I've often glanced at reviews and bits and pieces to do with Secondlife, the online social game which is more or less completely built by the players.
It looks like something I could've got into and toyed around with from time to time. Virtual art gallerys to look at, music to be heard, games to be played, lots of nice social settings and the possibility to make my own.
Tonight I caved in against the insistant requirement screen that inisted I had Broadband.
I've played various Korean MMO's and stuff and I ran okay.
What harm could I do?
Well no harm exactly. But it's pretty much unplayable on IDSN.
The lag is too great. Theres like a five second delay on what I press and what translates on screen which often wound up with me walking off cliffs and over rails or into people.
Most of the models loaded up fine, oh save for the textures.
And the art in said gallerys loaded quite slow, making the art appear blurry and gradually getting better quality if I felt like waiting around for it.

I'll have to make a note to come back and try again if we ever get broadband around here.
Until then, the hunt for a non-competitive online game is still on.