Randall Ahren Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 This is your second life and it's ending one minute at a time. Before the clock runs out , I offer these SL survival tips to make the most of your remaining time:Never make fun of fairies, They aren't as cute when they swarm.If your avatar wears high heels and a skirt but you have a mustache in RL, probably best not to voice.Never mate outside your species, no matter hot it is.If a group requires a blood sacrifice, don't join.Looking sexy and being naked aren't the same thing.Never go on epic quest without an exit strategy.Single guys in SL ride motorcycles, fish, golf, and date women half their age. Guys that partner die of boredom.Making friends isn't hard. Keeping them is.Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius; and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous, than absolutely boring.Heaven isn't a time and it isn't a place. It's second life. Try to get one."Comes a time ya gotta pass on what you know. That's the way o' things. Ya learn and ya pass it on and when ya teach what ya know, ya make it plain in yer own head. If ya don't pass it on, then what's the use?" ~Logan, Wolverine #94, October 1995Anybody else have some tips to pass on? It's a matter of survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Levenque Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Never buy Lindens when you're actually IN the store looking at the item you can't afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Collingwood Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Never IM someone that just logged in until you are sure their inventory has loaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Rothschild Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 If you run out of arguments in a forum discussion, shrug it off and leave with dignity. Don't sully your reputation by trying to get back at a poster with snide comments in other threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 If you believe someone has been mean to you, consider: (a) You have misunderstood (b) You have tested their patience © You have been mean to them (e) It doesn't really matter @Argus: Never type in the wrong IM window when slexing. @Dillon: Never buy Lindens when you're in an escort club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Literally laughed out loud on number one. Cute. My tip would be, help that new person that asks for help, or don't, just remember you were new once upon a time also, and to a lot of others, you still are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kattatonia Wickentower Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 always move a few steps after tping, don't wait for for things to rez, unless, of course, you enjoy having people land on your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 If you get caught in someone else's home using their adult furniture, shift control h teleports you home. @Charo: Cry at least once a week. Not because you're sad, but because the world is so beautiful and life is so short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I cry at least once a day for the sheer wonder that is life. I am not certain how short life is, I believe mine will be as long as it lasts. Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Charolotte Caxton wrote: I cry at least once a day for the sheer wonder that is life. I am not certain how short life is, I believe mine will be as long as it lasts. Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi. http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination.html I posted this from bed, more later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Singer Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 people will show you what they want you to see, which is not necessarily what their RL is. The closer what the show you is to to being like RL, the more they hiding about RL. Don't worry about it though, because RL is is only important in RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Toxx Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 When someone announces to you that (s)he is in the last minutes and about leaving Second Life for good... run!! Don't get suck into their black hole, or you'll painfully come to understand all that stuff about time relativity and minutes stretching into months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 If you get SL preggers and have a talking tummy, not everyone will greet it with glee. If someone new IMs you with an opener like 'Hi', wait for the next line before you reply. If the next line is 'Wanna sex?', close the window. If you are being stalked and ask 'What should I do?', heed the advice. You risk becoming a drama ho if you do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squashy Beeswing Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 "Here for fun" in someone's profile usually means, "here for sex, no strings" (honestly, i had NO idea). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Carver Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Learn not be afraid of embarrassment. Appearing naked to others even though you know you left the house fully dressed, or accidentally detaching your hair in public are laughing matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCanessa Oh Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 No one, at all, cares if you were ejected/banned from club nnnnnn. Just go somewhere else Try to learn something about SL before you criticise it or the residents for anything Don't expect a working, stable platform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Chester Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 ctrl+3 alt+left click alt+F4 Alt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Mokusei Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 If everyone looks grey/cloudy after everything else has rezzed, change your active group. If people see YOU as grey/cloudy, Ctrl+Alt+R to rebake! Never ever accept objects requesting Debit permissions unless you're absolutely, 100% sure that you want a script to have control of your L$. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+= to kill particle spam. Never ever allow Media to auto-play, to run from other parcels or allow Media-on-a-Prim in public. Never ever TP somewhere with Voice enabled. Enable it after you land, and ideally after another avatar lands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Madelaine McMasters wrote: Charolotte Caxton wrote: I cry at least once a day for the sheer wonder that is life. I am not certain how short life is, I believe mine will be as long as it lasts. Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi. http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination.html I posted this from bed, more later... Charolotte, I share your wonder at life and, when I don't get too wrapped up in myself, I feel... /me pushes away from the keyboard and walks outside to watch the sky (Randall, that's my tip). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 If you can only wear your house, it is because you keep dragging it to your avi instead of the ground. The contents of a box do not pop out when you touch it. You have to copy the contents to inventory. The alpha bug is a fact of SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knutz Scorpio Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 When buying mainland and later on you change your mind, don't count on being able to sell it for any where near what you paid for it, chances are you'll have to just abandon it to Governor Linden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Knutz Scorpio wrote: When buying mainland and later on you change your mind, don't count on being able to sell it for any where near what you paid for it, chances are you'll have to just abandon it to Governor Linden. Also: The only way to "own" land rather than rent from someone else is to buy mainland or buy an entire private region. Therefore do not give a lot of money to someone upfront to "buy" land; all you are buying is the right to pay them rent. Unscrupulous scammers can take your money and kick you off, and no, there is not a thing you can do about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Singer Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 never let anyone convince you that you can buy land in SL.... at best you are leasing it, at average renting it, and at worst squatting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 On buying and selling Lindens, if the exchange rate seems to good to be true, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 If you have SL QUESTIONS post your QUESTIONS to ANSWERS for ANSWERS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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