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Help! The Alts are revolting!
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Deira Llanfair
Deira to rhyme with Myra
Join date: 16 Oct 2006
Posts: 2,315
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07-27-2009 12:43
Help! The Alts are revolting! _____________________
Deira
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Seven Okelli
last days of pompeii
Join date: 4 Dec 2008
Posts: 2,300
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07-27-2009 12:48
Isn't that a little harsh, Seven? I'm going to have to tell you know who if I see her tomorrow morning. What? I mean, What? And there's another reason to have an alt, so you know who doesn't know what you're saying in the forum! I'm pretty sure she doesn't know even if she reads the forum. . _____________________
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Congohelium Zessinthal
My own Manikin Mee
Join date: 24 Jul 2008
Posts: 8
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07-27-2009 12:48
Nonsense, I'm not revolting. I'm quite a natty dresser, considering that just about everything I own came from a lucky chair!
Rebelling, maybe. |
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3Ring Binder
always smile
Join date: 8 Mar 2007
Posts: 15,028
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07-27-2009 12:54
Sarah (or SJ for my friends) your sig line confuses me....  _____________________
it was fun while it lasted.
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Seven Okelli
last days of pompeii
Join date: 4 Dec 2008
Posts: 2,300
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07-27-2009 12:55
Sarah (or SJ for my friends) your sig line confuses me.... Her enemies call her "B" . _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
Assume sarcasm as default
Join date: 21 Dec 2006
Posts: 8,839
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07-27-2009 12:56
I got created to see if anyone reads Cordwainer Smith, and to push "C" on lucky chairs, and now I mostly hang around sitting on things to make sure they look right for my main. No-one reads Cordwainer Smith any more. Pep (Some of us reread him.  )_____________________
Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!
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3Ring Binder
always smile
Join date: 8 Mar 2007
Posts: 15,028
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07-27-2009 12:56
Her enemies call her "B" . i call him something else entirely. _____________________
it was fun while it lasted.
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Bradley Bracken
Goodbye, Farewell, Amen
Join date: 2 Apr 2007
Posts: 3,856
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07-27-2009 13:03
I have two alts (1 male 1 female). First I use them for making adjustments on furniture. I'm short by SL standards, so I made the male taller and bigger. After that I will frequently use them in advertising photos.
One convienet thing about having alts is when someone tells you to "go fuck yourself" _____________________
My interest in SL has simply died. Thanks for all the laughs
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Seven Okelli
last days of pompeii
Join date: 4 Dec 2008
Posts: 2,300
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07-27-2009 13:04
No-one reads Cordwainer Smith any more. Pep (Some of us reread him. )I bought "The Rediscovery of Man" last year after reading Karen Ellis' review of it: http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20071216 (Karen Ellis of Planet Karen fame: http://planetkaren.girl-wonder.org/ ) It's a big fat book and I take it off the shelf every know and then to read the next story. It never fails to blow my mind. . _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
Un United Avatar
Join date: 10 Jan 2007
Posts: 25,000
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07-27-2009 13:04
Help! The Alts are revolting! I've always thought so....  _____________________
Don't you ever try to look behind my eyes. You don't want to know what they have seen.
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Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 20,263
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07-27-2009 13:12
I bought "The Rediscovery of Man" last year after reading Karen Ellis' review of it: [...] It never fails to blow my mind. I'd already read almost all of it but I didn't neglect to re-read any of it. _____________________
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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Czari Zenovka
I've Had it With "PC"!
Join date: 3 May 2007
Posts: 3,688
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07-27-2009 13:19
But I also use them as banks. Since I have vendors that pay out occasionally, I do not like keeping large amounts of Lindens in my main account, so I transfer it to them. This. My alts began for different reasons. My partner and I each created Elven alts for role play and wanted the available groups needed for that purpose. Other than visit a few Elven sims, that never worked out, so my Elf Alt is my inventory backup. The other alt is Japanese. I have always been fascinated by Asian culture, primarily Japanese, and created her to begin training to become a Geisha. I was really enjoying it, took a few Japanese lessons...then my Oka-san (who was a GREAT person and mentor) disappeared, the "personality" so to speak of this particular tea house changed drastically and I really didn't have the extra time to get deeply into it. So now she is my banker for the same reason Cheree mentioned. _____________________
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Briana Dawson
Attach to Mouth
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 5,855
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07-27-2009 13:27
I do not do anything with alts except hold groups when needed.
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Crighton Johin
Frell Me Dead
Join date: 26 Feb 2007
Posts: 555
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Accounting and Fun
07-27-2009 15:01
I own an private estate with rentals, a jazz club and I also DJ, so my money used to get pretty convoluted. And since I have a tendency to blow money if I'm not watching myself, it was hard for me to keep track of what Lindens were coming in and going out. So I have two accounting alts, one for The Savoy and one for Marco Island. All money paid in goes to them, and all money out for expenses and building, etc goes out from them. This way I know exactly how much money I'm making in Marco and I know exactly how badly I'm losing my ass in The Savoy...lol.
My third alt is my fun alt, who is female. As some others said, it's fun to be someone else, and it's also nice to have quiet time, as it's hard with Crighton anymore. Although, strangely, Aeryn has become as popular as C these days...in fact some of my friends like her better. My feelings should be hurt by that, but I like her better, too.  |
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Monalisa Robbiani
Registered User
Join date: 9 Jul 2007
Posts: 861
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07-27-2009 17:34
You forgot: To empty lucky chairs and vote for yourself in various contests *lol*
I have alts to store inventory, to show dances to costumers and to hold more than 25 groups. My newest alt is a human guy (I am female in RL). And I started to like him more than my human girl alt. He ist just soo hawt. _____________________
 Dances, animations, furniture for Loco Pocos Tiny Avatars. Group dances, circle dances. Sculpted neko furniture. Prefabs, mediterranean styled beach houses. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Inochi%20Island/201/225/21 |
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Clarissa Lowell
Gone. G'bye.
Join date: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 3,020
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07-27-2009 17:39
Also, as someone pointed out to me, they are a set of virtual Barbie dolls. Bingo. As a kid I wrote stories and comic books about the various dolls I had, they were fun to dress up, set up house for, and they inspired creativity in writing about their lives and personal relationships. In other words I was a nerd then too. _____________________
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Void Singer
Int vSelf = Sing(void);
Join date: 24 Sep 2005
Posts: 6,973
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07-27-2009 18:10
I forgot one...
dress them all up as ruth, take them to the WA and have them repeatedly play "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated" on a loop while randomly walking into people _____________________
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Seven Okelli
last days of pompeii
Join date: 4 Dec 2008
Posts: 2,300
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07-27-2009 19:04
I forgot one... dress them all up as ruth, take them to the WA and have them repeatedly play "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated" on a loop while randomly walking into people So that was YOU !!! (lol) . _____________________
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Looli Vella
( ~^_^)~
Join date: 9 Feb 2007
Posts: 148
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07-27-2009 20:12
To do guy things. I spend about 50% of my time as my alt, but I don't think he's ever posted here.
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Dana Hickman
Leather & Lace™
Join date: 10 Oct 2006
Posts: 1,515
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07-27-2009 23:29
My first alt was to have a second person in my group. The rest of them came about for expressing different styles and looks, plus they help with privacy while building. As for what I use them for, that would be everything. I don't roleplay any fake characters or personalities, so an alt to me is just like a change of outfit. Each one may look different, but it's always just me behind it and I don't hide that fact. Several people know of them all. In fact, there's one special guy I dated who requested and got 3 of them in one night
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Void Singer
Int vSelf = Sing(void);
Join date: 24 Sep 2005
Posts: 6,973
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07-28-2009 00:45
So that was YOU !!! (lol) . me and several friends did it years back (I have pictures somewhere!)... I've been meaning to do it again =) _____________________
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Marcush Nemeth
Registered User
Join date: 3 Apr 2007
Posts: 402
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07-28-2009 07:01
The bank alt is also an interesting one mentioned regularly. It seems peoples' use for it is to "lock away their Lindens at a place where they can access them, but not too conveniently".
This is pretty similar to the reason why many people put their lindens in an SL bank years ago. So, there's another feature LL could add: a second "Linden$ Ballance" info field. Make it accessible only through the SL website, to allow transfer of funds between your in-world ballance and that one. Just as a step of inconvenience to stop you from buying something on impulse. If you don't have the money in-world to buy something, it won't be taken from your "bank ballance" automatically. It simply HAS to be manually transfered to your in-world ballance first. |
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Clarissa Lowell
Gone. G'bye.
Join date: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 3,020
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07-28-2009 07:07
I'm baffled/curious how a banking alt could have more money management skills than the main, since it's the same human?
Matter of self confidence, maybe? _____________________
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Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 20,263
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07-28-2009 07:12
I'm baffled/curious how a banking alt could have more money management skills than the main, since it's the same human? _____________________
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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07-28-2009 07:15
Oh yes I understand why it might be a bit safer.
But some said they trusted the alt with money because they will spend it all otherwise. If it were me I'd log in as the alt and spend it all anyway. _____________________
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