... I (and the people I know there) use it for chatting rather than gaming; sort of like sitting around a con in hall costumes cosplay.
That's how I (and most people I know) use FurryMUCK, these days -- the sole difference being that our personae are anthropomorphic animals (and mythical creatures) rather than (or in addition to being) pop culture icons.
After the initial fervor died down (and FPS continued to drop with each "upgrade"), I found that Second Life turned into much the same thing: our carefully-crafted 3D avatars generally wind up sitting around talking, like any text-based chat room.
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Three parenthetical inserts in a single sentence may be a bit much.
Date: 2010-01-17 08:12 pm (UTC)hall costumescosplay.That's how I (and most people I know) use FurryMUCK, these days -- the sole difference being that our personae are anthropomorphic animals (and mythical creatures) rather than (or in addition to being) pop culture icons.
After the initial fervor died down (and FPS continued to drop with each "upgrade"), I found that Second Life turned into much the same thing: our carefully-crafted 3D avatars generally wind up sitting around talking, like any text-based chat room.