HeathcliffMontague

This again. How come it isn't just great that some younger folks join SL? We are all worried about the new user retaining experience, let's not scare the younguns off from this geriatric experience of ours I, for one, welcome our new, young population. Full of spit and vinegar they all are, aye.

Currently on a holdover: older gen i7, 16 GB RAM, GTX 970 while waiting for the mail to arrive with the parts so I can repair my daily driver. Cost me about 300 USD several years ago. Works surprisingly well, for now. Turns out SL isn't that bad with settings just between mid and high.

Fair enough. Thanks for the response. Like I said, I'm not a "gamer" as such even though I have, nerdly enough, been involved in group assaults on various battlefieds That's what a game means to me, at least, and SL is just so far from it.

I dunno. To each their own, but I built my first PC in 1992 and have been a Doom-aholic ever since. I don't consider myself a gamer as such, but have plenty of experience with fx first person shooters. Been pretty immersed in some of those throughout my life. Those are games, even if you engage in a team and converse with people from the other side of the planet.. I've never viewed SL as a game, though. SL is just... SL. Hard do put an pin on it. Social platform? That sort of covers it. Metaverse? Perhaps.

Neither is my Lenovo Ideapad Gaming. The handles will crack sooner or later.

At least somewhat related to SL Never open it on the sides. Never just carry it by the screen. If it sounds like it might crack, never power it open. The hinges will suffer. And, as stated, they are designed to the opened in the middle, never from the side. It's back to desktop and Intel for me for a while, Ryzen shine all to everyone else.

Yeah, he still uses my gifted i3 from 2015 with 16 GB RAM and a GTX 790. And an SSD Actually a bit impressed how smooth streaming goes.

Yeah, a even a decent 4G is better than satellite. I don't live in the mountains - I only visit. My neighbour up there has satellite, and it can actually be used for Netflix. SL? Maybe just to log on and have some IMs. If I need to to connected to the web for some reason I need to find me some 4G.

Yeah, as a guy I see a lot of that, regardless of slim, more booty of whathever. Ain't very attractive with huge T&A and a voodoo like shrunken head. Ironically, guys used to have biceps twice the size of their heads, but seem to have gotten a lot better on it

Happy 58th Love.

Dude, you have only experienced a smigeon of SL. It's pretty vast. Don't get hung up on what may have happened to you in a single place. Explore. There's lots more to do and experience.

We aren't NPCs - although some of us may seem like it a times There's a person behind an avatar.

Ehm yes. Ever tried to spend some time time OpenSim? It's an effing anarchy. Ever tried spending some time in Meta? No? Neither has hardly anybody else. SL it is for me, as long as it lasts...

Yeah, keep the graphics at the appropriate level for you travel experience and your pc (or whatever). And as a long-time driver in SL, don't be so afraid of draw distance. Mine is never below 128, sometimes even higher. Worked with my old i3, works with my new Ryzen as well.

Biggus...?

Wait. What? You called sire?

This should be on the login screen or something

I sent a pair of perfectly nice cowboy boots to my "oblivion" folder because they added 6 worn scripts without any option to delete said scripts. Yes, I might be a little damaged from hanging out at driving SIMs too much

Harley Davidson had this pretty huge clampdown in SL some time ago. Got one very prolific MC creator banned, which led to this major name changing thing among builders. It resulted in some "Duca"s and "Sozuk"s for a while, but most just name their things stuff like Black Devil or Speed Demon now. I've got a bike called Elwood

Saving anything SL to any RL media just spells a problem to me. You really don't want your personal business out there. And the obvious question: Why would anyone do that? Could anyone under the age of 30 (or perhaps 20, dunno) please explain that to me as though I were five?

Lies and obfuscations. Nobody has ever been only 8 in 2003. That would mean I would have to be... Oh crap.

- How body mesh was introduced was a HUGE mistake. Strongly disagree. It has, for better or worse, made SL much more immersive - Kid Avatar's need their own separate platform, they don't need to be on the same platform that is hypersexualized. Kinda agree there. - SL Content creation should have stayed a hobby or at most, a second income. Nope! That would have stipled things big time - You're just asking for a lawsuit if you're putting RL brand logos on your virtual products. Sure. Just look at what Harley Davidson did. - The Community side of SL died years ago. There are still lots of communities, just often very separate. So half agree. - People take too much comfort in this platform's anonymity and treat people horribly because of it. Not in my experience. Some most likely do, as with all platforms.

"we have more depth and emotional intelligence than them". You sure about that?