In 2005, a group of firm friends along with a couple of newcomers, all intrepid explorers armed with basic spelunking equipment and an intermittent instinct for survival, entered a vast system of caves, only to encounter an alarming... oh wait, that's the plot of The Descent, sorry it's the flu talking.
This week a group of firm friends and a couple of newcomers went on Safari to an OSGrid region, owned and created by Victorious Oppewall, called Caves.
Last week, we were on a home server connected to OSGrid, at the Stregasea forest. These events put a lot of strain on a server, so serious preparations are needed. There is, as you know, on this blog a whole page for Hosts with practical suggestions on how to have a successful Safari visit. Most people agree it's worth the effort when you can show off your work to a crowd to its best advantage. And we appreciate their hard work! Victorious arranged for our Safari tour many weeks in advance, and he turned off all other regions for the occasion of our visit to try to give the best boost possible.
Petlove Petshop: I lost myself lol
victorious oppewall: everybody here??
Forest Azure: oh, now i'm just my thong
Tosha Tyran: but I do want my hair!
Thirza Ember: your hair just arrived Tosha, special delivery
Tosha Tyran: lol, but now the rest is gone - except for the heart heart and hair but no brain
Forest Azure: the heart is the most important... a hairy heart especially
Sven Ingersoll: for the tin man
Taarna Welles: Tosha the bodyless :)
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| Victorious Oppewall |
victorious oppewall: Welcome everybody , I am happy that i may be your host , I will guide you around. On the plan you can see where we are.. the route starts here...we will walk , run or fly because then tunnels re not easy to move in. We will go into tunnel 1 and take the outer tunnels that connect the various caves. Follow me, I will not hurry and if we come in shortage of time you can plan a second visit and finish the excursion.
James Atlloud: Glad to be here
Taarna Welles: I'm stuck
Petlove.Petshop: me too Taarna, but hopefully this too shall pass!
victorious oppewall: is it too laggy?
Tosha Tyran: yessssssssssssssssssssss
Thirza Ember: I'm glad I wore a waterproof dress
Forest Azure: dress?
James Atlloud: crocs... always waterproof
Thirza Ember: Vic, tell us how you discovered Opensim while we wait for the lag to subside
victorious oppewall: well discovered is not the right word ,,, some one told me /us. I went from SL to inworldZ, and after that to a grid that does not exist any more and at that time we were focussed by someone to OSGrid. that is in short how it went, started with one simulator and have now about 20 running for 50 regions.
James Atlloud: whispers: oh wow!
Tosha Tyran: omg, how can you manage all of those?
victorious oppewall: well it is a lot of work .... some regions are hosted for free people that are not fortunate ..
Petlove Petshop: that's nice Victorious
Thirza Ember: nice story... it's an adventure to be in opensim a bit like these caves, you never know what is around the corner
Forest.Azure: well, at least James is in sight and not around the corner :)
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| James may look elegant... but he always wears those crocs. |
James Atlloud: like a child - you have to keep your eyes on me or there will be trouble
Taarna Welles: In what year did you start with Caves?
victorious oppewall: I think 3-4 years ago
Any sort of cave system is disorienting and can be confusing, and when your bits are also slow to show up, and teleports are on the fritz, that all adds to the sensation. It was passing, as Petlove predicted, but slowly.
Nara Nook: Wow clothes are arriving... Opensim is still more reliable than Fedex
victorious oppewall: shall i proceed ?
Forest Azure: yes :)
Thirza Ember: walk slow... I can't swim
We tried to get some more information out of Vic about his art.
victorious oppewall: 3 fantasy caves here, and som earth..
Thirza Ember: Vic, what is your inspiration?
victorious oppewall: fantasy..,purely fantasy
Thirza Ember: what kind ?
victorious oppewall: any.... i worked bottom up and top down... top down=what shall i make ...what tells my mind. Bottom up = i have stuff , what can i make from it
Alexey Kazarovic: Hi Vic, are quarries like an introspective journey into yourself? Or an exercise in style?
Tosha Tyran: the texture is beautiful... remarkable: a light flooded cave
Dings Digital: I like the idea of a cave world now that I see it.
James Atlloud: slip, server, slidin' away...
victorious oppewall: is it rezzing ??
Thirza Ember: some textures are slow
Tosha Tyran: yes, but our imagination is fast :D
Neo Cortex: It would be great if all of that would rez for me...
Devil Fly: welcome in inferno , if i was you i would leave here , you will be barbecued , we will munch on you and eat you up with hair and bones,
Fire Devil: it is so nicely warm here in inferno,
Taarna Welles: brrrrrrrrrrrr
we didn't get to see this dinosaur part of the build, but if you take the dragon shuttle, available at the main Landing area, you can quickly experience the whole place, and enjoy the many details as you glide by.
Nara Nook: stuck this water must be crazy glue
Taarna Welles: in a drift you get a nice free tour
James Atlloud: I just did that Taarna!!
victorious oppewall: my sweet partner Catinca :-)) may i introduce her to you
James Atlloud: i know not where I am
Devil Fly: welcome in inferno , if i was you i would leave here , you will be barbecued , we will munch on you and eat you up with hair and bones,
Fire Devil: it is so nicely warm here in inferno,
Taarna Welles: brrrrrrrrrrrr
The build is nicely balanced between terror and joy, with natural magic everywhere.
Tosha Tyran: Vic, the cave is made in blender, I see that much... did you use metaballs?
victorious oppewall: grins ..sorry i don't even know what metaballs are, i am not at all skilled in graphics
Petlove Petshop: metaballs looks like misspelled meatballs ??
Tosha Tyran: ok, never mind! It looks quite out of this world!: I really love it
Nara Nook: feeling like a ping pong ball bouncing off everyone, sorry
Catinca Clip: me too Nara
victorious oppewall: grins i think to see all you better come back individually
Nara Nook: yes will definitely return later
Thirza Ember: there are a lot of very interesting places in here, but yes, the lag is defeating us a bit
Nara Nook: sword fight
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Thirza Ember: This has been an interesting experiment to see a really great build on a home server, however, I think the lag is going to take a long time to go away... I suggest maybe we move on to destination 2, and maybe we can each return here another time.
Nara.Nook: good idea Thirza
Max Well: yes
Forest Azure: ty so much Vic!
eva Nowicka: thanks Victorious.. nice build... i'll return, sure ;)
HG Address hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/caves/332/465/8
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