New Second Life Fad I Guess

[OksanaSedia 4]

I guess okay so i know nothing

Edited August 29, 2017 by OksanaSedia
because i wish to

[Pixieplumb Flanagan 360]

Height has nothing to do with an avatar's intended age, even though there are places that use height as a metric to determine intended age.  

If an avatar has an adult profile, ie: one that does not describe them as children or preteens then we assume that they are presenting as adults and may go wherever they please.

Some mesh heads may have a very youthful appearance, but this in and of itself is no indicator that the resident is playing as a child.  

Child avatars can be in some mature/non PG sims so long as they are not in immediate proximity to overtly sexual equipment or activities, and are not themselves engaged in such activities.

[Talligurl 28,191]

Avatars are getting smaller, but that is a good thing I think, because they used to be giants on average. When i started just two years ago I set my height to match my RL height of 5'5", and I never saw anyone shorter than me, now I find them all the time, they are not midgets or children, just normal short adults.

 

[Rhonda Huntress 19,463]

33 minutes ago, OksanaSedia said:

please someone explain this to me.

You are too tall.

[Cindy Evanier 8,634]

My avi has been 5 ft 11 since the day I started.  Back then I was teased for being tiny and short a child etc.  Now I tower above a lot of my friends.  I would much rather see realistic sizes matching rl than the giant 7 footers

[Syo Emerald 3,467]

If you rant about the ToS, you should first know its content. First of all, there is no guideline of how "mature" an avatar has to look. Secondly, even if someone was intending to be a child or a teenager avatar, just being on an adult sim is not breaking the ToS. The ToS only forbids any form of participation in sexual activites for underage looking avatars.

And personally I have to say, your impression that there are so many underage avatars has probably more to do with your own view of whats "mature", than with those avatars intending to be seen as minors. Just because an avatar isn't ridicoulusly tall or sports some huge behind and breasts as big as watermelon (or looks like Hulk), doesn't mean its a child avatar you are looking at. I know, if the majority of avatars goes for this "larger than life" approach, avatars that go against that stick out.

 

 

[Zsigmond Alcott 445]

5 minutes ago, Syo Emerald said:

If you rant about the ToS, you should first know its content. First of all, there is no guideline of how "mature" an avatar has to look. Secondly, even if someone was intending to be a child or a teenager avatar, just being on an adult sim is not breaking the ToS. The ToS only forbids any form of participation in sexual activites for underage looking avatars.

And personally I have to say, your impression that there are so many underage avatars has probably more to do with your own view of whats "mature", than with those avatars intending to be seen as minors. Just because an avatar isn't ridicoulusly tall or sports some huge behind and breasts as big as watermelon (or looks like Hulk), doesn't mean its a child avatar you are looking at. I know, if the majority of avatars goes for this "larger than life" approach, avatars that go against that stick out.

 

 

Well said and EXACTLY correct! 

[Rhonda Huntress 19,463]

How old do you think new mesh faces are?

This is my alt.  I tried to make her be a young cat girl.  I was shooting for early 20's

 

Microsoft said she is 26.

https://how-old.net/#results

 

[OksanaSedia 4]

it was a serious question and a serious thought. and im not a noob sorry

Edited August 29, 2017 by OksanaSedia
because i wish to

[JoeDex 64]

@LittleMe Jewell  I must have misread that she is NEWBIE to the Forums. 

[LittleMe Jewell 22,992]

Just now, OksanaSedia said:

it was a serious question and a serious thought.

The answers are basically correct though.  Avatar height has nothing to do with the age the avatar is supposed to be.  Back in the day, avatars were extremely tall and many shapes out there still are this way.  However, a lot of avatars have been bringing their height down to be more realistic.  If I'm with some of the older avs that have not changed their shape, they are giants towering over me, yet I am in no way a child avatar.

Additionally, while some of us might thing a given mesh face looks young, that is often just our percention and doesn't mean 'child avatar'.  Rhonda gave a good example of a youngish looking face - but google says it is a mid-20s face. 

[OksanaSedia 4]

no  maybe you get me wrong its simple many of these new avi heads and shapes etc are looking very young I was just questioning how far does it go before it becomes a tos violation. even these anime avis look like it to me, but who am I to know. And I'm not new to any virtual world by any means. Maybe this avi says 2 years,  but I have been around from the old mirc chats to irc and then other places even the swtor (star wars the old republic)virtual games..  I have seen a flux in a wave of avis who has shrunk down .. and i asked a genuine question last year it was tall overly sized butts and boobs  and super skinny waists.. get the point?

[LittleMe Jewell 22,992]

Just now, OksanaSedia said:

 I was just questioning how far does it go before it becomes a tos violation

How far is too far is often not easily defined in SL. 

[OksanaSedia 4]

this is why i ask such questions...

[BilliJo Aldrin 1,407]

3 hours ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

How old do you think new mesh faces are?

This is my alt.  I tried to make her be a young cat girl.  I was shooting for early 20's

 

Microsoft said she is 26.

https://how-old.net/#results

 

 

[Madelaine McMasters 20,565]

I'm not sure what to make of this.

[Clover Jinx 12,350]

40 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said:

I'm not sure what to make of this.

Snugs will have a field day I'm sure!

[Clover Jinx 12,350]

Same pre-bento head in all four pics.

[Ivanova Shostakovich 3,832]

5 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said:

Snugs will have a field day I'm sure!

   It's probably for the best. She looks grouchy enough as it is.

[Clover Jinx 12,350]

Now I'm not sure what to think.

Again different skin on same pre-bento head.

 

Edited August 30, 2017 by Clover Jinx

[Rhonda Huntress 19,463]

8 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said:

Now I'm not sure what to think.

 

The ears are throwing it off.  This is correct in cat years.

[Parhelion Palou 1,576]

This thing grossly underestimated the age -- 64 year olds don't look like this any more.

[Parhelion Palou 1,576]

I'll quit playing with this ...

Two misses and finally a hit.

Edited August 30, 2017 by Parhelion Palou
Had to fill in the square

[LittleMe Jewell 22,992]

Using a variety of pics from the past couple of months, I ended up with ages from 23 to 31.  This one was really comical because the two shots were taken only moments apart, with one simply being a close-up.

  

[Ivanova Shostakovich 3,832]

   I've been curious about age lines tattoos. I only found a few and bought one of them. I tried it out with this how-old thing. I guess the effects are too subtle.