, the technology place for non-profits, has been bombarded by questions and friend requests every since Steward expressed avatar envy for her Second Life avatar, Glitteractica Cookie. Members of the TechSoup community are rallying behind Ms. Cookie and hoping to raise awareness of the important role that Nonprofit Commons plays in Second Life. Rob Riggle appeared in "Avatar Heroes" in the shape of a dolphin and explained well the reasons people may want to express themselves in non-humaniod shapes. However, this did not impress Nimbus Rau. Ms. Rau runs Metamorphoses, a shop specializing in non-humanoid avatars. Ms. Rau has one of the best dolphin avatars in Second Life, along with cat avatars and many other interesting shapes and tools. “It was amusing, but I'd have been more amused if they'd actually used SL avatars rather than getting their CGI folk to make some up,” Rau said. When asked if the segment including dolphin avatars resulted in increased sales, she said that dolphin avatar sales have been increasing recently, but she attributed this mostly to the Pern RP sims that have opened recently. One of the books in the Dragonriders of Pern series is The Dolphins of Pern. When asked if she |
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