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Frans Charming · 11-04-2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by FlipperPA Peregrine

I've got more alts than I can remember at this point: some are for testing, some act as bank accounts, some are there for back up, some are there for the pure fun of the name.

Same for me. But all the accounts that have some serious use are named either Frans or Franz. Also generaly they have the same avatar shape and hair model.

Ned Easterwood · 11-05-2007, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Aodhan McDunnough

I promised some friends of mine that if ever I bring my alt (the one for roleplay) to the mainstream I want them to try and spot that it's me behind the roleplaying. They should be able to, but I dunno.

Ooooo - that could be fun. Bring a guy alt to my fave club (which is run by my best friend in SL) and see if she (or some of my other pals) could tell it was me...But if they wanted to "friend" my alt, I'd out myself.

Aodhan McDunnough · 11-05-2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Beathag_McMahon

Ooooo - that could be fun. Bring a guy alt to my fave club (which is run by my best friend in SL) and see if she (or some of my other pals) could tell it was me...But if they wanted to "friend" my alt, I'd out myself.

No no. You only out yourself when they kinda figure out it's you.

But whichever way you find fun, go do it.

DaQbet Kish · 11-05-2007, 10:05 AM

Many of my close friends know all my alts. Well most all my alts
As a rule though I drop people from my alts friends list pretty quickly, especially my female alts, and I do get uncomfortable when I think one is being met with some level of affection. In those situations I make up some RL reason to excuse myself and split.
I know some women who get their jollies cybering other unsuspecting women with their male alt. Actually…I think that’s kinda hawt!

Jessyanne · 11-05-2007, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DaQbet Kish

I know some women who get their jollies cybering other unsuspecting women with their male alt. Actually…I think that’s kinda hawt!

That would truly piss me off. If I wanna go cozy up to a girl, I will. If a man, I will. And if/when I do, they sure as hell better be the one I think they are.

Beebo Brink · 11-05-2007, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Jessyanne

That would truly piss me off. If I wanna go cozy up to a girl, I will. If a man, I will. And if/when I do, they sure as hell better be the one I think they are.

Good luck with that in SL.

Just saying.

Jessyanne · 11-05-2007, 11:51 AM

I know it's unrealistic. Maybe that's why I don't go cozying up. DaQ said he knows women who do it for jollies. I honestly don't care if you are a guy and want a female av, or vice versa. I think it's just wrong to be decietful about it. I guess that's just my opinion. But some people take the whole RP as a diff sex way too far. I got slapped in the face with it when I first started SL. Great guy, amusing, intelligent, we built together, hung out together nearly constantly. Months and months go by before he "comes clean" and says he's really a girl. Sad part. I wouldn't have cared if I knew in the beginning. Wouldn't have changed a thing. It was the lie that was hurtful.

Ned Easterwood · 11-05-2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Aodhan McDunnough

No no. You only out yourself when they kinda figure out it's you.

But whichever way you find fun, go do it.

Oh - ok. That could be fun too. Hmmmmmm.

Pocket Pfeffer · 11-05-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jessyanne

I've got 2 fully premium accounts. One is 2yrs and then this one

THIS one has the most fun. The other one, has a stick up her bum. But all the best clothes... the bitch

LMAO.....

I created an alt about a week after I joined....the reason being that I had this group tag over my head that I'd no idea how to get rid of, so I thought the best way would be to start all over again...

And a quick question that I haven't been able to get a clear answer for as of yet.... Just exactly how many alts can one have before being charged for them? I use my current alt to make shapes and try out new stuff regarding building and scripting etc....

Jessyanne · 11-05-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Pocket Pfeffer

LMAO.....

I created an alt about a week after I joined....the reason being that I had this group tag over my head that I'd no idea how to get rid of, so I thought the best way would be to start all over again...

And a quick question that I haven't been able to get a clear answer for as of yet.... Just exactly how many alts can one have before being charged for them? I use my current alt to make shapes and try out new stuff regarding building and scripting etc....

The last thing I heard was a response from a ticket I submitted. "Currently there is no charge for an alternate account, however, put payment info on file, so that they *may* charge you the fee when they decide to."

So basically... no idea. But they arent currently charging. As for how many, not a clue. I would imagine it's not a good idea to go hog wild and create your own basketball team worth of alts

DaQbet Kish · 11-05-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Pocket Pfeffer

And a quick question that I haven't been able to get a clear answer for as of yet.... Just exactly how many alts can one have before being charged for them? I use my current alt to make shapes and try out new stuff regarding building and scripting etc....

Someone told me there was a one alt per month cap. I can’t confirm that. But I’ve not been charged for an alt since my first one in February and I think that was prior to the new policy of no charge for additional new accounts. My ex has at least 6 alts all from the past 7 months and she’s not been charged.
I ran into a guy on the beta grid that’s been with SL since it was in beta. He said at one time he had so many alts that LL bought them back from him. 56 is the number I seem to remember him saying he had.

Aaron Kukulcan · 11-06-2007, 01:23 AM

I have one alt (created a few days ago), but he looks just like my main av, and my closer SL friends already know about him. I made him mainly for backup, testing, and group creation, and the occasional going incognito.

As for having me and an alt online at the same time, I've never done that in SL, since the viewer tells me I can't open it more than once at a time. (I've done it in There, though, since you can run multiple instances of the There client on one computer. My alt and I even played in a "Double Trouble" spades tournament once, in which players partnered themselves using an alt.)

Aodhan McDunnough · 11-06-2007, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by DaQbet Kish

Someone told me there was a one alt per month cap.

AFAIK as per TOS you're supposed to pay US$10 per alt and it links to your account.

Technically exploiting the free alt thing violates the TOS.

prinţesă nină · 11-06-2007, 06:40 AM

this has already been hashed out.
there is no longer any provision for charging for an alt. it is not possible. it is not forbidden.

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Originally Posted by Aodhan McDunnough

AFAIK as per TOS you're supposed to pay US$10 per alt and it links to your account.

Technically exploiting the free alt thing violates the TOS.

DaQbet Kish · 11-06-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron Kukulcan

As for having me and an alt online at the same time, I've never done that in SL, since the viewer tells me I can't open it more than once at a time. (I've done it in There, though, since you can run multiple instances of the There client on one computer. My alt and I even played in a "Double Trouble" spades tournament once, in which players partnered themselves using an alt.)

The setup for running multiple viewers is pretty straight forward.

For PC:
Find a shortcut of Second Life. You may already have one on your desktop. If you need to find the executable (SecondLife.exe) so you can make a shortcut, Second Life is usually located in this directory:

C:\Program Files\SecondLife
Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties.
Click the Shortcut tab.
In the Target field, next to the path to the directory containing Second Life, insert a space and "-multiple". Like this:

"C:\Program Files\SecondLife" -multiple

For mac:
1. Open Script Editor
1. Open the Applications folder
2. Open the AppleScript folder
3. Double-click the Script Editor icon
2. Paste the following bit of code into the editor:

tell application "Terminal"
do script "nohup \"/Applications/Second Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second Life\" -multiple &"
delay 1
quit
end tell
3. Save as "Second Life - Multiple", choose your Applications folder. The File Format should be "application" and for the Options, you should have "Run Only" checked and not the others.
4. A Second Life - Multiple icon will now be available within your Applications folder. Run it as many times as you like for a new instance of Second Life.

Beebo Brink · 11-06-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Aodhan McDunnough

Technically exploiting the free alt thing violates the TOS.

Having created a new alt within the last few days, I can confirm that there is no longer any way in which to pay for this account even if you wanted to. The option is not presented during the sign up process.

Mecha Dinosaur · 11-07-2007, 01:26 AM

I'm not afraid to have what ever groups I'm involved with on my main account, nor do what I want to do. I do have an alt, but that is more a doll that I dress up and have follow me around. With the way SL is.. the shame people might feel about getting found out about their activities is much less.. as opposed to people they know locally in RL finding out about their avatar.

Aodhan McDunnough · 11-07-2007, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Beebo Brink

Having created a new alt within the last few days, I can confirm that there is no longer any way in which to pay for this account even if you wanted to. The option is not presented during the sign up process.

Ok. Goodie!

Haven't been to the latter pages of account creation lately. No surnames I wanted.

Beebo Brink · 11-07-2007, 09:57 AM

Creating my new alt (third account) was fun this time around because I knew exactly where to go and what to do to get her outfitted for practically nothing.

* Run through orientation and grab all freebies

* Head for orientation sandbox and sort through freebies for any hair, clothes or items of decent quality, delete the rest

* Immediately teleport to TaP and get free quality skins

* Teleport to my own store to pick up a free walk anim

* Teleport to Shiny Things and get free canvas painter's shoes to go with the free faded jeans (see above)

* Teleport to Mystical Cookie and spend L$1 on MystiTool Lite

Voila! One avatar of respectable appearance and basic functional competence.

Serenity · 11-07-2007, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Beebo Brink

* Immediately teleport to TaP and get free quality skins

Newbie Q: TaP?

Serenity

Menchor Barbosa · 11-08-2007, 10:38 PM

I had an alt the end of my second week on SL, and the two have different personalities. The older Av is more serious about things but role plays. The younger av is the one that tends to be practical, but has a child AV that is six and acts like it. The only people on both friends lists know they are both mine, and comment that are different, its not just my imagination. I have had them both on together, the older one is Auntie for the six year old, and they go to balls with the male version of the other av, so the social circles don't cross all that much. The worst part is trying to keep the inventories straight since I have to remember which one has this no trans item I need.

Aaron Kukulcan · 11-10-2007, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by DaQbet Kish

In the Target field, next to the path to the directory containing Second Life, insert a space and "-multiple". Like this:

"C

rogram FilesSecondLife" -multiple

Actually that should be "C:\Program Files\SecondLife\SecondLife.exe" -multiple, but yeah, it works!

EDIT: I'm not sure why it's deleting the \'s from your quote. I put them back, and they go away again. Forum bug?

11-05-2007, 10:05 AM	#29 (permalink)
DaQbet Kish cautiously reckless Bad Ass Pumpkin Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 649 My Mood:	Many of my close friends know all my alts. Well most all my alts As a rule though I drop people from my alts friends list pretty quickly, especially my female alts, and I do get uncomfortable when I think one is being met with some level of affection. In those situations I make up some RL reason to excuse myself and split. I know some women who get their jollies cybering other unsuspecting women with their male alt. Actually…I think that’s kinda hawt! __________________ DK

11-06-2007, 01:23 AM	#37 (permalink)
Aaron Kukulcan Civil Barbarian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minneapolis - St. Paul area, Minnesota, USA Posts: 17	I have one alt (created a few days ago), but he looks just like my main av, and my closer SL friends already know about him. I made him mainly for backup, testing, and group creation, and the occasional going incognito. As for having me and an alt online at the same time, I've never done that in SL, since the viewer tells me I can't open it more than once at a time. (I've done it in There, though, since you can run multiple instances of the There client on one computer. My alt and I even played in a "Double Trouble" spades tournament once, in which players partnered themselves using an alt.) __________________ ~ But it's got Spam in it! ~ I don't like Spam! ~

11-07-2007, 01:26 AM	#42 (permalink)
Mecha Dinosaur CS Violator +33 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 942 SL Join Date: 6/13/2006 Blog Entries: 2 SLShopper Ads: 1 My Mood:	I'm not afraid to have what ever groups I'm involved with on my main account, nor do what I want to do. I do have an alt, but that is more a doll that I dress up and have follow me around. With the way SL is.. the shame people might feel about getting found out about their activities is much less.. as opposed to people they know locally in RL finding out about their avatar. __________________

11-08-2007, 10:38 PM	#46 (permalink)
Menchor Barbosa Teddy Bear has claws Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mainland Posts: 445 SL Join Date: March 4, 2007 My Mood:	I had an alt the end of my second week on SL, and the two have different personalities. The older Av is more serious about things but role plays. The younger av is the one that tends to be practical, but has a child AV that is six and acts like it. The only people on both friends lists know they are both mine, and comment that are different, its not just my imagination. I have had them both on together, the older one is Auntie for the six year old, and they go to balls with the male version of the other av, so the social circles don't cross all that much. The worst part is trying to keep the inventories straight since I have to remember which one has this no trans item I need. __________________ Youth and strength can almost always be overcome by old age and treachery

11-05-2007, 11:51 AM	#32 (permalink)
Jessyanne Senior Member Likes the smell of green Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pa Posts: 4,645 Business: Lakeside Homes	I know it's unrealistic. Maybe that's why I don't go cozying up. DaQ said he knows women who do it for jollies. I honestly don't care if you are a guy and want a female av, or vice versa. I think it's just wrong to be decietful about it. I guess that's just my opinion. But some people take the whole RP as a diff sex way too far. I got slapped in the face with it when I first started SL. Great guy, amusing, intelligent, we built together, hung out together nearly constantly. Months and months go by before he "comes clean" and says he's really a girl. Sad part. I wouldn't have cared if I knew in the beginning. Wouldn't have changed a thing. It was the lie that was hurtful.

11-07-2007, 09:57 AM	#44 (permalink)
Beebo Brink Uppity Alt I'm the woman your mother warned you about. Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,091 SL Join Date: October 2006 Business: Brazen Women Shapes and Skins SLShopper Ads: 20 My Mood:	Creating my new alt (third account) was fun this time around because I knew exactly where to go and what to do to get her outfitted for practically nothing. * Run through orientation and grab all freebies * Head for orientation sandbox and sort through freebies for any hair, clothes or items of decent quality, delete the rest * Immediately teleport to TaP and get free quality skins * Teleport to my own store to pick up a free walk anim * Teleport to Shiny Things and get free canvas painter's shoes to go with the free faded jeans (see above) * Teleport to Mystical Cookie and spend L$1 on MystiTool Lite Voila! One avatar of respectable appearance and basic functional competence.