I agree, there is WAY too much crap and filth in SL. I have to take monthly breaks from it every once in a while. Sometimes I wonder why I stick around (I've been there since 2004). So I completely understand what those of you who are disgusted with Second Life are trying to say! I wish the endless clubs, malls, and sex places would just go to hell.

HOWEVER

I then remember the GOOD things about SL. Live music from talented people, games, Supportforhealing island and their daily meetings, Discussions about things like the environment and the state of the real world today, apartments, and other things like that.

I remind myself to look beyond the dirt, and then I find some pretty amazing things in SL.

Here's my blog about SL's good side :)

Credit to those comments that say the game is over sexualized.  For that I blame either stupid US laws (I voted for the other guy!) or policies where Linden Labs doesn't want to pay a lawyer for the first case of its kind for various things (Google News will show you plenty of these.)

That said, there are tons of things to do in the game without spending a cent, ever.  Search the events, go to a social game type event (possibly some that pay out Linden Dollars without violating the gambling rules - free money!) and actually interact with some people.  You can get pretty far just making friends...

I played the game about a week rented a place, got bored and quit.

One thing that stuck out most for me was when i did a search all you saw was Strip club, free porn, buy a penis...

It seems most players in the game get mad at you when you do refer to it as a game. I have been told "ITS NOT A GAME ITS SECOND LIFE"

Basically 80% of the community wont have anything to do with you unless your able to help them earn Lindens. As a newbie i had to run around for hours before anyone would even respond to me. Of course there are some good players.

But basically I was running around in a world that took ages to load and doing things I could do in real life. Honestly open the door , in real life, whats real life? Its the place you are when your not in your second life...

If your going to waste your time on a MMO at least play one where everyone isn't trying to sell you sex constantly or trying to become your friend so they can mooch off you.

Honestly. The only thing good I've found in second life is to make pretty 3d model character portraits.
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Like this one.

That's as far as Second Life goes for me.

If you don't like sex or constantly buying buying buying pixels: this game isn't for you. There is too little interaction other people and content. Not to mention the loading lag and resources required to just explore around.

I actually came to Second Life expecting to Role Play. It didn't even cater to that. Even Furcadia is better than this.

I tried Second Life some time ago for a couple of hours. What kinda crap is this? The only thing thats remotly fun is the ability to fly.

The performance is horrible

The playerbase is horrible (elitist arrogant wannabes)

The engine the game runs on was made by cavemen (constructive critisism)

pro tip: If you're making a game, atleast ATLEAST make sure the game engine is on par with Wolfenstein 3d or better.

edit: forgot to add.. the game is a "porn shop"

First of all... Second Life was not made year 2007. It's NOT a new game...

And it's NOT like WoW or Lineage or SWG and so on. But it's a MMORPG.

The game don't look good, it's old and the more it look better the more we need in our computers. Do we wanna buy a new computer every month? I don't.

And it's NOT all about Porn. Second Life is like Internet. It gives us the power to make what we whant and do what we whant, with some rules. Just like we can do on the Internet.

If you wanna look at Porn, then you search for that on Internet. Same inside the world in SL.

And if you don't wanna see Porn then you don't need to search for that.

Look at the Internet. What do you think is the biggest thing? Fotball or Porn? ...it's Porn.

Are you shocked SL will have a lot of Porn then? No. Everybody can join and so the Porn.

It's all up to YOU.

The game don't look good, it's old and the more it look better the more we need in our computers. Do we wanna buy a new computer every month? I don't.'

You see, the thing is that I have better performance in GoW, CoD4, EQ2 (to name a few) than in this game. The game itself is so badly coded so that it bet it renders the graphics with your CPU. AO does this but atleast AO is respectable...

And really how many people do you know that buys new computers every month? I sure don't know anyone

I personally don't call it an MMORPG <---(Notice the "G" it stands for "GAME") I call it "one of them 3d chatrooms"

Ok, can you make things in GoW, CoD4 & EQ2 and then place them around the world? I don't think so.

In SWG people can build a city and with that the game also lag a lot.

And Second Life is an old game. So yes it will not look or work like GoW etc... it's not even that kind of game...

When did I say that people buy a new computer every month? I was saying thay people DON'T wanna buy a new computer every month...

I wouldn't excuse 2nd Life's lag and such on its age, its not that old and many games the same age run quite well today..... no, blame crappy coding on the issue as optimizing performance was not something they were focusing on......

Originally posted by Kyleran

I wouldn't excuse 2nd Life's lag and such on its age, its not that old and many games the same age run quite well today..... no, blame crappy coding on the issue as optimizing performance was not something they were focusing on......

 

And AO lags a lot and it's old. SWG lags a lot and it's also old.

New servers for SL might help some. =)

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Originally posted by Binko

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Originally posted by Kyleran

I wouldn't excuse 2nd Life's lag and such on its age, its not that old and many games the same age run quite well today..... no, blame crappy coding on the issue as optimizing performance was not something they were focusing on......

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I have not played any MMORPG without any lag. Sure some runs better then others, but it's still lag.
And AO lags a lot and it's old. SWG lags a lot and it's also old.
New servers for SL might help some. =)

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Just a couple of questions. What's with the different colour font each time you reply?

And what do you usually do when you are in Second Life?

Originally posted by Binko

Ok, can you make things in GoW, CoD4 & EQ2 and then place them around the world? I don't think so.

And by saying that you're implying that SLs bad performance is due to the fact that you can create and place items around in the world? You don't know much about computers in general do you?
In SWG people can build a city and with that the game also lag a lot.

I haven't played SWG
And Second Life is an old game. So yes it will not look or work like GoW etc... it's not even that kind of game...

What does it matter if it's "not that kind of game"? My performance is better in games that look 10 times better than this game. Why would it matter "what kind of game" it is?

When did I say that people buy a new computer every month? I was saying thay people DON'T wanna buy a new computer every month...

You're arguing a strawman since none buys a new computer every month. So what would make you think that YOU would have to?

Originally posted by AzurePrower

 

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Originally posted by Binko

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Originally posted by Kyleran

 

I wouldn't excuse 2nd Life's lag and such on its age, its not that old and many games the same age run quite well today..... no, blame crappy coding on the issue as optimizing performance was not something they were focusing on......

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I have not played any MMORPG without any lag. Sure some runs better then others, but it's still lag.
And AO lags a lot and it's old. SWG lags a lot and it's also old.
New servers for SL might help some. =)

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Just a couple of questions. What's with the different colour font each time you reply?

And what do you usually do when you are in Second Life?

Most of the time when I'm in Second Life, I explore the game or try different games etc. And sometimes chat with people.

And when I get time I might start making things.

Originally posted by mo0rbid

Originally posted by Binko

Ok, can you make things in GoW, CoD4 & EQ2 and then place them around the world? I don't think so.

And by saying that you're implying that SLs bad performance is due to the fact that you can create and place items around in the world? You don't know much about computers in general do you?
In SWG people can build a city and with that the game also lag a lot.

I haven't played SWG
And Second Life is an old game. So yes it will not look or work like GoW etc... it's not even that kind of game...

What does it matter if it's "not that kind of game"? My performance is better in games that look 10 times better than this game. Why would it matter "what kind of game" it is?

When did I say that people buy a new computer every month? I was saying thay people DON'T wanna buy a new computer every month...

You're arguing a strawman since none buys a new computer every month. So what would make you think that YOU would have to?

Yes people can make all kind of items, cloths etc. And yes I think that makes the game lag. It's not clones like other games have. Here players look different. The server must work harder and my computer must think more.

And again Second Life is an old game. So it will never ever work like new games do. It's not build that way.

In SWG people also look different. Also in Anarchy Online. Both games lag a lot.

Second life too...

About the computers. What I'm saying is... IF the game get a new system, that ask more from your computer. Then maybe people must ugrade the computer (buy a new one).

Look at WoW for example. It's made so a lot of people can play it. Some say it look good some think it look old.

IF Blizzard change the game, then they will see that poor people will not be able to play the game anymore. They don't have the money.

you are right,dude.

Originally posted by JKnight1

It wasn't meant for JUST roleplay.

It was meant for those to build and sell their creations.

You went in with the wrong expectations, so the only one you can hate is yourself.

Weee... found a new use for Second Life

Seems like I'm having more fun outside of the game than within.

Second Life may lag but its not developed like other games. It doesnt render off a CPU as its relatively impossible to force this unless you have an integrated graphics card (from intel or what have you) SL streams to you computer much like a shoutcast radio station would. Your loading the 3d objects. SWG , Anarchy Online, WoW and guild wars and all other mmorpgs store mass amounts of data right on your computer so your rendering it directly off your HD. Once things are cached in SL they tend to load relatively fast and alot of people that think they have good internet connections really dont there is the fact that for instance Cable is rubbish in High traffic areas and DSL is slow (but more stable)

It also comes down to hardware and alot of people really dont have very good computers. SL runs fine for me on the newest first look viewer with everything cranked up. I run an AMD Sempron 2400+ 2 gigs of ram and Geforce 6800 GS (overclocked edition) Not a grand computer the processor is maybe 1.66 > 1.74 ghz not dual core and it runs SL along with photoshop dreamweaver and Zbrush. Just because you couldnt find your niche doesnt make it a bad game.

 To those testing it out for like a few hours serious get over it your not gunna learn jack in that time frame and if your not willing to put anything in your not going to get anything out (by put something in i mean effort into exploring the world) SL is a grand world where you can do anything you want literally your not limited to a special path like an MMORPG like WoW etc.  If you despise it stay off and get over it its not the kind of game you like and its clear you had the wrong expectations going into it.

I played second life for maybe few minutes...nice idea really...but let me ask you (people who play):

- is it usual that when someone come online get contacts from others with sexual offers because they wana have virtual sex with "new" players?

- second, when you are so fendly and all...will you give me few Linens to kick off ;) ? I mean yesterday i talked with some guy lvl 30 in Warcraft who asked me to help him with some things about his armor, weapons, talents etc then i gave him 30 gold to get easyer trough start of game?

Originally posted by Qark

I played second life for maybe few minutes...nice idea really...but let me ask you (people who play):

- is it usual that when someone come online get contacts from others with sexual offers because they wana have virtual sex with "new" players?

- second, when you are so fendly and all...will you give me few Linens to kick off ;) ? I mean yesterday i talked with some guy lvl 30 in Warcraft who asked me to help him with some things about his armor, weapons, talents etc then i gave him 30 gold to get easyer trough start of game?

thats why i dont find it entertaining for myself....rest can enjoy it