Most Tragic Place in all of Second Life

by Veyron — published on July 14th, 2008

I’ve been here before.  I’ve actually meet some of the people who have been put through this station.  Nice, dare I call them, kids.  I suppose so.  But I knew everything when I was 18, that was for sure.  Anyway, I give you the Teen Grid Transfer station.  Looks a bit different than the last time I was here.  I recall a picture of one of the Lindens on the wall had been prim graffitied to look as if she was smoking.  It was most amusing.

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It seems more sterile than the last time I was here.  Definitely no one around.  But I didn’t stay long.  Last time I was here, someone came by after a bit.  I suspect they had a spy bot of some sorts near.

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So when a teenager turns 18 they get ejected from the Teen Grid and dumped into the Main Grid here.  Supposedly a big party, etc.  The tragic part comes from the fact that they can’t contact, at least through Second Life, their old friends in the Teen Grid any more.

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I wonder for how many of them this is their first experiece on the Main Grid.  Probably not many.

-Veyron

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  1. Smiley Barry says:
    July 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    Yaouch. This is why it’s bad (and a bit good) that my best friend in TSL is a little older than me - she’ll transfer earlier and we won’t be able to hang out until I turn 18 and transfer. :-( The tiny good part is that when I transfer, i’ll have my best friend there. (Oh, and the friends I made online that are on the MG! One example is Vinty. :-D) :-)

  2. GoSpeed Racer says:
    July 15th, 2008 at 5:25 am

    I imagine it is like the old Berlin Wall scenario. The Teen Grid is like the old Warsaw Pact countires, isolated and shut off from the rest of the grid. When a user is 18 they go through the gate and are in a large, scary, yet exciting new world. Sadly virtually all contact with their younger friends are cut off and they have to use back channels to communicate.

  3. Sonja Cao says:
    July 15th, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Hi Veyron,

    Good to see that you are still connecting on SL. I’ll try to reach you online.

    Congrats for the blog :).

    Kisses,

    Sonja.

  4. Amanda says:
    July 20th, 2008 at 10:24 am

    It’s a shame that they can’t talk to their old friends on the TeenGrid. It makes the SL proper a daunting place, all over again.

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