Death in Second Life
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RugbyProp Radiks
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Join date: 7 Jan 2005
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01-20-2005 10:35
Why is it you can only die in certain regions of Second Life and not everywhere.
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Juro Kothari
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01-20-2005 10:37
From: RugbyProp Radiks Why is it you can only die in certain regions of Second Life and not everywhere. I believe the land has to be set to 'unsafe'. Look for the little heart icon in the upper right corner. |
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RugbyProp Radiks
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Join date: 7 Jan 2005
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01-20-2005 10:46
I know how to tell which land you can die in i want to know why it is that you cant die anywhere in SL. Its not like you cant use that avatar anymore if you do die.
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Lordfly Digeridoo
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01-20-2005 10:48
Ask your professor maybe?  
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Zuzi Martinez
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01-20-2005 10:50
exactly, it's not really dying. basically SL isn't a fictional world with stormtroopers and orcs where we're all heroes fighting for justice. any death is going to have to come from someone making something that can kill you and not from the world itself. SL is mainly about creative expression and not fighting and killing things so the ability to die is only in SL for the purpose of games-inside-the-game that people want to make where you do have a reason to die. nobody wants to be building something and get killed out of nowhere by another player.
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Lance LeFay
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01-20-2005 10:51
Why is it that a question ends in a period.
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Walker Spaight
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01-20-2005 11:41
From: RugbyProp Radiks Why is it you can only die in certain regions of Second Life and not everywhere. Because SL != FPS. (Except where you see the little heart at the top of your screen.) It's to encourage people to pursue other ways of having an interesting time in SL, I imagine. (But what do I know? I'm only a noob.) |
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Jauani Wu
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01-20-2005 11:44
rugby,
why bother with having "death" in sl?
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Leena Khan
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Join date: 21 Apr 2004
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01-20-2005 11:54
Not the mention death in SL is you dont want it is bloody annoying. So I'm on the west coat of SL and someone kills me.. Now I'm back on the east cost.. The map is _huge_ I cant just run back to my previous spot easily like in a FPS. Though teleporting makes it less annoying than it can be.
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Lance LeFay
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01-20-2005 11:55
From: Leena Khan Not the mention death in SL is you dont want it is bloody annoying. So I'm on the west coat of SL and someone kills me.. Now I'm back on the east cost.. The map is _huge_ I cant just run back to my previous spot easily like in a FPS. Though teleporting makes it less annoying than it can be. Er... then don't stand on damage land? :\
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Zuzi Martinez
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01-20-2005 12:08
i think for "why can't you die everywhere" the answer is it's not what SL is about and would annoy people like crazy, and the answer to "why have it at all" is that this opens up possibilities for games inside of SL. it's like you can go to the park and play football but the park isn't a football statium.
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Devlin Gallant
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01-20-2005 23:58
For one thing, SL is not an RPG or FPS with a combat themed genre.
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