At least one of my personalities is sane. -ls/cm

2009-07-13T04:20:12.902-07:00

At least one of my personalities is sane.

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Interesting, Armi. I too have alts and they also a...

2009-07-12T17:58:08.253-07:00

Interesting, Armi. I too have alts and they also are "cardboard" characters.

Firstly, I think if you are in a virtual world any significant amount of time (or excessively, such as myself) you NEED alts. There are things you can't do without another avatar -- like adjust dual poses, for example -- and also they come in handy as a repository for money and transferable belongings. And, if for any reason your main character cannot log on, your alt can go in-world and take care of business (manage your land, accept or send money, etc.).

Nevertheless, there is only one *me* in-world and that's Caliburn. Caliburn is my digital alter-ego, the extension of my mind and personality into the computer network. However, my alts are not me, they are my main character's alternates ... essentially they are my avatar's proxy avatars. :-) No personality is given to them and very little is invested in them (time or money wise).

As far as crazy goes, yeah, I think you have to be a little crazy to have multiple avatars each with a distinctive personality and drama. Just seems "wrong" somehow (uncomfortable). However, that's exactly the way anti-avatar types (virtual world haters) feel about ANYONE who is involved and invested in a digital existence. So it's all POV ... like just about everything is, really. Not right or wrong, just personal preference.

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At least one of my personalities is sane. -ls/cm

Interesting, Armi. I too have alts and they also a...