Quote Originally Posted by Aziara View Post
What is there to do in second life? Maybe I'm just used to mmo's where I fight stuff, but I can't seem to figure out if there's anything to do besides talk to people.
SL isn't so much a game as a platform.
There's a million things to do, but you will have to discover them for yourself.
It's not an MMO, or game that tells you what to do or where to look

Some of the things you can do besides meeting and talking to people:

-building.
everything in SL is made from props you can shape yourself with the build tool, and textures you can either find or make and upload yourself.
You can either make your avatar unique outfits (resembling stuff you have iRL, for example), build furniture/houses/landscapes/whatever, or make something completely new and unheard of (like fantasy avatars or such)

-scripting.
when mastering the programming language SL is based on, you will become a wizard.
you will be able to create effects and make gadgets others can only dream of (or buy for many L$)

-animating.
every fancy movement in SL is made possible by animations.
nowadays, most new animations- especially for postures, runs, walks, and dances- are done by motion-capture, but I did some iceskating anims back in my active SL days, because none did exist!
also useful for movements not possible in reality, like mermaid or fairy dances.

-socializing.
only at first glance the same as talking to people. you can do much more than that in a world full of fantastic landscapes, fancy hangouts, and mythological creatures.
you can ride a horse, dance in the deep sea, fly through space, or simply go to a club you like.
It's called Second Life for a reason.

-roleplaying.
while not everyone's cup of tea, of course SL is a great environment to RP anything you like.
you are bound to find some SIM where they do your favourite.
differing to other RP areas in other games, you are free to make yourself look exactly how you envision it, without being reduced to collect some stuff that looks halfway decent :P

that's some general ideas.

mind that to experience SL completely, you might have to rent a space for a while, or at least have some L$ to buy some stuff you can't find for free (but there are loads freebies nowdays that look better than the most expensive stuff back when I started lol)