Britt Collins
AugSep 2013
MANIERA SL magazine
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“Sports teaches you character, it
teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to
win and lose-it teach you about life.”
- Billie Jean King
Wimbledon, The World Series, The Super Bowl, The Majors Championship,
The MLS Cup, The Stanley Cup. All these
championships have one common feature.
Sports. No matter what our choice
in sport, Soccer, Rugby, Hockey, American Football, Baseball the list goes on
we know our favorite teams, their stats, the players to root for. Sports are something that encompasses so much
of our lives. We are taught at an early
age to participate in team sports as a way of building bonds and developing an
understanding of responsibility. It
flows and helps to develop who we are to become as an adult. What would life have been like without such
influences?
Sports surround us with clothing, merchandise, furniture, television
shows, music, literature, media and now even in our Virtual World. Over the past few years, we have seen sports
take hold within Second
Life® and blossom, developing its own following and fan base. The virtual community has been given the
opportunity to become a part of a variety of Leagues from Football to Rugby,
Hockey to Horse-racing, Soccer to Fishing and the list goes on.
We see designers, scripters, media, and builders all displaying their
incredible talent in developing uniforms, pom poms, playable fields that bring
one’s a fantasy of participating in professional sports to live, creating
stadiums reminiscent of those in the real world, announcers and other media
outlets such as live broadcasting expand and allow for instant viewing of
games. Communities are being built based
on the pure love of sports, showing how the lines between reality and the
virtual blend and merge as people of varied nationalities come together to
build relationships and bonds through the love of teamwork.
What will the future of sports within Second Life® hold?
Why anything is possible if one can simply dream. So it's the fourth quarter. Bases are loaded and watch out because of Second
Life® is going to go all the way! The
ball is out of the stadium!
“Just play. Have fun.
Enjoy the game.”
-Michael Jordan
Virtual Hockey League: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Hockey%20League/198/127/12
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