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  1. after a few months in SL, i have some observations on the culture of the place from the perspective of a new user. i invite your comments, especially experienced players I've been told that any observations or comments in SL forums that are not glowing and positive about SL are deleted immediately. the following observations are honest, but not all positive. If this post disappears, I'll know that these forums are not open to all opinions, therefore are not worth the time of any player. also, as many forum players have a stake in the game, i expect these observations to attract some flames. so be it. as a long time computer gamer, SL is a F2P game (free to play) which is also P2W (pay to win)... this is a common gaming structure now... where the player base is the content, and game designers get as many free to play players into their games as possible, while encouraging everyone to pay them for mostly cosmetic items. I estimate that in order to have a functionally attractive, modestly dressed AV in SL with a fair AO, that one must spend 20 USD. A very attractive AV with lots of clothes will cost approximately 50 USD Also, one must pay rent if one wants to have a private place to meet friends. rents range widely. of course you're paying other players in most cases, but that's common in a sandbox game, which SL is the culture in SL has positive aspects, but also has a lot of negative aspects. SL is an anonymous sandbox, in which some sort of roleplaying is common. furry RP, sexual roleplay, animal RP, Gor, etc. there also seems to be a large BDSM community that is well known to bleed over into GOR. there are good aspects to these RP opportunities, allowing players to take on roles and identities that are impossible in RL. gender bending, which is common in many games, is a big part of SL. Many female AVs are actually males. this happens a LOT. i've seen accounts that indicate that gender bending male players understand females better after RPing a female. both through personal experience and through accounts of people i've talked with, SL's culture is one of temporary amusement. players will say anything they please to amuse themselves with other players, then ignore/block the other player or simply log in as an alt to avoid contact with the player. any sort of relationship in SL is very difficult because of the culture. every player i've talked to has had many relationships, mostly short term, ending in the other player getting bored and wandering off, disappearing to use an alt, or simply blocking their partner. there are of course, exceptions to the above, as some players have had long term relationships, but from the perspective of a new player, my personal experience and that of my friends has been negative in regards to relationships in SL. i'm trying to figure out the culture here in SL to decide if i want to stay around. it seems that in order to be functional, you can't allow yourself to develop any attachments to other players, and you should not expect other players to be either truthful or thoughtful. my friends have told me many stores of outright lies told to them by other players who were seeking a romantic attachment. thoughts?
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