tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post3189752372186040554..comments2023-10-25T04:05:04.377-07:00Comments on Botgirl's Digital Playground: Is Your Avatar A Parasite or a Symbiote?Botgirl Questihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01707252228872837054noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-63254507769221306982010-02-22T19:11:13.591-08:002010-02-22T19:11:13.591-08:00I started out thinking SL was a "game", ...I started out thinking SL was a "game", and kept rl/sl very separate. I was definitely playing to escape, and put in very long hours. <br />My big change was filling out my 1st Life tab completely (including picture). While I'm not an open book by any means, My "Second Life" is an add-on to my life outside of any virtual worlds. <br />-Ipenda Keynes in SLrorowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118009594614181918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-79306887238817275012010-02-22T13:49:01.688-08:002010-02-22T13:49:01.688-08:00Wendy: Congratulations on the marriage and family,...Wendy: Congratulations on the marriage and family, and on finding your personal path to a balanced RL and SL.<br /><br />Southie: Good point! I was mostly speaking to those who really feel like they're leading two full and separate lives.<br /><br />Chris: This is an emotional issue for many of us, which makes it harder to discuss, for sure. My intention isn't to label any particular pseudonymity decision as inherently right or wrong. I'm mostly trying to acknowledge the problems that many of us have faced in the hopes of coming up with various strategies to deal with them. <br /><br />Actually, I feel like I could be the poster child for morphological freedom. If you think it's hard to be taken seriously by people who insist on being their "real" selves, try it from the standpoint of a self-admitted fictional character openly linked to a particular human. :)Botgirl Questihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01707252228872837054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-22358948756750028292010-02-22T13:33:03.308-08:002010-02-22T13:33:03.308-08:00The original purpose of Second Life was as a test-...The original purpose of Second Life was as a test-environment for prototype haptics equipment.<br /><br />Second Life as a "Second Life" is a notion that Linden Lab appeared to flirt briefly with and then discard sometime around the time it was renamed.Tateru Ninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511461929629749578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-26960005879133262662010-02-22T13:12:07.528-08:002010-02-22T13:12:07.528-08:00First I'll apologize for jumping all over your...First I'll apologize for jumping all over your Plurk.<br /><br />Lately it seems to me that something is being stolen from the original purpose in creating a virtual world, something inherent to the very name, Second Life, that all the "serious professionals" are forcing a retreat from.<br /><br />What SL represents to me, is a baby step in the direction of enabling self-creation, the ability to define for yourself every aspect of who you are. This is also known as Morphological Freedom. Complaints about people not being who they "really" are, or having a name or identity different from their "real" selves are just admitting that SL just doesn't go far enough, yet. We're still not able to self-actualize fully. We're still pinned to bodies, and names, that we did not choose for ourselves but were assigned in a world that doesn't yet sufficiently yield to change.<br /><br />So to me the suggestion that sticking to the real is the more mature or moral viewpoint is really just saying we've failed once again to live out our dreams.<br /><br />-Ananda SandgrainUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231207016210956688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-71799872005624621972010-02-22T11:42:33.633-08:002010-02-22T11:42:33.633-08:00It depends on what the person is using SL for. Mo...It depends on what the person is using SL for. Most of the people I know that have abandoned SL are those who have used it to "escape" from something. People who chose to use the word "outlet" have actually been more successful in maintaining that balance.Southiefacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412191967547819350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-14229534933828424502010-02-22T10:20:03.867-08:002010-02-22T10:20:03.867-08:00I think a lot can depend on where you mainly hang ...I think a lot can depend on where you mainly hang out in SL, and whom you associate with. When I started in SL 3 years ago I kept my Second Life and my real life somewhat separate, although I made my av plus-size life the rl me. <br /><br />But now my avatar is really just an open, "greatest hits" extension of real life me. Just ask all the people I annoy in SL with my real life stuff, like getting married and starting a family!<br />=)WendyOfNeverlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980153945355148350noreply@blogger.com