That’s it, I’m leaving Second Life™!!
Ok, well not me personally. But you know the sort! It seems that there is no shortage of people around threatening to commit aviecide every single week. Ok, so I understand that a number of people are leaving game disillusioned with everything from techincal troubles and Linden Labs right through to the fact that the avatar they were dating is now dating that chick that called them horrible names in that laggy club that one time.
Anyway, it isn’t those who actually up and leave I want to complain about. It’s the attention whores who declare every single week that they’re leaving for, well, pretty much anything. “Oh my God. Someone said they didn’t like the texture on my new house. That’s it. I’M LEAVING.” Or, “That bastard I was supposed to go dancing with didn’t log in. I’M LEAVING GAME.” Then there’s the type who have a petty argument with someone and of course declare they they’re never coming back. Ever. For good.
What amazes me is how these people interpret ‘for good,’ or ‘forever’. Allow me to clarify the following:-
1. Logging out for ten minutes and logging back in does not count as leaving for good.
2. Nor does logging out for three days.
3. Nope, not even a week. These are all just short breaks.
4. Setting up an alt and playing on that doesn’t count as having left for good either. In case you hadn’t noticed, even your alt is on the Second Life grid. You therefore haven’t left Second Life, have you?
5. Writing, ‘I’ve left game,’ on your profile when you’re blatantly standing in the middle of a store somewhere and very much in game just makes you look like a prat. You still haven’t left.
6. Even if you uninstall the client and then reinstall it, you still didn’t leave for good.
Ok, I just wanted to make that clear. I’m done ranting now.