Two years ago, while I was still kind of young in my second life, I met a woman. She was a vampire dominatrix though the lifestyle really doesn’t play any role here. We chatted a bit so I’ve learned that she’s very old, something like late beta. And while she was a great conversationalist, intelligent, informed and remembering the old days of the grid, there was something in her eyes or voice that was… well, not sad, something even beyond that. Like she has passed the state of sadness, got used to it and learned to live with it. Something I really couldn’t point at at the moment.

She lived in her castle, somewhere at the mainland, with her girls, let’s say there was three of them. They were her slaves, lovers and friends. They were her only friends. As much as I gathered, the castle was secluded, maybe even hidden in the sky, and protected from entering. She cut herself off from the rest of the grid. She was leaving the place very rarely. Every now and then she had to go out to renew her clothes, probably get presents for the girls and maybe some furniture, but even then the sight of the rest of the grid was too harsh on her eyes. Read more »

One of the things noobs usually ask around is what's the aim in this, what's here to be done? And you say, no it doesn't work like that. It's open-ended. There's no aim nor predefined goal, you do whatya wanna do, set your own goals, make your own mission, blah, blah… Which is the truth. Which is an awful, terrifying truth. Read more »

No, I am not. But these days, I keep asking myself how and when that happens.

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Those things happen when you share social networks with your human. Like letting both of you speak on Plurk, or having human's friends as your, avatar's, contacts on FaceBook. You get a friendship request from a guy you know, and who knows your human. But who doesn't know you.

How do you introduce you, the avatar, to a human who have never heard of our beautiful world? You may start talking about virtual reality, computer games, and social networks… or you can give a bit more fun. Read more »

You have probably saw him on some photos on this blog. You maybe even met him in-world. Sure, you could spot him staring shyly from the dark of the header image up there. Yup, the guy on my left, the black one with glasses.

So please, let me introduce you Mr. Dee.

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