An interview with a chronist of Gor

[18:24] Larah Oh: here I am talking to Greta Horngold, Panther of Gor who gathers names and locations of Panther tribes to make a list for everyone for the benefit of a wider choice to roleplay with other tribes: Greta...you are making a gorean chronicle of Panther and Taluna tribes: What is the intention of your work?..*holds the microphone to your lips*
[18:25] Greta Horngold: well, my intention is to improve role play in Gor, get more interaction between tribes, particularly those with little traffic in their sims
[18:26] Greta Horngold: often times one will come online and find nothing happening in your sim, with this list you can at least go out and visit/rp with another tribe
[18:26] Larah Oh: ...so the intention of you gathering these data is to make tribes known in between each other?...who else except panther tribe is intended to receive your publication?
[18:27] Greta Horngold: No one else...I have NO intention of ever giving this to anyone other than a panther or taluna
[18:27] Greta Horngold: I hadn't thought about that, thank you for bringing it up
[18:28] Larah Oh: ...so you bring gorean panthers together...its a wonderful idea...will you make publications of other groups as well, like for example pirate or mercenary groups?
[18:27] Greta Horngold: I hadn't thought about that, thank you for bringing it up
[18:28] Greta Horngold: I will have to make sure when I give a scroll it is known it's for panther and taluna eyes only
[18:29] Greta Horngold: I should do that as well and may
[18:29] Greta Horngold: do one for mercs and outlaws
[18:29] Greta Horngold: maybe cities also
[18:29] Greta Horngold: pirates
[18:29] Larah Oh: ...how many tribes have you found until now, greta and did you encounter something unusual or funny that you would like for our readers to know?
[18:30] Greta Horngold: I think I have 31 on my list, I'm not sure...but I guess the funniest thing is just how much it surprises me is out there
[18:30] Greta Horngold: or how much is out there, how it surprises me
[18:31] Larah Oh: greta...how long are you on gor and what is your impression about the direction our gor moves into?
[18:32] Greta Horngold: I've been in SL for one year (new avi) in Gor for about nine months
[18:32] Greta Horngold: My impression?....thats a tough question
[18:32] Larah Oh: have you encountered any recent changes like for example since the introduction of the adult verification?
[18:33] Greta Horngold: I've seen a drop in people playing, but it seems to be steadily coming back
[18:33] Greta Horngold: On the Gorean meter website it says there are currently approx. 90,000 avis that haven't been used in 14 days or more, that bothers me
[18:34] Larah Oh: ...our gor is multi faceted...yet united in its thriving for good roleplay...you get around, greta...what part does pre- post or past combative roleplay take on our gor in comparison to roleplay that is not directly connected with combative action?
[18:35] Greta Horngold: Hmmm, I think rp is going to improve
[18:36] Larah Oh: so you believe that we have a general tendency that the quality of roleplay improves on our gor?
[18:36] Greta Horngold: the reason is this.....with everyone using radar, mini-maps, turning off alpha, etc. to facilitate combat....everyone is going to tire of combat and get more into interaction at the base role play level...talking
[18:37] Larah Oh: ...now you research Panther tribes...they are unique in that their members are only of one sex: How would you describe the main differences in social interaction in comparison to mixed groups, greta?
[18:38] Greta Horngold: wow...you have some big questions larah...lol
[18:38] Larah Oh: I think these are questions that not everyone has an answer ready to..but it concerns so many of us...thank you greta
[18:38] Greta Horngold: is this a real interview?
[18:39] Greta Horngold: much like the real world, interaction isn't really based on gender, but on people's attitudes toward one another, and the attitudes their charactrs project
[18:40] Greta Horngold: we have naughty and nice on both sides
[18:40] Larah Oh: ...let me ask you something very personal, greta...you are a young modern woman...why are you drawn to gor with its ...uhm...CONSERVATIVE role of women?
[18:43] Greta Horngold: ha!...it's just that reason....isn't everyone's dream to be Ghandi, Joan of Arc, Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, whoever, all rolled up in one....and then fight the forces that make everything terrible?
[18:44] Larah Oh: I am impressed by your opinions, Greta...and I thank you very much for this interview...smiles...
[18:44] Greta Horngold: thank you!...that was cool

(c) Cathli Sakai & Larah Oh
this interview was made 2009-10-30

MAMBAS!!!

life in the jungles of Gor is hard. Nature is unforgiving, and the law of eat or be eaten is omnipresent.

Now we have a new species of Predators on Lovers of Gor: Mambas. (see picture: a pregnant Taluna En and an Elder of the dangerous Mambas sneaking around each other in fierce warpose -> note their grim faces and narrowed eyes!)

Fierce they are and proud people…natives of the jungles where we are intruders…and Talunas and Mambas sneak around each other…highly awake…growling and hissing…the leopard does not jump on the snake…we keep our distance…yet they are there…on Mamba island…Tarl, our invincible hero defeated the mambas with ants, marchers…lured into their camp after capturing the Talunas…

can Mambas and Talunas coexist?...one assumption can safely be made though: BEWARE, wanderer of Gor! The dangers in the jungles are manifold!

Cathli&Larah

En of Sa Jerag in the Jungles of Gor