In the Wikipedia description Second life is described as a “virtual world” in which users interact through Avatars which are fully customizable to your personality and imagination. Second life has been online since 2003 and being free software it is extremely popular, people have been buying/selling virtual property and possessions since day one. Now whether you use Second life as a marketing tool or just as leisure to meet new “friends” one cannot deny its massive potential to “TROLL”. The following pictures and descriptions are a simple glimpse into the art of Second life “Trolling”
Now, enter a group of real world friends returning from the pub on a Friday night with nothing to do; Ebaums is old, Entensity has nothing new and /b/ is dead, what do? Conversation strikes up and after deliberation it’s decided to try this whole Second life program and see what the fuss is about!
We begin by creating our Avatar; let’s call him “Sid”, a handsome lad with a mohawk, eye shadow, no shirt or shoes… just ripped denim shorts. Within 5 minutes of pointing and clicking our Avatar around Second life we easily aquire a large Cigar to smoke and a refreshing pint glass of Beer! success! Navigating the map we happen upon an island where role-playing isn’t enough, the users have to Role-play while they role-play? sounds like a yo dawg vertical but it makes sense.
Here Sid faces off against 5 Dungeon warriors who refuse to hand over any internet treasure OR clothes. Despite several attempts to stab them to death they proceeded to give us “warnings” about being “immature” and stop messing with their “lives”. about 10 minutes later we were emailed by the head of their “guild” demanding an apology… Sid is still at large.
We then discovered that peoples “properties” are mostly free to roam and explore, even their virtual homes were left unlocked for us! Some Second life users were aware of this fact so extra security measure meant elevating your house 3000 feet above the ground, but that means nothing when Sid gets ahold of a “rocket” to propel him to such heights!
Here Sid is exploring someones sky home and admiring the virtual grout in the tile when he happens upon the resident owner herself.
Sid tries to initiate conversation with this lovely woman, even going as far as to offer a sip of his beer. Without any reply to Sids calls he then decides to evict said resident
With the owner of said Sky house surely dead from a 3000 ft free fall into open ocean Sid then refreshes his drink, locks the doors and heads out for more adventure
After investigating the inventory feature a little further we discover that Sid is not constrained to being fully clothed 24/7. Everyone knows that once pants become optional, they become obsolete!
Here Sid is enjoying smoking his cigar and drinking his bottomless beer leisurely on the beach. To much protest against Sid to “stop touching me” or “put on some clothes Perv” We decide to stick around and give them the full tour de’ Sid.
Last but not least We attempt to rob and murder an unsuspecting couple on their private beach resort, again unsuccessfull they ask us to leave while “repoting” us to the “cyber police”.
In the end Sid ends up “banned” from multiple servers and still unwelcome in the realm of Asgar… or something like that. Anyway… i’m going outside
An Adventure Through Second life
In the Wikipedia description Second life is described as a “virtual world” in which users interact through Avatars which are fully customizable to your personality and imagination. Second life has been online since 2003 and being free software it is extremely popular, people have been buying/selling virtual property and possessions since day one. Now whether you use Second life as a marketing tool or just as leisure to meet new “friends” one cannot deny its massive potential to “TROLL”. The following pictures and descriptions are a simple glimpse into the art of Second life “Trolling”
Now, enter a group of real world friends returning from the pub on a Friday night with nothing to do; Ebaums is old, Entensity has nothing new and /b/ is dead, what do? Conversation strikes up and after deliberation it’s decided to try this whole Second life program and see what the fuss is about!
We begin by creating our Avatar; let’s call him “Sid”, a handsome lad with a mohawk, eye shadow, no shirt or shoes… just ripped denim shorts. Within 5 minutes of pointing and clicking our Avatar around Second life we easily aquire a large Cigar to smoke and a refreshing pint glass of Beer! success! Navigating the map we happen upon an island where role-playing isn’t enough, the users have to Role-play while they role-play? sounds like a yo dawg vertical but it makes sense.
Here Sid faces off against 5 Dungeon warriors who refuse to hand over any internet treasure OR clothes. Despite several attempts to stab them to death they proceeded to give us “warnings” about being “immature” and stop messing with their “lives”. about 10 minutes later we were emailed by the head of their “guild” demanding an apology… Sid is still at large.
We then discovered that peoples “properties” are mostly free to roam and explore, even their virtual homes were left unlocked for us! Some Second life users were aware of this fact so extra security measure meant elevating your house 3000 feet above the ground, but that means nothing when Sid gets ahold of a “rocket” to propel him to such heights!
Here Sid is exploring someones sky home and admiring the virtual grout in the tile when he happens upon the resident owner herself.
Sid tries to initiate conversation with this lovely woman, even going as far as to offer a sip of his beer. Without any reply to Sids calls he then decides to evict said resident
With the owner of said Sky house surely dead from a 3000 ft free fall into open ocean Sid then refreshes his drink, locks the doors and heads out for more adventure
After investigating the inventory feature a little further we discover that Sid is not constrained to being fully clothed 24/7. Everyone knows that once pants become optional, they become obsolete!
Here Sid is enjoying smoking his cigar and drinking his bottomless beer leisurely on the beach. To much protest against Sid to “stop touching me” or “put on some clothes Perv” We decide to stick around and give them the full tour de’ Sid.
Last but not least We attempt to rob and murder an unsuspecting couple on their private beach resort, again unsuccessfull they ask us to leave while “repoting” us to the “cyber police”.
In the end Sid ends up “banned” from multiple servers and still unwelcome in the realm of Asgar… or something like that. Anyway… i’m going outside