I tried some years ago after one of my favorite MMORPGs shut down servers in my country. I wanted a huge community, but didn't want to actually play a traditional goal orientated game at that time either. I found out about Second Life via Youtube. So I joined...and I couldn't understand it. At all. I quit after a day, maybe two. I was super impatience then. Rejoined recently after boredom and the want for a virtual community arose again. I'm taking more than two seconds in trying to learn stuff (and for the most part am understanding things), and so far I am enjoying myself.