ThorinII

1000x THIS. There are many people who expect SL to be just another game to pkay through - and they can't be more wrong.

I'm an INTP. In large crowds, both RL and SL (and with that, I mean, >10 people), I'm often drained after a while, and need some alone time to gather new energy. The largest crowd I ever could fake being extrovert for was a class of 20 7-graders whom I had for a double unit (=90minutes) each week, back then in '04 - I was their substitute English teacher then. But I did need a power-nap of at least an hour after each of these classes. 😪

Eww, tofu! 🤢

Congratulations from me, as well. 👍 As for me, I started smoking with 18, back then in 1986, and had managed to quit quite a dozen times (the longest time without was from Feb '93 to May '02, the shortest time was through August '11) -- but whenever I did quit, I did so completely, from 25 cigarettes (in average) per day down to zero: out of a whim, from one moment to the next. But then there always was the "stress cigarette" (which I felt I needed during or after a stressful situation) which triggered my addiction again...😔 Anyway, since I got my new apartment in '16, I've kept it smoke-free, by smoking on my balcony only -- no matter the weather outside: I simply don't want my nice apartment to smell like an ashtray. 🙂

I don't know about the "makes you fat" part - but I don't eat in front of the computer either because I'm not motivated enough to clean my keyboard every other day, so I eat any snacks whenever I'm AFK and in the kitchen anyway. Actually, I'm often AFK, like every 45-50 minutes or so, in order to avoid RSI: I stand up from the computer, stretch, flex my wrists, then I smoke a cigarette on the kitchen balcony, have something to drink, and/or some chocolate or cookies in the kitchen, then I return

On beverages: In in the morning, it's coffee, later in the day it's sparkling water, or coke. However, I *always* have my beverages in the kitchen, not at my desk in the living room.

See, that's another reason why my Rule #1 in-world is: The first reason is that people I knew back on my first account had spent much more TIME in-world than they could afford. So much so that they neglected their Real Life™ household chores, their families, neglected their sleep needs, even lost their job (happened to 3 people I knew), risked their marriage (2 people), and lost an apprenticeship (1 person) over SL.

Actually, I think that SL will be at least so long around that I'll be able to celebrate my 55th, 60th, and 65th birthdays inworld (I'm 51 now 😒)

Usually, when I have to leave the computer for longer than 1/2 - 1 hour, I log off during that time. But for shorter afk times, like during a phone-call or during my RSI breaks, I stay online, and set my avi on "busy" (although sometimes I forget to do that)

"Deluxe" or "Premium Deluxe" sounds fine too. Although I'm rather meh about "PremiumPlus", and underwhelmed about "Elite"

"Premium Prestige" sounds better than "Premium Prime" 😎 Also, I suppose that the next level of Premium also means prestige pricing, that's why I think that "Premium Prestige" would indeed sound about right.

Alts of others can't be identified without failure. If that other person says "that's my alt" or "I'm the alt of (insert name here)" then it's okay. But "doxxing" someone else as an alt (by guessing based on re-occurring spelling mistakes, writing style, or other seemingly obvious stuff) is against TOS (and/or against Community Standards, I'm not sure), and AR-able. There is no given number to answer that. Whatever feels like "too many" for *you*, is too many for you.

Some websites even are unusable on a mobile device. Yesterday, I wanted to look for furniture (for my RL apartment) and found that the website of one shop (a major brand even!) was a mess on all browsers except IE (which I could run using WINE). 😡

But I also think that being the biggest virtual world still running might be worthy of a Guinness World Record 😉

Right now, I'm listening to a soccer game on Amazon Music. 😎 My local soccer team is playing out of town today. But even when they're playing at home, I prefer listening to the game at home over going to the crowded stadium.

First rule among the FIC is: Don't talk about the FIC. scnr

You can't. A group owner can only remove themselves. You could tho leave that group and create a new one, and invite others in there.

I'd rename myself to my long-term Displayname: Thorine - then I'd choose a Last Name from the (then available) list.

I do. Actually, I'm using FS (in Phoenix mode of course!) mainly -- but also Cool VL Viewer and Singularity -- simply because these have the pie menu the other viewers don't have.😎

To me, "strafe" makes me think of the German word "Strafe" (= punishment/penalty/fine/etc)

Actually, before I made my first account in early '08, the only games I played on the computer had been Chess, Patience, and occasionally "Beneath A Steal Sky" and some such. It was two years later, when I became friends with a gamer who since has been lending me some of the many games he's bought (some of them even worked on my computer, using PlayOnLinux), that I played actual 3D games