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I’m sorry to report that after several months of trying and several different approaches, we still haven’t stirred up enough active participation among the many members of the Second Life Anti-Griefing Guild (SLAGG) to get anywhere. Each time we tried to get members set up to do constructive work for the group or tried calling for volunteers, we found ultimately that we didn’t have people available to put in the time that would be needed.
There were a very few people who were willing to work and contribute to the group, and then a number who were not able to do so. So, we’ve disbanded SLAGG. It was a nice idea, but ultimately it seems as though Residents are not in Second Life to take on more work, but rather to relax and enjoy themselves. That seems entirely reasonable to me, and I do support Residents being able to use Second Life as a place to rest and regenerate and play.
It appears that some members may not have gotten the group notice I sent out before disbanding the group; if you were ejected from SLAGG tonight, it was only because the group was disbanded.
It’s a bit sad to see the group go, but better a disbanded group than a sort of undead shell of a group!
And it’s particularly sad to see these lovely t-shirts Eris designed go to waste!
^^^\ Kate /^^^
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slagg lol being called that prolly made some people think you were actually griefing. if you didnt know or you purposely made your group that, slag means sl*t in uk, ireland, aussie and nz and maybe some other countries
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my quiz for all
Hi all!
You are The Best!!!
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I agree, I think there’s a good reason for it to exist, and it has potential as a solution for some of the problems SL has. Sometimes a system that isn’t enforced like this will be that much stronger because people don’t like to be forced, but they might do it because they get to decide.
It will be interesting to see what happens. The different “levels” of mature will be interesting in itself….
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Lying about Gender
Wow. I must have a LOT to learn about Second Life! Somehow ppl having sexier avs than their actual RL bodies doesn’t bug me in the slightest. But lying to me straight up about one’s gender – especially when that person has become my “MISTRESS” and I am “DEVOTED” to “HER” …. when I have been devoted to her for quite some time doing many tasks for her and giving her gifts etc… … and then today, to find out that “SHE” is actually MALE… well, this hurts me and pisses me off. It really does. And I don’t know what to do.
I still don’t know if all of the ppl in second life are just messin with me or what. They probably are. I probably asked for it by believing anyone in SL at all. From all the comments I read above, that looks like the case. It is, after all, a game and not a true second life.
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Using the same or a different AV
Hmm, I decided to have an black Alt. My main reason for her creation was to experiment with different styles – particularly hair. I thought creating an Alt would help me to keep the identities separate (some of my friends know we are the same RL person, but most passing acquaintances don’t)
There is a free skin available at the orientation island for The L Word, one of the off-the shelf AVs is black (the skins are rebranded from Portia Sin). I did then go and buy one from Adam and Eve (her Brianna skin in tone 4 is gorgeous). And there is little wardrobe overlap between my two AVs.
I have to say, my black AV has *never* encountered any sort of racism at all, perhaps because of the sorts of places I take her. She does often get asked “are you black in RL?”, however, which is interesting: (a) does it matter? (b) do I behave in an obviously white way?
What surprised me most is how quickly I stopped thinking “eek, I’m black”, and was just myself in that AV.
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There WERE Ponzi schemes in Second Life–they were called ‘banks’, and that’s why Linden Lab moved to ban them.
Most of the backlash against Second Life is rooted in the hype about You Can Make Money At This. Surprise! It’s not as easy as they make it sound. But is that really a bug, or a feature? If you’re only in there for the money, you’re not going to enjoy yourself at all. But if you’re in there to meet people and explore and create and do things you can’t easily do in that First Life you speak of, then you should have a mighty good time. I know I do. 🙂
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Re: Overcoming the Time Wall?
Those are interesting questions! I’ll think and talk and see what I come up with … 🙂
^^^\ Kate /^^^
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Hello can mean just that
The reason I greet people who come into my store is to let them know that I will not ignore them if they speak to me. So many times I speak to someone who is in the middle of an IM or something. I can’t know that so they appear to be not at all interested in their customers. I think that’s rude. So I always speak first.
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Although I hate the “guess the RL gender” thing myself, and don’t ever try to figure it out directly as I think WYSIWYG is the best way to deal with a virtual world, there are usually small clues that can give a person away.
As mentioned, the Barbie Doll look is often a suggestion of a guy atk. It’s not to say that there aren’t gals that like that look too, but an avi that walks around *constantly* in ultra-femme presentation is certainly suggesting “guy.” I tend to think that anyone with a “Lesbian: sorry guys” in their profile is most likely a guy. Female avis that start an IM conversation with just “hi” or some cheesy line make me think guy — gals tend to meet others gals with something like “Hi! I just saw your cute _____ [fill in the blank with skirt, top, skin, profile, etc] and I think you look great!” and go from there. Just saying “hi” or “you’re hot” suggests a guy.
That said, I really don’t care one way or the other. I’m quite happy to take people at face value. True, once in a while someone does something that screams “opposite gender atk,” but I never ask a question about it at all. I had a SL relationship for eight months, and I never once questioned my in game GF about her RL. Simply put, it’s none of my biz — we weren’t planning any kind of RL meeting, and both wanted to keep the fourth wall up high.
Actually, now that I think about it, female avis that are overwhelmingly concerned with RL gender scream “guy atk!” the most. Women tend to form deeper friendships, and social research shows that a large number of women come to an understanding of their non-hetero sexuality later in life as deep friendships start to morph into love scenes. Thus, women will often be more open to affection and love toward and from other women. Guys on the other hand tend to be compulsively male, and those kind of guys can’t stomach the thought of being with a female avi that’s a guy atk. So I think that a female avi being paranoid about RL gender is prob the most obvious giveaway.
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