Location: Virtual Desk, Givenchi Skyloft
by Guest Writer Tenchi Morigi

Well Second Life was quite frustrating at the beginning.

My first few hours on Orientation Island were quite frustrating and after some of the tasks I simply went to the exit and headed for the grid only to land in a weird infohub which even confused me more. Thinking that using the search engine to find places of interest would be the smartest choice I headed out for the adventure, endless imagination and steamy hot sex. Well the result was even more confusion and frustration and a pause of several days before I logged into SL again. This time I chose a more systematical approach and actually started to learn something about my new “me” and its capabilities. I wandered through Freebie-stores and looked for gathering places to get in touch with others and started manipulating my surroundings.

All this is now over a year ago and compared to the very frustrating beginning I am feeling comfortable on the grid have my share of fun and inspiration.

Of course not everything is in perfect harmony. SL is no cure for something but it surely offers opportunities for collaboration (like The Iggster’s Eng. 216 class), social interaction (the Givenchi resident project) or meeting some of the weirdest characters in the world (like Pappy Enoch) and it gives a first glimpse at what might expect us in lets say 50 years?

Investing time to learn the proper usage of the client and investing even more time to get around a bit and make contact with others have not been the most pleasant experiences. Yet some 12 months later I see all of this a bit more relaxed but in those days if I wouldn’t have met the right people giving me an easier start I guess I would hardly have stayed that long. The social interaction with others is an especially important part of my Second Life and if there would be none from one day to the next I would hardly have a reason to stay on.

The fact that I like most about Second Life is that it became an extension to my First Life with a constant exchange of Ideas between the grid and the meatspace. The various contacts from the most diverse groups gave me new insights and collaboration and gave my “existence” on the grid a whole new perspective which enriches my First Life also.

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