Second Life

[peanutbutter12]

Can someone please explain to me what makes this game so fun? To me it looks nothing more than a glorified 3d chatroom. Yes, I know you can code things within the game, that seems to be backfiring on them lately with the griefer groups who are making huge pressure bombs or dancing genitalia all over the screen...

CJ

 

[theartist87]

It isn't anything but a glorified chat room, with really bad graphics. Possibly one of the worst games ever created.

 

[kopilo]

You can also, race, have archery or dart competitions, Russian Roulette, etc... Lots of "minigames" if you know where to look.
There are also role-playing groups which many people take an active position with.
(Personally I wouldn't like to touch too much "gaming" in second life with a 10ft pole (from a gamers perspective)

As you have stated it is really a glorified chatroom, not really a "game", but it provides opportunities to network with different people such as those connected to Second Life non profits. Who are Representatives of not for profit organisations within SL
(Second life), where they can demo-straight different things to do with their organisation.

This is of course without mentioning the video/audio streaming capabilities which enables many people who have networked in the game to hear speeches by a specific member of the game.

Of course you are free to view it as a glorified chatroom with a few extra features but really with the advent of holodesk now in ruins, secondlife does fill that void to allow people to communicate over the Internet in a 3D (customisable) environment.

 

[bluemarkus]

i logged into second life 2 days ago and it has rocked my worldview.

i believe it is a highly interesting thing that is just in child´s shoes.

there´s even a harvard class using 2L !

greetings

Markus

 

[peanutbutter12]

Yeh, I installed it about a week ago. Tried it out, ran around, looked at all the things people were doing, got incredibly bored, and uninstalled it. I think I just prefer a real game that has a purpose other than running around and talking to people. Graphics were laughable at best as well.

CJ

 

[bluemarkus]

it is not a game, and it is not to distract you.
it is what you make of it. it has great potential.
you can try out a lot of things in there before you try it out in real life.

just some thoughts

besides all that, i fully agree with you ! *LOL*

greetings

Markus

 

[kopilo]

Indeed, I agree *is a, builder, scriptor, landscaper and little bit of a texturer*.

 

[Ailanthus]

Second Life really isn't a game at all; it's an alter ego. This is RPG in ist fullest extent. In the "game" you create the person you want to be and explore a unique, player-built world.
There really isn't any "game" to this game. It's an alternate reality.

 

[HeSaveDave]

I tried it. It was weird. Buncha weirdos telling me how pitiful I was because they could turn into a plane and fly away and I could barely run. lol

 

[-Element-]

I was going to try this because I thought it was a game, but I never REALLY checked it out. Now that I know that it's just a chatroom, I'm not even gonna try it. Silkroad Online is way more fun.

 

[HeSaveDave]

Silkroad looks cool. I may have to try it. What server you on?

 

[-Element-]

I need to reinstall it, but I'm on Troy server.

 

[Breetai]

I signed up last night. I'm a nudist.

 

[HeSaveDave]

lol shame on you.

 

[Windmill]

Can someone please explain to me what makes this game so fun? To me it looks nothing more than a glorified 3d chatroom. Yes, I know you can code things within the game, that seems to be backfiring on them lately with the griefer groups who are making huge pressure bombs or dancing genitalia all over the screen...

CJ

Over at joystiq they constantly post stuff about it. Funnily enough, barely anyone comments on the news items. Why? Because no one cares about Second Life.

Glorified, boring as chat room. MMORPG's are bad enough let alone taking out the fighting.

 

[Psalms34]

Ah it’s a MUSH. Generally mmog’s are MUD’s such as EQ being loosely based on DikuMUD. MUD means Multi-User-Dungeon, Domain or Dimensions but usually Dungeon and this applies well to most mmorpg‘s (massively multiplayer on-line role playing game), same thing.

A MUSH is a Multi-User Shared Hallucination, Hack, Holodeck or Habitat; a social game. Though it is not yet a full blown MUSH (yet) it shares many characteristics such as generally revolving around a chat room environment and also the limited ability at this time to upload content into the world (i.e. graphics, animations, sounds etc..). But over time SL will most likely evolve into a true MUSH (e.g. ability to allow player created zones/areas) where players will mold the game world into their own creation, though not resembling a regular MUD in many rights.

http://www.getafirstlife.com/

 

[kopilo]

Over at joystiq they constantly post stuff about it. Funnily enough, barely anyone comments on the news items. Why? Because no one cares about Second Life.

Which is why big corporations like adidas, and a variety of universities have taken interest into developing a virtual world... Ohh wait, uhh.

If you want to sit and num your brain playing some random game, SL is not for you, if you want to spend sometime learning and developing in a virtual environment where with time you can earn real money, network with people, etc, SL may be for you.