Comments on: Share your favourite Second Life tips?

By: Vix

Vix — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:16:53 +0000

My one main tip:

Try and have someone in RL on SL too. My boyfriend introduced me to SL and set up my avatar for me and showed me how to do simple actions. It’s invaluable!

Add me too! I’m Vixxta Sorbet

By: KerryJ’s Idea - tips for noobs like me… « From Mr. “A” to Mr. “Z”

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:01:17 +0000

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By: teacherman79

teacherman79 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:52 +0000

I don’t know if I can think of 10…but I will think of as many as possible…

1. Read the blog post a http://kerryj.com/2008/07/26/favourite-second-life-tips/ . There are some excellent ideas there.

2. If you are engaged in any type of animation like sitting or doing the salsa, don’t teleport somewhere until after you stand up or stop the animation…or else when you get there you will look normal to yourself and be in animation to everyone else…

3. Don’t do things (like pole dance) that you wouldn’t want other people to see you do…because everyone there has a camera.

4. Sunn mentioned this, I think…Read blogs by teachers in SL.

5. Don’t be afraid of Unicorn-Rabbit-Snakedonkeys…They are people, too.

6. Help others whenever you can…I think that is a good way to reinforce your own learning.

7. In your own profile…you can save your favorite places in the tab labeled Picks.

8. Dance.

9. ctrl-shift y turns the lights on.

10. ctrl-shift h sends you home

11. Be moderate your online activity…it can be addictive…so learn to balance…something I really struggle with…

I am not very good at following rules and I love prime numbers so I stopped at 11, I hope that is okay…This post is an excellent idea…I think I will do a similar one on my blog…since I just wrote all this anyway…

By: Sunn Thunders

Sunn Thunders — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:44:10 +0000

1) Read the SL blog (http://blog.secondlife.com), and get to know the wiki (http://wiki.secondlife.com) and the jira (http://jira.secondlife.com).

2) Sit on something if you find yourself in a griefing attack and you won’t be harmed.

3) You can overdo attachments and gestures, such as personal lights, sounds, particles, etc. Remember it’s not polite to spam others with all your gadgets.

4) Typing “/me” in chat allows you to express feelings, actions, etc. from a first person perspective. (Example: /me gives everyone a cookie…)

5) Listen and watch the world attentively, ask respectful questions.

6) Don’t request or accept friendships from everyone you meet.

7) Take classes: search the Education category in Events.

Visit an art gallery or sculpture park in Second Life.

9) Take time to explore all the different Preferences (ctrl-p).

10) Look both ways before crossing a sim border.