The Second Life Language

Second Life Jargon

 

Greetings! Second Life can be pretty complicated, but worse is the slang/jargon used by the SL community. For a newbie, this can get pretty frustrating. I’m here to put some clarity on this matter. You will eventually learn the terms the longer you play...but I shall use a very intelligent quote here “Ain’t no one got time for that!”

SL- Second Life

MP- The second life market place.

Avi- Avatar

Sim- An area in Second Life e.g freebie island (Simulated area)

TP- Teleport (Tp me to your house)

Skin- Avatar skin which is made up of your face, muscle lines, etc.

Shape- Avatar shape, this is how your body looks (defined, slim, fat, muscular, etc.)

BL- Blood Lines

Noob/Newbie- New player

Bloodlines terms

Vamp- Vampire

Lycan- werewolf/lycanthrope

Lumens- Lycan food

Tank- A tank that holds a certain amount of litres of blood/lumens

Freshie- An Avatar that has never been bitten or scratched before

Family- Bloodlines clan

Clan land- A sim owned by a bloodlines clan

That’s all I can think of at the moment. As I remember them, I will add new ones to this post. Or, you can just comment with your own ones and I will add them.

Thanks for reading!

Great Sims to visit in Second Life

Great sims to visit on Second Life

In this post I am going to discuss my favourite sims in Second Life. These are my personal views and in no way am I saying that they are the best.

I am going to start this off with sims for newbies:

Freebie Island: Why do I like freebie Island? Well, like it says in the name, it has freebies~ It’s a fairly large sim and has quite a few freebies available. Not all the freebies here are great, but there are definitely some that are worth checking out. Not only does it have freebies, the sim also plays some awesome tunes for you to enjoy while you are doing your shopping. Freebie Island is also a great place to socialize. You can meet other newbies like yourself, or more experienced players. Many experienced players hand around Freebie Island to help out newbies. If you are new to SL then I strongly encourage you to visit Freebie Island first. Just watch out for the hunters! What are Hunters? Not going to tell you yet.

Freebie Galaxy: This is another freebie sim. However, it is not just any freebie sim. It is, by far, the biggest freebie sim in SL at the moment. It has 15 floors full of freebies. Now, I gotta say that this place is the king of freebies. It has everything that you need and more, as far as freebies go. Because galaxy is so massive and has so many freebies, it usually attracts A LOT of people. You may think “Well that’s not so bad”. Trust me when I say..It’s bad. Why? Because there are so many avatars and so many scripts running, that the lag on the sim becomes almost unbearable. As soon as you teleport (tp) into galaxy, the lag will hit you so hard that mike Tyson would say “Dang!” Your movements are slow and everything takes forever to rezz. Most people visit galaxy to get what they need and then get out as soon as possible. It’s not really a place to socialize in my opinion.  Also, beware of the many hunters that prowl this sim on a daily basis. (Nope not telling you yet)

Next on this list: The shelter. The shelter is not a sim to find freebies. It is a sim to have fun in a safe and controlled environment. Now that may sound boring to some of you, but I can tell you right now that we need more sims like the shelter. In my one year of playing on Second Life, I can safely say that SL can be a big, mean, and scary place just like RL. For a newb, one can easily be put-off from second Life with just one bad experience.

I Highly recommend the shelter for all newbies. It’s got a nice dance floor, great music, great people and helpful staff. It has active security that is always ready to kick out troublesome avatars. It’s an amazing place to socialize.

Personally, I had met my SL sister there when I was a newb. Since then, we have always been close friends. As far as I know, there are no hunters at the shelter.

Continue to part 2

Buying and Renting land in Second Life

Buying and renting land- Second Life

Like I’ve said in my Second Life Post, having your own space in second life is very much possible. Your own space could be useful for a number of reasons. Be it personal, business related, or just somewhere to dump your pets, whatever the reason is I would strongly advise getting your own space in second life.

There are a few ways of getting your own space. First, and most expensive, is purchasing your own Sim. A sim is a massive island. This will put a huge hole in your pocket. It costs $1000 to buy. Then, you must pay linden labs $200 per week to keep it. It’s a lot of money, so people usually set up their businesses on the sim or rent out pieces of the sim.

This brings me to my next point, renting. People who own sims usually rent out a portion of the land. Depending on the size, the price of rent will vary. Renting a piece of land is a much more, financially, reasonable option. Let’s say you rent a medium size land with 1200 prims, it should go for about 1400$L per week.

Next, I want to talk about skyboxes. A skybox is a box floating in the sky (DUH!). Inside the box is a piece of land or a building. It’s very private. The prices of skyboxes vary depending on prims limit and size. Skyboxes are the cheapest investments. You can get a small skybox, fully furnished, and with 50 prims for only 100$L per week.

In conclusion, I would just like to say that you should invest in something that will cater to your needs. If you are one a budget, then spend a lot of time looking around for something that is close to what you need, but affordable. Trust me, if you invest time in looking around, you will definitely find something that is perfect for you and also affordable. Some people just go crazy with rent prices…so watch out for them.

Factors to take into consideration when looking for a place:

-Prim Limit

-Size

-privacy

If you feel that I left out anything important, then please comment.

Thanks for reading!