User:Fr43k Paine
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About fr43k
I was born into Second Life on March 9th 2007 and hit the ground at Orientation Island, where I spent 2 days, before I found the teleport feature. Then I spent hours and hours in SL, exploring, and collecting freebies as if there was no tomorrow! I was a bit disappointed though, because for some reason I did not meet a single person for days, but I decided to give SL a chance.
SL was difficult for me in the beginning because everything was in English, even my client. (English is NOT my native language, that`s german) So there were a lot of new words I had to learn and with time I learned where everything for the User Interface was located and how to navigate it all. I edited my profile and worked on changing my appearance. Finally, after a whole week I met a girl and two guys, who were having a discussion about money. I was still a bit lost, with no idea where to go or what to do.... so I stood there and was just happy I had some company. That is until one guy asked the girl to give him some money. Of course she denied his request, but to my surprise, she paid me instead! I felt uncomfortable at this point but she said it would be ok and then her friend gave me some more money. In this way I became the "richest newbie" in SL or so I would guess. :)
So, I had money and nothing to do... I liked the freebie wings I had found during my first few days, so I decided to visit a store to buy some "real" wings. This is how I found Material Squirrel and purchased my favorite item in SL ever! Huge wings! I was really proud and happy with those wings and of everything I had so far discovered about SL.
Soon, with my pair of wings on my back I again went exploring SL. I met Ro Gastel, who is a nice artist and a great man! He was impressed by the wings and offered me a little job as a model. I was very excited to learn there was a better way to earn money than working as an escort! Ro was very patient and explained a lot of the SL basics like how to build things as well as other aspects of SL like photography. Soon I was “grown up” and no longer considered a “newbie” but I was still exploring SL and learning. I am very thankful to Ro for always putting his trust in me and motivating me to continue exploring and learning about SL.
After I had been in SL about 3 months I found New Citizens Incorporated ( NCI ) and spent the most of my inworld time there. I helped a lot of new residents, just as Ro had helped me. Finally I graduated to become an official NCI Helper and went on to become an NCI Officer. I soon began teaching my first Q&A class. From there I taught more and more classes, met a lot of new people, made a lot of SL friends and got more and more involved with NCI. Now I am a NCI teacher, and an NCI Events Host. I also work with the NCI AdNode System and Business Forum group. Now I am branching out once again as I have signed up to be a Second Life Mentor so that I can help more people right at the beginning. Now maybe they won`t be that lost as I was before. I got accepted - woohoo!
Now I switch between NCI and the SL Mentors group from time to time. I like to be a "Ninja Mentor" as we call it. You don`t see me, but if help is needed I am there. :) At the moment I am working on my own items and hope I can stay for a long, long, long time in SL, because it makes me just happy to be here.
~hugs~ fr43k
Special Thanks to Gramma Fiddlestick for helping me to set up this text and have an eye on me at NCI!