Why People Play Second Life
I started playing Second Life last year. Before that, I had first heard of second life when I did a search for a topic on the Sims game created by EA. What I understood was that second life was a virtual reality game like the Sims, except it was online. I didn’t delve any deeper into it because I thought it wasn’t something I’d like to get into. Years later I came across a similar game called IMVU. I was at a point in my life where I was unemployed and addicted to the internet. I started to play IMVU and thought that it was awesome. However, I ran into quite a few problems.
First of all, IMVU does not have any freebies. The only “freebies” they have are on a list in your avatar menu. It is a short list, and there isn’t much to make your character look unique. Secondly, IMVU does not have many places to visit. There isn’t much to do because the amount of content is restricted. On top of that, there are really great places that are only accessible to premium players. Like Second Life, IMVU gives players a home to decorate if they have a premium account. However, Second Life does allow its players to rent land or skyboxes using game money.
When I played IMVU, people were mean and nasty to me everywhere I went. The reason for this is because they could all see that I was a noob. The majority of the community in IMVU only wants to impress their peers. Like when I was dancing at a club and some muscle head in tattoos started picking on me. He only did it to impress the girls he was with because no one in IMVU likes a noob. I want to stop comparing IMVU and second Life right now. I am moving away from my original post xD. Don’t worry I will make a post about IMVU VS Second Life.
Anyway, let’s just say I got sick of the Money grabbing IMVU and spent my money on something better…World of War Craft xD
About two years later I came across an Iphone game called “Surviving high school” created by EA Games. It was so great but I only had the first season. I spent the next few days on the internet trying to find season two. Eventually I started to search for something similar to surviving high school. I came across a Yahoo question and an answer. The person who answered recommended second Life or IMVU. I had already played IMVU and so I decided to check out second Life. I signed up, downloaded the viewer, and started playing.
I was freaking blown away. Within months of playing I had grown attached to it. I Role played, had sex, got married, had SL families, etc, etc.
There are a crap load of reasons why People play SL. Some play to make friends and have fun role playing. Some do it to find love, get married, and have kids. Some do it to role play gor, bdsm, kids, and animals. Others play to own their own business and make real money. Some even play JUST to explore their sexual and wild sides.
Whatever your reason, Second Life has endless ways of catering for your needs.
Thanks for reading!
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