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Roobus Newt
Registered User
Join date: 9 Oct 2006
Posts: 40
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12-03-2007 14:07
for playing SL? I have tried to turn several people onto SL, but none have become the addict that I am. They all just make fun of me. Everyone telling me it's for people with no life. It doesn't bother me because I'm in my 30's and my friends are just razzing me, but I was just curious if anyone else catches crap for playing.
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George Standish
Your Friend!
Join date: 12 Aug 2006
Posts: 124
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12-03-2007 14:09
Yes.
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Abba Thiebaud
PerPetUal NoOb
Join date: 20 Aug 2006
Posts: 563
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12-03-2007 14:12
Yes.
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HoneyBear Lilliehook
Owner, The Mall at Cherry
Join date: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 4,500
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12-03-2007 14:15
Yes.
My friends understand better than my family though. My daughter calls it "No Life". /me sighs _____________________
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Tex Nasworthy
Udder Disgrace
Join date: 2 Sep 2006
Posts: 1,330
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Some might.........
12-03-2007 14:20
I have told a few friends about SL and got a variety of responses, but them looking at me like I'm nuts is the most common one. I have to say that most of those friends rely on me when they have computer problems and would most likely think Pac-Man is high-tech.
However, this past Saturday night I had the oppurtunity to see an SL musician play in RL. Between sets we were sitting at the bar talking about SL. Before long I noticed that several people at the bar were listening in. Then the bartender asked "what in the hell are you talking about". As you most likely know trying to explain SL is not that easy. Anyway, we tried our best to give them an idea of what SL was like. There must have been a dozen people hanging on our every word. I'm sure some of them thought we were full blown geeks but I'd be willing to bet that a few of them have a look for themselves. Lastly, I've been called things that are a lot worse than dork. LOL |
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Trout Recreant
Public Enemy No. 1
Join date: 24 Jul 2007
Posts: 4,873
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12-03-2007 14:21
I've been very quiet in RL about my SL. Actually, my friends think I'm a complete dork for so many other reasons that I doubt SL would surprise them at all, but I'm certain I'd catch some grief for it. It's unfortunate, because I don't see Sl as being dorky at all, but a lot of people who haven't really experienced it, or who don't have the vision to see what it can do are awfully quick to judge.
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Bradley Bracken
Goodbye, Farewell, Amen
Join date: 2 Apr 2007
Posts: 3,856
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12-03-2007 14:25
All my friends give it a big yawn when I tell them about it. A couple of them have tried it but either didn't make it through OI or found it too difficult to manipulate afterwards. Most tend to think I'm a little crazy about it.
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Lindal Kidd
Dances With Noobs
Join date: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 8,371
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12-03-2007 14:25
We get it from both sides.
The computer illiterates who never play anything more complex than Solitaire don't understand SL at all. The dedicated computer gaming geeks think SL is a kiddieland and not worth the pixels it's made of. We can't win. So...I guess I'll go log on and meet some friends for a good time. _____________________
It's still My World and My Imagination! So there.
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Isabeau Imako
P'tite Poulette
Join date: 13 Sep 2007
Posts: 2,335
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12-03-2007 14:31
Yes, Dorkette, here!!! But since everyone already knows this about me, they don't really comment if I tell them. Then again, not too many people would ever risk calling me names, (they politely wait until I'm out of earshot.)
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Graphicguru Gustav
Accepts head scritchings!
Join date: 5 Oct 2007
Posts: 775
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Posessed
12-03-2007 14:34
mostly yes...only a few dorks I work with have been converted to the SL faith, the rest (including my RL friends think I am possesed!)
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George Standish
Your Friend!
Join date: 12 Aug 2006
Posts: 124
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12-03-2007 14:37
I belong to a car forum with over 30,000 members. There is always between 1,000 to 2,500 people on at a time. Most of these people are in their early 20's and 30's. They are always talking about their video and pc games, and their high scores.
When I joined SL in August of 2006, I posted about it and how I thought that it would be cool to have online car meets, even including a picture of me in front of my mustang. Man was I heckled!  Recently I posted an updated picture of SL and was shot down again, because I must be a loser with no real life! Personally I find it hard to believe that out of all those people, nobody was interested.  |
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Slawkenbergius Slade
Registered User
Join date: 21 May 2007
Posts: 133
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12-03-2007 14:39
Friends??
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Isabeau Imako
P'tite Poulette
Join date: 13 Sep 2007
Posts: 2,335
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12-03-2007 14:43
I belong to a car forum with over 30,000 members. There is always between 1,000 to 2,500 people on at a time. Most of these people are in their early 20's and 30's. They are always talking about their video and pc games, and their high scores. When I joined SL in August of 2006, I posted about it and how I thought that it would be cool to have online car meets, even including a picture of me in front of my mustang. Man was I heckled! Recently I posted an updated picture of SL and was shot down again, because I must be a loser with no real life! Personally I find it hard to believe that out of all those people, nobody was interested. LOL I BET you were heckled! hahaha You're a brave man. I'm sure some of them were interested but were too chicken to speak up, especially in a car forum. |
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Chas Connolly
Registered User
Join date: 24 Jan 2007
Posts: 1,433
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12-03-2007 14:45
I've never even mentioned it to my friends. SL is SL and RL is that place with loads of lag. Hey, I live in London.
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Cherry Czervik
Came To Her Senses
Join date: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 3,680
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12-03-2007 14:46
Yeah but ... half of them spend their time on FAR worse things. Like WoW. And that's just the GIRLS!
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Kaos Jansma
Registered User
Join date: 2 Jul 2007
Posts: 120
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12-03-2007 14:47
Yes
but some of them play WOW so the admiration or lack therof is mutual lol |
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Jezabell Barbosa
Muah™
Join date: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 896
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12-03-2007 15:03
for playing SL? I have tried to turn several people onto SL, but none have become the addict that I am. They all just make fun of me. Everyone telling me it's for people with no life. It doesn't bother me because I'm in my 30's and my friends are just razzing me, but I was just curious if anyone else catches crap for playing. All my friends are dorks, and I am the coolest of them all. I am super dork. _____________________
”Persons who find themselves disenchanted with the whole system of situational obligations in society may seek out those places where reverie is likely to be tolerated.” - Erving Goffman
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3Ring Binder
always smile
Join date: 8 Mar 2007
Posts: 15,028
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12-03-2007 15:17
my family does. when i am annoying them, they tell me to "go play with my little dollies" LOL
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Desmond Shang
Guvnah of Caledon
Join date: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 5,250
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12-03-2007 15:22
The few that I tell very much respect it, and are stunned and confounded and want to know HOW I've done so well.
Especially when I describe it as playing with dollies and dress-up and 'house' and building blocks and trains. And when they invariably ask 'the question', and discover it financially pwns their RL occupations it is... well, confusing to them to say the least. It also helps that I have done plenty of non-dorky stuff RL. Pretty hard for someone that has never left the country or done anything risky to give me any flak. _____________________
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Rhaorth Antonelli
Registered User
Join date: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 7,425
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12-03-2007 15:23
nope
the folks I have shown SL to using my laptop, were interested but not their cup of tea they do not think I am a dork for doing this (or if they do they never indicated such) then again they know the whole story about how I met my RL hubby via SL, and all that (and these are ppl I met through him) the friends I left behind never indicated that they thought I was a dork either (shrug) PS I am 43 if that makes a difference my RL acquaintances range from teens to not sure (elderly I know) my experience in SL is not one of financial gain (I WISH) but one of spiritual awakening and discovering myself and things I never knew about me _____________________
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Derbor Torok
Lost soul
Join date: 21 Jun 2007
Posts: 1,016
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12-03-2007 15:55
for playing SL? I have tried to turn several people onto SL, but none have become the addict that I am. They all just make fun of me. Everyone telling me it's for people with no life. It doesn't bother me because I'm in my 30's and my friends are just razzing me, but I was just curious if anyone else catches crap for playing. Yeah, but it has nothing to do with sl.. Now they just think I am a 'weird' dork... Seriously.. my first sl month had my friends worried. Somehow they got the idea that I had taken up with a 19 year old and was too embarrassed to introduce her to them. They crashed my house one Friday night and turned it upside down looking for her... They could not believe that a 'computer game' could suck me in so badly… .d |
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Brenda Connolly
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Join date: 10 Jan 2007
Posts: 25,000
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12-03-2007 16:08
Most of my friends are not Computer worshipers, they spend enough time on them at work and don't go near them in off time, pretty much as I was before this mess, so I don't even mention it to them. One couple I know are avid gamers, but they aren't interested in SL at all. One co worker a few months back, saw the main web page up on my screen in the office, and said, "I heard about that. Isn't it some sort of cult?"
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Twosteppin Jewell
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Join date: 27 Mar 2007
Posts: 308
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12-03-2007 16:10
My friends have always thought I was a bit of a dork; I don't think SL has changed that much.
My son thinks it is cool that mom is on sort of an MMORPG, although to him it would be way more cool if I played WOW. My husband spends all of his time laughing at "this strange little world I've found". _____________________
Sorry, I was temporarily lost in thought and it wasn't familiar territory.
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Avacea Fasching
Certified
Join date: 23 Dec 2005
Posts: 481
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12-03-2007 16:13
Yes, and a dweebie nerd geek.
.....but we run the world now, so I dont care _____________________
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Trout Recreant
Public Enemy No. 1
Join date: 24 Jul 2007
Posts: 4,873
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12-03-2007 16:15
Yes, and a dweebie nerd geek. .....but we run the world now, so I dont care Who makes more money? Bill Gates or Michael Jordan? I think MJ is still the top grossing athlete of all time. I'm just sayin...go geeks! _____________________
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