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Rosuck
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I played this game for a year and when I play a game, I like to play it to the end.
I went so far as to get a SIM so that I could try out the features you have control over in your own simulation. The lag was less but all I could do was change the water level, change the position of the sun, ban people, advertise my SIM, allow fly, allow scripts, allow damage... really minor. I could not change the max potential damage or the limit to physics in my sim so as you can assume, people took advantage of that to the extreme with uber weapons and bombs.
If you like to create things, you don't need to put any money into this game at all. You can create everything you want. I made lots of great things but in the end I realized the things I made did not compare to the wonderful things that you can find in many of the latest games coming out.
You can exchange money for Linden money but be warned most people are scheming ways to take your money away from you. It's best to just create and observe to be safe.
The isn't much to do in Second Life except chat and be involved in the latest drama. It is mostly comprised of Dance clubs and clubs for people with fetishes for sex, Beastiality, S&M, the mafia, Gor (slave owning and trading under the guise of sci fi) etc and I am against all that. The dance clubs broadcast music and many of them are not legitimate (i.e. they are not paying royalities to the proper music industry organizations)
So if that's what you are into, then Second Life for adults is for you.
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Thnx for the heads up
... gamer forever
Woo, I'm into that... I think I will check it out! :P
Sounds to me like the OP is faulting the game for not being a good action game. I have no idea whether it is or isn't, but I don't care. It is a great game for socialization, and that's its forte. What's more, it's one of the few, few online games out there anymore that puts a premium on socialization, whereas there are literally dozens of titles that focus on action. So to the OP: Leave those of us who like to socialize in online games this single outlet, please.
Yes, it is a very, very sexy game; it's not for kids at all. That should be fine if you're an adult and enjoy a sexy atmosphere in your online games. If you don't, play something else. Again, there are dozens of games out there in which sex isn't nearly the focus it is in SL.
If you like to socialize, enjoy an adult atmosphere and like to create things like clothes, houses, if you like to dance (and god forbid, strip or cyber) and talk and cut up, if you like to roleplay alternate lifestyles, then SL is well worth a look. Don't let the prejudices of people like the OP, who seems to have stumbled into the wrong game and instead of quietly shutting the door behind him/her on his/her way out, chose to stay for a year (!) and then attack everyone else's ideas of fun in a public forum, scare you off.
--Chastity Nightdancer
The isn't much to do in Second Life except chat and be involved in the latest drama. It is mostly comprised of Dance clubs and clubs for people with fetishes for sex, Beastiality, S&M, the mafia, Gor (slave owning and trading under the guise of sci fi) etc and I am against all that.
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RMAO...
I tried SL also and.....yeah.
Did you guys hear about the guy that got arrested for pedo trading on that game. Its pretty sick. I don't think the devs had horse ****ing in mind when they made it either. I was in one of those "dance clubs" or whatever. And smack dab in the middle was a chick doing a horse. I mentioned it and people told me to get out if I didn't like it. People are really, really, rude in that game. The drama was ugh...its not worth it.
I DONT RECOMMEND IT EVER FOR ANYONE...EVER.
DISCLAIMER:: If you don't agree sorry, but its my opinion after playing for the trial.
"Despite what they tell you the original RAY's is on 7th ave."
SL is not all about sex and so forth, it is what you make it. The game allows a vast amount of avatar customization options and you can make just about anything you can think of in game. I play more for the building and designing possibilities and to do so with others with such interests, so do others. Some play to role play in game to act out their fantasies doing things they'd never do in real life. Some play to wander around using it as a visual chat room. You play how you want to for what you want out of it.
Each sim is referenced for PG or mature content, don't like the sex and so forth, stick to the PG sims. Going to mature areas and complaining about naked avatars and people doing more sex oriented things is like going to a strip club then complaining about the naked people and other mature activities. Also if you want nothing to do with mature content play teen SL where it's not allowed.
Yeah, I understand what your saying but ....im not offended by the content all im saying is its kinda weird and not to mention illegal in most states. They should just change the name ofthe game to Sexant life. lol
cheers
"Despite what they tell you the original RAY's is on 7th ave."
Since I don't bother with most mature SIMs the most I see are the odd naked avatar running around or the odd knob with a prim dick hanging out. Sex is not everywhere, it's in the mature SIMs and some wander out without changing outfits but it is hardly a sex game. Again, calling this a sex game since you spent all your time in mature SIMs advertising that content is like saying all there is in someplace like LA are nude bars since you spent all your time in them while you were there. Also those that play are suppose to be of legal age, it's not a kids game, that's what Teen SL is for.
I found a really good review of this game in a blog where this chic totally tells it like it is:
tokendissent.blogspot.com/2005/12/linden-lab-second-life-waste-of.html
The OP is right. Don't waste your money. If you want to waste your time on a free account, go for it. At the least you learn more about how things are made.
Nothing is as exciting, as frustrating, as achingly hopeful as the word 'if'. Such an amazingly large word should have more letters, don't you think?
(edited i'm just ranting agian blahblahblahblah)
Right. It's all abou sex. Though the blogger did forget one more group that makes up that 90%: Gamblers. People that pay money to play games. In fact, if you look at areas sorted by popularity, most of them are gambling places.
SL is a getting a lot of news in the blogging/social networking space but not in the gaming space. I tried it and its not a game for gamers at all...I'd say its hovering in a different space, sort of like mucks vs. muds sort of thing back in the day. In my mind doesn't even come close to Sims Online either (which is tedious in its own right...).
I would place it under the same category as There.com and Habbohotel, but obviously nicer looking....the download is really small.
Right. It's all abou sex. Though the blogger did forget one more group that makes up that 90%: Gamblers. People that pay money to play games. In fact, if you look at areas sorted by popularity, most of them are gambling places.
ill informed post here and SL isnt a waste of anything its alot of sceptics that play it looking at it as a game. most of the places on popular list may in fact be gambling area's but they are on popular list due to camping chairs giving out a ton of Free L. Or just gaming places that dont actualyl require money to play!!!
Basically what SL comes out to is what you make of it if you end up being boring in game ur gunna be bored. I co own a club myself but i do alot of other things. Tattoo's Clothing Etc. It depends what you do how your SL is.!!!
Yep,pretty much the case. I treat SL as a nice building sandbox. Other people treat it as an economy game. I like SL as it's pretty open-ended.
I find this amusing, dancing is such a physical form of expression that it seems bizarre to enjoy spending time doing it virtually. "...if you like to virtually dance..."
I suppose what makes it interesting virtually is doing it naked, because that is something that many people may not have the confidence to do in real ife.
Of course when virtual reality games become virtually real, it may be another story...
I find this amusing, dancing is such a physical form of expression that it seems bizarre to enjoy spending time doing it virtually. "...if you like to virtually dance..."
I suppose what makes it interesting virtually is doing it naked, because that is something that many people may not have the confidence to do in real ife.
Of course when virtual reality games become virtually real, it may be another story...
Actually, dancing in Second Life is fun for a short period of time and I have never done it naked lol. These dances are made by players so they are a piece of art. They repesent the creator's self-expression. I am often amazed at their skill!
You can chat standing still or you can chat while dancing while panning your camera around to really see what the dance creator has done.
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Note: PlayNC will refuse to allow you access to your account if you forget your password and can't provide a scanned image of the product key for the first product you purchased..... LOL
Honestly, you just sold me on it. I will have to try this out. I don't care about bestiality, sex fetishes and stuff, but I am tired of having games force me into a teenage mould, so it will be nice to see adult content for a change, even if I'm not interested in following that line of gameplay.
As for creating stuff, what difference does it make that what you create is not as good as professional game content? You created it! I think that's great.
As for getting involved in drama and living in a glorified chat room, what's not to like? I love chatting online.
Finally, dance clubs - I'm THERE! Who cares if the music is pirated? I don't. It's not like famous musicians are going to go penniless because I hear a pirated song online.
I find this amusing, dancing is such a physical form of expression that it seems bizarre to enjoy spending time doing it virtually. "...if you like to virtually dance..."
I suppose what makes it interesting virtually is doing it naked, because that is something that many people may not have the confidence to do in real ife.
Of course when virtual reality games become virtually real, it may be another story...
Hehe... well, my Fiancee is a former Dancer, and still does casually... she did theater stuff, and was a Ballerina for years in some company (I'v only seen a pic, we don't really talk about it)...
So, long story short: She got injured and had to quit. She can still dance, but physically she's not capable of what she was. She plays SWG and has always been a dancer in that game, and she loves it. I may not get it (I quit with the NGE), but she loves the dancing & interaction. But it's not about what I get, she likes it, and likes gaming overall... she hates the NGE in SWG, but stays because of the dancing, and she just doesn't do combat anymore... she's hoping there will be another game with dancing like SWG some day...
Virtual dancing is dancing in spirit for those that are into it... and I'm VERY happy for them
I'll start my own SWG... with Black Jack... and Hookers!!!
In fact, forget the SWG!!!!
I am a terrible dancer in real life, but in the game I'm a master. Same with music - I can't play a note in real life but in the game I can play a whole bunch of tunes perfectly. I think it's bizarre that you could completely ignore the roleplay aspects of the entertainer professions.