It’s a Social Network not a game
HollyKaren said something on Friday I really thought was a good point and should be posted. (Maybe I’ll get her to post it next time) Imvu promotes it self mostly as a game. A lot of the people treat it as or refer to it as a game too, and that really doesn’t do I justice. A better term for it is social network.
imvu favorite bedroom fantasy
Not only is this a better more appropriate category for it but this also raises the value and I think the acceptability of it. Calling it a game kind of trivializes it. Anyone who spends time here knows its way more than a game, and anyone calling it a game is generally trivializing it or putting it down. The people that are good at it certainly don’t treat it like a game.
Saving your IMVU chat logs
I take a lot of pictures because they are memories but the chat text or log is also sometimes helpful to have. So I try to remember to save my chat logs when I’m leaving. I am trying to get better but I still do forget sometimes. I’m getting better by saving the chats along the way if it’s important or after a sexy chat. This is helpful in case I forget when I close the window or if I crash.
I save the text into a word document. I copy a line or two with my mouse then use Control A, to select All of the text. Control C, copies the text and then Control V when i have a new document open. You can close the window after you copy the chat to the clip board but you can’t close IMVU all together or it will erase the chat in your clipboard.
After I paste the chat, I look at my pictures and select the most appropriate one, click on it and copy that, and then paste it into the top of the chat. I find that it’s much easier to remember a chat if I have a picture to go with the text. When you save a lot of chats this makes it easier to find the right chat. Try to describe the most important aspect of the chat, but the difference between saving pics is that you don’t have to include everyone’s names since the names are in the text. So when you search on a name, all of the chats with that name in them, will automatically show up.
I admit that I don’t go back and read chats as much as I probably should. But having them is helpful because you never know when someone is going to misunderstand something. I also find it’s interesting because I can search a directory on my computer for someone’s name and know if I ever talked to them before. This is helpful to me since I’m really bad with names.
I save chats but don’t share them with people very often, other than sometimes Holly or Gabby, the two people I’m the closest to. My general rule of thumb is that I don’t share anything that isn’t in everyone’s best interest. I don’t want anyone to think that what they say to me privately will get around to other people. The same goes for pictures. I take a lot of pictures but I try very hard to not use them in a way to hurt or annoy anyone. We all rely on our ability to speak freely. That’s part of the fun of this place, that what you say here stays here. So have fun and just use this as a way to hold onto the good feelings you get here.
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
I don’t know what kids did in the car before dvd players, or maybe it’s that I don’t know how parents were able to drive kids without dvds. I’m not even sure our car will work right without a disney dvd playing. I have memorized some videos I’ve never even seen. The other day I was listening to a song and realized it was singing about IMVU. The song was “When will my reflection show who I am inside?” from Mulan.
I was going to just link the YouTube video in here but wondered how it would look in IMVU. So I bought it on iTunes and went to a couple rooms and started singing. It’s my first real music video, well other than my Kiss Me one. It is so neat and kind of opens up a lot of neat possibilities. :) I love the words of this song, and don’t know where to put it in here, but it just seems to be about IMVU in a sense.
If you like it please Like it at YouTube or watch it there if you prefer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnzgKB8z2SE
New to IMVU?
One of my oldest outfits and my original room. I got angry at IMVU and threw all the furniture out one night, lol
If you’re brand new to IMVU, start by dressing. Experiment with how to change your clothing and how to save outfits. You get a few credits to start with, so buy something. One of the fun things to do here is shopping. Shop for a new imvu outfit or hair style to match how you look or want to look. If you get a few extra credits to start play with a few of the less obvious things like skins or avatars and try to get a smaller head as soon as you can too. Write something for your imvu profileand change your picture.
Go to an empty room to explore and get used to moving around a little. Learn to search rooms and add some to your favorites. Learn how to move your point of view and opening and closing windows. Learn the difference between clothing and items you wear with actions and furniture the owner adds to a room. Learn a couple basic actions, like how to hug and how to use the popup menu.
Once you’re comfortable with the IMVU basics try some rooms with other people. Remember the most important rule of thumb to follow is to try to say and do the things you would in real life. Observe more and try to be a part of the room or group you like best but keep exploring too.
Try to make a couple good friends but don’t friend request everyone to fast. Fav lots of rooms but go for quality over quantity in friends. And like real life, the best way to make a good friend is to be honest and open and be a good friend. Also realize that although there aren’t many rules the people that try hard to do a good job and fit in have a lot more fun.
You don't have to be perfect to have a lot of fun. Trust me I've just made more mistakes than most people in here.
Find a room with people dancing to start with, it’s an easy thing to start with. Beaches are also good rooms to start with since they tend to be easy going party type places. Avoid serious role playing rooms till you’re more comfortable and experienced as they require elaborate costumes, talking in character and because they tend to be less forgiving to new people.
There are a few more things you can do As you get comfortable with things. Learn how to use the friends page to send messages and invite. Explore your settings and preferences a little bit.
Avoid buying furniture and many rooms until you are really comfortable with it. If anything, just get a nice fully furnished room to invite people to or learn how to invite someone by name to a public room because there are always a lot of fun empty rooms too.
I spent almost 2 weeks staying in empty rooms afraid to talk to anyone. I was so afraid of everything in here when I started this. If I can get this far almost anyone can. Believe me, this can definitely be amazingly fun and addictive if you give it a chance.
Find yourself: Customizing your Avatar
I remember I spent the first month or two on imvu using the same default starter head, the same default avatar, the same starter eyes. And its amazing how attached I became to how I looked. In a weird way, it felt like me. And so it was hard to change. But I finally decided it was worth taking the time to really customize my avi’s appearance and stop looking like all the new Guest_ accounts out there. For the price of one new outfit you can really create a unique you. IMVU gives you an amazing amount of customizability–it’s especially evident when I’m with my friends in a club and we’re all wearing the same outfit, but each person’s personality still shines through and looks so different because of that customization.
It’s also better to do this early, since once you decide, you have to go through all your outfits to make them consistent.
The head is the most important choice as your head is what most identifies who you are when friends see you, and there are so many heads available. Also, if you want to try creating, derivable heads are surprisingly easy to resize and reshape using just the imvu client tools, and thus lets you create a head totally unique to you.
Also don’t forget little details like the eyes–eyes are the window to the soul and they make a surprisingly big difference in how you look. Also, especially easy to overlook is what imvu calls your avatar, which doesn’t change how you look but changes how you move–the subtle shifts you make when you are just standing or sitting around in a default pose. It sub-consciously communicates a lot about your personality and sense of style. Skin tone has a big effect on how your face looks, and the colors you can wear. What is also under appreciated is that it has a big effect on how big your breasts look for those who care about that kind of thing.
This message though is mostly aimed at the guys out there though. Most girls figure this out pretty soon, but of all the guys I know, even the smart, sweet, creative, sophicated ones who have been here forever, are pretty much ALL using the starter head, and thus they all look the same. Of course its someone’s words and hearts that matter most, but imvu is so powerful because it adds the visual component. Please guys, let’s add some individuality.
Better Safe than Sorry.
Sharing is what IMVU is all about in many ways, so it seems very natural to want to share a little about yourself, your life and pictures especially with someone you’re close to. They seem so honest and open with you and you love them. Well unfortunately it’s usually people that you were close to that wind up getting get hurt the most when something happens.
Unfortunately what goes up usually comes back down and can come crashing down very fast too. And what seemed safe to share at the time is suddenly very dangerous. But even if it’s not them, there’s a reason why they say once something is put on the net it never dies.
Photos you took with your cell phone record the location and phone number they were taken with. They get saved in a computer which might back things up online. Then either the computer or the backup could be hacked of just wind up revealing things. Old computers get thrown away but the hard drives aren’t usually erased or the data can still be recovered.
If I can make videos from IMVU without much technical knowledge or experience using just free software you have to assume that any webcam is being recorded. Even if the person you’re sharing it with doesn’t do anything with it, their nosy roommate or upset rl partner is finding your webcam session and suddenly it finds its way to a porn site. Then a potential employer years from now finds it doing a background check. Or a divorce attorney uses it to show you are an unfit parent.
I’m married so I have to be more careful because a phone call or chat log or two could plant enough doubt that I might have to leave (especially with all of the stuff I do on the website). Even if you’re not married there’s probably someone you care about or someone you’re going to care about that you would rather not have see everything you’ve done in here. I’m not saying you can’t but at least weigh the potential benefit of sharing your picture against the potential downside before you open that box. Remember, once you open that box you can’t undo it. Or just because it hasn’t come back to bite you yet, don’t assume it never will.
Newcomer, AP or VIP?
Although I haven’t been on IMVU that long yet, I definitely learned a lot and know a little about dealing with people and would like to share a little. I started as a novice (noob), and like we all did, looked pretty much the same. We start to buy some clothes and things try to improve and adjust our looks and learn how to dress our selves. Then the scary part begins.
We get conversations coming at us, with acronyms we don’t understand, and you’re trying to make friends and meet people but it’s often more than a little overwhelming. Some people are trying to talk you into bed and others will be upset at your friend request or your looks or just about anything. There are certainly some nice people but things just go so fast I can hardly count the relationships I had after two weeks.
Luckily after a month and a half I decided to buy an AP membership. AP rooms are better and there seems to be more opportunities. There are so many sexy clothes and attractive people. The invitations still keep coming but you’re actually not plagued as much by real novices who are only looking for totally meaningless sex.
A few days ago just for fun, I looked again in a non AP room. When I entered there weren’t any AP members and only guests present. All 8 of the avi’s were laying on top of each other when I entered and their conversation was nothing but “ooohh, aaahh’s, mmm, and I love you and do you like it etc.” It was almost pathetic in a sense. I understand wanting sex but I feel bad for the sex hoppers that only see imvu on that level.
I’m also glad that I got my AP membership, and very grateful for such great friends. It’s not that I couldn’t meet them as a noob but I sometimes I wonder if I would have survived the start of my IMVU life without them. Be yourself and let your heart speak. I like to thank my dear friends and I never want to miss them…kisses xxx Wendy.
The IMVU Killer
Out of all the things I’ve seen on imvu, the worst, most damaging thing in here is Jealousy. It will kill your friends and ruin your fun faster and more decisively than anything else you can do. It can creep in almost anywhere. I’ve lost friends and seen it sink whole groups in no time.
I remember in the HOLM collaring ceremony I caught a mention of jealousy not being allowed and I knew that they knew what they were doing. This place is built on sharing and trust. And if you can’t trust your partner, you’ll go crazy every time they’re on and not showing their location, or even worse when they are showing it and just one person is there.
I’ve seen people rant and make themselves and all their friends miserable for months being jealous over someone they only knew for a little while. I can’t say it strong enough, but it’s like acid that will eat up even the best people from the inside out, in no time. Love often and as much as you can but know that the only thing you have to hold anyone here where they can click away is your love. And ironically before jealous will only cause the thing you fear, to happen.
How and when to whisper
I’ve met a couple people lately that didn’t know how to whisper which is kind of basic but I thought I’d mention it. First of all you have to be a VIP or be whispering to a VIP. It’s not a huge deal but its one of the more valuable perks of being a VIP to me.
To whisper all you have to do I’d mouse over their name and a couple options appear, the i, add a friend (if their not already a friend) and the whisper button. Click that button and you’re whispering only to that person. Nobody else in the room will hear what you tell them. It’s Important to remember though, that even though other people can’t hear you, if you say things that trigger motions other people will see that. So you might want to put a period before or after the first word to prevent that on words like yes, no, what, when, or lol. Voice boxes will also work and only the person you are whispering to will hear it even if you’re moaning your butt off, lol.
Imvu tells you how to whisper somewhere I’m sure, but they don’t tell you when or when not to. You obviously have to whisper some things that are sensitive and you don’t want other people to hear. You may also want to whisper in a crowded room or at ceremonies or when you’re not supposed to talk. Whispering is also more intimate and a good way to get someone’s attention or flirt quietly. It’s also especially important if you are getting frisky. Even if the other couple in the room is too, it’s nice because it makes it easier to read. The exception is if you are an exhibitionist or want someone else in the room to hear. (I go out sometimes and pretend not to know Holly and she likes to watch me being sexy with someone. Hope that’s not TMI.)
Like anything, though, it’s also important not to over do whispering. Too much whispering kind of dampers the fun and openness of the room. And trying to coordinate between three people via whispering can be a pain. I’ve done three way whispering but is a lot of work copying and pasting everything.
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Taking and organizing Photos and videos in IMVU
Pictures are your memories here and to me it’s important to save and hold on to them. I want to tell you not only how to take pictures but how to manage and organize them because both are important. I average over 100 pictures and video clips a day and usually at least a gigabyte per day. I know that’s a little crazy but I love it and can give you some of what I’ve learned doing this.
There is no trick to getting the perfect picture. The closest thing I have to a trick if you want to call it that, is to take several pics of anything and then I can pick the very best one. And it’s really no harder to name and move 30 pictures at a time than it is two or three.
I take three types of pics (each explained in detail below) . Well one is a video clip not a picture but you organize them the same way. I also use hiressnap and screen captures. Occasionally I use HiRes NoBG but not as much. NoBG is helpful for portrait type pics but that’s all.
HIRES command
The simplest way to start taking good pictures is just to use the command *hiressnap. It will take a good high quality picture and put it on your desktop. It doesn’t take the whole screen if you have a big or wide screen and it doesn’t show the bubbles which sometimes are important. It’s also easy to use and doesn’t require any program.
I use this a lot, and have programmed a key on my keyboard to do it even faster. It has a sister command *hiresnobg which does the same thing but without the background. As I mentioned above this isn’t really as useful to me especially since I don’t actually edit them very much. But it’s good for portrait type pics for your profile or a wall picture. A friend uses them for her webpage and they look nice and professional.
HyperSnap for screen shots
There are a few ways to take screenshots but I really like Hypersnap. It’s free to use with a logo on it which you can crop out or inexpensive to register. The advantage of it is that it captures the bubbles which are often necessary to tell the story.
It also captures the whole screen wider than the hires one. I also like that it includes the name bar on the bottom so I have the names handy if I need them. I use the control W command to capture just the window of your screen without the text or your credit info. You can also program this to work with the Print Screen button to make it easy.
Hyper Cam 2 for Video Clips
The third tool I use for taking video clips is a free program called HyperCam2. It’s free and a great tool for taking videos. It loads fast and takes very few resources and gives you a lot of control. Make the capture area something close to 800 x 600 in the center of your window where loading won’t show up.
It’s also nice to click the clothing bottom button so you see the typing in the window. It makes it feel more like a real conversation. Another tip for videos is that this works great with Dragon Naturally Speaking. That’s how I talk and takes videos at the same time (and still have a hand free if I need it).
I’ve also recently learned to use F3 to edit out some of the space between bubbles a little which makes the clips more useable. You’ll want to take multiple small clips too rather than one big one if possible. It gives you more ability to edit things more easily.
I’ll write another post in a little bit about what I use to combine your pics and clips into a video.
Organizing your pics
The HighRes pics go to your desktop by default and I haven’t found any way to change that so I made my desktop the default place for the other programs too. It forces me to rename them more often and quickly which is a good thing. I changed the default location for the other programs to all go to the desktop too so they’re all in one place rather than having different types in different places.
How you name them is important. The first word of the name should be the main or most important person in the pic followed the name of anyone else in it worth mentioning. Then include a word or two about the activity and also the location. I find those are the things you’ll want to search for. For people I have a lot of pics of I include the month number and date to prevent duplicates. I also started using some category words recently. I name the group of friends because sometimes I want to search within that group. I recently started visiting a new group after Brenda’s collaring and if I search on Holm I can see the 250 pics I have of them no matter who is in them.
I used to file the pics in folder by person. But since I got a new computer with windows 7 which is better at searching I don’t bother. I just make one folder per month because that’s easy to do but also helpful since I often know how long ago something was taken.
This is kind of long and involved and you certainly don’t have to do this much to take some nice pics. But hopefully you can pic up a tip or idea that will help. This is the type of thing nobody teaches you and it can be a lot of fun and help you keep that great IMV feeling.
To show your Location or not?
Someone asked me this and it’s a good question that can be very important. I think this was actually a factor in the breakup I had with a former girlfriend. She and her friend saw I was in a sex room and her friend made comments about it and it hurt my GF and our relationship.
There are times when it’s appropriate to show your location, like when you want friends to come by and there are times when you don’t want other friends finding you. I switch it back and forth a lot but this inevitably leads to mistakes sometimes too.
The funniest story about leaving my location on has to be about 7 or 8 months ago. My then girl friend and I played a game and I had to seduce someone in a back alley room, nut not just anyone, the scariest looking full blown demon. I’m getting into it and playing it up and in walks my good friend Kim. She’s one of the classiest friends and so sweet and sitting there next to Holly eating popcorn while I’m having sex with a demon. It was funny but also so embarrassing.
So the moral of the story is don’t leave your location on when you don’t want your friends to see where you are. And leave it on if you want people to be able to come and see you. That may sound obvious but like I said, this is one of the mistakes I’ve made and had to learn the hard way.
IMVU Dances
imvu-dances
imvu dancing girls
IMVU is not for kids
IMVU isn’t for kids. I say this as a mother and a former kid. As much as we don’t want to admit it when we’re young there is a time and place for things and this isn’t the place for kids. There are so many ways kids can chat and talk to their real friends this is just the wrong place for them. I don’t like to talk to people who say they’re 18. (people under 18 usually say they’re 18, not into their 20s)
They really need to be like 21 or more to even start to feel comfortable. And even then you’ll often get more drama. So my advice is to err on the side of caution. I probably don’t need to say that to most of the readers here but just in case, please for your own good as well as theirs this is one rule you really shouldn’t ever break for any reason. I can do a lot of fun things on here but this is a serious no no and bad for everyone.
The image above and the chat below (or on the post page if you’re looking at this on the home page) is an actual conversation I had today where someone said she was 14. When this happens just urge them as politely and sincerely not to do this. I don’t know that there’s really anything more we can do except to each do the right thing. This site is also for adults only but I still try to keep it Rated R, and use passwords if something is too strong. If you think I’ve shown too much in some area please let me know and I’ll try to do better. We can all have fun and enjoy this but have an obligation to at least try to minimize the corruption.
What is IMVU?
IMVU is hard to describe because it’s so diverse. It’s like trying to describe the internet to someone that doesn’t understand computers. And the amazing diversity means that it’s a lot of different things to different people. So unlike most of the other things which I write about and and let people respond a little bit to, I think this ultimately requires the input of a variety of people to be even partially complete.
I will start it off with a few things but it’s intentionally not thorough so there’s room for more contributions. I’m going to give this post a special link in the right column so it can be added to or accessed any time. You don’t even have to give a name or email address to respond. Just share a thought or two about what IMVU is to you. Anything that seems at all related will be accepted.
IMVU is:
…a virtual world that lets you be anything you want to be.(Kait)
…like High School except with no rules or teachers. (Kait)
…a safe way to meet people and be sexy. (Kait)
…all about relationships. (Kait)
…the internet that your mother warned you about. (Kait)
…more than an addicting game, but less than real life. (Kait)
…shopping heaven, with low prices and unlimited closet space. (Morgan)
…a great place to hang out and be with friends I’m closer to than real life. (Morgan)
…virtual reality, kind of the predecessor to the holodeck. (Quid)
…a way to live and star in your own romantic comedy. (Quid)
…what you make of it. (Quid)
…limited only by your imagination. (Quid)
…unfortunately half full of people who lack imagination, or common decency and are only here for sex. But the girls aren’t that bad. (Quid & Kait)
…gives you back what you put into it and then some. (Quid)
…addicting. (Kait)
…only limited by your imagination, (or other people’s imagination.) (Kait)
…whatever you want it to be. (Kait)
The Sleep Deprived Capital of the World
No explanation of or discussion of IMVU would be complete without pointing out an odd characteristic that you might not expect or realize until you’ve been here for a little while. IMVU is 24 hours and used around the world so as the saying goes, it’s 5:00 somewhere. On IMVU it’s also 5am somewhere too. And no matter what the time of day, over 85% of the people participants either are or will be sleep deprived in the morning.
There seems something about IMVU and the way it uses a different part of your brain that you don’t usually use which wakes you up. This along with the fun and attractiveness or addictiveness of IMVU, allows you to go for hours and stay up later than a pot full of coffee. With repetitive use this naturally causes Sleep Deprivation. This in turn causes me to drink more caffeinated drinks which in turn keeps me up at night even longer creating a vicious cycle.
I don’t know, maybe I’m just projecting my own lack of will power and trying to make excuses for myself. There is no statistic like the one above. I made that up of course. So let’s take a poll. Please vote on whether you have sleep deprivation because of IMVU in the poll below.
What an Amazing Variety
One of the most amazing things about IMVU is the variety of people and things you’ll meet and activities available for you. You never know what will happen in here from day to day or even hour to hour.
Some days I have an amazingly sexy adventure, sometimes its just consoling a friend or cuddling and sharing intimacy. And other times we just talk and laugh. Some times it’s a mixture of all the different aspects. To me I think it’s important to have all of those things and it’s amazing how quickly things can evolve in here too.
You will meet and get to know a huge variety of people from all over the world. You’ll also be able to do an amazing variety of activities in the most imaginative settings too. You can explore a castle, chat with a demons, flirt with scantily clad women, windsurf on a beach resort, get a job as a stripper, fight with pirates, dance with vampires or just about anything else you can think of, all without much expense, risk or effort.
Why are we here?
Why are we here? (on IMVU)
To feel sexy
As an escape
To have a social life
For intimacy
For great sex
Because of friends
To live out (role play) or just experiment with fantasies you can’t do in real life.
To meet someone special that you connect with internally (not me)
To recover from trauma (not me)
For me I just wanted to feel sexy in a safe way that wouldn’t hurt my marriage or family. The first thing that surprised me was the level of intimacy. It’s certainly not what I expected in the beginning.
The next surprisingly powerful thing is kind of related to the intimacy and that’s the friendships. The friendships aren’t based on intimacy but rather seem to develop for the same reasons. Some how it all seems to end up about relationships in a sense.
I have to add that Holly has also done a great job of teaching me the value of experimentation in here to the point that I’m always seeking out new and exciting things in here, of which there certainly seems to be no shortage of.
So I’m not here for just one of the reasons above but a mixture which I think I think is probably true for most people too. Whatever your reason or reasons I hope you stay and enjoy it as much as I do.
If you think I missed something in the list above leave a comment or contact me in imvu.
Don’t Friend too Fast
Even if you’re new PLEASE don’t Add people as Friends too fast. It’s tempting to do this when you’re new and don’t have any friends yet. But trust me, it turns people off and really doesn’t help much just to fill it up with acquaintances.
You also have to realize that with IMVU Friends, it’s quality not quantity that really matters. That’s because having a huge list of acquaintances makes it harder to see your real friends and doesn’t change how many actual friends you have or make you any more popular. And if you were referred to them by someone or are friending them for a reason (like you enjoy this site), ALWAYS send them a note too or it looks like a random request which is worse than making random chat requests.
Even if you’re new only friend people that were at least friendly with and talked to. By the way, this also points out why you should be friendly toward new people. It’s much easier to make friends with new people than it is more established people. On the other hand having even just one good established friend in here can be a huge asset too. It’s also worth noting that if you are new, your best and strongest friendships are often with new people that you can relate to.
You’ve out grown your old default room
Please don’t invite people or your friends to the original default room that came with your IMVU account. It’s like wearing the default head and outfit. It’s OK if you’re a week or two old in here, but it makes you look like a noob even more than a guest_ name. It’s like the big default head you started with. It’s there to learn and practice on but you’ve out grown that so change your default.
When you invite someone especially if you don’t know them, they are looking around quickly at everything, looking for clues as to whether you’re worth staying and talking to. And the default room is one of the most obvious red flags and makes me want to leave almost immediately. Almost nobody interesting or good in here ever invites people to the default room. The good new is that it’s super easy to change in just a few seconds.
Here are the simple steps to change your default room.
1. Simply Open “My Room” from your home page.
2. Then click on your room inventory button in the bottom bar, to see your room options.
3. Click on the Room Info button in the top right corner of the room you want to use for your default.
4. Click on the link that appears that says Set as Default.
It’s also a good idea not to use a really big room with too much furniture that takes too long to load. You can always jump to a bigger room afterwards. I do like to have a comfortable place to sit and even more important that the room is interesting.
“Don’t Cross The Streams…”
The world of IMVU is very powerful and in my case I’m happily married with a family, and if it crossed over it would definitely hurt my real life world. Not to mention that it suddenly becomes cheating. Even just having a conversation and talking about it can make me feel like I want to and suddenly it turns from fun and games into poison. This is an amazing place. But crossing the streams would be bad…
Try to imagine all life as we know it, stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light! Total Protonic reversal. Okay, that’s bad. Important safety tip… Don’t cross the streams.
Holly, I love you soo much and probably would break any rule for you no matter what. That’s why it scared me so much, and why it’s so hard to go there. I may not have a great life but I probably shouldn’t mess it up. I know you can relate and really had no intention to hurt anything, but it also made me think that if push came to shove, I could make the wrong choice, because I really do love you.
Handicaps don’t apply
Virtual worlds give people with handicaps a tremendous opportunity to get out and meet people without their handicap. They’re not handicapped here and can have a normal life, if anything can really be considered normal, in the land of the wacky. I know it sounds odd, but in some ways people with a serious handicap often open up more, care more and love more, and are more committed with fewer distractions. The only exception may be blindness, because this is such a visual medium in some ways. But even that isn’t true because it does work on a cell phone, which is entirely text based. So this is a great place for pretty much any type of handicap and is a great thing because it levels the playing field and frees us from physical handicaps.
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