Comments on: My avatar's so-called life

Newbie finds "Second Life" fantastical, brimming with possibility, surprisingly like real world.
Images: Scoping out 'Second Life'

[kuguy3000]

why the cnet love for this game?

Seriously...an article or two would be understandable...but is CNET getting paid for this? Come on...full disclosure people!

In all fairness, the game is nothing more than a virtual mall...the concept of which could be cool, but with graphics and interactions so sterile and unappealing....well...at least it's free...

[H Voyager]

Probably their first MMO

Most of them, it sounds like this is their first encounter with a MMO type game. It is sort of a system shock the first time you play one, reguardless of what it is, and Second Life deals with subjects just familiar enough that people who turn up their noses at DnD type games can be talked into trying it, and that said same familiarity tends to highlight just how different an MMO is from other types of games.

Basically, they aren't writing so much about Second Life in particular, rather they're writing about the paradigm shift of playing a massively multiplayer game for the first time. This one just happens to be the one they're cutting their teeth on.

Harry Voyager

[Christopher Hall]

Beats me

I've played my share of MMOs over the years, but few have appealed to me less than Second Life. Except maybe Underlight.

I don't know anyone, respectable gamer or otherwise, who plays Second Life.

Actually, I take that back, I do have an old friend from high school who plays. He tries to talk me into the game, but I routinely talk myself out of it when I discover the thriving "furry" community and the rather bustling economy based solely on highly modified/stylized animal genitalia. Free or not, I see no reasons to subject myself to digital yiffing.

The only furries you would have to worry about in WoW are druids (and the occasional shaman), but those are, fortunately enough, remarkably tame.

[Andrew J Glina]

Indeed

I have been wondering exactly the same thing.

[kuguy3000]

why the cnet love for this game?

Seriously...an article or two would be understandable...but are they getting paid for this? Come on...full disclosure people!

In all fairness, the game is nothing more than a virtual mall...the concept of which could be cool, but with graphics and interactions so sterile and unappealing....well...at least it's free...

[caudio_roma]

Really, why all this hype about this nothing 3d avatar chat

I agree with other poster: why does CNet keep writing about this 3D avatar chat!

I mean this concept of 3D chat has been done many times before. And each time a typical person after
using it the 1st time will not again because
a 2D chat is just fine, after all people just want
to chat and not have to 1st download a 20 MB file
before they can chat. They want to instantly
go into the chat room & chat.

On that note: if you want a great Web based chat check out netdive's sitesticky chat, it has 2D Avatars, which move around, it is instant to access, nothing to download & install and it is free, you just pay for support. Here:
http://www.netdive.com/indexss.htm

We use it at our site (http://www.russianny.com/), we have found it to be the best & coolest chat, and that is no hype.

[jeolmeun]

Tringo!

Tringo...

[Vudu Guru]

Blind men describing an elephant

It's funny how often people say Second Life is "Just a... Just a... Just a..." and proceed to name one of half a dozen caricatures that even taken together wouldn't graze the surface.

[aabcdefghij987654321]

More like real life than I'm comfortable with...

Yup. Everywhere you go, EVERYWHERE, there's someone trying to sell you something. The advertising is even worse in Second Life than in your first life. It's distracting to the point of disgusting. I've stopped playing Second Life due to that fact alone. I'll fire up The Sims, thanks.

[cube3]

Live the Hype!- Starbase C3 Invades Second Life!

Live the Hype!- Starbase C3 Invades Second Life!

Hey, can't beat 'em - invade 'em! Ive run a 3d web world since 1996.. Today WE INVADE SECOND LIFE AND REAL LIFE.

A Second Life Invasion fleet of starships has landed for SL outposts to host AND one can even order a realife 3d printed model/figure of the Starships for the top of their computer...

go to http://www.starbasec3.com to log on.

cube3

[piker62]

Don't Be Hatin'

2nd Life is cool as air conditioning, baby. I admit it probably true that these articles reflect a lack of experience with other MMRPGs, but so what? It's still immersive as hell, and you're surrounded by good-lookin' people, and the only object to the game is to find one. That's very refreshing.
I'm not thrilled with the furries either, but more power to 'em.

[Christopher Hall]

More power to 'em?

No, man. Just no. No power to the furries.

[lordxar]

Please tell me why cnet wastes headlines on this marginal chat

This game gets increadible coverage considering it's less popular than star wars galaxy... heck, maybe even various flavors of ultima online.

something this marginal HAS NO IMPACT.

[MiaStrong]

Funny story

I am pretty new to SL too so I can relate. It takes some adjusting
for sure, but once you get the hang of it, it's great, although a
big time suck!