What Keeps You Coming Back To SL?

[Han Held]

Yeah?

huh

 

[Free]

huh

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Pure escapism these days. LL really burned me out of scripting or building with one stupid decision after another.

 

[GradyE]

In my original post in this thread I neglected (forgot) to mention music in sl. I adore SL DJ's, as much as makers, they make my SL amazing.

 

[Sean Gorham]

What’s so interesting about these responses is that they share a common thread. They really are more about people’s experiences than the product itself. I remember once reading someone comment that LL really had no idea why it’s own product was so successful, and that it was more or less accidental and not necessarily something they did. It’s also why they have/will struggle to replicate that.

We joke about "SL isn't a game, it's a thingy/platform/pie/whatever", but it's really always been about the people and the experiences they create.

Second Life is nothing without its residents. Someday LL will figure that out.

 

[Sid]

Someday LL will figure that out.

After all those years?
Zero chance.
Second life is a business to business tool. Everyone knows that. Right?

 

[Sean Gorham]

I guess even after all these years, in spite of my own cynicism, I want to give LL the benefit of the doubt. The romantic in me, maybe.

 

[BrigMcD]

The opportunity to push Khamon Fate off of his roof.

Do you still log into SL Luc?

 

[BrigMcD]

I don't log in to SL often, but I don't plan to give it up completely. I still like to explore new builds now and then, and I enjoy changing my land with every season. There are a few people that I can only talk to in SL, so I log in to say hello and catch up. I don't need to log in to keep up with most of the people that I care about from SL though. I keep in touch with many SL friends on Facebook, in other games, by phone, etc.

 

[Nadeja]

True, it's a lot about people to me too. That's true for MMORPG games too. I no longer play MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, but I remember I was thinking: "if this was single player, I won't play this tedious game anymore" or realizing that "I chat more than playing". On Second Life I felt right at home: I could chat and socialize and I was free to do whatever I wished and when I wished, without the thought of character levels to make, nor the grinding that many MMORPGs have. It was "your world, your imagination" and pretty creative. And I could dress up much better!
Now I still log in often, and indeed mostly because of the people I know. At times I need some time to stay by my own, though - only managing my inventory or dressing, scripting or editing stuff, etc - but if I make an alt without any contact and I wander around alone, I can see that won't stay online in SL for long.

However, some friend quits eventually. Whether they got bored or taken away by a drama storm, but also health issues or something worse happened in real life. When your buddy list becomes more and more a list of offline people and your best SL friends stops altogether, your motivation fades. I saw that at times and I took my breaks as well.
So what keeps me coming back to SL is mostly my friends, but also to still be able to make new ones and to experience the virtual world together with them.

 

[Selinica]

I log in for my friends and partner. I've got a few people there I genuinely enjoy talking to so it's nice to get to chat with them.
Escapism and living vicariously through my avatar are the main reasons though. My avatar is like the cooler, better looking and more likable version of me. Plus I like to sail and drive and fly, and my avatar has boat(s) and car(s) and plane(s), meanwhile I can't afford those IRL.
Plus, exploration. I can go way farther for free than is possible IRL and I can experience all sorts of fantastic things people have built that reality just wouldn't allow to exist.
Also my avatar has a much better wardrobe and fashion sense somehow.

 

[RyanSchultz]

I just love creating and outfitting different avatars! I just have a blast with it. Here's a list:

UPDATED! Leaving My Second Life Avatars to Other People in My Will: Taking the First Step in Figuring Out Who Gets What SL Avatar

And here's my latest creation:

Second Life Steals, Deals, and Freebies: A Fifteen-Minute Elf Angel Makeover for FREE!

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

but it's really always been about the people and the experiences they create.

Second Life is nothing without its residents. Someday LL will figure that out.

Oh they KNOW it, it's just that the Residents they currently have aren't the Residents they WANTED. They wanted a bunch of Hiro Protagonist/Crash Override cyber-singularity types...and they eventually got a world of Gen-X women playing Barbie Dreamhouse XTREEM.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

And here's my latest creation:

Second Life Steals, Deals, and Freebies: A Fifteen-Minute Elf Angel Makeover for FREE!

You should post that in the SL fashion thread!

 

[Imnotgoing Sideways]

Duty? Responsibility? Hope?

I don't know. I pretty much ruined every single social contact. I'm continuing to sustain a couple sims along with some mainland. I log in to tinker with outfits and fix up my house once in a while. Still on every Saturday night to host an NCI event. Other than that, I simply still exist. SL has little to offer as a solo experience.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Fun story: I unknowingly purchased a mainland parcel in Arlberg across the river from Prokofy's personal home and a bunch of rentals. Also next to this weird man who thought Obama was going to bring on the apocalypse, presumably a friend of Proks.

My presence there, with my username and collection of knick nacks caused a cold war to happen across the highway. I did not realize who was there until the screaming about the american constitutions being the greatest document ever written from the weird man in my inbox started. Signs were rezzed at me, and things encroached onto my land to track my movements. I stayed there six months, only acting defensively in this cold war and removing encroached objects and matching signs if theirs were particularly nasty.

I guess they couldn't stand me, so both parcels round me went up for sale. I won. Arlberg is now unpleasantness free.

Sometime I should wander over there with the communism vision glasses. *evil*

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

Friends. I enjoy building and yes - that's building in prim then running through mesh studio.

 

[eku zhong]

gives my life a purpose.. crusty and bland answer yes I know.
I can be creative, I can make people laugh, I can make some money.
These are all important to me as I can't do as much in RL.
I can't make ceramics anymore, I ditched most of my RL friends as they interact mostly with my affliction rather than with me anymore.
And lastly, yure doesn't have to do ALL the work, I can carry some of the weight too.

 

[nebula]

The money I make off it.

 

[sldenizen]

Yeah?

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