tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079318024484275606.post2082632955402187090..comments2023-05-07T03:48:00.290-04:00Comments on Ardent Defender: Visiting SecondLife to see my Friends.Ardent Defenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162904795741307697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079318024484275606.post-61110506315144924082007-06-25T15:42:00.000-04:002007-06-25T15:42:00.000-04:00Both your comment points are true. Everyone experi...Both your comment points are true. Everyone experience is different.<BR/><BR/>While there is only one WoW platform, there are 2 Secondlife platforms: SecondLife teen and Adult SecondLife or normal SecondLife. I played normal one. People below 18 are on the teen grid.<BR/><BR/>Most the friends i had in SL took time and effort to cultivate in friendship and those i consider core friends. I did have alot of others i hang out with at times roaming around the grid or in RP. But core friends we often talk, not about everything but we were comfortable enough that we could or did if it was no problem. Yes people in SL do guard themselves to some degree, i did too just been a adult. Only so much you say at a time depending on how well you knew someone. All my friends i've known for years there going through stuff with them also.<BR/><BR/>I really don't use vent as yet in WoW, though i just bough it for my own Guild. Before i only used it a few times with the other friends i leveled with when they had it at the time they did. Was kinda fun, but i often find it distracting while questing mobs to just be listening mostly. When i'm playing WoW its mostly questing, i really don't spend time hanging out in cities or chat unless i'm in AH buying or selling. <BR/><BR/>So true while you are correct in observation its different to everyone depending on how they are and cultivate their friendships in WoW or in SL.Ardent Defenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162904795741307697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079318024484275606.post-30681039793066882922007-06-25T15:20:00.000-04:002007-06-25T15:20:00.000-04:00Just for background: I've been in SL for 2 years a...Just for background: I've been in SL for 2 years and WoW for about 14 months.<BR/><BR/>I know each place is different for different people, but I will say that WoW is NOT "all about guests, leveling, getting epics and jumping in and out of guilds", at least not for everybody. I've been in 2 guilds in all of my WoW life (2 level 70s) and the second one is an offshoot of the first. I've been with about 30 of these people for over a year. We get on Vent and talk RL stuff while running stuff (or in chat). In some ways I know these people better than the SL friends I have.<BR/><BR/>I was heavily involved in a group in SL and found that most of them had a very strict separation of RL and SL that just doesn't exist with the people I know in WoW. They were very secretive and protective of their RL whereas my WoW guildies (the "core" ones anyway) are very open and willing to share. There are times I'll just log into vent to chat and not even be in WoW. Other times I'll just sit in Shat and chat.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say that some in SL weren't open. I've become good friends with a couple to the point where we just call each other on the phone.<BR/><BR/>I know I may be generalizing a bit here, but it's because I think you did the same :)Chris Halversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607282216315361308noreply@blogger.com