How long have you been here?

[Maik971]

Started in August 2009, mainly curious about the business opportunities inworld.
Spent most of the first months just compulsively learning and building... Modern (business style) and modular buildings, a flying vehicle, had a shop as reseller, got stolen ~50k L$ from Linden Lab (money deposited on an external web marketplace and taken by them "for security reasons"), found a gf (well she found me) and after 3 months moved to her country for 6 months...

Never been much into social interaction, but when i get invoved i give my best, is my way...

Later had some really interesting relationships... I could get a literature award for those chats, really... And I remember some lines that I will never forget... like: "you are the man of my life" from one girl... or "you are the best, f*** the hell out of me" from another... (roflmao)

I still think to some of them... because even if just chat the connection and involvment was so intense...

Anyway what I really miss and mourn the loss are some great places that gone lost forever... (again... shame on LL to care zero for the artwork created inworld)  ... like the famous Midsomer Meadows, FlyinTails Airfield sandbox+folks or this:

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Templum ex Obscurum

...impermanence...

Edited August 13, 2017 by Maik971

[Tari Landar]

4 hours ago, Tex Monday said:

I thought I remembered, back in the day, that they had experienced people on orientation island to help show newbies around. Either that or it sent them into a life of prostitution

Only folks there in 2008 were other noobs, lol. 

They might have put some there later on, I don't know, but there wasn't a single soul there to help anyone in 2008 when I made this av.  I always thought there should be though. Those signs were not remotely helpful. I know they've changed the orientation or "starting" area(s) a few times, at least, since then though.

[Talligurl]

I am a relative newbie, I started this, my first account, two years ago last month.

[Zafirah Tigerfish]

On 8/6/2017 at 1:54 AM, Tari Landar said:

Consider it idle curiosity on my part, I'm weird, I like reading these things 

So, how long have you been in sl? Or, if you'd prefer, when did you first visit/join sl? 

 

My first visit was in 2004, it was boring, confusing, and I knew no one. I left, not long after I joined, maybe a few months (no longer have that av, it got deleted by LL years ago). I came back in 2006, stayed a while longer, but still knew no one, still found it to be odd (I was one, back then, who compared it to other places..games if you will..and had way more fun in those places, yes I was a TSO junkie  ) I came and left on and off throughout 2006, but by 2007 realized other places were still more fun and spent the majority of my free time, in those places.  I deleted that av myself when I left, saw no reason to keep it around, honestly didn't think I'd be returning.

Came back for good in 2008, and have been here ever since. It was much more fun by then, way less confusing, and I actually knew people here, that helped tremendously.  

 

hey, me too, how does one get to know on SL when did we first make the account? Pls share the link if there is any?

[Arielle Popstar]

If you remember the name of the account, simply search it in the Add Friend search box of the viewer. The profile will tell you.

[Quistess Alpha]

5 hours ago, Zafirah Tigerfish said:

hey, me too, how does one get to know on SL when did we first make the account? Pls share the link if there is any?

https://my.secondlife.com/zafirah.tigerfish

your SL birthday is September 05, 2009 as can be seen on the about tab of your web profile.

[cunomar]

4 years and 6 months , it says so in my profile .

Bored and watching random porn one night the next vid was virtual and the first of its kind i'd ever watched , i thought this is something different . Made in second life was noted in the description .

[Leahndra]

I created an avie somewhere at the end of 2006 i believe but my computer was so crappy that i could not even move. Besides that, i logged into some place which was just sand and a palm tree. There was no one except ONE person, but he spoke english and i was not able to response because i didn't know how  I logged and didn't logged back in till a few months later (2007) with a new avie. My husband had updated my computer so that i actually could move ❤️, landed at a place which was all rocks (i think) and didn't know what to do ... till i accidently (i don't know till today how i did it) at a rock club ... i was hooked instantly and stayed for a complete year, learning my way around all the obstacles and learning english. The people then and there have been so friendly and patient. 

After my first year, i created a new account, mainly because i had chosen such a silly name for myself. I felt i had to grow/leve up.

From there on, and with the ability to express myself rather well in english, i stayed for years, mainly in RP sims and without RP i wouldn't have stayed that long because just clubbing or buying clothes was and is not really fullfilling for me. 

I made a few accounts more during all the years

When i joined in 2007, i was in the middle of a big depression (was just diagnosed to be bi-polar after a huge manic phase and had to give up my job because of this. I could not walk alone without being taken by the hand, cross the street, drive a car ... a mental problem) and was most time alone at home. SL was a relief for me and has helped me (i am sure about this) greatly during this time. I could socialise, i had some purpose .. something to do and it made me smile again. 

[Zafirah Tigerfish]

20 hours ago, Quistess Alpha said:

https://my.secondlife.com/zafirah.tigerfish

your SL birthday is September 05, 2009 as can be seen on the about tab of your web profile.

Hey,
Thnx a ton! Found it, I thought I had logged in much earlier in 2004-5... Anyway, it was the days when could just roam around SL landscape, hire helps and just hang around, not much to do.  Good to meet you! 

[bigmoe Whitfield]

yep, could of started a new topic.

[Chris Corvinus]

13 minutes ago, bigmoe Whitfield said:

yep, could of started a new topic.

Kinda depressing 2017 was 4 years ago...

[Maitimo]

So many names in this thread, of people who are no longer active. I miss them.😢

[Solar Legion]

57 minutes ago, bigmoe Whitfield said:

yep, could of started a new topic.

Nope, no need to duplicate the thread.

[bigmoe Whitfield]

23 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:

Nope, no need to duplicate the thread.

I guess this is why,  it's lucky I do not run the forum like I do the car forum,  it would of been locked and that would of been it, no more discussion would of been had in it and the post would of been removed from it.   there is never any reason at all to bump any topic that is more than 6 months to a year old.  never.   leave dead topics dead.  simple concept.

[Solar Legion]

9 minutes ago, bigmoe Whitfield said:

I guess this is why,  it's lucky I do not run the forum like I do the car forum,  it would of been locked and that would of been it, no more discussion would of been had in it and the post would of been removed from it.   there is never any reason at all to bump any topic that is more than 6 months to a year old.  never.   leave dead topics dead.  simple concept.

Yeah, no.

There are topics here which are quite old (picture threads, a music thread and such) which would otherwise have been locked under such criteria.

Even if you mean to say that they are locked after such a period of inactivity ... No.

This is not your car related forum, your reasoning for how you moderate means nothing here outside of saying "this is how I do it". You may not have an issue with duplicating topics - that does not mean others will share that issue.

Much simpler concept: Not your forum, doesn't have to follow your rules.

Edited January 16, 2022 by Solar Legion

[LilNosferatu]

Made my account a little over a year ago, near the end-ish of 2020 I think? I was in elementary thru middle school when Second Life first came out and was actually being advertised and talked about, but it sounded incredibly boring and I used other sites for socializing that also had games, like Neopets and Gaia Online. Fast forward to 2020 when I was stuck in pandemic lockdown and getting a little burned out on the online game I'd been playing. Came across a video mentioning Second Life on YouTube and was like "holyyyy, is that even still around?!" and after consulting Google, I saw that yes it was. 🤣 

So I joined out of morbid curiosity and stayed because I like texturing & selling things (I was already doing that with another program for fun) and I make just enough change to fund my occasional shopping trips! 😄 I still struggle to find fun social things to do since lewd/sexual activity is so prevalent, so I'm mainly on my own either wandering around to explore what feels like a forgotten world sometimes, or just chilling by myself in my apartment to color on things.

1 hour ago, Solar Legion said:

Nope, no need to duplicate the thread.

I agree. As silly as it might seem to suddenly bump a 4 year old thread, as long as the post is on-topic it should be considered a legitimate revival, and it lets more people chime in with their own answers and start new conversations without having to make a new thread! 🙂

[Rowan Amore]

12 minutes ago, LilNosferatu said:

morbid curiosity

That made me laugh.  It's sort of how I ended up here, too.

[Akane Nacht]

10 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

That made me laugh.  It's sort of how I ended up here, too.

same. nearly 14 years later I'm still finding things to be morbidly curious about in SL. 

[Maitimo]

I came because a RL friend dragged me here in 2006. Aside from a change of account in 2008, and a three year gap from mid-2014 to mid-2017 when I got sucked into World of Warcraft, I've been here ever since. My friend who brought me here is still here too.

[Isaac Ashton]

Created my account in late January 2007 among others because I wanted to see what the hype about SL was about. Back then my computer was pretty bad to handle SL so I quickly got bored and left for about 4 years before giving it another try with the same account and a new computer. Been here ever since even though I get bored sometimes and have phases during which I log on less.

[Fluffy Sharkfin]

It's been just over 17 years since I first logged into Second Life.

I was considering trying World of Warcraft but balked at the idea of paying a monthly subscription.  While browsing the web reading various articles on WoW I came across a site called The Second Life Herald (better known as The Alphaville Herald) and started reading through some of the articles detailing events such as the War in Jessie and the exploits of characters like Grimmy Moonflower and One Song.  It all sounded like some hallucigen fuelled fever dream but my curiosity was peaked and, having a background in both coding and 3D graphics, the idea of a shared virtual world where you could create 3D objects and script them seemed like the perfect playground (it also helped that, unlike WoW, SL had a weeks free trial going on at the time, and only a one-time fee of $10 for permanent membership).

Before signing up I spent a few days perusing the forums, downloaded the avatar UV templates as well as the LSL reference manual (which at the time was available in PDF format) and set to work learning the basics of scripting by dissecting scripts I found posted in the forums and attempting to adapt them with the help of the reference manual.

I eventually signed up on the 28th of December but didn't actually log in until the 31st, having spent a few days playing with the UV templates in order to create an SL version of my favourite RL shirt.  I logged in to the Welcome Island, hurriedly ran through the tutorials, said a curt "Hello!" to the resident parrot, uploaded the textures for my new shirt then teleported to Ahern and wandered around until I found the Morris sandbox and proceeded to start trying out some of the scripts I'd adapted.  It was soon after that I learned a new word, "Alt", since the majority of people I spoke to understandably assumed that's what I was. 😅

I met some fascinating people on my first day, went for a ride with some folks on a giant flying pencil, discovered the immense resource of Yadnis Junkyard and rounded my day off by stumbling across an interesting fellow by the name of Lordfly Digeridoo who was sat on top of a tower in Grignano deep in discussion with some friends on a topic that I no longer recall but at the time seemed very deep and intellectual, and somehow out of place given all the weird chaos that I'd encountered throughout the day.  The sum of my experiences on that day made me realise that beyond SL being a fun sandbox to play in, it was in fact a virtual world that to some was an extension of their real lives.

I didn't realize at first how hooked I was, until a week later when my weeks free trial expired and I tried to log in and realized I could no longer access SL.  Suffice to say I paid the $10 signup fee eagerly and have been around, in some form or other, ever since.

[Lewis Luminos]

My original first account, which I still have, will be 16 years old this year.  I originally joined because of something I read on the BBC website about it, specifically that musicians such as U2 and Duran Duran were doing gigs in-world. Being a fan of both bands, I signed up for that reason, but missed them both.  After a month or two I got bored and forgot about it, then found it again in 2008 and because I couldn't remember my sign-in info for my original account, I created this one and since then I've been here solidly without any significant break. I even recovered that original account by means of a support ticket (which is handy cos he is old enough to get a premium stipend of L$500 a week instead of 300).