Second Life doesn’t Suitt Halley?

So the question is, do the people who are all excited about Second Life actually have a first life, or any life at all?

I’ll speak for myself and let the rest of the VTOR group chime in accordingly: my first life is doing just fine. Before SL I was spending 10-15 hours a day on/near a computer and after I’m doing about the same. My avatars might be around more, but running SL to me is like running a very advanced chat client in the background, only one can do much, much more than chatting.

One of the things I find most interesting about SL is learning a new programming language (LSL) in an online 3D environment as opposed to hanging out in a text editor or IDE. It’s more fun.

Now if Halley is bashing on people who spend time in SL, it’s never a good idea to judge people about something you’ve never tried. This is an easy trap to fall into though. I bet Halley would find something of interest to her inside SL, if she’d clear her head of preconceived notions — probably that she thinks it’s just a “game” — and give it a try.

Looking around VTOR here are just a few of many, many things one can do in SL:

go virtual sightseeing, take pictures and share with others
attend many different free events, both social and learning like watch Jello boxing or learn how to build cool, interactive 3D objects
find a virtual partner and get married
listen to and sample music
play games in arcades, casinos or even in someone’s house
go shopping
build your dream home or storefront
buy and sell land
buy and sell $L
take a rocket to space and freefall or parachute to the ground
fly or walk around a virtual world about the size of Boston
become an animal, space creature or just about anything you can imagine