Comments on Long-Dormant Second Life Users Brought Back By the Pandemic Contemplate a Post-COVID Return to RealityTypePad2021-06-02T21:10:01ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2021/06/virtual-worlds-after-covid/comments/atom.xml/Orca Flotta commented on 'Long-Dormant Second Life Users Brought Back By the Pandemic Contemplate a Post-COVID Return to Reality'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0278802e49dd200d2021-06-05T08:37:25Z2021-06-05T08:37:25ZOrca Flottahttps://orcaflotta.blog/SL always did as fine as LL allowed it to do before the pandemic. Once we're over and one with...<p>SL always did as fine as LL allowed it to do before the pandemic. Once we're over and one with that shit, SL will be as it always was. People come and go, some stay longer, some shorter.<br />
Either you're hooked by SL, or not. Has nothing to do with where you spend your RL work hours. You leave house at 7:00, come home at 17:00, right? The time from 17:01 to 6:59 you're free to play in SL ... or you don't.<br />
</p>camilia fid3lis nee Patchouli Woollahra commented on 'Long-Dormant Second Life Users Brought Back By the Pandemic Contemplate a Post-COVID Return to Reality'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0278802dd142200d2021-06-03T02:59:08Z2021-06-03T02:59:15Zcamilia fid3lis nee Patchouli Woollahrahttps://profile.typepad.com/6p0120a5d7d4d4970bYou can come back, and you don't have to leave if you don't want to. That's it, that's all there...<p>You can come back, and you don't have to leave if you don't want to. That's it, that's all there is to returning to a forum or world you came back to.</p>William Gide commented on 'Long-Dormant Second Life Users Brought Back By the Pandemic Contemplate a Post-COVID Return to Reality'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0278802dce6c200d2021-06-03T00:32:24Z2021-06-03T00:32:24ZWilliam GideI started spending more time in SL again, and renewed the membership settings on my agèd account, about this time...<p>I started spending more time in SL again, and renewed the membership settings on my agèd account, about this time last year. I had some things I could do outside, but SL was a nice way to kill time sight-seeing, piddling about with some minor building, etc. Once autumn came I really needed something to absorb my time, so I started a massive landscaping project and bought up a bunch of adjacent parcels, to build a virtual forest. I've also refreshed my list of DJs and musicians I go to see regularly.</p>
<p>Now, even with COVID restrictions relaxing, I still definitely look forward to certain regular shows, and certain people to chat with. I'm not constantly working on my forest, but I'm not at all planning to get rid of it or drop my account status. I'm sure I'll spend plenty of time with it when winter comes around again.</p>
<p>At my own place of work, going to in-person meetings is very time consuming because getting from building to building is rarely fast. I'm really hoping virtual meetings (whether zoom-like or some other more exotic virtual world-like possibilities) can stay on for many, maybe most meetings. They save a huge amount of time for any workplace that's spread out.</p>