Why multiple avatars per account?

[PleasureNymph]

I just have one =O so that's what 1/3 is neat! but i think I'll just stick with this one =) makes it super easy just look for PleasureNymph we even look the same my avatar and me PAHCHING we're like inseperable! plus day 4 here totally don't want to have to remake homes, re-friend my entire list of like what started as 1 friend and is now 20. I feel soo popular and loved. The best thing about this is I can tell who reads the forums and who just reads my Avi's profile. Which makes me happy! as for just having one avatar or using all 3 avatars, I think that's something that sets 3DX apart...IMVU and RLC you had one avatar and if you wanted others well you'd have to dish out incredible amounts of moolah to get more then one account which just seems iike a waste of money. As for using on avatar or all 3 I think that is up to each individual out there =) personally I plan on just using my one =)

[Tanyatranny]

I have my own main account that I use for socialising and plain old sex with people I like and an alt that ONLY gets used for group sex, bimbo play and in the many "orgy rooms" that have popped up lately.

 

Basically, I like to keep that character for anonymous, rough sex fantasies separate from my main account and am glad the ability to use multiple characters exists.

[AmyNurse]

we three agree ... to all you wrote *fg*

 

Amy ... and ... and ...

[CrazyAli]

I for one vote for only allowing us to have our one characters. I have always stated this since the beginning of me joining this lovely community. Most people who know me here, know I am probably entirely to honest for my own good. Honestly ... I play myself on here for the most part. I guess im not really LIVING a fantasy, but im a terrible liar. I wouldnt be able to keep up with it all. But other people on here.... I have caught in all sorts of lies. And ill be honest... I took a break for a couple months, and when I came back, and after speaking with some old friends. I was told that alot of my original click of people I was with, are still on here, but under different names. It gives people the chance to start fresh ... sure. But it just played mind games with me. I kept going ... "wait that sounds an awful lot like .. so and so". Its also ruined some chances at a friendship because this game just makes me second guess things sooooo much. And that is something I should not have to worry about on here. So in conclusion, as I am very scattered brained at the current moment, I would love to here a developers stand point on why they have three character options. And if this might be a possibility, to limiting us to only one character.

 

Also just an idea, but might be fun. The game incorporated those ... "Masks". Here is a clever idea. Limit us to one character, but if we put on a mask, it changes your name to something randomly generated. SO ... it would allow those who want to use a different character to have that option, but still limiting them to only one character. It would also add a little spice ... in this world as well. Anyway just a thought.

[Erikaspencer]

when I first started in the game people used to have three chars playing at the one time, it was easy to see who was

doing this as the game wouldn't sync with their alternative chars and they would fall through the floor

and do weird stuff, but now its harder to tell, I would prefer one char, and if you wanted to experience running two or three you could have a second account, I know of people who do this, and run them at the same time, must get confusing.

 

just sayin

[Guest Doll]

I've always been an advocate of letting people play the game the way they want to, as long as they don't do stuff deliberately to mess with others, I've probably even argued for multiple avis here but...

 

I'm kinda starting to see what Ali means. I only use one avi, for good or ill. If I make mistakes I live with em, if I hurt people or get hurt I'll face up to it. However I too often get the feeling I'm talking to alts of people I've known before. Could just be paranoia, could be people sparing my feelings I guess. Just eerie when you see people acting or talking just like someone you knew.

 

I can see how this game is gonna slowly make it too weird to carry on if it keeps going that way.

I remember posting in a thread about people trusting newbies and I said it was sad. I see what they meant now and it's still sad.

 

No conclusion, just my thoughts

[JanaX]

In general, I prefer not to limit choice because of a few bad experiences. Sometimes people will abuse rights they have sure, but you cannot build trust if you're all limited.

 

But...I've had experiences with peoples alts and definitely suspected some players of being alts come to cause mischief recently, now I'm not so sure of my position on this. Maybe something is needed here.

 

 

When I first started I setup 2 chars, but I played JanaX first, made some friends and have never used the other one. Recently I deleted the other char altogether. It is just better for me to have friends I return to, and a single continuous presence, rather than many. That's just me and I can understand the various reasons why people might want many chars.

[MikeyZA]

I love reading through and dissecting thoughtful posts like some in this thread as it provides a brief look into the thinking mind of the individual, however fleeting that look may be, and I am thankful that we as a species are so diverse in our thinking and opinions.

 

Just my 2 cents on the subject in a more serious tone than my previously joking ones. The feature allowing us 3 avatars is both a powerful tool as well as a malicious tool.

 

It is powerful in that it allows us that escape from our everyday reality. These avatars are our digital surrogates and embody what we want ourselves to be and how we want to be perceived (visually/aesthetically/demeanor/personality) in the digital playground of the web. It also allows that release to do what you fantasize about without any consequence or feel of taboo life places on us. Multiple fantasies can have multiple characters allowing your shy, soft, romantic side the same air as your dominant, forthright, commanding side that would otherwise stay hidden. The multiple avatars lend themselves directly to embodying what you are, and what you want to be. It alone is a reason some people join, the freedom to be who you want, when you want and how you want. I may take fire for this but that goes for make and female. If a Male fantasizes about being a female but would never undergo the process in real life, why not let them live it out here, while also having a male character that is the "usual" them. If and when used correctly it is a powerful immersion tool and allows a freedom most other games do not.

 

Maliciously however it can be used, quite simply, as a grief tool. Stalking a player, misleading a player, hurting a player, harassing a player, you name it, likely it can be done. On a simpler note it can be used by multiple people on one account and when a block happens and it's one if your friends accounts, suddenly you believe it was them, but it could be used this way on purpose. It has the capacity to literally cause people to leave game and not come back, or worse, happen to a person with other issues we have no inkling about, who then ends up taking their own life due to cyber bullying. Any game could do that and I mention it purely for point reasons. There are and will always be people with a malicious side that will do any if the above (bar the last one of life taking) and feel so smug and proud if themselves as if it is some kind of personal achievement. Only as a community together could this be routed but that is something for another time.

 

My humble opinion is that the multiple avatars should stay because of all the pros that I mentioned above, because they outweigh the negatives and because it is intrinsic to the experience of the game. Coldplay parties for example would not be as fun if everyone knew right away who you are by name. It also allows some people a fresh start in the game if they are returning or just need a do-over as such.

 

Feel free to flame/comment etc. but this is only my opinion

 

*please excuse any typos I am doing this on an iPhone with autocorrect enabled*

[Wizard]

Can someone explain how the hell anyone can hurt anybody in this game where there is no health-bar, nor weapons, nor pvp or anything else? Half of the community seems to me too childish, and also using a simple 3d sexchat game as their second (or main) life. If anyone of you want to use only one avatar, then use only one, and leave the others alone. Nobody really cares of your mimosa spiritual world. You guys/girl always go crying to a corner if somebody looks at you angry or what? This game is for 18 years or older, not for infants who used to suffer psychological traumas by a chat program. Maybe you should unsubscribe and start playing Talking Tom or Hello Kitty online.

[Macca]

Haha.. I'm not going to even say it.. 'Sigh' at wizard..

[MikeyZA]

Mental state plays a pivotal role in how somebody interprets something and processes something, which a lot of people, including you Wizard, reading your post, tend to forget. There is a living, breathing, flesh and blood human behind the avatar and every single person is profoundly different.

 

You may be all bluff and thunder and nothing gets through your skin and you treat it as just a game, while others form bonds, make good friends or more through what is essentially a social platform with a visual component.

 

On one hand I agree there is a lot if childish prattle that takes place and it is something you can do nothing about but on the other hand there are bullies and there always will be. It is all good and well to stand and comment until it happens to you or somebody you know. Everybody handles things differently based on mental state, and never doubt there are people far more fragile than you.

 

Please note I am not attacking you in any way, I am merely responding to the tone and content of your post. Take it as you will.

[Wizard]

I treat this game as I think it should be treated: a sex-chat-game, where everyone can live out their fantasies.. Sorry for that. Some of you treat this game as a part of your life.

You state: "while others form bonds, make good friends or more through what is essentially a social platform with a visual component".

I ask you: You form a bond, make good friends, or love with someone you haven't seen or at least heard? Then not any single avatar will limit you from disappointments.

And I have to ask you: When you playing this game, and see only a pixel 3D avatar, why you start trust, or why you tend to forget that that people behind the avatar could be literally anyone? You just have to keep this in mind, and you can't be hurt.

Also there is harhassment, stupids, evils everywhere, you can't build a switch that turns them of. It seems to me you want to build that switch. That is not possible, but you think it is, if there would be only one avatar in the game it would be the solution, but it's not. Then the next step would be that you ask for only IRL picture real ID people would be allowed to sign in to the game.

You have to protect your own mind, noone can protect it instead.

[Macca]

Wizard.. You have made a couple of valid points, but I think your outlook on these platform genre is limited. Yes I agree you cant and shouldn't trust anyone is who they say they are when you first meet them. But over time, that trust can build up with certain people. Many people here use Skype to voice or video chat during role plays and out of them to. Many people message each other using various message platforms outside of the game. I have even know people who have met up irl after meeting in this game. Are these people crazy? I don't think so, its human nature!

 

What people are saying in this thread is that certain individuals will use alts after the trust has been built to mess with them. As Mikey said, some people can handle it better than others. Whilst I now kinda agree only having 1 Avi wont stop this from happening, I can totally see why they would want that. Its not about building a switch and turning it off, making it go away, its about limiting the players abilities to achieve their goal of harassing or hurting someone.

 

It has been said a number of times now, there are basically 2 types of players here. The players who log on, form no friendships, send or accept cold invites and use it as a jerking off medium. From your post I guess you are in that category. Then there are the players who want more out of the game than that. I am one of those people. If I just wanted to jerk off I would watch free porn online, not pay to play this.. I enjoy the social side far more than the sex here, which lets face it, is pretty limited with the current poses. And I know may others in the game are the same as me.

 

Now, does that mean Im playing the game wrong, and you are right? Or am I right and you wrong? Its neither.. I don't judge the players that just log on, jerk off and log out, and I don't expect to be judged by them either. We are all different and should respect that..

 

Like Miekey, not trying to pick a fight, but I think you need to open your mind up a bit more to the diverse nature of the human race and how that effects the game being played.

[Leeloo]

Personally i like the multi avatar option ( no ... not for the reasons many of you must think lol ) . I play 99% of times my "me" , but in the events as the cosplay ones , i play my tiffa because i dont want to have to redo fully my avatar each time i would modify it for an event . But there is one good idea that would lead to a "solution" of the "secondary avatars problem"

 

Someone proposed to set colors for the names if the avatar is friend or not . This could apply to secondary avatars too . Exemple , the normal color if its the primary avatar , and hmmm .... lets say orange if this is a secondary avatar .

[Wizard]

"Many people message each other using various message platforms outside of the game. I have even know people who have met up irl after meeting in this game. Are these people crazy? I don't think so, its human nature!"

 

I haven't said that. I've said, that you should not trust people who you haven't seen or had skype with.

 

"What people are saying in this thread is that certain individuals will use alts after the trust has been built to mess with them."

 

After they met them in skype/webcam?

 

There are a lot of players, I mysef play as a wanker or as a lover, depending on my mood, I just know that I play with avatars, and I know what it means and what are the dangers of this.

 

So my last words would be, if there is 1 person from 100 people who ruin someone's game, there shouldn't be the other 99 who need to be punished because of that.

[Guest Doll]

If you play the game with the view that you're just playing with avis that sounds a bit weird to me. Each if these avis has a thinking, feeling person behind them. It's easy to invest yourself into the representation of you of course, so therefore easy to get hurt.

 

Sounds like some people like to live out the fantasy of being an asshole in game. Why anyone would want to do this is beyond me but each to their own, if it allows you to release that side of yourself and be nicer irl then maybe it's a worthwhile public service lol.

 

Some good points made by all sides, I think you either end up only really investing with people you can verify or you get to know enough to trust and take a bit if a chance on or you disconnect from the avi as much as possible and play a role. Neither way is wrong, you just have to work out what you can handle and be honest with others about that. I'm not sure this format is the same as other mmo's but I'm not much of a gamer so no frame of reference.

 

I have however no tolerance for anyone who deliberately uses multiple avis to mess with people. (Not suggesting anyone here does just agreeing with that point) As folks have said that can have real consequences, not everyone is a rock. We each really have little idea of what rl events have shaped the emotional state of others. Have a little compassion for your fellow humans.

 

Love you all

[Tanyatranny]

Doll brings up a valid point. If you're using an alt to live out various fantasies -like I do with my secondary account- please make it clear in either the name or in the description that it's not a real person. You don't have to spell out it's an alt -although why not- but make it outrageous enough. And never be an asshole and let people believe your alt is a real person. That's just messing with people's heads.

 

On the other hand, assholes that use their alts to bully and harass other players deserve to have their whole account banned indefinitely. I had a nasty experience when I started playing and was happy when the guy decided to stop playing the game. (At least I think he did. Haven't seen someone behaving like him for a few months).

[Sage Stoner]

[snip]

If you're using an alt to live out various fantasies -like I do with my secondary account- please make it clear in either the name or in the description that it's not a real person.

[snip]

And never be an asshole and let people believe your alt is a real person. That's just messing with people's heads.

 

 I usually agree with most of what Tanya says, but I sort of disagree with this. Anyone who tries to deceive people by making them think that any avi (not just an alt) is a real person is an asshole, yes. But so is anyone who assumes that an avi is a real person without out-of-game contact via voice or video. Everyone should be responsible for protecting their own feelings. You can't blame someone who is hungry for eating your food if you open the door to the refrigerator and show them what is inside. LOL

 

I sometimes use an alt to act out certain fantasies. In the profile, I do not acknowledge that it is an alt or that the avi's attributes are not necessarily my real life attributes.

 

BUT!  I stay away from anyone who is a friend to either Sage or Vixen. I usually don't even stay on the same map with them, since that might constitute "spying" under certain situations. And I make it clear to any partner, that whatever happens, I will be deleting the character in a few days.

[Guest Doll]

You can't blame someone who is hungry for eating your food if you open the door to the refrigerator and show them what is inside. LOL

.

Although I agree with most of what you're saying here hon I take slight exception to this. It's still not your food so it's morally wrong to take it regardless of it being shown to you and appearing available. There's an awkward parallel here with the argument that because a girl wears a short skirt and flirts with a guy she is to blame if he then takes what he wants...

 

Do agree we're all responsible for protecting ourselves but this is more about using alts to mess with people than about people deceiving others about their real selves I think, there's another thread about the other I believe.

 

I don't agree with restricting people's ability to have alts even though I don't and won't because there's some good arguments for it here but there's a moral responsibility in how you use them I think.

[Sage Stoner]

It's still not your food so it's morally wrong to take it regardless of it being shown to you and appearing available. There's an awkward parallel here with the argument that because a girl wears a short skirt and flirts with a guy she is to blame if he then takes what he wants...

 

 

I am not a apologist for prevaricators, least of all in real life situations.

 

As you know, I was referring specifically to 3DX and the need here to take responsibility for your own emotions.

 

But your point is well taken. 

[Hera]

And this still is going.

 

Look there is no solution to this, I do not see a point in limiting the number of avi's a person can have. Even if there was just one avi, a person, if driven to, can make another account and do the same thing, fuck with someone.

 

In the end it is the individual person to take responsibility for their own actions. If you find you are being harassed by someone take SS's and report them. That is really all you can do.

 

There are for more benefits to having the alts then not in my opinion, they have all been listed a few times. I think this topic has been beat up enough. Let it go. Also for anyone interested, I have been one that was hurt by someone using alts. So do not think I take this topic that lightly. I also have used alts (long time ago when I first started here), but they were not meant to hurt anyone, although if they did my apologies. I have since used them for fun, or a get away from being Hera, but again very seldom and mostly for parties and fantasies.

[Stewie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U2zJOryHKQ

 

Lol once again

[JustinJay]

I've seen it all Hershey

[Sage Stoner]

 I think this topic has been beat up enough.

 

Then stop reading it.  Otherwise it sounds like the rest of us are supposed to stop our discussion, simply because you've lost interest.

[Hera]

Then stop reading it.  Otherwise it sounds like the rest of us are supposed to stop our discussion, simply because you've lost interest.

I have not read this in a long time, I was wondering what was being said and why it was still going. I am entitled to read and I am entitled to my opinion.