Exploration Assignment

As I continue to explore SL on my own, I am starting to reach a point of standstill by myself. Luckily, this assignment with its slurl links and advice, has shown me even more of this bizarre and interesting world we are currently exploring. I was looking forward to begin.

The first destination I decided to visit was the slurl named Chakryn Forest in Dreamworld. I must say, it is an interesting place. As the landscape loaded, I started to be surrounded by large trees and foliage, as well as almost glittering snow. I walked around and came upon a statue of what seemed to be an old soldier or even a knight.

There was only one other person on the island, a female avatar. Her name was Nikkie Devin, and I chose not to interact with her, as for some reason I had an ill feeling about her. I can't explain why, but she seemed to be someone that wasn't worth associating with...

The purpose of this island I believe was simply to provide a nice place for Second Lifers (?) to reside. They really promoted the peacefulness of the place, and the lack of outside distractions. There was also an emphasis on the small amount of lag on the island, from lack of overly large buildings.

The second place I visited was Pondex. This area was vast and open, made for building and showing off building skills apparently. It took a great while to load, though I don't know if that had anything to do with the landscape.

While I was here though I met some very interesting, yet vague individuals. Two people that live with a master and mistress. They were beautiful people, even for a virtual world. I was intrigued with the detail that they had assembled their avatars, and the time they must spend in the world of Second Life.

The girl I became friends with, Jinx Jua. She explained to me how her and Ty her brother were owned by this couple. She also explained her process of making herself look that way. It was interesting, as well as informing.

On info island, I met up with Sarah Nanney, also Sublime Mnemonic. There we took a picture in front of the inaugural poster for President Barack Obama. We didn't find anything interactive at this particular site. But this seemed like a good way to honor President Obama for his endeavors.

The second place we visited was a room full of maps of continents. This room was full of interactive information about all different continents and current events. This room was definitely a great place for information about the world and its geography.

Then we visited a place dedicated to the performing arts. There was an interactive portal listing movie sites on the Internet. I felt this location was a place that a movie lover would have enjoyed, purely because of the amount of information on the silver screen available.

The last place we visited was the library. Here we met the librarian Gray Pennel, and he was very helpful and very cooperative. He directed us to all the events posted in the library and was quick to snap a picture with us.

Info island, aptly named, is a great place to go if you seek knowledge of some kind. I could have spent more time there, but alas, homework.