SL Etiquette Training for Oldbies

Why not?

What would be some of the things?

coco

Don't sell freebies.

Dont land swoop

Dont insult people for experimenting with sex clubs, etc. Especially if they did the same things as a noobie.

Newbies that don't seem to be answering you are probably in the "terminally bewildered" stages - and they might not even speak your language. It takes a while to realize that (apart from the obvious cardboard-cutout "barkeepers", greet-bots in stores, etc.) there are no NPCs in SL

Also, crazy as it may sound, there ain't a damn thing wrong with pixel-humping. If it's all someone ever does in SL then they're missing out, but with the right companion(s) and in the right setting it can be entirely awesome. (Where "right companions" are just as interested in the idea as you, and "right setting" means somewhere that such things are appropriate)

Don't Assume Anything

Take the time to answer questions and chat. I find this hard now because I'm in the learning to build stage and always have some project on the go. I try to slow down and be patient and hand out landmarks to freebie places and nice places to see.

However, I find that newbies want to be friends immediately and it gets awkward to say no..I wish the give card/add friend options were reversed on the profile menu. Should be card first then friends.

Don't critisize LL every chance you get.

That's true, Buxton. It is good to remember that they don't all speak your language.

coco

Take a newbie out and spend a couple of hundred lindens setting them up with hair ,a walk, skin , shape,whatever it takes to get them looking decent.
A little time and effort and you can transform their entire outlook on the game.
Take them to shops that have freebies for newbies.
Spend an hour, feel good for the rest of the day...
Oh ya and politely tell the newb to put his freebie hard on back in his pants...

Etiquette training for players that have been here a long time - heh, I'm overdue!!!

Indeed we go quickly from starry-eyed to complainers. I think what changes is our expectation more than anything else.

We were sooo special when the world was young; so few of us; attention was lavished upon us... Kind of like growing up all over again, in a way.

Don't take yourselves, or SL so seriously.

get a "babbler" its the best thing since sliced bread I used it yesterday and got to speak really bad german and listen to really bad english and the both of us laughed our heads of. It was fun to be able to talk to anyone quite literally.

(word of warning keep the vocabulary simple and the sentances short it doesn't know what to do with complicated things but its quite neat)

most languages use SVO (Subject Verb Object) grammar. So if you can keep your short sentences in this form, Babbler will do a much better job of translating "you click the red button" versus "see the red button? click it." I have also found that simple, but verbose sentences translate best. Not so much that Babbler handles them well.. but that the reader can better decode the gibberish that Babbler outputs:

bad example: how do I copy?
Good example: please tell me how to copy chat text.

Also, I find that adopting the sentence structure of "English as a second language" speakers... like native german speakers) REALLY helps the process.American English.. in particular, is fraught with phrases that speak in the passive voice.

go out and explore. yes you may have seen everything the last time you walked around the world in 2004, but the new folks have lots of talent you may be missing, and they keep raising the sl standards.

Say hi to your neighbors. I've met all of mine, and for the most part had a really good experience.

Don't forget to play! It's so easy to get wrapped up in the business end that it almost becomes a RL job. I already have one of those.

Make something to give away free! I have a few goodies that I hand out to new friends that I meet. Who knew people were so fond of GIANT ICE CREAM!?

Do some commutnity service. I like to pick really bad noobs and give 'em the old fix up. Be careful though. I once spent a couple of hours helping someone out only to find out when I slipped her a new shape that she was a he! lol He was so fond of the pumps that I gave him and I couldn't understand why he kept telling me "she" wanted a flatter chest.

Say good bye and wait a moment for a response before you TP off. It feels a bit like talking on your cell phone and having the service interrupt mid sentence while you keep rambling on.

Be accepting of other lifestyles. It seems more relavant a practice here even than in RL. Who knows, you could learn something. I like lots of stuff in my stew. ~Furries are people too~

That girl/guy with the bad newbie avatar is 20 years older than you with a PhD in Molecular Biology, and a nobel nomination. They don't know how to get their shoes from the box because nobody told them how, not because they're stupid.