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Ian Undercroft

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  1. I don't think the man can be faulted at all. This is just an example of human nature at work. The relationship depended on an image (whether based on her avatar or otherwise) that he had created in his mind. When that image was shattered by the photo, the relationship, as it had been, was at end.

    People such as her can choose to avoid being hurt in this way. Show a RL photo in your profile or at an early stage. This considerably reduces the scope for disllusionment. Of course, you may find you are less popular if, objectively, you are unattractive, but the relationships you do form will be stronger in that they will, likely, be based on your personality rather than your looks.

  2. I think that such groups are usually foundered with the best of intentions. However, after a period of time, once the novelty factor is gone, they often become divisive.

    Some people seem to thrive on the attention they get, and influence they enjoy, from playing a key role organising the activities of such groups and a certain bitterness sets in as they see the group beginning to break up and their ability to influence others diminish. 

  3. What's been lacking lately though, is a real, substantive issue for people to get their teeth into. 

    2008 saw the homesteads fiasco, 2009 the introduction of "adult" locations and 2010 display names. Since the RedZone outcry at the beginning of this year, all has been very quiet.


  4. Randall Ahren wrote:

    Why don't you post a photo and see what the hetero-ladies think of your current avatar's appearance? Those threads are usually pretty interesting.

    You should start a "Male Hunk" thread, Randall. Perhaps try to persuade Storm to pose in his mankini to get the ball rolling!

  5. Void, I doubt that the fear of libel suits is the reason for the prohibition in the ToS. I imagine there are many, many instances of libel occuring daily through the medium of local/nearby chat.

    The disclaimers are ineffective. However, the prohibition on sharing chat logs appears to be breached so often that it seems pretty ineffective too.

    Nobody has ever provided me with a good reason why someone sending lewd and offensive IMs to a stranger should have any legitimate expectation that those messages will not be dislcosed to others.

  6. Dance animations have come on leaps and bounds over the last couple of years. There are some great ones out there now. I have a personal preference for Akeyo but there are plenty of other places worth checking out too. It's easy to drop them into either a HUD or chim. If you own land you might like to consider getting an intan dance ball to load with dances too. If you think that you may want to do this, check the permissions on the dances you're buying. Transferable dances may be cheaper than copyable dances but can't be used in a both a HUD/chim and an intan dance ball. Happy hunting!

  7. I've had a facial expression auto emote for about 3 years now. It activates an expression (eg. smiling or frowning) when trigger words are typed by me in local chat (eg. I say "worry" or "worried" in conversation and a worried expression is triggered). I don't think anyone has ever commented one way or another on my auto emote, so it can't be too annoying or irritating.

  8. Fuelled by my suprising (to me, at least, but not it seems to others) success at playing a born again SL virgin over several years, I've recently turned my hand to playing a dom. Even with the assistance of voice morphing, I'm still at the stage where people are finding it very hard to take me seriously. But that will pass, right?

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