First and foremost, learn the ins and outs pertaining to the virtual game that you are playing. This is not an easy 5 minute task. It takes time to know that runaround of things inside a virtual world, much more finding out the trend therein. If you're still relying on others on how to get you the necessary information you need to know, it is easy to be manipulated towards getting less of the actual information you need. There are no shortcuts in here. Go out, socialize, and observe.

Next is to focus on what might make you stand out in the crowd. Avatars in virtual games all follow the same rule about fashion. Get something neat and you’re ok. Get something rare is better. Follow this simple concept: “You are not famous”. While subscribing to that idea, figure out how to change that in order to put together something that is unusual, unique, interesting, and at the same time alluring. Much virtual world fame is about working the "cult of personality".

Get your ideas straight. Determine all the things that you are aiming for, and try to figure out what benefits you’d probably get from this. Affix your efforts in honing a particular field of interest (which you think you could do, you are knowledgeable with, and people would be interested in). Remember, what makes people follow a certain individual is the fact that they are keen to trust that person’s expertise of a particular interest.

Check out other famous individuals in the game. Learn what has worked for them and what sort of gimmicks, stunts, and portrayals they used to relatively increase or maintain their fame. It's sometimes worth looking around the actual game world for actual celebrities therein, to see what you can "borrow" or adapt to their methods. Be cautious though of over-doing things. Otherwise, you’ll turn into nothing more than a copy-cat.

Expect your quest for fame to require a lot of effort. Be dedicated with what you do. If fame is what you want, make it your passion, your very reason existing in the game. Strive hard to expand your network. Get to know people, share, and if possible, always leave them a good remark about you. Host chats, set up forums about common interests, talk with famous people like you are already one of them. Other than that, constantly follow this cycle up until you juice up all the interests of the participants.

Finally, you should fully be aware and understand the fading nature of fame. It always fall down to the basics even after attaining fame. Constantly strive to stay fresh, handing out original ideas to your patrons and followers. Stay friendly to everyone who talks to you. Be friendly and reply to comments and messages of other players.
With that, we’ll leave with two of the most successful virtual world games that you could test this formula with, starting with the game -- IMVU. IMVU wouldn't be a successful game for long if it didn't manage to keep players interested and busy with things to do. There's an incredible variety of activities that the game has to offer in the form of mini-games, creating and setting up your own house, making new friends, going to parties, going shopping, customizing your character and these things barely scratch the surface.

Another game for you is Second Life. Other than being one of the most feature-filled virtual game out there, it’s also one of the most well maintained. With the constant addition of things in the game, it is but easier for everyone to cope up with what’s in and what’s out in the game. At its core, the game is really well-built and there are tons of things to like about it.

Once you fully get into these virtual worlds, you'll find that they both have tons of features and opportunities for you to discover and be good at. Until then, we hope to have helped you achieve your not-so-simple goal of striking it famous over virtual games! Goodluck!