A word on Gor

Free Women about Town, originally uploaded by Torment Tea.

I have found over the years that when you admit you play in Gorean worlds online that people think you are either 1) totally kinky which causes them to try to get your interests or 2) totally horrible which causes them to proceed to tell you how awful you are.

Let me tell you about Gor in SL. I read the 26 books of John Norman years ago but being a rather strong woman thought they were horrid and wondered later why I even bothered to read all of them when I thought that. I ditched them at the local Goodwill back then.

I had already been into Role Playing games since the early 1970s (Yeah I'm dating myself) so it was natural for me to enjoy playing a character in diverse worlds. When I came into SL I explored a lot of the what was out there two years ago. Many were so hard to get into and so complicated to understand. I think the Gorean RPs drew me into them with the beautiful and fascinating builds of the cities. I worked in slow and built up till I was working hard with the Scribes and building up the Blue Caste. I had two Companions (husband's for those of you unfamiliar with Gorean terms) this current/last one is the most awsome man in the virtual and real worlds. But I digress...

Gor was fun. It was beautiful and frustrating and consumed a lot of my time online for a couple years. I learned a lot, mostly about myself. Now you are probably wondering why if I enjoyed it so much I am considering leaving it. Well it's because there is too much of it now. May sound weird but at this time there are well over 100 Gorean cities in SL. What this means is that there are not enough people to live and work in those many cities. So they tend to be sparsely populated. Also unlike many other RPs in SL they tend to interact a lot and there is a lot of distention about being true to the books or not and everyone, which is actually fairly true to Gorean nature is happier creating their own thing they can be the boss of rather than helping others make a world where everyone can play. True Gorean's in that aspect, you could say.

I am sure I will visit. My Companion and I have an official citizenship in an established city in case we want to come in and play at times. I thank my dear friend Dark for that ability. But it's time to move on.

Those of us who currently live in Blood Stone Isle are rather excited about the new world to come.

If you'd like to see more of Gor you can in my snapzilla pictures and some of my flickr sets.

I've Explored a lot of Worlds

I have played a lot of games online over the years. I enjoy testing new games before they become public and usually do not stay with them when they do. I still travel through Neopets, Guild Wars, PoTC, and some times There though. Here's a montage of a few of the places I've explored.

Some of these worlds never made it to the main stream having been scrapped before they ever went public, for political or economic reasons. I haven't yet played a game that I seriously did not like though. Although I do tend to stick to worlds that I like and avoid ones I don't like, like war games.

Playing in Never Never Land

NNL7, originally uploaded by Torment Tea.

The first two years I was in Second life I ran Never Never Land, a children's park based a bit on the Peter Pan theme. There was a Pirates cove, a Mermaid Lagoon, The Lost Boys woods, the Indians and a huge train station with a wonderful train that was developed there by my friend kit and is now sold all over SL. Here I am swinging in the tire swing.

Every month the park changed to the theme of the month we had Cootie Parties in Feb, St. Pattys parties in March, Rain dances in April, well you get the idea. Every month I brought out different rides and toys to play with so everyone had more fun every month. It was a great time and a wonderful way to get to know SL.

If you'd like to see more of Never Never Land you can see it in this Flickr set.

Ophelia's Gaze: Iris' Top 10 Hottest Male SL Avatars for '07

Before I get into some other things let me first highlight the picks for the top 10 Hottest Male SL Avatars.

Check them out at New World Notes. Personally I like Vasean or Liquid best. hehe

Intro

I thought maybe I'd start a blog about Torment's escapades in Second Life. I started in Second Life in 2004 and for the first two years was about 10-12 years old. It was fun being a kid and I spent most of my time as the proprietor of Never Never Land. Eventually I sold it and grew up and went off to Gor for another couple years. Now I am getting ready to leave Gor and begin something new again. This time though I thought I'd document more.

I'm going to start the Planescape world in SL. Basically what this means is that I'm trying to recreate Sigil and will be using that to make a place where anyone in SL's many Role Playing worlds can come and interact. Think sort of Callahan's Crosstime Saloon in a somewhat steampunk genre. In the City of Doors anyone can happen by. It should be a lot of fun.

I'll post pictures of the current sim set up. It's called Blood Stone Isle at the moment, a small Gorean tropical island off the Thassa at the end of the Vosk Delta. Very beautiful.