Welcome to the Wrath Paine vs. Second Life / M is for Myg weapons test, a new joint-feature of both blogs. This series of cross-postings will aim for helping you, our discerning readers, make wise choices when adding to your arsenal - whether it be military spec weaponry, to out of this world orbiters, or the classic hand-wielded martial art weapons, we've got you covered.
For each test, one blog will take the offensive perspective, the other the defensive. This week, I lost the Rock, Paper, Scissors battle (yes, those gestures do come free with SL, you just have to figure out how to attach them to a HUD, which I haven't) and thus I was on the defensive end of things, while Alex won the right to try his best to obliterate me. All this for you reading viewers at home, because that's just how much we care. And hey, it's about time we give back to the community, right?
Not so keen on the defensive side of things? Please feel free to skip ahead now to Alex's offensive post (heh, always wanted to say that) and learn more about this week's product of review: The Fixer.
What is The Fixer, you ask? Well, it's an orbiter, but with the added benefit of proclaiming not to show up on bump/hit abuse reports. That will be item number one to verify, for sure.
It also claims to be highly effective in push-restricted areas, of which versatility is probably the number one reason we decided to review this product. Interestingly enough, this product is supposedly less effective in areas where push is not restricted. Anyway, for our testing purposes, the land will be push-restricted.
DISCLAIMER: I think it's important to always know the person you are weapons testing with. While you might not always know who you're climbing into the sack with in SL, you should at least be on somewhat familiar terms with the person trying to kill you. It just makes sense. For example, I know Alex has my back should things go horribly awry during these tests - if my system starts acting up, I can IM Alex during my demise and curse my arse off, and he will not be offended or mute me. We're cool like that. He knows I'd do the same for him, if I could ever manage to win a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, which probably isn't likely, since I only have scissors assigned to my HUD and I am starting to suspect he realizes that fact. (The one downfall of knowing your testing partner, perhaps...)
On with the testing...
First thing I notice is Alex seems to have no problem getting this weapon set up. Which could mean either he's experienced with many sorts of weapons (check) or The Fixer is easy to use. Read his post to find out, as I'm all about the defense, people.
The first conclusion we come to regarding this weapon is that it would be so much better if the commands were not spoken in chat. Well, command, singular, I should say, since all you say is "orbit [name]". However, as that is said in open chat, not too stealthy, and would appear in chat history, even if not reported in the bump abuse report. And sort of gives away the surprise during battle. I would suggest the creator either add the command to a channel or change it to something less obvious, like "hey sexy [name]".
As with most weapons available at the Armory Stock, you do not have to say the target's full name, which is quite helpful for quick response retaliation should you be using this weapon in defense. Which I'm sure *cough cough* all of you would be doing anyway, right? Good.
DISCLAIMER: Did I mention at all times during our testing phase and de-briefing we had a member of the opposite sex present? This is an important feature often overlooked by many weapons gurus. Too much testosterone/estrogen in one confined testing area can only lead to tainted results. Just be careful not to inadvertently include your third party witness as a part of the weapons testing, as they can tend to get highly irritated and call you bad names. Our designated safety expert and ex-Price is Right® product model, Sable, wisely knew to flee my immediate area any time Alex started typing in mid air.
"orbit wrath" Uh oh, that can't be good. And for the first test, it wasn't good. For Alex. The command was given, which I clearly heard, and Alex was suddenly leaping in slow motion ten metres in the opposite direction. It looked cool, much like a slow motion replay of an Olympic high jumper, but for what purpose? On the ground behind Alex was a nice semi-transparent sphere. I am hoping at this point, the weapon does not actually expect me to walk over and stick my face into the globe in order to be sent orbiting across this great land that is SL. Because I would if I had to. We'll just call this first test a non-success. Whew.
Wrath Paine: I hereby give consent to Alexander J Burgess to orbit me
See what I did here, folks? This admission by me would clear Alex of any accidental grief report filed against him. Also, by adding his non-existant middle initial, I can always claim it was a different Alex that I gave permission to, should this particular Alex ever give me a wedgie, then steal a total hottie from me while I was being orbited two billion metres away during weapons testing.
"orbit wrath" Ha, I'm thinking. I must be impervious to orbiters, and the master of my domain! I watched as Alex did his normal slow motion ten metre leap in the opposite direction. And that's when things got weird. This time, besides the sphere I could see where Alex had just been standing, a new sphere materialized - around me. And inside that sphere, I could've sworn I saw several other darker grey orbs spring to life, twittering at high speeds inside the large orb surrounding me, and then, nothing. The spheres disappeared. Hell, my house disappeared! The over-sized casino next to me? Nothing but land remained. Total nuclear effect happening. No Alex, no Sable (so bummed!), no fountains or tress in my yard, some chat text floated by but I was too busy thinking OMG Alex just managed to wipe a sim!! Part of me wanted to go mental with concern as in how am I going to bail Alex out of SL jail for this accident, while the other part of me thought, whew, glad I didn't use the word 'orbit' during any of my conversations today.
I didn't have time to think long, however, as soon I was flying. Now, I live at the border of like four other sims, so taking ten steps in either direction will place me somewhere else on the map. But I think I managed to bypass everything nearby, as I'm now somewhere over the Sverdlovsk sim. I'll have to look that one up. Most noticeable, however, was my altitude. I seemed to be at an altitude of 2,147,483,648m.
How is the air up there, you ask? Oh, you know, your standard 122+ framerates per second, of course. Only thee ideal place to put a skybox, I would say.
Guess who forgot to check their bump report log before having to relog? Oops. Always remain calm and focused on the testing at hand, folks! Having to relog repeatedly to try and recreate testing results can cause everyone on your friends list to IM you and see if you are okay, as you keep coming and going offline on their screen. Sorry, everybody!
Alex and I needed to test the weapon on someone sitting down on an object. You know, much like a... I don't know... a casino camping chair, for example. I rez a wooden cube (which I kickass at, by the way) and sit on it. Sable does the obligatory running away as fast as she can bit, and Alex gives the command. And I'm now the Boy in the Bubble, and very much unlike Elvis, I haven't left the building. Not the coolest of effects, waiting for the person to stand to get orbited, especially if they can see the sphere all around them.
Next we try a normal sit on the ground. I was able to be orbited, but not very far away and at a slow, pleasant, sight-seeing speed. I supposed it would give the controller time to set up a more elaborate defense should the target come back to the area.
I should note, however, that even this fairly successful attempt to orbit me does cause a need to relog. Why? Because when I got back to the testing grounds in one piece, I was invisible. To ME only! Alex and Sable swore they could see me, but I was not entirely believing them, since I was non-existant on my screen. Alex suggested I edit my appearance. That's when I verified I really am an Angel of Light. I took screen shots to prove it. See there? All that shows up when you try to take a picture of me is a bright light. Or, nothing but eyeballs. Freaky stuff! I relog, again.
All good weapons testing activities include careful planning, proper preparation and a post-event de-brief session. Remember to make sure there is at least one member of the opposite sex amongst you during all phases. Here's a photo of Alex and I later, discussng what went right, what went wrong and who can be the first to come up with the best ten ways to violate the half-dressed hawt elf in my front yard. Always the over-achiever, Alex scored big with his list of twenty-one ideas in less than 32 seconds, though I suspect he's only ever managed to experience three of them himself, otherwise living vicariously through my legendary SLexploits.
End results: The Fixer isn't effective in push allowed areas, and in push-restricted areas it still cannot penetrate a sitting position. You also have to say the command in open chat. From a defensive perspective, I am not too worried about facing this weapon - it would appear anything that can stop an orbiter, can stop this one. Oh, and it's spendy for what it does. But it does get around the push-restriction without showing on the bump abuse log....
Pertinent information as reported by Alexander Burgess:
The Fixer - push-restriction busting no push/bump registering orbiter
The Price: L$975
The Place: Armory Overstock
The Disclosures:
Seen in world: Yes | Review copy: No | Friends List: No
For each test, one blog will take the offensive perspective, the other the defensive. This week, I lost the Rock, Paper, Scissors battle (yes, those gestures do come free with SL, you just have to figure out how to attach them to a HUD, which I haven't) and thus I was on the defensive end of things, while Alex won the right to try his best to obliterate me. All this for you reading viewers at home, because that's just how much we care. And hey, it's about time we give back to the community, right?
Not so keen on the defensive side of things? Please feel free to skip ahead now to Alex's offensive post (heh, always wanted to say that) and learn more about this week's product of review: The Fixer.
What is The Fixer, you ask? Well, it's an orbiter, but with the added benefit of proclaiming not to show up on bump/hit abuse reports. That will be item number one to verify, for sure.
It also claims to be highly effective in push-restricted areas, of which versatility is probably the number one reason we decided to review this product. Interestingly enough, this product is supposedly less effective in areas where push is not restricted. Anyway, for our testing purposes, the land will be push-restricted.
DISCLAIMER: I think it's important to always know the person you are weapons testing with. While you might not always know who you're climbing into the sack with in SL, you should at least be on somewhat familiar terms with the person trying to kill you. It just makes sense. For example, I know Alex has my back should things go horribly awry during these tests - if my system starts acting up, I can IM Alex during my demise and curse my arse off, and he will not be offended or mute me. We're cool like that. He knows I'd do the same for him, if I could ever manage to win a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, which probably isn't likely, since I only have scissors assigned to my HUD and I am starting to suspect he realizes that fact. (The one downfall of knowing your testing partner, perhaps...)
On with the testing...
First thing I notice is Alex seems to have no problem getting this weapon set up. Which could mean either he's experienced with many sorts of weapons (check) or The Fixer is easy to use. Read his post to find out, as I'm all about the defense, people.
The first conclusion we come to regarding this weapon is that it would be so much better if the commands were not spoken in chat. Well, command, singular, I should say, since all you say is "orbit [name]". However, as that is said in open chat, not too stealthy, and would appear in chat history, even if not reported in the bump abuse report. And sort of gives away the surprise during battle. I would suggest the creator either add the command to a channel or change it to something less obvious, like "hey sexy [name]".
As with most weapons available at the Armory Stock, you do not have to say the target's full name, which is quite helpful for quick response retaliation should you be using this weapon in defense. Which I'm sure *cough cough* all of you would be doing anyway, right? Good.
DISCLAIMER: Did I mention at all times during our testing phase and de-briefing we had a member of the opposite sex present? This is an important feature often overlooked by many weapons gurus. Too much testosterone/estrogen in one confined testing area can only lead to tainted results. Just be careful not to inadvertently include your third party witness as a part of the weapons testing, as they can tend to get highly irritated and call you bad names. Our designated safety expert and ex-Price is Right® product model, Sable, wisely knew to flee my immediate area any time Alex started typing in mid air.
"orbit wrath" Uh oh, that can't be good. And for the first test, it wasn't good. For Alex. The command was given, which I clearly heard, and Alex was suddenly leaping in slow motion ten metres in the opposite direction. It looked cool, much like a slow motion replay of an Olympic high jumper, but for what purpose? On the ground behind Alex was a nice semi-transparent sphere. I am hoping at this point, the weapon does not actually expect me to walk over and stick my face into the globe in order to be sent orbiting across this great land that is SL. Because I would if I had to. We'll just call this first test a non-success. Whew.
Wrath Paine: I hereby give consent to Alexander J Burgess to orbit me
See what I did here, folks? This admission by me would clear Alex of any accidental grief report filed against him. Also, by adding his non-existant middle initial, I can always claim it was a different Alex that I gave permission to, should this particular Alex ever give me a wedgie, then steal a total hottie from me while I was being orbited two billion metres away during weapons testing.
"orbit wrath" Ha, I'm thinking. I must be impervious to orbiters, and the master of my domain! I watched as Alex did his normal slow motion ten metre leap in the opposite direction. And that's when things got weird. This time, besides the sphere I could see where Alex had just been standing, a new sphere materialized - around me. And inside that sphere, I could've sworn I saw several other darker grey orbs spring to life, twittering at high speeds inside the large orb surrounding me, and then, nothing. The spheres disappeared. Hell, my house disappeared! The over-sized casino next to me? Nothing but land remained. Total nuclear effect happening. No Alex, no Sable (so bummed!), no fountains or tress in my yard, some chat text floated by but I was too busy thinking OMG Alex just managed to wipe a sim!! Part of me wanted to go mental with concern as in how am I going to bail Alex out of SL jail for this accident, while the other part of me thought, whew, glad I didn't use the word 'orbit' during any of my conversations today.
I didn't have time to think long, however, as soon I was flying. Now, I live at the border of like four other sims, so taking ten steps in either direction will place me somewhere else on the map. But I think I managed to bypass everything nearby, as I'm now somewhere over the Sverdlovsk sim. I'll have to look that one up. Most noticeable, however, was my altitude. I seemed to be at an altitude of 2,147,483,648m.
How is the air up there, you ask? Oh, you know, your standard 122+ framerates per second, of course. Only thee ideal place to put a skybox, I would say.
Guess who forgot to check their bump report log before having to relog? Oops. Always remain calm and focused on the testing at hand, folks! Having to relog repeatedly to try and recreate testing results can cause everyone on your friends list to IM you and see if you are okay, as you keep coming and going offline on their screen. Sorry, everybody!
Alex and I needed to test the weapon on someone sitting down on an object. You know, much like a... I don't know... a casino camping chair, for example. I rez a wooden cube (which I kickass at, by the way) and sit on it. Sable does the obligatory running away as fast as she can bit, and Alex gives the command. And I'm now the Boy in the Bubble, and very much unlike Elvis, I haven't left the building. Not the coolest of effects, waiting for the person to stand to get orbited, especially if they can see the sphere all around them.
Next we try a normal sit on the ground. I was able to be orbited, but not very far away and at a slow, pleasant, sight-seeing speed. I supposed it would give the controller time to set up a more elaborate defense should the target come back to the area.
I should note, however, that even this fairly successful attempt to orbit me does cause a need to relog. Why? Because when I got back to the testing grounds in one piece, I was invisible. To ME only! Alex and Sable swore they could see me, but I was not entirely believing them, since I was non-existant on my screen. Alex suggested I edit my appearance. That's when I verified I really am an Angel of Light. I took screen shots to prove it. See there? All that shows up when you try to take a picture of me is a bright light. Or, nothing but eyeballs. Freaky stuff! I relog, again.
All good weapons testing activities include careful planning, proper preparation and a post-event de-brief session. Remember to make sure there is at least one member of the opposite sex amongst you during all phases. Here's a photo of Alex and I later, discussng what went right, what went wrong and who can be the first to come up with the best ten ways to violate the half-dressed hawt elf in my front yard. Always the over-achiever, Alex scored big with his list of twenty-one ideas in less than 32 seconds, though I suspect he's only ever managed to experience three of them himself, otherwise living vicariously through my legendary SLexploits.
End results: The Fixer isn't effective in push allowed areas, and in push-restricted areas it still cannot penetrate a sitting position. You also have to say the command in open chat. From a defensive perspective, I am not too worried about facing this weapon - it would appear anything that can stop an orbiter, can stop this one. Oh, and it's spendy for what it does. But it does get around the push-restriction without showing on the bump abuse log....
Pertinent information as reported by Alexander Burgess:
The Fixer - push-restriction busting no push/bump registering orbiter
The Price: L$975
The Place: Armory Overstock
The Disclosures:
Seen in world: Yes | Review copy: No | Friends List: No
5 comments:
And for those of you really interested in the true weaponry Wrath and I discussed here--RPS--then check out this issue of The Believer. Too bad you can only read the intro online, but I assure you the rest of the article is well worth the price of admission.
at first i was afraid this would give ideas to griefers but i am glad to see its a piece of crap XD
Don't worry, Tiana, we won't aid and abet the griefers; but we *will* make combating those pesky miscreants easier for those of us who don't spend all our time scheming.
Haha.. Okay, one thing.. Instead of relogging, why didn't you just return home? <.<; A few button presses, and poof, back to standing where you were. Or, that's what it should do.
Another thing.. You realize that's a NEGETIVE 2 billion? ^^;
And the third thing.. sometimes, when you're invisible to yourself, changing sims, changing your group, etc, can help. That usually only happens when you log in, or something like that, which is kinda odd for it happening there.
And if you ever need someone to sit in on stuff like that, I'd love to! I like watching people play around like that. ^.^
Hiya, Kat!!
First attempt, I did try to tp home, however, the orbiting orb was waiting for me and sent me flying through space again, so the controller will need to delete it before the target can return. And once we figured that out, I did tp home, to find myself invisible only to me, but still annoying. Thus, the multiple relogs. :-)
Yes, I was wondering about those negative numbers, as well - it sort of looked like I was in the air, but hard to tell where I was, really. Maybe underground, but with SL, who knows, hehe.
Alex? I think we might have just invented a new sport - it appears the ladies seem to enjoy gathering to watch the boys wreak havoc on themselves. Let's see, so far we have Myg, Orchid, Sable, Silkyn and now Kat volunteering to chaperone our weapons testing. And I think Dalien and DesertWolf want in on the testing part.
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