Another superb piece of work from bortQ! It’s always a treat to get transmissions from this guy. Let him know how much you like his stuff, folks!
Sat 24 Feb 2007
Thu 22 Feb 2007
The ADPoV shop is coming along nicely and now that I finally have my own land in SL, I’m very happy with the freedom I’ve had in the entire design of the place. QT and I are working on new product to sell in the place (me design and build, and QT makes the tech stuff happen) and I’m starting to enjoy SL again because of this entire project.
here are some snapshots of my new home away from home:
This is a view once you teleport into the area. I wanted it to envoke memories of a pivotal if not laughable time in the Saga. I try to sprinkle my sense of humor throughout the place, and the exterior is no exception to this.
An AT-ST (no, I didn’t build it) was chosen because bortQ had done a cartoon of one with the stickers all over it some time ago for my website when I had first opened the actual swag shop online at zazzle.
This just needed to be done, damnit.
Once you enter the Bunker (I do spend a lot of time in bunkers, don’t I?) you go down a ramp to the shop itself, and with a whoosh the door opens and you enter.
This is the first thing you see. My subtle marketing skill. The ultra hot Twi is none other then our own Niavi.
A look down the left side of the store. The windowed area is the listening room, but more on that later.
The MS Walk marketing/awareness machine churns onwards, even in virtual worlds. By clicking this poster, people are sent to my MS Society donation page. There are a few of these throughout SL put up for me by some super people, such as Drift Monde. In the background you can see ol’ Darth Vader himself pimping away for the ADPoV website. This is also a “click to load a website” type of poster. You click it, and adpov.net loads in your web browser.
Here is the current line of men’s shirts available. Eventually I’m going to try to design some other men’s clothing, but for now, T-shirts are all I got… Besides, T-shirts are manly enough.
The current selection of ladies clothing. Just Ts as well, but we are -very- close to releasing our swimwear line, which is leading us to learn more about how to make other garments as well. Ironiclly the “I like my men dirty” shirt is the best seller in the place. Go fig. QT is one of the models, as are Drift, Niavi, and TrooperFanGirl.
This is a new section for me. The accessories line. Mostly jewelry at this point, but also the custom Sandtrooper backpack I made myself is for sale as well. I really like the way the chokers and collars turned out though a great deal.
New to SL? Then my shop should be the -first- place you go. We give you a FREE shirt, as well as a notecard with tons of super useful info about getting started in SL written by the dutiful QT… Plus we have great big blue, glitter covered SNOOBS, see? What better reason do you need? More on them later.
The aforementioned “Listening Room”. The purpose of this area is to give people a place to hang out and actually listen to all the “A Different Point of View” (ADPoV) segments streamed directly into Second Life.
You can also look over the TeeDee comic strips by bortQ, and the wonderful “Show the Love” pictures sent to me from ladies across the net. And don’t worry boys, they’re all displayed in a slideshow, for hands free enjoyment.
Here’s what you find on 13’s coffee table.
And this little page turner to keep QT-pi running and happy.
And here’s the view back towards the entrance.
I hope to see many, if not all of you swinging by some time. It’s been a lot of fun making this place, and I hope it goes well because QT and I have other plans in the works for other businesses within SL.
One of them was even mentioned in a ADPoV segment a looong time ago.
The grand opening date will be announced here with plenty of time for you all to get SL accounts and be ready for the festivities. Much fun will be had, trust me.
Wed 21 Feb 2007
Fri 16 Feb 2007
Yup, that’s right. Now there’s a place for you all to chat away like little school girls…. Which, if you’re an adult woman dressed as a school girl, I am all for it! Anyhow, feel free to head over the link below and register to the boards. There you can talk about whatever you can think of. Questions for me about the site, the upcoming Podcast, Stewie, QT-pi.. Whatever you want.
See you there.
A Different Point of View Forums
Fri 16 Feb 2007
Well, here we are approx. one month into the drive, and you people have been amazing! I have not only reached my original goal of $1000, but I have surpassed it! For that, I thank you. Also, I’d like to give a HUGE shoutout to the following PodCasts and/or blogs that have played my audio promo, displayed the link banner, and such.
Slice of SciFi
Michael & Evo’s Wingin’ It
Kick Ass Mystic Ninjas
Geek Fu Action Grip
Lipstick Aliens
The Force Cast
Chuck Chat Technorama
Jack Mangan’s Deadpan
Something to Say, Something to Knit
Geek Zen Daddy
The Babylon Podcast
Off Topic Talk
All the Billion Other Moments
The ADD Cast
Dragonpage Cover to Cover
Mad Marv Online
Musings of a Wired Pig
Pickle Pen
FarPoint Media
I’d also like to thank the players of Star Wars Galaxies - Kettemoor Galaxy (server) for their awesome contributions as well. It is because of YOU ALL that I am doing so well at this, and I am eternally thankful for your service to me.
It’s a damned shame we’re going to have to vaporize this rock anyhow.
More news to come!
Mon 5 Feb 2007
Yet more evidence piles up.
[Swiped directly from the LA Times]
A Hollywood wookiee impersonator is accused of head-butting a tour guide. A witness: Superman. By Andrew Blankstein and Bob Pool, Times Staff Writers
February 3, 2007
The buzz on Hollywood Boulevard on Friday was over the Chewbacca who police say crossed over to the dark side in front of hundreds of tourists at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
LAPD officers arrested “Star Wars” street performer Frederick Evan Young, 44, of Los Angeles in his furry brown wookiee costume Thursday on a charge of misdemeanor battery for allegedly head-butting a tour guide who complained about Young’s treatment of two visitors from Japan.
The incident — witnessed by Superman and other impersonators — is the latest clash outside the landmark cinema between visitors and performers dressed as movie and cartoon characters. They collect tips from tourists who pose for pictures and watch them perform in front of the theater, where generations of stars have placed their footprints in concrete.
Tourists have complained that some costumed characters turn abusive when they refuse to pay them to pose for pictures. Two years ago, actors dressed as superhero Mr. Incredible, Elmo the Muppet and the dark-hooded character from the movie “Scream” were arrested for aggressive begging. More recently, an actor portraying slasher movie favorite Freddie Krueger was taken into custody for allegedly stabbing another man, although no charges were filed.
Thursday’s altercation comes as police and Hollywood officials are trying to rein in the colorful assortment of actors and wannabes who perform for crowds.
They acknowledge that the incident was a setback.
Authorities said it began when a Star Line Tours guide allegedly observed the Chewbacca character harassing two young girls from a rival Japanese tour company.
Guide Brian Sapir said that when he asked the performer not to touch the visitors, Young became angry.
“You could see in his eyes he was exploding beneath the mask,” Sapir said Friday. “He yelled at me, ‘Nobody tells this wookiee what to do!’ ”
After a security guard suggested that the 6-foot-5 Young take a walk down Hollywood Boulevard to cool off, he became more agitated, said Sapir, 32. “He threw off his mask and walked toward me and slammed his head into my forehead.”
Other guards held Young for police. He was later released on $20,000 bail and is expected in court later this month, said Lt. Paul Vernon, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.
A police source said that a Superman performer witnessed the altercation and was interviewed by police. Other street performers said that before police arrived Superman called producers from ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Show,” which is taped across the boulevard from the theater, and a cameraman videotaped Young being led off by officers.
Neither Young nor his attorney could be reached for comment Friday.
Under city rules, street performers can’t state a price or demand money to take a photo with them, Vernon said. “They only can ask for a donation. They also cannot touch or follow the tourists if they walk away.”
Continuing disputes led to a “superhero summit” last year between authorities and about a dozen performers, which police said significantly reduced conflict on the boulevard. Street actors predicted Thursday’s incident could lead to a formal city crackdown.
“People all over the world come to Hollywood looking for movie stars and film characters,” said Councilman Eric Garcetti, who represents Hollywood. “These folks are our ambassadors. We expect the highest standards from them, which they generally uphold. I don’t feel that individual incidents require new legislation but we do need to keep a watchful eye on the crown jewels of the city.”
Garcetti said there are two kinds of street performers.
“There were the characters that wanted to have a code of conduct and ethics about interacting with tourists, which comprised the majority,” the councilman said. “The second group of performers were renegades, who didn’t want to abide by any rules and were the troublemakers.”
Friday on the Walk of Fame, some street performers worried about the future.
“The city will do something eventually. Yesterday’s incident probably shortened that time span,” said Thomas Fox, wearing a pirate’s suit reminiscent of Capt. Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
“Things like this happen around Chewbacca all the time. I saw him in a fight with a music vendor. They knocked over a baby stroller,” Fox said.
Nearby, Chris Mitchell posed for tourists snapshots in a Darth Vader costume. Lifting his mask, he switched off the microphone device that gives his voice a deep, gravelly Darth Vader sound and said Chewbacca often had run-ins with other performers.
The whole thing has the creators of the “Star Wars” character shaking their heads.
“The street performer doesn’t have any affiliation with Lucasfilm,” said company spokeswoman Lynne Hale. “Nevertheless, we are disappointed that someone dressed as Chewbacca would behave in this way.”
Andrew.blankstein@latimes.com
bob.pool@latimes.com
