As I guessed, people like the idea of watching half naked girls run around a track pulling a cart. So Elar has had 3 races so far and so much have I learned. I would like to thank our racers and their owners for showing up and making the races a success. I would like to thank Magpie, Surni, Evie, Maggie, and Harley for being my first ponies to give this a whirl. I would like to also thank their owners for letting them and participating.
I have made a few changes to the race track after each race. The first and biggest change I made was in the way I give out the prize purse. I have done away with a "Best in Show" as I felt this was to subjective a catagory and set up a chance of hurting someones feeling. I decided to just increase the split I gave the winners for first/second/third.
I also added some physical changes to the race track and surrounding area. The first race had everyone standing around the entrance to the track, boy did this look stupid. So, first came the viewing stand. Building this lead to it's own issues. I had to flip the track and if you have never flipped something that big in SL, that was a pain. I guess I should have been smart and just re-rezzed it. Note to self, next time do it the easy way.
After the next race, it was brought to my attention that adding a viewing stand took away my pretty pony stalls. I didn't think this would be an issue as I didn't think anyone wanted to do more than race in pony play. I was wrong. So, next came a small set of stalls. Now if you want a stall, you just need to let me know. If we have an open stall, it's yours. If we need more stalls down the road, I will look at what I can do.
Finally, I decided I wanted to add ribbons to give ponies more recognition than just a small amount of L$. I know they have 3d ribbons available, but my desire to keep the prims low lead to me using my graphic designer skills. Yes, for those that don't know, I have a degree in graphic design. That being said, I made a ribbon board. I will just add ponies as we have girls sign up and keep track of the ribbons that way.
Finally, I am interested in feedback from my ponies. Would any of the ponies wish more role play and might enjoy a grooming station beside the stalls. I am always open to changes that make the sim more fun to everyone.
I was going to add more pictures to the blog, but realized how many there were. I added them to the Gallery. Please jump over and have a look at the ones that are there.
Next post I will explain in detail my reasoning for adding Anthropomorphic avatars to the sim...