Second Life

Wiggles · 24th July 2007, 01:54 PM

I asked because, they seem to try to suck you in with delusions of grandeur.

One bad thing I heard is that, when you join, people will greet you and try to entice you to the bad parts of town, lol. Kind of like a popup ad, only in people form.

Seems like that would drive customers for your business away.

lisa · 24th July 2007, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Wiggles

One bad thing I heard is that, when you join, people will greet you and try to entice you to the bad parts of town, lol. Kind of like a popup ad, only in people form.

Uuugh. For sure. There are people who stalk the welcome areas looking for noobs who don't know any better. The Lindens and guides discourage it, but there's not a lot they can do. Like any big city, tourists and new people are always targets for crime.

The people stalking the welcome areas will also try to entice new players with promises of good camping. There are safe enough places to camp, but a lot of them are scams. Camping is a strange SL phenomena. Basically, you know how Google ranks sites based on their popularity? SL does the same thing, so people figured out that if they paid people a few pennies an hour to sit on their property, it would artificially increase their seach ranking. They've done things since to discourage the practice, but when camping was at it's worst, I actually walked into a casino where one whole wing was walls of oblong body pods filled with hundreds of people lying inside them camping. Most of the people were AFK, so they weren't even talking, they were just renting their body to the casino. It was like something out of The Matrix, very creepy.

Still, if you can make it past the welcome area, there's a whole lot of neat stuff out there.

I can post some landmarks (bookmarks) if you like.

Wiggles · 25th July 2007, 12:31 AM

That would be good

I have zero creativity. Maybe I can be inspired

lisa · 25th July 2007, 05:01 AM

I'd love to share! Here's a few of my favorites--which I now sheepishly notice are all sci-fi places

--but I have plenty of other bookmarks if you are interested in something in particular.

[I'm breaking this into multiple posts so I can put pictures, which are always much better than words.

]

lisa · 25th July 2007, 05:02 AM

Devils Moon (193, 156, 250)
This is one of my favorite sims. I've seen everything a bit of everything here, my favorite being souped-up import cars have an "illegal" street race. In a back alley, you can talk to A.L.I.C.E., an artificially intelligent "chatterbot" who answers your questions--very reminiscent of Ask Dr. Know from the movie AI. Outside one of the shops is a stack of cardboard boxes. If you sit on one of them, you'll be teleported below the city where you can find a mysterious gypsy village and other wonders.

lisa · 25th July 2007, 05:03 AM

Svarga (10, 122, 22)
Svarga is an A-life sim full of interacting plants and animals. You can feed the birds, hunt for owls and watch the bees buzz around pollinating flowers. While you're there, you can also visit the ambipod, a dream-like sound experience, or add your own sounds to the group music experience at the whisper box.

lisa · 25th July 2007, 05:04 AM

Gibson (192, 232, 106)
The city is nice enough, but the real fun is underneath the city in an endless maze of sewer tunnels, where the only thing more twisted and confusing is the conspiracy within. A maze of notes and journal entries unravels the tale of those who dwell there.

24th July 2007, 01:54 PM	#1
Wiggles Member Expert member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 73	Re: Second Life I asked because, they seem to try to suck you in with delusions of grandeur. One bad thing I heard is that, when you join, people will greet you and try to entice you to the bad parts of town, lol. Kind of like a popup ad, only in people form. Seems like that would drive customers for your business away.

25th July 2007, 12:31 AM	#3
Wiggles Member Expert member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 73	Re: Second Life That would be good I have zero creativity. Maybe I can be inspired

25th July 2007, 05:01 AM	#4
lisa Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 917	Re: Second Life I'd love to share! Here's a few of my favorites--which I now sheepishly notice are all sci-fi places --but I have plenty of other bookmarks if you are interested in something in particular. [I'm breaking this into multiple posts so I can put pictures, which are always much better than words. ]

25th July 2007, 05:02 AM	#5
lisa Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 917	Devil's Moon Devils Moon (193, 156, 250) This is one of my favorite sims. I've seen everything a bit of everything here, my favorite being souped-up import cars have an "illegal" street race. In a back alley, you can talk to A.L.I.C.E., an artificially intelligent "chatterbot" who answers your questions--very reminiscent of Ask Dr. Know from the movie AI. Outside one of the shops is a stack of cardboard boxes. If you sit on one of them, you'll be teleported below the city where you can find a mysterious gypsy village and other wonders. Last edited by lisa; 25th July 2007 at 05:10 AM.

25th July 2007, 05:03 AM	#6
lisa Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 917	Svarga Svarga (10, 122, 22) Svarga is an A-life sim full of interacting plants and animals. You can feed the birds, hunt for owls and watch the bees buzz around pollinating flowers. While you're there, you can also visit the ambipod, a dream-like sound experience, or add your own sounds to the group music experience at the whisper box.

25th July 2007, 05:04 AM	#7
lisa Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 917	Nexus Prime Gibson (192, 232, 106) The city is nice enough, but the real fun is underneath the city in an endless maze of sewer tunnels, where the only thing more twisted and confusing is the conspiracy within. A maze of notes and journal entries unravels the tale of those who dwell there.