Drakonadrgora Darkfold Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 8/31/2020 at 8:17 PM, RowanMinx said: I'll be the first to admit I keep an extremely small circle of friends who view SL in much the way I do. I'm me. The person you would meet inworld is the same person you would meet on the street. (minus the 4 inch heels and perfect hair). My question is....do you feel your persona in SL is you or do you think of your avatar as a completely different entity. I've only done a small.amount of RP but the personality of my character was basically me. I'm interested to know how one can totally separate the two. For example, people who play as something other than a basic human. Is it possible to immerse yourself to the extent that your entire personality is different? I'm me there is no difference between the me in world and the me in rl. other then what I look like. I am not a different persona im not role playing or fantasizing. I dont do the immersion thing, sl is nothing more than a pixelated chat interface to me. Its not a separate reality of any sort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 14 minutes ago, Drakonadrgora Darkfold said: I'm me there is no difference between the me in world and the me in rl. other then what I look like. I am not a different persona im not role playing or fantasizing. I dont do the immersion thing, sl is nothing more than a pixelated chat interface to me. Its not a separate reality of any sort. That's pretty much how I've always thought of SL, too. I was just curious how others here approached SL. I know a lot of people are purely here for the RP and it's always fascinated me how one can totally immerse themselves. A few people have mentioned it's a lot like acting. Putting on a character with mannerisms, speech, the whole nine yards. Their replies have me contemplating trying it again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said: My approach to SL... Glad to see you poke with a ten foot pole. Safety first, as they say. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akane Nacht Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said: My approach to SL... bring it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akane Nacht Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 8 hours ago, RowanMinx said: Thank you for the link. I hope if I do decide to venture into RP, that I'll be able to find people both generous and patient. Hit me up in world, my sorceress is perfectly safe 😇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Voxel Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I think a good term for the way I see Second Life would be Unfiction. Its a fairly new term that I think SL fits into from my perspective. https://medium.com/@Unsperience/what-is-unfiction-86ec158c8119 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Janet Voxel said: I think a good term for the way I see Second Life would be Unfiction. Its a fairly new term that I think SL fits into from my perspective. https://medium.com/@Unsperience/what-is-unfiction-86ec158c8119 Yay, I learned something early in the day today, so I am set for learning stuff! The rest of the day I can just... not learn! Thanks for the link! Unfiction. Cool. And yes, I can certainly see that being applied to SL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Monday Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 8/31/2020 at 9:17 PM, RowanMinx said: My question is....do you feel your persona in SL is you or do you think of your avatar as a completely different entity. For example, people who play as something other than a basic human. Is it possible to immerse yourself to the extent that your entire personality is different? Oh no...my RL personality is exactly like my SL one...bombastic, megalomanical, egotistical, overbearing.....😀 Obviously since I play a space alien bent on taking over the galaxy, he is played much differently than my RL personality. It IS possible to immerse yourself. It's all acting. You're playing a part. It's a lot of fun for me to talk about conquering the Earth and subjugating its peoples as slaves to the Great and Glorious Vaspuemian Empire. That makes SL fun and exciting. You should try being someone else sometime.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItHadToComeToThis Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I don’t really roleplay at all. I am always me whether voice or text and my fashion choices are either based on myself or in the styles of characters that I like. But I don’t act them out or anything 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Luminos Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Tex Monday said: You should try being someone else sometime.... Oh I do, quite frequently... She's still just me, personality-wise. But it sure is an eye-opener, to see how women, and how people of ethnic minorities, get treated in SL. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da5id Weatherwax Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Every way I show up in SL is an aspect of me. Just not necessarily the aspect you'd encounter most clearly in RL - but they are all in there somewhere 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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