Paula’s MUVEnation Blog

To change or not to change, that is the question!  When I first began in SL, I created an avatar that was as similar to me as I could make it.  This was over a year ago, but as I still don’t have access to SL at work, I did not spend a lot of time in world, so my avatar was not used very much. 

One of the main reasons for me taking this course, was to force myself to spend time in SL and become more familiar with what it has to offer educationally.  My first SL group meeting went very well and I was thankful for all the help. I had a great time playing around with my avatar’s appearance and found a lot of free stuff to add to my inventory.  All was well and then I tried to refine my avatar to make it look more like me.

Well, all I have to say is that I was not as successful as the first time.  I find that I just can’t get my avatar to look more like me – I played around with the hair (very frustrating – kept getting bald patches!), the nose, the eyes to no avail.  I have to say, that I think that my current avatar does look like me but less than the original one. 

One thing I am pretty sure I will do is to create a 2nd avatar “look” – I do believe that how your avatar looks would influence what you do and say in SL.  For instance, if I have a crazy looking avatar, I will not take her to professional locations (where I may meet colleagues from work) but if I am going to explore somewhere new, I may take out the “wilder” version of me, depending on the location and circumstance.

I am looking forward to finding out if this theory is true!