Ruth v. Cloud

Recurrently I have been struck with a glitch in SL, that is namely a “cloud.” I log in-world, and your avatar should appear in a few seconds. But now and then you get stuck as a cloud, or you see your avatar on screen, but your friends don’t see you.

It is a simple remedy for both. As a cloud, you log out and re-log in world. If you see yourself in world, and your friends can’t. You click on yourself, select appearance and count 10 seconds, and click to cancel. You should appear by then, if not repeat the process.

The cloud glitch was developed by one of Linden Labs pioneers, to replace “Ruth.” An ugly looking avatar with would appear instead of the avatar you created. I sometimes, after appearing from a state of being a cloud, my avatar would revert to Ruth. With female breasts, short in stature, and added features from my demon persona. Only temporarily, as SL system catches up with your avatar correcting the glitch. The picture provided is what Ruth looks like from earlier accounts, by residents who have been in SL longer than I have.

And then there is this rarity, of being totally deformed when you log in world. I took a picture of myself, when I was at a snuff event some time ago. I just happened to recall that day, and posting it now. I looked totally distorted and stretched to someone’s weird nightmare. Fortunately, it is very rare to occur to you. And if it does, remember to take a picture of yourself. For future laughs or to inform of Linden Labs of this weird rare occurrence.

I deformed.