I think people who play with play money are more reckless.. nothing to lose.. you play with more strategy and caution when playing with real money..jus my opinion.
to familiarize yourself with a new software maybe play money for a week learning how to take photos get into and out of software to the rooms etc.. anything more unless learning a poker room is difficult to you cause you havent ever seen it before is a total waste of your talent and time imho. go play freerolls almost all sites have some get some money play pennies read study take notes move up
Just play like a tight player in play money games, don't limp, raise on the right hands.
You can find play money games that will play like low stakes game.
$1.20 SNG on PS can be found at $300+ play money SNG, that was a year ago. pokerstars is the only site, you'll find me playing with play money!
If you are starting in poker playing with play money is a good way to learn, and there is almost no difference with NL2 since most of the players are recreational.
Lately, players with lying money are devoting themselves to playing more and more seriously, including I've even seen supernova zooming with fake money. If you join and play at high levels of fiction, you will get a good experience. I advise you to play a lot of hand before putting your real money.
The quality of the games are very different...I started on the game money,and when he moved to play for real money had to be reconstructed.Completely different level of play...a Completely different approach to the game,more responsibility,more thinking...