Comments on: Grid and Bare It (Part I)

By: Seijin Roo

Seijin Roo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:04:48 +0000

When I first joined SL in 2005, it was at the behest of a friend of mine who likes to create all kinds of things. Unfortunately my computer in 2005 was complete crap, so I only managed to make a newbie avatar and join the group my friend was in.

This was back when getting an account required a credit card as verification, as free accounts wouldn't come until much later. During this age it was definitely more of the creator enclave it was envisioned to be.

Since I couldn't really do much with it, the account sat idle and forgotten, until I randomly remembered about it in 2007. Since I had a better computer, I gave it another shot.

Since then I've spent most of my time in SL poking at the scripting system, largely staying out of the community at large. This is not to say I've avoided people entirely, as I have quite a few friends in SL (and not just fellow scripters). And of course, I've participated or witnessed many episodes of e-drama, with varying amounts of lulz to be had.

So, that's a brief summary of my experiences with SL. Nothing too dramatic, but it is what it is.

If she is willing, I will gladly extend a kind hand in the direction of our fair Lady Scarlett to come visit in SL. I may not have much to offer but I will help in any way I can!

By: Seijin Roo

Seijin Roo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:50:00 +0000

SL can always use a little more Benzaie!

By: hoshizuku

hoshizuku — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:35:57 +0000

I don't think I've ever played The Sims Online either, so then I'm only talking about the stand-alone Sims games. Sims 3 does fix a lot of the horrible loading times. I'm no expert, but my brother assures me that it's because the game has been coded better, or something like that.

But you're right about the creativity in SL, haha. :D

By: Scarlett

Scarlett — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:28:03 +0000

Cheers Miss Auburnette! If staying away from SL is what you got out of this post, then I did my job well, haha! =) Lovely to see you stopping by, and I look forward to reading more of your site as well! xx

By: Scarlett

Scarlett — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:26:29 +0000

THANK YOU! You're totally picking up what I'm putting down.

I wish I hadn't sunk so much (real life) money into SL for all these years – maybe that's the ultimate thorn in my side that keeps me from just deleting my account already. All those custom skins and clothes and prim hairstyles … I stand around in my skybox literally feeling like I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go. Maybe I should try one of those RPG sims someday … Only trouble is, I have absolutely no experience with RPGs (outside of the PC gaming variety) so the whole act of speaking in character would be very awkward. Not to mention, I've always treated my SL avatar as an extension of the real-life Scarlett – so I don't know that I'd be very good at the play-acting thang. Ahhh well. I still have a sliver of hope that SL will one day go back to the awesome metaverse that it once was. It's good to have lofty goals!

By: Scarlett

Scarlett — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:22:31 +0000

Do you mean The Sims Online, or the regular, stand-alone Sims games? I've never tried the former, but I've been a fan of the latter for years now. And I agree – especially with all the enhancements and improvements of Sims 3, it's actually much more fun (in the “gaming” sense) than Second Life ever was or will be. I just miss the days when SL was strictly populated with nerdy, like-minded folks who were there for the creative possibilities. Now the only “creativity” going on is seeing how many different ways you can bend and twist your avatar – and I don't mean dancing! ;-)

By: Grid and Bare It (Part II) :: Scarlettopia

Grid and Bare It (Part II) :: Scarlettopia — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:33:03 +0000

[...] Girl Gone Gaming, Talk Sex with Scarlett This is part 2 of my blog about the Second Life virtual world game. Be sure to catch up before reading [...]

By: auburnette

auburnette — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:57:24 +0000

Well hello, Miss Scarlett! Being an utter non-gamer of anything, I have to say that this was kind of educational — but unfortunately, I think you've convinced me that Second Life isn't all it's cracked up to be (in my incredibly superficial acquaintance with it, anyway!)

Big love to you, Red.

By: Penrefe

Penrefe — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:25:29 +0000

Ah, yes, Second Life. I love Second Life, and I can spend hours doing very similar to what you do, basically playing with a virtual Barbie doll. I go to the shops and spend the virtual money I've made selling custom skins and other random crap I wouldn't expect people to spend money on, and the various sims I wander around and talk to no one. Then every time I log off, I do sit there for a while and wonder why the hell I've spent all day/evening basically doing f- all.

By: hoshizuku

hoshizuku — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:37:47 +0000

My biggest problem with second life would have to be the fees…it's so much cheaper to play The Sims, and almost all of the downloadable content you find online is free to use, and once you've downloaded it, you can edit it yourself. Of course The Sims and Second Life are very different experiences, and The Sims itself doesn't exactly provide much opportunity for social interaction. But personally I think I could engage in relatively similar conversations to the ones I experienced in Second Life in any chatroom, ever.