tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post7372867085106971472..comments2023-10-25T04:05:04.377-07:00Comments on Botgirl's Digital Playground: Realistic vs. idealized avatarsBotgirl Questihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01707252228872837054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-13498410241801544542008-09-17T23:09:00.000-07:002008-09-17T23:09:00.000-07:00Make of these what you will Botgirl.1. One of my 2...Make of these what you will Botgirl.<BR/><BR/>1. One of my 22 year old son's WoW characters is a female. He says that this is very common among his (many) WoW friends, and if he is going to spend hours and hours staring at a backside, he prefers it to be attractive and female.<BR/><BR/>2. By my observation, the weight of a significant number of SLCC attendees was substantially above average. I do think that highly creative and talented individuals (and others) have fewer opportunities if they are overweight and not mainstream attractive. SL provides a level playing field and more confidence partly because everyone can be as attractive as they choose.<BR/><BR/>3. I love beautiful things and I (like my son) prefer looking at a well-dressed version of a younger "me" to making a political statement. Personally I am not terribly overweight. But I don't like to judge others for doing something that clearly makes them feel better than they do when surrounded by RL prejudice.<BR/><BR/>Chimera Cosmos<BR/><BR/>P.S. Congrats on your upcoming show!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584464447089705780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-28613049825280599112008-09-09T15:16:00.000-07:002008-09-09T15:16:00.000-07:00The beautiful, thin shapes sell. Heavy set and pl...The beautiful, thin shapes sell. Heavy set and plain or homely shapes rarely do. I usually make such shapes just for personal use, or just to break up the monotony of doing beautiful. It's also hard to do something really realistic, not because of the slider limitations, but because your own eye and perfection will see each flaw as being really big. Sex sells, so sexy shapes sell too.<BR/><BR/>But walking around with a different shape is rather liberating, kind of sticking it to the popular opinion. x)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-11876553696842527772008-08-28T14:59:00.000-07:002008-08-28T14:59:00.000-07:00Damn you Val! Now I have another cool project on m...Damn you Val! Now I have another cool project on my todo list. And thanks for the link to the study!Botgirl Questihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01707252228872837054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329817540513850224.post-79805414572930075272008-08-28T10:47:00.000-07:002008-08-28T10:47:00.000-07:00"This made me wonder what the average adult human ..."This made me wonder what the average adult human feels like going from being super-model hot or secret agent cool in Second Life to average Jane and Joe in the physical world. "<BR/><BR/>One piece of data:<BR/>http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/03/stanford-study.html<BR/><BR/>I wonder what the morph of human Majik and bot Majik looks like...<BR/><BR/>vkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com