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Fallen Hasp

Registered User

Join date: 11 Mar 2005

Posts: 12

05-26-2005 04:02

I took me two years to get hooked to Second Life. In 2003 a network broadcaster brought me into this game. My first friends online were in TSO, then There.com. But i didnt like SL. I thought it was laggy . . unpopulated . . confusing and with no obvious goal other than to fly around lookin at stuff other people made. People were friendly enough. I just didnt get it. My avatar was named Stella Satyr back then and Aimee Weber was one of the first people i met. I didnt stay tho. And 3 other friends attempted to bring me into Second Life on three different occassions after that. I stood by my belief that Second Life just wasnt interesting to me at all. Then last year, Uri from the Second Life Herald started going on and on about "why arent you in Second Life . . dont you know they have sex balls?" LOL j/k but its was something along those lines and hey thats a reflection on me not him ok cuz at the time i was muckin around in a hardcore beta adult game named Sociolotron. Anyway i got into an arguement with a GM and left that game and came back to Second Life one last time . . I been here ever since. Im glad i didnt give up on Second Life. And even tho some oldtimers seem disillusioned about how the game has changed I m so impressed by the creativity inside this world you may hafta drag me from SL kicking an screaming

Willow Zander

Having Blahgasms

Join date: 22 May 2004

Posts: 9,935

05-26-2005 04:04

it took mea bout a week or two, I signed up, wandered abut for a big, didnt log on for days then was off work for a week once, sick, and spent the entire time on SL, met some GREAT ppl and it kinda went from there, now i'm ALWAYS there, well now I have WoW, so I have to multitask

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*I'm not ready for the world outside...I keep pretending, but I just can't hide...*

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

<3 Giddeon's <3

blaze Spinnaker

1/2 Serious

Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

05-26-2005 04:12

Hooked long before I got in.

As banal as it sounds, the Matrix movie was my turning point. It really hit home the idea that our minds are only limit as to what we can achieve. SL seems to embody that.. at least for me.

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Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds :

"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."

Jonty Peel

Registered User

Join date: 10 Feb 2005

Posts: 3

3 days

05-26-2005 08:24

1st day Coordinate my movements
2nd day to get completely lost inworld
3rd day completely hooked

I immediately changed my one off $9.95 subscription to an annual up front.
Any chance of a lifetime membership rate?

My avatar has now developed a character all of her own and keeps spending all the L$ I transfer into the game. I think she spends most of it when I am slumped asleep over my keyboard, and I now have RL dreams where I am in a room and the walls keep moving and texture keeps changing.

HELP!

Aimee Weber

The one on the right

Join date: 30 Jan 2004

Posts: 4,286

05-26-2005 08:37

From: Fallen Hasp

My avatar was named Stella Satyr back then and Aimee Weber was one of the first people i met. I didnt stay tho.

I must have made a great impression! Was it my default skin that scared you off?

I never answered my own question. I think SL came on like alchoholism. I just did it casually and never really thought I was hooked at all. That is until I had to go visit my family for a few days around Easter. Then I started getting the shakes

On reflection I would say it only took a day before I was hooked. I got my butterfly wings on day one and I was thrilled by them. It was all over from that point on.

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How long did it take to become hooked?
Fallen Hasp Registered User Join date: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 12	05-26-2005 04:02 I took me two years to get hooked to Second Life. In 2003 a network broadcaster brought me into this game. My first friends online were in TSO, then There.com. But i didnt like SL. I thought it was laggy . . unpopulated . . confusing and with no obvious goal other than to fly around lookin at stuff other people made. People were friendly enough. I just didnt get it. My avatar was named Stella Satyr back then and Aimee Weber was one of the first people i met. I didnt stay tho. And 3 other friends attempted to bring me into Second Life on three different occassions after that. I stood by my belief that Second Life just wasnt interesting to me at all. Then last year, Uri from the Second Life Herald started going on and on about "why arent you in Second Life . . dont you know they have sex balls?" LOL j/k but its was something along those lines and hey thats a reflection on me not him ok cuz at the time i was muckin around in a hardcore beta adult game named Sociolotron. Anyway i got into an arguement with a GM and left that game and came back to Second Life one last time . . I been here ever since. Im glad i didnt give up on Second Life. And even tho some oldtimers seem disillusioned about how the game has changed I m so impressed by the creativity inside this world you may hafta drag me from SL kicking an screaming
Willow Zander Having Blahgasms Join date: 22 May 2004 Posts: 9,935	05-26-2005 04:04 it took mea bout a week or two, I signed up, wandered abut for a big, didnt log on for days then was off work for a week once, sick, and spent the entire time on SL, met some GREAT ppl and it kinda went from there, now i'm ALWAYS there, well now I have WoW, so I have to multitask _____________________ *I'm not ready for the world outside...I keep pretending, but I just can't hide...* "Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind." <3 Giddeon's <3
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	05-26-2005 04:12 Hooked long before I got in. As banal as it sounds, the Matrix movie was my turning point. It really hit home the idea that our minds are only limit as to what we can achieve. SL seems to embody that.. at least for me. _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Jonty Peel Registered User Join date: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 3	3 days 05-26-2005 08:24 1st day Coordinate my movements 2nd day to get completely lost inworld 3rd day completely hooked I immediately changed my one off $9.95 subscription to an annual up front. Any chance of a lifetime membership rate? My avatar has now developed a character all of her own and keeps spending all the L$ I transfer into the game. I think she spends most of it when I am slumped asleep over my keyboard, and I now have RL dreams where I am in a room and the walls keep moving and texture keeps changing. HELP!
Aimee Weber The one on the right Join date: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 4,286	05-26-2005 08:37 From: Fallen Hasp My avatar was named Stella Satyr back then and Aimee Weber was one of the first people i met. I didnt stay tho. I must have made a great impression! Was it my default skin that scared you off? I never answered my own question. I think SL came on like alchoholism. I just did it casually and never really thought I was hooked at all. That is until I had to go visit my family for a few days around Easter. Then I started getting the shakes On reflection I would say it only took a day before I was hooked. I got my butterfly wings on day one and I was thrilled by them. It was all over from that point on. _____________________

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