Meeting others in Second Life

So today I visited five locations in an attempt to talk to someone and make some friends. Ahern, London Mayfair Club and Rocket City didn't seem to have many chatty people hanging around, in fact there weren't many people there at all. People seemed reluctant to answer me. I told them that I am new to Second Life and asked about how long they had been on it and did they think it was fun and easy to make friends in Second Life. Eventually when I visited Social Island I had to opportunity to talk to many different people. A group were sitting on the couches having a conversation about artificial intelligence. They asked me about what Ireland is like and seemed very friendly.  Over all it was a positive experience.
One person stated that they love Second Life and spend all their time online. Others were having an argument with a person or more so a glowing ball of light (pictured below) who claimed to be an A.I. themselves.

Here is an example of the kind of responses I got, generally it seems people wanted to make friends and meet new people.

Has everyone been members of Second Life for a long time?
[11:39] Stephmeagher: What do people get up to on here for fun?
They do their own thing.
[11:39] KROKODIL Camel: That question has never crossed my mind before.
[11:39] KROKODIL Camel: I like to meet new people.

Below are two pictures I took on my visit to Social Island :)

First Assignment

In order to complete our second assignment, I had to meet my new Second Life friend Gary at the DIT meeting spot. We then travelled to three locations which we looked up and agreed on earlier that day.

The first place we visited was Portal Park 1. In the portal park you can teleport to different realms in Second Life.

The second location was Everwinter, an amusement/theme park that is centered around a apocalyptic theme. It was inspired by the Chernobyl disaster. You can walk around and see the remains of the town. With lots of weird characters appearing, this place gave me the creeps.

The third was Unia which was a place you could go and take part in a horror survival game with others by interacting with the objects that are available. This was another creepy location with a horror feel to it.

My First Second Life Experience

Last Thursday I visited Second Life for the first time. It was an interesting experience. I met my Virtual Environments class and tutor, which was strange since I have never met them in my "first life". Second Life seems to be relatively user friendly and besides a few issues with navigating myself, it was pretty great. We have been given an assignment that involves visiting three interesting locations that exist in our virtual world. I am looking forward to finding out about what life in second life involves and what kind of experiences it will provide. I can see how it may be useful for future interactions with clients and for maintaining long distance business relations. Hopefully when we have explored the locations I can upload some pictures of our findings. :)