BRM 2017 February 2017 | Page 20

INTERVIEW WITH MOONLIGHTVISIONZ,

A VIRTUAL WORLD TRAVELLER

What screennames will the virtual citizens know you by?

Moonlightvisionz/mqqnie (3DSex/ErosIsland)

Mqqnie/butterfly (ErosIsland/RLC/2ndLife)

Was there a thought process to what name you chose then?

Nope, my nicknames in real life have always been either Sunshine or moonie for some reason… lol my yahoo account for almost 20 years now has been moonlightvsionz, so that is what I chose for my very first screen name, until Daddy LQQk renamed me mqqnie.

In changing the semantics of your name, what parts were important for you to maintain?

The “moon” was very important for me to maintain somehow, which is why I chose LQQk’s “QQ’s” when we got together to form mqqnie. I never got the concept of changing screennames completely and acting like a totally different person.

How long ago did you become a virtual citizen? Was there someone that introduced you? And did enter alone, or with someone else?

From what I can remember on my profile in Eros, the year 2012 stands out to me, and methinks it was around November 2012…. Soooo, a little over four years maybe? It’s really a funny story how I found 3DSex.com (at the time!) I used to tell it in local all tha’ time! I was playing them SIMs games… and I was getting my characters to shower and have sex, etc. Well, when my SIM character got naked, there was a little patch over their privates, sooooo, I went on a google search hunt to try and figure out how to remove the censor patch so I could see my SIM character nakkie! That is how I stumbled across 3DSex.com!

As a newbie in world, what was your experience like during those first days/weeks? Did that match your expectations? What did you find the most interesting? The best? The most disappointing? Lol Wow!! It was CRAZY! Something I had never experienced before. I do remember going into the Welcome Center at 3DSex.com and Apollo was there! He was very inviting and very friendly, annnd it made me wanna stay! Thennnn I went into Main Resort and there were actually PEOPLE there! I hopped back and forth to all resorts, talked to people, got all in their faces, made them laugh… it was sooooo fun… at first. I wouldn’t say it “matched my expectations” because I really wasn’t expecting anything at all. So, I guess you could say it far exceeded any expectations I could’ve had! To me, the best part was meeting so many people from so many different areas of the world, the social aspect, you know, when people USED to talk in local… lol And I guess to me, that would be the most disappointing as the years went on in ErosIsland, you could walk into a club with 20 somethin’ people in it, and not ONE person speaking word in local, that used to make me soooooo mad.

Did you find it difficult managing your virtual time with real world living? Were there steps you found beneficial to keeping balance? Are there any tips here for newbies to avoid trip hazards and guide them to a smooth start? At first I didn’t find it “difficult” to balance, because there was no balance for me, I was in world ALL the time! (I was on my Thanksgiving break in college) lol Once my break was over though, I had to take time away from this new and oh so fun virtual world to “go back to real life”. So, I guess my schoolwork helped me balance my time. Also, the fact that if you spend wayyyy too much time in a virtual world, you CAN get exhausted, especially if you have a personality like I do, it can drain you. I would suggest to a newbie to find a balance definitely, make sure you do NOT forget real life always comes first. Daddy LQQk taught me that… and He is a main component that helped me balance my time in world better, because He works all day in real life and can only be on certain hours in tha’ evening with me. I don’t think I need to tell anyone how truly horrible a person can become if they are in a virtual world 24/7 and they become exhausted and/or grumpy and/or sleepy and/or tired. I came across a few of those in world myself when I first started out.

In the theme of relationships, did you come into virtual existence with any plans, hopes, dreams of a relationship or general social interaction with new friends? And tell me how that went?

Lol nope, no plans, hope or dreams. All I knew was that when I became VIP, I was gonna have sex wif everyone and anyone I could get ma’ hands on! Lol That was actually the subject of my very first blog! I made a LOT of great friends who I thought were great at the time, but they all drifted away eventually, a few of them “died” (and then came back as a different avi), a few of them I have no idea what happened, but the memory of all these great friends stays with me even after all of these years. The BESTEST friend I made, my Daddy LQQk, is still with me after over four years, and it’s the best relationship I could’ve hoped for. Another great friendship still going strong between all three of us, is our kitty nyako, she is with us in 2nd Life now. That would be another piece of advice I would give a newbie in these virtual worlds, do NOT go into them expecting anything at all… just have fun while things happen!! And, if they are meant to happen, they WILL happen..ma’ Daddy LQQk taught me that too!