Hey all .. found ya mua ha ha ha!!!
Okeys .. for those who don't know me ... I'm bilbo .. the 99 came along when the Starship Titanic forum ate my login and I had to re-register! I brought along two fellow starship captains, one my fiancee Morgaine Bader and a biker chum who became SL and Dekadance DJ Gruntos Baxter.
Well, I looked in in Oct 06 when Reuters opened their news agency in-world .. I thought I'd take an hour or two seeing just what this virtual world malarky was all about.
Day one, avatar creation .."ooh look, there's a male/female button!" ... Um .. hit the wrong one .. just as an experiment mind!
Well, it sowed a seed. A day or two later my Morgaine signed up and made me switch back
Well, other than the "Woot sex!" phase there was the mindblowing creativity of the pixels and some serious self-discovery .. something which featured in many, many threads in the good old days .. that was for me one of the greatest pulls of the forums, not just the techno babble but the concept of *'being* someone else, something that still daily comes to the fore in my conversations in-world .. and not just with newbies. In fact, the newbies often have the more open minds .. it's strange the way things pan out.Well anyway, Emma Blazer was born and quickly developed her own entity in a way. Some may find that crazy. It's often mooted that the person at the keyboard is still the same and I agree to a degree, the same conscience and values certainly ... but put on a ballgown, long red hair, lippie and some jewellery .. and ya stop being the bumbling barman and cheeky hobbit .. think about it!
Well, before too long, along came Lorna and Inigo .. more drains on the barman's meagre salary .... hope to meet you all in-world x
I said this was an elusive bunch 