I have some questions and I'd love to see others answer them, too, on their blogs or in my comments. (NOTE: I can't take credit for thinking of these questions -- Jerremy thought of asking them!)
- What the best SL advice you ever received?
- What is the worst SL advice you have ever received?
- What didn't anyone tell you that you had to learn on your own?
The worst advice I ever got was to make a ton of outfit folders for easy dressing. This might work for some people, but it has left my inventory a jumbled mess of outfits I do not want to wear over and over again and caused me to lose track of some no copy items that were put with outfits.
One thing I had to learn on my own was that walking is best accomplished with the highest end gaming PC you can get....even if you have to sell organs to buy it. I always thought it was something I was doing wrong that was making my avatar walk like a drunk. Nope - Tymmerie is clean and sober. The other thing I had to learn on my own was how to close down chat boxes after conversations were over -- I used to have a whole screen's width of boxes open after a few hours of play and it was so frustrating to me.
Please share your own experiences and tips so that we can share them with our newbie residents. (We should be opening up our newbie dorms soon now - we only have a few more things to do to get ready -- I'll announce it on my blog!)
Thanks!!!!!
I love the idea for a newbie place,so nice of you guys to put so much time and effort into it with all the zillion things you already do,umm the best advice I got was actually from my now husband, he told me to not take it too personally,we all make mistakes especially at the beginning,the key is to ask questions,tons of them,(I still do that a year and a half later).The worst advice was to camp,at first it was great I got L$ but I missed out on a lot of exploring,I could have been out learning more useful things instead of standing around for hours to only get enough to maybe buy a top.which brings me to the one thing I wish someone had told me,how to open a box,I actually trashed some things I had bought because I thought I had only gotten a box.finally after messing around with it, clicking every possible option I found the open and copy to inventory button,luckily I hadn't learned to clean my trash then either,and got my stuff back.oh those were the good 'ol days XD
ReplyDeleteWhat the best SL advice you ever received? Some of best things in my opinion: How to adjust and align textures - lol. Ok, I like to build :-) One thing I read about early on that helped me was how to make seamless texture and adjust repeats and offsets. In general just knowing how to adjust an objects position down to 0.001 m was great too. Oh, and how to pan with the camera is right up there too. That has helped me tremendously with building, taking pictures and spying on x-girlfriends.... I mean panning around scenic sims to see all the interesting features that it has ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat is the worst SL advice you have ever received? MY OWN.... I don't need orientation. I can ignore a lot of that stuff. Why ask anyone, I can figure it all out on my own. Hey wait, what were those tabs I saw flashing at me as I was logging off. An IM..what is that? What are Community Standards? You mean I CAN"T run around naked everywhere? Well sure, that person has a female name... they must be female in RL... My look? Oh I can do that in 30 minutes... Oh I could go on and on... Initially I was a loner and tried to do a lot on my own. Three months in I was finally figuring some stuff out that others had known for ages. Eventually I got to the point of starting over the right way ;-) And wouldn't you know... when I got brave enough to meet someone who offered good advice on her blog... I fell in love and married her :-P
What didn't anyone tell you that you had to learn on your own? Keep a balance on RL and SL. I knew going in that something like SL could be addictive. I was actually worried more about some RL friends of mine that I told about SL. I mean, I am not a addictive type person..am I... am I ...hmm... It is amazing how SL can get it's hooks in you. Early on I kept my RL and SL totally separate. But, I also gave my SL self totally freedom to do and be what he wanted. The trouble was... he wanted to live! He wanted SL 24/7. Screw RL everything in SL is more important! Ok, maybe I was not that bad. But I was causing potentially serious problems to my RL. So I learned. No matter how wonderful SL is, RL must come first. But it also motivated me to start improving some things in my RL :-)
I don't recall getting any advice... But okay, my good advice would be: have fun. Whatever you want to do, keep RL in mind, because it's never that far away :)
ReplyDeleteBad advice: camping & being desperate for money. You will eventually find a way to get money, realy... Opening a shop, hostessing,... whatever. Check SL & search your own little place in it :)
That you can have multiple inventory windows open! Seriously, why isn't that on orientation island? And the fashion feed, freebieblogs,.. YUM!
The best SL advice I've gotten is to be yourself, no matter what avatar you choose to adopt.
ReplyDeleteThe worst was when someone told me if I didn't buy the expensive items, people wouldn't take me seriously. Ha! I showed them!!
One thing I learned on my own was that it doesn't pay to be too shy in SL, because pretty much everyone here is willing to talk or help or just have fun with you if you just speak up.
The best SL advice I received when I started out was to be myself and have fun. Taking SL too seriously is hazardous to your health and that RL always came first...NO MATTER WHAT...I still give that advice to this day to newbies.
ReplyDeleteThe worst advice I got was if I wanted linden was to camp...a hour after camping and only earning 12L I knew that was not for me!
What didn't anyone tell you that you had to learn on your own? HOW TO USE A BABBLER...I wear it religiously now...I hate having someone address me and I cannot communicate back because I do not speak the language and that pertains to myself in RL as well.
One additional piece of advice that I would give to anyone...Find what you are PASSIONATE about in SL and run with it...when you do something that you absolutely love, it doubles the enjoyment!
1. Best SL advice I've ever received: Probably my second landlord, the one who was offering free housing. He encouraged me to take him up on his offer, said it would give me the opportunity to enjoy SL while deciding how much of an investment I would want to make in SL in future.
ReplyDelete2. Worst SL advice I've ever received: From the friend who introduced me to SL, who told me, "Go to Search - Places and look for freebies, there are lots of freebie places out there!" Ended up with me grabbing every single freebie I could find, bloated my inventory terribly, and at least 70% of them were stuff I'd never wear again (partly because I couldn't find them in that mess of an inventory, and partly because all that full-perm BIAB reseller stuff is terrible!).
3. What didn't anyone tell you that you had to learn on your own?
How to open boxes XD Coz my friend whizzed me out of Orientation Island the moment I rezzed, I never went through all the tutorials. When I ended up wearing boxes I figured out how to "detach", then would look for them on the floor and open them. It wasn't till 2 weeks later that I learnt I could drag them from inventory to the floor!
Also the ability to open two inventory windows at the same time, to facilitate inventory sorting. Nobody told me about that; I think I found out by reading a blog or web tutorial or something. Prior to that, I'd been dragging the items all the way up to the requisite system folders & sub-folders, and it was soooooo TEDIOUS.
And that using Ctrl-Alt you could focus on something and then zoom in on it. I learnt that watching one of Torley's videos, it's one of the most useful things ever.
I can only answer to nr 3. I learned everything in SL on my own. I like to learn stuff on my own in sl and rl.:)
ReplyDeleteThe best advice I ever got was to keep my virtual panties on to stay away from drama. And my friend Val, whom I met on my second day in SL and who is still the person I love to have around the most, kept me from wearing boxes on my head. I am still very grateful for that :) Anything else I learnt myself, texturing, building, a little bit of scripting, SL photography. Though I must admit it helped me a lot to join some photography groups on flickr cause those maniacs always inspire me and they are willing to share their little tricks.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember where I read this tip, but it advised always keeping your inventory organized rather than waiting for it to get messy before sorting it. That has helped a lot!
ReplyDelete(As for outfit folders, I love them! I hate hate hate nocopy clothes. I avoid them like the plague, unless they are so fabulous I can't resist.)
Since the advice of "keep RL first, and foremost" has already been mentioned, the second most important thing I was told, was to take classes. Not just Orientation Classes, but texture/ building/ scripting classes. You can use the search tab to find them, and they're free. You learn, meet new people, and expand your SL experience tenfold. Oh, and don't "wear" presents from strangers, without trying them on at home first. That's how you end up humping cows in public places. O.o!
ReplyDeleteBest advice: 1) the AVs are pixels but the emotions are real - be careful. 2) all of Natalia's (Mermaid Diaries) and Torley's tutorials on how to do everything.
ReplyDeleteWorst advice: Land is the quickest way to make money in SL - said to me right before LL destroyed the land market.
Learned on my own: Everything else, but here's one: Lock the parts of your house! I don't know how many times I have screwed up my house, or deleted the floor of my skyhouse out from under me, only to plummet to the ground cursing.
Hi! Answered in my blog.
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I didn't know I was running around looking like a blingy as*hole until I started reading What the Fug? and SL Fashion Police.
ReplyDeleteA nice guy also told me that I didn't have to have a pair of wings to match every outfit.
Other than that, I still don't know what the hell I'm doing.
Emerald, that thing about not having a pair of wings to match every outfit...that was the worst advice you've gotten, wasn't it? I mean, the only other choices are to wear wings that don't match or not to wear wings...and surely both of those options are terrible?
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^^^\ Kate Amdahl /^^^
1. The best advice I got was from the Linden Lifestyles blog which taught me how to see the technical details in clothing. I don't remember how I found the blog.
ReplyDelete2. I don't remember really getting any *bad* advice. I did my share of camping but soon realized that was a crock.
3. I echo Quaintly on #3, Opening boxed items. I remember asking several avi's (must have been new like me) and googling and having the hardest time getting information. I would rez the box but not know how to get my items. It seems like fewer items come boxed these days.
I think some of the worst advice I received was "It's not really you, so it doesn't matter if you get naked or jump on this ball, it's just a game"
ReplyDeleteSome of the best advice I DIDN'T receive but wish I had was to not spend so much money in the first month. Sure you should personalize your avie, but you can do that for mostly free while you learn your style, tastes, and also the value of a Linden Dollar. In the beginning you have no concept if something should cost 2000L or 200L.
The best advice that I received I guess was to just have fun here and make sure that you take the time to look at everything. I don't recall any bad advice that I've been given at the moment. As far as things people didn't tell me that I had to learn, well that was most of what I know. I don't ask alot of questions because I tend to try to figure stuff out on my own. Doesn't always work out so well, so I do ask.
ReplyDeleteBest advice you've received as an SL resident: "Be yourself."
ReplyDeleteWorst advice you've received as an SL resident: "Be yourself."
What didn't anyone tell you that you had to learn on your own: "Be MUCH MORE than yourself, and use SL's multitude of capabilities to the fullest as a means to achieve this.
-RODION RESISTANCE
Okay, I may repeat something said before, but that just emphasizes how true it it.
ReplyDeleteBEST ADVICE: Hard, received lots of good advice. Delete duplicate baldies, LM's, notecards, etc. using filters in the inventory window to keep inventory under control.
WORST ADVICE: Freebie dungeoun, freebie island. Please don't sent newbies there, send them to slfreestyle's blog
LEARNED ON MY OWN: Using babbler - now x-trans so I can communicate with more people.
Friendly greetings! I DO hope this meme sticks — it's so helpy! :D
ReplyDeleteTymmerie and Jeremy, I smile big that you blogged about this, and smile even more seeing the thoughtful results — glad to know I've been of help, because...
1. If you learn something usefun (useful + fun), share it.
After my early frustrations in SL, I made a promise that if I ever had an opportunity to share stuff to make many more Second Lives happier, that's exactly what I would do.
2. All the fallacies about lag. I was given some stale notecards about LAG LAG LAG. It's funny too, because when I experienced time dilation in Gibson (the Matrix-like cyberpunk city at the time), I thought it was a *special effect*. Later, I reported it as a bug, and much later, I learned about different types of lag and their respective sources.
Saying "lag" by itself isn't helpful: it's like saying "pain" to a doctor. Well, where do you hurt, and what might've caused it?
3. I've had so much positive inspiration that I hesitate to think that *anything* is purely my own.
But if I had to name something — and I will — it would be aspects of the creative process that were so intrinsically linked to my unique experiences that no one else could understand it as intuitively as I do. For example, how I create my video tutorials; they're a lot of fun, but there are many fine technical details I had to experiment with, such as optimizing codecs. It was very scientific, and exploring areas others hadn't really been in. But after I figured it out, I could document and spread the results.
A similar thing for how I've become so prolific with taking inworld photos: coming up with the steps to automate parts and streamline the works was well-worth it in hindsight, but tough to figure out when I approached it in the beginning.
A number of tips 'n' tricks I've taught through my vidtuts I also discovered myself, and in some cases, found they were mentioned in other places that my earlier searches missed.
Frequently, the problem isn't that an answer doesn't exist... it's that you can't find it! Thus, that's a big part of my ongoing mission. =^_^=
Thank you one and all for the comments :-) We have found your experiences quite beneficial as we work with the new SL residents that we are housing at the Starting Point Dorms. If we can pass on some of this combined wisdom to the greater SL populace it is well worth it! And who said you can't teach an Oldbie new tricks too ;-) I know that I persoanlly skipped over many things learning about my SLife.
ReplyDeleteOh and Torley, you may be pleased to hear that one of the main features at the Starting Point arena in Moodle is to show all your training videos :-) So whether one is Here or There ....hopefully they will learn something new :-)