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Mojo Bliss

Registered User

Join date: 29 Dec 2004

Posts: 213

12-29-2004 16:19

Hi -

Newbie here and can't yet log in due to tech problems with second life...So doing some reading.

Any suggestions on the best way to get up and running with as few stumbles as possible.

Thank you.

Maeve Morgan

ZOMG Resmod!

Join date: 2 Apr 2004

Posts: 1,512

12-29-2004 16:25

1. Don't buy land right away there are some nice free newbie apartments if you feel you need a home I was a hobo for my first 6 months of SL
2. If It sounds too good to be true it usually is
3. unless you really really like cybersex don't go the escort route you get paid the equavalent of $4 US an hour
4. if you got a neat new gun/bomb/whatever in a freebie pack a crowded club is not the place to try it out
5. Most people in SL are nice some are assholes just like RL
6. Don't resell free stuff you get as a way to make money, It's dishonest and will have people on you like white on rice.
7. Go to building/scripting/texturing classes they are fun and informative

I can't think of more right now but feel free to find me in world I try to be helpful to new people

Lo Jacobs

Awesome Possum

Join date: 28 May 2004

Posts: 2,734

12-29-2004 16:41

Welcome Mojo! Sorry about your technical problems, I hate it when those happen

Some computers just don't like SL, I don't know why.

I'm seconding what Maeve said about the gun thing. Just 'cause someone gives you a gun doesn't mean you should run around shooting folks; you'd be surprised how many newbies do this. It's Very Very Bad etiquette.

Another good idea would be to go TLC -- The Learning Center -- and stock up on the many helpful things that they have there, including notecards detailing fundamental information about SL. To find TLC, click on the button "Find" at the bottom of the screen and type it in.

You might also want to locate a Mentor -- they usually hang out in the Welcome Area -- to show you around some. In fact, it's probably best that you only get a Mentor who IS hanging out in the Welcome Area, because they are usually there to help new folks out.

Be warned before buying land! Remember that you WILL have to pay a monthly fee of real-life money for it. So I would NOT buy land before researching into that first.

Good luck and welcome!

_____________________

http://churchofluxe.com/Luster

Pendari Lorentz

Senior Member

Join date: 5 Sep 2003

Posts: 4,372

12-29-2004 16:45

Welcome to SL Mojo!!

Maeve and Lo have already given you some great advice! If you have other questions, I'm happy to help here or in world as well.

Main thing, have fun and take your time. You have a whole new world to explore and learn about, and it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

_____________________

*hugs everyone*

Isis Becquerel

Ferine Strumpet

Join date: 1 Sep 2004

Posts: 971

12-29-2004 16:50

Welcome Mojo...love your name btw...I only have one peice of advice: Have fun. Do this despite everything else. Enjoy everything that SL has to offer and then if you feel you can have fun and offer something as well then do it. Take care and if you need anything my IM's go to e-mail. Feel free to IM away.

_____________________

One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however, are started by well-fed people with time on their hands to dream up half-baked ideologies or grandiose ambitions, and to nurse real or imagined grievances.
Thomas Sowell

As long as the bottle of wine costs more than 50 bucks, I'm not an alcoholic...even if I did drink 3 of them.

Mojo Bliss

Registered User

Join date: 29 Dec 2004

Posts: 213

12-29-2004 17:06

From: Maeve Morgan

1. Don't buy land right away there are some nice free newbie apartments if you feel you need a home I was a hobo for my first 6 months of SL
2. If It sounds too good to be true it usually is
3. unless you really really like cybersex don't go the escort route you get paid the equavalent of $4 US an hour
4. if you got a neat new gun/bomb/whatever in a freebie pack a crowded club is not the place to try it out
5. Most people in SL are nice some are assholes just like RL
6. Don't resell free stuff you get as a way to make money, It's dishonest and will have people on you like white on rice.
7. Go to building/scripting/texturing classes they are fun and informative

I can't think of more right now but feel free to find me in world I try to be helpful to new people

$4 an hour? *laughs - i can't raise my 11 kids on that much...

thank you Maeve - most helpful....

Mojo Bliss

Registered User

Join date: 29 Dec 2004

Posts: 213

12-29-2004 17:08

From: Lo Jacobs

Good luck and welcome!

thank you Lo - i'll not use guns around other living things..... and i don't plan on land for awhile yet.

Mojo Bliss

Registered User

Join date: 29 Dec 2004

Posts: 213

12-29-2004 17:09

From: Pendari Lorentz

Main thing, have fun and take your time. You have a whole new world to explore and learn about, and it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

glad to hear that Pendari.

thank you for the welcome too - so far nothing but fun.

Mojo Bliss

Registered User

Join date: 29 Dec 2004

Posts: 213

12-29-2004 17:12

From: Isis Becquerel

Welcome Mojo...love your name btw...I only have one peice of advice: Have fun. Do this despite everything else. Enjoy everything that SL has to offer and then if you feel you can have fun and offer something as well then do it. Take care and if you need anything my IM's go to e-mail. Feel free to IM away.

hey if ya got mojo, it ought to be bliss, eh?

wow eveyone is friendly here - was at the welcome area for a time - lots of people there and dizzying convos. yes, fun despite all else.

thank you Isis!

Torley Linden

Enlightenment!

Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 16,530

12-29-2004 17:23

Here's to hopin' that you, Mojo, never lose your mojo,

and that you will be contentedly blissed out for times to come.

Hope to see you inworld soon so we can get all... gr00vy.

I'm the crazy cyberpunk gal in the watermelon-themed clothes that sometimes hangs out in the Welcome Area and, uh, all over Second Life.

_____________________

Merwan Marker

Booring...

Join date: 28 Jan 2004

Posts: 4,706

12-29-2004 17:29

Heheh Torley - be nice to the new folks!

errr - i see you are!

Mojo, welcome to SL - Torley is a one AV major welcome Wagon of thrills, spills and amazingly-wonderful-Karma!

Meet her if you can!

_____________________

Don't Worry, Be Happy - Meher Baba

Torley Linden

Enlightenment!

Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 16,530

12-29-2004 17:39

Awww... *blush*... Merwan you know, something in the color department really got to us. Hey Mojo, like tie-dyed psychadelic clothes? Check out Merwan's rainbow zebra.

_____________________

Mojo Bliss

Registered User

Join date: 29 Dec 2004

Posts: 213

01-03-2005 23:29

From: Torley Torgeson

Awww... *blush*... Merwan you know, something in the color department really got to us. Hey Mojo, like tie-dyed psychadelic clothes? Check out Merwan's rainbow zebra.

Thank you Torley was nice to see you at the WC over the weekend.

Lecktor Hannibal

YOUR MOM

Join date: 1 Jul 2004

Posts: 6,734

01-04-2005 05:30

Welcome Mojo !! SL is phenomenal! Feel free to look me up in world, I'll be glad to drop useless advice

_____________________

YOUR MOM says, 'Come visit us at SC MKII http://secondcitizen.net '

From: Khamon Fate

Oh, Lecktor, you're terrible.

Bikers have more fun than people !

Maladroit DeFarge

Registered User

Join date: 3 Jan 2005

Posts: 16

01-04-2005 09:05

I started just the other day, haven't had any problems logging in.

I'm pretty impressed. I've tried others, like There, but no one else offers the same massive customization you can get with Second Life. Other places try to present you with a finished and locked-down product. Second Life basically gives you everything that in other places would be reserved for administrator use only.

It's a pretty big risk. Can a world survive where users have practically unlimited power? Are social pressures and non-hardcoded rules adequate to keep things sane? It looks like the answer is yes. Sure, there are some technical issues. I accidentally ended up in a club once, and had to teleport away because I could not navigate out at five seconds per frame. I don't see what's enjoyable about that. But I've never seen so much creative, colorful, and surreal work. Anybody can make some wings, or a space ship, or a Jack-in-the-Box head.

The surreality of it all hit me last night. For fun, I had tweaked and colored my avatar into a reasonable approximation of Goku from Dragonball Z. You might have seen me running around with bright particles streaming up from my feet. I flew into Luskwood and landed on a tree platform and watched some little rabbits and squirrels dancing to an awesome music stream.

Second Life is not an MMORPG or even an online community in the usual sense; it's a massive collaborative imagination.

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Mojo Bliss Registered User Join date: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 213	12-29-2004 16:19 Hi - Newbie here and can't yet log in due to tech problems with second life...So doing some reading. Any suggestions on the best way to get up and running with as few stumbles as possible. Thank you.
Maeve Morgan ZOMG Resmod! Join date: 2 Apr 2004 Posts: 1,512	12-29-2004 16:25 1. Don't buy land right away there are some nice free newbie apartments if you feel you need a home I was a hobo for my first 6 months of SL 2. If It sounds too good to be true it usually is 3. unless you really really like cybersex don't go the escort route you get paid the equavalent of $4 US an hour 4. if you got a neat new gun/bomb/whatever in a freebie pack a crowded club is not the place to try it out 5. Most people in SL are nice some are assholes just like RL 6. Don't resell free stuff you get as a way to make money, It's dishonest and will have people on you like white on rice. 7. Go to building/scripting/texturing classes they are fun and informative I can't think of more right now but feel free to find me in world I try to be helpful to new people
Lo Jacobs Awesome Possum Join date: 28 May 2004 Posts: 2,734	12-29-2004 16:41 Welcome Mojo! Sorry about your technical problems, I hate it when those happen Some computers just don't like SL, I don't know why. I'm seconding what Maeve said about the gun thing. Just 'cause someone gives you a gun doesn't mean you should run around shooting folks; you'd be surprised how many newbies do this. It's Very Very Bad etiquette. Another good idea would be to go TLC -- The Learning Center -- and stock up on the many helpful things that they have there, including notecards detailing fundamental information about SL. To find TLC, click on the button "Find" at the bottom of the screen and type it in. You might also want to locate a Mentor -- they usually hang out in the Welcome Area -- to show you around some. In fact, it's probably best that you only get a Mentor who IS hanging out in the Welcome Area, because they are usually there to help new folks out. Be warned before buying land! Remember that you WILL have to pay a monthly fee of real-life money for it. So I would NOT buy land before researching into that first. Good luck and welcome! _____________________ http://churchofluxe.com/Luster
Pendari Lorentz Senior Member Join date: 5 Sep 2003 Posts: 4,372	12-29-2004 16:45 Welcome to SL Mojo!! Maeve and Lo have already given you some great advice! If you have other questions, I'm happy to help here or in world as well. Main thing, have fun and take your time. You have a whole new world to explore and learn about, and it isn't going anywhere anytime soon. _____________________ hugs everyone
Isis Becquerel Ferine Strumpet Join date: 1 Sep 2004 Posts: 971	12-29-2004 16:50 Welcome Mojo...love your name btw...I only have one peice of advice: Have fun. Do this despite everything else. Enjoy everything that SL has to offer and then if you feel you can have fun and offer something as well then do it. Take care and if you need anything my IM's go to e-mail. Feel free to IM away. _____________________ One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however, are started by well-fed people with time on their hands to dream up half-baked ideologies or grandiose ambitions, and to nurse real or imagined grievances. Thomas Sowell As long as the bottle of wine costs more than 50 bucks, I'm not an alcoholic...even if I did drink 3 of them.
Mojo Bliss Registered User Join date: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 213	12-29-2004 17:06 From: Maeve Morgan 1. Don't buy land right away there are some nice free newbie apartments if you feel you need a home I was a hobo for my first 6 months of SL 2. If It sounds too good to be true it usually is 3. unless you really really like cybersex don't go the escort route you get paid the equavalent of $4 US an hour 4. if you got a neat new gun/bomb/whatever in a freebie pack a crowded club is not the place to try it out 5. Most people in SL are nice some are assholes just like RL 6. Don't resell free stuff you get as a way to make money, It's dishonest and will have people on you like white on rice. 7. Go to building/scripting/texturing classes they are fun and informative I can't think of more right now but feel free to find me in world I try to be helpful to new people $4 an hour? *laughs - i can't raise my 11 kids on that much... thank you Maeve - most helpful....
Mojo Bliss Registered User Join date: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 213	12-29-2004 17:08 From: Lo Jacobs Good luck and welcome! thank you Lo - i'll not use guns around other living things..... and i don't plan on land for awhile yet.
Mojo Bliss Registered User Join date: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 213	12-29-2004 17:09 From: Pendari Lorentz Main thing, have fun and take your time. You have a whole new world to explore and learn about, and it isn't going anywhere anytime soon. glad to hear that Pendari. thank you for the welcome too - so far nothing but fun.
Mojo Bliss Registered User Join date: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 213	12-29-2004 17:12 From: Isis Becquerel Welcome Mojo...love your name btw...I only have one peice of advice: Have fun. Do this despite everything else. Enjoy everything that SL has to offer and then if you feel you can have fun and offer something as well then do it. Take care and if you need anything my IM's go to e-mail. Feel free to IM away. hey if ya got mojo, it ought to be bliss, eh? wow eveyone is friendly here - was at the welcome area for a time - lots of people there and dizzying convos. yes, fun despite all else. thank you Isis!
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	12-29-2004 17:23 Here's to hopin' that you, Mojo, never lose your mojo, and that you will be contentedly blissed out for times to come. Hope to see you inworld soon so we can get all... gr00vy. I'm the crazy cyberpunk gal in the watermelon-themed clothes that sometimes hangs out in the Welcome Area and, uh, all over Second Life. _____________________
Merwan Marker Booring... Join date: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 4,706	12-29-2004 17:29 Heheh Torley - be nice to the new folks! errr - i see you are! Mojo, welcome to SL - Torley is a one AV major welcome Wagon of thrills, spills and amazingly-wonderful-Karma! Meet her if you can! _____________________ Don't Worry, Be Happy - Meher Baba
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	12-29-2004 17:39 Awww... blush... Merwan you know, something in the color department really got to us. Hey Mojo, like tie-dyed psychadelic clothes? Check out Merwan's rainbow zebra. _____________________
Mojo Bliss Registered User Join date: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 213	01-03-2005 23:29 From: Torley Torgeson Awww... blush... Merwan you know, something in the color department really got to us. Hey Mojo, like tie-dyed psychadelic clothes? Check out Merwan's rainbow zebra. Thank you Torley was nice to see you at the WC over the weekend.
Lecktor Hannibal YOUR MOM Join date: 1 Jul 2004 Posts: 6,734	01-04-2005 05:30 Welcome Mojo !! SL is phenomenal! Feel free to look me up in world, I'll be glad to drop useless advice _____________________ YOUR MOM says, 'Come visit us at SC MKII http://secondcitizen.net ' From: Khamon Fate Oh, Lecktor, you're terrible. Bikers have more fun than people !
Maladroit DeFarge Registered User Join date: 3 Jan 2005 Posts: 16	01-04-2005 09:05 I started just the other day, haven't had any problems logging in. I'm pretty impressed. I've tried others, like There, but no one else offers the same massive customization you can get with Second Life. Other places try to present you with a finished and locked-down product. Second Life basically gives you everything that in other places would be reserved for administrator use only. It's a pretty big risk. Can a world survive where users have practically unlimited power? Are social pressures and non-hardcoded rules adequate to keep things sane? It looks like the answer is yes. Sure, there are some technical issues. I accidentally ended up in a club once, and had to teleport away because I could not navigate out at five seconds per frame. I don't see what's enjoyable about that. But I've never seen so much creative, colorful, and surreal work. Anybody can make some wings, or a space ship, or a Jack-in-the-Box head. The surreality of it all hit me last night. For fun, I had tweaked and colored my avatar into a reasonable approximation of Goku from Dragonball Z. You might have seen me running around with bright particles streaming up from my feet. I flew into Luskwood and landed on a tree platform and watched some little rabbits and squirrels dancing to an awesome music stream. Second Life is not an MMORPG or even an online community in the usual sense; it's a massive collaborative imagination.