Just for Fun - Which One Are You?
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How real is Second Life to you?
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Heya TatiGreat idea to have this site...Hooooooooo!!!SL a game or not?I see this debate arise quite often especially with newbies.To answer this you have to ask what can one do within SL and then ask if that is a game. If the answer to pretty much everything is YES then SL is indeed a game, so let's have look. Here's some examples.I can;Speak to people.Learn things.Listen to a live musician.Watch a live simulcast of the space shuttle launch.Get involved with a charity organization.etc. etc. to the power of 3 recurring.So now we ask;Am I "playing talking to someone"? Am I "playing learning things"? Am I playing hearing a live musician?Am I really watching a simulcast of the space shuttle launch or am I just playing watching?Am I really involved with an inworld charity organization making an actual RL difference or am I just playing a game?It seems irrefutably NOT a game when u look at it this way but all those newbies can't be stupid. What is it that makes people feel that SL is a game?There's a few answers here, a couple might be;The fact that you are required to move an object (avatar) around a rich/immersive 3D environment makes for the feel of a game.Motor neurons, the same ones required for games, are called into action while using SL.The actual possibilities in SL are overlooked here.This aspect of SL is, in a sense, a game but does not define SL the whole as game.You can play games within SL which makes people feel that SL is a game.. Zyngo, chess etc. then there's games which are partly a game partly social interaction. Like, avatar chess, Role play or other.None of this makes SL, the platform, a game anymore than RL chess makes RL a game.Probably the most significant thing that connects SL to RL is the ability to transact.When I were a wee newbie I accidentally purchased a no trans ladies dress for $1600L, (I wear a tiny dog avatar....Male!!), don't try tell SL's a game.~_~P.S My gf swears it was not by accident.