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Second Life, Any Pros in here?

pintoca

pintoca

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I just read an article in Wired about it.

This goes way beyond "online gaming" and it's more a world simulation, complete with crime, entrepeneurs, money, sex industry, real estate, etc...

The word game does not even apply: There are no levels, no goal, no nothing... the only thing people want to do is make money they can then exchange for real US Dollars.... In that light, the real world is a game as well

Obviously, Snow Crash comes to mind. Probably in 20 years, this people will be called the "Pioneers" of the new online lives. (scary, I know)

People are making money (real money there) and living off the products/services they create for this online community. The phylosophical implications are crazy too.

Bran, why are you not all over that?

Any of you frequent that?
 
Smurfy said:
Sounds like livin' on the edge to me.
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it's crazy, the more you read about it, the crazier it gets. I think I will venture into it tonight to see what the hype is all about.

Thing has been online since 2002, 500.000+ members. People there are spending $7 million (REALHARD CARSH) a month on e-goods/e-services.

I'm going there to start a gym, wtf, I can be jacked online... All I need to do is buy the property (yes, you need to buy the e-property), build the gym, learn the scripting language and create the scripts that would change the avatars appearances.

WTF, smurfy, there are stores to buy cocks (pick3 logs in to SL), boobs, etc... Avatars are like ken dolls, with no sexual organs, you can buy those in the aftermarket.

I'm telling you, this shit is CRAZEEEEEEEEEE. They even had a revolution, once the publisher started to tax the creations of the people... nowadays it is so, you buy the building blocks but you retain the rights of all your creations.

A guy created a script that would allow avatars to swim.. so far it's been sold more than 20.000 times. He know created a water park.
 
IT's like the sims but without the label. Weirdness. Plus the current exchange rate of the L$ is better than the Iraqi dinari.
 
i never heard of it.

thank goodness.
 
no.... the original aim is not for people to make money, it's a social spot but an economy. You create an avatar, make it look like whatever you want (person, animal, robot, darth vader, pipsqueak, 10 feet tall), you can buy land, build a house or a store (or pay someone to make it), make stuff for sale (clothing, cars, toys), or just wander around and meet people.... there are a few unrestricted areas where you can use weapons like tanks helicopters and nukes and have fun blowing other people away .... and you can fly or teleport to other places. It's a huge world with a lot of cities and places to see. People customize their land with regular houses, temples, floating palaces, throw parties, run casinos, etc.... U2 and Suzanne Vega have performed concerts, politicians have run Q&A sessions, there's a hotel chain building a preview hotel there.... lots of stuff to explore.

There aren't a TON of profitable businesses there where people can live like kings off the proceeds... more like a little side income mainly from selling objects, designs and scripts.... like say cars, flying carpets, cool clothing, or scripts that can make your avatar perform motions like dance, swim, get drunk :) . IMHO the lag (server processing delay) is still a problem but it can get a little addictive once you know how to move around.
 
pintoca said:
it's crazy, the more you read about it, the crazier it gets. I think I will venture into it tonight to see what the hype is all about.

Thing has been online since 2002, 500.000+ members. People there are spending $7 million (REALHARD CARSH) a month on e-goods/e-services.

I'm going there to start a gym, wtf, I can be jacked online... All I need to do is buy the property (yes, you need to buy the e-property), build the gym, learn the scripting language and create the scripts that would change the avatars appearances.

WTF, smurfy, there are stores to buy cocks (pick3 logs in to SL), boobs, etc... Avatars are like ken dolls, with no sexual organs, you can buy those in the aftermarket.

I'm telling you, this shit is CRAZEEEEEEEEEE. They even had a revolution, once the publisher started to tax the creations of the people... nowadays it is so, you buy the building blocks but you retain the rights of all your creations.

A guy created a script that would allow avatars to swim.. so far it's been sold more than 20.000 times. He know created a water park.
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You can find lots of freebies in the various malls
how to build lsl scripts... here's a few good tutorials
http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=HomePage
 
I know what you are talking about. People have communities like neighborhoods. Some are real strict about building houses, moving into their town, etc.

I guess it's an escape from the sad, evil place we call "real life"
 
In a vitual world with no rules. . .I'd probably spend all my time bangin'. . .and I'm not all that good at it. . .I'd probably end up owing money.
 
samoth said:
EQ was too time-consuming for me as it is, and I never made it past lvl 33.




:cow:
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75 necro here I know what you are saying though. It can be a major time sink. Gives me something to do on the rig when I have a decent internet connection though and nothing else to do.

Second life sounds interesting, I just read about a woman who runs a strip club with some 300 dancers and makes about $5000.00 a month cash running the place.
 
just created my account (Pintoca Tiki, wtf, you need to select a last name from a list)

waiting from the client to download and it's on!

First :mexican: in an online world
 
OMGWTF!!!

This is some seriously cool sheeeeet, upon 5 minutes of my arrival at Help Island I was chattin up some Brazilian hunnies :p
 
pintoca said:
login and look for pintoka tiki. It will be the male avatar surrounded by the female vag-bearers (AKA, dudes in disguise)
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Geomexican Zionist scum! That may be a good name in second life. lol

Can you execute infidels?
 
Second life sucks ass...

Horrible graphics
horrible toolkit
horrible lag
not much left to create in there that will make any cash

We did a study in my game development class over second life and concluded there is almost no way to really enter the market anymore in that game. So we started to create 3D cellphone games, 3D beerpong being released in december, hehe ....
 
I'm still having a blast with the thing... don't consider it a game, but an experiment. If you are not there to make money (and obviously there are tons of money to be made, you just need to think harder) you will enjoy your time
 
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