Gopi Passiflora

I suppose I do want to be mature and not seen as one of those typical immature boys. But I guess it's also nice to unwind....

I don't think I'm mature yet - I still have a lot of growing up to do. I don't even know what makes someone truly mature....

1. Are you good at singing? 2. Have you encountered any good singers in Second Life? I'm bad at singing, although I love sing along to my favorite songs. I have encountered some good singers in Second Life (there's two I know of in the Zindra Safe Hubs actually.)

Can't you just voice on the other Zindra safe hubs (Arapaima, Nelsonia, and Vilania?)

Some people say I am, but I still don't think so. I'm usually better with more people, though - gives me more material for the conversation. That's one of the reasons I don't like "conversational" IMs in Second Life - I'm boring and thus, unless the other person is funny or informative, the 1-to-1 conversation is boring.

I actually spent more money on breedables than I earned. Moral of the story is: raise breedables for fun, not for profit.

You get onto SL/the train and see all kinds of people. They are all vastly different from each other but they share something in common: SL or the train. They each have they own destinations/plans yet they still share a commonality in both SL or the train. Sometimes, the people on the train may come in conflict with each other, same thing happens in SL.

I read an online article about human players pretending to be a computer-controlled character in online video games in order to fool other humans into thinking they actually were CPUs. I was wondering if a similar thing happens in Second Life (a user pretending to be a bot and actually fooling other users.) I think I've encountered such people during my days in the Safe Hubs - people spouting the same stuff over and over again...although I could never be sure if they really were bots or not....

NPCs, or non-player characters, are basically video game characters not controlled by human players. I guess in Second Life this refers to avatars or objects that are supposed to be characters but are not piloted by a human. I have a statue of a brunette girl and various breedables and scripted fish as my NPCs. They don't really speak but they just liven up the place, I guess.

Well, Skell is right. I just wanted a discussion...and I may have not worded the original post as I intended....

Yeah, I agree @Ceka Cianci. Quite the experience, Second Life is.

I know most of you guys don't like it when Second Life is called a "game", but do you think there is any merit for this virtual world to be called such?

I admit I do, but mainly as a passing remark about how unique their avatar is. Example: I see a Dinkie Cat avi. I say, "Kitty!" in local chat/voice. And then hopefully a conversation will strike because of my remark. But that's all. I mostly treat non-human avis the same as human ones (unless they are vicious, of course....😉) In all seriousness, I do notice that non-humans seem to be friendlier than human avatars. But that's just me.

Thanks for the replies everyone. Just posting to say I skimmed through most of them and have not abandoned this topic at all. But I guess all the trolling I do in those Safe Hubs is all for my self-gratification. I guess I am being selfish....

I know, trolls are bad people and all, but I admit that I can be one as well (especially in the Zindra Safe Hubs.) But I only troll to fight other trolls and jerks. I try not to troll innocent people. The question I ask is that if anything good could come from trolling.

I'm don't really use anthro avis that much yet, but humans, ferals (avis which resemble real-life animals more than anthros), aliens, tinies, and a bunch of odds and ends. Anyway, my female human avis get the most attention from other users (they are the group that get way more IMs than the rest), then all my non-human avis come next (many people like to poke good fun at them, which is a good thing). My male human avis are often ignored so when I'm in a social place as them I'm the one starting the conversations instead.

When people play video games or explore virtual worlds, they often talk about the feeling of immersion. I suppose what it means is how much they feel they are actually in the virtual world itself. I think Second Life has pretty great immersion. It's hard to describe, but when you log into Second Life it feels like you are your avatar and you are actually living his/her/its life.

Nah. I was sure to not make my computer remember any password.

I heard people saying that system avis look very young. Once I learned that the Geek Squad people look for porn on people's computer, I got worried because I forgot to delete some pictures of my avi engaged in sex with a mesh adult.

Whew...that's a relief. Thanks, Cindy.

I didn't intend for her to look like a achild, though. I will post a picture of what she looked like when I did the deed.

Discussion primarily, but yes I'm also scared...I forgot I had pictures of one of my Second Life avis engaged in sex acts stored in my computer....

I'm just curious what you think. And I hope they do look like adults to people.... I'm asking because I have my computer being repaired by Geek Squad right now and I forgot to delete my Second Life pictures, some of which involve...things with "system" avi bodies....

...of a parcel after a certain amount of time? I don't. I don't mind people coming onto my parcel. I actually thinking flying around the mainland can be troublesome because of all the ban lines and stuff protecting parcels....