Yes, that's right, finally an interview with MeL. Many will think that MeL would have been an obvious choice for one of my impromptu "show me your build" tours, but I realize early on after my return that MeL with her Peace Keeper role was not just going to agree to do an interview without knowing what she was in for. So I did ask a few weeks back, after having posted a few of these interview tour type of blogs, if she would be interested. And although I promised to sweeten the pot, by helping her with a little cheat sheet set of questions and letting her be in relative control of time and place, it was still a dicey sort of moment when I asked. As MeL is considered one of the AW (for the lack of a better term) Community Elders, I went though a couple week of careful planning and gaining more blog tour experience before I scheduled for the tour. This took place yesterday at her build in the very club lounge where she is host for the Adult Acronyms Games (at which I was Christensen an official AW perv in this past week's event). So, here is highlighted chat log of that interview:
» Immigration Officer: Welcome to the World of Delight,, Zephyr Fox
Zephyr Fox: Hello
MeL: have a sit down =)
MeL: hellowMeL: hello
MeL: sorry about the bold.. the bot was in privs for bold during the game =)
MeL: you dont have to use gestures in delight,, just click on the seat.. its has a Seq attached
Zephyr Fox: Ya thanks for turning it off.
Zephyr Fox: So did you invite anyone or are we alone?
MeL: we alone.. waht me to shut off the world ?
Zephyr Fox: So I see that you have a gold star, and been in AW for some time now. How did you get started with AW?
MeL: back in 2000 I got a email advertizing aw and I click to check it out..(They actualy advertized back then).Ive been in AW for around 15 years now. AW is my First "Ever" VR experience haha. AW is where I learn to build, made my first online friends,
MeL: and when I learn how to copy and move a object and it was mine i was so excited, lol..I was hooked!. I just love being in AW. its my VR home
Zephyr Fox: I'm pretty sure that you must have encountered a Gate Keeper on your first few days. What was that like?
MeL: it was good, they help me with simple things like how to walk and fly.. they instructed me of ratings in worlds and was very nice about me being a noob. =)
MeL: it was nice to have someone there to help you with things when you first come in
Zephyr Fox: Is that what persuaded you to become a Peace Keeper?
MeL: kinda,. I enjoy the enviroment, the community, so what better way to give back - was to become a Peacekeeper and giving my time back to AW, patroling and keeping the peace to help make it a better and more enjoyable place for people,. I find rewarding.
MeL: Ive been a Pk now for almost 8 years.
Zephyr Fox: Tell me a little of what a Peace Keeper does?
MeL: we patrol AWI worlds and some private worlds upon the request of the world owner,. we help people with simple things like finding land.. troubleshooting issues..billing issues, and help people that has disputes with other citizens.. harrassment, and just
MeL: in general keeping the peace
Zephyr Fox: So your sort of chasing away the vagrants?
MeL: well we dont want to chase anybody away.. hopefully we can help them see a new light, you know, change from being a troublemaker so they can see how enjoyable AW can be
Zephyr Fox: Gacha, Problem solvers more or less.
MeL: mhm
Zephyr Fox: So if I wanted to join the PK ranks there is a selection process right?
MeL: you would fill out the app... give me reffernces , I will check thou refferences out.. and do a background check on your cit / cit number to see if there is any past cases against you. if you are clean.. then I would consider approving your application
MeL: if I do. then the PKtraining is usealy 4 weeks or so. to complete
MeL: that is really up to the trainee and their RL schedule
MeL: some pktrainers are in the UK.. so sometimes scheduling classes can be time consuming
Zephyr Fox: It was really something for me to come back and see a change to the LZ in for the 20th anniversary. Tell me a little about your involvement with that?
MeL: 2015 Expo Build, - I had been involded with past Expo builds as well, the very first one by: Newman - I help with that Frist and the 2nd one.. I stop after that but, Expo buillds continued.
MeL: Back in March, 2015' I Beleive, During a community meeting Bach brought it to the community Attention about a AW Expo Event and I offer to help in any way I could. I had worked with Bach before on projects
MeL: and This Expo was gonna be Different than Past Expo's. Past Expo's had Building Lots for people to display their builds, achievements, events, org's.. etc.. The 2015 Expo did that for the community
MeL: too but, in a diff way. in the past people had to either build a new build at the expo area or have a bot do a backup and place it at the expo area. the 2015 expo has teleports to different people's
MeL: builds and worlds. the community was still ivolded by letting one of the expo staff memebers know of such areas. this way the expo area wasnt lagged with builds and of course made the perfect
MeL: landing zone area, no wonder Rick made it the Universe Landing Zone area, it was updated and fresh and if I say so myself.. looks damn good :D
Zephyr Fox: Yup Really terrific stuff.
MeL: that too =)
Zephyr Fox: I'd like to get a few shot now of your build. Any thing that you would like to spot light?
MeL: in delight, i have the twlight lounge.. and the party deck, both places is where i have the AdultGame at..Iam busy with RL, and being a PK in vr and other responibiltys in VR that dont leave much time for me to build often. haha
MeL: the Twlight lounge we are in now
MeL: Bach help me with this build
MeL: and the party deck, bach also help me with
Zephyr Fox: I just realized that the chair was a mover.
MeL: I told you that eariler, haha. guess you didnt hear me =)
Zephyr Fox: I need to clean out the ear wax. I guess. I'm interested in getting help for my build. Was that part of the process hard for you?
MeL: getting help when I wanted it, lol..... when you have someone helping you.. it has to be on their time.. they have other things going on plus RL
MeL: not hard. jsut have to be patience and respect that the person helping you have other things
MeL: just
Zephyr Fox: yea, that's the way I was think. I worked a very big software build at Sun, and you have to go slow or things can get really fowled up.
MeL: yes
Zephyr Fox: So is there any thing on this build you would like me to get snapshots of for the blog?
MeL: on occations the person helping you can just whip right in there and get her done... Bach is that way.. he is so talented on building.. his ideas and how to make things work and if it dont work. he will study it and find a wa
MeL: way
MeL: sorry brb.. have to tend to my son.. just a sec
MeL: sorry, had to tend to my. he has lennox gastaut syndrome , a uncontrolable form of seizures, got him settled thou
MeL: this build the towers that lower down when you enter the zone
MeL: i had the idea but couldnt put it together.. that is where i ask a friend for help and bach put it together
Zephyr Fox: Wow, sorry to hear about your son. I'll be sure to get a snapshot of it for the blog.
MeL: if you was to leave the zone and walk back into it coming in the club.. you will see the black towers lower themself displaying a more club like tower that sparkles
MeL: ok np =) ty
Zephyr Fox: The towers that is. Say do you have a teleport hub for you other builds?
MeL: at the landing entrance
MeL: i have only 2 in the world so far
MeL: clubs that is
MeL: party places
Zephyr Fox: Ok is there any thing else that I've missed that you'd like to mention?
MeL: when I do get a few free minutes and want to build. sometimes that dont always work out cause as a PK when you are online, you are always on call. lol
MeL: i dont think so
MeL: Iam honor to have had this interview with you, ty
MeL: I do apologise but, i have to run.. back to RL work
Zephyr Fox: Do you have a buiild yard with your textures? They are always a rave in the chat at the LZ.
MeL: Thank you for your time and feel free to stay and check out the whole world
MeL: i do not. sorry
MeL: just my FTP
MeL: I must go.. Ty.. have a great day.. seeya soon
MeL: =)
Zephyr Fox: Ok then I have the blog done in a day or so and will gram you when it gets posted. Thank you very much for your time.
MeL: ty =)
Zephyr Fox: Cya... on to the build ...in 4321...PooooF.....
As you can see, this interview had one of those "60 minutes" or "VIP/Head of State" documentary type of style to it. As many of you may well understand, I feel it is necessary not to rush into an interview with any of the other more senior AW citizens, because I have this phobic concern towards the dreaded and infamous "You're such a derp" chat which we see quite frequently at the LZ. I suppose the closest label I can have for doing a tour in this way, would be to say; "It was done with all due respect." A virtue that seems to be sadly lacking at times in today's society, and it's something that is greatly appreciated by AW more seasoned citizens.
It wasn't a chaotic zippy sort of "I'll show him everything" tour, nor was it the "I didn't know I was being interview" tour, but because MeL has huge commitments, it did not go without being interrupted, and I was a little forced at the end to get in my usual "Where's your teleport hub?" A must have when you're a seasoned builder and have many builds under your belt. Here is the snapshoots of the other places she has to check out in World of Delight:
MeL is always very friendly and excellent helper, but you can be easily "Derpped" around the ears by the Peace Keeper side of her too, if you choose to get too careless. Over all it is a true blessing to see her at the LZ, and to be able to get in a little chat with her. If you ever need the help, just ask. She is well known as the go to person for help with the artsy texture stuff, and is often very fun to be around when she's in her hosting persona. So in other words, be careful, but don't be too phobically stupid with her, or you may really turn out to be a real Derp.
If you're interested in becoming a peace keeper, (BTW: MeL is the PKADirector), check out their web site: http://www.peacekeeper.net/
And, if the term "Derp" is confusing to you, please check out this web page: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/derp-meaning-origin.html
So if you in AW and someone shouts "Derp" at you, it is generally because you committed an AW sort of faux pas, and generally is not meant to insult you.
Post Publish edit addition 9/20/2015: Dodgy provided me with an excellent text to speech translation for this tour which I am adding to this post:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/36203589/an%20interview%20with%20Mel.mp3
Click on the jump link below, if you wish to check out her build yourself.
the World of Delight, 3N 17W
EOP
MeL: sorry about the bold.. the bot was in privs for bold during the game =)
MeL: you dont have to use gestures in delight,, just click on the seat.. its has a Seq attached
Zephyr Fox: Ya thanks for turning it off.
Zephyr Fox: So did you invite anyone or are we alone?
MeL: we alone.. waht me to shut off the world ?
Zephyr Fox: So I see that you have a gold star, and been in AW for some time now. How did you get started with AW?
MeL: back in 2000 I got a email advertizing aw and I click to check it out..(They actualy advertized back then).Ive been in AW for around 15 years now. AW is my First "Ever" VR experience haha. AW is where I learn to build, made my first online friends,
MeL: and when I learn how to copy and move a object and it was mine i was so excited, lol..I was hooked!. I just love being in AW. its my VR home
Zephyr Fox: I'm pretty sure that you must have encountered a Gate Keeper on your first few days. What was that like?
MeL: it was good, they help me with simple things like how to walk and fly.. they instructed me of ratings in worlds and was very nice about me being a noob. =)
MeL: it was nice to have someone there to help you with things when you first come in
Zephyr Fox: Is that what persuaded you to become a Peace Keeper?
MeL: kinda,. I enjoy the enviroment, the community, so what better way to give back - was to become a Peacekeeper and giving my time back to AW, patroling and keeping the peace to help make it a better and more enjoyable place for people,. I find rewarding.
MeL: Ive been a Pk now for almost 8 years.
Zephyr Fox: Tell me a little of what a Peace Keeper does?
MeL: we patrol AWI worlds and some private worlds upon the request of the world owner,. we help people with simple things like finding land.. troubleshooting issues..billing issues, and help people that has disputes with other citizens.. harrassment, and just
MeL: in general keeping the peace
Zephyr Fox: So your sort of chasing away the vagrants?
MeL: well we dont want to chase anybody away.. hopefully we can help them see a new light, you know, change from being a troublemaker so they can see how enjoyable AW can be
Zephyr Fox: Gacha, Problem solvers more or less.
MeL: mhm
Zephyr Fox: So if I wanted to join the PK ranks there is a selection process right?
MeL: you would fill out the app... give me reffernces , I will check thou refferences out.. and do a background check on your cit / cit number to see if there is any past cases against you. if you are clean.. then I would consider approving your application
MeL: if I do. then the PKtraining is usealy 4 weeks or so. to complete
MeL: that is really up to the trainee and their RL schedule
MeL: some pktrainers are in the UK.. so sometimes scheduling classes can be time consuming
Zephyr Fox: It was really something for me to come back and see a change to the LZ in for the 20th anniversary. Tell me a little about your involvement with that?
MeL: 2015 Expo Build, - I had been involded with past Expo builds as well, the very first one by: Newman - I help with that Frist and the 2nd one.. I stop after that but, Expo buillds continued.
MeL: Back in March, 2015' I Beleive, During a community meeting Bach brought it to the community Attention about a AW Expo Event and I offer to help in any way I could. I had worked with Bach before on projects
MeL: and This Expo was gonna be Different than Past Expo's. Past Expo's had Building Lots for people to display their builds, achievements, events, org's.. etc.. The 2015 Expo did that for the community
MeL: too but, in a diff way. in the past people had to either build a new build at the expo area or have a bot do a backup and place it at the expo area. the 2015 expo has teleports to different people's
MeL: builds and worlds. the community was still ivolded by letting one of the expo staff memebers know of such areas. this way the expo area wasnt lagged with builds and of course made the perfect
MeL: landing zone area, no wonder Rick made it the Universe Landing Zone area, it was updated and fresh and if I say so myself.. looks damn good :D
Zephyr Fox: Yup Really terrific stuff.
MeL: that too =)
Zephyr Fox: I'd like to get a few shot now of your build. Any thing that you would like to spot light?
MeL: in delight, i have the twlight lounge.. and the party deck, both places is where i have the AdultGame at..Iam busy with RL, and being a PK in vr and other responibiltys in VR that dont leave much time for me to build often. haha
MeL: the Twlight lounge we are in now
MeL: Bach help me with this build
MeL: and the party deck, bach also help me with
Zephyr Fox: I just realized that the chair was a mover.
MeL: I told you that eariler, haha. guess you didnt hear me =)
Zephyr Fox: I need to clean out the ear wax. I guess. I'm interested in getting help for my build. Was that part of the process hard for you?
MeL: getting help when I wanted it, lol..... when you have someone helping you.. it has to be on their time.. they have other things going on plus RL
MeL: not hard. jsut have to be patience and respect that the person helping you have other things
MeL: just
Zephyr Fox: yea, that's the way I was think. I worked a very big software build at Sun, and you have to go slow or things can get really fowled up.
MeL: yes
Zephyr Fox: So is there any thing on this build you would like me to get snapshots of for the blog?
MeL: on occations the person helping you can just whip right in there and get her done... Bach is that way.. he is so talented on building.. his ideas and how to make things work and if it dont work. he will study it and find a wa
MeL: way
MeL: sorry brb.. have to tend to my son.. just a sec
MeL: sorry, had to tend to my. he has lennox gastaut syndrome , a uncontrolable form of seizures, got him settled thou
MeL: this build the towers that lower down when you enter the zone
MeL: i had the idea but couldnt put it together.. that is where i ask a friend for help and bach put it together
Zephyr Fox: Wow, sorry to hear about your son. I'll be sure to get a snapshot of it for the blog.
MeL: if you was to leave the zone and walk back into it coming in the club.. you will see the black towers lower themself displaying a more club like tower that sparkles
MeL: ok np =) ty
Zephyr Fox: The towers that is. Say do you have a teleport hub for you other builds?
MeL: at the landing entrance
MeL: i have only 2 in the world so far
MeL: clubs that is
MeL: party places
Zephyr Fox: Ok is there any thing else that I've missed that you'd like to mention?
MeL: when I do get a few free minutes and want to build. sometimes that dont always work out cause as a PK when you are online, you are always on call. lol
MeL: i dont think so
MeL: Iam honor to have had this interview with you, ty
MeL: I do apologise but, i have to run.. back to RL work
Zephyr Fox: Do you have a buiild yard with your textures? They are always a rave in the chat at the LZ.
MeL: Thank you for your time and feel free to stay and check out the whole world
MeL: i do not. sorry
MeL: just my FTP
MeL: I must go.. Ty.. have a great day.. seeya soon
MeL: =)
Zephyr Fox: Ok then I have the blog done in a day or so and will gram you when it gets posted. Thank you very much for your time.
MeL: ty =)
Zephyr Fox: Cya... on to the build ...in 4321...PooooF.....
As you can see, this interview had one of those "60 minutes" or "VIP/Head of State" documentary type of style to it. As many of you may well understand, I feel it is necessary not to rush into an interview with any of the other more senior AW citizens, because I have this phobic concern towards the dreaded and infamous "You're such a derp" chat which we see quite frequently at the LZ. I suppose the closest label I can have for doing a tour in this way, would be to say; "It was done with all due respect." A virtue that seems to be sadly lacking at times in today's society, and it's something that is greatly appreciated by AW more seasoned citizens.
It wasn't a chaotic zippy sort of "I'll show him everything" tour, nor was it the "I didn't know I was being interview" tour, but because MeL has huge commitments, it did not go without being interrupted, and I was a little forced at the end to get in my usual "Where's your teleport hub?" A must have when you're a seasoned builder and have many builds under your belt. Here is the snapshoots of the other places she has to check out in World of Delight:
MeL is always very friendly and excellent helper, but you can be easily "Derpped" around the ears by the Peace Keeper side of her too, if you choose to get too careless. Over all it is a true blessing to see her at the LZ, and to be able to get in a little chat with her. If you ever need the help, just ask. She is well known as the go to person for help with the artsy texture stuff, and is often very fun to be around when she's in her hosting persona. So in other words, be careful, but don't be too phobically stupid with her, or you may really turn out to be a real Derp.
If you're interested in becoming a peace keeper, (BTW: MeL is the PKADirector), check out their web site: http://www.peacekeeper.net/
And, if the term "Derp" is confusing to you, please check out this web page: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/derp-meaning-origin.html
So if you in AW and someone shouts "Derp" at you, it is generally because you committed an AW sort of faux pas, and generally is not meant to insult you.
Post Publish edit addition 9/20/2015: Dodgy provided me with an excellent text to speech translation for this tour which I am adding to this post:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/36203589/an%20interview%20with%20Mel.mp3
Click on the jump link below, if you wish to check out her build yourself.
the World of Delight, 3N 17W
EOP
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