Hi, newbies in Second Life! In the following paragraphs of my post, I will show you around Second Life with my personal own traveling experience. I hope that after viewing my descriptions of those places, you will gain some knowledge toward them as well as experience them by yourself. Have fun!
On March 17th, 2016, we had a fantastic but wonderful treasure hunting adventure in Second Life. At first, our instructor gave us a map which five locations are highlighted on. She gave us a mission that we have to find out those spots with our group mates. I found it very challenging as well as exciting to start an unknown journey with Ruby. We stated to discuss our tactics by typing verbal messages in our chat room. Finally, not only did I collect all of the five spots--I created a new map and mark them with some icons that represent that place (see fig.1)--but also arrived other eccentric locations. I will introduce my adventure in the following paragraphs.
On March 17th, 2016, we had a fantastic but wonderful treasure hunting adventure in Second Life. At first, our instructor gave us a map which five locations are highlighted on. She gave us a mission that we have to find out those spots with our group mates. I found it very challenging as well as exciting to start an unknown journey with Ruby. We stated to discuss our tactics by typing verbal messages in our chat room. Finally, not only did I collect all of the five spots--I created a new map and mark them with some icons that represent that place (see fig.1)--but also arrived other eccentric locations. I will introduce my adventure in the following paragraphs.
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| fig.1. My own personal-designed map |
Our adventure started from the class
meeting beach. I show Ruby my excitement by presenting my sexy muscle (fig.1). Ruby expresses her compliment by clapping her hands. Then, we headed for our first destination.
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| fig.2. My muscle gesture showing my excitement |
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| fig.3. Spot A surroundings 1 (the bus, the yellow smoke, the picture) |
Besides the bus, there were also some fantastic features in this place. For example, there were some long grasses with some blue glittering dots on them, which looked similar to the plants in Pandora in the movie Avatar. We also met our instructor Emma in this place. We chatted, laughed, and enjoy the magnificent view (there was a big green ball and a huge rock when we look up to the sky) together (see fig.4.).
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| fig.4. Spot A surroundings 2 (spending time with our instructor.) |
After spending some time with Emma, we teleported ourselves to location B. There was a park-like area which was frequently lightening. In the middle of this area there was a pavilion with a yellow roof. Ruby and I took a funny picture on the bushes of the park (see the left image of fig.5.). Then, I observed that there's a sculpture of an angel beside the bushes. I found it quite contrasting if I could take a photo with the angel because I dressed myself in a sexy demon (see the right picture of fig.5.). This contrasting effect was just as good as I had imagined.
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| fig.5. Spot B surroundings 1 (pavilion, bushes, and the sculpture) |
On the other side of spot B, the angle of the pavilion was different from the previous one described in the previous paragraph. There is a hollow arch that enable me to see the whole view of the pavilion. Turning left from the arch, Ruby and I met two other classmates there, and we had a temporal but happy dancing reunion there. Beside us located a maze. Due to my curiosity, I took a picture of the maze with a high angle shot, which makes the whole form of the maze be clearly seen.
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| fig.6. Spot B surroundings 2 (the arch and the maze) |
Our next location are spot C and D (they are very near to each other). Th e characteristic of spot C and D were the messy weather and the great number of poster walls. However, there were also uniqueness that others may not observe. For instance, I encountered a puppy and a bird, which made me feel very excited about not meeting men but other creatures and animals in Second Life (see fig.7).
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fig.7. Spot C & D surroundings 1 (from left to right: general view of the location,
ghost face shot with Ruby, a puppy, and a bird)
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Walking few steps from spot D, I saw a helicopter and a car parked together, which is quite cool. I think they might be someone's property. However, I still took a picture of them (see fig.8).
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| fig.7. Spot C & D surroundings 2 ( a helicopter and a car) |
Out finally headed to our final stop, spot E, which was a beautiful place flourished with trees and flowers (see the 1st and 2nd picture of fig. 8.) What's more, there was a huge book located. If I press it by my mouse, its page would automatically turn. This made me wonder if I was in Hogwarts (The magical school in Harry Potter series) (see the 3rd picture of fig. 8.).
Finally, our treasure hunt completed! Ruby and I finally could relax and have fun! We played "paper, scissor, stone" together, and our journey successfully ended.
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| fig.8. Spot E surroundings (rose, trees, magical book, and our playground time) |
【Afterward】
After we reached our goal, I departed from Ruby. I started to wander around Second Life individually. The places I went to were so eccentric -- both cool and weird -- that I made me regard Second Life as a fantastic world full of surprise.
First, I saw a beautiful cherry tree full of blossoms. Then, I encountered a fascinating golden tree in a frozen spot. This glittering tree reminded me of the movie The Chronicles of Narnia. I even met some female residents who were totally naked in the harsh weather.
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| fig. 9. (from left to right: a cherry tree, a "Narnian tree," and the naked women in a frozen region |
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| fig. 10. dragons |
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| fig. 11. Surrounded by Zombies |
