tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post4584282138867929155..comments2023-11-05T03:36:58.051-08:00Comments on Ch'know?: The Newbie Experience?Alicia Chenauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852205565340450253noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-90026136611700458222009-02-03T03:12:00.000-08:002009-02-03T03:12:00.000-08:00i know this problem and im really pissed of about ...i know this problem and im really pissed of about that...<BR/><BR/>in the next week the mainstore will expand and the dance animations will be on a seperate (pg) sim. <BR/><BR/>More than 100 brand new single and couple dance animations will be available then :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-40875952989749920402009-01-20T15:10:00.000-08:002009-01-20T15:10:00.000-08:00I had a similar "but it's not real" excuse thrown ...I had a similar "but it's not real" excuse thrown my way one day, when I rezzed in my private home only to find two noobs "enjoying themselves" there. <BR/><BR/>Noob Girl was honest, immediately confessed that they had intruded and were sorry. Noob Guy was too busy covering up his embarassment by insisting that *I* was in the wrong for not posting "no trespassing signs" or other means by which he could identify that it was a private home.<BR/><BR/>Either way, your experience reminded me of a hilarious blog I stumbled onto a couple weeks ago: <BR/><BR/>http://menbehavingbadlyinsl.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Stacia<BR/>www.virtualneko.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-73330303597527381292009-01-10T21:00:00.000-08:002009-01-10T21:00:00.000-08:00OMG that is too funny. But after I stopped laughin...OMG that is too funny. But after I stopped laughing it really made me think. <BR/><BR/>The inability to imagine others have feelings and considering those feelings happen plenty enough in real life too. I am reminded of something I learned in a great Tantra for Women class I attended some years ago. Our very wise teacher told us that many men "learn" about women's sexuality through porn, not quite getting that the women are acting and not responding in ways that are real to their experiences of their own bodies and desires. I imagine our noob was sincerely believing a bigger penis would please Summer from his unfortunate porn training. <BR/><BR/>How to set people straight is an interesting question. I could imagine a class on social skills in SL, at least for those who have enough awareness that such a thing is valuable.Sylvia Trillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250208987491086732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-19089362309478995822009-01-10T17:46:00.000-08:002009-01-10T17:46:00.000-08:00OMG! OMG! OMG!This was a great story... I would l...OMG! OMG! OMG!<BR/><BR/>This was a great story... I would love to see more of them. It's fun to spy on people and make fun of their newbieness. Oh ok, maybe that's cruel - but it is fun. I wish people didn't think that SL was just about sex...Suztvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798432456565676719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-60799354129934021312009-01-10T15:21:00.000-08:002009-01-10T15:21:00.000-08:00I enjoyed this post, it was amusing , but it's als...I enjoyed this post, it was amusing , but it's also something to be thought more upon. LL better be serious when they want to fix the New User Experience. <BR/><BR/>I was not satisfied with the mentor program last year. I attended Orientation, and was supposed to be a full fledged mentor, but somehow they didn't do that and took so long before they told me they had to suspend the program for a while...:( <BR/><BR/>I'd help SL in my own way, but I don't want to be ignored again by LL, here I was wanting to help, and they messed it up.<BR/><BR/>However, given that, I feel sympathy for the Mentors, most newbies nowadays just want things handed to them in a silver platter and some of them just don't care.Isadora Fiddlestickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577446417128042180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-31537539580568268032009-01-09T13:27:00.000-08:002009-01-09T13:27:00.000-08:00Hi, found you from someone's Tweet. So fun and so ...Hi, found you from someone's Tweet. So fun and so sad.<BR/><BR/>I do agree places like Henamations would be well served by separating the type of content, but the traffic, and therefore sakes, is likely being driven by traffic because of the sex aspect, but maybe not. I bet most of the people actually buying stuff are <I>not</I> the ones attracted to this stuff.<BR/><BR/>As for newbies and mentoring, without respect to cluelessness, both technical and social, I have tried to throw in etiquette tips here and there in the <A HREF="http://imohax.com/heyavatar" REL="nofollow">Hey Avatar video tutorials.</A><BR/><BR/>Great blog. Fun reading.Rob / Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08211178485537735488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-17887021428123326532009-01-09T11:01:00.000-08:002009-01-09T11:01:00.000-08:00LOL! You just got yourself a new devoted reader fo...LOL! You just got yourself a new devoted reader for life after this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-70773390628116188322009-01-05T12:20:00.000-08:002009-01-05T12:20:00.000-08:00Ok, I never called the mentors lazy. :) However, I...Ok, I never called the mentors lazy. :) However, I do know a few who are SL mentors and I've yet to see them go hang out at any of the welcome places. [And no, I'm not going to name names.] So I'm really kind of basing my thoughts on that off of a few that I know.<BR/><BR/>I know that you can't help people that don't want it, and often language barriers are probably a big problem, but I guess I just wonder how much help is being given or is able to be found if it's wanted.<BR/><BR/>But I do agree, the media markets SL as a big orgyfest, and that really needs to stop.Alicia Chenauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651084537326600196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-44111048568938027362009-01-05T11:16:00.000-08:002009-01-05T11:16:00.000-08:00I am one of those mentors you're calling lazy (or ...I am one of those mentors you're calling lazy (or inept or whatever) and would like to put in my L$5.26 <BR/><BR/>No, there is no manual for the new user experience. We are given a certain amount of training, and we do have help resources available, but what we do is to answer questions and offer advice. We are not there to "lead" people.<BR/><BR/>There used to be a systematic, organized, introduction on the Orientation Islands, but apparently the newbs found it too constraining so it was abandoned. These days they arrive on a Help Island which is unstructured and unscripted. They run through the Tutorial in the Help menu (see for yourself) if they find it, or if a mentor tells them to. That's it.<BR/><BR/>Many newbies <B>do</B> think that SL is only about sex, because that is what most old media reports on SL are still saying; and many newbs <B>do</B> think that the rest of us are NPC's, because the video games they are used have them.<BR/><BR/>A large minority of newbs want nothing from the "new user experience" except to end it and get to the mainland for sex and camping. Only about a fifth of newbs are interested and confident enough to ask questions of a mentor, even assuming that there was one present.<BR/><BR/>We do the best we can, helping those who want to be helped.Udgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949287559886228889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-31236326481492522742009-01-05T01:15:00.000-08:002009-01-05T01:15:00.000-08:00(still rolling about laughing)My goodness, aren't ...(still rolling about laughing)<BR/><BR/>My goodness, aren't people fun?<BR/><BR/>=)Kharisma Llewellynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09642074066128939353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-10907810137797414712009-01-03T04:38:00.000-08:002009-01-03T04:38:00.000-08:00That was indeed funny Ali. Unfortunately not all t...That was indeed funny Ali. <BR/>Unfortunately not all the new residents are helped by Mentors, since they aren't all "born" in help islands or Welcome Areas where us Mentors are and being around 1700 in different time zones turns out to be very few of us for all the new residents logging in daily.<BR/><BR/>If this one had crossed his path with a Mentor, he would know how to find his freenies in inventory.<BR/><BR/>To answer your questions about a "guide to mentorship" there is a TAO of Volunteers that gives the highlights on how to act but not a real manual, so each of us mentors do it in our own way - and believe me that politeness and awarenes of the people behind the avis are the most common lines in mentoring :o)<BR/><BR/>Anyhow I did laughed hard reading your post... and if you kept the name of the I-don't-want-to-loose-my-freenies guy I will gadly mentor him into SL rounds and abouts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-8105044515892932262009-01-02T21:37:00.000-08:002009-01-02T21:37:00.000-08:00AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! This is hilarious!Here's to hopin...AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! This is hilarious!<BR/><BR/>Here's to hoping Summer finds Mr. Right, or the frog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-61768940036663278302009-01-02T15:23:00.000-08:002009-01-02T15:23:00.000-08:00Unfortunately, this isn't limited to SL. You see t...Unfortunately, this isn't limited to SL. You see that kind of attitude all the time in games like WoW, and it's no less annoying. Best thing to do is ignore and shun people like this. They get the idea eventually. Unless, of course, you're spying. That's always fun.Veliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037835850081628298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639577993851585768.post-73531189265218754112009-01-02T13:20:00.000-08:002009-01-02T13:20:00.000-08:00LMAO! I am so glad you are nosy!YAY for MystiTools...LMAO! I am so glad you are nosy!<BR/>YAY for MystiTools!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913918080960117471noreply@blogger.com