Gerald Shatner
Registered User
Join date: 5 Sep 2005
Posts: 11
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07-04-2007 07:56
No because you can be anywhere on the sim and cam to someone and hear what is being said no matter how far they are from you
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Wald Schridde
Registered User
Join date: 28 Jun 2007
Posts: 19
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07-04-2007 08:07
I might use it occasionally in special situations, but in general I view voice chat as being very contrary to the spirit of SL. It pastes a very physical and personal aspect of your RL self directly onto your avatar, which shatters the integrity of SL as a platform for the imagination. You are no longer communicating with a virtual person in a virtual world, but are in direct audio communication with a RL person. It's hard for me to explain in words, but if voice becomes widely used, it really would destroy much of the charm of SL for me.
Edit: I should add that when I say "contrary to the spirit of SL", I mean the spirit of SL as I experience it. I know that others use SL differently and for some people voice may be quite compatible with their experience of SL.
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Nina Stepford
was lied to by LL
Join date: 26 Mar 2007
Posts: 3,373
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07-04-2007 08:26
my sister in-law requires her husband (my brother) to use a female WoW character because she does not trust him. he has cheated on her so many times she feels a need for some sort of insurance. having him use a female av, in her mind, lessens the chance that he will become involved in an internet fling. From: Merovigan Koba I'm sure there's a million and one reasons for it [male using female av]; but at the moment I don't understand what prompts this behavior and so (not understanding it) I view it as twisted.
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