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Nov

A day in the life of Cities of Heroes

Posted by mmoggirl  Published in A Day in the Life, Avatar, Participant-Observation

I began playing Cities of Heroes sitting on the couch while eating dinner. Since I was eating, it gave me lots of time to sort through my powers and create the lore of my avatar. Since I am not a gamer, I found this part rather boring, but I could see why people enjoy it. [...]

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Tags: Avatars, city of heroes, Identity, Names, play, Trial Periods

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21

Nov

What’s In A Name?

Posted by LadyD  Published in Avatar, Names

When you start a new MMOG or virtual world one of the very first things that you are asked to do is choose a name for your avatar. Depending on the game or virtual world that you are using there might be different restrictions associated with what type of name you can and can’t choose. [...]

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Tags: Avatars, MMOs, Names, Second Life, virtual worlds

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12

Nov

Question: How do I change my avatar?

Posted by unnoticable  Published in Uncategorized

Hi all, A question, how do I change my avatar on this forum? It said it is locked for me. Thanks. Hey there – you send an email with the image you want to the virtualmanning account and I will change it. — Kate

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Tags: Avatars, Names

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4

Oct

What’s in a name?

Posted by Tate  Published in Avatar, Names, Participant-Observation, Pseudonyms

Recently I’ve started online gaming again, partly for this module, so I can get a bit of practice with the controls before we have to research properly and I have to multi-task alongside my role in the Legion, and partly for something to do as a cool down from essays.  I figured since it’s been [...]

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Tags: Aion, Avatars, Identity, Names, play, Pseudonyms, virtual worlds, World of Warcraft

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