If the coming winter is bumming you out, don't fret! Things could be worse. You could be like this guy, who not only spends hours and hours on Second Life, but also chooses to be a virtual hooker in it…Hi, loser! What's your name?
I can't tell you that. I'd get fired. Let's keep it at my age and occupation. I'm 40 and I work in publishing.What's up with your sexual orientation? Are you straight or gay?
I am 100% heterosexual. I have no particular perversions. I am a very normal guy.A normal guy who chooses to be a female whore on Second Life?
Well, the first time I heard about Second Life, the thing that got me hooked was the idea of a virtual economy - the fact that I you could make virtual money and exchange it for real cash. So, I thought about the different ways I could go about making money. The best idea I came up with was becoming a prostitute.Well, how much money do you make?
It evens out to around 100 Euros a month.That's not too bad. What's your avatar's name?
Cicuta. It's Italian for hemlock. I have a degree in philosophy and initially I wanted to call myself Socrates but that was already taken. And it's a man's name.How did you begin your virtual dick sucking career?
I started in a club. I had an audition, just like you would in the real world. In the end they liked me, and they hired me. I used to just hang around the club, waiting for clients, but it wasn't a lot of fun. It was a German club and the patrons spoke almost no English. I didn't earn a lot of money. Then I met a slightly insane Italian man who became my first regular john. He used to give me 500 Lindens for very brief missionary position sex. He was great. I left the club and he became my sugar daddy for a while.And since then you've been walking the streets alone?
Yes. It was much easier, and far more lucrative. I didn't have to give money to a pimp. I could keep it all to myself. After a while, I met a mistress on Sexy Beach, which is probably the place on Second Life with the highest number of people in it. We started a homosexual relationship. Actually, maybe it was a heterosexual thing, since I am a guy. But maybe she was a guy too. I don't know. It's weird. In any case, this mistress was into S&M, and she gave me lots of gadgets to use on the job. She also gave me some ballet-heel shoes that became my favorite item. When I walk my ass sways so much that it could make your nose bleed.How do you actually fuck on a computer? What are the motions? Do you press the arrow keys up and down to coincide with the rhythm of your virtual lips on the client's virtual shaft?
No. It's probably more boring than you think. In 2nd Life, there are these things called poseballs. You can usually find them in groups of two or three. When you click on them your avatar animates itself and does specific actions. There's a poseball for blowjobs, a poseball for doggie style, and so on. But what really counts is your look, and a lot of imagination. You have to type the most incredible things to your client. And you need some intuition, to change poseball at the right time and give the session some rhythm.So you don't actually press any specific keys or simulate motions with your mouse?
Nah. Sorry. Sometimes I click on the poseball and then I load an audio file with moans and groans. I downloaded it. Then I can go make myself some coffee or do the laundry while they fuck on screen.I thought people were actually fucking with their computer.
No, it's nothing like that. It's really important to learn how to message. You have to be able to write decently to make good money. After all, all the girls on Second Life have insanely huge breasts with perfect bodies, so the focus of the virtual sex is actually role-playing, imagination, and irony. Without the body, sex becomes much more fun. It's like a game. You have no idea how much time I spend laughing in front of the screen.Do your friends know how you spend your free time?
I told everybody. I don't have any special talents, besides my perfect body. And I paid lots of Linden dollars for it.What do you think about real whores now?
Well. Having been there, and felt how difficult it is, I have a lot of sympathy.INTERVIEW BY SERENA PEZZATO
I can't tell you that. I'd get fired. Let's keep it at my age and occupation. I'm 40 and I work in publishing.What's up with your sexual orientation? Are you straight or gay?
I am 100% heterosexual. I have no particular perversions. I am a very normal guy.
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Well, the first time I heard about Second Life, the thing that got me hooked was the idea of a virtual economy - the fact that I you could make virtual money and exchange it for real cash. So, I thought about the different ways I could go about making money. The best idea I came up with was becoming a prostitute.Well, how much money do you make?
It evens out to around 100 Euros a month.That's not too bad. What's your avatar's name?
Cicuta. It's Italian for hemlock. I have a degree in philosophy and initially I wanted to call myself Socrates but that was already taken. And it's a man's name.How did you begin your virtual dick sucking career?
I started in a club. I had an audition, just like you would in the real world. In the end they liked me, and they hired me. I used to just hang around the club, waiting for clients, but it wasn't a lot of fun. It was a German club and the patrons spoke almost no English. I didn't earn a lot of money. Then I met a slightly insane Italian man who became my first regular john. He used to give me 500 Lindens for very brief missionary position sex. He was great. I left the club and he became my sugar daddy for a while.And since then you've been walking the streets alone?
Yes. It was much easier, and far more lucrative. I didn't have to give money to a pimp. I could keep it all to myself. After a while, I met a mistress on Sexy Beach, which is probably the place on Second Life with the highest number of people in it. We started a homosexual relationship. Actually, maybe it was a heterosexual thing, since I am a guy. But maybe she was a guy too. I don't know. It's weird. In any case, this mistress was into S&M, and she gave me lots of gadgets to use on the job. She also gave me some ballet-heel shoes that became my favorite item. When I walk my ass sways so much that it could make your nose bleed.
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No. It's probably more boring than you think. In 2nd Life, there are these things called poseballs. You can usually find them in groups of two or three. When you click on them your avatar animates itself and does specific actions. There's a poseball for blowjobs, a poseball for doggie style, and so on. But what really counts is your look, and a lot of imagination. You have to type the most incredible things to your client. And you need some intuition, to change poseball at the right time and give the session some rhythm.So you don't actually press any specific keys or simulate motions with your mouse?
Nah. Sorry. Sometimes I click on the poseball and then I load an audio file with moans and groans. I downloaded it. Then I can go make myself some coffee or do the laundry while they fuck on screen.I thought people were actually fucking with their computer.
No, it's nothing like that. It's really important to learn how to message. You have to be able to write decently to make good money. After all, all the girls on Second Life have insanely huge breasts with perfect bodies, so the focus of the virtual sex is actually role-playing, imagination, and irony. Without the body, sex becomes much more fun. It's like a game. You have no idea how much time I spend laughing in front of the screen.Do your friends know how you spend your free time?
I told everybody. I don't have any special talents, besides my perfect body. And I paid lots of Linden dollars for it.What do you think about real whores now?
Well. Having been there, and felt how difficult it is, I have a lot of sympathy.INTERVIEW BY SERENA PEZZATO
