Comments on: revisiting “only for the lonely and impaired” http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/ avatar ramblings from the virtual world Mon, 20 May 2013 18:50:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: W00T Thank you, Philip Linden <3 - SLUniverse Forums http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-27960 W00T Thank you, Philip Linden <3 - SLUniverse Forums Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:34:23 +0000 http://iliveisl.com/?p=16375#comment-27960 [...] through a few winters, and has given me an outlet to be creative in… so from the bottom of my broken, lonely heart Thank you, Philip. __________________ Drama is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you [...]

]]> By: ZZ Bottom http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-25056 ZZ Bottom Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:56:47 +0000 http://iliveisl.com/?p=16375#comment-25056 :)

]]> By: Ener Hax http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-25050 Ener Hax Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:49:25 +0000 http://iliveisl.com/?p=16375#comment-25050 call me broken anytime – i like all of you too much to be anything else =)

]]> By: Araxie Longoar http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-25047 Araxie Longoar Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:34:33 +0000 http://iliveisl.com/?p=16375#comment-25047 So I have to be broken to get a kick out of virtual worlds ehh?
This Broken People generalization stuff ticks me off a bit.
There is a quote by Leonard Cohen:
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”.
So maybe its ok for me to be whatever Rosedale’s version of “broken” is.
I’m not a second lifer, I’m an OpenSimmer, but still…
Yes, I’m from the country. I am also an RVer. I know the forests, the rivers, and a thousand and one beauty spots in the cities and the countryside, There are a few states I’ve still not seen, So I guess I’m broken.
I’m a traveler:
I’ve made love on one of the seven hills of Rome, while the Sun rose over Saint Peters, So I guess I’m broken.
I’ve done a Spanish Waltz in the city lights of Paris, So I guess I’m broken.
I’ve thought Ballroom dancing in the heart of the city, So I guess I’m broken.
I’ve designed independent power systems, So I guess I’m broken.
I’ve taught people about eastern snakes and wildlife in a State park, So I guess I’m broken.
I’ve acted, danced, and been a lighting tech for more theatre shows than I wanna count, So I guess I’m broken.
I’ve helped blow the windows out of an entire city block with professional Pyrotechnicians in the film industry, So I guess I’m broken.
I’ve played a man eating beetle at midnight in a LARP, So I guess I’m broken.
I’ve brutally heckled Hercules (Kevin Sorbo ;) So I guess I’m broken.
I am also a bit of of a code geek. I get a kick out of figuring things out. Its one of the ways I play, those silly broken code geeks.
Last weekend I lost a floaty race on the river, so I guess I’m broken.
My avatar gets a real kick out of this virtual world funness, so I guess he’s broken.
My avatar has traveled this cool thing called the hyper-grid by inner-tube, so I guess he’s broken.
My avatar is a huge fan of stupid looking hats, so I guess he’s broken.
My avatar made NPCs that call people Patoodie Head, so I guess he’s broken.
My avatar has Visited Tiki bars, and Art museums and all kinds of cool worlds, so I guess he’s broken.

Sure is damn cool to be broken.
A toast to letting more of that light in.

]]> By: Broken People in Virtual Worlds! « Eros Deus http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-25045 Broken People in Virtual Worlds! « Eros Deus Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:22:12 +0000 http://iliveisl.com/?p=16375#comment-25045 [...] read Ener’s blog here and she touched up on someone disagreeing with the term ‘broken people in second [...]

]]> By: Sarge Misfit http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-25038 Sarge Misfit Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:27:30 +0000 http://iliveisl.com/?p=16375#comment-25038 The biggest problem with such statements as made by Philip and others, the categorizations, is that they leave others out. They exclude, they don’t include.

Whether its SL, OpenSim, AuroraSim or any other virtual world platform, they are inclusive, yet some people just don’t understand that.

Everyone understands how to download and install software. By doing so, anyone can visit a virtual world. They don’t have to be builders. They don’t need any special skills or talents or umpteen dollars for software and computer systems. Just run a viewer and go visit.

Yet some people still try to exclude. That’s a shame, really, for they simply do not see all the potential that is there.

]]> By: Ener Hax http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-25036 Ener Hax Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:56:51 +0000 http://iliveisl.com/?p=16375#comment-25036 i second that sentiment Al!

it is not that hard to learn it – yes, it is more complex than Farmville but so is writing a proper business letter in Word!

it certainly can be fun and easy to learn =)

]]> By: ATupper http://iliveisl.com/revisiting-only-for-the-lonely-and-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-25035 ATupper Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:52:45 +0000 http://iliveisl.com/?p=16375#comment-25035 It’s also worth noting that learning a platform as expressive as Second Life or Opensim doesn’t have to be as hard as Linden Lab has been making it. There is a vast untapped potential to use both the platform itself and other channels like video to make learning fast, easy and fun.

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