week 15 Social networking

So, where to begin. I am an avid social person (never mind you guys) and I have lots to do and see when I am surfing around. I have had a second life avatar for a few yrs, but don't go on much. My avatar for second life is wearing jeans. And my name is of course, Crzysttchr


I also have an IMVU avatar (could not believe that there has been one created by my son as well on my email!!! grrr). My avatar's name is..... wait for it.... Crzysttchr...... I don't use IMVU really as I don't have many people I know on there. I did meet a very nice young woman today who is from Spain and she was trying to converse with me in spanish and I only knew a few words. We did manage to say hello, how are you, how old are you and where do you live.... not too bad. Here my avatar is wearing a lovely gown. It is fun to try to work around the world. I have not visited many places as I haven't had time. My puter seems to have the wrong kind of video card and it is very slow.

I also have a runescape account so I can watch my son. He has helped me get around and given me free things. I really like runescape and find it a wonderful learning tool for kids. You must learn how to make fire, fish, ore for minerals to make weapons, fight monsters to get points and buy, sell, trade with others. It is quite an adventure with much to learn; similar to pokemon with hit points, challenge points, and much more. My avatars name is, yep you guessed it, crzystchr (had to take off a letter or two; still have to check the spelling).

As far as online games like arcade versions, I have a Club Pogo membership which I just LOVE! I frequently go on to meet friends from all over, including work, and use it to win badges and tokens (we have mini me avatars that we can buy clothes for, special backgrounds and more). I use this account to relax and chill.

I was also playing pixiepit for scrabble with Char, but you have to pay and I am not using that one anymore. It is email based and would notify you when it was your turn. Quite fun! I also play scrabulous on Facebook with many friends and co-workers as well.

I did try MUSH type of games earlier, but didn't like the text format.... reminded me of our old Radio Shack computer with text games...you remember, the ollllllllld type of game, around the time of Pong. lol

Other types of games: MSN games - yep go there too. Not very often, as I really love pogo. Yahoo games - been there. Pop cap , yeppers.

Now onto the thoughts about these places. I can really see a use for social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace) as opposed to social games (SecondLife, Runescape, etc). Facebook and others can give you an arena for sharing information that can be updated quickly. Can be accessed by many people, and not hard to navigate. I do find that the other "games" are more work and will take away from the information sharing aspect. I do see the benefit of "rooms" but not sure how many will use them. There is a lot to see, do and figure out for these "games" as opposed to just going to a site to check out the latest info.

so, I will continue to use my Facebook regularly, and Pogo to help me unwind. Other than that I will check in from time to time on the others, but unless I have more friends to look up, I am not sure if I will spend much time there.