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	<description>gonzo phenomenology of virtual worlds, by dandellion Kimban</description>
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		<title>By: dandellion</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-5741</link>
		<dc:creator>dandellion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, uniformity in shapes is bad for any world let alone sex oriented one. Though that gives more stability and faster performance, it takes away a lot of feeling. 
 And drama... SL is huge, still there is drama. Though it is easy to escape it if you&#039;re not willing to play tha game.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, uniformity in shapes is bad for any world let alone sex oriented one. Though that gives more stability and faster performance, it takes away a lot of feeling.<br />
 And drama&#8230; SL is huge, still there is drama. Though it is easy to escape it if you&#8217;re not willing to play tha game.</p>
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		<title>By: Willow Howlett</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-5738</link>
		<dc:creator>Willow Howlett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really that&#039;s it.  That and improved graphics, clothing, and character enhancement.  I don&#039;t mind admitting it is severely lacking in character creaction.  You can choose small, medium and tall height, and a variety of hair, faces and clothing, but it is still very...  uniformed.  No one really looks different.  Everyone is the same shape and proportion.  There were people with the know how to make clothing and skins and whatnot, but it wasn&#039;t quite as simple as clicking on it and poof as it is in SL.

Also a big draw is your own land and space.  RLC has been promising &quot;apartments&quot; to there VIP members for over a year now.  I still do not believe it has been implemented.  The building is there, but it is unusable.

Just overall the feel of second life is better.  And although there is much more to do then you thought, it is still a very tiny world, and there is only SO much you can do.  I think for everyone there once they saw all there was to see they would find there little hangout and sit around and chat.   Being such a small world everyone knew eachother.  That wasn&#039;t so great.  You couldn&#039;t escape the drama.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really that&#8217;s it.  That and improved graphics, clothing, and character enhancement.  I don&#8217;t mind admitting it is severely lacking in character creaction.  You can choose small, medium and tall height, and a variety of hair, faces and clothing, but it is still very&#8230;  uniformed.  No one really looks different.  Everyone is the same shape and proportion.  There were people with the know how to make clothing and skins and whatnot, but it wasn&#8217;t quite as simple as clicking on it and poof as it is in SL.</p>
<p>Also a big draw is your own land and space.  RLC has been promising &#8220;apartments&#8221; to there VIP members for over a year now.  I still do not believe it has been implemented.  The building is there, but it is unusable.</p>
<p>Just overall the feel of second life is better.  And although there is much more to do then you thought, it is still a very tiny world, and there is only SO much you can do.  I think for everyone there once they saw all there was to see they would find there little hangout and sit around and chat.   Being such a small world everyone knew eachother.  That wasn&#8217;t so great.  You couldn&#8217;t escape the drama.</p>
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		<title>By: dandellion</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-5737</link>
		<dc:creator>dandellion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Welcome to the blog, Willow, and thanks for commenting.
 
 I must admit that all my knowledge of RLC is second-hand. It&#039;s nice to know that RLC is also social area, though that was to be expected. Jumping in the poseballs is not a game that is interesting enough on the long run unless we add something to it. 
 
 I am not sure if I understand your comment... beside the content creation in SL, which one you find superior and why?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the blog, Willow, and thanks for commenting.</p>
<p> I must admit that all my knowledge of RLC is second-hand. It&#8217;s nice to know that RLC is also social area, though that was to be expected. Jumping in the poseballs is not a game that is interesting enough on the long run unless we add something to it. </p>
<p> I am not sure if I understand your comment&#8230; beside the content creation in SL, which one you find superior and why?</p>
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		<title>By: Willow Howlett</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-5736</link>
		<dc:creator>Willow Howlett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know I am extremely late on my answer to this one.  I have only just started reading this blog.

I take great exception to it being said that Red Light Center is just sex.  No doubt that is what it was created for.  It has evolved in to much more then that.  Granted, the world is small, and you are right there is not much to do in way of content (compared to Second Life).  However, there are many people there who spend very little time in sex rooms.  People do get to know eachother just as they do on Second Life.  I knew many people during my time on RLC that hardly ever visited a sex room, except for with the person they are with.

The only real difference between RLC and SL is content and abilities.  RLC is far superior, but the same premise.  Not everyone who uses or has used RLC is a sex-aholic who is just out to get laid.

The mistaken point was made that you cannot go shopping or go to a club.  That is entirely false.  There are several clubs in RLC, as well as a few shopping areas.  As I said it is much smaller so there isn&#039;t as much...  But it is there.

I have left RLC for good to Second Life, but only because as far as virtual worlds go Second Life is far superior, not because of the people or interaction.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know I am extremely late on my answer to this one.  I have only just started reading this blog.</p>
<p>I take great exception to it being said that Red Light Center is just sex.  No doubt that is what it was created for.  It has evolved in to much more then that.  Granted, the world is small, and you are right there is not much to do in way of content (compared to Second Life).  However, there are many people there who spend very little time in sex rooms.  People do get to know eachother just as they do on Second Life.  I knew many people during my time on RLC that hardly ever visited a sex room, except for with the person they are with.</p>
<p>The only real difference between RLC and SL is content and abilities.  RLC is far superior, but the same premise.  Not everyone who uses or has used RLC is a sex-aholic who is just out to get laid.</p>
<p>The mistaken point was made that you cannot go shopping or go to a club.  That is entirely false.  There are several clubs in RLC, as well as a few shopping areas.  As I said it is much smaller so there isn&#8217;t as much&#8230;  But it is there.</p>
<p>I have left RLC for good to Second Life, but only because as far as virtual worlds go Second Life is far superior, not because of the people or interaction.</p>
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		<title>By: dandellion</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-4293</link>
		<dc:creator>dandellion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do very true. What I sill never understand is why large part of all that hstory of human kind is also covered by those who try to ban sex.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do very true. What I sill never understand is why large part of all that hstory of human kind is also covered by those who try to ban sex.</p>
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		<title>By: Mikyo</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-4289</link>
		<dc:creator>Mikyo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why is there sex in Second Life?  Because it is everywhere.  It is a part of what makes us human.  Anyone who tries to ban it is knocking heads with millions of years of evolution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is there sex in Second Life?  Because it is everywhere.  It is a part of what makes us human.  Anyone who tries to ban it is knocking heads with millions of years of evolution.</p>
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		<title>By: theshadow99</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-3712</link>
		<dc:creator>theshadow99</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*giggles* Well I think I&#039;ve commented on your blog... But there is also the possibility inworld at a blogger party... Or any of I&#039;m not sure how many places online ^_-

O... Well when it&#039;s done well I get to excited and need to use said other hand... ^_^ I wait as long as I can even so, but....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*giggles* Well I think I&#8217;ve commented on your blog&#8230; But there is also the possibility inworld at a blogger party&#8230; Or any of I&#8217;m not sure how many places online ^_-</p>
<p>O&#8230; Well when it&#8217;s done well I get to excited and need to use said other hand&#8230; ^_^ I wait as long as I can even so, but&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: dandellion</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-3706</link>
		<dc:creator>dandellion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That 99 is familiar to me from I-don&#039;t-know-where.... have we met on ICQ?

:) It is not that I cannot one-hand-type. And that I never do or did. &#039;Tis just that I love it this way... riding the tide of hormones, like evening surfing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That 99 is familiar to me from I-don&#8217;t-know-where&#8230;. have we met on ICQ?</p>
<p>:) It is not that I cannot one-hand-type. And that I never do or did. &#8216;Tis just that I love it this way&#8230; riding the tide of hormones, like evening surfing.</p>
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		<title>By: theshadow99</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-3703</link>
		<dc:creator>theshadow99</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well I&#039;m a bit late (I somehow managed to miss this one til London linked it), but I have to say...

&quot;I cannot call SL sex “computer assisted masturbation” because my human doesn’t masturbate while I am in the action :) … need those fingers to make typos :p&quot;

*giggles* This is why way way before SL ever existed and out virtual worlds were all text based... I learned to type with one hand... ;)

But then again I&#039;ve often been called a horny kitty... ^_^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I&#8217;m a bit late (I somehow managed to miss this one til London linked it), but I have to say&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;I cannot call SL sex “computer assisted masturbation” because my human doesn’t masturbate while I am in the action :) … need those fingers to make typos :p&#8221;</p>
<p>*giggles* This is why way way before SL ever existed and out virtual worlds were all text based&#8230; I learned to type with one hand&#8230; ;)</p>
<p>But then again I&#8217;ve often been called a horny kitty&#8230; ^_^</p>
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		<title>By: Paying debts &#171; Pandora&#8217;s box</title>
		<link>http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2007/it-is-not-just-porn/comment-page-1#comment-3702</link>
		<dc:creator>Paying debts &#171; Pandora&#8217;s box</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] here you have one, two and three links, totally different in content, all of them worth taking a look at them, from three virtual [...]</description>
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