Is 3DXChat a game?

[Brett Smith]

So this has been a repeated discussion between friends, couples, lovers and I am pretty sure that you also had that question addressed before. Well if not then here it is.

 

This poll will offer three answers but you can add your own as well. I am curious what you think of 3DXChat, how you look at it.

 

Some says it's a game. Just for fun. Nothing there to take it seriously. Just a game, no one can get really hurt.

 

Others state that it is definitely not a game. Real people interact with each other with real thoughts, real emotions.

 

I have my own opinion but first I want to see what you all have to say. You will certainly see my vote

 

So, let's have it.

[Chilles]

Interesting Question

 

I'm really curious about the opinions of everyone in our community!

And please let's talk about like adults!!!

 

I think there are some different opinions but we should respect all of them, just a reminder

 

I've Voted for:

 

 

A little bit both. A fantasy online role playing game where real people interact with each other. While fun is the main reason to sign up for, we still have to consider that we are dealing with real people with real feelings.

 

because both of them was already there for me

[Brett Smith]

It seems there is an "Other" choice but it came with no explanation so no clue what it could be. Yes I am curious myself what will be the result at the end

 

Cheers!

[arisak]

This is a great question! And I think this game is beautiful I've written about it before. But I think for everyone who plays this game or for most people they will find that this game evolves right in front of their eyes. How you feel about this game will change the longer you play. Its unlike any game I've played before. But how people evolve in this game is the interesting part for everyone its different. Some will become expert role players, some will fall in love, some will have their hearts broken and some will make so many friends, party and have so much fun here. Most people will experience a little bit of all of these. Its a social game which makes it so much different from MMOs and other games because you are focusing on being social not killing monsters or something . Haha so this game can be what ever you want it to be. But what I found is I learned a lot about myself being here so I thank 3dxchat for that and I think that's the beauty of this game.

[LaurentFR]

3DXChat is, for me, an adult social game.

I'm not invent a RP in this world, it's me but not realy the same "me" that in real life.

I have social interaction with my friends, here, but it's not like social network (Facebook, ...): there are not irl links, it's just for fun.

And i don't forget the main rule of this virtual world: everthing is wrong
The only thing that i'm sure: there are a really people behind his keyboard.
But I can't know who is he: a man? a woman? a teen? an old person ?

It is like a book: caracters is not real but the writter is real.

This world is like a big book with lot of writter who write differents stories, maybe inspire of real life, maybe not.

[jenie]

" A little bit both. A fantasy online role playing game where real people interact with each other. While fun is the main reason to sign up for, we still have to consider that we are dealing with real people with real feelings. "

 

For me its both, because you meet a lot of people! With some you play and someothers will become a part of your playtime. And sometimes one will find a way to your heart.

 

At first i cant imagine but its true. The important thing is have fun and enjoy what you doing!!!!!  

[FairyDust]

 

It's both for me but if there were guns, what a shoot-em-up game it would be.

Seriously, I love the interactions with people, good and bad and the RP ofc. Even the dramas are kinda fun, in moderation.

I can't believe the amount of serious friends I have made here.

What a concept, I love it !!!

[MissPlaced]

I have to say it's both.

 

When I started, I played it as a game, but as I made friends and got more involved with people and groups it became something more.

 

I started as me As I've continued to play the "me" in 3dx has become more of a character, doing things I wouldn't do in RL, but when chatting, unless in RP, you're be talking to the real me.

 

I think the beauty with 3dx, it is what you make it. If you just want to play it as a sex game or if you want an adult social experience you can have that too. To me, it's definitely both.

[Brett Smith]

Wow nice going with the votes and answers. Thanks everyone.

 

Now I will share my opinion to the topic.

 

A game to me is more like an MMO. Like World of Warcraft, AION, or when City of Heroes were still going. I loved those by the way. EVE Online also an amazing online game. And im sure many more out there.

 

3DX to me is definitely not a game. I voted on the second option. Why? Because that's how I see it. Let's look around and see what happens. Drama, love, hate, arguments, anger, laughs, orgasm, all every each are results of real human feelings and emotions. When you are angry at someone in 3DX you are not mad at a NPC (non-player character, usually part of the program) boss you tried to kill, like you would get pissed at Admiral Gar'an in World of Warcraft. Or when you fall in love with someone it's not like you have a crush on Lara Croft character in the Tomb Raider games. Feelings are real emotions that get real reactions from the person you express it to. That is definitely not role play.

 

I call 3DX a virtual world. A fantasy world where I create what I want to have. Perhaps a family. Or an adult movie studio. But definitely involves real feelings. Like a life in a parallel universe.

 

Of course games can be played within this virtual world. Roleplaying for some fun. But the way I look at 3DX is not a game to me. It's a fantasy filled virtual world and if technology would be there right now, which will be in 5-10 years, more realistic 3D images and experience would make it even more stimulating both sexually and emotionally. Oculus Rift is heading in that direction already.

 

So yes when I love in 3DX I love for real. When I hate in 3DX I hate for real. I can't just roleplay emotions. It is coming from the heart, the only one I have.

[GeorgeGr]

Hello,

 

I chose "No it's not a game. It's more like a social platform that can extend real life or create a new parallel life (like and adult version of Narnia?) , without borders, and real life limitations. It's a social platform for adults. Not game."

 

because it's the only option that states that this is a game for adults

 

However I mostly believe that this is a little bit of both. We all signed up for this game because we saw a great "jerk-off" visual enhancement (admit it, don't go around it lol), but in our time here we all experience many more things which are very thoroughly explained in the above comments.

 

Regards

[xMaceyx]

When i started this game two years ago, it was purely that a game. I came on fucked lots of randoms and got myself off and that was it. However the longer I stayed the more I realised I wanted more than that. I started socialising, making friends, developing close relationships. So now it is a bit of both to me. We have the opportunity to play out fantasies here, without been judged or looked down upon, providing those fantasies don't go beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable. I can play the opposite gender if I choose too, explore sexual fantasies, run around pretending to be Supermodel if that I want to do, things I may not, or would never do in real life.

However I also believe that when you grow close to someone, and real feelings develop, that you should be open and honest with them. Only those closest to me, and who I have trust in, know any details of my real life, this way they are aware of what they may need to know and no feelings get hurt.  I don't believe I need to divulge that with everyone I meet however.

So yes it's both. It's a fantasy till it reaches the stage of having real feelings for someone. 

Lol I hope this makes sense as I fell down the stairs today and my head isn't quite with it

[FrenchTouchs]

My Vote: It's just a game (Social Game) (It's my opinion)

[Cheyenne]

I should very much like to agree on the second option, a topic I am both in heart and mind very passionate about.

 

For instance, it already shows when you catch someone on the wrong foot, a false word or gesture can already escalate to friction, I think that alone showcases that many of us put their hearts and true selves into it.

There is a good portion of emotional enthusiasm and intensity dispersed over this place, just take a look at all those heartmeltingly romantic love declarations on so many profile, maybe it is just me but I'd like to think them truthful or for the rp'er, laced with some of it.

 

It has been a few years since I entered the virtual world myself, perhaps I just started off like most of any other tyro's on here but I'd like to think "evolved" is a good term to describe myself and associate my own interests on here. There is such a multifarious community both in cuture and character to meet, people from all over the world with their very own tales, some that touch you, some even shaping you on your own journey. Close communities, circles of dear friends and else can be established on here as well, while roleplay is definitely an aspect to spice things up, I couldn't display anything my heart & soul weren't unequivocally in, it just wouldn't feel comfortable and sincere.

 

We sometimes even come across very special people that accompany us virtually in our lives in amazingly supportive ways, people that are hundreds or even thousands of miles away, yet we feel closer to them than anyone else, singing a song only we can hear.

 

On some occasions we even take heart to embrace and acknowledge those feelings, a very brave act knowing how sensitive and fragile such connections can be at first, in few cases both partner even decide to take them up to the next level to forge blissful bonds or even real relations.

 

Yes I have seen actual couples blossom out of adult platforms like this and I found it charmingly romantic, especially if you were to tell the tale how you came to meet with a slight blush or smirk on your lips.

As for myself, I confide that I am guilty of being a hopeful romantic, being able to fall under the spell of words, good vibrations and gestures that make you heart jump deliriously happy but it often also is a struggle on a rocky road, intimacy can be a scary thing for many reasons.

 

Someone very special to me once said that we all came here for a reason and deep down, it doesn't necessarily have to be a sexual one, whether we allow ourselves to muster up the courage to pursue it or not is another matter entirely. Many have been burned with bad experiences, hesitation, confusion, doubt or stress clouds our senses and we wouldn't want to needlessly complicate our lives so we shut down at first. Self-reflection isn't an easy task, some words may turn sour for us until we have figured out what we truly want.

 

However, finding a confidant on here, someone you can share yourself with freely, closeness and tender intimacy, someone you can flourish together with, be the real you and liberate your own creative self, that is something if not the most rewarding aspect on here for me.

It wouldn't be a deep bond if there weren't any disputes, a bit of friction, things that trigger you, words that are said in a terrible passion, followed by pouting, curling up and eventually making up again, those are all but natural if you express the same appreciation.

 

Those are intense emotions not everyone wishes to invite or responds equally to, you can still try to ostracize yourself to purely indulge the fantasy aspect.

 

Love is a strong word for many but deep down, what truly compares to feeling warm affection and genuine intimacy in the 21th century ? The means of letter friends are a little quaint so I would like to think that some relations, given both parties choose that step can be resembled as long distance relations where this platform only solves as a means to enhance the experience and what more might be to come in such a technological based world, who knows ?

 

As mentioned before already, there is something and perhaps someone for everyone on here, how you choose to involve yourself is up to your very own desire entirely.

 

And that was my humble opinion

 

 

 

 

 

[Leeloo]

There is more or less the same poll yet in the forum . Somewhere . 

[Brett Smith]

There is more or less the same poll yet in the forum . Somewhere . 

 

Well this is a new one then. You can still place your vote and share with us what your choice is and why. Cheers!

[Elenn]

Well, to me it is a game.

However, the first option is a bit too sarcastic to me. In every online game you deal with real people that can get hurt.

3dxchat is a game and it is obvious. Otherwise, we would only be on this forum instead of creating avatars, there would be a chatbox and it would have been the same. Now because it is a game doesn't mean you can't create friendships or more, but let's face it. We are playing when we log. We sometimes answer things we would not in real life. We dance the way we don't know how in real life. (Well, my character does not really dance that much but...)

 

So, to summarise, i pick the third option. But as long as the first one is valid, then it is a game. That's what games are. Maybe not all of them, alright. But it's not because you can't kill ennemies that 3dxchat isn't one. 

[Desirea]

 

 

It's both for me but if there were guns, what a shoot-em-up game it would be.

 

 

I want guns too, all kinds of new possibilities with that.  Licensed Troll Hunter for hire.  Cheap rates.  Discreet. 

[Camden]

I voted other but was voting from my phone which is a PITA. Anyway, it is a sex game with a social aspect. Like anything else when dealing with people virtually, you need to realize that you are dealing with a human on the other end. Just like anything else, you have to protect yourself because it is a game. There is no real way to gauge if you are being lied to. You cannot read their body language or expression. It is a game that allows for the act of playing out fantasies.  You adapt to the environment as it changes but the environment does not change from what it is. It is like the weather in that way. You expect the seasons to come as they come. You adapt to the change. You wear a winter coat, you wear a tank and shorts. You are protecting yourself. The seasons haven't changed but you know how to respond to them. You know how to prepare for them for your best interests. Now, you could shovel snow in your shorts as my friend does but he has thicker skin than most. He is hot when many are very cold. So he can shovel snow in shorts and a sweatshirt. I would never try it though. lol. Anyway, it is not something to base your real life off of nor to become so engaged in that you check out of real. I chose others because the choices didn't fit how I felt.

[Playme]

Social Experiment.  

 

The word Game does not fit and yeah going to geek out about it so    

 

 

This post is decided to Malkevas who enlightened me.   ... although # 3 does have some points

Discuss.

[Camden]

I think that definition has not changed with the times. We have MMO games, etc. Of course there are goals that align with the original definition. However, it still has that social experiment aspect to it. So does every other social platform. In 3DX, before I joined, I googled it. I wanted opinions. There was one good review where someone talks about the game of getting laid. You land, create an avatar, explore the world and BS in order to achieve the goal of getting laid. You have others, the competition who may have the same target. So in that you have, a competitive activity involving two or more people. The skill is flirting and later other skills come into play, wink wink. There are inherent rules, such as respect, no taking it without consent, no harassing, etc. At the end of the night the person gets lucky or the other guy does. It is a game that was intended as one for adults to jack off to. It became more but the creators only see it as a game with sexual benefits. It offers no challenge outside of getting laid. It offers no reward outside of getting laid, see what I mean? It is an environment created for a distinct purpose. How the user reacts and thrives has no bearing on the environment because it is what it is, created for that same distinct purpose. G However, I do see social experiment aspects. In fact, there are a few things that I have seen that would make a good case for character studies that could possibly garner a good grade for thesis.

[Guest Skar]

Well, I have said many time since I started that 3dxchat is what you make of it. People that join 3dxchat all come for a reason that it there own and those reason can be pretty diverses. But at the end of the day, people often come for a reason and then they might stay for an another. 

 

Pretty much all reasons are valid, except if your reason to stay is to make other people playtime miserable and those peoples does exist.

 

About the question of this poll, well, 3dxchat is a computer game for adult at it very core. It does obviously have sexual content and well, it is a social plateform. Because of the social nature of the game, it is obvious that people will make friends and bond with other player. I don't think that 3dxchat is not very different from other community I have been part too in previous MMO. And well, 3dxchat does have a good community and I always enjoyed it diversity. This diversity should be encourage so that the game doesn't loose what it had good. The community need every different kind of players it can get so it can grow into a place where everyone can come for there own reason and have a good time.

 

Now, 3dxchat got it own environnement and well, it not always the most forgiving place to be. I think it really the player responsability to understand this environnement perks and deal with it the best they can. There is no rules or features that can protect someone against getting hurt. It will happen at first and that person will learn from the experience or not. It not very different from when we were playing as kid and we get to do those reckless thing and we learn from it. I think that it is more important to try to support other player throught there game play then try to shelter them into a "Nanny State". It is important for everyone that play to build there 3dxchat immune system.

 

So, Yes, 3dxchat is for me a sex game and also a social plateform where you can socialize with other players. Those two aspects are as important, but it all happen into the context of 3dxchat which is a video game. I really think that it important to consider 3dxchat more as a game then a social plateform as it help a lot to keep a healthier balance between your everyday life and the time spent in this fantasy world. I used to be part of those that beleive that 3dxchat was much more then a game and it could fill the gap I had back then in my social life and at the end of the day when I logged off 3dxchat, I was the same guy with only a rare few friends. It is my own personal experience and it should taken for the little it worth. 

 

But beyond the question of what 3dxchat is, I will share what I think that 3dxchat is NOT.

 

I have seen a lot of thing since I started playing 3dxchat and well I came out with those :

 

What 3dxchat is not :

 

1. It not replacement for a real therapy                   (yes, I meet people that really needed some professional help)

2. It not a serious dating site                                   (yes, it can happen, but I wouldn't come expecting to find the perfect match)

3. It not a permanent replacement for a social life  (we all need to logout at one point)

4. It not a good substitute to a night of sleep          (well, let just say that I know what sleep depravation do to you, thanks to 3dxchat) 

5. It not something to be taken too seriously          (if you get depressed or really fustrated over 3dxchat, logout and have a nice walk)

 

3dxchat is a game and should be taken as such. Like any game, some people win, some people loose, some people cheat and other get hurt. 

 

It doesn't take away all the good the game can bring and all the meaningful friend you can make. 

 

“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.”

― Bill Hicks

 

[SteveM]

In the beginning 3DX was a game for me. And yes, it was great fun. And it's still great fun, more than ever.

But I quickly noticed. how real people could be, behind their Avatars. Some are spending more time in 3DX than in their real life.

I quickly realized that you can play with people in 3dx, but that it is not a game for some of them.

They are  their real character or the person they would like to be in real life.

Und damit kam ein neuer Aspekt in das Spiel - Verantwortung.
Luckily, the wonderful community in 3DX can stand mixture of "players" and "realists" (yet), so that everyone finds his place here.
I, for my part, do not see 3DX as "a game only" any longer, but for private reasons, i'm keeping a playful touch, since too strong bindings to the virtual world in 3DX will eventually lead to problems in real life.

I voted for "No Game"

[ChiK73]

I voted for a little of both. As others had stated, I joined, and played with every single person who colded me, just because it was new and exhilarating. Yes, my personal record of 23 partners consecutively in one room still stands, I have not even come close to that anymore... As I continue to play, I have become closer to so many wonderful people, and have made many many good close friendships with lots of them. There are those who take this game into a cyber reality, and are offended by anyone who plays it as a game. Those people can be difficult to be around. It is a game, a social game, with role-players, real people, and fakers, all intermingling together in one giant bowl of silliness. I still very much enjoy the sexuality, most specifically the random interactions, but I do cherish and appreciate the chat and talking with my friends here. It is a game, it can be taken seriously, but only to some degree, if you let it run your life, it will eventually ruin you, because not everybody here is who or what they claim to be. Even I have my own variances, even as I play as my real self, on here I am more naïve, more vulnerable, definitely more promiscuous than I would ever be in reality, but I let myself be a wilder person than I could seriously or safely be in real world.  

 

<3 karla <3

[thegeneral]

I at first voted for "A little of Both", but then realized that that just wasn't right, so I switched to "Other".  For me I came into this thinking, "oh this is just another sex game with just much better graphics", but little did I know that since I was not trying to be anyone but myself behind the avatar, people who are also letting their personality show behind their avatar were responding very much so to me and I was responding to them.  At first my mind focused on the task I thought brought me to this game: looking to get laid and exploring some aspects of my own sexuality I've been curious about.  But the longer I've been on this game, the more fun it is just to dance, chill and chat. 

 

I can't tell you how many times I found myself feeling as if I was at a real club, partying with real people while in the 3DChat Night Club or even feeling genuine emotions (excitement to see someone when they came into the room, bursting out in laughter at jokes and banter being told, etc.) for some of the people I've met here in the 3DXChat community. 

 

"It's just a game, right?"  I've asked myself so many times this question.  My answer is that, depending on how much of your real personality you let loose in this game, it can feel just as real as real life itself.

[LanaLove]

A little bit both. A fantasy online role playing game where real people interact with each other. While fun is the main reason to sign up for, we still have to consider that we are dealing with real people with real feelings

 

 Exploring and socializing, living out our deepest and sometimes darkest desires without risking physical injury or disease. That said emotional injury is still very real. While we can 'poof' anytime we mustn't forget there is a real person behind the avi. As bonds form and trust is gained people become less likely to vanish or /ignore at the first sign of trouble. Treat others with the same love, dignity, and respect you would expect for yourself from others.