SL residents... cliquish & unfriendly!!??

But I put a sarcastic smiley in!!! It makes all the difference..

Please don't hit me..

Please read my post again, if you find any whining, please point it out to me and I'll edit it to remove the "whining". I was merely pointing out a fact for MOST clubs. I've won a few contests, that quite frankly, I don't think I deserved to win, but won merely because I was friendly with most of the people there.

To think that someone is "whining" when stating their opinion says to me that you simply don't agree with their assertion. Wouldn't it be a bit friendlier and more constructive to simply state that instead of crying "WHINER"?

Peace,
Joseph

And I didn't put a smiley in because I was being serious... and therefore agreeing with you. Which is why I have no intention of hitting anybody. Ever.

I was actually ANGRY with her for not telling me she was gonna be in SL. I wanted to boast about SL & show her the finer points before the neg points became so blaringly obvious. The finer points do outweigh the neg. points and SL is not TSO. I will ask her again to give SL a shot, but I doubt it will happen. I mean for gosh sakes she's been on the net chatting for at least 3 yrs prior to TSO. I've only been to The Shelter a couple times, but I loved it. Wonderful friendly atmosphere with completely nutty, friendly & fun folks. Very aware that in a group of 15 people probably at least 3-4 will be afk at the same time.

Anyhow.. Thanks for reading and responding. I'm really sorry it happened like this. Unfortunately it will happen but i'm not, can't, go back to TSO except for occaisional visits.

Yeah, I cried all night over that .50$ LMAO

One other tip for your friend (or anyone, really). The whole "event prize" thing is so prone to abuse even if club management fully reimburses their event hosts for the prize payout. An unscrupulous event host can still give the prize money to a friend and they share it or the friend gives it back to the event host, and the event host has just made a tidy little extra from the club management.

This is one reason the friendliest clubs I've found usually don't do the "best AV..." or "sexxiest blah bla" or "coolest costume..." type events with prizes. Instead, they just have money balls or raffles or other types of random prize giveaways during the events.

For example, Le Cimetiere and Club Akasha both do this, and they're both very friendly places.

In general, I'd say that the clubs that give random prizes (money balls, raffles, etc.) are a better bet for friendliness than the clubs that spam the event calendar with "BEST.... $L 500 Prize!!!" and the like.

Yes, there are some money balls that can be rigged to give money to a "preferred" AV on command, but as a customer you can protect yourself against that type of fraud by learning which money balls have that fradulent feature and then editing the money ball in the club you're checking out. If it's one of the fraudulent balls, you'll be able to tell.

Oh ABSOLUTELY!!! even worse not just regulars but employess win the contests.

Disclaimer....I'm SURE not all clubs, but I have been to a couple where unless UR the 'in' crowd UR screwed. But then again some of my first weeks in SL were at clubs meeting people and I loved it.

I came back after a couple years because I have a good enough computer to run the client now, but when I tried to get involved in group conversations people continue talking as if I wasn't even there. I complimented someone on their avatar to see if maybe they just can't see my messages for some reason, but he responded with a thank you. I do find the residents a little distant and cold. I was only on for a day, so maybe it was just bad luck. I haven't given up on SL yet.

Typical Club Banter:

Av1: Woot!
Av2: <<<<<Roar>>>>>>
Av1:<<<<<Roar>>>>>>
Av3:<<<<<Roar>>>>>>
Av4:<<<<<Roar>>>>>>
Av1:lol
ect ect ect ect ect

distant and cold o.O

I do hope your friend does give it another try. As many have said already, it can be cliquish, though i believe its more due to someone busy. There are many friendly people out there, infact I believe most are. (ok so I wear rose colored glasses *grins*)

Also, if someone is on the phone, buried in IM's or various other AFK situations, or even building they might not respond.

Again, hope she does give it one more "open minded" chance.

This bugs me to the point that it makes me angry.
typical- " you can't vote for me or yourself. I.M. me with your votes. you can't win if you don't vote." ( Like I stand a chance in hell of winning)

I NEVER vote for one who is obviously an employee of the club. Even if there's only 3 people in the club with me. I REFUSE to vote for them.

I have sense quit going unless a specific DJ ( Keidis, Dom, Tarryk, Sue, Leck, DNA prototype) is pushing out tunes, or it's a concert by Opus Bridge or that and there's usually no contest involved. Maybe some random moneyballs etc. Now I usually can be found at home, or at Roadhouse Ranch rawkin' with crazies and having a blast ... just the few of us. ( THANKS guys ! your the best!)

anyhow.... yeah I can see why she didn't see the best side of SL, but dang it all to heck!! The least she could have done was TELL me! GRRRRR

I haven't found people to be cliquish or unfriendly, on the whole.

When I first signed up for SL, I didn't know anyone. After getting an idea of what SL looked like, I searched for events and after a short while, I found some folks to hang out with.

I haven't seen any behavior that would indicate that the people I hang with aren't interested in having new people in our group.

I mean, they accepted me, and they didnt' know me _at all_.

SL can too be cliquish IMHO.

ive had 3 different "So Called friends" come to me saying "Oh don't hang out with this so and so or that so and so, they are trouble, or "they are an Alt"...etc. I run My Own Show in SL and don't need social advice from others on who I should talk to or trust

good god why cant ppl think for themselves even in SL and make thier own judgements?? PPL can be so tacky in SL i swear. GO BACK TO HIGHSCHOOL!

Well my freinds in SL are diverse, and somewhat less than impressed with one another, but they all like me, or at least lie really well about it.

When I started SL it was friendly. There were classes and things. You met and got to interact with the people who were coming on SL at the same time you were, so you knew you at least had one thing in common with someone. A few minutes later you were friends. Maybe after a while you lost touch and all but they were still friends if you happened to run into each other at an event. Back then SL seemed to be more condusive to helping residents make friends. Don't get me wrong, I love the greeter program and the Mentor program. They are both needed and work well, but I really miss the classes and the commeraderie that came with them.