Have you seen another avatar that looks exactly like YOU?

I haven't seen anyone that looks like me but similar lol of course because of the skins.

Have anyone told you, your avie looks like this other girl I know, or this other guy.

How do you feel about it? Would you feel disspointed you are not just unique? lol

Of course in RL someone can say "you look like this singer, or actress" and that might makes you proud.

In SL between friends might be awsome to look the same as a sister or brother.

But why if you found someone that just copied you exactly because they want to look like you?, Would you be upset?

I'd be irked if someone decided to copy me exactly, but amused as hell that they'd go to that much trouble.

And the expense - oy!

I have had this experience once.
Same skin, Prim hair and color, and same clothing style. But facial structure was different.
It was even someone for whom i was preparing part of his wedding. I joked with my friends that i could replace him if it was needed and no one would notice. I allways thought that somehow he(or his wife) had seen me before and mimicked my style, how unlikely that seems.

Luckely i was allready in transition fase moving to a more different/colorfull look. Else i would have had to kill him.

I have no desire to be cloned. Similarities are one thing...

Nope, but it would take a bit to copy me. Yes I start with a base Furry AV, but I usually end up modifying it quite a bit. Though I have to say, I think I've seen only one other person using the same base AV as my main AV. But then again, not many furries are Hyenas, and most prefer the more whimsical Whynge 'yenas rather than the ones by Evangeline.

Good morning

The question I would like to pose to this forum is this, Why is it that when one pays good lindons for skins, they are not made transferable?. I can understand someone not wanting to have it copied, but to not allow someone to transfer to either a friend who is just starting out in SL, or perhaps to those who have alternative toons. Regardless, the skins are going to be bought by someone, its not like only one is sold and no more is. I personally find this practice a bit selfish. I do understand the time it takes to make them, but to take advantage of people by not allowing this, I believe is wrong.

As to the subject of having ones avatar looking the same as another, that is partially due to the skins. If one has a skin that is not modifyable, the faces and makeup are set, and it does tend to make look a like avatars. Perhaps this is something that could be addressed also.

Copying ones product is one thing, but to limit who can have them and how they wish to tweak them to make them unique is another.

Please don't misunderstand, I am not targeting any particular person or skin, just posing the question for discussion.

Thank you and I hope all of you have a great day

The reason why it is no-transfer is because they are often copyable. This way you can more easily make different/looks avies on the same account. You can then easily drag and drop folders, or mod the avie without fear of ruining something.
If they made them transfer/copy that would mean people could gives as much copies to their friends as they like. And even just put them for sale, which does happen alot with other items. Some people even try to sell items they get free. That is a reality that Developers in SL have to live with and deal with and this one of their ways.

Second, most Developers also sell their products on www.slboutique.com and www.slexchange.com. These are shopping sites where you can alse buy something as a gift. This way a item can be sent directly to the person you want it to, and doesn't have to pass through a other avie, and makes it possible to still sell the item no-trans.

I haven't.. But I had a custom skin done a long time ago and its the only one I wear, bar special "themed" outfits/costumes/avatars.

Every object in SL is either copyable or transferrable.

If you buy a no-transfer skin then you can copy it... so you can make variations of it, or put it in multiple folders along with other avatar components.

If you buy a no-copy skin you can transfer it, but you can't keep it as well.

If you prefer no-copy transferrable skins, then look for them.

It would be kinda creepy, sorta like that creepy chic on Single White Female

I've never seen anyone looking remotely like me, because I am short and bony with a big nose and a big chin. Also, all of the attachments and quite a lot of the clothes that I wear regularly are my own creation.

If somebody did copy me physically... well, I'd probably ask them what the hell they thought they were doing. I don't imagine I'd change because I'm always clearly identifiable as me in any case. It doesn't really affect me much, nobody's going to mistake them for me for more than a moment, and I can't see my appearance becoming a trend ever.

If I spotted someone's av with the same hair as mine, I would suspect texture theft, since my hairstyle is something I did myself, and I've never shared it with anyone.

Upon closer inspection, if I saw that their hairstyle (a stubbly white 'shaved head' look) was similar, but different, I would immediately engaged them in conversation about low-profile hairstyles in SL, which there seem to be very few of.

But yeah, Ordinal, someone who copied your av would definitely have ideas worth asking about! (I like it, btw).

Seen the new Joguanis recently? I can't tell them apart there's so many of them.

You managed a stubbly shaved head look?! I know someone who wants that but thought it wasn't possible. May I ask how you managed it?

lol I dare anyone to try, Im rarely ever the same from month to month it's funny though some have tried to mimic my AV and were always a month behind where I was.

They say immitation is the highest form of flattery, but I would much rather be flattered by someone with original thoughts and creativity =P

Hi, was reading this forum, could You tell me please, why some skins are non transferable but copyable, why they can't be modified? That way someone could perhaps tweak the makeup or the coloring slightly to make them unique to that person.

*smiles* thanks

I have but that's because someone had a copy of me and decided they liked being a girl more than a guy. Good thing I love this person to pieces or I'd be tearing them to pieces.

That just seems weird to me.. Sounds like either they don't understand the permissions (possibly thinking that modify means an editor which woudl let you copy the skin to your HDD), or they are maybe too ego-centric and don't want soemoen messing with their artistic 'vision.' I don't know.

Now, you are referring to a *skin* not a *shape* right?

Don't join the GAR then, they're full of clones.

Heh, it's quite the trend... although the RP alt I've started as a Jogauni is pretty recognizible, I've done a lot of customization to the basic avatar.

My reasons for non-transferable skins (and these will no doubt be different than other peoples):

I make a base skin that can be customized several million different ways with add on makeovers to address the issue of skin clones (the original subject of this thread) and give people as many options as possible. Since my skins are modifyable I opt to make them copyable for people that want to make copies for different slider settings. Thus, the settings need to be Mod, Copy, No Transfer for the purpose of selling the skins.

Another important reason I can't allow the skins to be transferable is because add on skins can be bought for as low as L$300 (compared to the initial investment of L$2000). I think people can start to see the problem here (two different prices - L$2000 or L$300 - what would you pay?). This makes things very affordable to modify once the initial investment is made, but if I allowed the skins to be transferable people could start giving away thier L$300 skin upgrades (for which my associate Cierrah Blair collects 100% of the profits) to others who had never bought one of my skins before. I would also loose track of who owned my skins, making it easier to pirate a copy and avoid detection.

So, to sum things up, my skins are non-transferable because they are easier to keep track of and they offer customers more options (so they can look unique).

I use single prim "pay" vendors for my sales server. This also allows me to send folders that also don't send the scripts inside. I have Prim amount and pers ont he posters for these single item vendors

It's really freaky when i'm with my star wars friends.... we all look like clones =D

I would be more freaked out than anything if they actually copied me exactly.

that will happen lmao