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Xenon Darrow✦ @xenondarrow
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There is no spoon. The cake is a lie. 42. Just a virtual girl in a virtual world. I am on a great adventure. Come along and walk with me. |
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Any marginalized person can become "militant" based on their own group. It's important to learn, listen, educate ourselves, stay in our lane, etc. As a white woman from Texas who is technically a boomer, but identifies as Gen X...I have had to work very hard to listen, learn, and empathize. It doesn't help that we are trapped in a timeline where "bootstrapping" is viewed as a virtue, and not a symptom of true dystopia.
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I have requested to be in the group, but respect if I am declined. Just know, I support you all.
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Now we just have to teach some people (you know who they are) what hate speech is. It's the only thing in their vocabulary.
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A very wise person said: Don't copybot my copybotted stuff! Of course, that wise person said it with all the irony in the world. ;) Nothing makes me laugh harder than when I see that sign on other regions knowing that it was made to mock the very people placing it. #SHARINGISCARING
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Nearly every item is up in the mall. Take the taxi in Welcome. Hop in the bubble, click the bubble, select Mall. It's a SMORGASBORG!
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I think it is unfair competition for Arachno Airlines to have free samples of their inflight menu. Doesn't seem right!
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Added comments about some of the other great tech features of the grid that most people are unaware of
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Agreed. As one of those players, I wonder what your definition of rp is, Joe. I thought it was ongoing, connected storyline; good theater; progression and evolution of characters and plot. Then there are rpg's, which are different, of course. I was in a group in OS that moved to a tabletop platform because they were on a really terrible grid and didn't know better. I still play. But I will say, this will be the last D&D campaign I will be in. Wizards of the Coast have just made it too tedious. I was playing at the very beginning when we made up our own campaigns. I will stick with slimmer worlds - like Shadowrun and Cthulhu. Even so, ngl, I HATE the tabletop platform LOL.
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LOL I am active in SL, and you have a distorted view of them as well. Finding roleplayers in SL is a constant struggle. Sims open and close constantly due to lack of participation and no way to fund the sims. I was a resident in Rosehaven and am still active in the trail riding group, and while they have lots of residents, there are only 2 or 3 people at any given time across about 8-10 sims unless there is an event. I have seen 3-5 well established equine lifestyle rp regions close in the last year due to a spreading distribution among the limited population.
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Years ago maybe 2007, 2008 there was a few different types in SL example star trek was huge then. Lately like you said not so much. Blame it on the online gaming :) LOL
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Most gamers I know want something that is already done and has goals, built in rewards etc. For many, virtual world is a blank slate to create on or make up your own adventure. That drove many gamers out of SL. Additionally, the constantly changing computer requirements in SL were highly problematic. Much more tolerable and stable in OS. Truthfully, you have to have a 1200-2000 dollar machine (or more) to have any sort of good experience that is going to last. And the cost of really getting started in SL is 20-30 dollars. You have to buy a high end Barbie or Ken doll. Unless someone knows how to shop the sales, they are going to spend far more than that. Add the expense of a rental - someone will spend 50-100 to get set up, only to find out they don't like it. And the 20-30 hr learning curve for non gamers with no experience is another investment as well.
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It isn't really easy for experienced MMO gamers to get into SL either. No quests, no level-grinding, no stats whatsoever except your L$ account, no railroading, no telling you what to do at all, and the handling of the inventory and the way avatars are built confuses and alienates the hell out of them.
I've once watched a video of a Swedish gamer who tries out SL for the first time. He spends some ten minutes aimlessly derping around the same he has landed on. He absolutely had no clue what to do and how to do it. He obviously hadn't read anything about SL because why read up when you can rely on learning-by-doing tutorials? Only that SL doesn't railroad you into a tutorial because it doesn't have one in the first place. So after these ten minutes, he quit because SL sucks.
9 out of 10 new SL users only log in once and then never again.
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I've once watched a video of a Swedish gamer who tries out SL for the first time. He spends some ten minutes aimlessly derping around the same he has landed on. He absolutely had no clue what to do and how to do it. He obviously hadn't read anything about SL because why read up when you can rely on learning-by-doing tutorials? Only that SL doesn't railroad you into a tutorial because it doesn't have one in the first place. So after these ten minutes, he quit because SL sucks.
9 out of 10 new SL users only log in once and then never again.
Even Star Trek Online alienated and lost alot of members. I was one of them, and the reason is they will not accept anyone using Windows 7 Pro anymore. Most likely because Windows 8 on up sucks and is spyware and crappier. But Activision was bought out by Microcrap and probably forced us to either upgrade to their garbage spyware or leave. MOST,like myself, left.
I do miss it, but it was getting lame. I have a whole fleet, but the PVP ground combat was almost non existent because a few douchebags ruined it for everyone with spawn camping.
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I do miss it, but it was getting lame. I have a whole fleet, but the PVP ground combat was almost non existent because a few douchebags ruined it for everyone with spawn camping.
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It's a truly exceptional build, Star! Gorgeous place; gorgeous art! I spent about an hour wandering inside and then taking the raft around the grounds. I will be back.
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