The site also offers you  an independent Second Life social network platform, 100% free.

HybridLife.net is where your first and second life meet, using SmileGrid.com and MyPacis.com platforms to offer you Second Life with a Web 2.0 flavour.

HybridLife.net is also a social experiment open to Second Life residents. We are currently refining its variables and point system. To make it brief: a citizen can join a “tribe” (each tribe is made by ten citizens) by paying an entry fee or as a sponsored entrant. The entry/sponsorship fees are pooled together and awarded to winners (an administrative fee is deducted). Also, a share of general sponsorships revenues are offered to winners, to make the prize more attractive.

http://hybridlife.mypacis.com/ is a social network to connect Second Life residents. Do you want to stay connected with your fellow Second Life friends even when you are not in Second Life? Add pictures and screenshoots with avatars having the time of their life? HybridLife.net is where your first and second life meet, using SmileGrid.com and MyPacis.com platforms to offer you Second Life with a Web 2.0 flavour.

http://www.hybridlife.net/ is also a social experiment open to Second Life residents. We are currently refining its variables and point system. To make it brief: a citizen can join a “tribe” (each tribe is made by ten citizens) by paying an entry fee or as a sponsored entrant. The entry/sponsorship fees are pooled together and awarded to winners (an administrative fee is deducted). Also, a share of general sponsorships revenues are offered to winners, to make the prize more attractive.

Wikipedia provides this general introduction to the magic virtual world of SL:

“Second Life (abbreviated as SL) is an Internet-based virtual world launched in 2003, developed by Linden Research, Inc (commonly referred to as Linden Lab), which came to international attention via mainstream news media in late 2006 and early 2007.[4][5] A downloadable client program called the Second Life Viewer enables its users, called “Residents”, to interact with each other through motional avatars, providing an advanced level of a social network service combined with general aspects of a metaverse. Residents can explore, meet other Residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, create and trade items (virtual property) and services from one another.

Second Life is one of several virtual worlds that have been inspired by the cyberpunk literary movement, and particularly by Neal Stephenson’s novel Snow Crash. The stated goal of Linden Lab is to create a world like the Metaverse described by Stephenson, a user-defined world of general use in which people can interact, play, do business, and otherwise communicate.[6] Second Life’s virtual currency is the Linden Dollar (Linden, or L$) and is exchangeable for US Dollars in a marketplace consisting of residents, Linden Lab and real life companies.

While Second Life is sometimes referred to as a game, this description is disputed. It does not have points, scores, winners or losers, levels, an end-strategy, or most of the other characteristics of games, though it can be thought of as a game on a more basic level. It is a semi-structured virtual environment where characters undertake activities for the purpose of personal enjoyment.

In all, more than 8.9 million accounts have been registered, although many are inactive, some Residents have multiple accounts, and there are no reliable figures for actual long term consistent usage. Despite its prominence, Second Life has notable competitors, including There, Active Worlds, and the more “mature” themed Red Light Center.”

Second Life is a virtual world, with no “pre-written” rules. This allows residents to have their own lives and live freely, with no given goals but the freedom of how to make the best of their avatars.

Some of the topics we aim to cover soon:

- Second Life currency: get linden, Second Life currency
- Second Life land: guide to Second Life real estate
- Second Life business guide: virtual business, real profits in Second Life
- Second Life avatar guide: Second Life avatars´ social network
- Second Life download: download Second Life for free
- Second Life account: get your free Second Life account

If more hints are needed, let us know!