Location: Pile of Smoking Debris, Kula Sim

During my Eno-Quest a while back in the Open-Source paradise of the Kula sims, I decided to cover ground faster than by walking. I didn’t want to fly, because I felt that I might miss Eno’s exhibit (flying moves an avatar FAST).

Out came the little moon-buggy I’d not driven since my first traumatic foray into a public sandbox.  You may recall: I had a cruise-ship dropped on me.

And out came the black motorcycle I’ve wrecked a dozen times.

That day was no different. But why on earth is Dianna Defiant always online during my biggest humiliations?  She got to hear, via IM, the disasters that followed…

The motorcycle was hopeless.  I drove it off a cliff within seconds, falling with it like the Wiley E. Coyote in a Roadrunner cartoon.  Instead of saving myself with a “fly” command, I decided to fall.

Not even Wile E’s little puff of dust when I hit.  I just landed like a stone.

The buggy, supposedly designed for rough terrain, did only a little better. I was getting cocky as I maneuvered it through a dry canyon and then crested a hill. It was fun to hill-hop the buggy as it became airborne.  The physics of SL are improving to challenge a few one finds in video games…though they have a way to go.

Or maybe it’s the driver…on one hop I landed the darned buggy straight into a Mad-Hatter’s tea party, full of Alice-in-Wonderland figures, and got stuck. That was at least fun.  The creator of these figures had done some seriously impressive design work.

Eventually I escaped, and remembered that I wanted to find Brian Eno’s interactive art.  A small stream separated me from a promising-looking building…so I put the moon-buggy’s pedal to the floor and tried to hop it. Little did I know that the stream was wider than it seemed and hundreds of feet deep: an underwater Snake-River Canyon that I nearly cleared.  Nearly.

I should have shouted “I am Evel Knievel!” but the last time I tried that in real life, I became pavement-pizza on my bicycle.

Say, readers…if you have a virtual wrecker, could you pull out my moon-buggy?

Flying, teleporting, walking…what good ideas in Second Life.  I’m done behind the wheel.

Be sure to check the “In a Strange Land” Archive for old posts

Tenchi, my Camaro didn’t come with an owner’s manual…but as soon as I figure out all the buttons, you are on.

Classic Chevy/Ford duel.  Loser buys the virtual drinks!

Send me the LM for Motorati so I can practice

hmmmm. does our crashkid have nothing to say in his defence?!?

tempest. what do you think about meeting sometime on motorati your camaro against my mustang :D that would be some hot photos :D

I am going to take poor Iggster for a ride in my red ‘69 Camaro SS.  I’m getting to be a decent SL driver and race the car…show him why he should not try himself.

Silly boy…hot cars are for hot girls

boys and their toys dianna you know how they love them *ROFL*

Yeah and that day he IM’s me with “I just wrecked my motorcycle” I thought he meant in RL and I was seriously concerned…pffft….maybe we need SL drivers licenses? Well maybe Iggy does!!!

Hmmmm. I better won´t challenge you to a race *LOL* might end with lots of broken limbs .... for both of us *GGG*

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