Even the starter avis are 'ok' nowadays (although it's frightening to have to turn into 'pink polka dot dress girl' every time we're 'ruthed' and have to re-do the avatar. Advice for newbs might be to create an outfit via 'appearance' and save it (I do mine as a folder called 'Deruthed1, 2, 3', etc.
And, as in real life, on a beach, we just love to people watch in SL, admiring the way that people have constructed hot, sexy avatars and put some time and effort into their realisation. Let me tell you, the way to a woman's heart (well, a friend acceptance notification anyway) is through not having huge, boxy shoulders. It doesn't take long to tweak the appearance and, trust me guys, the admiration in return is well worth spending an hour on your avi's appearance.
Diane and I were in conversation (inworld) the other day and we are pretty much agreed that it doesn't have to be some sort of Brad Pitt lookalike avi that wins our admiration. Even an 'older guy' look can attract our attention. In fact, an older guy look might even win our attention more than others, because they're rarer and because the care and attention to detail over an older avi (which almost invariably means the guy behind the keyboard is putting a little of his real self into the look) smells like 'realism' and 'balanced person' and 'possibly interesting conversationalist'. And we like that.
Yes, we're now officially on the hunt for 'Hotty Totty', avatars that win our admiration immediately. No, it's not a competition and no, there are no prizes, but while we're lazing on the virtual sands somewhere you can be certain that we're eyeing up the sunbathing guy (or gal) over there and scoring them for style and effort.
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