Westbound

I used to be into autos but as I get older I appreciate revolvers more. A good .357 will offer decent penetration and accuracy for repeat shots and you know it'll fire when you need to pull the trigger at 3 AM when you're half-asleep and the bad guy's already in the house. Plus you can load them with snake shot for rattlesnakes when a 12 GA is just overkill. For SL? Hell, man, best defense against a griefer is to walk away. Log off and make a sandwich or something. Priorities.

I'm going to disagree about tip #2, default height. If you are a male avatar, you need to be taller than most of the females you plan to dance with. And yes, many of them are seven feet tall. I see a lot of those statements in profiles "I'm not short, I'm realistic size!". Yeah, well, that's like moving to a country where everyone is eight and nine feet tall and expecting everyone else to accommodate you because you didn't eat your vegetables as a kid. The downsizing trend might eventually catch on but you can expect the men to follow last because of those circumstances.

I had a lot of fun with a mixer that had a voice changer on it mostly because I like to **** with people. That one was an Edirol M100fx but I don't think you can find those anymore. Your best bet might be something like a Boss VE-20. The real problem with voice changing in real time is that, if you're male you will still hear your own voice. It's best to make a recording and listen to it and adjusting parameters until it's close enough. I don't think it'll ever be perfect, though, so you'll hope your intended targets aren't too picky. Alternately, there are some good tutorials on YouTube that might help. Depends on how serious you are. Luck.