Second Life- Extra Credit

My experiences in Second Life

I created an account on Second Life. My second life name is Violot Aries. It is very interesting how the set up of the program helps users relate to real life, you even see other avatars. It took me a few minutes to learn how to do everything using the avatar. I do not play many computer games, so this is new to me. Learning how to fly was fun, I tried to get Violot to land in the water but couldn’t! I had to learn how to control her flying, and make her fly in the direction I wanted. Teleporting was difficult for me. I did not really know where I was or where I was trying to go, but it was fun figuring it out. I flew to a couple random places on the map, and met other avatars. I stayed in the welcome center and experienced interactions with other avatars, the majority of the time though. It was neat how your avatar could interact with another avatar, and you could also IM each other. I enjoyed looking at the map to see what places were on it and (trying) to teleport there. The majority of the time that I spent on second life I was figuring out the controls, and what my avatar could do. I got to an island where some really nice cars were and sat in them. That was fun! But for the most part, second life was fun for me. It was a little frustrating because I could not figure out where to go to a particular island. I always ended up on some strange island where nobody else was!!