Second Life... Landmarks.

matthias00

Hey, so I just made a basic account for Second Life. It's pretty sweet but I'm not really finding anything THAT cool. So, what are some awesome places to go to in the game? Specifically, I'm looking for the Something Awful territory if there is one, because I've heard about it before.

Also, what's the best place to get free crap? And how do you use vehicles?

core tactic

There's probably a giant penis tower somewhere, don't try to find it.

matthias00

Yeah, I'm trying to avoid the furries of the game world. That's one sight I don't want to see.

Golden Leg

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

ArcticXC

There is a part of me that Second Live appeals to, the part that believes it's like the Snow Crash metaverse. Then there's the realist that knows that it's probably nothing like that at all.

I'll probably check it out someday though.

Gorilla Salad

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

"Second life is just myspace in 3d" I beleive is the correct quote. Don't quote me on that, I could be wrong.

Invisible

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

I always think of it as a game version of "Dateline: When Predators Attack!" It's the only place I know were both pedophiles and news agencies both have virtual headquarters.

Someone needs to find that video (I think it's on youtube) Something Awful made. The combination of flying wangs and music was great.

Gorilla Salad

Invisible wrote:

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

I always think of it as a game version of "Dateline: When Predators Attack!" It's the only place I know were both pedophiles and news agencies both have virtual headquarters.

Someone needs to find that video (I think it's on youtube) Something Awful made. The combination of flying wangs and music was great.

This it?

Invisible

Senor Fish wrote:

Invisible wrote:

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

I always think of it as a game version of "Dateline: When Predators Attack!" It's the only place I know were both pedophiles and news agencies both have virtual headquarters.

Someone needs to find that video (I think it's on youtube) Something Awful made. The combination of flying wangs and music was great.

This it?

No. This is it

Caution NSFW (this was posted before in the last SL thread, so I'm going to assume it's OK and SE has a dancing penis mascot that's more graphic than the 3d cartoon penises in this video)

Edit: Oh hey, it does have a picture I forgot about. It was posted in the last thread but I'm editing it out. If you want to see it go to google video and type in Something Awful Second Life, the title is Second Life Safari: Room 101 vs. Anshe Chung .

UncleSporky

matthias00 wrote:

Yeah, I'm trying to avoid the furries of the game world. That's one sight I don't want to see.

This is impossible. If you play SL for more than ten hours total, even in the remotest part of the world, you'll have seen at least one. If you get into it and play for any length of time, you'll either be socializing with them or running around gasping and being scandalized every few minutes.

A good place for lots of nearly free stuff ($1 per box fulla crap) is Yadni's Junkyard. I forget what place it is that has boxes of stuff that's actually free.

Gorilla Salad

Invisible wrote:

Senor Fish wrote:

Invisible wrote:

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

I always think of it as a game version of "Dateline: When Predators Attack!" It's the only place I know were both pedophiles and news agencies both have virtual headquarters.

Someone needs to find that video (I think it's on youtube) Something Awful made. The combination of flying wangs and music was great.

This it?

No. This is it

Caution NSFW (this was posted before in the last SL thread, so I'm going to assume it's OK and SE has a dancing penis mascot that's more graphic than the 3d cartoon penises in this video)
SA Second Life

Yeah, but SE is, well...SE. IT's like the retarded/gay cousin of the PA family. NOBODY MENTION HIM/HER!


Slash IT

Solidaritus:

ArcticXC wrote:

There is a part of me that Second Live appeals to, the part that believes it's like the Snow Crash metaverse. Then there's the realist that knows that it's probably nothing like that at all.

I'll probably check it out someday though.

It is. In fact I can't help but feel Second Life was modeled after it.

In fact there was a part in SnowCrash where the main guy stabbed his katana through a wall and used it to push himself through the wall, and you could do something like that in Second Life, where you place down an object, sit on it and move it through the wall.


Of course, this doesn't make Second Life any good or something. It's basically a shitty little myspace in 3D.

FierceDeity666

Senor Fish wrote:

Invisible wrote:

Senor Fish wrote:

Invisible wrote:

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

I always think of it as a game version of "Dateline: When Predators Attack!" It's the only place I know were both pedophiles and news agencies both have virtual headquarters.

Someone needs to find that video (I think it's on youtube) Something Awful made. The combination of flying wangs and music was great.

This it?

No. This is it

Caution NSFW (this was posted before in the last SL thread, so I'm going to assume it's OK and SE has a dancing penis mascot that's more graphic than the 3d cartoon penises in this video)
SA Second Life

Yeah, but SE is, well...SE. IT's like the retarded/gay cousin of the PA family. NOBODY MENTION HIM/HER!


Slash IT

WRONG

The correct answer to that statement "The retarded gay cousin of the PA family is.....?" Help/Advice.

and by the way, You like cake.

Solidaritus:

FierceDeity666 wrote:

The correct answer to that statement "The retarded gay cousin of the PA family is.....?" Help/Advice.

Neva

Solidaritus: wrote:

ArcticXC wrote:

There is a part of me that Second Live appeals to, the part that believes it's like the Snow Crash metaverse. Then there's the realist that knows that it's probably nothing like that at all.

I'll probably check it out someday though.

It is. In fact I can't help but feel Second Life was modeled after it.

In fact there was a part in SnowCrash where the main guy stabbed his katana through a wall and used it to push himself through the wall, and you could do something like that in Second Life, where you place down an object, sit on it and move it through the wall.


Of course, this doesn't make Second Life any good or something. It's basically a shitty little myspace in 3D.

I don't think you know what Second Life is, much less played it. Either that or I'm really out of touch on what myspace does now'n days.

APZonerunner

FierceDeity666 wrote:

Senor Fish wrote:

Invisible wrote:

Senor Fish wrote:

Invisible wrote:

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

I always think of it as a game version of "Dateline: When Predators Attack!" It's the only place I know were both pedophiles and news agencies both have virtual headquarters.

Someone needs to find that video (I think it's on youtube) Something Awful made. The combination of flying wangs and music was great.

This it?

No. This is it

Caution NSFW (this was posted before in the last SL thread, so I'm going to assume it's OK and SE has a dancing penis mascot that's more graphic than the 3d cartoon penises in this video)
SA Second Life

Yeah, but SE is, well...SE. IT's like the retarded/gay cousin of the PA family. NOBODY MENTION HIM/HER!


Slash IT

WRONG

The correct answer to that statement "The retarded gay cousin of the PA family is.....?" Help/Advice.

and by the way, You like cake.

I don't know what the hell that movie is about but it is fucking hilarious.

Monoxide

That SA video link is fine by me, but it is NSFW and contains flying penises and flying pictures of a woman grasping a giant penis.

It's also pretty fucking funny.

Brolo

Honestly, Second Life is filled with a bunch of fucking retards but the potential is enormous, and people who dismiss it out of hand as being "3D myspace" are idiots.

If you're any good at modeling, scripting or coding, Second Life is a pretty cool place to hang out, especially if you can find other talented people to work with. It's like having a 3D whiteboard that you can can program and build whatever you want in, on the fly, and do it all while networked in real time with other people.

core tactic

To be fair, I think all the Second Life safaris are hilarious.

littwentythree

I remember when some PA player designed a Team Rocket Balloon, Team Rocket Uniforms, and Team Rocket Pokeball Blasters for everyone. Seven or eight of us sat in the balloon and flew it over the lands of Second Life, until we eventually found a giant castle with a clocktower, and a crazy genius who had built a super computer. Then there were martinis, I think.

A few people got mad at me, too. Something about shooting pokeballs at peoples' heads is just so fucking funny.

FierceDeity666

littwentythree wrote:

I remember when some PA player designed a Team Rocket Balloon, Team Rocket Uniforms, and Team Rocket Pokeball Blasters for everyone. Seven or eight of us sat in the balloon and flew it over the lands of Second Life, until we eventually found a giant castle with a clocktower, and a crazy genius who had built a super computer. Then there were martinis, I think.

A few people got mad at me, too. Something about shooting pokeballs at peoples' heads is just so fucking funny.

that sounds like Remington's doing

Solidaritus:

core tactic wrote:

To be fair, I think all the Second Life safaris are hilarious.

Are these like videos or something?

"And here we have the furry, in his natural habitat.


Oh look, the single-mother-with-two-kids-working-as-an-afk-stripper-to-make-some-cash!


Ah, and the freshly made shitty textured noob with a free penis look for his first taste virtual sex with the hottest chicks."

Melding

FierceDeity666 wrote:

littwentythree wrote:

I remember when some PA player designed a Team Rocket Balloon, Team Rocket Uniforms, and Team Rocket Pokeball Blasters for everyone. Seven or eight of us sat in the balloon and flew it over the lands of Second Life, until we eventually found a giant castle with a clocktower, and a crazy genius who had built a super computer. Then there were martinis, I think.

A few people got mad at me, too. Something about shooting pokeballs at peoples' heads is just so fucking funny.

that sounds like Remington's doing

Actually it was, i remember that.

wombat

Senor Fish wrote:

Invisible wrote:

Senor Fish wrote:

Invisible wrote:

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

I always think of it as a game version of "Dateline: When Predators Attack!" It's the only place I know were both pedophiles and news agencies both have virtual headquarters.

Someone needs to find that video (I think it's on youtube) Something Awful made. The combination of flying wangs and music was great.

This it?

No. This is it

Caution NSFW (this was posted before in the last SL thread, so I'm going to assume it's OK and SE has a dancing penis mascot that's more graphic than the 3d cartoon penises in this video)
SA Second Life

Yeah, but SE is, well...SE. IT's like the retarded/gay cousin of the PA family. NOBODY MENTION HIM/HER!


Slash IT

I wanted to point out that in SE++ you're not actually allowed to post the dancing penis gif anymore.

Solidaritus:

You know, I have some programming skills and have always been curious in getting involved with cyber-terrorism organizations or malicious scripting in SL, but have never known where to look. Do such things exist?

Marlor

Senor Fish wrote:

Golden Leg wrote:

I hear Second Life and I think about a wise man who once said, "Second Like is like a 3D Myspace."

Or something to that effect.

"Second life is just myspace in 3d" I beleive is the correct quote. Don't quote me on that, I could be wrong.

Wait... people are quoting me? Or did someone else say it first (since it's an obvious comparison)?

Anyway, I think Second Life is really getting too much media attention for its relatively tiny user-base. There are only a few hundred thousand active users (including alts), and it's not even that original: The Sims Online had commercial operations first, and MOOs did the whole user-created gameworld thing over a decade ago.

Neva

Solidaritus: wrote:

You know, I have some programming skills and have always been curious in getting involved with cyber-terrorism organizations or malicious scripting in SL, but have never known where to look. Do such things exist?

Don't be retarded.