Second Life

[Silverwind]

Does anyone here play in the virtual world of Second Life? If it a free online simulation where you can become anything that you want.

[Ysobelle]

Does anyone here play in the virtual world of Second Life? If it a free online simulation where you can become anything that you want.

I've been in once or twice, and my former roommates are developers (Flipper Peregrine and Jennyfur Peregrine), but my computer just isn't fast enough. Alas.

[Ysobelle]

I did a con today that had a panel done in both real life and Second Life. There was a large screen, and we could see all the avatars, who were looking back through a "window" in the sim room at a live video feed of the panelists. The subject was RL/SL commerce and economics, and I was fascinated. I have to admit, I didn't catch a lot of what was being said, as i was too busy geeking out on the whole concept, and on seeing what faster computers than mine can do.

But wow. It's definitely not a game.

[erinrai]

I play in the Second Life. I am Aprhexia Vacano there.

[WenchLadyKate]

I've been badgered to join, and I think now that I've finally got a computer that can actually handle it, I'm going to try it out. Is it like one of those things where you have to be on hte right server or something to be able to find your friends?

[Silverwind]

I've been badgered to join, and I think now that I've finally got a computer that can actually handle it, I'm going to try it out. Is it like one of those things where you have to be on hte right server or something to be able to find your friends?

The answer would be no. The Second Life grid is like a continent. Each region (or square) of land has its own server and they are all interlinked. You can IM your friends from across different regions, but if you wanted to talk "face to face" you would have to teleport to the same region your friend is in. Think of it like the difference between calling someone on a cel phone and then popping into their house for a visit.

My name in-world is Silverwind Tzedek and I can usually be found at a place called Moulin Rouge Island.

[Ysobelle]

I'm Ysobelle Zou, and I have some land in Indigo, behind the GNUbie store. You can't miss it: it's on the coast, and it has an oak forest. Ping me when you're online: I'm almost always there, especially at night.

We have a few Wenches in-world; I'm trying to get an actual Guild presence there, just for the fun of it. And when MayFaire Moon comes online, watch out.

It's like crack, I swear....

[Lady Anisette]

Okay. I am very intrigued by all this talk. Now, how do I join? And what kind of speed on a computer are we talking about? Mine is a Inspiron 4000 so it is a bit old..... could it handle this? Is this anything like RuneScape, a game my brother's girlfriend is nagging me to join?

[Ysobelle]

Start here: www.SecondLife.com

I've never done anything else like it, but I've been told it's nothing like The Sims, or anything else, for that matter. It costs nothing to start, but there's a literally unlimited number of things you can buy in-world. For that, you do need money, but $1,000 Linden dollars-- the in-world currency-- will run you about $4. $4.02 some days. Clothing, for example, is the most popular thing to buy, and a full woman's outfit will generally run you in the $300-Linden dollar range. But there are plenty of places to get freebie stuff. You can also shop for hair, boots, even skins, to completely change the look of your avatar's body. You can get specialised animations to make your avatar do funny-- or naughty-- things. I bought one last night to make my av swoon; very useful when I see something utterly delicious.

But it's not just shopping, of course. I often spend my time just exploring. There are literally thousands of sims-- simulated regions-- and each one is different. There's Caledon, which has a steampunk theme (Victorian cyberpunk), and where people wear gorgeous clothes and tend to speak in complete sentences and adress each other as Mr. and Miss. There's a Diagon Alley, where you can wander around bookstores and wandmakers. There's a gorgeous sim called Svarga, which is a mountainous island with a temple in the middle, and has a virtual garden experiment running with birds, bees, sun, rain, and cross-pollinating flowers. There are elven-themed sims, RP sims, and, of course, lots of sex-themed places. If nothing else, it's absolutely fascinating to see what people come up with when they don't have to worry about physics, or building costs, or sometimes even taste!

You can pretty much be anything, and go anywhere, in Second Life. It's a lot of fun.

[Pathos]

It's like crack, I swear....
I've never done anything else like it
Probably best you never got into Warcraft.

8-)

[Ysobelle]

Probably best you never got into Warcraft.

8-)



Snarf!

Nah. I don't have the coordination for that. And I don't like blood and gore exploding everywhere!

[WenchLadyKate]

Aw, you can only pick last names fromthe list? That sucks... I can't decide...

[Vixynne Rose]

I'm Ysobelle Zou, and I have some land in Indigo, behind the GNUbie store. You can't miss it: it's on the coast, and it has an oak forest. Ping me when you're online: I'm almost always there, especially at night.

We have a few Wenches in-world; I'm trying to get an actual Guild presence there, just for the fun of it. And when MayFaire Moon comes online, watch out.

It's like crack, I swear....

:stunned:

I might want to join...If I can just figure all this out!

[WenchLadyKate]

I'm all signed up and I'm on the front page. I'm Cricket Finney! So, I'm off to figure this out.

[Ysobelle]

I'm all signed up and I'm on the front page. I'm Cricket Finney! So, I'm off to figure this out.

Found you!


Vix, you're next! MUHAHAHA!

[WenchLadyKate]

This is neat! I'm naked now though... lol
I need to spend some time fixing my outfit tomorrow. Something else to do at work. Imean, besides work, of course... ::whistle::

So, I chose this goth thing avatar but that's not what I wanted, It's got a strange wing thing on the head. Is there a way to change my avatar?

[Calimaryn]

Downloading now. Picked the name Calimaryn Ayres. Will shout at whomever has a name listed here should it actually start working before I go to bed. :)

[erinrai]

I am on most nights. And Ysobelle, I wanna know where you found the swoon.

[Ysobelle]

Cricket! Come BAAAACK!

[Vixynne Rose]

Cricket! Come BAAAACK!

I would just like it noted, for the record, that Yso has successfully corrupted me and I can now be found on SL as "Vixynne Ariantho"!

Looking forward to seeing more of you ladies there! Come play!

[Ysobelle]

I am on most nights. And Ysobelle, I wanna know where you found the swoon.

Abranimations! And it was only $50L! Which is good, cos I thought I lost it, got really annoyed, bought it again, and found it reappeared in my inventory an hour later. Yay, Linden Labs. Woo. No, really.


Come find us!

[WenchLadyKate]

Okay, so I finally clear some time, I make orange rooibos tea and settle in to explore and have some fun. And what do I see? OFFLINE!!! I was really looking foward to this today... :-( Guess I'll go to the notion store and come back and see if it's back online...

[Ysobelle]

Okay, so I finally clear some time, I make orange rooibos tea and settle in to explore and have some fun. And what do I see? OFFLINE!!! I was really looking foward to this today... :-( Guess I'll go to the notion store and come back and see if it's back online...

Glad we finally found you. And tonight's teleportation problems got worked out in about twenty minutes or so. We bought some animations, and watched DJ's head explode and his skeleton come screaming out of his AV. It was hysterical. And Vix bought a hootchie-mama dance, I think. I later took her salsa dancing-- it's an oddly fun thing to do.

The grid was down this afternoon for updating, which usually happens on Wednesdays. I should have taught you the SL mantra: "We love SL, despite SL."

Back again tomorrow?

[WenchLadyKate]

Glad we finally found you. And tonight's teleportation problems got worked out in about twenty minutes or so. We bought some animations, and watched DJ's head explode and his skeleton come screaming out of his AV. It was hysterical. And Vix bought a hootchie-mama dance, I think. I later took her salsa dancing-- it's an oddly fun thing to do.

The grid was down this afternoon for updating, which usually happens on Wednesdays. I should have taught you the SL mantra: "We love SL, despite SL."

Back again tomorrow?

After the teleportation thing went down, so did my internet connection. It came back in blips and bloops for the rest of the night. I've been having some issues iwth it, I'll be calling Optimum today.

I'll definately be there tonight!

[erinrai]

So that's what was wrong last night. My comp crashed shortly after my fifth attemp at a teleport so I just gave up and worked on some sewing.

[WenchLadyKate]

Something was going on and nobody could teleport. It was fixed, but by that time, my internet was down.

Okay, is it 6:30 yet so I can go home and jump in?

[erinrai]

Hopefully, I can join you ladies this evening.

[Calimaryn]

I just wanted to take a minute to tell you ladies how much I have enjoyed this. With gaming there is always this push to do something; kill things, run a quest, pvp. In second life I can just shop, bargain hunt, play dress up or dance the night away. But on my own whims. Awesome.


Thank you so much. This makes the length of time between faire season seem shorter cus I can spend time with you fabulous wenches! Woot!

::yay:: ::yay:: ::yay::

[Vixynne Rose]

Woot! Now Surly has an avatar, and once we get her garbed and coiffed, we'll be off to the hotspots!

::yay:: ::yay:: ::yay::

Come play with us, Wenches!

[Meari]

I just got an avatar there. mairead lamont!

Let's see how long it lasts.

[WenchLadyKate]

Woot! Im soooo addicted! Where the hell did the day go?

[Jayde]

Kate.....it's all your fault*rotfl*


Jayde Lagodadaly....not yet finished the learning process though gotta go get the rogue from work.

[WenchLadyKate]

Welcome to the dark side. I'll be on tomorrow late morning early afternoon. Going through my inventory. if you're on, I'll be a good source of freebies!

[Vixynne Rose]

Hey, Jayde! Glad to see you in SL last night...sorry I wasn't able to stay longer, but anytime you see me, feel free to IM! Yso has been a huge help to me in the "help a n00b" stuff for SL, and I'd be happy to pay it forward by showing you around anytime!

Shopping is the best part so far...in a week, I've found freebies (and bought clothes); enough to outfit a small third world country! Once the buying fervor dies down, I'll be looking to explore and see what's out there. Er, in there. Well, either way. ;-)

And Kate's right...it's verra addictive. I think my friends outside of SL are gonna spring an intervention on me any minute. ::runfore:

[Artemisia]

I thought, "She bought lots of clothing for L's? What country did she recently visit?" *rotfl*

Salsa dancing? I'm lucky I don't have an internet connection at home, because I would SO do this.

[Vixynne Rose]

I thought, "She bought lots of clothing for L's? What country did she recently visit?" *rotfl*

Salsa dancing? I'm lucky I don't have an internet connection at home, because I would SO do this.

LOL, Arte, you're right, it does sound odd...and no, I don't shop on Sesame Street. "Hey Big Bird, how many pocketbooks will you sell me for this letter L?"*rotfl*
$L's are the currency of Second Life...kinda like Monopoly Money. ;-)

Yeah, there's salsa dancing! There's alllll kinds of dancing! So far I've been to an Irish pub and two '80s nightclubs (one of them 100% Duran Duran, yum)! It's amazing how much fun we have there, LOL...and a little twisted. But, to be honest...


I like it twisted. ::wicked::

[Jayde]

It was fun. Hopefully I can spend more time on it tonight, get a chance to figure everything out.

even though all I seemed to do for an hour was stand there and change my clothes and go nuts lol, and attempt to look at my person and see all the store displays instead!

Oh yeah and a great view of the back of Yso's shoes *rotfl*

[Vixynne Rose]

It was fun. Hopefully I can spend more time on it tonight, get a chance to figure everything out.

even though all I seemed to do for an hour was stand there and change my clothes and go nuts lol, and attempt to look at my person and see all the store displays instead!

Oh yeah and a great view of the back of Yso's shoes *rotfl*

LOL that's not unusual...I spent my whole first session flying into ceilings, walking into walls and people, and getting hopelessly lost when trying to fly someplace. I felt like a lost kitten, meowing for help.

It gets easier the more you tinker with it!

Oh, and how about that new hot guy, King Boberak? ::yay::

[Calimaryn]

I may have a slight advantage from the almost decade of online gaming background I have. The flying is suprisingly like the City of Heroes game (ok I admit, I played Villians more!).

The dancing is fun, clubs amazingly fun and shopping beyond anything you can imagine. I am really enjoying learning how to make prims too. Before long all the wenches will be sporting my clothes! Or so I hope. hahah

Welcome aboard Jayde! And King Bobak you dirty dirty man, welcome aboard!

[Vixynne Rose]

Cali, did you figure out how to get that skirt to work??

[Jayde]

Oh, and how about that new hot guy, King Boberak? ::yay::



I wouldn't know, I showed up and he seemed to vanish! *rotfl*

[WenchLadyKate]

I need to clean out my inventory... SOOOO BAD!!!

[Calimaryn]

I know Kate, I am over 5,000 items and almost all of that freebies. Must make flexi skirts! *zombie shuffle to a sandbox*

[erinrai]

Are we addicted yet? My husband calls it WoW for shop-a-holics. All the fun of shopping with out the headache of no closet space. And the night life is great.

[Jayde]

It's fun so far, when it's not crashing *rotfl*

Oh, and my rogue is now on it too, Crimson Kish.

[WenchLadyKate]

It's fun so far, when it's not crashing *rotfl*

Oh, and my rogue is now on it too, Crimson Kish.

Hopefully you guys have two computers in the house.

I'm actually going to dedicate some real time in cleaning out my inventory, and I'm going to try really really hard not to buy more stuff. I thik I have enough. Except a coat. I think I might need a coat. Or a cloak. But for that, I want to learn how to make it. I have a specific in mind.

Cali, when we were watching you make that skirt, was that island like a tutorial? I saw the signs with the shapes and things...

[Calimaryn]

Hey Kate, It was actually just a random 'Sandbox' that I picked out of the search line up. I would highly suggest one not too popular or a low lag one if they list that in the description.

Also if you want to learn about making Primative shapes search in game for the Ivory Tower, its a FABULOUS spot that has each step explained in a notecard. Definately worth the time to gather up each card for each lesson and read at your leisure.

Soon as the WoW craze is over (or when we go on vacation Saturday) I will be back on! Hopefully my ground tentacle skirt will become a pretty flexable skirt with some tweaking.

[Jayde]

Hopefully you guys have two computers in the house.



Nope unfortunately just the one, hence why I had to sign off last night so he could join.
He's looking into getting a new laptop, but he had already mentioned, before we got home and he decided to join, that wirelessly it wouldn't be able to run the game. Don't know if he'll find a different means of hooking it up to the internet now. *rotfl*

[Cyranno DeBoberac]

Nope unfortunately just the one, hence why I had to sign off last night so he could join.
He's looking into getting a new laptop, but he had already mentioned, before we got home and he decided to join, that wirelessly it wouldn't be able to run the game. Don't know if he'll find a different means of hooking it up to the internet now. *rotfl*
Keep in mind that you need a pretty good video card too; I'm not that familiar with laptops, so I'm not sure how high-end a video card you can get for one.

If being able to play SL is important, check the system requirements on their website befoer you by hardware.

[Vixynne Rose]

Nope unfortunately just the one, hence why I had to sign off last night so he could join.
He's looking into getting a new laptop, but he had already mentioned, before we got home and he decided to join, that wirelessly it wouldn't be able to run the game. Don't know if he'll find a different means of hooking it up to the internet now. *rotfl*

Err? *blink*

My laptop runs the game just fine via wireless connection. Is that unusual?

Oh no, please tell me it's not like the "bumblebee factor." You know, that urban legend that bumblebees should not be able to fly, due to their structure/lack of aerodynamics, but that they DO fly because THEY don't know they can't?

I don't want my laptop to find out it can't play the game wirelessly... :shhh:

[Ysobelle]

i'm on a wireless, too, which is why I echo sometimes.

[Jayde]

Err? *blink*

My laptop runs the game just fine via wireless connection. Is that unusual?

Oh no, please tell me it's not like the "bumblebee factor." You know, that urban legend that bumblebees should not be able to fly, due to their structure/lack of aerodynamics, but that they DO fly because THEY don't know they can't?

I don't want my laptop to find out it can't play the game wirelessly... :shhh:


*rotfl*


I don't know the specs on the laptop he was looking at getting. I know he said it "has built in, so all we'd need is a new wireless router" I so hope he understands what he is talking about. He likes to think he knows everything, even when he really doesn't (It's kind of cute and annoying :roll: )


i'm on a wireless, too, which is why I echo sometimes.

I haven't noticed and echo.....but I don get a kick out of the WOOT!WOOT! gesture *rotfl*

[Vixynne Rose]

Grid...

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...down...

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...can't get...

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...SL fix!!!

:stunned:...:faint:

[WenchLadyKate]

Grid...

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...down...

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...can't get...

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...SL fix!!!

:stunned:...:faint:


It had better be up when I get home, that's all I gotta say... ::breakco:

[Vixynne Rose]

Only Cricket, Erinrai, Cali and Yso are gonna care about this...but woot! Go to "A Touch of Ireland" in Hatchet Cove...then to "Whistl'n Gypsy", the store next to the prize chairs...

Check out the 2 outfit photos on the outside of the store, right hand side...squint down at the fine print. "Inspired by..."

Woooooohoooo! ::yay::

[Ysobelle]

Aw, come on! Tell me!

[Mistress Morigianna]

ok i couldn't resist
I am going to be
MistressMorigianna Morigi as soon as it loads up.
I couldn't pass up a last name that was the beginning of my name- LOL

[Ysobelle]

Only Cricket, Erinrai, Cali and Yso are gonna care about this...but woot! Go to "A Touch of Ireland" in Hatchet Cove...then to "Whistl'n Gypsy", the store next to the prize chairs...

Check out the 2 outfit photos on the outside of the store, right hand side...squint down at the fine print. "Inspired by..."

Woooooohoooo! ::yay::




Oh. My. Freakin'. G-d.

Can I touch you? WOO!

[erinrai]

Only Cricket, Erinrai, Cali and Yso are gonna care about this...but woot! Go to "A Touch of Ireland" in Hatchet Cove...then to "Whistl'n Gypsy", the store next to the prize chairs...

Check out the 2 outfit photos on the outside of the store, right hand side...squint down at the fine print. "Inspired by..."

Woooooohoooo! ::yay::

I will definitely go look just as soon as I get back from the doc. I think one of the lovely children I babysit gave me either strep or the flu or both.

[Calimaryn]

oooo now I have to log in when I get off work. hahah

I caved and got the premium account and now just need to find 512 land to buy and start making prim skirts. I think I want to make pretties for more full figured shapes since everyone has the scrawny styles available and my avatar actually has hips and booty! Anyone with requests please let me know!

[WenchLadyKate]

Only Cricket, Erinrai, Cali and Yso are gonna care about this...but woot! Go to "A Touch of Ireland" in Hatchet Cove...then to "Whistl'n Gypsy", the store next to the prize chairs...

Check out the 2 outfit photos on the outside of the store, right hand side...squint down at the fine print. "Inspired by..."

Woooooohoooo! ::yay::


Really? OMG! I can't wait to get home today!

[Vixynne Rose]

Oh. My. Freakin'. G-d.

Can I touch you? WOO!


Anywhere you want, baby. ::wicked::

[Mistress Morigianna]

ok- is it weird i am spending all my time pole danceing, cage danceing, and laying on towels for money now?*rotfl* *rotfl*

is there any real ways to make money in this game? I want some thigh high purple boots!

[SpeedKnight]

Anywhere you want, baby. ::wicked::

HOLY SHIT! Can I watch?!?

BTW, if anyone cares... Seamus Greggan.