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My Second Life avatar's name is Chino Oh. I think it is a man but I'm not very sure. Either way, Chino isn't a very attractive individual.

I changed the shape and facial features of my avatar to be confusingly ugly. In real life I am a fairly normal and appropriately dressed person, so I thought I would try going in the opposite direction.

I found Second Life to be very confusing at first. There are a lot of controls and options and it takes a while to find everything. The time it takes for the new areas to load is a little disorienting as well. When I warp to a new part of the map its hard to tell whats going on for quite a while.

My first impression of second life is that it's very superficial. I found people seemed unwilling to talk to me because I am so ugly. I was the only ugly avatar, everyone else seemed like they were trying to look as hot as possible. I also felt like there was way too much commercialism going on. It was almost hard to find a spot in Second Life that wasnt overrun with ads and stuff for sale.