Maybe I should have gone with a first life.....

[patgund]

Okay, so far I am NOT impressed with Second Life.

It took two days to register due to a word recognition bug

Opened up the Mac OS X client. It said there was a new one. Downloaded that. It glitches on login and can't load, showing a "login failed, unable to complete transform: 'fix inventory folders', please contact support@secondlife.com"

Finally got on it (Patrick Chaparral, if anyone is curious)

Still on help island. And having problems with my clothes. I keep trying to change them, and I end up turning myself green, losing clothing, various wardrobe malfunctions......

Friend of mine sent me this device she told me how to use. Except all it seems to do is put a box around my midsection, with no buttons or anything else she mentioned......

I can't add people to my friends list for some reason.

I can't figure out how to drive.

I'm getting really fustrated with it

On edit - ARRRRGH!!! Now the server booted me off of Help Island and to someplace I never heard of. I thought you could stay on Help Island until you got the hang of things. Seems not. And I have NO idea where the frak I am.

Colour me annoyed.

Comments

[farmount.livejournal.com]

Sounds not unlike one's first life -- frustrating and things randomly happen for no obvious reason.

This is why I tend to avoid such things..

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

I signed on to see if I could help, but you were offline. They've changed things a bit since I've been on much. But there are specifics I can help you with. Lemme know if you have time later. I'm likely to have time this evening.

[calendargrrl.livejournal.com]

Let me know when you are on and I will come help you in real time.

To The Rescue!

Kara Timtam a.k.a. Supergirl

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it hasn't gotten any better since Beta. I signed on three times, and hated it. Never did pick it up again.

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

I've so far avoided Second Life. I bet tested there, and finally removed it from my system because I'm just not playing. It's funny, I've been looking for more online interaction lately, and things like there just arent providing the people meeting/chatting portion.

[ophy.livejournal.com]

See, this is why Paul and I play Ragnarok Online. Easy to play, and lots of ability to chat with others while you bash the hell outta woodland critters.

[dzayde.livejournal.com]

I can tell you right now that part of your problem is that you are on Mac. SL was designed for PC first, and they have not adjusted for Mac very fast. My freinds who log on with Mac have some issues...
Also, the box you had around your middle, needed to be opend first I would bet. For some reason, people "package" some things in SL, so you have to open them before you can use them.
Would you like me to log on and give you some clothes? I design tee shirts in SL and you can have some free if you want. My avatar is Raival Zadoq, so if you receive things from me, they are safe.

[duckflambe.livejournal.com]

It took me two or three times to get into SL. They don't make it easy for first-time users.

Once inside it has great potential, but the internet just isn't fast enough to deal with it yet. You can make your own jet-powered hover-skates, but the minute you try to go anywhere in it the lag with make it impossible to avoid crashing into buildings. Most of the time you can't even walk down a street without having to wait a minute or two for the world to load around you.

But, if you want to sex with a Gothic tree-slug, SL is the only place you can make that happen. ;)

[beki.livejournal.com]

Maninblak has a callahans room on second life. I am not sure how populated the room is, but you may be able to find some help there. I have never played it, but I am weird like that :)