2015年02月25日
Parallel World
Looking at the SL world map, I found strange continents. A, B, and C are made of several hundred SIMs but everyone has the same shape as others. The lower half of the picture below shows the southwest corner of the continent. Each SIM has independent name respectively.
They are situated at this area. Why did Linden make three same continents? Do the residents know that there are other worlds with the same shape?
The commonality is not only the shape of the continent. The buildings are the same. From this picture, you cannot tell the continent. They are absolute residential area with no shop or advertisement. It is so SL that there is no driveway.
The southwest corner is for Japanese-style housing. There are cherry blossom and autumn leaves together. This structure is also common to all three continents.
The names of SIMs in the Japanese area are Japanese style, such as Kiyoraka (purity), Yasuragi (peace), Ikemen (cool guy) or Kazuhisa (personal name). They are interesting and I tried to translate some of them. There are difficult words that I did not know, such as Shobin, Nojiko, or Atori, which are all birds. Hirundo (swallow), Drongo (small crow-like bird) and Ahi (yellowfin tuna) are not Japanese.
They are situated at this area. Why did Linden make three same continents? Do the residents know that there are other worlds with the same shape?
The commonality is not only the shape of the continent. The buildings are the same. From this picture, you cannot tell the continent. They are absolute residential area with no shop or advertisement. It is so SL that there is no driveway.
The southwest corner is for Japanese-style housing. There are cherry blossom and autumn leaves together. This structure is also common to all three continents.
The names of SIMs in the Japanese area are Japanese style, such as Kiyoraka (purity), Yasuragi (peace), Ikemen (cool guy) or Kazuhisa (personal name). They are interesting and I tried to translate some of them. There are difficult words that I did not know, such as Shobin, Nojiko, or Atori, which are all birds. Hirundo (swallow), Drongo (small crow-like bird) and Ahi (yellowfin tuna) are not Japanese.
2015年02月18日
History of SL
There is an exhibition for History of Second Life at LEA (Linden Endowments for the Arts)
History of SL: http://lindenarts.blogspot.jp/2015/02/sniper-siemens-greatest-story-ever-told.html
A bit disappointed since this is not a history of SL but that of Linden, not including histories of events or residents. Someone said, a company who started to write its history is at a plateau of development. SL is more than hitting a plateau though. The below is status of private estate shown in the SL official page. The year of 2007 when I started SL was at an explosive expansion.
SL Grid Survey: http://www.gridsurvey.com/index.php
The world map of 16 SIMs that were released at the beginning. The world has spread out form here. The twelve EDO SIMs were established in 2008. The development of works for the SIMs were very exciting to watch. They were really enjoying the process.
The world map that I made last year. It seems to be few changes since then. As of February, there are 18.557 personal SIMs, 7,053 by Linden, total of 25.610. How will be the coming SL?
History of SL: http://lindenarts.blogspot.jp/2015/02/sniper-siemens-greatest-story-ever-told.html
A bit disappointed since this is not a history of SL but that of Linden, not including histories of events or residents. Someone said, a company who started to write its history is at a plateau of development. SL is more than hitting a plateau though. The below is status of private estate shown in the SL official page. The year of 2007 when I started SL was at an explosive expansion.
SL Grid Survey: http://www.gridsurvey.com/index.php
The world map of 16 SIMs that were released at the beginning. The world has spread out form here. The twelve EDO SIMs were established in 2008. The development of works for the SIMs were very exciting to watch. They were really enjoying the process.
The world map that I made last year. It seems to be few changes since then. As of February, there are 18.557 personal SIMs, 7,053 by Linden, total of 25.610. How will be the coming SL?
2015年02月09日
Let's play Go 2
I have been visiting the site every day but seldom found a player. Mizuki kindly played with me. Many friends came to watch the game.
To people who does not know what Go is, here is my interpretation. Many people knows that Go is to enclose as large area as possible. The above is the first game I won in SL. You can see there is a huge white plaza right below.
The area is made by building walls made by a series of stones, but both players put a stone alternatively, so the wall cannot be made at a time. You should put stakes (stones) one by one. A single stake cannot claim an area, so it is important to arrange stakes properly.
One of observers asked whether it is possible to build an area for black in the white area right below. Generally it is possible to secure own area within the enemy’s area, but since the play is alternate, it is hard to build a new wall herefrom within an established area like the above. The stake is piled alternatively trying to build border lines, but also it is a tactic to set a stake close to that of opponents to block up, or to pull out it by surrounding opponent’s stakes. In order to protect stakes from pull-out (killed), it is necessary to build a house with at least two rooms (eyes) inside. In the above case, the left above harf had been Black area, but White extended branch into the Black area through gaps on the wall. There is no gap on White wall. How to set stakes appropriately at the beginning is called Fuseki (stepping stones), and typical way to negotiate opponents stakes is called Joseki (set sequence). Rules of Go are very simple but how to win is so difficult that computers still cannot find the answer. That is why Go is interesting though.
Additional note on 2018/7/21. Later stronger softs based on AI came in and defeated human players. A soft that I have is about 6-Dan level and I need three stones to compete against it, so my level could be about 3-Dan. Please call me if you are interested in a game!
If you do not see where to start in the game board that is too wide, there is a mini-game using 9 by 9 board. It can be done within a short period.
On the last Sunday a tournament was held. It was started 3:00am in Japan time, so I was not able to attend but took some pictures at the end of the tournament. Boards of 15 by 15 were used this time. Regular board is 19 by 19.
To people who does not know what Go is, here is my interpretation. Many people knows that Go is to enclose as large area as possible. The above is the first game I won in SL. You can see there is a huge white plaza right below.
The area is made by building walls made by a series of stones, but both players put a stone alternatively, so the wall cannot be made at a time. You should put stakes (stones) one by one. A single stake cannot claim an area, so it is important to arrange stakes properly.
One of observers asked whether it is possible to build an area for black in the white area right below. Generally it is possible to secure own area within the enemy’s area, but since the play is alternate, it is hard to build a new wall herefrom within an established area like the above. The stake is piled alternatively trying to build border lines, but also it is a tactic to set a stake close to that of opponents to block up, or to pull out it by surrounding opponent’s stakes. In order to protect stakes from pull-out (killed), it is necessary to build a house with at least two rooms (eyes) inside. In the above case, the left above harf had been Black area, but White extended branch into the Black area through gaps on the wall. There is no gap on White wall. How to set stakes appropriately at the beginning is called Fuseki (stepping stones), and typical way to negotiate opponents stakes is called Joseki (set sequence). Rules of Go are very simple but how to win is so difficult that computers still cannot find the answer. That is why Go is interesting though.
Additional note on 2018/7/21. Later stronger softs based on AI came in and defeated human players. A soft that I have is about 6-Dan level and I need three stones to compete against it, so my level could be about 3-Dan. Please call me if you are interested in a game!
If you do not see where to start in the game board that is too wide, there is a mini-game using 9 by 9 board. It can be done within a short period.
On the last Sunday a tournament was held. It was started 3:00am in Japan time, so I was not able to attend but took some pictures at the end of the tournament. Boards of 15 by 15 were used this time. Regular board is 19 by 19.
2015年02月02日
Let's play Go!
The Go club again. There are many cool game rooms provided here.
Kido Go Club: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kido%20Province/165/128/22/
Birds eye view of the SIM. The full SIM are used only for the go club. All buildings with tiled roof are the game rooms.
There are various settings at the mountain, seashore, and lakefront. This one may be Zen sitting meditation in front of a stone garden. Go game that allows to put white and black stones freely on a large game board is more beautiful than Reversi. Go may have something in common with Japanese garden?
Notice plate at the game room. Looking on the Net, The Ten Commandments of Go is famous in Go world.
1 Do not be greedy.
2 Intrude appropriately slow.
3 Attack while taking care of self.
4 Sacrifice to get more valuable move.
5 Abandon small and take big.
6 At danger, do sacrifice.
7 Avoid rash decisions.
8 Attack appropriately and timely
9 If opponent is strong, protect self.
10 If isolated, live first.
I thought I could restart Go that I learnt as a child, but it is sad that there is few players. Also in RL none of my friends plays go. If anyone could play Go with me, please send IM to Temi Sirbu.
For some reason or other, there are nude pictures in this room. It could be nice to be able to play without restraint like this. But here someone was advised “You should make up and wear tidy clothes for the respect of your opponent.” So it might be better not to wear T-shirt or Levis^-^
Kido Go Club: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kido%20Province/165/128/22/
Birds eye view of the SIM. The full SIM are used only for the go club. All buildings with tiled roof are the game rooms.
There are various settings at the mountain, seashore, and lakefront. This one may be Zen sitting meditation in front of a stone garden. Go game that allows to put white and black stones freely on a large game board is more beautiful than Reversi. Go may have something in common with Japanese garden?
Notice plate at the game room. Looking on the Net, The Ten Commandments of Go is famous in Go world.
1 Do not be greedy.
2 Intrude appropriately slow.
3 Attack while taking care of self.
4 Sacrifice to get more valuable move.
5 Abandon small and take big.
6 At danger, do sacrifice.
7 Avoid rash decisions.
8 Attack appropriately and timely
9 If opponent is strong, protect self.
10 If isolated, live first.
I thought I could restart Go that I learnt as a child, but it is sad that there is few players. Also in RL none of my friends plays go. If anyone could play Go with me, please send IM to Temi Sirbu.
For some reason or other, there are nude pictures in this room. It could be nice to be able to play without restraint like this. But here someone was advised “You should make up and wear tidy clothes for the respect of your opponent.” So it might be better not to wear T-shirt or Levis^-^
