Second Life Community Convention: The Street View

ArminasX Saiman of Second Effects has a very good, photo-heavy personal recounting of SLCC, the kind of event where if you are lucky (and don't you wish you were), a gorgeous Broadway star will sit on your lap and sing. It's nice street view complement to Shava Suntzu's NWN guest post from a few days ago, and it contains this lovely paragraph about NWN event writer Chestnut Rau, who met her longtime in-world partner Zha Ewry in real life for the first time there:

I approached her and introduced myself, but she seemed a little awkward as those were her first moments meeting avatars. We had a brief discussion, when suddenly over her shoulder I observed someone entering the lobby pulling a suitcase: Zha Ewry. I immediately held up my hands to beckon Chestnut to stop talking and said in a totally calm voice, “Turn. Around. Right. Now.” She looked at me quizzically and rotated. In less than a picosecond she recognized Zha, who did not notice her. I will never forget the look on Chestnut’s face at that moment, as her emotions radiated brilliantly in all directions.

I bet many have felt the same way in similar circumstances. Read the rest here.

Comments

[ArminasX]

Thanks for reposting, Hamlet! The reason I enjoy preparing these long SLCC reports is simply to get the message to people that in-person meetings are truly magic and should be done by all avatars, at least once during their existence. It's like raising the identity experience to the ultimate level. I can't wait til next year!