Hello everyone
I recently installed Second Life. A friend told be about this virtual life, where you can be anything that you want to be, go anywhere that you want to go, and do anything that you want to do. He said that its addicting. I didn't believe him. Now I'm a Rock Star in my Second Life, and spend many hours of my Real Life, performing for my fans in this virtual world. It's really quite amazing!
It has become almost and obsession. I have met so many people from all over the world. Real People who I can chat with. Good people. People who wish to just get away from Real Life sometimes, and get lost in another place where the only limits are ones imagination.
Can't you also make money (Linden) in that game and for every 60 Linden you get 1 USD?
I could never get into Second Life enough, due to time and just trying to figure out how the program works.
Although I haven't actually used it myself, from what I've heard it would much fairer to call it a simulation rather than a game - either way, there are plenty of limitations other than your imagination. Unless your avatar CAN whisk up a few dragons and start diving bombing the cars of random passersby, I'm not particularly interested. 
I'm not a big fan of Second Life. In fact, I'd go as far as saying I hate it. Loathe might not be too strong a word to describe the spasming foaming fits of ... ALKJ:KLJKLJ this "game" puts me into.
Actually, I really don't care about it one way or another. My sister was into it for a while, I looked at it but it didn't interest me.
Can anyone explain me how does the linden and the money stuff work in second life? You have to spend real money, right? Is it expensive? Is it safe, when you exchenge your money for linden?
I've never gotten into Second Life. I don't understand why you wouldn't just go out and live life like that in real life.
haven't tried that game, and ill look up to the mechanics of the game and see if its really good 
although you could enjoy life more than virtual I think it really depends on your and the other players' net connection speed and ping. Slow speeds make this game hell to play, even on tricked-out rigs.
I don't think Second Life is a game, since there's nothing really to do in it, it's just a sandbox mode open world without any aim.
And like someone above put it, why would anyone want to waste their real life in this pointless thing anyway!
I tried it once, a few friends dragged me into it, but I found it so boring and pointless I left pretty soon.
I downloaded it, opened it up, looked around for about 15 minutes, thought "This is far too complex and not something I want to waste my time with.". Promptly uninstalled it and I've never thought of going back.
I spend more time than I want to on the computer as it is, the last thing I need to do to myself is create a virtual life online. Especially since I want to be a professional musician in REAL life 
| David_Pardy wrote: |
I downloaded it, opened it up, looked around for about 15 minutes, thought "This is far too complex and not something I want to waste my time with.". Promptly uninstalled it and I've never thought of going back.
I spend more time than I want to on the computer as it is, the last thing I need to do to myself is create a virtual life online. Especially since I want to be a professional musician in REAL life |
You could become a musician in second life,and get paid for it,only in Lindens though.Second Life (SL) is a virtual world developed by Linden Lab that launched on June 23, 2003 and is accessible via the Internet. A free client program called the Second Life Viewer[1] enables its users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars. Residents can explore, meet other residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, and create and trade virtual property and services with one another, or travel throughout the world, which residents refer to as the grid. Second Life is for people aged 18 and over, while Teen Second Life is for people aged 13 to 17.
Built into the software is a three dimensional modeling tool based around simple geometric shapes that allows a resident to build virtual objects. This can be used in combination with the Linden Scripting Language which can be used to add functionality to objects. More complex three dimensional Sculpted prims (colloquially known as sculpties), textures for clothing or other objects, and animations and gestures can be created using external software. The Second Life Terms of Service ensure that users retain copyright for any content they create, and the server and client provide simple digital rights management functions.
Reference: Wikipedia
So it really isn't a game but more of a virtual reality because there is no aim to this 'game'. | Nameless wrote: |
| Although I haven't actually used it myself, from what I've heard it would much fairer to call it a simulation rather than a game - either way, there are plenty of limitations other than your imagination. Unless your avatar CAN whisk up a few dragons and start diving bombing the cars of random passersby, I'm not particularly interested. |
actually, you can.
you can do anything.
i don't like it
everytime i go anywhere, some hacker shoots my guy into space.I think I'll have this a go, just to see if it's my kind of game.. To me , it looks like The Sims . lol
I've tried it and I really didn't feel like getting involved. I didn't want to spend time building things and I couldn't figure out what to do. I kept running into things that would just open some spam take a survey for Second Life money web page and I got sick of it. No point.
I might try it someday. But you must pay attention that it doesn't get an addiction. You could get so sucked in it, sounds a bit like World Of Warcraft. | joostvane wrote: |
| I might try it someday. But you must pay attention that it doesn't get an addiction. You could get so sucked in it, sounds a bit like World Of Warcraft. |
World of Warcraft would be more fun. Funny thing is that I never had an interest in WoW either.I don't consider Second Life a game. I consider it a life for people who don't have a real life.
Instead of playing another game you could play Second Life. First time I saw it I said it`s a bullsh*t but I tried again after a month and I really liked it. You can work, you can make friends from anywhere in the world, you can have fun, but only if you don't pass a limit.. a limit of time spent in the game.. a limit of reality. Instead just playing WoW or any other game which is a fiction you could just do whatever you do in real life, or just trying to be a better you. Example: there are many shy people who doesn't find someone to love for being too shy. They could just try to experiment how to talk to someone, what does a person needs to hear to accept a invitation to go out etc. In second life I`ve met many people that are taking this role serious. They accepted it as a second life. I don't say they`re obsessed, they`re just expressing their feelings as they would do in the real life.
There are many good reasons for playing this game only if you know how to take advantage of them.
I think 2nd life is a game only because 2nd life dot com the company advertises it as such. In many games people may take things seriously both in roles and what they actually do in it, in reality.
As for the money aspect, I am not sure what it is like now but around 2007 the overall game industry was reported to produce 12 billion - not sure if that figure is exaggerated but someone must be making money.
Personal preference will determine in any game the likes, dont likes and what they want out of a game. So therefore I think it will vary from person to person how serious their involvement is and obviously have different reasons for being interested.
Life could be called a big game.
2nd life only a game and with my first life too messed up, i would rahter spend time managing it than worry about getting a good second life..
I play Secondlife for about 2 hours everyday, it great for a social and talk to people however it a very unstable game. I have notice that can have the same issue happen, but take alot longer the 2nd or 3rd time to fix it..... they don't know their down system/game evidently...
