Location: Orientation Island

I can fly, hover, run, dance, and do other moves an avatar needs on “The Mainland”  to avoid being labeled a “newbie”: advice from James Wagner Au’s “New World Notes,“ one of the best sources for in-world news, along with Adam Reuters’ News Center for the company.

Orientation Island had begun to feel cramped; lots of newbies flitting about, blowing kisses, falling out of the sky like cartoon coyotes.  Signs warn the uninitiated to not run around naked—Orientation Island is a PG region.  By the way, stock avatars have no naughty bits. . . like store manikins. 

Before I teleported—instantaneous transit to any point—to the Mainland, it seemed wise to make a few friends.  My students would soon be in-world for a project, and I wanted advice from a few experts who have been in Second Life since ancient times (that means since 2003).

So I needed to make friends but my list consisted of a Muscovite wanting to practice English, a Greek Cypriot bored at home, a teenager (in Second Life illegally—there is a separate teen area) who “likes 2 look at objects.“  Hmm. . . none have logged in a second time.  No pearls of wisdom yet.

So I decided to teleport anyway. What risk?  That, I learned, is such a newbie question.

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