luck :(
Do you watch sport events in SL privat as well? If yes, what do you like in that as a spectator?
I love going down and watching any sports in SL, I find talking in the crowd and cheering people on as fun in SL as it is in RL (Except warmer in SL)
Why would you recommend to someone else watching sports in SL?
Just like Real Life SL Sports are skill based so there's the satisfaction of watching someone at the top of their game playing to the crowd...watching Tindalia Soothsayer or Sante Klees at Snail Racing is always a great thrill...same with watching the Cobras this season on GOHA, it's amazing to see a team with that level of skill on the ice.
Do you practise some sports in SL? If yes, did you start this before you reported on the sports on treet?
As I mentioned, I started off as a GOHA player, and then a captain, so I was pretty ingrained into GOHA before my Treet career took off, I still practice the occasional sport, though time isn't the luxury I once had.
Last question: Why sports in general in Second Life?
I believe that sports in SL are great places to meet people and interact with people while at the same time testing out some fun.
If you've ever felt the adrenaline rush of scoring that winning Goal in GOHA or coming first in Snail Racing or Dirtfield Racing you'd know that rush is better than any "Sploder" or MM Board in SL :)
You can find Augusts blog at: http://n-r-k.blogspot.com/
Sport in SL is not useless, even if it does not train your avatar body!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
My Favorite sport in SL: Giant Snail Races
I couldn't imagine anything about giant snail racing. I visited the usual racing track, where the weekly sunday race normally takes place 11 AM SLT- now saturday races for the slower snails are added at 9 AM SLT with dancing afterwards the race - and got myself a snail costume. Fitting it the first time, I nearly fainted, looking at me now a snail as big as a house. The following sunday I crashed into a special race - once a month the snail race travels to a themed space for the sunday race and snails as well can dres sup especially for that theme. That day I found myself at the cruiser SS Galaxy. My Snail head was four decks higher than my snail foot and navigating through the cruiser was a quest. It was one of the most fun expeirences I ever made at SL, even if I totally sucked within the race. Mostly it's one hour too early for me at sundays, so I sob a bit each sunday the race starts without me. But I recommend to all of you to try and enjoy the fun of being a giant snail in a racing competition.
Racer X is the founder of that sport and I had an interview with him:
Nadja Revnik: When and how did you get the idea of giant snail races?
RacerX Gullwing: Oh, I saw an event comming up in a few days that was calling itself the giant avatar contest. So I went to work trying to make the biggest avatar I could and a one footed avatar seemed the best option. Anyway I lost. I was the only one that took it literally. It meant many avatars not huge ones.Nadja Revnik: Oh, hehe.
RacerX Gullwing: Then we were trying to help Montmartre raise cash. That's when they paid for traffic. Catfart my neeghbor thought I ought to do a snail race. So I started that up. The snails are still free, but now you can get a full perm version. You can go crazy modding.
Nadja Revnik: Lol.
RacerX Gullwing: That's the condenced version.
Nadja Revnik: And the usual race track is around one sim?
RacerX Gullwing: It was around Montmartre, but that's been renamed the Eternal now. But yes, we had it there and the sims next door to that for the first 5 years. We also did one on tuesday nights in Hawthorne.
Nadja Revnik: You do that for 5 years already?
RacerX Gullwing: When it was an Amy Webber build called chases manhattan. We're working on 7 now.
Nadja Revnik: Seventh year?
RacerX Gullwing: 6th birthday was last month.
Nadja Revnik: Wow. Great, thats a long time!
RacerX Gullwing: I think we're the longest running weekly event in SL.
Nadja Revnik: Wow! You still sell pimpable snails?
RacerX Gullwing: Totally get one at the track: the free one. There's only one script in the shell we don't let you mod.
Nadja Revnik: And how long does the avarage race take? Are it different tracks each sunday? I was just once at that ship by now.
RacerX Gullwing: Around 10 -15 minutes.
Nadja Revnik: And the track? Is modified or same?
RacerX Gullwing: No, basically the same track every week we use for the championship. But once a month we take the snails on a field trip to other sims for fun races.
Nadja Revnik: Ok, so the more races you take at the same route the better you might get.
RacerX Gullwing: The track is slowly evolving. Right now it's in the midst of a texture change. But that doesn't effect the track. The key to snail racing is practice.
Nadja Revnik: I guess so...I found out changing the cam perspective from time to time helps finding the way. Plus the knowledge where your real body is hidden.
RacerX Gullwing: If you can get your time down to 0.35 or so per lap you are doing super. 3 rounds = race. Time's around the track.Nadja Revnik: Per lap?
/comment A lap is one round.
RacerX Gullwing: Yeah, that might be a little impossible, but that used to be what they were shooting for.
Nadja Revnik: So you are the head of the snail races and waelya is a trainer?
RacerX Gullwing: Yes, waeyla is my invaluable assitant to the bunny.
/comment Racer X usually wears a bunny costume.
RacerX Gullwing: She chases the newbies around, trying to make them try snail racing on the first or second day here and does a lot of the paperwork on the fly during the races and also corals them up ready for starting.
Nadja Revnik:: Ha, newbie chasing ;-) Well, it took me more than 3 years to fid out about giant snail races ;-)
RacerX Gullwing: We just finally got picked up by linden labs as a place to go see : http://secondlife.com/destination/giant-snail-racing
Nadja Revnik: Great! I got the hint from a sports reporter, when I started my research for the sports series at my blog.
RacerX Gullwing: Well, word of mouth was all we had for years and then treet showed up and we really picked up. Then the track had to look better.
/comment Treet TV is reporting on Giant Snail Races Weekly.
Nadja Revnik: I just can say, I personally think its great fun ;-)
RacerX Gullwing: You need a high speed conection and a good PC to race, but anyone can watch just go easy on the bling.
Nadja Revnik: Well, I enjoyed participating in the race on the ship.
RacerX Gullwing: That was crazy! We never had so many things go wrong on that, but still got enough of it filmed to make it a race. You can always catch the reruns at http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces a day or 2 after the races.
Nadja Revnik: Yes, but participating is the real fun ;-)
RacerX Gullwing: Yes, well, we've been getting a lot of visitors since the Lindens listed u,s so could be crazy busy soon there. We're up 5 times usual right now in traffic.
Nadja Revnik: Grats to that ;-)
RacerX Gullwing: I think it was a good interview!
Nadja Revnik: Thank you so much for your time.
All news about the Giant Snail Races on the Snail Race Blog.
Racer X is the founder of that sport and I had an interview with him:
Nadja Revnik: When and how did you get the idea of giant snail races?
RacerX Gullwing: Oh, I saw an event comming up in a few days that was calling itself the giant avatar contest. So I went to work trying to make the biggest avatar I could and a one footed avatar seemed the best option. Anyway I lost. I was the only one that took it literally. It meant many avatars not huge ones.Nadja Revnik: Oh, hehe.
RacerX Gullwing: Then we were trying to help Montmartre raise cash. That's when they paid for traffic. Catfart my neeghbor thought I ought to do a snail race. So I started that up. The snails are still free, but now you can get a full perm version. You can go crazy modding.
Nadja Revnik: Lol.
RacerX Gullwing: That's the condenced version.
Nadja Revnik: And the usual race track is around one sim?
RacerX Gullwing: It was around Montmartre, but that's been renamed the Eternal now. But yes, we had it there and the sims next door to that for the first 5 years. We also did one on tuesday nights in Hawthorne.
Nadja Revnik: You do that for 5 years already?
RacerX Gullwing: When it was an Amy Webber build called chases manhattan. We're working on 7 now.
Nadja Revnik: Seventh year?
RacerX Gullwing: 6th birthday was last month.
Nadja Revnik: Wow. Great, thats a long time!
RacerX Gullwing: I think we're the longest running weekly event in SL.
Nadja Revnik: Wow! You still sell pimpable snails?
RacerX Gullwing: Totally get one at the track: the free one. There's only one script in the shell we don't let you mod.
Nadja Revnik: And how long does the avarage race take? Are it different tracks each sunday? I was just once at that ship by now.
RacerX Gullwing: Around 10 -15 minutes.
Nadja Revnik: And the track? Is modified or same?
RacerX Gullwing: No, basically the same track every week we use for the championship. But once a month we take the snails on a field trip to other sims for fun races.
Nadja Revnik: Ok, so the more races you take at the same route the better you might get.
RacerX Gullwing: The track is slowly evolving. Right now it's in the midst of a texture change. But that doesn't effect the track. The key to snail racing is practice.
Nadja Revnik: I guess so...I found out changing the cam perspective from time to time helps finding the way. Plus the knowledge where your real body is hidden.
RacerX Gullwing: If you can get your time down to 0.35 or so per lap you are doing super. 3 rounds = race. Time's around the track.Nadja Revnik: Per lap?
/comment A lap is one round.
RacerX Gullwing: Yeah, that might be a little impossible, but that used to be what they were shooting for.
Nadja Revnik: So you are the head of the snail races and waelya is a trainer?
RacerX Gullwing: Yes, waeyla is my invaluable assitant to the bunny.
/comment Racer X usually wears a bunny costume.
RacerX Gullwing: She chases the newbies around, trying to make them try snail racing on the first or second day here and does a lot of the paperwork on the fly during the races and also corals them up ready for starting.
Nadja Revnik:: Ha, newbie chasing ;-) Well, it took me more than 3 years to fid out about giant snail races ;-)
RacerX Gullwing: We just finally got picked up by linden labs as a place to go see : http://secondlife.com/destination/giant-snail-racing
Nadja Revnik: Great! I got the hint from a sports reporter, when I started my research for the sports series at my blog.
RacerX Gullwing: Well, word of mouth was all we had for years and then treet showed up and we really picked up. Then the track had to look better.
/comment Treet TV is reporting on Giant Snail Races Weekly.
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| Taken from treet.tv |
Nadja Revnik: I just can say, I personally think its great fun ;-)
RacerX Gullwing: You need a high speed conection and a good PC to race, but anyone can watch just go easy on the bling.
Nadja Revnik: Well, I enjoyed participating in the race on the ship.
RacerX Gullwing: That was crazy! We never had so many things go wrong on that, but still got enough of it filmed to make it a race. You can always catch the reruns at http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces a day or 2 after the races.
Nadja Revnik: Yes, but participating is the real fun ;-)
RacerX Gullwing: Yes, well, we've been getting a lot of visitors since the Lindens listed u,s so could be crazy busy soon there. We're up 5 times usual right now in traffic.
Nadja Revnik: Grats to that ;-)
RacerX Gullwing: I think it was a good interview!
Nadja Revnik: Thank you so much for your time.
All news about the Giant Snail Races on the Snail Race Blog.
Monday, May 2, 2011
The Spicy Kitten - A successful example for a SL Dance Group
Nadja Revnik: How many dancers are you in your dance group Spicy Kittens?
Diddy Hyun: There is 6 of us
/comment Sometimes you can even see 7 or 8 dancers on stage.
Nadja Revnik: And how long do you stick together as a group?
Diddy Hyun: We have been dancing as a group for over 2 years now.
Nadja Revnik: Wow, that's long!
Diddy Hyun: Yeah, it is! We all love it...
Nadja Revnik: Who is doing the choreography?
Diddy Hyun: We all do some each. Usually we do 6 songs. We choose our own song and choreograph it. And we chore 2 songs - each the females in the group I mean. The men are mostly our puppets.
Nadja Revnik: Hehe. I know you and Ray are a couple. Are the other two dance partners a couple as well?
Diddy Hyun: Yes, Gem and Ger are a couple and so are Bubble and Jam.
Nadja Revnik: Ok, so the girls can always thread with no sex in case of no dancing!? ;-P
Diddy Hyun: Hahhahhah...
Rayzza Rubble: Don't give her ideas, Nadja.
Nadja Revnik: Heh, well, I just tried to find out what makes the guys act like puppets.
Diddy Hyun: They love the attention. Lol. Hehhehhe. All the female spectators.
Nadja Revnik: Ah! Heh. many fans? Some throwing underwear?
Diddy Hyun: Yeah, lol, you got it!
Nadja Revnik: ;-)
Nadja Revnik: And about the animations. Do you create them yourself or do you do the choreo from available dances?
Diddy Hyun: We buy all the annimations from various shops around SL.
Nadja Revnik: Ah, ok, and then you arrange those in a HUD?
Diddy Hyun: Yes, we all use the huddles delux model.
Nadja Revnik: And how did you get the idea to found a dance company?
Diddy Hyun: I had the idea a long time ago, cause I enjoyed it so much. Dancing in SL and making the dances to various different tunes. There are quite a few dance troups in SL and some of the work is very cool.
Home of the Spicy Kitten is a bar called Alleycats.
The Spicy Kitten and Tigers are a dance troupe in SL. The Kittens started off as an all female group and now we have 3 great men with them. Their groups consists of Diddy Hyun (Dids), Bubble Roffo (Bubs), Diamondgem Destiny (Gem), Tone Larnia (Tone), Jam Xurina (Jam), Gerry Greenberg (Ger) and Rayzza Rubble (Ray). Jam DJ's for the group.
Apart from dancing in SL, they have been performing plays and the actual set they are performing is a "Soap" called Whats New Pussycat. Epsisode 2, called Leaving, can be seen twice this week:
Thuesday 1:30 PM SLT @ Daytime Rock'n Blues & Thursday 1:00 PM SLT at Alleycats
In case you missed Episode 1 - here is a summary:
THE STORY LINE BEGINS WITH 4 BLOKES WORKING TOGETHER ON A BUILDING SITE, THEY ARE FED UP WITH WORK AND NO PLAY AND ARE PLANNING IN TAKING OFF FOR A FEW DAYS AND SPEND TIME ON SOME BEACH IN THE SUN
THE GIRLS WHO ALL SHARE A HOUSE AT A SEASIDE TOWN HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THE DOGS OUT FOR A WALK IN THE PARK
THE FOUR MATES ARE PACKING THERE TRUCK AND HEADING UP COUNTRY FOR A FEW DAYS BREAK AT THE BEACH, THE GIRLS ARE SUN BAKING ON THE BEACH, THE MEN HAVE JUST ARRIVED
THEY HAVE ALL HAD SOME GOOD TIMES AND HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET AT THE LOCAL THAT EVENING DURING THE BREAK BETWEEN SONGS THE MEN ARE TALKING
LIFE HAS MOVED ON AND THE FOUR COUPLES HAVE BECOME CLOSE.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
ITS TIME FOR THE GUYS TO GET BACK AT WORK THERE FEW DAYS BREAK HAVE COME TO A END
DURING THE SONG BREAK GIRLS ARE TALKING
THE MEN ARE PACKING THERE THINGS IN THERE HOTEL ROOMS THERE FEELING DOWN ABOUT LEAVING AND ALREADY MISSING THERE GIRLS
END OF EPISODE ONE - WILL TRUE LOVE COME ALIVE, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IN THE NEXT EPISODE :)
THE GIRLS WHO ALL SHARE A HOUSE AT A SEASIDE TOWN HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THE DOGS OUT FOR A WALK IN THE PARK
THE FOUR MATES ARE PACKING THERE TRUCK AND HEADING UP COUNTRY FOR A FEW DAYS BREAK AT THE BEACH, THE GIRLS ARE SUN BAKING ON THE BEACH, THE MEN HAVE JUST ARRIVED
THEY HAVE ALL HAD SOME GOOD TIMES AND HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET AT THE LOCAL THAT EVENING DURING THE BREAK BETWEEN SONGS THE MEN ARE TALKING
LIFE HAS MOVED ON AND THE FOUR COUPLES HAVE BECOME CLOSE.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
ITS TIME FOR THE GUYS TO GET BACK AT WORK THERE FEW DAYS BREAK HAVE COME TO A END
DURING THE SONG BREAK GIRLS ARE TALKING
THE MEN ARE PACKING THERE THINGS IN THERE HOTEL ROOMS THERE FEELING DOWN ABOUT LEAVING AND ALREADY MISSING THERE GIRLS
END OF EPISODE ONE - WILL TRUE LOVE COME ALIVE, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IN THE NEXT EPISODE :)
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