Portraits of SL Assholes, Noob Edition
Posted by myg
Welcome back folks, to another edition of Portraits of SL Assholes, wherein we try to convey the finer points of SL etiquette by pointing out the assholish behaviors of those we encounter on the grid.
Today we have Noob with Gun Asshole, a fairly typical kind of asshole in Second Life. What happened here is that I had an errand to run in Toxia, and it was laggy as hell (as it often is because it’s a damned popular place). I was waiting for shit to rezz, when BAM! I get knocked clear across the fucking room. Well, I don’t like this. So I said something to the effect of,
“Hey dickhead!”
The dude looked rather stunned - as you find him here. He didn’t respond, so I IM’d him. I asked him if it was an accident. He said it was, that in fact, he is new and he did not know his big bad gun was loaded and I hadn’t rezzed yet so he didn’t see me until after he shot me. Lucky shot, eh? A fine story, it was.
He asked me what the place was, and I explained Toxia as I understand it. First you role play, THEN you shoot people.
“I’m going in,” he said.
I told him to put the gun away or he’d be banned faster than a protester at a skin theft. He did put the gun away, which means he’s not quite as big an asshole as many noobs of this variety. Even so, I’m sure he was banned in under 5 minutes.
And the moral of this story is, newbie or not, don’t walk around with your big naked gun exposed, pulling the trigger randomly in crowded places. Because I happened to be packin’ and could have easily oribited the entire sim (accidentally of course) with my Sinistars. And that wouldn’t have been pretty.
Luckily, I wasn’t banned. Another five minutes talking to that dude and it would have happened, trust me.
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You’re too kind.
Of course, you don’t want to get banned there, so I applaud your restraint. You should give these idiots a Topgol LM so we can all have some fun.
hmmm I should have thought of that!
I’ve never shot someone in SL, only ejected them. Myg, can you be like momma bird and drop us a live worm to finish of???
Yeah, GoSpeed, shooting someone with a massive push or an orbit bullet has a similar effect to eject, but is a lot more fun. Of course, sometimes you really don’t have the time or the patience and those land controls are your best friend, especially when accompanied with a healthy shout or choice IM.
A big naked gun…
BAM!
It always happens!
OMG, I feel like going back in time … this guy’s outfit is how I looked in my first days as a Noob, except for the bracelets and the BFG, of course!