Finding a Good Second Life Room With a View While Doing Real Life Work (NWN Comment of the Week)

Kaylee West, who's writing her PhD thesis about virtual worlds, spent a lot of time looking for the perfect apartment virtual apartment so she could enjoy the view while writing:

I have been in SL continuously since 2007 and have had students doing lessons on our university regions since 2008. As a "resident" (does anyone still think of themselves this way any more?) of Second Life I have spent countless hours exploring all over this vast virtual world. I have also spent countless hours playing in and exploring commercial MMOs developed with huge budgets. I have visited Insilico a number of times over the years and found it beautiful but frustrating because it always seemed to be simply a gorgeous show piece full of building facades but with no depth. When I do work in RL I often look for locations in SL (including my own regions) to sit while I work.

Lucky for her, she gave Insilico another shot:

Recently I went back to Insilico determined to take my time and explore the environs thoroughly. As I explored I began to see Insilico much more clearly, I began to discover the incredible detail that pervades the regions that make up Insilico and began to fall in love with this amazing place. I finally found an apartment I can offord with a view to die for and have set up a cosy nook to go to to do RL work (including working on my PhD thesis) on an almost daily basis. Insilico is a place that grows on you the more time you spend there. It's a place I highly recommend anyone to visit and get to know.

To be honest, I had a similar reaction to Insilico on my first visits there, and it took me a longer visit to realize a full fledged community was living there too -- while sometimes, as it turns out, grinding away at a PHD thesis.

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[Orca Flotta]

As a "resident" (does anyone still think of themselves this way any more?)
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Counter question: why should anyone not think about themselves as resident?

Hey, when dealing with LL I would never allow them to call me resident. Not after they smeered the term so badly by giving all n00bs Resident as last name. But I'm Orca Flotta, I have a real last name and am, for them, a paying customer FFS!

But in world it gives me a warm and cozy feeling knowing I'm a resident, a part of something bigger, a citizen of Second Life.

[Rin]

Pay a visit to Hangars Liquides too if you like Insilico. It is totally chaotic and easy to get lost in but looks even better in my opinion. Era of Salvation is nice too, but the apartments there does not provide that much of a view. And other then Insilico and HL, it is a all out RP sim where people are expected to be in character while being there. Of course I doubt it would be any issue to sit on some roof with a OOC-tag and enjoy the view ^_^

And it is right, everything in SL is a:

"beautiful but frustrating because it always seemed to be simply a gorgeous show piece full of building facades but with no depth"

Because the depth comes from people using it and "living" in it. And that for the most part only works for RP sims that managed to grow a strong community. And those are rare.

[Joey1058]

I have to agree with Rin. The depth comes from living inworld. Every time I come to Insilico, I make it a point to visit a different location, simply because there is so much wonderful detail. It's a place that I would love to occupy in the default world. Minus the RP violence, ofc, LOL!