A Slice of Philip's Life!

Jun 24, '07 9:27 AM
for everyone

Visited Second Life today with a couple of other Multipiers. Here's a draft version of my Avatar there.

Considering how slow the client software is, and the narrow range of controls we have to tweak our Avatar with, I suppose this is as accurate a rendition of moi (complete with eyebags, big butt and love handles too!) as I can get.

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titaying wrote on Jun 24, '07

Love handles? All I can see is muscle mass! Haha!

boogslabbit wrote on Jun 24, '07

how do I get to see my Avatar in 2nd life?

philipyeoh wrote on Jun 24, '07

u have to download the client software at www.secondlife.com and then sign up and select ur user-ID there first. ask us again after u've done that.

philipyeoh wrote on Jun 24, '07

actually, the avatar's pretty close. i work out quite a bit, but can't seem to get rid of that tiny bit of spare tyre!

meegoreng wrote on Jun 24, '07

philipyeoh said

actually, the avatar's pretty close. i work out quite a bit, but can't seem to get rid of that tiny bit of spare tyre!

Philip, the next step is to flick your avatar over to a specialist customisation shop. They will take pictures of you, and photoshop you a photo-realistic avatar. Costs between USD100 to USD10,000.

You can do that yourself if you wanna play around with photoshop :)

meegoreng wrote on Jun 24, '07

boogslabbit said

how do I get to see my Avatar in 2nd life?

Assuming you have logged on... find a pose ball or any piece of furniture, sit on it, and you will be able to view your avatar from different angles.

Alternatively, stand still and use the camera controls, bring the camera to the front (& zoom in/out) to snap pictures...

philipyeoh wrote on Jun 25, '07

thanks 4 ur tip mate! nah, i dun need THAT level of accuracy, and besides, i've much better things to do with my USD100!

dblchoc wrote on Jun 29, '07

hey, that's pretty clear graphics!

I actually see pixelated movements and then crash more often than not... :|

philipyeoh wrote on Jun 29, '07

a tip... dun download their updated version (they'll ask u when u r in mid-login). it makes ur SL screen even SLOWER!

meegoreng wrote on Jun 29, '07

philipyeoh said

a tip... dun download their updated version (they'll ask u when u r in mid-login). it makes ur SL screen even SLOWER!

really? anyway i usually won't install optional upgrades....

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A Slice of Philip's Life!