Stages of SL avatar enlightenment
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
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03-05-2008 09:17
From: Wulfric Chevalier Or lose all perspective. A lot of people do that when they first start chatting on the internet. Marriages get ruined, stalkers and weirdos get met, etc - because people are unable to get a perspective on how socializing on the internet should be related to their RL. |
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Claire Silverspar
Pokes Badgers With Spoons
Join date: 31 Oct 2007
Posts: 5,375
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03-05-2008 09:24
I kinda skipped a lot of the normal newbie steps - i think.
I got adopted by the hangout and have been a part of the place ever since my second month...I seem to have become a fixture and fitting of the place lol.
In addition to Brann's point, there is a stage where something forces you to step back from SL and realise that you do have an addiction....I am going throught that this week...
/me goes and sits in a corner, rocking back and forth, mumbling to herself....
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Yosef Okelly
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 2,692
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03-05-2008 09:40
Have you ever taken one of those "Are You Addicted" tests? Not just SL, either. Everquest and world of Warcraft all have these. Do you feel you are spending too much time in game? Do you feel guilty about how much time you spend? Do you wish you could spend more time whith your family? Do you try to hide how much time you spend in game? The trick to breaking the addiction is to quite feeling guilty. Worked for me  |
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Desmond Shang
Guvnah of Caledon
Join date: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 5,250
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03-05-2008 09:49
The final stage is posting on forums, not even being inworld, and coming off as superior-sounding as possible... grin
Don't those people make you sick? Never become one...
Oh, wait. Doh!
It's all just a cycle isn't it!
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Ray Musketeer
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Join date: 22 Oct 2005
Posts: 418
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03-05-2008 09:55
Laugh
Learn
Create
Learn
Loop
remember elightenenment may fade your pixels, rofl
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Cunundrum Alcott
A Sardonic Pessimist
Join date: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 773
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03-05-2008 09:55
From: Desmond Shang The final stage is posting on forums, not even being inworld, and coming off as superior-sounding as possible... grin
Don't those people make you sick? Never become one...
Oh, wait. Doh!
It's all just a cycle isn't it! ROFL, that is soo funny and true..... I did the same thing when I played there.com |
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Wulfric Chevalier
Give me a Fish!!!!
Join date: 22 Dec 2006
Posts: 947
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03-05-2008 10:23
From: Colette Meiji A lot of people do that when they first start chatting on the internet.
Marriages get ruined, stalkers and weirdos get met, etc -
because people are unable to get a perspective on how socializing on the internet should be related to their RL. Story of my last 12 months. But I'm cool with it. |
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Colette Meiji
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Join date: 25 Mar 2005
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03-05-2008 10:28
From: Wulfric Chevalier Story of my last 12 months. But I'm cool with it. Its a whirlwind - suddenly you are more popular than you ever were! You have so MANY friends now and they all want to devote time to you and are happy when you log on , etc ,etc. And those you love online somehow understand you better (probably because you've spent 5 hours a day communicating with them for a month - something you never did with your RL partner ... ) I'm jaded to it all now, I had my long moment of lost perspective in the 90's But I think it happens to most people. |
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Cunundrum Alcott
A Sardonic Pessimist
Join date: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 773
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03-05-2008 10:32
From: Colette Meiji Its a whirlwind - suddenly you are more popular than you ever were!
You have so MANY friends now and they all want to devote time to you and are happy when you log on , etc ,etc. When does that stage kick in?? |
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Colette Meiji
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Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
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03-05-2008 10:38
From: Cunundrum Alcott When does that stage kick in?? In the beginning. Think a lot of people go out of their way to be friendly to new people. |
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Oryx Tempel
Registered User
Join date: 8 Nov 2006
Posts: 7,663
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03-05-2008 10:38
From: Isablan Neva Noob: Hey, I'm fresh off Orientation Island and still can't walk. Wanna see me put a box on my head?
Blingtard: Aren't I glorious in my glitter and high fashion? I spent over $15k L on hair, skins, shoes, clothes, bling and accessories for this avatar.
Homesteader: I have a McMansion that spans half a sim. Come sit on my 200 prim couch.
Builder: I can't believe people build 200 prim couches. What idiots.
Non-human avatar: Dear Gods! I look just like every other avatar in SL. I need to do something creative.
Anti-shopper: I no longer care. I refuse to wear shoes or change my clothes more often than once every 6 months.
Flying Spaghetti Monster: wax on...wax off. I've been hitting "Non-human avatar" more and more frequently, LOL. I'm still working through "Builder." |
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Cunundrum Alcott
A Sardonic Pessimist
Join date: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 773
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03-05-2008 10:40
From: Colette Meiji In the beginning.
Think a lot of people go out of their way to be friendly to new people. We must be on opposite sides of the grid |
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
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03-05-2008 10:41
From: Cunundrum Alcott We must be on opposite sides of the grid LOL there was no grid when I went through that phase. Just chat rooms and the only Instant messenger program was ICQ. |
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HoneyBear Lilliehook
Owner, The Mall at Cherry
Join date: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 4,500
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03-05-2008 10:49
From: Colette Meiji Its a whirlwind - suddenly you are more popular than you ever were!
You have so MANY friends now and they all want to devote time to you and are happy when you log on , etc ,etc.
And those you love online somehow understand you better (probably because you've spent 5 hours a day communicating with them for a month - something you never did with your RL partner ... ) And then one morning, you weep because you can't get 5 uninterrupted minutes alone...
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Colette Meiji
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03-05-2008 10:52
From: HoneyBear Lilliehook And then one morning, you weep because you can't get 5 uninterrupted minutes alone... Yeah .. LOL I wonder how often that happens. People carry over Online to RL because they "have so much in common" and "we spend all of our time together" only to realize after a few months that person is excessive clingy and needy. |
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Cunundrum Alcott
A Sardonic Pessimist
Join date: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 773
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03-05-2008 11:02
I think you ladies and I need to exchange avatars for a few days...
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Victorria Paine
Sleepless in Wherever
Join date: 13 Jul 2007
Posts: 1,110
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03-05-2008 11:10
From: Colette Meiji Yeah .. LOL
I wonder how often that happens.
People carry over Online to RL because they "have so much in common" and "we spend all of our time together" only to realize after a few months that person is excessive clingy and needy. Or just ... wierd in a way you never could have known by how you interact with them online. I mean lacking basically the entire context of someone's life and then assuming that you can drag that person into your own life successfully seems like a tall order to me under the best of circumstances. I know that it has worked for some people, but it just seems very tricky to me at the very best. |
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Rusalka Writer
Registered User
Join date: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 314
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03-05-2008 11:16
1. Hi, I'm new!
2. Oooh, everything is shiny and cheap!
3. Buy everything.
4. Buy land.
5. Oooh, land is not cheap!
6. Start building.
7. Start selling.
8. Hey, now I'm earning that money!
9. Oooh, everything is expensive!
10. Stop buying.
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Wulfric Chevalier
Give me a Fish!!!!
Join date: 22 Dec 2006
Posts: 947
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03-05-2008 11:18
From: Colette Meiji
And those you love online somehow understand you better (probably because you've spent 5 hours a day communicating with them for a month - something you never did with your RL partner ... )
Please stop reading my mind. |
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Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
Posts: 12,032
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03-05-2008 11:29
Hmm- I am at the vaguely non-human but semi-humanoid avi stage...
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Elora Lunasea
Mrs. Llama
Join date: 28 Aug 2007
Posts: 4,828
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03-05-2008 14:39
Chuck Norris????? /me runs to the bathroom to barf.
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Gabriele Graves
Always and Forever, FULL
Join date: 23 Apr 2007
Posts: 6,205
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03-05-2008 14:40
From: Isablan Neva Noob: Hey, I'm fresh off Orientation Island and still can't walk. Wanna see me put a box on my head?
Blingtard: Aren't I glorious in my glitter and high fashion? I spent over $15k L on hair, skins, shoes, clothes, bling and accessories for this avatar.
Homesteader: I have a McMansion that spans half a sim. Come sit on my 200 prim couch.
Builder: I can't believe people build 200 prim couches. What idiots.
Non-human avatar: Dear Gods! I look just like every other avatar in SL. I need to do something creative.
Anti-shopper: I no longer care. I refuse to wear shoes or change my clothes more often than once every 6 months.
Flying Spaghetti Monster: wax on...wax off. This tickled my funny bone - thanks
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