Hi,
I'm Sakai Openlife from the
Openlife Grid.
The concept of name poaching is most certainly an interesting one as the Openlife & Second life most likely share a good % of users.
And it is quite understandable how you can become very attached to your name, especially after year(s) in the Secondlife social environment.
However there are also new users too. And this is likely where I see the likelyhood of conflict. Where someone inadvertedly chooses a name that someone in
SL has then comes to the Openlife and it's already taken.
My first suggestion then is to 'register' your name at your earliest convenience, then run to the forums with your new Avatar legs. And throw some suggestions out there as to what my be your preferred approach to working with
SL / Openlife Name conflicts.
Openlife Grid Forums Home Please note to register an 'Avatar' in the Openlifegrid it is done after you 'register' on the site.
So it's
not your registed name that becomes your avatar, the Avatar is created in the
Avatar Toolbox. *This is where the name is made.
This is because one Registered Account can have
as many Avatars as you like.
(This might help some people seperate their work/play ppl or even their in world personalities).
One 'thought' is a method for inventory across all your Avatars might be tied into one 'registered' account. So prehaps rather than your 'avatar' being the root of your inventory folder your
'Account' would be the root with Avatars inside it. So inventory of your 1st Avatar may be available to 2nd Avatar and so on....
Hope I haven't brain dumped too much here. If you make it to the website I hope you enjoy the community and get a big warm 'Welcome'.
Sakai Openlife
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