Every year I like to track and find holiday mascots in
Second Life and interview them. Of them all the leprechaun seems to be the most
elusive. After turning over every mesh rock and braving the thick forest of the
SL countryside I finally found one!
Leroy the Leprechaun was a strange character and obvious drunk or on
some type of shamrock crack. We sat down for a talk until things got weird.
Interview
with Leroy the Leprechaun
Lanai:
Gotcha you little rascal!
Leroy: Let me go you oversized child!
Lanai:
Now Now Leroy, there is no need to be rude. Relax, I just want to talk to you.
I will let you go under one condition. You sit and talk to me without vanishing
and I’ll waive the pot of gold owed to me for catching you.
Leroy: Fair enough cail’in. *straightens is little green
suit* OMG! What are you doing?
Lanai:
If there is one thing I’ve learned about Leprechauns it is they are not to be
trusted on words alone so you will remain handcuffed to me until we are done.
Leroy: I didn’t know you were that type of girl! *smirks*
Lanai:
Anyway, there is a lot you don’t know
about me. Would you like to find out? *hold up a stick*
Leroy: Ohhh into BDSM? Nooo that’s OK m’Lady! So what is
it you’d like to talk about?
Lanai:
Well, this was a harsh winter and I feel like the grid is recovering from it. I
think the residents need some inspiration and new found enthusiasm. The grid
seems kind of uneventful lately so I was wondering what you think should be
done about St. Patrick’s Day.
Leroy: Well first of all pretty lady, these cuffs are too
tight and second, that is not my problem I’m just a Leprechaun minding my own
business and trying to keep from being captured. Blame the morale of the grid
on Santa, I heard he gave out a record breaking amount of coal this past
Christmas.
Lanai:
I know, I’m still trying to figure out how to remove the gigantic pile of coal
he left in my yard. I’ll be sure to write him a long letter about that. But
seriously from your perspective how can we get the grid into St. Patrick’s Day?
Leroy: well from my ground level perspective. Some people
need a swift kick in the pants and ejected off the grid. They don’t bring any
luck to this holiday. They bring misery and mess. There are just too many arrogant
people here these days and a bunch of lazy ones who seem to want something for
nothing or stick to the old routine of things and aren’t innovative. I mean
look at me? With the new mesh avatars on the market, I still look like a pasty
noob because people with red beards of shorter stature are being left out. What
about leprechauns?!? *sighs* Nobody gives a shouting shamrock about us.
Lanai:
Yea… you do need a serious makeover but is that your only gripe?
Leroy: Of course not. What is up with all the venue owners who don’t
even know how to run a business? Half of them don’t even have up St. Patty’s
Day decorations. What are they a bunch of Anti St. Patrick’s Day Bah
Humbugs? I think they are a waste of
space on the grid and only add to the clutter.
Lanai:
You seem pretty upset about that but you have a point. What do you think should
be done?
Leroy: It would be nice to see everyone in green on St.
Patrick’s Day. I think it is the only way to gauge how big this holiday is in
Second Life. I also think it would be nice if Linden Labs actually interacted
more with the grid and hosted official holiday events where everyone is
invited. Not just their annual Birthday. Honestly I think it is lame. Poor
residents wanting to be involved in SL’s birthday seem to be the only ones
really putting in the effort to even make that possible. Official LL Parties
will give residents a chance to meet new people and socialize on a grander
scale in the community. It can also rid the grid of all the lame uninhabited
venues too. I mean who wouldn’t want to
go to a Linden hosted St. Patrick’s Day event? I would be there.
Lanai: Interesting idea. But there is no time to get
that organized now.
Leroy: I may be small but my brain isn’t the size of a
sunflower seed. The Lindens really need to implement incentives for this
community or else boredom will set in and continue to hinder the growth of the
population. I was recently at the bar with Cupid and he said the same thing.
Where’s the love?
Lanai:
*nods* With all the talk about the new Second Life grid many people are on the
fence about applying new ideas. Some are even afraid of a total SL collapse due
to people leaving this grid for the new one. But enough about that though. So, Leroy what will you be doing on St.
Patrick’s Day and speaking of cupid how is he doing? That guy never called me
back.
Leroy: In regards to Cupid, he’s a player and he
obviously got what he wanted from you. About St. Patrick’s day, I haven’t the
slightest clue. The only thing I know is once I’m out of these cuffs, I’ll be
off staying out of sight and trying to figure out why that stupid dress went viral recently. Who gives a green
glittered terd if it was white and gold or black and blue….It should have been
green…
Lanai:
*&$%! You Leroy nothing happened between Cupid and I. If anything he drank
too much love potion on Valentine’s Day and ended up crying on my shoulder the
whole time about erectile dysfunction and a crooked arrow. Anyway, of all the
news, why would that dress be your biggest concern?
Leroy: Why would it go viral? I’d rather watch videos of
screaming jackasses on loop for all eternity.
Lanai:
Sounds serious. I guess you have a
point. People are just bored even off the grid. With that said. I hope everyone
in Second Life has a great St. Patrick’s Day anyway. I know I will.
Leroy: Hey, if you
aren’t doing anything special that day. Look me up and you might get lucky!
Lanai:
I will consider myself lucky if I don’t ever see you again! Get lost before I
claim my pot of gold and beat you with this stick.
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