I was quietly building on my own land, and up pops a newbie, created in the last 24 hours. Stands there for a few seconds, and says 'hello'.
I reply 'hello', and he asks me if I'm a real person, to which I reply "yes", as... well... I am.
He then quizzes me for about 5 minutes about various things, to which we have a reasonable conversation, and I explain to him how to find things on the "Search > Places" as he was asking about things to do.
Because I happen to have all the answers he wants - which, most players who have been here a while would be able to give him as they were very basic, he tells me "dude, you are SO a computer" and flies off without even a thankyou.
I thought about flying after him to try and explain to him that not everyone in this game is a zombie sitting in a camping chair or a dance pad... but decided it was easier to just carry on building.
Lewis
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09-02-2006 02:43
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Monique Mistral
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09-02-2006 02:55
He just had some trouble expressing gratitude, that's all.
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Lost Newcomb
Registered User
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09-02-2006 03:03
lol kids these days
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09-02-2006 03:09
I was quietly building on my own land, and up pops a newbie, created in the last 24 hours. Stands there for a few seconds, and says 'hello'. I reply 'hello', and he asks me if I'm a real person, to which I reply "yes", as... well... I am. He then quizzes me for about 5 minutes about various things, to which we have a reasonable conversation, and I explain to him how to find things on the "Search > Places" as he was asking about things to do. Because I happen to have all the answers he wants - which, most players who have been here a while would be able to give him as they were very basic, he tells me "dude, you are SO a computer" and flies off without even a thankyou. I thought about flying after him to try and explain to him that not everyone in this game is a zombie sitting in a camping chair or a dance pad... but decided it was easier to just carry on building. Lewis Lewis I too have experience this a few times. I am guesing it is to do with the NPC factor in many games _____________________
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Flavian Molinari
Broadly Offensive Content
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09-02-2006 03:25
Dude, I thought you were a computer.
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Kris Ritter
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Lewis Nerd, earlier today.
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Lewis Nerd
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09-02-2006 03:45
That was my first computer. I still have it, and it still works. Won't run Second Life though. Lewis _____________________
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09-02-2006 05:00
You putrid pile of pusilaminous puppy puke!
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Aldo Stern
wandering madman
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09-02-2006 07:10
Lewis I too have experience this a few times. I am guesing it is to do with the NPC factor in many games Well, Lewis, if the little guy did think you were an NPC, you could look on the bright side of it and be glad he didn't treat you in the cheerfully heartless destructive way many people tend to treat NPC's. |
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She of the SwissArmy Tail
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09-02-2006 07:39
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Tomas Hausdorff
Registered User
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09-02-2006 09:12
So, someone who answers questions correctly, intelligently, and politely is a computer...
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Cocoanut Koala
Coco's Cottages
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09-02-2006 10:07
I'm quite sure it was a compliment. (Course, I have two teenagers, and understand these things, lol.)
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Maya Remblai
The one with pink hair.
Join date: 25 Mar 2006
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09-02-2006 10:16
I think I've only been called a NPC once....Well maybe twice, but it was in the same place. In their defense I was wearing my Spirit Dragon avatar, which is full prim so it could stand there on its own...Anyway I was just hanging around in the Isle of Wyrms cathedral, the day before a hatching day, and there were a lot of people there that wanted to know how stuff works on the island and I was answering questions. I knew the answers to their questions, so I answered in proper sentences with correct captilization, which apparantly threw off at least one person, who asked me if I was a NPC. So much for being a good representitive for dragonkind.
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Jillian Callahan
Rotary-winged Neko Girl
Join date: 24 Jun 2004
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09-02-2006 10:53
See, Lewis - this is proof SL is not a game. It's not a platform. It's a huge Turing test.
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Cocoanut Koala
Coco's Cottages
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09-02-2006 10:56
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Jillian! You have replaced the WORLD'S CUTEST AVATAR ICON!!!!! Oh god, now I know the forums really are ending. coco _____________________
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Alex Fitzsimmons
Resu Deretsiger
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09-02-2006 11:01
Wait ...
So Lewis isn't an NPC?  _____________________
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Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
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09-02-2006 11:02
Lewis, can you make sence of this?
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Lewis Nerd
Nerd by name and nature!
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09-02-2006 11:09
Lewis, can you make sence of this? Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Time flies: A pilots wristwatch. Lewis _____________________
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09-02-2006 12:47
Lewis, can you make sence of this? Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. If you like bananas you're a fruit fly. _____________________
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Ordinal Malaprop
really very ordinary
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
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09-02-2006 12:50
You should have told him to go and do something utterly random and pointless, and then when he came back, given him L$10 and told him he'd just gone up a level.
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Alex Fitzsimmons
Resu Deretsiger
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09-02-2006 12:51
You should have told him to go and do something utterly random and pointless, and then when he came back, given him L$10 and told him he'd just gone up a level. I would totally do this. Actually, I have played with newbies before by putting "key words" in brackets, like I was an NPC. But none of them ever really thought I was one ... _____________________
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Jesse Malthus
OMG HAX!
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09-02-2006 13:30
HMM, if I leave my Primitar on, and great newbies with Hello, Avatar, will they think I'm an NPC?
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Maya Remblai
The one with pink hair.
Join date: 25 Mar 2006
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09-02-2006 16:03
You should have told him to go and do something utterly random and pointless, and then when he came back, given him L$10 and told him he'd just gone up a level. Bwahaha...I'm so going to do that! Me: I've lost my PLYWOOD CUBE! Can you go find it for me? Bring the PLYWOOD CUBE to me and I'll give you a reward! HMM, if I leave my Primitar on, and great newbies with Hello, Avatar, will they think I'm an NPC? Probably. By "Primitar" do you mean a full-prim avatar? I've not heard the term before. |
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Schwanson Schlegel
SL's Tokin' Villain
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09-02-2006 16:06
That was my first computer. I still have it, and it still works. Won't run Second Life though. Lewis You need the 16K memory upgrade pack. Runs SL smooth as silk. Just don't bump it! _____________________
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Jillian Callahan
Rotary-winged Neko Girl
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09-02-2006 16:08
Obviously we need a new last name: Enpeacee.
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