I'm still of GC's mindset from earlier in the thread - my day is pretty packed between work, commute, cooking, swimming, writing, LoT, and sleep. So I am glad you're all enjoying it, but I can't join in. I hope you have a blast, though!

And LSPE's post is a good reminder of my other post. Now is probably a bad time to join in on SL. Gotta find a job first.
:)

Yeah, my mindset is the same as I have these days with The Sims. It's not that I don't think it'd be an entertaining activity for me. Quite the opposite, I'm a prime candidate to become addicted. But I finally came to the conclusion that I treated my Sims dude better than I treated myself and that I could use the time I was spending to reverse that, so it's just better for me to avoid it.

This is what I said in the Soooo thread:

I will not be playing SL. I refused to start playing WoW because of the time suck that is. Gave up my computer gaming after Diablo LoD. SL does have beautiful graphics though.

I'm glad you guys are having fun. Don't forget to escape into real life though.

So far, my visit to Second Life has taught me the following:

1) I wish I could fly around naked in the real world.
2) Over half the male population should be neutered.
3) It is damn fun to run around with a virtual sex organ attached to my nose just to disturb the people around me by pretending it's not there.

Yeah, I'm having a bit of fun. I don't see me spending too much time there though, but it does give me something to do while I have tapes capturing or DVDs burning.

I absolutely second that sentiment. And so far, the few people I've met there don't get out much, I think. ;)

Why am I thinking that numbers one and three might have something to do with number two?

:evil:

I certainly understand the desire to not add yet another internet diversion! I probably would not have, if Second Life hadn't been so different from the others...

The major appeal of SL for me is that it's a creative outlet. I make stuff there. It's not a game really -- there are no objectives or rewards or levels. You don't have to feed or shelter your avatar. People do RP in certain areas where sim owners have set that up, but for most I think its appeal is social. I have plenty of that already outside of SL, but I've made new friends anyway. Still it's the building tools that sold me.

As you all know, I'm an insufferable Star Wars geek. In SL, I've taken that passion to a new level: I've made some SW avatars -- wearable ships! Yes, you can be a TIE fighter or X-wing and zoom around shooting lasers at stuff.



That shot was taken in the space sim I'm building -- I made everything there: the planet rotates and the stars gently float about. This next pic is of the shop I'm building there to sell the avatars -- I made small models of them for the display sign...still working on the logo to put there.



Hubby asked me to make an avatar out of his "Beezer" character from his Captain Sternn series. This is the prototype (it puffs steam, and "follows" you about):


It's so much fun!

Two hard crashes in as many days. I may not be cut out for a second life. Or, at least, my computer mightn't be.

It crashes a lot on me too, even on my work system. It's not your computer.