Friday, September 30, 2005

Extra, extra! Read all about it! Uber_Geek moves to Second Life! Claims designing is more profitable! Will not be returning! Avies cry good riddance! Ubber_Geek takes over and improves Avie Sacrifices!

Majandi made a new shuttle!! I saw this yesterday in auctions and I couldn't resist. It's too perfect! This new "Delta Boat" is much smaller than the older "Hover Shuttle" design, yet still comfortably seats a pilot and four passengers within the pressurized, climate-controlled cockpit. Top speed: Warp Factor five.

Captain's log, stardate 317255.3: My second in command, Buff_God and I were out on the standard shakedown cruise all new craft undergo when we encountered a rare quantum anomaly. I experienced a similar anomaly nearly 9 months ago during my earliest adventures into space. It seems, however, it has since been drawn closer to planet Theria. At least one part of it has even intersected the planet's surface near Duda Beach. Beware if you're following the path west of Dune Valley towards Duda Beach! The anomaly does not register on standard sensor equipment and can cause devastating segmentation violations in this region of the desert!! We were carrying three other passengers at the time, MissyJean, Two, and Justin500. The shuttle ran straight into an unstable zone of the anomaly, causing immediate segmentation violations! Though our passengers objected, I took us back through several times to collect valuable data. I have since used that data to enhance the Delta Boat's shield modulations in hopes it will protect us from further segmentation violations. The physiological effects of the anomaly on avatars are still unknown. My second in command claims he was experiencing dizzy spells and visual inconsistencies, but the ship's physician finds him in perfect health.


Jon Quixote was There.

Monday, September 26, 2005

According to recent astronomical reports, planet Theria is passing dangerously close to a quantum singularity! Two days ago, astronomers began the hunt for the Deep Space 999,999 station, which had mysteriously vanished. They threw a fit when their twenty-million dollar telescopes suddenly failed to resolve anything within ten parsecs of the station's last known coordinates. The janitor, upon hearing the astronomers' complaints in the lunchroom, suggested maybe something was blocking the telescope. His suggestion was laughed at and forgotten for the next 24 hours. After a day of cursing each other, one of the astronomers finally realized they had forgotten to take the lens cap off the telescope. At this moment the silence in the observatory was deafening. Somewhere, a janitor was laughing. The astronomers once again began their hunt for Deep Space 999,999. After hours of careful observations, they came to the conclusion that the station had been sucked into the unmistakably huge black hole that was lingering in orbit above the planet. Soon after, the effects of the black hole were being felt all over There. Colors and textures appeared to disappear and lag increased ten fold as the immense quantum singularity exerted massive gravitational forces on the planet. Click the screenshot below to enlarge.Oh the horror! Oh the humanity! There was only one thing that could be done to save planet Theria from total annihilation as the enormous quantum singularity drew closer and closer, wrapping its slippery black fingers of destruction around the helpless, innocent population of There! The writer of this outrageous story had to be locked away forever!


Jon Quixote was There.

Friday, September 23, 2005

A glimpse inside the mind of a Therian dog:
"Whisky Tango Foxtrot?!"


And so the three of them decided to settle the argument like men... they mounted their dogs and prepared to race.


Jon Quixote was There.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Blinky's got a new home!! It appears Mr. Blinky was tired of the hazy scene below Saja, and decided to take a trip down to New Kansas. It must have been an extremely long and tiresome walk for Mr. Blinky, since New Kansas is nowhere near Saja! When I came across him, he was taking a well deserved break, just soaking up the sun. He'd better be careful though. As a result of spending the majority of his life protected from the sun's UV rays, Mr. Blinky has a very fair complexion. Perhaps his time on Kansas will do him some good. I left him a bottle of SPF 3,000 just in case.
Mad Cow disease strikes again! To read about previous cases of mad cow disease in There, click here. Justin summoned me to Karuna last night where I saw two girls who were complaining about how bored they were. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but a bit later I visited Paiz and saw the same two girls had gained a following. Their numbers had grown to no less than five and all of their mouths were excreting gibberish at ear bleeding decibels! After careful examination by several world-renowned physicians, it was determined that these young avatars were suffering from the same strain of "Bordemvine Spongy-tummy Encel-apathy" that had previously possessed three overweight avatars to harass newbies! These avies, however, were in the advanced stages of the disease where loss of motor control is among the more severe symptoms. Other symptoms include uncontrollable urges to disrupt nearby conversations in fits of high-pitched screaming, and the inability to stay put in one place for any extended period of time. Luckily for us, sunny1 and staff Greeter_Ice were on the scene within moments! When the afflicted avatars spotted these figures of authority, they immediately fled the scene and sought shelter near a spa. As a result of their condition, however, they soon returned to taunt us some more. Upon their return, men in white coats jumped out from behind the blue THC Kiosk and quickly took the poor avies away. One of the infected avies was seen kicking and screaming words that almost resembled a popular song by Napoleon the 14th. The video of this scene has been withheld as it may be too disturbing to some of our readers. The exact cause of these recent breakouts has yet to be determined, though persistent segmentation violations are still suspect. The disease appears to be targeting the youth of There, but no cases have yet resulted in death. Everyone is reminded to report any suspicious acting avatars promptly and seek shelter. Should you yourself become infected, seek counseling immediately. Further investigations are under way.


Jon Quixote was There.

Saturday, September 17, 2005

Guess who visited There today! Jack O'Halloran! Not ringing any bells? Remember that guy from Superman and Superman II named "Non"? He was one of those three supervillains dressed in black. You know, tall guy, never said much? Yeah! Him! He visited There, on location, in California and tonight he joined us in-world at an event hosted by Catwoman107. It was a nice Q&A session with Jack. Unfortunately, just as the event was ending, a nasty thunderstorm was rolling in right on top of me and I had to get my pc unplugged. I didn't get to hang around afterwards to chat with him :( Stupid thunderstorm! (It was a really good one though!) Visit Jack's website if you still don't know who he is: http://www.jackohalloran.com/


Jon Quixote was There.

Friday, September 16, 2005

I attended another T-Con event this evening! Salli hosted a hoverpack race over at NeNe's Cauldron. I expected some of the elite hoverpackers to be there, like Nova_1, but only Salli, Basya, Justin, and myself showed up. I won a T-Con trophy for the fastest lap time, and Justin won that shirt he's wearing in the screenshot for second place.


Later, I was invited to go on a tours4u tour of Egypt lead by icedoll. She took us in and out of all the little nooks and crannies of Egypt and it was great! The screenshot below is the entire tour group crammed inside that tiny little bottle room. Oh, and did you know there's a back entrance to the tomb?!


Hanging with King Tut. Smile :)



Jon Quixote was There.

So, I'm out at Paiz with some friends the other day and we're helping newbies, telling jokes, and drinking some volcanos, hot blues, and atomic sours.. you know.. having a good time. When all of a sudden, for no particular reason, we take a look behind us and.. what on earth? It has two heads and four arms! It was... it was... just look!!

We stood around sipping our volcanoes and hot blues trying to think what could possibly cause this strange phenomenon. After drinking a few cups we broke out another round of drinks and passed them around. A few more rounds later, we decided it might be wise to investigate the surrounding area. This proved to be more difficult than it at first sounds. You see, whatever unworldly force created the two headed newbie was also distorting the entire space-time continuum surrounding the island! Those who were with me quickly fell behind as I forged onward, and it soon became apparent that I was alone in this endeavor. The ground shook up and down with the force of a dozen stampeding dinosaurs. The air in front of me began to wobble as if it were jello! After only minutes of pushing onward through the gelatinous material I was out of breath, extremely thirsty, and ready to give up when suddenly I saw the vague outline of a person in the distance... or was it? As I approached the figure, I saw it was wearing a very large hat. No doubt this was to add weight to his person, allowing him to stand on the unstable ground. I commented on his hat and I was greeted by a friendly red-haired fellow. He sat me down and gave me some coffee, which cleared the air right up and stopped that ground from shaking so violently. I thanked him and before another word was spoken he vanished into thin air! Just like that! I glanced over to my friends, who were rolling on the ground in agony, and rushed to bring them some of the miracle coffee. They were soon right as rain, and the poor two headed newbie was rightfully split into two full newbies. And all was well again in the land of Theria.



Jon Quixote was There.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

This evening I took part in the Rings of Saturn Hoverboat Race hosted by Basya for T-Con 2005. This was my second hoverboat race ever, after having won third place in Life In There's April 2005 boat race. As the boats began doing time laps, Nova_1 took the lead immediately. Big surprise there. I set out to get a time under 2 minutes, and finally was able to improve my time to 1:44!! I came in third place overall, with Nova_1 in second and Squirrelett taking the lead. Nova_1 refused his second place prize (he was too busy trying to beat Squirrelett's time) so I received it instead :D I won that nice shirt you see me wearing in the second screenshot.


Jon Quixote was There.

Exquixite Island. Home of the brave. Land of the... well... you know, there really isn't all that much on this island, as a matter of fact. It's a small, rather empty island off of New Kansas with a couple billboards on it. Justin's expression sums it all up. "hmmm"
So, late last night we went in search of greater adventures. According the the ThAir and Space Museum, now located at Caprica City, New Kansas, the laws of physics in There are quite different than what we're all used to. Various objects will fall through the atmosphere at different rates of speed. Here are a few descent rates as recorded in the museum's literature:

Avatar - 114 kph
Really Fat Avatar - still 114 kph
Buggy - 111 kph
"Dirt Devil" TUV - 79 kph
All other Standard TUVs - 83 kph
Monster TUV - 115 kph
Groovy Buggy - 111 kph
Hoverboard - 93 kph
Hoverbike - 165 kph
Bacio - 140 kph

Now that's pretty impressive. But take a gander at this figure. Get a hoverboat up above its operational limits and There forces it back down at a rate of 3,711 kph!! Now we just had to try that! So we took a trip up to Quark's Bar, which resides at 152000 meters above planet Theria. At this altitude we were up in space and figured the trip down would be an exciting one. A little math tells us that a lone avatar would take just over an hour to fall to the ground from this high up. It took us about two and a half minutes. Some call this crazy, others call it science. It's a fine line indeed.


Jon Quixote was There.

Monday, September 12, 2005



Jon Quixote was There.

Saturday, September 10, 2005

That's me going nuts in the skies over Motu Motu. >:) Click to enlarge. I went skydiving for the first time since being back today. I had almost forgotten how much fun it was! I also held my first event since being back. I coordinated a freestyle boarding event over at Rainforest Plateau with Greeter_Ice (a.k.a. icedoll). She just kept feeding me newbies who wanted to learn how to fly in style. By the end of the event 19 people had shown up! I'd say it was a success! I will definitely be doing that more often.

In other news, mad cow disease hits There. A particularly nasty strain of the disease has mutated into what scientists have dubbed "Bordemvine Spongy-tummy Encel-apathy". Just the other day it drove some to harass the locals at Paiz. Witnesses report three oversized avies crowding and frightening anything wearing an orange shirt, and some things not. One crazed avie was heard screaming "boogabaloo" as he ran in and out of a conversation group. Inquiries are being made as to the word's meaning. Luckily, staff member Greeter_Ice was on the scene and put a stop to the nonsense before it could spread. My sources assure me the virus is not airborne, but the three affected avies are being held in quarantine pending what may be extensive surgery to cure them of this disease. The lead physician of the team currently working on the avies was asked what, in particular, about the disease drove them to attack newbies. He responded: "It's psychosomatic. They'll need a lobotomy. I'll get a saw." Physicians claim repeated segmentation violations were the cause of the disease and advise all avies to remain indoors until further notice. Avies that must go outdoors are advised to avoid coordinates X=-3223, Y=2608. Apparently, the three avies in question visited this spot frequently during late hours of the night. Further investigations are currently under way.


Jon Quixote was There.

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Just this past Monday, I returned from what was nearly a three month long break from the There universe. I'm excited about some of the new bug fixes and features and, I must say, it's good to be back in town. Voice is finally compatible (and bug free) with 5.1 surround sound! Yay!! No more reversed channels!

I've hooked up with my old buddies, MustangGirl, MissyJean, and later Buff_God, Z, and icedoll (who kindly reset my forgotten password so I could login to the Therian member-to-member live help system). I Still have some more hellos to make... all in due time. I also caught up with Justin500, a.k.a. laver(insert number here). He had been living off the free trial for over a year and finally got a membership on his original avatar which was created in April, 2004! That's a long time to be living off trial avies!!

The creation of this Blog is, in a way, to commemorate my recent return to There and to document all that's gone by in past months. Everything you see before (below) this entry is a summary of my avatar's 9 month long lifespan. Everything you'll see after (above) this entry is posted as it happens, or shortly thereafter. The chronicle of a day in the life of a Therian avatar.

Jon Quixote was There.

The following are screenshots taken in my many travels, posted here without comments simply for your viewing pleasure. (Click to enlarge)









































For I Have Traveled Far ...



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