DOs & DON'Ts - Take Deux

Spinning off of my Duffle-bagging post, I have for you some DOs & DON'Ts for SL. You would think most of this is common sense, but nah, it's not because if it were, why would I need to say it? Yah, that's what I thought. This list is compiled from a friends list survey. What does that mean Jell? Well, it means, it's not just my opinion, DUH! Let's start with the DOs...

DO:

• Guys wear a shirt - just because you walk around with one off, doesn't mean we're compelled to strip ours off to join you. Yes, we know you think your skin is teh awesome.
• Be random. Nobody likes a clone.
• Make friends - you can never have too many.
  
• Play Tringo (haha)
• Say "Hello" to strangers. Yah, be aloha bitches!
  
• Organize your inventory. Cleanliness is next to Lindeniness
• Be respectful.
• Try and figure things out for yourself. There are a ton of facts and FAQ's on the website.
  
• Clean up after yourself. (seriously build a prim and leave it at my house, I'll punch your mom in the head & bleed you).
• Be helpful when possible.
• Take into consideration that the people you encounter are REAL people playing just like yourself and can be affected by you and what you say/do.
  
• Expect to have to buy Lindens (at some point) otherwise you're going to look like a tard.
  
• Dress in Transformer AV's and have sex in public on a dance club - how often do you get to see Optimus prime fuck Megatron?
• Try and make something. SL is special because it's content is user created, and everyone's first try was bad. You can and will get better.
• Nooblets: Spend the first 3 months traveling around.
• Buy shoes before drama.
• Ask advice.
• Turn off your talking tummies - I don't give a shit that you're expecting a prim with eyes, much less do I wanna hear how a script says you're feeling.
• Detach Xcite parts or you may become a victim of my Highlighted Transparent Bits post.
• wear pants...pants are good. Certain attachments worn over pants are not.
• Click peoples Xcite shit in a club for no reason. If they didn't want you to poke their jibblies, they'd take 'em off.
• Take screenshots of peoples weird discolored prim balls.

DON'T:

• Overly use obnoxious gestures. Seriously as a noob, grabbing all the free gestures you can should not be priority over skin & hair. DUH doofus.
• Wear bling.
• Ask RL stuffies within minutes of meeting someone.
• Be insanely quiet. We *will* talk about you & make shit up.
• Talk to Black Summers.
• Open an IM to an escort. (sorry Dancer)
• Buy land from anyone claiming they're doing you a "favor".
• Build a lagtastic casino anywhere near Krius or he'll shoot you in the face.
  
• Open an IM to a male escort.
• Offer friendship without saying "hello" or anything first, ever!
• Shoot random people in a non-combat zone.
• Have noobtatstic sex right in public on a dance club.
  
• Just walk into someone's house, just because it's land and you can get in doesn't mean you're supposed to.
• Be afraid to try new things. You might like being a Gorean Furry Ageplayin' Bukkake Thug...probably not though. Especially if there's bling.
• BE A CRAZY STALKER!
• Hold SL above RL.
• Expect sex.
• Be afraid to be yourself.
• Beg for money - You can always play tringo :p
• Lie about yourself, because you may end up regretting it.
  
• Nooblets: stop at the first nice place you find.
• Let your inventory get out of control.
• Be an asshole - SL is full of them, no need for too many over-achievers.
• Be a dramite - but it's okay to laugh at other people's drama. Rofl. Fooking Spoon Carriers!
• Be a braggart - No one cares if you won the SLdrama award.
• Particle spam!
• Type out the lyrics to a song that's playing. It makes you a candidate for face stabbin.

This is just a short list. I'm sure there's more to proper casual SL etiquette, but well, it's possible that I didn't catch it in this post. Feel free to add your two Ls in comments if you think I missed something.

Jell