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Does anyone have a Second Life?
Bellboy:
--- Quote from: Disney Dreams on February 18, 2007, 12:17 PM ---Anyone patient enough to take me under their virtual wing and "un-confuse" me?
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I still can't fathom how much there is in there. I was lucky enough to get some help and good direction from someone I met my first time in. I would be more than happy to pass it on, and so on.
The best way to get oriented, get around, and get some really cool free stuff is to join the Lucky Chairs groups. Lucky chairs give away things to people who have a last name begining with a certain letter. The chairs pick a random letter every 15 minutes or when someone wins the prize. The lucky chairs group members spread out all over SL and monitor these chairs, and pass links to the chairs and the letters they are looking for. They are really cool people, and are a lot of fun to chase! When you see someone say " L @ SL_LINK" it means that they found a chair and it is looking for someone who's last name begins with L. If your letter comes up, click the link in the IM window, and then sit in the chair. Its that simple. You will get really cool stuff for free!
Earning munny is really easy too. Casinos and stores all over SL have various "camping chairs" that pay you for just sitting there. It sounds too good to be true, but it actually helps the land/shop owner to get bettter traffic ratings, hence be rated better in the Search engine. I seem to make the best money in the chairs that have bonuses if you play the slot machines in front of them. I let my avatar sit in a chair all night while I sleep and he usually pulls $200 a night. Get yourself a mule or two etc. Finding these chairs can be tough at times, but when you find one simply landmark it and go back to it. I have a ton I could share with you. Use the search for places tab, type camping, or join the camper chairs club.
Thats a good start. I will post more when I get time. Let me know how you all fair, and the tricks/fun you find.
bezoar:
--- Quote from: Disney Dreams on February 18, 2007, 12:17 PM ---Also, I am VERY confused about the money part. I have read / heard a lot and understand that people make real money from Second Life. This would be great! However, I don't really "get it."
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Although there is "game currency" (Lindens = L$), they actually have "real money" worth. The bottom line is that there is no way to get L$ except by doing something that has real "worth" to someone. I.e., there are no NPC's that you visit for credits and few games that you play to get L$.
The people who _really_ make a lot of money do it by somehow creating a product or a service that other people are actually willing to pay for. Examples are making really beautiful clothing, that others are actually willing to spend the equivalent of 50 cents or a dollar to acquire, in the virtuall world. Or creating a "gadget" that is useful or fun.
As a newbie, who likely doesn't know how to "create" things of worth to others yet, your contribution to others is by merely being a presence on their property, because that boosts their "traffic" rating, and makes their shop, or whatever, show up higher in the search ratings. That's why there are "camp chairs" and "lucky chairs" -- they pay you to just be there, because they will benefit from the higher traffic.
In the long run, camping and lucky chairs got rather dull (for me anyway), so I started looking for ways to create things, which I happen to find fun. But you can get plenty far with freebie items.
I'll try to find links to threads about making money. At least one excellent one is in the forums for SL, which you need to log in as your SL character in order to read.
bezoar:
This is by far the best single post I've seen about earning L$ in Second Life. Lots of common sense, good advice: http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=121897
tigressjewel:
How do you leave your avatar in a camp chair without being disconnected for inactivity? Also, what about if my computer goes into sleep mode? If I could find a decent camp spot I'd like to try leaving it all night just to see how much I could get.
Bellboy:
--- Quote from: tigressjewel on February 18, 2007, 06:40 PM ---How do you leave your avatar in a camp chair without being disconnected for inactivity? Also, what about if my computer goes into sleep mode? If I could find a decent camp spot I'd like to try leaving it all night just to see how much I could get.
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This tip should be posted on billboards all over SL.
Once in SL, press "CTRL+ALT+D" to enable your "CLIENT MENUS" http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase/article.php?id=339
This feature gives you two more menus on the top bar.
In the Client menu, select Character > Character Tests > Enable AFK
Toggling this option is all you need to do. And you will never have to do it again.
Dont listen to the people who say you need a script to keep you active.
NOTE that is not CTRL+ALT+DEL, its "CTRL+ALT+D".
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