Second Life
I used to spend a considerable amount of time logged into Second Life, the video game. It used to be possible to earn real money with 3d building, land buying or animation and that was the only reason that kept me going back,(no no, I'm not the fantasist!). By it's very nature it attracts people wanting to escape their real lifes. The weirdest fantasists would be the million dollar earners who were jet setting from one country to another and also spending 100 hours a week logged into Second Life. I left there before I lost all faith in humanity.
(maggied Riding the Gravy Train on, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 8:46, 15 replies)

You're only lying to yourself here.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 8:49, closed)

I am?
Am I?
(maggied Riding the Gravy Train on, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 8:52, closed)

But the new Second Life is going to be awesome.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 8:52, closed)

I knew a husband & wife team who would earn a living by designing and coding shoes for online avatars.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 10:11, closed)

How extensible IS second life, that shoes can have (or require) their own code?
Shouldn't they just be a model + textures, which the second life code automatically applies to the feet marker-vectors on a character models body?
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 10:14, closed)

They do have shoes made as simply as that, but they are crappy.
What people want in Second Life are shoes and clothes that they can buy off the peg as in real life. You see beautiful shoes in a shop you want them, you click to buy them, attach to your avatar and then maybe they don't fit. Plus people want animations with shoes maybe.
(maggied Riding the Gravy Train on, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 11:19, closed)

Surely the only animation anyone would want is
"thrown by angry journalist towards George Dubya's big round face"
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 11:39, closed)

nothing personal or owt but ... hahahaha you tragic cunt

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 12:29, closed)

*comment on the irony of people who play Second life neglecting their original life, so the game should really be called Alternate Life or No-Life*
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 13:07, closed)

Or;
'Get a life'
( snee held his breath since, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 18:06, closed)

You know how old people love to moan that
"when we were young, we didn't have computers and the telly... we had to make our own fun!"

Well, second life appears to be one of those computer game which simulates that accurately.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 13:13, closed)

I actually referenced Second Life as part of a dissertation.
It was tentatively titled "Every female avatar in any game ever is actually controlled by a bloke having a wank."
( gone, Tue 10 Jun 2014, 15:06, closed)

This to win ^^

(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Wed 11 Jun 2014, 16:03, closed)

I've met at least two who female.
I have heard more who sound female.
However, most men I have met do have a female avatar so I can't talk overall numbers.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 11 Jun 2014, 19:14, closed)

It's Barbara Cartland and a 3D editor for losers.
Second Life can be fun to use to "play houses" or stream a DJ set.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 11 Jun 2014, 19:18, closed)