21. I am very disapointed in the decision to add voice chat throughout SL. I have really enjoyed this game up until now, but I will not be interested any longer if VC becomes the required or cultural norm.

While there are high numbers of people who visit the world for short periods of time. Most of the residents I socialize with are in it for the role play. When they purchase land and clothing or any other object that ultimatly contributes to in world economy and Linden real world bottom line, they do so for this purpose, not to attend classes or attend rl corporate events.

Once VC is wide spread, I think for most this game ceases to be a safe place for fun and exploration.
I think annonimity is key, SL most likely will no longer be interesting to the majority of regular users and they, like me, will move on.

Posted at 2:16PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Marenisme

22. I can't see any point to using voice chat in SL outside of rather specialized circumstances. And in those circumstances (E.G.: a client meeting), I can easily use some external tool.

As Tateru says, some folks desperately want voice, others hate the idea, and some don't care. If Linden were implementing this somewhat like Instant Messaging, where its an "opt in" person to person(s) process, I wouldn't care. But their choice to make it a universal "opt out" crowd babble system pushes me distinctly into the "I hate the idea" crowd.

Posted at 4:16PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Tomas Hausdorff

23. I have no interest whatsoever in voice chat.

If everyone switches, I'm never coming back.

Posted at 12:16AM on Mar 1st 2007 by AN

24. I think I would probably use it if my close friends are too, so I wouldn't feel left out.

Posted at 12:27PM on Mar 1st 2007 by October Hush

25. I think that it would be interesting to use but I don't plan on using it often unless around friends. The reason for this is that no matter where I wander around SL I am constantly getting IM's from people saying things that I dare not repeat here. I think it opens up a whole new area where you will get some users being pushy to get you to use the voice for "other" things then just conversation.

Posted at 11:54AM on Mar 14th 2007 by Cerulean Capalini

26. I have played some MMO's with voice and text chatting that have seemed to integrate them well. Aces High 2 for example, has some people that use voice, but for the most part they use text, and it works just fine. you would think that taking the tme to wrie "Lancs IB NE @15000" (Lancaster bombers inbound from the northeast at 15000 feet), and just saying it would make all the difference in the world, but it works fairly smoothly.

as another point, in the same game when someone uses text chat it shows up at the bottom of the screen with the persons name before what they say, much like SL. but when they use voice, and it is often a small burst of voice, a very small neon green tag of their name breifly flashes in the upper right of your hud. which brings up this point; When you are so used to looking in one place to see whos typing what, how are you going to be bale to tell whos actually saying what? for a short voice like "hey trinity" id have to look around and type (since i dont have a mic) "who said that?" it would detract alot.
i also agree with the people that bring up the point of AV's piloted by other-gender in RL. Some female's i know chose male AV's because they were planning on stating a business and felt that they would be taken more seriously that way. i know some guys who make their AVs into their version of the perfect woman.
How far away can someone hear a conversation? 20 meters like text? farther if the "shout" is enabled? will it be like text, or more like ims? if it was like text, imagine the confusion in an area that is vc enabled, like a mall. Imagine the lag that comes from a thousand av's at once anyway, and add to it the voice. Chat lag is already a problem sometimes.
also. for those people using laptops and cheerily burning away batteries, its already hard enough to use a laptop for the game ("well then get a pc or mac" i dont wanna hear it lol) what about the processing power of adding voice? i know a good many people who use laptops to play, i use one as well, and i can tell you this game is hell on the batteries ^_^.
now, all the adverisemnets and griefers... oh i dont know where to begin. they are already annoying enough with text. if someone ads voice to the griefers... its a bad omen.
i dont see where any good can come of this. maybe as an option in im. maybe a voice synthesizer would alleviate the concerns of RL/SL trans genderness. i dont know, we will have to see.

Trinity

Posted at 4:12PM on Mar 17th 2007 by Trinity Heckroth

27. ... few if anyone has commented on the switch gender problem.

A lot of people with RL/SL opposite genders will be 'outed' and some people will have problems with good friends, etc!!! being not what they expected. As much of what you own can't be transferred, gender neutral names would have been a good idea.

Myself, I will like knowing the gender of who I talk too. I'm not homophobic and I understand the point and fun of role play so maybe voice masking will be an option!

Posted at 9:55AM on Apr 2nd 2007 by Steve Black

28. I personaly will only use voice with my closest friends, in second life i am a furry (please dont judge me for that), and i like to stay in character, i am good with a keyboard and dont think my RL voice matches my SL personality.

Posted at 12:56PM on Mar 20th 2007 by Pulse Klaar

29. I will not use voice chat, because:


1. I don't want my neighbours listen to me talking alone in my house.
2. Sometimes i have people around.
3. My spoken english is very bad.
4. My voice is ugly.
5. My furry avatar don't like to be a teenager.
6. I'm not real female.
7. i will lost my annonimacy.
8. In my favourite RPG inside SL i'm a troll, and i don't want to have a grandmother voice.
9. My avatar it has a Second Life, why not my voice?

Posted at 6:19AM on May 24th 2007 by silk