Typos of the Week, October 19 to October 25

Buccaneer Bowl highlights:

[2009/10/24 10:06] Rach Borkotron: pyanand and trishide

[2009/10/24 10:08] Starla Gurbux: viwntian

[2009/10/24 10:12] Olmstead Fanshaw: erydka;nvi'

[2009/10/24 10:23] Olmstead Fanshaw: don ;gonavanio

[2009/10/24 10:24] Rhea Neiro: new lzaenle

[2009/10/24 10:26] AnaMaria Quintessa: covokd

[2009/10/24 10:46] Liriel Garnet: moadai

[2009/10/24 10:48] Cully Andel: maleaninie

[2009/10/24 11:02] Trebor Shelman: pafribncess ahd -pea'

[2009/10/24 11:06] Hilda Static: waste klanfsd

[2009/10/24 11:09] Browman Griffith: move t4ria;ler

[2009/10/24 11:11] Juke Badger: last kingf - of scltoam

[2009/10/24 11:23] Sal Zulaman: piorthois

[2009/10/24 11:25] Hilda Static: draqginfloy

[2009/10/24 11:26] Billy2Times Krams: opp;essenc

[2009/10/24 11:30] Cully Andel: deqwt

And the top ten from the rest of the week:

#10

Kiriaster Mirajkar: salem with ctirasl

Becki Verne: slems triakl

Catherine Resch: sa;em wotch troia

#9

[12:47] Cully Andel: fartt

#8

[19:56] Sal Zulaman: chuoracarws

#7

[19:28] Lette Ponnier: geratesw amsereina hero

#6

[2009/10/21 15:20] Becki Verne: handhershdu'gty

#5

[12:45] jamie Parfort: nontet

[12:45] Becki Verne: north by nothegwew'

[12:45] Olmstead Fanshaw: norht by hnortwestfg

[12:45] Sharon Scofield: north by norhtewest

[12:45] Becki Verne: e'

#4

[2009/10/21 14:24] Becki Verne: limnco.l]

#3

[12:08] Olmstead Fanshaw: graphica loouser inertaveas

#2

[15:27] Lette Ponnier: national lampoon charissmas vaxcastion

[15:27] Olmstead Fanshaw: chrismmaqrtavacawtrion

[15:27] Cully Andel: pampoons chsitraq vacaton

[15:27] Juke Badger: mation lampoons christmas vactioan'

#1 (nominated by Billy)

[19:28] Thornton Writer: ,rcovvp

honorary #1 (nominated by Thorn)

[18:28] Billy2Times Krams: I AM THE TYPO KINF TONIGHT

[2009/10/24 10:06] Rach Borkotron: pyanand and trishide (Pyramus and Thisbe)

[2009/10/24 10:08] Starla Gurbux: viwntian (Vientiane)

[2009/10/24 10:12] Olmstead Fanshaw: erydka;nvi' (Reykjavik)

[2009/10/24 10:23] Olmstead Fanshaw: don ;gonavanio (Don Giovanni)

[2009/10/24 10:24] Rhea Neiro: new lzaenle (New Zealand)

[2009/10/24 10:26] AnaMaria Quintessa: covokd (vodka)

[2009/10/24 10:46] Liriel Garnet: moadai (Mosaic)

[2009/10/24 10:48] Cully Andel: maleaninie (melanine)

[2009/10/24 11:02] Trebor Shelman: pafribncess ahd -pea' (Princess and the Pea)

[2009/10/24 11:06] Hilda Static: waste klanfsd (Waste Land)

[2009/10/24 11:09] Browman Griffith: move t4ria;ler (movie trailer)

[2009/10/24 11:11] Juke Badger: last kingf - of scltoam (Last King of Scotland)

[2009/10/24 11:23] Sal Zulaman: piorthois (Porthos)

[2009/10/24 11:25] Hilda Static: draqginfloy (dragonfly)

[2009/10/24 11:26] Billy2Times Krams: opp;essenc (Pleasance)

[2009/10/24 11:30] Cully Andel: deqwt (Dewey)

#10

[14:51] Maggie Sewell: 12) BELL BOOK AND CANDLE (1958) THE CRUCIBLE (1996) AND THE COVENANT (2006) ARE MOVIES BASED ON WHICH EVENT IN HISTORY?

Kiriaster Mirajkar: salem with ctirasl

Becki Verne: slems triakl

Tristan Chaplin: salem witch trials

Billy2Times Krams: salem witch hunt

Catherine Resch: sa;em wotch troia

Liska Fuchs: saslem witch trial;s

#9

[12:47] Karmel Kips: Q) RENDERING AND EXTRACTION ARE TWO METHODS FOR OBTAINING WHAT FROM THEIR ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SOURCES?

[12:47] Kiriaster Mirajkar: fat

[12:47] Cully Andel: fartt

[12:47] Cully Andel: oops

[12:47] Lotus Ceriano: cully we saw taht

[12:47] Karmel Kips: KIRI GETS IT WITH FAT

#8

[19:56] Jynks Clawtooth: From the Spanish words, meaning "to suck", and , "goat"; this is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported. Name the animal.

[19:56] Luce Portland: chupacaabra

[19:56] Browman Griffith: chuiapcabra

[19:56] Jacob Yven: chupacabooe

[19:56] Sal Zulaman: chuoracarws

[19:56] Jynks Clawtooth: Luce has it

[19:56] Jynks Clawtooth: Chupacabra

#7

[19:28] Honey Potez: What series starred William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp and was about an average school teacher who got a super suit from aliens which allowed him to have super-human powers.

[19:28] Lette Ponnier: geratesw amsereina hero

[19:28] Honey Potez: WD LETTE AND THAT BETTER GO IN YOUR BLOG!

[19:29] Honey Potez: GREATEST AMERICAN HERO

#6

[2009/10/21 15:20] Nelly Swindlehurst: WHAT DID LOUIS ARMSTRONG ALWAYS HAVE IN HIS HAND WHILE PLAYING HIS TRUMPET?

[2009/10/21 15:20] Olmstead Fanshaw: handki

[2009/10/21 15:20] Krogare Nykvist: hanky

[2009/10/21 15:20] Becki Verne: handhershdu'gty

[2009/10/21 15:20] Nelly Swindlehurst: WTG OLMS, KRO & BECKI....WITH A TYPO AWARD

[2009/10/21 15:20] Nelly Swindlehurst: ANSWER: HANKERCHIEF. I FOUND THREE REASONS FOR IT THE OBVIOUS WHICH IS TO 1. WIPE THE SWEAT FROM HIS BROW 2. TO WIPE SPIT FROM HIS MOUTH AND TRUMPET.

3. TO WIPE THE BLOOD FROM HIS LOWER LIP IF IT SPLIT FROM PLAYING.

#5

[12:45] Cully Andel: IN WHICH HITCHCOCK FILM DOES CARY GRANT GET ATTACKED BY A CROP DUSTING AEROPLANE?

[12:45] Lotus Ceriano: north by northwest

[12:45] Laertes Parx: north by northwest

[12:45] Nelly Swindlehurst: north by northwest

[12:45] Stuffy Aristocrat: north by northwest

[12:45] jamie Parfort: nontet

[12:45] Becki Verne: north by nothegwew'

[12:45] Olmstead Fanshaw: norht by hnortwestfg

[12:45] Sharon Scofield: north by norhtewest

[12:45] Becki Verne: e'

[12:45] Cully Andel: LOTUS, LAE, NELLY, STUFFY

#4

[2009/10/21 14:24] Lotus Ceriano: 3: WHO CAME OUT OF HIS GRAVE AND GRABBED AN AK-47?

[2009/10/21 14:24] Olmstead Fanshaw: lincon'

[2009/10/21 14:24] Kiriaster Mirajkar: lincoln

[2009/10/21 14:24] Lette Ponnier: linoln

[2009/10/21 14:24] Becki Verne: limnco.l]

[2009/10/21 14:24] Karmel Kips: lincon

[2009/10/21 14:24] Lotus Ceriano: A: ABRAHAM LINCOLN http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/ultimate+showdown/

[2009/10/21 14:25] Lotus Ceriano: I SEE OLMS KIRI LJ BECKI LETTE KARMEL

#3

[12:08] AnaMaria Quintessa: Q1. IN COMPUTING, WHAT DOES G.U.Ι. STAND FOR?

[12:08] Olmstead Fanshaw: graphica loouser inertaveas

[12:08] AnaMaria Quintessa: THE ANSWER IS GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

[12:09] AnaMaria Quintessa: WELL I GUESS THAT THAT IS JUST ABOUT GOING TO OLMS

#2

[15:27] Nelly Swindlehurst: WHAT MOVIE HAS CHEVY CHASE ADORNING HIS HOME WITH 125,000 LIGHTS? (FULL TITLE PLZ)

[15:27] Lette Ponnier: national lampoon charissmas vaxcastion

[15:27] Xocolatl Sorbet: national lampoons christmas cvacation

[15:27] Olmstead Fanshaw: chrismmaqrtavacawtrion

[15:27] Sharon Scofield: national lampoon's chirstmas vacation

[15:27] Cully Andel: pampoons chsitraq vacaton

[15:27] Juke Badger: mation lampoons christmas vactioan'

[15:28] Nelly Swindlehurst: WTG LETTE...XOCO...AND SHARON!

[15:28] Nelly Swindlehurst: ANSWER: NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION. CLARK (CHEVY CHASE) IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO GET IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT: HE GETS THE BIGGEST TREE HE CAN FIND, AND STRINGS UP 125,000 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, NEIGHBORS AND POWER COMPANIES BE DAMNED.

#1

[19:28] Dakota Carson: 8. On November 2, which country celebrates the Day of the Dead, complete with cemetery parties, chocolate coffins and sugar skulls?

[19:28] Mako Kungfu: mexico

[19:28] Amaranth Magic: mexico

[19:28] Jayden Woodford: mexios\c

[19:28] Circe Falta: mexia

[19:28] Kiriaster Mirajkar: mexit

[19:28] Thornton Writer: ,rcovvp

[19:28] WannaBeA Werefox: meixocv

[19:29] Zelliah Cookie: Mako Amar Zia

[18:28] Billy2Times Krams: I AM THE TYPO KINF TONIGHT

Typos of the Week, October 12 to October 18

Photos were taken at Sharon's Diner last week during Lacey Lukas's game.

Quarters Bailey

#10

[10:03] Vandy Spargel: tallahass'df[

#9

[13:37] Olmstead Fanshaw: henrkm ibasne4'

[13:37] Weezil Urvile: henrikm ibwsen

[13:37] Stuffy Aristocrat: henrik ibesjnb

[13:37] Lotus Ceriano: henrik inzxsaen

[13:37] Vandy Spargel: hinerik ibwsen

#8

[12:34] Cully Andel: noapoeaeon

[12:34] LeaPatrizia Zemach: noapoeaeonß

#7

[9:59] Laertes Parx: alcho;

[9:59] Cully Andel: alvocoho

[9:59] Olmstead Fanshaw: proghjigbitgonh

#6

[17:33] Juke Badger: tewilingt azzone

#5

[13:42] Lette Ponnier: victordia pirn iple

[13:42] FlutterBye Skytower: viroca prpins

[13:42] Olmstead Fanshaw: vicotrias princi;p[

[13:42] Becki Verne: victorua princik[pe

[13:42] LJ Raghilda: vicoria prinsipa¨

[13:42] Krogare Nykvist: victoria rpcincipal

#4

[15:45] Kaelor Devin: poicinitable

[15:45] Cully Andel: picbnic tab;'e

#3

[19:43] Sal Zulaman: wuicklmndcarar

#2

[13:33] FlutterBye Skytower: vall kinker

#1

[17:53] Chaddington Boomhauer: aklsk asletsxlet

[17:53] Ruby Miggins: alcka seoltere

[17:53] Mongoose Chemistry: alsaselter

[17:53] Mars Rubanis: alka seltese

[17:53] FlutterBye Skytower: alka sasef

[17:53] Elsbeth Tyles: alca selset

[17:53] Karmel Kips: alda sele

Ruby Miggins

#10

10:03] Lacey Lukas: 13. What is the capital of Florida?

[10:03] Vandy Spargel: tallahass'df[

[10:03] Lette Ponnier: talhasse

[10:03] Gingo Gumbo: talla haqsse

[10:03] Lacey Lukas: YAY VANDY

#9

[13:36] Cully Andel: NAME THE NORWEGIAN PLAYWRIGHT WHO WROTE ‘GHOSTS, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE’, AND ‘THE MASTER BUILDER’?

[13:37] Olmstead Fanshaw: henrkm ibasne4'

[13:37] Weezil Urvile: henrikm ibwsen

[13:37] Stuffy Aristocrat: henrik ibesjnb

[13:37] Lotus Ceriano: henrik inzxsaen

[13:37] Vandy Spargel: hinerik ibwsen

[13:37] Cully Andel: OLMS, WEEZIL, STUFFY - IT WAS HENRIK IBSEN

#8

[12:34] AnaMaria Quintessa: Q7. WITH WHOM WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE J0SEPHINE DΕ BEAUHARNAIS?

[12:34] Cully Andel: noapoeaeon

[12:34] LeaPatrizia Zemach: noapoeaeonß

[12:34] AnaMaria Quintessa: THE ANSWER IS NAPOLEAN BONAPARTE

#7

[9:59] Sharon Scofield: THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS THE ONLY ONE EVER TO HAVE BEEN REPEALED. WHAT WAS ITS SUBJECT?

[9:59] Laertes Parx: alcho;

[9:59] Cully Andel: alvocoho

[9:59] Olmstead Fanshaw: proghjigbitgonh

[9:59] Sharon Scofield: YES LAE!

[9:59] Sharon Scofield: PROHIBITION. IT WAS REPEALED BY THE 21ST AMENDMENT. AND THEN EVERYBODY WENT OVER TO FDR'S PLACE FOR DRINKS.

#6

[17:33] Devin Velinov: 16. THE EPISODE "THE PRIME MOVER" OF WHAT TV SERIES TELLS THE STORY OF A MAN GRANTED TELEPATHIC POWERS BY A CAR CRASH, WHO THEN GOES TO VEGAS WITH A FRIEND, THEN FAKES LOSING HIS POWERS TO SAVE THE FRIEND'S RELATIONSHIP?

[17:33] Juke Badger: tewilingt azzone

[17:33] Lette Ponnier: twilgiht zone

[17:34] Devin Velinov: JUKE THEN LETTE!! WD

#5

[13:42] Cully Andel: WHO PLAYED PAM EWING IN DALLAS?

[13:42] Nelly Swindlehurst: victoria principle

[13:42] Lette Ponnier: victordia pirn iple

[13:42] FlutterBye Skytower: viroca prpins

[13:42] Olmstead Fanshaw: vicotrias princi;p[

[13:42] Becki Verne: victorua princik[pe

[13:42] LJ Raghilda: vicoria prinsipa¨

[13:42] Krogare Nykvist: victoria rpcincipal

[13:42] Lette Ponnier: oh wow... come to me, you lucious typos

[13:43] Cully Andel: LOL LETTE

#4

Lucki Schridde shouts: PEEK NICKED ABE BULL

[15:45] Kaelor Devin: poicinitable

[15:45] Cully Andel: picbnic tab;'e

#3

[19:43] Honey Potez: Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, this cartoon sheriff was "the high-falutin'est, fastest shootin'est cowboy you ever saw".

[19:43] Sal Zulaman: wuicklmndcarar

[19:43] Emilia Ellisson: doetuy dawg

[19:43] Sal Zulaman: LOL

[19:43] Jynks Clawtooth: quick draw macgraw

(I received this one without the correct answer specified, but I think Quick Draw Macgraw is the one.)

#2

[13:33] Cully Andel: WHO PLAYED BATMAN IN BATMAN FOREVER?

[13:33] Lette Ponnier: val kilmer

[13:33] Nelly Swindlehurst: val kilmer

[13:33] Becki Verne: val kimer

[13:33] FlutterBye Skytower: vall kinker

[13:33] Cully Andel: LETTE, NELLY, BECKI

[13:33] Cully Andel: LOL FLUTTER

[13:33] Cully Andel: IT WAS VAL KILMER

#1

[17:53] Lucinda Dollinger: WHAT PRODUCT IS KNOWN BY THE JINGLE “PLOP PLOP, FIZZ FIZZ, OH WHAT A RELIEF IT IS”?

[17:53] Devin Velinov: alka selstesr

[17:53] Lette Ponnier: alka seltzer

[17:53] Chaddington Boomhauer: aklsk asletsxlet

[17:53] Gingo Gumbo: alka seltzer

[17:53] Thornton Writer: alka seltzer

[17:53] Ruby Miggins: alcka seoltere

[17:53] Mongoose Chemistry: alsaselter

[17:53] Mars Rubanis: alka seltese

[17:53] FlutterBye Skytower: alka sasef

[17:53] Elsbeth Tyles: alca selset

[17:53] Karmel Kips: alda sele

[17:53] Rain Ninetails: alka seltza

[17:53] Lucinda Dollinger: DEVIN, LETTE, CHADD, GINGO AND THORN!!!

Saxby Weezles and Lacey Lukas

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Midnight Mania Pirate Ship

In case you missed the notice or haven't logged in this evening, I'm asking people to go slap an MM board for a pirate ship so that we might have Bucc Bowl the old-fashioned way this month. It's pretty darn huge, but we'll find a place for it, and it's just an interim ship while a certain awesome builder works on a permanent one for us.

Please note that the LM will drop you quite a ways from the MM board; that wasn't my doing, I made the LM right in front of the board. You should get a red beacon telling you where to go, but if not, watch the coordinates at the top of your screen and move toward 128 on the east-west and 30 on the north-south axes.

Thanks so much for participating! Right now, with about two and a half hours to go, there are around 166 people in the board. We need 34 more. We can do it! :)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Amour/127/30/34

I'll Have Three Trivias to Go, With a Side of Fries

(Pictures were taken at the Metal Shop on vampire night during Billy2Times Krams's trivia.)

Chaddington Boomhauer

Some people recently received an unsolicited group invitation that read as follows:

Phenicia Gravois has invited you to join a group. You will have to pay a signup fee of L$500. Trivia Anytime Anywhere: We are currently building up our membership. We will start playing trivia once we have reached 22 members. For those of you who love trivia but don't like to hang around at a venue for questions to be asked. We will ask at least 3 questions per day via group notices. The 1st person to answer correctly via group IM will receive at least 50L. At times when group funds are low we will ask less q's [sic] or pay less, but we do not expect this to happen often.

There has been some discussion of this since the invitations went out (I should mention that I did not receive one, but the bulk of this text is also in the Group Charter), mostly negative, though one person has been to the owner's live trivia and gives it high marks. It has also been noted that charging a group fee, while practically unknown among trivia groups, is not unheard of elsewhere in SL.

The most frequent objection is that if you're not online at the time a question is asked, then you're out of luck. I haven't yet heard anyone say they would give this group a second thought. Because I'm all about the sociocultural, I've been thinking about what kind positionality or social location some people who do trivia in SL have compared with those who identify with the "trivia community."

For instance, it is difficult for me to imagine that any host I know would have thought of a group of this sort. It simply wouldn't have occurred to them (or if it would, then I don't know them as well as I think). The reason is in the group description: "For those of you who love trivia but don't like to hang around at a venue for questions to be asked." Although most of us engage in things besides trivia while we're in-world (at the very least to buy clothing and costumes for themed events), this blog and others like it exist largely because the venues provide centers of social activity for us, even for those who don't go to them often or who don't go as often as they used to.

Nelly Swindlehurst

The venues are what define us as a community and have allowed us to build friendships and other social relationships with each other. It doesn't mean that we wouldn't enjoy trivia without the social context. Certainly, very few of us had the social context before we started coming to the trivia events. Some of us play along withJeopardy! at home. Some of us sit around a Gogomodo board and zone out on our own. But if you are reading this blog, then chances are, you are part of a community of trivia players who have been influenced, to a greater or lesser extent, by the existence of trivia venues, the way that events are run there, and the fact that they are capable of drawing together our odd mishmash of personalities.

I'm imagining what my day would be like as a member of the Trivia Anytime Anywhere (TAA) group. I go about my gridwide hunts, my unpacking of prizes, I might do some 7Seas fishing or simply hanging out by a Lucky Chair while getting RL work done. I chat with friends, occasionally seek out new places to shop or explore. During all of this, would it be kind of nice for a random trivia question to come through in a notice, with the chance for winning L$50? Of course! I can even see standing in front of an outfit at a store, wondering if I'd be able to afford it, when voila! In come the fifty lindens more that make it a done deal. But would I pay a L$500 membership fee in order to make this happen? Pretty much no.

It's not because I'm inherently cheap: if Marine Park, with its L$100-L$800 questions, for instance, had a huge membership fee instead of nightly entrance fees (and would not be constantly on the verge of banning paying members), I'd pay it. It's not because I'm afraid I'll miss all of the questions because I'll be off-line when they appear. It's because chances are, I'll already be anticipating the trivia event I'm planning to go to that afternoon or evening or the next day. And if I'm about to go to an event that either doesn't charge or charges a moderate fee with the promise of chances to win huge prizes, then why would I pay to receive questions I'd need to answer ten of to eventually make back my investment?

In addition, even though I'm obviously not at an event every minute of the day that I'm in SL, the events at the venues are what make me feel connected to this amorphous group of people and what we've built up for ourselves in our little corner of SL. I don't even mean that in a mushy way. The venues anchor us. They give our network of acquaintances some shape. I have done trivia by group IM a few times in the Buccaneer Bowl group, and it's fun as a supplement to the other events announced via that channel, but one of the reasons that it's fun is that you're competing with other people in that group IM with whom you have a competitive or team relationship already. I've formed familiarities with people who are mostly names I recognize in a particularly active group IM (e.g., hunt groups), but I can't say I've developed a friendship that way. Maybe others do. But even if the trivia from TAA were to generate conversations in the group, any real camaraderie is likely to be due to pre-existing friendships.

All of this is fairly obvious, even if I'm the only nerd who bothers to write it down. But it raises a more compelling question for me: whom this group is meant for. Who do the owners expect to be their target audience? It's unclear how they chose those they invited, since Ms. Gravois does not have any trivia groups visible in her profile aside from her own and most people I know who received invitations didn't previously know who she is. Simply because this group isn't designed for people who already build their social second lives around trivia, however, it does not mean that it doesn't have a place somewhere in the trivia landscape.

JoshuaStephen Schism

As the description says, it's for "those of you who love trivia but don't like to hang around at a venue for questions to be asked." I'm sure there are plenty of people who fall into this category. Some of them probably like "dancing with trivia" more than "trivia with dancing." Many probably have stronger social ties at other types of clubs and don't have the time to spread out to the trivia venues. Some might have other obligations in SL throughout the day so that they are in-world but cannot attend events very easily. And some may not like the atmosphere of trivia events for a variety of reasons; I even know trivia regulars to whom this applies. What the group fee essentially pays for is the ability to play competitive trivia without having to go to an organized event, ever. This fee might be worthwhile to any of these people. TAA is thus not that dumb of an idea when viewed through the eyes of those who are, to put it bluntly, "not us," that is, not the sort of people who are likely to write and/or read trivia blogs. It does have a fatal flaw, however, and it is directly related to the concept of "us":

It will probably be difficult to locate the people who are interested, since most existing groups for trivia are based around events -- the ones that the target audience, by definition, doesn't want to go to.

Unless Ms. Gravois already knows a number of people to start her off (since it's always possible she began the group to meet a demand, not to shape one), it will probably take a lot of legwork locating players who love trivia enough to pay L$500 but not enough to "hang around at a venue." There are other things notable about belonging to social circles in SL outside of the trivia community, though, and the way we handle money is one of them. A lot of us do trivia specifically because we found we're good at it and can generate or supplement SL income with it, so our brains actually think in terms of SL economy over RL economy. L$500 doesn't equal US$2 (or your country's currency's equivalent) for us, it equals twenty-five questions at Shiraz or twenty questions at Blaizing Inferno or five correct first-place wins from Thorn. For those who are good at trivia, it is a reliable enough source of income to support a second life but not, for most, a second life of leisure.

There's no way to generalize how people outside of the trivia community think of money (and of course the description I've just given doesn't apply to everyone within it, either). But for those who see SL more as a game to invest in as one would pay to belong to World of Warcraft, I imagine special expenditures have a different meaning than for those of us who are self-sustaining in-world. When you approach the platform expecting it to be something you pour money into, it shapes your experience differently from what it's like for those who do not. What all this means is that L$500 may or may not seem all that exorbitant to people who are not accustomed to SLiving off of their winnings.

To sum up, the Trivia Anytime Anywhere group sounds like a good idea. It's just not a good idea for most "trivia people," and for that reason, I'll be very impressed if it gets off the ground. More than that, though, it's another one of those interesting indications of how social circles operate in Second Life. The introduction of an entirely different kind of format makes us notice how central the venues are even to those who only visit them on occasion. It also brings up the issue of money and how different the SL economy is for different people. I wish Ms. Gravois luck with her venture and will try not to be snarky from now on when I ask questions via IM in one of my groups.

Typos of the Week, October 5 to October 11

Twelve instead of ten, partly to make up for lost typo time and partly because I couldn't narrow it down. Plus photos from Club Shiraz's Alice in Wonderland night on Friday.

#1

[23:18] Lotus Ceriano: momoplolsae

[23:18] Sal Zulaman: momno;leise

[23:18] Browman Griffith: mono;plixze

#2

[19:48] Trishy Bookmite: alsadiojkmn

#3

[18:42] Mark007 Bloobury: the bopfdyt

#4

[22:48] Askytyleon Proudfoot: hamubeway

#5

[19:53] Taylor Serendipity: ab;nusny

#6

[10:05] Trebor Shelman: eickid]

#7

[10:37] Karmel Kips: niidlke

#8

[10:36] Rach Borkotron: cleidion

#9

[10:38] Becki Verne: prinfas

[10:38] Juke Badger: prnic

[10:38] Maggie Sewell: pricn3

#10

[22:00] Hilda Static: don't stop belivifinhg

[22:01] Sal Zulaman: dont ztop belivenk

[22:01] Lucinda Dollinger: don't stopbeleivning

[22:01] Luce Portland: dont'stop belignbvenv

#11

[10:34] Juke Badger: keAZITIZ

#12

[13:02] Olmstead Fanshaw: trandwsneda' meetitatnnb

[13:02] Nelly Swindlehurst: trandwsneda' meetitatnnb

#1

[23:18] Lette Ponnier: To exert exclusive commercial control over an industry & to prevent others from competing in it

[23:18] Juke Badger: momoploize

[23:18] Lotus Ceriano: momoplolsae

[23:18] Sal Zulaman: momno;leise

[23:18] Browman Griffith: mono;plixze

[23:18] Lette Ponnier: JUKE, GJ

#2

[19:48] Trin McMinnar: Name the movie that as a hero with a pet monkey, a princess with a pet tiger and a villain with a pet parrot.

[19:48] Jacob Yven: alladin

[19:48] Laertes Parx: aladdin

[19:48] Browman Griffith: aladdin

[19:48] Trishy Bookmite: alsadiojkmn

[19:48] Glimmer Mattercaster: aladdin

[19:48] Angel21 Babii: alladin

[19:48] Dede Longfall: alddain

[19:48] Angel21 Babii: oops

[19:48] Trin McMinnar: JACOB

[19:48] Trishy Bookmite: damn kids hit the keyboard

[19:48] Trin McMinnar: Aladdin

#3

[18:42] Billy2Times Krams: 7. THE 1986 FILM "STAND BY ME' IS BASED ON WHAT STEPHEN KING SHORT STORY?

[18:42] Juke Badger: the boddy

[18:42] Lette Ponnier: the body

[18:42] Mark007 Bloobury: the bopfdyt

[18:42] Billy2Times Krams: YES JUKE & LETTE

[18:42] Billy2Times Krams: THE BODY IS RIGHT

#4

[22:48] Lette Ponnier: What author's book TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT, about an African safari, was published in 1999, thirty-eight years after his suicide?

[22:48] Rhea Neiro: hemingway

[22:48] Askytyleon Proudfoot: hamubeway

[22:48] Lette Ponnier: RHEA

#5

[19:53] Trin McMinnar: What is the capital of New York ?

[19:53] Lette Ponnier: albany

[19:53] Taylor Serendipity: ab;nusny

[19:53] Trin McMinnar: LETTE

[19:53] Trin McMinnar: Albany

#6

[2009/10/08 10:05] Maggie Sewell: WHICH GREEK MATHEMATICIAN IS KNOWN AS 'THE FATHER OF GEOMETRY'?

[2009/10/08 10:05] Becki Verne: euclidd

[2009/10/08 10:05] Trebor Shelman: eickid]

[2009/10/08 10:05] Maggie Sewell: YES BECKI WD

[2009/10/08 10:05] Maggie Sewell: EUCLID OF ALEXANDRIA, WAS A GREEK MATHEMATICIAN AND IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE FATHER OF GEOMETRY. HE WAS ACTIVE IN ALEXANDRIA DURING THE REIGN OF PTOLEMY I (323 BC – 283 BC). HIS WORK ELEMENTS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEXTBOOK IN THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS.IN IT, THE PRINCIPLES OF WHAT IS NOW CALLED EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY WERE DEDUCED FROM A SMALL SET OF AXIOMS. EUCLID ALSO WROTE WORKS ON PERSPECTIVE, CONIC SECTIONS, SPHERICAL GEOMETRY, NUMBER THEORY AND RIGOR.

#7

[2009/10/08 10:37] Maggie Sewell: IN CHINESE COOKING, A DISH WITH "FUN" IN THE NAME WOULD CONTAIN WHAT INGREDIENT?

[2009/10/08 10:37] Lette Ponnier: noodel

[2009/10/08 10:37] Karmel Kips: niidlke

[2009/10/08 10:37] Maggie Sewell: YES LETTE WD

#8

[10:36] Sharon Scofield: 'MY HEART WILL GO ON'

[10:36] Cully Andel: dion

[10:36] Rach Borkotron: cleidion

[10:36] Sharon Scofield: YES CULLY!

#9

[10:38] Sharon Scofield: 'LET'S GO CRAZY'

[10:38] Becki Verne: prinfas

[10:38] Juke Badger: prnic

[10:38] Maggie Sewell: pricn3

[10:38] Sharon Scofield: YES BECKI!

#10

[22:00] Lette Ponnier: Q. Name the song title:

'Just a small town girl

Living in a lonely world

She took the midnight train going anywhere

Just a city boy

Born and raised in South Detroit

He took the midnight train going anywhere'

[22:00] Hilda Static: don't stop belivifinhg

[22:01] Juke Badger: dont stop believe

[22:01] Sal Zulaman: dont ztop belivenk

[22:01] Lette Ponnier: HILDA

[22:01] Lucinda Dollinger: don't stopbeleivning

[22:01] Luce Portland: dont'stop belignbvenv

[22:01] Lette Ponnier: DON'T STOP BELIEVING

#11

[10:34] Sharon Scofield: 'ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY'

[10:34] Juke Badger: keAZITIZ

[10:34] Sharon Scofield: HAHAH, YES JUKE :)

#12

[13:02] Cully Andel: THE MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI TRAINED THE BEATLES IN WHICH TECHNIQUE?

[13:02] Olmstead Fanshaw: trandwsneda' meetitatnnb

[13:02] Nelly Swindlehurst: trandwsneda' meetitatnnb

[13:03] Quarters Bailey: trancendental meditation

[13:03] miilly Finesmith: WHAPS STEINI ON THE ASS!!!!!!!

[13:03] Cully Andel: OLMS, NELLY (I GUESS) THEN Q

[13:03] Cully Andel: IT WAS TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITAION