Top Ten Warnings for New Residents
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Colette Meiji
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
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04-21-2007 22:24
From: Ken March if it's just a game, who cares about privacy. SL is a new worlds, we can do what we imagined, like as creating, trainning, collaboration, app development, etc. I do believe there will have many new things in the near future. I care |
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Lucrezia Lamont
Neko Onmyoji
Join date: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 808
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04-21-2007 22:27
From: Conifer Dada My tip is to take avatars at face value - if they are a gangster they're a gangster - if they are a businessman in a suit, that's what they are - or if they are a pretty female - same again - treat them as such. I do, however, have a suspicion that many furries are humans in fancy dress because that's what they look like, but apart from that I do take avatars at face value! Live 'in world' and treat SL as real while you are in it. I just have to chime in and say "Brava". That's very well said and put. Most people project those facets of themselves into the avatar they are (or the one they are at that moment if they have several), and that's precisely how they wish to be perceived -- or else why would they appear so?
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Daisy Rimbaud
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Join date: 12 Oct 2006
Posts: 764
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04-22-2007 00:26
Don't go around wearing any group tag that includes "VIP" in it. It makes you look like a rube.
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Madame Maracas
Not who you think I am...
Join date: 7 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,953
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Stuff for a new resident to consider
04-22-2007 00:48
Do visit the Ivory Tower, to learn to build, to learn the SL interface and to begin to have some control of your avatar and environment.
Ask questions, nicely.
Understand politely when sometimes folks are busy and cannot attend to your learning needs right that second.
Listen to what folks are talking about, just as one would in an RL social situation, join the conversation instead of ambushing it.
Use that SEARCH button to look for stuff, the different tabs are pretty clear and most places/things/folks here are pretty well keyword searchable.
Explore.
When entering a structure, you might care to "knock" or say hello. That very well may be someone's house, not a public plaza. Not everyone is crazy about unannounced visitors, some folks are though, you'll find out which they are rather quickly.
Begging is never pleasant and will likely result in less than positive reactions from folks.
Politeness, manners, respect will go a long way.
SL is like RL, you get out of it what you put into it.
If you are creative and make things, you will find fulfillment that way. If you are social and enjoy meeting folks, follow that. If you are a coder or business person you'll find plenty to occupy your time here.
Folks that add to the SL community, that work with others or in a positive manner will find companionship and positive reinforcement.
Those that work toward chaos and disruption will find a rather frosty reception (and hopefully a Linden boot up their pixelated butt shortly thereafter).
Welcome and enjoy your SL!
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
Posts: 2,855
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04-22-2007 00:49
From: Lucrezia Lamont I just have to chime in and say "Brava". That's very well said and put. Most people project those facets of themselves into the avatar they are (or the one they are at that moment if they have several), and that's precisely how they wish to be perceived -- or else why would they appear so? From: Conifer Dada
My tip is to take avatars at face value - if they are a gangster they're a gangster - if they are a businessman in a suit, that's what they are - or if they are a pretty female - same again - treat them as such. I do, however, have a suspicion that many furries are humans in fancy dress because that's what they look like, but apart from that I do take avatars at face value! Live 'in world' and treat SL as real while you are in it.
ummmm oooookkaaaaay ........ #4575: Dont judge by appearances, you may miss a really nice person who can truly help you in your SecondLife............
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There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Usagi Musashi
UM ™®
Join date: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6,083
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04-22-2007 02:13
From: Maggie McArdle ummmm oooookkaaaaay ........
#4575: Dont judge by appearances, you may miss a really nice person who can truly help you in your SecondLife............ LLabs should start looking at this concept. Instead of bypassing good mentors and other helpers they could have working for them.
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Samm Submariner
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Join date: 24 Jan 2007
Posts: 37
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04-22-2007 02:46
#whatever - Don't expect any replies from LL support.
#whatever - When rezzing no copy items in world be aware that this can fail causing you to lose the object. Things to check:
i) on the main Secondlife webpage if the number of online users is larger than 30,000 it is best not to risk rezzing a no copy item
ii) press CTRL-SHIFT-1 and look at the panel on the right - if the time dilation is significantly less than 1, or the number of main agents on the sim is more than 40, don't risk it (CTRL-SHIFT-1 removes the panel).
Samm
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Rocky Rutabaga
isn't wearing underwear™
Join date: 14 Apr 2006
Posts: 291
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04-22-2007 04:24
98.6: On behalf of my women friends (and various female alts which I have never, ever used): bumping into ladies, walking into ladies, poking at ladies with a wooden-dowel prim attached to your crotch will NOT turn them into putty and suddenly make them desire doing all sorts of unmentionable acts with you. However, you may quickly discover what it feels like to be muted, or worse.
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: Be careful when detaching your naughty bits for an update. They may appear large on your person, but they are smaller than contact lenses on the floor of Xcite's store.
99 Luft Balloons: Don't buy the first piece of land you see. Fly around the neighborhood and the nearby sims. Check to see if it's in a flood plain, near an airport or if the neighbor owns lots of cats. (If your neighbor IS a cat, buy the land immediately. They make great neighbors.)
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
Posts: 2,855
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04-22-2007 10:00
From: Usagi Musashi LLabs should start looking at this concept. Instead of bypassing good mentors and other helpers they could have working for them. Ohayo gozaimasu Usagi sama!!!!!! O genki desu ka?
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There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Inigo Chamerberlin
Registered User
Join date: 13 May 2006
Posts: 448
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04-22-2007 10:12
1 is actually - 'none of this is real'
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Usagi Musashi
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Join date: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6,083
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04-22-2007 10:21
From: Maggie McArdle Ohayo gozaimasu Usagi sama!!!!!! O genki desu ka? Well its evening here now  and i doing wonderful heh how are you |