Ch. 5 Thoughts.

October 24, 2008 haleyb

In chapter 5, the author discusses the self, in SL. The self is the identity of the avatar and the creator has the option make the avatar just like themselves in actual lfe, or  completely different. The way you are viewed on SL give others the impression of who you may be in real life, from the way you dress and interact with other avatars and objects. I know I find myself getting irritated when there is a glitch in the system and I try to put something on my SL avatar and she ends up with no hair. I know its shouldn’t matter but my avatar didn’t have hair for a while and I found myself feeling sorry for it, so I went to freebie shop and found it new hair..unfortunetly it came with some weird party hat that looks like it came from a little kid’s birthday party but whatever, beggers can’t be choosers! I also realized that I need to learn more about how to use items in my inventory, not just because of the little story i just mentioned but, i found a huge box of freebies full of devices to make you mobile (cars, airplanes, snowboards, etc) I decided to get it because, 1, it’s free, and 2, i was looking for little floaty things to put in our pool for the swim up bar. Anyway, one of the item was a blow up alligator raft, so I wanted to see how it worked, went into my invetory and clicked “wear” and unfortunetly it ended up on my head. I thought it was funny at first and just left it, but in real life I would never walk around a waterpark with alligator floaty on my head haha. The chapter discusses apperance and how one can make their avatar look however they want it to. This reminded me of The Office when Dwight’s avatar looked just like him and had his same job. However some people do not want their avatar to be like them in real life, and they have the freedom to creat a whole new identity for themselves, which is pretty cool. In real life you can alter your appearance, but there are still some aspects that you cannot change about yourself that you can do so through your SL character.

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