Reveal your virtual life - on MTV
by Tateru Nino 
Nov 4th 2007 at 10:00PM
Filed under: News items, Second Life
MTV are looking for virtual worlders for their (perhaps not entirely appropriately named - but people still get the Web mixed up with the Internet) "I Live Another Life on the Web" part of MTV's True Life. Not just any virtual worlders, either. Ones who are willing to put their real selves on display.
What they are after, particularly, is people aged between 16 and 28 (obviously 16-17 would be the province of Teen Second Life), and 18-28 is one of the smaller grid demographics (most Second Life users are older than that). This is MTV, though, and they're supposed to be hip and cool, I understand.
Do you sometimes feel as if you're living a double life? Are you pretending to be someone you're not? Do you have one identity in your everyday life, but a different one when you're alone and on-line? Does your virtual avatar make you feel confident behind your computer screen? Are you famous online but feel like you're invisible in real life?
Do you have trouble approaching someone for a date in person, but when you're behind the comfort of your computer, do the words just flow? Would you be afraid to be yourself if you were ever to come face-to-face with your online friends or companions? Do you get so caught up in the person you pretend to be on the web that you maintain that persona in person?
If you appear to be between the ages of 16 and 28, and live another life on the web, email us at: brosen@leftright.tv with your story.
Please be sure to include your name, location, phone number and a photo, if possible.
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~QQ~ said on 11:13PM 11-04-2007
"If you appear to be between the ages of 16 and 28..."
Well, I'm actually 31 but I still get carded all the time so does that mean I am eligible? ;-)
~QQ~
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P.S. Totally dig the site!
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Tateru Nino said on 11:17PM 11-04-2007
Good point. They *do* say "appear to be" - hey, give it a go! :)
Otenth Paderborn said on 7:58AM 11-05-2007
So basically, they only want to hear from you if you're an insecure game-player. How about this instead?
Do you sometimes feel as if you're living an expanded life? Are you an integrated person? Do you express all parts of your personality, as appropriate to the situation? Does your avatar express the confidence you feel? Are you content to be who you are without grasping after false celebrity?
Do you enjoy the ways in which virtual worlds enrich your romantic life? Have your rich relationships led you to meet face-to-face with your online friends or companions? Has the ability to express on the web underdeveloped aspects of your persona enabled you to be a richer, fuller person all the time?
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Tateru Nino said on 8:32AM 11-05-2007
I much prefer that version! :)
Hollywood Ron said on 8:54AM 11-05-2007
That's a much nicer version. That's why, unless you're a girl in a bikini, MTV will never air it.