Sunday, May 18, 2008

Day 1: Now What?

The first full day of Banishment… now what?

The inability to hear or speak is bad enough.  The lack of physical contact, though, truly makes the Banishment complete.  I find myself checking often that no one is nearby and try to TP to sims where no people are present. 

I quickly finished making some obligatory changes to my SL profile, then went about to find a nice place to call “home” during my banishment.  I found one of the most beautiful nature sims in SL… and an out-of-the-way oasis that should do just fine.

I decided to set up a photo journal on Flickr to help chronicle my experience.  It can be found at www.flickr.com/photos/trinitymcconachie.

It was a wonderful place to find after being unceremoniously ejected from the land of someone else.  After the apparent owner asked “Can I help you?,” I started running away so as not to get a protocol violation.  Before I got 10 feet… ejected.  It amazes me sometimes how odd people in SL can be (and RL for that matter).  I can understand setting no build, no script, etc. options.  Even setting security to keep people out of a land when private stuff is happening.  Even ejecting a griefer makes perfect sense.  But ejecting a docile avi just exploring?  SL is community of creativity and imagination… too bad some closed minded people here do not appreciate sharing.

Anyway, I digress.  I expect tonight will be pleasant.. sleeping next to my new pond under the palm leaves.

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