How do you measure success in Second Life?
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Nikki Seraph
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05-05-2005 13:30
From: Eboni Khan I have to say friends, and the new people you meet. When I first started spending a lot of time in SL I was traveling 5-6 days a week for my job. I was completely disconnected from my first life (friends and family) due for working 70 plus hours a week. I started logging into SL from my laptop in airports and bam! I wasn't sitting in a Omaha airport alone, but I was in my house talking to my friends.  That just rocked and it still does. Eppley IS rather boring.  lol As to how I measure my success in SL.. if I'm eager to logon, and reluctant to logoff... then it's been a success. I come into SL to spend time with my loved ones, to make stuff, and to have a good time. If all of these things are accomplished, it's been worth the time. 
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Jillian Callahan
Rotary-winged Neko Girl
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05-05-2005 13:49
Other: If you're look forward to loggin in, you're winnin'!  |
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Katja Marlowe
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05-05-2005 13:58
From: Eboni Khan I have to say friends, and the new people you meet. When I first started spending a lot of time in SL I was traveling 5-6 days a week for my job. I was completely disconnected from my first life (friends and family) due for working 70 plus hours a week. I started logging into SL from my laptop in airports and bam! I wasn't sitting in a Omaha airport alone, but I was in my house talking to my friends. That just rocked and it still does. I'm in Omaha. Just not usually the airport *grin*...don't see Omaha mentioned much so had to comment. |
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Cocoanut Koala
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05-05-2005 14:01
Oh wow, Eboni, I can just picture it! That would be a whole different world to spend time in while you're in the airport.
I put "other" because I would say "having fun."
If you want to log on, if it doesn't feel like a job or a chore or a misery in some way (sure there are some down nights in all games, but in general), and you are having fun, then that is a success, because that is all a game needs to be - fun.
Aside from that, I consider myself a raging success in the game, in that I have set myself some kinda ridiculous goals and managed to attain and maintain them thus far. I have other goals, though, that will take longer and/or I haven't done as well at. But as long as it is fun, then the main goal is achieved.
coco
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Katja Marlowe
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05-05-2005 14:05
And yeah, Eppley isn't too exciting. But at least you can get a good cup of coffee. Which is always my way of judging a place LOL |
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Eboni Khan
Misanthrope
Join date: 17 Mar 2004
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05-05-2005 14:39
And a box of good steaks to take home on the plane! That steak stand always makes me laugh.
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Nikki Seraph
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05-05-2005 14:43
From: Katja Marlowe I'm in Omaha. Just not usually the airport *grin*...don't see Omaha mentioned much so had to comment. You mean OTHER people who LIVE in Omaha play this game??! lol
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Juro Kothari
Like a dog on a bone
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05-05-2005 14:45
What the......? We're supposed to succeed?  |
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Katja Marlowe
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05-05-2005 14:50
Nikki! Seriously, between Second Life and There (yes, I came from There, please don't massacre me, I actually like not having voice), I have met one other Omahaan. Weird huh? Like some states are way overrepresented, but you'd think that all we do in Omaha is eat steaks LOL
eboni--I live here and that steak stand, and the actual telemarketing company called that crack me up too! *grin*
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Nikki Seraph
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05-05-2005 15:14
From: Katja Marlowe Nikki! Seriously, between Second Life and There (yes, I came from There, please don't massacre me, I actually like not having voice), I have met one other Omahaan. Weird huh? Like some states are way overrepresented, but you'd think that all we do in Omaha is eat steaks LOL
eboni--I live here and that steak stand, and the actual telemarketing company called that crack me up too! *grin* I came from There, too. I won't massacre you. I don't miss voice, most of the time. 
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Katja Marlowe
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05-05-2005 19:40
Heh. Well look me up in game sometime, so we can quit hijacking this thread and talking about the exciting metropolis of Omaha. |
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Khamon Fate
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05-05-2005 19:53
Other: I don't measure success in Second Life.
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Misty Rhodes
SL Muse
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05-06-2005 05:40
Having a close group of friends that I deeply care about, whom I love and admire.
The people of sl whom I find to be:
silly
fun
talented
inspiring
comfortable to be around
Whether I see them daily or only once in a very long while, I love them all.
Friendships that stand the test of time are immeasurable and very rare.
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Ghoti Nyak
καλλιστι
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05-06-2005 06:32
Sorry, I can't be saddled into choosing just one. "Some of the above" -Ghoti
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Ingrid Ingersoll
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05-06-2005 06:41
I measure success in Second Life by how many times I can get Marcos to say: "OW quit it!". On a REALLY successful night, I get ejected from his land.
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Arcadia Codesmith
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05-06-2005 06:49
I don't measure success by what other people think of my work. I measure it by what I think of it.
So the bottom line for me is the ratio between moments of pleasant satisfaction and moments of teeth-grinding, nail-biting, hair-pulling frustration.
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Seth Kanahoe
political fugue artist
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05-06-2005 08:47
From: Juro Kothari What the......? We're supposed to succeed? Yeah, that's what I thought. Since I'm such a fantastic success in RL - the businesses I own made quintazillions of USD last year (take that, Prokofy!) - I'm here in my Second Life being an anarchist, a "college student", and a ne'er-do-well street person with a bad attitude. Otherwise, what would be the point? ... .... edited because I mispelled "anarchist". I did! I really did! |
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David Valentino
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05-06-2005 08:51
From: Seth Kanahoe Yeah, that's what I thought. Since I'm such a fantastic success in RL - the businesses I own made quintazillions of USD last year (take that, Prokofy!) - I'm here in my Second Life being an arnarchist, a "college student", and a ne'er-do-well street person with a bad attitude. Otherwise, what would be the point? ... .... Well..succeed as far as find entertainment or value in logging onto SL.
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Persephone Phoenix
loving laptopvideo2go.com
Join date: 5 Nov 2004
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Building Community
05-06-2005 14:51
Something that is important to me is building community. Not just of friends, but building networks of people with like goals. When I feel like I have been part of healthy community building, I feel super successful.
Having a few people lust after my pixels doesn't hurt either. hehe.
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Huns Valen
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Join date: 3 May 2003
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05-06-2005 14:55
Near as I can tell, you have succeeded in SL when you have crushed your enemies, seen them driven before you, and heard the lamentation of the women.
(That's from Conan the Barbarian for those of you whose cultural educations are incomplete.)
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Marcos Fonzarelli
You are not Marcos
Join date: 26 Feb 2004
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05-06-2005 15:36
From: Ingrid Ingersoll I measure success in Second Life by how many times I can get Marcos to say: "OW quit it!". On a REALLY successful night, I get ejected from his land. Get off my lawn!  |
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Zephria Zapata
Anit-Gorean & Slave
Join date: 7 Apr 2004
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05-06-2005 15:49
Me , Myself and i lol that how a measure and how a grow as a person |
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DrakeCon DeFarge
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Friends
05-06-2005 17:22
My friends and groups is what matters the most to me not the success or how well i build. Whats the point of building somthing if you have know one to shear it with and i LOVE to shop so there no point in trying to save L to sell. QUOTE=David Valentino] good friends |
