SLRFL: Moms and Second Life Don't Mix

Posted Jul 31st 2007 2:55PM by Moo Money
Filed under: Machinima

Second Life Relay For Life was a roughly 21 hour event, but combine it with sweet tea and you have a full scale emergency. Partway into the Luminaria Ceremony Walk, I really needed to use the restroom, but since I was filming and auto-walking, I couldn't leave my post. That's when I noticed my mom getting a drink in the kitchen ...

I gave her simple instructions to just let my avatar do the walking, and when she comes to a turn, use the left and right arrow keys. No sooner than I got in the restroom was she calling out to me in a panicked voice. I couldn't hear her, so I hurried back, and noticed my avatar in the water. She repeatedly told me that my avatar wouldn't turn. I just accepted this news and moved on.

While that's funny in itself, I reviewed the footage last night, and it tells a completely different story. I won't give away what happened, but needless to say, my mother will never be trusted to steer my avatar again. Do you have an avatar disaster story involving a parent or sibling? Leave a comment!

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1. Haha, comedy classic.

But in all fairness, that suspension bridge was one of the difficult parts of the course, and I saw many avatars fall down the canyon.

Posted at 4:25PM on Jul 31st 2007 by Cubey

2. O_O I couldn't see where she was supposed to steer either

Posted at 4:49PM on Jul 31st 2007 by Day Oh

3. I'm a bit confused, what exactly happened? what went wrong? that little moment where the avatar hit that rocky thing? why couldn't she make it face left faster? (it seemed to be turning for me, just too slow for the speed it was walking.....)

Posted at 8:05PM on Jul 31st 2007 by TigroSpottystripes Katsu

4. She was supposed to turn when she got to the end, but she tried and I guess didn't do it right? You can see where she tries to turn, runs into the rock, panics, backs up and then goes forward, stops, goes forward again and runs into a railing, then does a 180 turn, runs past another rock, and into the water. I assume she was overcorrecting after she realized she messed up.

Posted at 8:12PM on Jul 31st 2007 by moo Money

5. Well, I beg to differ! *grins*
About two years ago I might have told the same story - but I challenged my own mom to give SL a try - for a long time - and FINALLY she did. Well, Oh Boy! Today, my mom, Peggy Sheehy, AKA Maggie Marat is an active member of SL, and SLED, AND runs the first middle school islands to join Teen Second Life, Ramapo Islands! Check her out at http://rampoislands.blogspot.com. I guess *some* moms mix ok with SL :)

-Meghan Deana
SL: Coreina Grace
TSL: Meghan GKid

Posted at 9:23PM on Jul 31st 2007 by Meghan Deana

6.
Try your first go in a friend's car racing program (any will do) which he can steer blindly and which you've never used and see how many meters you'll last.

Posted at 7:03AM on Aug 1st 2007 by Nicholaz Beresford

7. Trying again... Not really an avatar-related story, but watching my mom attempt to play a driving/racing game on my PC was always fun for a laugh. She was terrible at them, though you didn't want to challenge her to a puzzle/word game. She'd take you to school!

Posted at 2:33PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Chris Geiger

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