Blog #12

Today in class we went on another virtual field trip in Second Life. This time we went to a fighting gym. It was a new and interesting experience. At the end of class all of the students in Second Life took a group picture, which was pretty cool. When we arrived at the gym it was a huge building. By huge it had a lot of ceiling space. The gym did not have very much floor space, which made it crowed in the gym.

One interesting feature of the gym is that it had to boxing rings. Two people could actually box for free if they wanted to. However we were not able to figure out how the controls work. In the gym there was also an octagon which an MMA fighting cage. Visitors could not fight in this cage. In the gym there was a punching bag and a speed bag.

My favorite part of the gym was the octagon. Because the octagon was surprising I did not expect to see it. The gym was very hands on when it came to boxing. Any visitor who came to the gym were able to throw down which is different. It was a good experience going to the gym, because it was yet another thing I did not know was in Second Life. When I realized that there are gyms in Second Life it made me think, what else is in Second Life?