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You're welcome for the advice.

But don't be so hard on yourself. There's no such thing as a stupid question. About all things, ask.


Heh, glad to hear I'm not the only one who doesn't like WoW. I was so disappointed in that game. I had followed its development for years, eagerly anticipating its release. When it finally came out, I was the first guy in line at the store to buy it. Then I played the hell out of it for the first 30 days to make sure it was worth continuing to pay for. (All previous Blizzard games had been buy once, play free forever after; this was a new model)

I was bored out of my skull with the thing after like 3 days, but I kept playing anyway, hoping it would get better. It didn't. So I (sadly) canceled my account. What a let down.

I'm still waiting for World of Diablo. THAT would be a game worth playing. (not that it will ever happen)

i cut my teeth on dark ages of camelot. a great game in its day but old and dieing now. played that off and on for more then 4 years. i was also worked up for wow. but just cant get past the graphic and the way other players treat each other. it blows big time.

i also tried EQ2 for a few months, found that lacking, although i cant put my finger on why.

Lately i've been playing lord of the rings online. a very fun game with a great community of friendly and helpful people. plays like a wow clone with better story-driven adventures (quest lines). i do have to say that the landscape artwork is breathtaking.

i think i may be broad with generic games and decided to give 2nd life a try see what the commotion is all about. so far i'm a little confused but enjoying myself.

then again i'm a wacko and actually like pick up groups. sure a lot of them blow but you also meet fun people. made few long term friends that way, so it balances out.

Cleo,

Come to my Communications in SL class at GQ Start in Zugspitze. It's on Sundays at 1 pm SL time.

We cover all that stuff.

(I can't believe you call the system you describe as "easy". Communicating in SL is FAR easier than all that "tell" nonsense.)

If you can't make the class, IM me. I'll send you a copy of my speaking notes.

Easier but not as fast... you cant just hit 'r' and start typing, and you have to find a profile if not already IMing or have them visible, rather than

/tell okiphia rayna HI!!!!!!

I love the commo system from EQ2, but then again, I dealt with it for 3 years so it's ingrained in my brain lol.

once you get used to some thing, sure it is easy

the advice posted on this tread is plenty, i get the basic idea of how the system works. now i just have to get used to using it.

Calling someone in IM takes a couple more steps, yes. But once the call's established, it's simply typing, no extra commands required for each line you enter.

But chat is so easy.

[ENTER] Hello, Okiphia! [ENTER] = Lindal Kidd: Hello, Okiphia!

And in either IM or chat, we have the /me emote:
/me shrugs and walks away. "Sometimes people just don't want to be helped." = Lindal Kidd shrugs and walks away. "Sometimes people just don't want to be helped."

chat worked the same in WoW and EQ2..just enter 'message' enter, and same thing for chat channels /# akjsdhaksjhd enter (Chat channels not just for scripts, but like group IMs in SL of course)


and for emotes, at least in EQ2, you could do it just by adding : before it so

miles happily
would come out as
Okiphia Rayna smiles happily

EVen better you didn't have to hit a button to shout, just /shout HEY EVERYONE!

SO in some ways SL is better in that it is easier... but things like WoW and EQ2 are more versatile from chat commands ^_^

EDIT: I have to admit though, multiple IM convos could get odd if you didn't make a new window for each you could set it to automatically but if you didn't, you'd have to type out their name again ift hey weren't last to talk to you, which got annoying.

I like the colon convention for chat emotes. We should do that one. If you submit the JIRA, I'll vote for it.

You don't have to hit the Shout button to shout. Try CTRL+ENTER.

didnt know that, thanks ^_^

i'd be willing to vote for that too.

a good idea is a good idea,

Someone else would have to JIRA it lol.. I've no idea how to use that thing.. took me like 15 minutes to vote the first time XD