Saturday, July 19, 2014

Power Exchange Society = Fun, Friendly, Informative Hangout

All I can say is "amazing". Our Power Exchange Society group has taken right off and is growing exponentially partly due to the fact that the lovely rachael is managing the place and inviting people to visit, and the adboards, classified ads, community calendar postings and word-of-mouth. Our SmartBot and group inviter are indeed a huge factor as well. We went from 18 group members to 59 group members in just under two weeks.

We have been having a bunch of fun there at the Society Hall. Dances, discussions, events, games and just plain socializing. Yesterday for example, a group of us like-minded dominant and submissive people formed a circle in the meet-and-greet area and just had a very good time. Conversations are intriguing all the time. But during those rare times there's a lull in the conversation, someone just clicks on the Truth Ball and we are off and running. The questions in that thing can be fun to answer. Embarrassing, yes. But a wonderful way to get to know someone.
Our Wonderful and Diverse Group Members

The reality of the place is not exactly as was envisioned when I began to create it. We were hoping to be able to have group owned submissives around to service the Dom/mes in the group. Unfortunately, we have yet to hire anyone for those positions, but we have had a great number of wonderful people become members, and that's what it's all about. The group of us, all from various time zones around the world, get together and chat, dance, play games or emote our actions and feelings about our new found friends and families. Not to mention, there is a world-class dungeon down the stairs, an orgy/sex place, a brand new private sex room to take someone you want to keep to yourself, and a gaming area. Just about anything anyone could want to do in SL, can be done there. There are also plans to incorporate a shopping center into our location. So you will be able to purchase "toys" and avatar accessories such as hair, eyes, skin, clothing, etc. It is our goal to provide the typical D/s lifestyle user with everything they could desire, whether it costs or not.

One night, we had a formal discussion on Terms pertaining to a D/s relationship, such as Sir or Master, submissive or slave, etc. The discussion was moving along pretty good when a griefer teleported in and began shooting everyone with projectiles. They of course killed everyone in attendance which sends us "home". Annoying to say the least. So I reported his name to Linden Labs, banned him from the sim and muted. him. But the end result was the small group of attendees did not return. So that discussion did not turn out so well. But the next one we held there was perfect. It was about Trust in a D/s relationship. Without trust, D/s does not work. Your submissive must trust you or the relationship will fall apart. That discussion was slated for 1 hour but it was full steam ahead and it went on for better than 90 minutes. Met some great people that night, for sure. Most of them joined the group and return on a regular basis.

We have had a couple of parties there too. Contests where I would DJ the music and take requests from the guests, plus they would wear an item and compete to see who has the best/worst/most noticeable one and vie for a cash prize. In this case, the event was "Demo Hair". Anyone who has shopped for avatar accessories in SL knows you cannot tell how hair is going to look on you. So creators/merchants create "Demo Hair". It's a free version of their creation which had a prim attached to the hair, usually hovering overhead, that has their shop logo on t. In this way, the shopper can try the hair on before buying it. So that was our contest, "Best Demo Hair". The signs hovering over everyone's head made the whole group look goofy and provided a great deal of laughs. L$1250 was given away in prize money that night so if you want to join the group and get notices for when these events occur, be sure to go to http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cabria/192/157/1323


Unfortunately, my 1st life does not allow me to be able to hold a great deal of events. That's good for group members who do not wish to have to endure countless group messages, but bad for the rest of the group who desire activities most nights. So I am hiring. If you would like to provide entertainment to our members, either as a DJ, host/hostess or group slut, please contact me, Otto Turbo or Rachael for an interview. Notecards work best as IMs become capped quickly.
Our silly demo hair

One quick note before I sign off; adboards. Adboards can be found all over the SL grid. For what is usually a modest fee, you can place and ad, just like a billboard on someone else's sim and if people are interested, they can click on it to receive your landmark, notecard and information. Some adboards charge a very high rent due to the amount of traffic they acquire. But I have discovered that that is not always a good investment. For example, I took out an ad at a place with 12,000 traffic. That's fairly respectable. I got 7 clicks on it in one week. That's one click per day. In contrast, I rented an adboard at a very prominent high-traffic place for lots of Linden$ and only received 2 clicks. Not worth it. Needless to say, I did not renew that adboard. Adboards, when done wisely, can bring in a huge number of new people to your place and hopefully they will join your group. The more people in your group, the more people who read your announcements and the more friends you will make.
Forced To Watch. The Enticing Side of D/s