Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Second Life : Greenies Home

By the sound of it, I was expecting some full scale house of plants. Turns out the Greenies are actually little aliens, the size of a mouse.

Them Greenies are all over the place.

I guess I was lucky. There was a concert going on the moment I rezzed, so I stopped and watched the performance. I didn't hear any music, though, but the audience were all clapping and cheering for this Aurora Metaluna, so she must have sang. I think there were something wrong with my settings, or I need to do something before I could hear her sing.

The concert going on at full blast.. as much as a deaf avatar can see.

Honestly I was tempted to see how the others would react if I went up the stage and dance on it, but I guess I didn't want to ruin their moment, and the singer would probably freak out and had me banned from the place(can they do that?). I could tell that these people take these things seriously.

Aurora Metaluna. I thought she looked gorgeous for a 3d model.

The concert ended and I was left to my own devices. Taking a look around the room, I found out that it was quite realistic. The placement of furnitures and decorations were believable.

The layout of the room, probably modeled after the creator's.

Another interesting thing to note is the dance floor, which is on a disc record.


The stage for the performance is actually on a large guitar.


The ambience was average. The only notable place with good ambience is the dance floor, which had music, and other SLers interacting with each other. The stove sounded like stove, the freezer sounded like freezer. Nothing much to notice.

When I first rezzed here and saw the concert, I was genuinely surprised and fascinated by the interactions and reactions by the people there. It actually felt like a real concert to me, albeit the deafness of my avatar. It made me think; that there was some other life going on inside these games, while I am outside in the real world living mine. The thought of that was already in my mind a long time ago, but this just made it feel more real.

And the audience that went crazy for this virtual singer. After the performance, she went down the stage and everyone was clamoring over and cheering her on, just like a real artist. It didn't feel fake, or made-believe, instead it felt realistic. I realized that even if the environment is virtual, the people there can make it a realistic place.

Overall, the Greenies Home is quite a place. Personally, I think the concert was the most interesting part of my visit. The environment is really quite well done, and the interactions were worth it to see.

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