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Virtual friendships

Prisqua — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:10:26 +0000

Before I bought the club, there was another reason that kept me coming back to SL: friends. I had just moved in on Costa Rica when I heard somebody “knocking” on the door and welcomed my first neighbor Alex. Within a few days I got to meet all my immediate neighbors, Pasha, Gigimarie & Charisse. That is basically how i discovered clubbing, shopping, chatting, sharing… and most of all having fun on Second Life.

Pasha organized a girls’ night out and omg, I had not laughed like that in so long. When I told my good friend Jeni, she said “Well this is not the kind of girls’ night out I had in mind for you but if you had fun that’s the main thing.” lol

Having friends is an excellent way of discovering SL. After vising my virtual friends’ homes I was embarrassed that I had not even bothered to completely furnished my house. Pasha was a shop alcoholic so she would take us to the finest shops in SL. Gigimarie introduced me to her SL boyfriend… Pasha & Charisse were looking for a boyfriend so that is how i learned the other kind of relationship you can have on Second Life.

Sex & marriage is a big thing on Second Life, so do lies, back-stabbing and cheating… lol

Yes, SL is one world of its kind…

My first club

Prisqua — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:07:26 +0000

On top of having fun on SL, you can also work or own a business. The main job you will find on SL are djs, hostess, dancers, Estate managers or you can own a business like a shop, a nightclub or own a sim and sell/rent parcels…

I really wanted to own a shop but I am not a creator and don’t want to be… and as i was looking around I found this club for sale. I absolutely loved the place and decide to buy it. And with it came the learning… owning a business like in real life is not easy and can be expensive…

So you own a club and you have to hire djs that you have to pay. The djs get paid and also get tips. As a club owner you are hoping to also get tips which never quite make it to cover the cost of the djs. You have to make sure the club has other income revenues but mainly clubs do not generate big profits. The price of hiring a djs defers and some are very expensive.

It is also lots of work as you have to be there most of the time and if you don’t you can hire a host but then it is an extra expense which you have to make up for and usually host take tips too… so in the end the club rarely get any tips which makes it hard if you don’t have the financial to support the club.

I had just started and was ready to give up.