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True Transcripts From My Second Life Visit
Me: “So, part of this tour is for you to prove to me that Second Life isn’t completely a rancid pit of cyber.”
Her: “It is so totally a rancid pit of cyber.”
Me: “But there’s golf here. Thus it’s not totally a rancid pit of cyber.”
Her: “OK. It’s MOSTLY a rancid pit of cyber.”
(Right about now a half naked prostitute wanders by)
Her: “See?”
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Her: “You’re wearing a pyramid on your head.“
Him: “It’s a character from Silent Hill.”
Her: “No, it’s a pyramid that you have on your head.”
Me: “I’m pretty sure your sword is from Final Fantasy 7. I’m an expert in oversized Squaresoft weaponry.”
Him: “No, it’s from Silent Hill.”
Different Him: “It’s a tetrahedron, not a pyramid.”
Me: “I’d trust him. It sounds like he knows his polygons.”
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Me: “Why do you have a problem with my wearing a box on my head?”
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about 4 years ago
My one and only night in Second Life consisted of me logging in after reading some PC Gamer article on sex and video games, getting my free $100 SL money (or however much it was), and then going immediately to the Red Light districts and giving it to girls dancing on poles.
It was much like my First Life, sans the alcoholic beverages, the depression, the rage, the rejection, and then ejection onto the cold concrete of an Atlanta sidewalk in mid-November.
about 4 years ago
I think Second Life is out there just to prove that a porn based MMOG can work. Or maybe it just proves that when you let your players develop your game for you they tend to cater to the most base things. Like golf and polygon based habidasheries.
Btw, your link can’t be read without registering.
about 4 years ago
In SL you can build your own runway and taxi to victory! With bewbies.
about 4 years ago
That’s not fair … it’s not a “pit”!
about 4 years ago
There’s a lot of Second Life that looks appealing, but the “rancid pit of cyber” sounds pretty lame.
Well, okay, that’s not entirely true. I’d give a game called Rancid Pit of Cyber Online at least a second look. Just to reward the honesty.
about 4 years ago
oh please. Its completely a pit! But its a fun pit! With Cyber! And Golf! No other game does that so there ;p
about 4 years ago
So… how does one find the good parts of Second Life? One reason I haven’t given it a shot is that the site doesn’t give me much of an idea where to get started.
about 4 years ago
You open the Search functionality and find the “Shelter” or “New Citizens Inc”, then teleport there. Both are friendly places in SL where newbies are welcomed, where you can get freebies and where they can give you pointers on more places to visit.
As you meet people, ask them for nice places to visit or about shops / clubs / events that interest you and start exploring. since there is no goal in SL, a large part of the fun is in exploring once you have gotten a few pointers.
about 4 years ago
I played SL for a week, was duly impressed by all the amazing buildings, but they were mostly empty or full of people just talking to each other. There was no game there. As fun as that might be, I’m not in the architecture business, and the 3d modeling system made me sad. Maybe that’s just because I spend all day in Solid Edge. If I had found more game to enjoy, I would have been overjoyed that it was there at all. I’m glad that people are having meet and greets and showing off wacky virtual art but I can’t really call it a game. If I had a bunch of friends that played it (and I knew some Java or whatever it is you code in on SL) I might have gotten into it. But it didn’t grab me right off.
about 4 years ago
I’ll admit that it has its limitations. Its not exactly a game — I’d call it something between a game and a tool. And yes, without friends or the interest to search out interesting events (admitted not much unless you are into the sexxors or the gambling or the *ingo — but there is stuff). There is an fps sim now but its not a ‘kill things to get stuff to go up a level to go exploring so you can kill things and get stuff to go up a level….”
If what you are is the standard Bartle Acheiver or Killer, SL is SO not the game for you. But if what rocks your socks is exploring and/or socializing, then you’ll have fun in SL.