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Juro Kothari
Like a dog on a bone
Join date: 4 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,418
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04-07-2006 19:09
From: Barnesworth Anubis Lets not beat around the bush:
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Lordfly Digeridoo
Prim Orchestrator
Join date: 21 Jul 2003
Posts: 3,628
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04-07-2006 20:00
SL has taught me skills I wouldn't have otherwise had the gumption to learn. It's a creative timesink. It's made me more tolerant of other folks and cultures. It's expanded my mental horizons. It's made me friends. It's helped me through college on many occasions. I dunno, I think it's a big freakin deal. 
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Tateru Nino
Girl Genius
Join date: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 312
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04-08-2006 03:02
People. Soylent Life is made of people! Oh? What? Second Life? Oh, that's made of people too. They're the best bit. |
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stpaulsub Clio
Fear the Bubblegum Gurl!
Join date: 2 Sep 2004
Posts: 607
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04-08-2006 06:09
From: Jonquille Noir I hope I'm not philosophizing too much here, but Jauani had me really thinking about this one before I decided to respond. (I usually respond and then think.)
What makes SL superior to other online spaces? What makes SL better than WoW, or DDO, or EQ, or TSO.. etc?
The short answer... Nothing.
If leveling up, completing tasks, completing quests, gaining experience, and defeating foes is what gets you, then nothing in SL will compete with that. You'll socialize, create, buy, sell, and interact, but nothing will tell you when you've gone up a level.
However, if what you want to do is have an impact on the world around you, then none of the other games/platforms/toys available will compare with SL. We don't need a point system to tell us when we've leveled up, we have a social system for that. (And yes, I do think we 'level up' in SL, but only to a certain point, and levels can be lost as well as gained.)
Which one is more meaningful? Neither. They're both, for the time being, pass-times. When I log off of SL, the rest of my world is no more affected than when I log off of DDO. My bank account is a bit fatter, but I don't believe that makes it any more meaningful, just a better investment.
I think it all depends on what your needs are. No one system is any more meaningful than the next, unless it offers the validation and entertainment you're seeking. once again you are my Hero!
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stpaulsub Clio
Fear the Bubblegum Gurl!
Join date: 2 Sep 2004
Posts: 607
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04-08-2006 06:10
From: CrystalShard Foo Its the only graphical physics-enabled glorified chatroom that I know of where you can rez a plywood cube and script it to do something evil to passerbies in under less then 5 minutes. <3 CS, Posts like this from you..Make me soo very very happy that you are my friend!
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Roxie Marten
Crumedgeon
Join date: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 291
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04-08-2006 08:38
From: Pham Neutra It isn't obvious; at least not to me, because it has a lot to do with beliefs. I believe that Second Life - and similar systems yet to show up - really is a kind of next step in the evolution of the internet.
I agree. You hit the nail square on the head. Second Life provides a peek at what the future holds for the internet. I believe there will be a day in the near future where a Second Life type of interface will be the norm on the net. When buying or building a new home. You will walk through that house before the first shovelful of dirt is turned to build it. The ideas are endless for this type of interface. The only draw back I see right now is the human interface. When full sensory immerision is developed. It will kick this thing right over the top. I have to admit when I think all things that could be done with this and I see it used for Slingo Games and a naked sex parties. I shake my head and think what a waste. I kept it in perspective by remembering the second thing Gutenberg printed after the bible was porn. So there is hope for this yet Rox |
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Persephone Phoenix
loving laptopvideo2go.com
Join date: 5 Nov 2004
Posts: 1,012
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04-08-2006 11:33
From: Jackal Ennui SL is great because I can both write the play and be the actor.
Going back to another MMORPG (RoseNA in this case), I had trouble playing more than an hour at a time, because it seemed so pointless to waste time on a predefined, repetitive experience that offered little aesthetic pleasure and no intellectual challenge. Very well said!
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Pham Neutra
Registered User
Join date: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 478
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04-08-2006 21:22
From: Roxie Marten I agree. You hit the nail square on the head. Second Life provides a peek at what the future holds for the internet. [...] I have to admit when I think all things that could be done with this and I see it used for Slingo Games and a naked sex parties. I shake my head and think what a waste. I kept it in perspective by remembering the second thing Gutenberg printed after the bible was porn. So there is hope for this yet Thank you, Roxie for the agreement. The idea is in no way mine, of course. I don't agree with you asessment of "Slingo Games and a naked sex parties". Not having tried out either I am certainly no expert here, but I don't think that these usage forms of SL are "a waste". To me they are an indicator how deep the immersion already is with the limited tools available. In my first days I found it astonishing how people can enjoy gaming, dancing (?) or even sex (!) in Second Life. It is all not "real" isn't it? But it is! These are rela people and the AVs they wear are like clothing or a role you play in First Life. Below is a real human. And the human mind supplies a lot of the sensory input that Second Life can't deliver with current technology for people interacting. Those looking down on people "falling in love" or "having sex" with someone in SL, for example, forget that there have been very real - and obviously erotic - relationships in past centuries happening nearly completely through the medium of written letters. That Second Life already is a medium that connects so many people so deeply - often in a playful or non-committed way, sometimes very seriously - actually seems like a kind of endorsement for the capabilities of this platform. |
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Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 20,263
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04-09-2006 09:48
From: Roxie Marten I agree. You hit the nail square on the head. Second Life provides a peek at what the future holds for the internet. It also provides a peek at what the future holds for real life. The "Rights System" shows us what life with strong digital rights management would be like, for example, and the increasing automation of real life is taken to an extreme in SL... it's not at all unreasonable that some equivalent of feeding a program into a "vendor" and "rezzing" a physical product will be as commonplace as burning a CD is now. |
