In SL I can associate with nut jobs, lunatics and whackos in a perfectly safe and controlled environment (I use those terms in the most endearing way possible).
In RL it would scare the pants of me.
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Cal Kondo
Low impact
Join date: 7 Oct 2006
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01-13-2009 18:42
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Tarina Sewell
Just Browsing Thank you
Join date: 20 Jul 2007
Posts: 2,180
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01-13-2009 18:45
Ok aside your looks can change with the slide of a mouse. Even in RL one ca change looks with plastic surgery. OK and in RL there are not vampires running around wanting to bite everyone haha. People have friends, enemies, there are beutiful and ugly people, trashy neighbors, prostitutes, chruches, clothes that may or may not fit, a currency system, crooks and honest people, lovers, haters... All joking aside, the more I get into this SL, the more I notice there ain't much difference between this and real life. So for the bad experiences - I read somewhere that SL is suppose to be a fun place away from the world, not a real world away from the real world. How the hell does it happen that SL has so many problems that RL does? The only thing exclusive to SL is the eternal lagging and rezzing problem. Even RL lags at times, like at the DMV. So what gives? Second life you can mute people, walk through walls and pretend to be whatever or whoever you want.. AND You can walk away from Second life anytime you want.. RL.. well.. you just can't walk away .. and if you make an appointment, the DMV moves fast I have never been there more than 30 min tops |
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Clarissa Lowell
Gone. G'bye.
Join date: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 3,020
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01-14-2009 02:23
How the hell does it happen that SL has so many problems that RL does? It's still a human being operating the pixel puppet. People carry themselves into the game - whatever their intentions - in some way. You won't have talents or capabilities in-world that you do not possess as a person. SL can bring different qualities out of you but not if they aren't there. What is different about the two worlds? If you sit on a park bench in real life, no one pays you. |
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Triz Aster
Registered User
Join date: 10 Nov 2006
Posts: 72
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01-14-2009 03:20
Hair changing is a HUGE difference between SL and RL ... I don't know why you dismissed it. My partner still gets confused as to how long it is going to take me to do my hair in SL vs RL (3 seconds vs 90 minutes - sad but true. I love you, SL! How I wish and wish I could just click on my head IRL).
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Aeslyn Dae
over and out
Join date: 12 Jul 2007
Posts: 453
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01-14-2009 03:52
It's still a human being operating the pixel puppet. People carry themselves into the game - whatever their intentions - in some way. Yes, what makes SL the same as RL is the humans creating it. Give them the chance to make Utopia and you get much same thing over again and all the usual problems, but with extra beaches and more palm trees. The main difference is that if you do log out of RL it's permanent and you can't decide to come back again next day. -- Aes |
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Ephraim Kappler
Reprobate
Join date: 9 Jul 2007
Posts: 1,946
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01-14-2009 04:15
... you can turn off your computer, but not RL ... I find a large whiskey does exactly the same trick with RL. I think it is still very early days for the medium as far as the technology goes so lag is just something we have to live with. It would help if builders and developers considered using textures and scripts more responsibly: I found a scripted watch recently with a 1024 x1024 texture on its dial, which is absolutely ridiculous when you consider that's more than 3MB waiting to download as the person wearing it comes within drawing distance. It's far too common to find avatars wearing inconsiderate fripperies of this nature and having the gall to complain about lag at the same time. As far as usage and enjoyment goes, I think we are still at the point Edwardian theatre-goers were with the cinema - ducking under the seat as that train pulled into the station. Many residents seem to need SL to be an extension of RL as opposed to it being a diverting escape: I've lost count of the number of interesting and fantastic situations that were ruined by someone insisting on discussing what they just had for dinner or pausing to let everyone in the vicinity know they had to go empty the washing machine. I think that with time that sort of behaviour will be frowned upon as a breach of etiquette: if a resident absolutely needs to be that mundane then he or she should take their baggage back to RL. The main difference is that if you do log out of RL it's permanent and you can't decide to come back again next day. Ephraim Kappler busts his sides. |
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,107
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01-14-2009 04:29
I find a large whiskey does exactly the same trick with RL. I think it is still very early days for the medium as far as the technology goes so lag is just something we have to live with. It would help if builders and developers considered using textures and scripts more responsibly: I found a scripted watch recently with a 1024 x1024 texture on its dial, which is absolutely ridiculous when you consider that's more than 3MB waiting to download as the person wearing it comes within drawing distance. It's far too common to find avatars wearing inconsiderate fripperies of this nature and having the gall to complain about lag at the same time. As far as usage and enjoyment goes, I think we are still at the point Edwardian theatre-goers were with the cinema - ducking under the seat as that train pulled into the station. Many residents seem to need SL to be an extension of RL as opposed to it being a diverting escape: I've lost count of the number of interesting and fantastic situations that were ruined by someone insisting on discussing what they just had for dinner or pausing to let everyone in the vicinity know they had to go empty the washing machine. I think that with time that sort of behaviour will be frowned upon as a breach of etiquette: if a resident absolutely needs to be that mundane then he or she should take their baggage back to RL. Ephraim Kappler busts his sides. This is true. And some people already HAVE done that.... usually they make the news when their kids are hauled off by CYS.  _____________________
really pissy & mean right now and NOT happy with Life.
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Zan Beck
Registered User
Join date: 21 Mar 2007
Posts: 131
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01-14-2009 04:43
In SL I poop butterflies in RL I just poop.
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eku Zhong
Apocalips = low prims
Join date: 27 May 2008
Posts: 752
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01-14-2009 05:03
In SL I poop butterflies in RL I just poop. you poop butterflies.. how fartistic  _____________________
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
Posts: 4,694
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01-14-2009 05:09
In RL, I had to learn to walk... In SL, I had to learn to sit. =^-^=
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Carbon Philter
Registered User
Join date: 4 Apr 2008
Posts: 165
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01-14-2009 05:47
Skydiving in SL is a lot less painful than RL when you forget your chute!
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Konu Magic
Certified Insane
Join date: 25 Nov 2008
Posts: 704
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01-14-2009 06:03
There are alot of differences between RL and SL. Just the needs your RL body has compared to never having to sleep, eat or use the restroom in SL. Now, since you are still dealing with real people and real emotions, that is where the lines for RL and SL get blurry. I have known many people in other online games (The Sims Online.... RIP) for one, where people met and got married in RL after meeting online.
Most people I have met in online games come as themselves. They don't pretend to be something else (unless at a RP sim). I prefer to be myself. It's so much easier and it does come naturally... though a bit easier with alot of whiskey |
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Conifer Dada
Hiya m'dooks!
Join date: 6 Oct 2006
Posts: 3,716
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01-14-2009 06:07
In Second Life I can fall 2000m off a sky platform and walk away with a bruised knee. In RL I'd be dead. Clearly there IS a difference between RL and SL, but as soon as you start to try and pin it down, it poses new questions like 'what exactly is reality'?
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Konu Magic
Certified Insane
Join date: 25 Nov 2008
Posts: 704
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01-14-2009 06:27
In Second Life I can fall 2000m off a sky platform and walk away with a bruised knee. In RL I'd be dead. Clearly there IS a difference between RL and SL, but as soon as you start to try and pin it down, it poses new questions like 'what exactly is reality'? Take the red pill or the blue pill... either way you wake up the next morning with a wicked headache and your butt is sore... lmao |
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Raudf Fox
(ra-ow-th)
Join date: 25 Feb 2005
Posts: 5,119
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01-14-2009 06:33
Is SL, when you "die" you actually just teleport home. In RL, you check out completely.
And if there was one ability I'd like to have from SL, it'd be the ability to teleport anywhere. That would save me a lot of time and money just popping from one place to another as I shop. _____________________
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Kasuga Hax
Hanja Welcome Area Helper
Join date: 6 Aug 2007
Posts: 284
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01-14-2009 07:21
Real Life grievers can be easily permabanned from RL, SL is difficult, because in SL they keep coming back even if you shoot their heads off.
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Lindal Kidd
Dances With Noobs
Join date: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 8,371
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01-14-2009 08:53
... I have known many people in other online games (The Sims Online.... RIP) for one, where people met and got married in RL after meeting online. Most people I have met in online games come as themselves. They don't pretend to be something else (unless at a RP sim). I prefer to be myself. It's so much easier and it does come naturally... though a bit easier with alot of whiskey They get RL married here, too. About that last sentence...I agree. But not everyone agrees on what is meant by "yourself". Which is one of the reasons I like SL so much. I think one's avatar is, in many cases, a truer representation of one's self than their RL appearance. I still "feel" 25 inside, although my RL body keeps lying to the people around me. _____________________
It's still My World and My Imagination! So there.
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sable Valentine
AU United
Join date: 30 Apr 2006
Posts: 1,275
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01-14-2009 10:47
and if you make an appointment, the DMV moves fast I have never been there more than 30 min tops Wow, you can do that in your state? Curses, can't in mine!! _____________________
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Treasure Ballinger
Virtual Ability
Join date: 31 Dec 2007
Posts: 2,745
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01-14-2009 11:44
Ok aside your looks can change with the slide of a mouse. Even in RL one ca change looks with plastic surgery. OK and in RL there are not vampires running around wanting to bite everyone haha. People have friends, enemies, there are beutiful and ugly people, trashy neighbors, prostitutes, chruches, clothes that may or may not fit, a currency system, crooks and honest people, lovers, haters... All joking aside, the more I get into this SL, the more I notice there ain't much difference between this and real life. So for the bad experiences - I read somewhere that SL is suppose to be a fun place away from the world, not a real world away from the real world. How the hell does it happen that SL has so many problems that RL does? The only thing exclusive to SL is the eternal lagging and rezzing problem. Even RL lags at times, like at the DMV. So what gives? No housecleaning in SL. No laundry. Yard is always freshly mowed, landscaping is always perfect, pool/jacuzzi always fresh and inviting. If I don't have the perfect pair of shoes to go with my outfit, I can tp out to get them real quick, and be back home in moments. I have 3 big land parcels, and 2 houses that I adore and a skybox, all exquisitely furnished with amazing stuff I can afford, with no 'buy no pay later' contract. I can get money from somebody else's bank account (my rl one) All my neighbors are awesome. (only the luck of the moment, I know). I can travel to another country just as quickly as tp'ing to the shoe store and have awesome experiences walking with a lion. The list seems endless....... Treasure (mad now that I can't go inworld right now) |
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Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 20,263
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01-14-2009 12:22
Ok aside your looks can change with the slide of a mouse. Even in RL one ca change looks with plastic surgery. And even if I could make a 5cm plywood cube that blew me two billion meters in the air, I couldn't do it twice. Or, quoting a message I posted in the SLX forums last week: My lifestyle in SL is as far beyond the RL lifestyle of the richest and most profligate millionaire playboy as theirs is above my RL one. I can't spend so much as an hour in SL without doing a dozen things that would make Michael Jackson wet his pants to be able to do in RL. Bruce Wayne's "wonderful toys" are mundane freebies. Mere rockstars don't even get a shoe-in. The world of Second Life makes Star Trek's Federation look backwards, and would even be a challenge for someone from the asymptoticly approached transcendence of Iain Banks' Culture. I would love to be outrageously wealthy, but I can't imagine any level of wealth in RL that would let me begin to duplicate what I can do in SL. _____________________
Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/
"And now I'm going to show you something really cool." Skyhook Station - http://xrl.us/skyhook23 Coonspiracy Store - http://xrl.us/coonstore |
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Clarissa Lowell
Gone. G'bye.
Join date: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 3,020
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01-16-2009 05:26
I think that with time that sort of behaviour will be frowned upon as a breach of etiquette: if a resident absolutely needs to be that mundane then he or she should take their baggage back to RL. That's how I see time spent there, although I don't begrudge others doing it, so long as they aren't insisting I do it, too. Some seem to want it as a fancy chat program to talk about RL things, others seem to prefer it for its fantastical capablities and want to see what it has that RL doesn't. Either way is fine so long as no one insists their way is the only way, I think. Or at least, I hate when people say the two are not separate and anyone who thinks so "is fooling themselves." There is crossover but it's two different worlds, imo. And no, I get no thrill from hearing brb reasons either. |
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Ephraim Kappler
Reprobate
Join date: 9 Jul 2007
Posts: 1,946
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01-16-2009 06:05
I ain't a complete fantasy fascist and I can see how that lil café in the Plaza at Barcelona makes a real neat spot fer two folk ta sit 'n' shoot th' bull 'bout whatever they feel like, but in th' past week I heard a drill sergeant mention he was off ta bed 'n' get his beauty sleep, a would-be master tawkin 'bout eatin his dinner with his sub sat waitin at th' end of a leash by his throne and a coupla vampires discussin th' state of their socks.
I ax ya? ('Pologies, tawkin in character here.) |
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
Posts: 2,855
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01-16-2009 08:18
where else can you travel to france, never never land, dance with Elves Vampires, and Werewolves, converse with Cats,Dogs and other various species of fauna and flora while dancing like Fred & Ginger, til the sun comes up(and down then back up), Look champagne wealthy on a tootsie pop budget, and still be in your pjs?
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There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Cael Merryman
Brain in Neutral
Join date: 5 Dec 2007
Posts: 380
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01-16-2009 09:16
Where can you get plastic surgery to turn a six foot tall human into a four foot tall humanoid ferret? I gotta get me some of that. ... Who needs surgery? Send $ 9.95 and I can enroll you know in the Church of InFeral Transformation and in three months, 90 days, you too can be transformed in every way. We would be a much larger church, but we keep losing members in hunting season. |
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Ceka Cianci
SuperPremiumExcaliburAcc#
Join date: 31 Jul 2006
Posts: 4,489
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01-16-2009 09:23
where else can you have a one night stand be pregnant and breast feeding in a week?
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