Welcome to Washtown
I see absolutely no reason why your Second Life should be any less obsessive than your first, and apparently neither do these people.
Second Life is an immersive 3D environment where you create an avatar to represent yourself, and you travel through the worlds interacting with other avatars and reshaping the world to suit yourself. People design their own luxury mansions, their own skyscrapers, their own amusement parks and nightclubs and sex grottos. So, naturally, some virtual Browncoats got together to make the crappy little town where Wash is a hero. And now they have their own Firefly.
Washtown is a pleasant place and one where you can always run across a fellow flan. Above you can see me — just as dashing in SL as in real life — in front of the Wash statue. On the right is one of the weekly Sunday in-character shindigs at the Hoban Saloon. From the left: Anastasia, Dieter, Jadi, me (in the browncoat and Peter Pan stance), Gabriel, Roland, and Sabrina. The saloon also has game tables and a shooting range downstairs.
But their big attraction just showed up last night - a full-size Firefly, designed by SL builder Fenix Eldritch. I don’t mind telling you, I completely geeked out walking through this thing. C’mon, I’ll show you around.
Made of 700 different shapes (”prims”) with individual textures applied for realism, this ship is a beauty. It is unfurnished at the moment — they just got it set up — but walking through still gives you a familiar, “I’m home” feeling.
It’s to scale, pretty much, and is remarkably accurate. I had no problem navigating around by memory (although I did have to become several inches shorter to get through the doorways).
It also came complete with an operable mule (movie version). Here’s the sickbay and the guest compartments.
The engine turns! How cool is that? It’s also oddly hypnotic, although I may have just gotten dizzy trying to find the catalyzer. It’s patterned after the movie version, but I have to admit I miss the big hand crank.
The dining room is all ready for lounging, eating with the family, or cleaning your weapons. No storage area to lock up your crazy psychic ninja girls (that I noticed), whch may be just as well.
The crew quarters can be entered (walk over the gap and drop in) and, just like the real ones, are pretty cramped. I’m looking forward to seeing them decorated.
Here you can see me in the pilot’s seat on the bridge making vroom vroom noises and checking out the instrumentation (including a few panels that look like Whitefall designs). Nicely done bridge, complete with lockers and big, obvious tubing.
The ship will be used for role-playing or just hanging around, and you’re more than welcome to drop by and check it out. Remember, shindigs every Sunday! If you have Second Life installed, you can go straight there.
If you don’t have Second Life installed, maybe you should. Where else are you gonna find a Firefly?
August 24th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
the ship detail is cool. u should post more pics once they get more detail for those of us who dont have accounts
August 25th, 2006 at 1:18 am
Evidently it doesn’t like my graphics card - I can’t go visit. :{
August 25th, 2006 at 8:40 am
Oh, AWESOME. I joined the Firefly/Serenity group on SL a while back, and the group leader said they were working on a ship model… looks very, very shiny. :)
August 26th, 2006 at 2:36 am
The Sunday RP sessions are a lot of fun! We’re just getting started, but they’re still a blast. I’m currently playing the Kaylee-substitute mechanic. (That’s me on the right.)
Sabrina
August 26th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
I’m going to boot up second life for the first time in a month just to check this out…
August 27th, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Ooh, awesome. At first, I thought this was a Sims2 Washtown, but Second Life objects seem to be more manipulate-able. I have a sort-of Serenity in one of my Sims2 neighbourhoods, but it’s not all that great. My crew is spot on, though. ;)
August 27th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
Thanks for the headsup. Here’s my pics: http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2006/08/serenity_lives_.html
August 27th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
Nice pics, rikomatic! And yup, your closeup of the bridge display panels verified that not only did the builder use Whitefall’s designs, he downloaded them from an eBay auction : )
Washtown enjoyed their largest turnout ever tonight, thanks to everyone who showed up. Drinks were had, dances were danced, and outrageous tales were told. And everyone checked out the ship.
August 28th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
How shiny is that?! Very cool! Now I need to go get that new computer so that I can actually do the SL thing. ;) Keep Flyin’
August 29th, 2006 at 8:59 am
Here’s pics of another SL Serenity build done by Abby Larson: http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2006/08/yet_another_sl_.html
Not as true to spec as the Washtown version, but cool nonetheless.
August 29th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Wow. Just wow. I’ve never gotten into this type of thing, though I can definitely see the draw from your post here. Hrm. Now a Serenity based universe I could maybe get into. I shall contemplate.
Thank you.
August 31st, 2006 at 10:21 am
I visited with a few podcasting friends of mine the other day. It was my first time in SL, so I was still getting used to it, but overall, Washtown is a great place to visit. It may be the single reason I return to SL.
September 5th, 2006 at 3:17 pm
I can’t even find it. I have looked so many times for Washtown, that I am about ready to give up.
September 5th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Should be able to do a search for “Washtown” or “Firefly” (that’s how I originally found it), but if you have Second Life installed just click on the link at the bottom of the post where it says ‘you can go straight there.” That will start your Sl (if it isn’t already) and open up the map with Washtown pinpointed. Then just teleport there.
September 13th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
You may have to have “Include Mature regions” checked in the search form, if that helps.
November 14th, 2006 at 3:48 am
New graphics card!!! I’m a goin’ visiting!
November 22nd, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Your hard work paid off Bachelor degree
March 1st, 2007 at 9:49 pm
This is a good article…..But I think joining the secondlife is more interesting….You could make youself more beautiful in secondlife than
in real life…And could find some sexy girls (boys) friends in there,it is so funny……
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March 23rd, 2007 at 12:20 am
Nice word and idea…That’s a good community in your blog,but i like the best and most famous virtual community — Secondlife —
I meet some new friends in it all over the world. And even earn some real money in it…. Would you like it? There are some free money and more friends in Secondlife:
http://www.slworld.info
March 26th, 2007 at 2:46 am
I can’t find it. I clicked the link, searched for “washtown”, and searched for “firefly.” Is it gone? :-(
April 17th, 2007 at 1:03 am
i have such a headache, why can the address just be writen instead of some link that doesnt work and when you search in SL washtown or firefly nothing is there.. someone please fix this.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
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February 2nd, 2008 at 2:48 pm
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