by chymos » March 14th, 2012, 10:33 am
There are several areas and groups in Second Life you could visit related to hypnosis. I'd recommend going to the major areas first before looking for random groups. There are some predators out there.
good areas to look: Coghaven, Skydark, Lustbaby, Standard Deviations, Stellar Drift
some of the areas are generally quiet, (Stellar Drift, for example, unless there's a party, is generally quiet. Standard Deviations as well) and some have varying levels of activity depending on the time of day. All of the places I've mentioned are well-known in the SL (Second Life) hypnosis community.
Some people to be wary of: Love Lime, Mike Randt (both of those troll groups looking for people to trance/addict/enslave), Juanita Columbia (who couldn't hypnotize a rock into believing it's a rock, just sticks people on machines using scripts other people wrote, and has predatory tendencies) and Kisin Hollow (a serious predator with no ethics whatsoever who has a history of *really* messing with people's heads, to the point that it has caused undesired harm to their real lives).
Some good people to know: Viridian and Lambie Drake (owners of Standard Deviations, they're *very* nice people), Silverrain Sucettes (co-owner of Coghaven), Elizabeth Boissay (aka Luxuria Divine, owner of Skydark and creator of E&N scripts for various of the trance machines. she has her hands full at the moment, though), Windy Ferina, and any of the pets and subbies of those people. I'm sure there are many others I missed or otherwise am unaware of. Those, to my knowledge, are the most well-known of them.
Off the top of my head, one other person to note: Kitkat Jenipe. She's cute and bubbly and friendly, but take everything she says with a whole truckload of salt. She views everything through rather opaque rose-colored glasses.
Good groups to look into are any that are affiliated with any of those places, though for many of them membership is by invitation only. (keeps trolls and predators out). Also, the majority of the "Bluebirds of Friendliness" group are good people. I believe that's the major group that's affiliated with Stellar Drift.
The Second Life viewer's (the client is referred to as a 'viewer' for some reason) interface takes a bit of getting used to, and there are a few third-party ones out there with some additional or altered features, some of which have different interfaces. For the most well-known ones, it's really a matter of personal preference which additional features you want, though there *are* some shady ones out there. I suggest using the official one from the Second Life website until you learn more.