Should LL ban men who play female avatars?
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Colette Meiji
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09-29-2007 21:08
From: Raymond Figtree How do you feel about avatars that pretend they are leaving SL and RA but keep posting instead?
"Darling since you're leaving, don't you think it's time to go?" -- Del McCoury Cut VooDoo some slack - he said he wasnt leaving in the end becuase MANY people had sympathy about his Situation. If you didnt read what happened but just the highlight reel - then you should read it. And maybe apologize. If you did read it and know what all happened... Im saddened you are so heartless. Disagree with what he posted here sure, but leave how he deals with his personal life out of it. Its low. |
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Susie Boffin
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09-29-2007 21:19
After studying the responses I feel that everyone who lies about personal facts on the Net should be banned from the internet forever with no questions asked. That should solve the problem. 
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Colette Meiji
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09-29-2007 21:21
From: Susie Boffin After studying the responses I feel that everyone who misresents themselves on the Net should be banned from the interner forever with no questions asked. That should solve the problem. Well never be sure to get em all. Lets just ban the internets |
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Susie Boffin
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09-29-2007 21:25
From: Colette Meiji Well never be sure to get em all.
Lets just ban the internets I agree. Let's just ban the whole thing and get these endless discussions over with once and for all.
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Colette Meiji
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09-29-2007 21:27
From: Susie Boffin I agree. Let's just ban the whole thing and get these endless discussions over with once and for all. It will solve this whole Age verification problem as well. No Internets = no kids looking at nakkid pictures. |
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Brenda Archer
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09-29-2007 22:11
From: Colette Meiji It will solve this whole Age verification problem as well.
No Internets = no kids looking at nakkid pictures. No internet would be cheaper, too. I could take all the money I spend on broadband and get cable TV instead! I miss my daily indoctrination! I don't even know how to think anymore, I keep hanging out with people who argue and disagree! We can't have that! Not knowing what I'm supposed to do makes me feel insecure! What if I become Wrong because I wasn't following the right leaders? Then I would be Bad and deserve to be punished, like Them! I'm not one of Them, oh no! I'm supposed to be able to lord it over Them and take what I want! Ban the internets! No one is allowed to speak until the Fundy Thought Committee has licensed and verified them! We're in charge now! |
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09-29-2007 23:49
Thanks. Its ok, you can't please everyone. Liked by some, hated by some. Thats the way it goes. 
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VooDoo Bamboo
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09-29-2007 23:52
LMAO Good point. 
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Raymond Figtree
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09-30-2007 12:47
From: Colette Meiji Cut VooDoo some slack - he said he wasnt leaving in the end becuase MANY people had sympathy about his Situation.
If you didnt read what happened but just the highlight reel - then you should read it. And maybe apologize.
If you did read it and know what all happened... Im saddened you are so heartless.
Disagree with what he posted here sure, but leave how he deals with his personal life out of it. Its low. Colette is right. I would like to apologize to VooDoo. My comment was insulting and uncalled for. Heartless, no. Guilty of poor judgement, yes.
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Nika Talaj
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09-30-2007 13:21
From: Raymond Figtree Colette is right. I would like to apologize to VooDoo. My comment was insulting and uncalled for.
Heartless, no. Guilty of poor judgement, yes. I'm sure that not everybody loves Raymond, but some of us sure do. *hugs* Nicely done.
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Colette Meiji
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09-30-2007 13:52
I think everyone knows that proportionately far more female avs in Second Life are controlled by real women than in games like EverQuest and WOW -
But for whatever reason they just dont want to admit it.
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Daisy Rimbaud
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09-30-2007 14:04
From: Colette Meiji I think everyone knows that proportionately far more female avs in Second Life are controlled by real women than in games like EverQuest and WOW -
But for whatever reason they just dont want to admit it. Well, it's pretty obvious - SL is full of things that appeal to women and WoW and Everquest are not. Indeed, I have a number of male friends who gave SL a go, found there was not enough killing orcs, and went back to WoW. |
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Learjeff Innis
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09-30-2007 14:38
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Victorria Paine
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09-30-2007 14:51
From: Daisy Rimbaud Well, it's pretty obvious - SL is full of things that appeal to women and WoW and Everquest are not.
Indeed, I have a number of male friends who gave SL a go, found there was not enough killing orcs, and went back to WoW. Yes it's the same reason why 50% or more of the sales of The Sims line of computer games were to women. |
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Sling Trebuchet
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09-30-2007 15:27
From: Colette Meiji I think everyone knows that proportionately far more female avs in Second Life are controlled by real women than in games like EverQuest and WOW -
But for whatever reason they just dont want to admit it. Because in SL, a male has absolutely zero advantage over a female - unless the female allows it. The core of SL is creativity. SL amplifies everything, so this perceived power-loss is probably a huge issue for some. |
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09-30-2007 22:15
From: Sling Trebuchet Because in SL, a male has absolutely zero advantage over a female[...] I'd say Men are at a DISadvantage in SL, less retailers of quality goods, (unless you count gun merchants) and the main styles offerred to them seem to fit into, vampire, wizard, soldier, robot, cyborg, BDSM.... not to mention that men are more in to ACTION entertainment, while we're more prone to SOCIAL entertainment... and the biggest draw of SL is social... and I've noticed many women who are either stand-offish (occasionally guilty) towards men in SL, or so overtly flirtacious that it's hard for the poor guys to just be social... is it really any wonder with the options available that men would jump the fence and get a little of that social interaction, increased options, and inworld acceptability? |
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Darien Caldwell
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10-01-2007 12:15
From: Colette Meiji Cut VooDoo some slack - he said he wasnt leaving in the end becuase MANY people had sympathy about his Situation.
If you didnt read what happened but just the highlight reel - then you should read it. And maybe apologize.
If you did read it and know what all happened... Im saddened you are so heartless.
Disagree with what he posted here sure, but leave how he deals with his personal life out of it. Its low. Voodoo is a He? Here all this time I had the opposite impression. |
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Lindal Kidd
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10-01-2007 13:29
From: Learjeff Innis Yeah, but in SL you can *make stuff* !!! Yes...and let me take the opportunity to thank you, Learjeff, for your wonderful FREE Sit Target Positioner. You've helped make my home a much more comfortable place.
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Veronica Steinhardt
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10-01-2007 13:57
From: Chas Connolly If you start banning men who play female avis, where do you draw the line? Men who play furries, tinies, androids? Men who play furries will have to show their back hair. Men who play tinies will have to show their tiny.... Men who play androids will have to show at least three technology devices attached to their belt. |
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Ann Launay
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10-01-2007 13:58
Ooo, look! 14!
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Victorria Paine
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10-01-2007 14:00
From: Sling Trebuchet Because in SL, a male has absolutely zero advantage over a female
- unless the female allows it.
The core of SL is creativity.
SL amplifies everything, so this perceived power-loss is probably a huge issue for some. Hmm. I certainly agree that SL is very empowering for us. It removes that factor of male strength, and that is so liberating. But I wonder ... do these other games reproduce in the games a power advantage for men over women? I haven't played them, but I think that would be odd in light of the reports than many men playing them seem to choose to play women. My guess is what turns (some) men off to SL is that they prefer games where you shoot and kill things more than many women do. |
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Chris Norse
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10-01-2007 14:31
From: Victorria Paine Hmm.
I certainly agree that SL is very empowering for us. It removes that factor of male strength, and that is so liberating.
But I wonder ... do these other games reproduce in the games a power advantage for men over women? I haven't played them, but I think that would be odd in light of the reports than many men playing them seem to choose to play women. My guess is what turns (some) men off to SL is that they prefer games where you shoot and kill things more than many women do. The other games do require an aggressiveness. Men do have an advantage in that area.
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Victorria Paine
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10-01-2007 14:36
From: Chris Norse The other games do require an aggressiveness. Men do have an advantage in that area. Interesting. That could very well be true. |
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Alchimia Jewell
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what's the problem?
10-01-2007 16:25
First of all, Second Life is supposed to be a game. What does the person behind the avatar, whether male or female have to do with anything? Second of all not everyone who has an av of the other gender is gay or transexual or whatever. Many people just want to see what it feels to be someone completely different from what they are used to. If this is our second life, then it is up to each person to choose for themselves what they want to experience. If I can choose to be a fairy, a vampire, an elf, an alien, why not a man? I just don't get it.
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Tegg Bode
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10-02-2007 01:07
From: Chris Norse The other games do require an aggressiveness. Men do have an advantage in that area. That's a bit of a sexist statement, women can do anything Hmm next we will have male & female split divisions of WoW in Player Vs Player Tournements
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