Comments on: SL Bloggers Mix and Match – Making 'em stay

By: Loaf

Loaf — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:57:44 +0000

That was a great article! Very well reseached and written, and has actually given me some ideas to look into some things that I’ve not yet tried in SL

By: Quaintly Tuqiri

Quaintly Tuqiri — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:17:07 +0000

Angus – I plurked asking for male volunteers and posted it on my blog… would have loved the chance to interview you too

Oscar – It helps a lot if a person already has friends here who can help them past the learning curve. I myself was introduced by my housemate, who whizzed me straight out of Orientation Island and brought me to Free Dove to get me out of the devault avatar look!

By: Oscar Page

Oscar Page — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:31:47 +0000

Excellent post Quaintly. When I first came into SecondLife, it was very much a social experience for me. I was brought in by friends from another game, which was absolutely nothing like this world (Day of Defeat – WWII first person shooter). I actually got held in by #1 (as explained in the post) friends and #2 the game portion of this world in bingo (then tringo, then bingtris, then Tiny Empires). I mean that worked for me, but I could definitely see men walking in and walking out.

I’ve seen it myself (and many others I’m sure) with friends that I’ve tried to bring into the game. Some of those friends went on to be addicted to other virtual worlds like WoW because they needed a goal to achieve. SecondLife is a lot more open-ended, and therefore rough for some men to deal with.

By: Angus Kirax

Angus Kirax — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:29:25 +0000

Hi Quaintly,

Congrats on that post, I wish I had heard about your research and be able to answer your questions

@Eliza : that was an extremely good topic.

@Christophe : are you sure you read the whole article carefully???

By: Eliza Wrigglesworth

Eliza Wrigglesworth — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:33:39 +0000

Umm, that came out wrong o.0! I meant bravo to Christophe for completely missing the point.

Bravo to Quaintly for getting so many good ideas to add to my blog so that it can be more useful. This was really great : ))

By: Eliza Wrigglesworth

Eliza Wrigglesworth — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:29:29 +0000

@Christophe – I’d like to add bravo for completely missing the point.

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By: Quaintly Tuqiri

Quaintly Tuqiri — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:17:10 +0000

Um Christophe? It was the topic I was given. Bravo on having zero sense of humour!

By: Christophe Hugo

Christophe Hugo — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:32:41 +0000

Bravo for having written the most sexist post I have read in a long time.

What’s next? A post on how to make stupid latinos stay in SL, or perhaps on how to make lazy native americans repeat SL customers? Shame on you.

By: Moggs Oceanlane

Moggs Oceanlane — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:31:52 +0000

Thinks a quick exit out of the (un)welcoming areas is definitely a head start for either gender. In terms of quest like things (which will attract WoWers whether male or female) they could be directed to places like the DCS Resource Centre… and as for sport… there’s heaps of it on the grid. I’ve never quite got why it’s so hard to escape the orientation/home areas to anywhere interesting without search. These spaces could learn from the ‘destination station’ model. Blah blah…

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the read.