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Does anyone have a Second Life?
bezoar:
--- Quote from: Purpleduck on February 19, 2007, 03:13 PM ---So, how about my first issue? Can any of you SLers tell me what is there to do if you don't script or design, other than looking around?[/color]
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Please pardon, while I respond in the utmost in cynicism -- I mean the following (mostly) tongue-in-cheek. Remember that like everyone else here, I once spent every free moment I could, hanging out in VMK, to be with friends.
What do you do on VMK?
Chat. With a dictionary that makes a mockery of the word.
Socialize. With a white glove hanging over your head, if you were to reveal anything of substance about yourself.
Buy clothes and items. That look like bad cartoons, and that everyone else has identical copies of.
Collect rare items. That are given only to those obstinate enough to make it through an enormously enjoyable queue process.
Go to events. That you have no control over and frequently can not enter in the first place.
Admire the rooms. All several dozen of them. In a flat 2-dimensional world. That you can't interact with.
Experience the Disney magic. In a system that cares little for fairness, or the feelings of the people who play.
Contribute, in the end, almost nothing to how the world takes shape, and how others interact with it.
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Why was I trying to get any of you to join? Well, what was missing most of all for me from SL over the first two months there was any sense of community that I was connected to. Like jumping into a huge intimidating city in the real world where you had no friends, SL can be a vastly lonely place to be. With time, I'm starting to meet a few people, to say hi to and chat with. In my own small way, I'm also making a mark in the world, having created something that some people have told me is really great. Of course, it'd be even more fun if more of YOU folks were there, but I understand that the majority of people wont' "get SL", just like the majority of people don't "get" VMK.
Duck, haven't you ever tried to explain what's special about VMK to people who don't understand?
hrhkit:
--- Quote from: bezoar on February 19, 2007, 01:52 PM ---
And what, pray tell, is keeping you back from SL? ;)
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Well, mainly the fact that I get quite addicted to online stuff, lol. And the problem is that I don't have enough time for the online addictions I already have! I admit though, I'm really close to jumping in!
p.s. Yes that was the name of the SL millionaire. :)
Purpleduck:
Yes Be, I have told others of VMK.
I guess as I just explained to Kit, that despite all the troubles that VMK has.. for me it is a "Disney fix", albeit virtual. I haven't been able to go to the parks for 10 years now. I need that "fix". It also doesn't grow old, as when I make new friends, it appears "fresh" again. Seeing it through their eyes.
Yes, I understand your seeking established friends, and I appreciate your considering me one of them. Please know it is that friendship that allowed me to poke fun at you trying to get us to join! :notme:
It's not so much that I don't get SL.. if anything I feel quite the opposite. That is why I was seeking knowledge of what someone that "cannot contribute to it in the script/design areas" did other than looking around. :lost: I am hoping to find that there are things that I could "do on my own" so that I would not be dependent upon others "all the time" I was on SL. (If that makes any sense?)
bezoar:
--- Quote from: Purpleduck on February 19, 2007, 06:51 PM ---I guess as I just explained to Kit, that despite all the troubles that VMK has.. for me it is a "Disney fix", albeit virtual. I haven't been able to go to the parks for 10 years now. I need that "fix". It also doesn't grow old, as when I make new friends, it appears "fresh" again. Seeing it through their eyes.
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Oh, I totally understand now -- and sorry if I came across as defensive -- I'm sure I was.
So true, about VMK being a great Disney fix. You've probably heard me lament repeatedly, if ONLY Disney could generate an online presence at SL, which they can't because the public backlash would be terrible. That would be perfect -- we could get our Disney Fix, and still have a less restrictive, more creative environment. But, if you are looking for the Disney fix, you're unlikely to get anything of the sort at SL, unless you (we) create it ourselves. :(
On the other hand, I do seem to recall that you keep LATE hours. One nice thing is that SL is 24 hours a day, so perhaps it could be a place to chat with VMK friends after hours? I've run across one or both of them at ~5 to 6am EST now, which was very nice. And, as Jewel and Fan have found, freebies abound in SL. I think Fan mentioned having accumulated 13,000 items already. I thought I was bad at ~11,000.
Plus, I'd do my best to find you a nice duck avatar, that I could tint purple.
hrhkit:
OK, Be...
I am registering as we speak after getting supremely frustrated at trying to log on tonight...
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