Chapter . Virtual Wars
1angelcares Writer, Second Life
This kind of war was about establishing boundaries of identity and culture. It happens in many different kinds of systems, with many different kinds of avatars. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, in the real world, I shared some tea with a friend of mine named Silvio. We were discussing his account on Flickr. He had encountered a similar kind of Gor-Fur battle between Flickr avatars.
“When I started, I was cautious not to share my thoughts with anyone there,” he said. “Then I thought, I’m not the kind of guy who fucks around and I don’t care if [people on Flickr] believe in God or eat meat or are a ...
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