Second Life

I'm saying this as a warning to all those who want to try it out.  There is no real RP here.   Second Life is a community of players all interacting in a giant chat room with customizable avatars.  Literally.   If you are over 18 (dont take this the wrong way but there is too much content rated R) and looking for an alternative to myspace or online dating then give this a shot.   Everyone from Goths to Furries are excepted in Second Life.   If you can't accept the diversity then please don't go there to verbally attack the community.  

Tips for enjoying Secondlife

1. Be yourself, not the person sitting at the keys, but the person deep within your inner being.  Its possible to be anything in Second Life, be proud of who or what you are.

2. Be tolerant. 

3.  Be social, friends are easily made by going to dance parties, casino's ect. 

4. Under any circumstance dont beg for money.   Money in SL is just like Money here in RL.   I know thats hard to grasp but after you've been broke for months then you will understand it.

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Originally posted by lainey
i played it for awhile..not really understanding the game?

1. how do you earn money, BESIDES those chairs that is REALLY small cash?

2. i walked around a lot...and found a lot of places...EMPTY O_O

3. a lot of adult sections, though i am 18+, i found it, annoying with the sexual graphics and what not.

4. what's the purpose? is it just chatting?

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1) Besides camping chairs,there are 'money trees' which usually offer a bit more money than the chairs,but are usually watched over like the chairs.

You can also get a 'job',but most jobs within SL seem to revolve around the sex market as far as I'm concerned. There's possibly some jobs in building/scripting/other. Maybe even the land market.

You could also sell the things you make. You'll need to be good at building/scripting,but it's free to learn just takes a lot of time and practice.

You could also use real money to get Linden money.

2) It's a big world but things will have changed (some places lose popularity...); there's a fair amount of 'junk' out there but most likely most empty places aren't used too often,but they will be used by somebody.

3) Something you just have to put up with. SL is often criticised as a game for 'sexual avatar relations' (and that's being polite; even people like the Guardian's weekend 'The Guide' have talked about SL in this way in the Duran Duran in SL article),but that's the price of freedom of expression; someone is going to want to get all XXX up ons. As it happens,the most popular places (on basis of traffic) in SL revolve around:

-Sex clubs/nightclubs.

-Casinos.

-Weapon shops.

That says plenty. There are plenty of non-XXX areas though; you'd have to go looking for them if you really want to get involved.

4) The purpose is whatever you want it to be. If you want to use SL as nothing more but a chat room with 3d avatars,go ahead. If you want to build fantastic things of wonder,go ahead but be prepared to put the time in. Second Life has no singular goal,just many goals that each individual sets out to do.

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Originally posted by lainey
1. how do you earn money, BESIDES those chairs that is REALLY small cash?

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Second Life is more like a big 3D chat world full of crap and banners. I tried it and was pretty dissapointed. Loading is very slow even if I have a very fast computer and a high speed extreme internet.

I think people are nice in this "game" and it has ALOT of potential but I find Second Life really confusing... I didn't know where to go and what to do.

I don't know, nice game I guess but no for me... for now.