Second Life; Why Should I Be Playing It?

[Duskblade]

A friend just clued me into second life and that fact that it is free to play. I always thought it was like WoW; purchase the software, pay a monthly fee.

I'm curious to know other people's experiences with the game and what keeps drawing them back into it.

 

[Thanee]

Isn't that just an overblown chatroom?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Aeolius]

The app is free, accessing the online world is free. Buying stuff is NOT free.

And there are ways to rig SL so that you can have combat, cast spells, and more... including sitting at a virtual table with virtual dice to use SL like a virtual tabletop.

 

[Redrobes]

What, like this ?

 

[Duskblade]

You guys aren't doing much in the way of helping. I'd like some serious answers please.

If I wanted off-topic answers, I would have posted this thread in the off-topic area.

 

[Redrobes]

Ok then...

Its NOT A GAME.

and why don't you look up what it is.
Second Life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Krug]

I tried it for about half an hour and got bored. There's very little to do, and as a newb, didn't find much to get myself into. What's there to accomplish in game, really, besides dress and attain new clothes etc.

 

[Aeolius]

There's very little to do, and as a newb, didn't find much to get myself into. What's there to accomplish in game, really, besides dress and attain new clothes etc.

You can don formalwear and attend a gala ball on the RMS Titanic, transform into a merfolk and explore undersea realms, or become an elf, centaur, or pixie as you investigate a hidden glen. You can delve into numerous steampunk locales or fog-enveloped absinthe bars. You can search mayan ruins or the secrets of the pyramids. If you'd rather spend your time as a robot or furry, there are places for that, as well.

 

[Woas]

I'm sure there are plenty of nice people on Second Life. But my opinion of it has forever been destroyed by reports about the... colorful people who play the game... on Something Awful.

 

[frankthedm]

"Second Life" is a 'Chat world' with 3d avatars. You can pay money to get more options for your avatar. There are also user generated options to perform various virtual activities.

As who uses this so called 'Second' Life...

..So the first is, in the earliest wave of pioneers in any new disruptive platform, the marginal and the dispossessed are over represented, not the sole constituents by any means, but people who feel they don't fit, who have nothing left to lose, or who were impelled by some kind of dream, who may be outsiders to whatever mainstream they are coming from, all come and arrive early in disproportionate numbers.

– Mitch Kapor, Second Life 5th Birthday Closing Keynote​