Curse of the Pharaoh Chin …
or SL and the “Elongated Chin Bug”
Yes, I know SL is a work in progress and as buggy a software as they come that side of the Pacific. And yes, I suffer from rezzing or arriving after TP as Ruth and the occasional skin discoloration (texture bug) making me look like a walking billboard - but this is different!
Why? There’s a fix for those other bugs like undressing and removing all Huds, getting stark naked and changing your hight, relogging after clearing your cache and bingo – you’ll look your old self again. With the Pharaoh Chin this kind of help is lacking. Nothing works! No upteenth clearing of the cache, no relogging butt naked or any other known trick makes my chinny monstrosity disappear. I remember, I had this prob once before already. At the time a friend gave me a copy of a transferable freebie shape of his with the data of my shape typed into it and – yep – regular-chinned Derek was back.
Believe me folks, I already did that. No change! Regardless of what shape I take from my external inventory (= a box in my house), from a friend or from my inventory: I always look like Pharaoh Tutanchamun reborn. On the other hand, if I pass my newly remodeled shape to a friend it looks good – on him.
So where does that leave me?? Will the curse of the Pharaoh Chin be lifted?? Will I ever be handsome Derek again?? Keep your fingers crossed folks or, better, IM me (Derek Hotger) please if you know a solution to this problem ’cause I’m really very frustrated here. Till then, I’ll reconsider my dress style.
In the meantime I will go into the other room, shut all windows and doors, and start screaming : MMMMMMMEEEEEEERRRRRRRDDDDDDDEEEEEEE!
If you’ll pardon my French!
PS: Saved by The Shadow
When nothing else helps, The Shadow strikes! It’s been a long time since I read my last comic book featuring The Shadow but I knew that, although I am no damsel in distress, fighting the „Curse of the Pharaoh Chin“ would be right up the alley of one of my favourite pulp heroes.
Dressing up as The Shadow with the avatar/outfit provided by The Free Fandom Project Store is a natural choice for any chin-challenged person in SL. The scarf comes in handy if you’re not comfortable with your nose, too. Be sure to let the vendors rez completely though before you pick up your free copy of The Shadow or you might end up looking like Frank N. Furter from the famous Rocky Horror Picture Show, lol.
I enjoyed being The Shadow in SL for a while but I’m more than glad he kept that elongated chin when I went back to my new Derek Hotger look. Don’t know why changing back and forth between those two shapes finally helped, just glad it did!
Btw: Those stern brows you will notice after changing back from The Shadow to your old self can be easily changed by wearing the standard bald option provided with any prim hair. Maybe that feature set my chin straight, too, who knows … Better write it down so I know what to do next time the „Curse of the Pharaoh Chin“ befalls me.