"IT IS MY SIM!!! I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!!!"

I heard that a couple of times in the past 3 years…
… Sim-owners saying this to members and leaders/admins…

Yes, yes, I know it is THEIR sim, and that WE are a ‘guest’ and WE have to kneel down to them and their rules cuz WE get to use THEIR sim for free… BLAH BLAH BLAH

I am talking about attitude here…

They make the simrules according to their vision…
They make rules like
… no cheating…
… don’t do this or that…
… be polite to each other…
… no drama…

The downfall of a sim/realm/group starts when the owners start to ignore their own rules… like making drama to people in the group-chat, talking abusive, calling names, using illegal weapons and much more.
And when you ask them about it, they say: “IT IS MY SIM!!! I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!!!” And don’t be surprised to find yourself ejected cuz you don’t agree with the owners power-play.
“IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT… LEAVE!!!”

I also noticed during my years in SL and visiting many RP-Sims, that most sim-owners are afraid to loose control of their sim… they don’t trust their leaders. And when a leader has a slightly different version about how things should be rp’d …they get replaced within a second.
Such sim-owners really don’t give a damn. They only give about themselves. They only care about their status “Oww look at me, I have loads of cash in RL and I can make a playground for you.”

A good example is this…
A new sim is recruiting leaders & members, but the owner isn’t really interested in helping the new leaders getting started or informed, they let them find their own path and don’t give any feed-back. Prolly cuz they find a sim-opening more important than the good basic structures that is needed in a sim.
And this is what happens a few weeks later… The sim-owners suddenly realise that they don’t agree with the leaders’ chosen paths in RP. The leaders have worked for many weeks, to get the groups up and running, but find themselves being pushed aside by new leaders that were recruited by the sim-owner. And they weren’t even told they didn’t rp’d the vision of the owner… no warning upfront… nothing…

I own a Medieval/Fantasy MM group with 3000+ members…
And yes, I have rules. I need to have rules or it will become a MESS…
One of the rules is “No modern items”, sounds logic right?
So, would it be ok, for me as group-owner, to ignore my own rule and post modern items, but say to the rest “Piss off, it is MY group. And if you don’t like it, GET LOST!!!”???
I think I would loose my credibility…
I think that ppl would leave my group…

And that is what will happen to a sim where an owner ignores their own rules…
PPL will leave, and a downfall will follow…

A sim-owner is supposed to be an EXAMPLE to ALL MEMBERS…
And sim-owners have a task to listen to concerns of the members.
A sim-owner should work together with leaders/admins cuz they are the ones that motivate, drive the members… and THAT is what makes a sim a wonderful place to be…

A frotters character sheet...

Dear Roleplayer,
The race group leaders welcome your character information. Please consider completing a character sheet and turning it in to the race leader whose group you join.
Happy roleplaying!

DATE: April Fools
SL NAME: Essie Radford
CHARACTER NAME: Frisky Ferret
GENDER: *looks between her legs* Female
AGE (Roleplay Age): 2 years old
SPECIES/RACE: Fuzzy Ferret
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Hairy, and I got a tail....
SOCIAL DESCRIPTION: Everything I touch is MINE!
NATURAL ABILITIES: Eating, mating, stealing
SUPERNATURAL ABILITIES: Mating
WEAKNESSES: Mating, fabrics, her otter-mate
WEAPON SKILLS: I am not afraid to use my fangs
STORYLINE BACKGROUND: Born here, live here...mate here...

SL NAME: Mark Scofield
CHARACTER NAME: Frisky Otter
GENDER: male
AGE (Roleplay Age): 2
SPECIES/RACE: Otter
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: trained, healthy, potent and frisky Otter
SOCIAL DESCRIPTION: always looking for food and to mate
loves to run around and discover new things and area,
loves to play with his mate and other animals, naughty, playful, always hungry
NATURAL ABILITIES:can swim, run and jump, eat a lot and is very potent
SUPERNATURAL ABILITIES: speaks urchin language
WEAKNESSES: addicted to fish and his mate makes him sometimes to much distracted
WEAPON SKILLS: sharp teeth and a distinctive predator behavior
STORYLINE BACKGROUND: he came to start a family with his Ferret mate, found nice fishing grounds and enough places to live

Statue of Liberty

The Ferret and the Wedding

Tari Magda was having her wedding reception in the castle....

The Ferret scratches with her paw against the door, and waits till somebody will open it
The Elf Rhavaniel opens the door to the castle at the sound of scratching noticing at once she has let a small creature of the forest in ' looking around she smiles sheepishly and shrugs her shoulders " Guess it wasnt to bring its blessings too "
The Ferret runs inside as soon as the door opens
The Ferret sits down next to the stone stairs and looks around...putting her nosie high up in the air, trying to catch the smell of foooood. then she eyes the lady in the middle of the room, wearing such nice fabric...she gets jealous
AvrilLeona looks at the stairs and see on the bottom a little otter. She smiles at the bride , still with one eye watching that little animal which looked like an otter also like a rasqual
The Ferret keeps her gaze focused on the dress and slowly lifts her paw to lick the silky fur
The Ferret blinks a few times as she spots more nice fabrics around her... now she gets confused and has trouble desciding witch fabric to claim as hers. She knows she has to be careful, and quick in her action if she dares to grab some...
The Ferret decides to run to the other side of the room to get a better view and spots the table and walks over, a nice smell has reached her nosie
The Ferret looks around, seeing everybody being busy with the creatures in the nice fabrics...she jumps on the table
The Elf Rhavaniel spies the little otter on the food table snickering she covers her mouth with her hand just in time so no one can really hear her looking around Rhavaniel wonders who else see's the otter on the table drinking the punch
The Ferret thinks 'PARADISE!'as she tastes the nice liquid and dives in fully with her head...trying to catch all the nice fruits with her teeth...She hisses as some of the fruitpieces try to 'escape'and she dives in again once more.
The Ferret sits down and starts to lick her mouth clean and her paws where some juice has dripped on. After looking around, she cleans her snout with her paws and suddenly smells something very sweet and turns. Her eyes go wide open as she sees the tasty thingy
The Ferret starts to lean in and take small licks of the cake... she likes the taste of the sweetness and takes a large bite thinking 'MINE, ALL MINE!'
The Elf Rhavaniel looks over at the food table wondering if there is going to be any cake left after the Otter finishes with it
The Ferret feels her filled belly, but she likes the taste of the cake so much that she keeps eating
The Elf Rhavaniel clears her throat pointing to the food table " Uh I think someone is ready for Cake "
The Ferret lays down for a bit and lets a loud burb escape
Nica De Tandilinta smiled slightly to the belching animal
The Ferret tries to get up on her feet with her fat bally and walk towards the library for a more private place to sleep

DarkEasterBunny & Draken

Need I say more?
*smirks*

Crazy Clown Funhouse

Carnival of Carnivorous Clowns - The Funhouse of Doom - The clowns hate you - A maze adventure into the depths of clown hell.
Ok THIS you gotta see!!!
We had fun for over an hour, amazing!
So many things to see..

This looks friendly

I love bubbles

Vortex

This was hard, the blocks kept turning, but I didn't cheat...
*crosses her fingers behind her back*

O my gosh he is huge

Such a friendly clown

A less friendly clown

An old friend: Leo

I still remember his last words to me when he left SL about 1,5 years ago... "Bye bye Essie. Don't each to much humans. It is bad for your body."
And here he was again... such a big surprise... we chatted for 3 hours and talked about old stuff.

Aglarond Reunion Party

Dear Friends,

Some of the old Aglarond Admins are planning a reunion party for everybody that was involved in the Original Aglarond. We've been trying to get this done ever since the sim was sold!!! But because the current owner doesn't want to be associated anymore with the Old Aglarond, we are planning to have a party at another location on Saturday, March 20th 2010 at 12.00 noon slt.

We asked for many weeks if we could hold the party on the Aglarond beach, for old times sakes. The answer was no, cause it would interfere with the new Aglarond and their vision. Well, we are going to have an Aglarond Reunion Party 'Old Style' and remember Hispa's vision. We received quite a few arrogant answers, got the door slammed in our face and came to understand they only want to recruit members .... trying to get traffic in a dead 'new' Aglarond.

The new owner also says she has a vision better than the old Aglarond....
Well, we all agree that the Original Aglarond, created by Hispa Hian, was and will always be THE BEST! It was us...the old owner, admins and members who made Aglarond a n#1 RP sim in 2008... and not the new owner.

The only Gay in the village?

The Angel Navael: Thank you ... ah where are my manners. An introduction before I leave I apologise I am quite distracted, My name is Navael
Alo Mas'th nods 'well met.. I am Alo Mas'th'
Markus: well met Navael
Markus: my name is Markus and I am not only the cook
The Angel Navael: looks at Markus "Only the cook? I am sure you have many skills surviving in this dark land. As I have met one or two trying souls before making your aquantice. I would not doubt you are tallented in many ways of survival."
Alo Mas'th: He made most furniture here... and helps around with alot of things
The Angel Navael: looks carefully at the furniture "Did you make that glorious table?"
Markus nods "yes I did"
The Angel Navael: 'It is beautiful craftmanship are you an artist as well?'
Alo Mas'th: 'Some of the furniture... and other items were found in the shipwrecks'
The Angel Navael: 'A shipwreck?'
Markus adds "I made this table in a lonely moon filled night and carved it while sitting naked on a glade, it took me 1 full moon night till it was finished"
Alo Mas'th blushes as she hears Markus'words
[3:17] Draken Gothly: admitting you whittle your wood under the moon naked and exposed to all. in front of an angel no less.. sinner!!))
Markus looks curiosly at the angel "no, it was just some work because I was bored"
[3:18] Essie Radford: hahahahahahaah you should hear him right now!!! pissing his pants))
The Angel Navael: smiles "You are a modest creature. Do not cast aside that which is a gift."
[3:19] Essie Radford: (( breath sweety...breath.....))
[3:19] Draken Gothly: ((No one can whitlle his wood like him, truely it is a gift. ))
[3:20] Mark Scofield: ((me claps infrontof his pc))
[3:20] Draken Gothly: ((too much inuendo in this rp.. Do not cast it aside hold it firm, and whittle to your last day!))
[3:20] Navael Silvercloud: ((Um are you a peeping tom or just an averege pervert draken? are you going to participate?))
[3:21] Draken Gothly: ((the man works it alone he does not need my help))
[3:21] Navael Silvercloud: ((Smacks forehead the rp i mean))
[3:21] Draken Gothly: ((am going out shortly to make hot gay sex with dark))
[3:22] Essie Radford: ((can I have the chatlog for my blog?)
Markus add ashamed "there was a ancient creature watching me crafting this table in that night" coughs "and I believe he enjoyed watching me"
[3:22] Darkeasterbunny Slade: ((nods ... he will feel the pain in some open things ... there lay bye humans on the back side )))

A Ferrets Playground... The Apothecary

The Frisky Ferret raises her nosie high up in the air as she smells all kinds of weird scents.... She presses her nosie against the crack under the door and sniffs, breathing deeply to catch all scents
The Human Chyna nods, "Of course Sir. I'll need to go upstairs to measure and weigh"
The Human Chyna looks to the Queen," if you'd like to take a seat while I do so there is a chair there by the table"
The Human Chyna lowers the bag back under the counter before climbing the steps to retrieve his beans. She reaches into the cabinet for the reserved beans, measureing out 4lbs carefully with the scales, sliding the lot into a bag before returning to the gentleman with his purchase
The Dark Elf Severus 'I hope I dont turn you into an addict' he says to the Tari
The Tari Magda: "Me? Why?"
The Frisky Ferret hears some creatures inside...and she waits nearby... waiting for a good oppertunity...
The Dark Elf Severus counts out ten silvers and places them on the table..
The Human Chyna returns to the counter placing the bag on the scales to ensure an acurate measurement to the man "4 pounds exactly Sir"
The Dark Elf Severus watches the scales to check the weight was accurate.. he was the suspicious sort.
The Dark Elf Severus nods .. 'My regards . he motions to the coin. 'I am sure I will find them excellent'
The Human Chyna ties the bag securely with twine before sliding it across the counter to him.
The Human Chyna counts the coins, passing back 2. "you've over paid Sir"
The Tari Magda: "You are so generous Severus"
The Dark Elf Severus smirks 'No I didnt.. thats the down-payment on my next purchase... '
The Dark Elf Severuss 'I finally found a seller.. If I was capable I might even smile.. ' he said dryly
The Tari Magda shakes her head. "Is this drink that good?'
The Dark Elf Severus 'better than sex at times' he said and walked out the door not waiting for their reactions
The Human Chyna blinks at the comment
The Tari Magda: "I wouldnt know"
The Frisky Ferret runs inside as the door opens
The Human Chyna sighs, watching the creature enter the shop
The Tari Magda: "I think we let the creature in"
The Dark Elf Severus 'pitty I think you would enjoy both.. ' come Ill brew some Coffee for you' he shrugged., he owed the ferret anyway for pissing on that Drows head
The Frisky Ferret sniffles around in the shop, picking up some nice scents
The Human Chyna crosses her arms, watching the animal sniffing about
The Frisky Ferret sees some drawers and embraces the handle with her teeth, pulling it open. She pulls the drawer out and she gets all kinds of powder over her fur...she sneezes as some gets in her nosie
The Human Chyna looks for her broom thinking this shop is no place for such an animal. And nudges the ferret away with the broom, "out with you"
The Human Chyna groans and ruses to shut the drawer before more damage is done. She nudges the animal a bit more forcefully
The Frisky Ferret yelps and starts to run around in a panic, knocking over some items and bowls. She hisses at the 2legged female and shows her teeth
The Human Chyna throws open the door chasing the animal out to the square
The Human Chyna jumps back, landing on the counter, calling out the door once more "War?"
The Frisky Ferret digs her fangs in the ladies dress on her way out.... and starts pulling it
Chyna looks at the shreds of her skirt, kicking at the animal
The Frisky Ferret falls back and lands on her side. She jumps up, jumping on 4 legs at one time...hissing and growling at the woman
The Human Chyna spies the little elf, "War, could you convince this...animal the square is not a safe place to be? It might find itself in the tavern's stew pot"
The Human Chyna glares at the animal, thinking she might cook it herself
The Frisky Ferret sneezes one more time...still some powder in her nosie
The Elf War frowns, " Aw now don't do that, it probably just wants to play. Those little critters have a tendancy to go for shiny things, perhaps your dress has captured it's attention. " War looks down and over at the ferret, her nose crinkling, " You hear that, you're going to end up fuzzy stew if you keep causing mischief. "
The Frisky Ferret walks away..her head high in the air..the fabric in her mouth...She keeps sneezing while she walks away.. thinking to herself 'ill be back......'