Second Life?
OldManWrigley
26-10-2006 18:18:25
theysayjump
26-10-2006 18:21:48
My wife plays it all the time.
Lots of big names are getting into it. U2 have a concert on there next week I think and the BBC have a stage where bands like Muse and The Killers play.
OldManWrigley
26-10-2006 18:23:25
[quotefed522d3ef="theysayjump"]My wife plays it all the time.
Lots of big names are getting into it. U2 have a concert on there next week I think and the BBC have a stage where bands like Muse and The Killers play.[/quotefed522d3ef]
Really? I mean what is it? I don't understand why people would sink money into....something virtual? Can you gain anything from playing it? And when you say "where bands like Muse and The Killers play", what does that mean?
So confused
people spend money to play w.o.w
i mean people pay for entertainment
theysayjump
26-10-2006 18:26:29
The BBC paid for a stage in Second Life and they streamed a gig that Muse played at in Scotland to this stage in Second Life.
From what my wife tells me, there's a serious amount of real money to be made in it, however you need some real money upfront.
My wife was asked to be a DJ for $300 a month.
dam if theres money to be made i might get in this
any more info on how to make cash ?
x323smostwantedx
26-10-2006 18:28:50
$300 to dj in a virtual world? cool. How much do u have to invest. Sounds interesting
OldManWrigley
26-10-2006 18:29:05
[quoted8f53fa7c0="theysayjump"]The BBC paid for a stage in Second Life and they streamed a gig that Muse played at in Scotland to this stage in Second Life.
From what my wife tells me, there's a serious amount of real money to be made in it, however you need some real money upfront.
My wife was asked to be a DJ for $300 a month.[/quoted8f53fa7c0]
WTF! I guess I'll just have to download it and just explore to find out what the hell is going on in this game......Or read every word of the terms, because this just doesn't make sense to me. How do you be a DJ in a virtual world? And did your wife accept?
[quoted8f53fa7c0="Second Life"]Large islands are priced at US$5,000 for 262,144 square meters (about 64 acres), monthly land fees for maintenance are US$780[/quoted8f53fa7c0]
Why would someone pay $5,000 for a virtual peice of land, and then $780 a month to maintain it? I do believe that is what Nissan did.
well to nissan that is chump change do you know how much billboards and tv ads cost?
JKirk
26-10-2006 18:31:07
It's their form of the average person playing with penny stocks. They are just playing around with their spare cash.
EDIT I take that back, after reading the FAQ, it seems a lot more complex. shock lol Does your wife make money on this, Jump?
theysayjump
26-10-2006 18:35:21
The only this my wife would have to invest in becoming a DJ would be time, and no she hasn't accepted it yet.
You can buy land and then sell it on, just like real life real estate. You can also rent it out, build a shop and make things to sell for real money. There's also sponsorships and stuff.
My wife was involved in helping to get Scotland it's own land in the game, and the Scottish Tourist board are trying to get involved because of the number of people who play the game (something like 650,000), it's a good way to advertise.
JKirk
26-10-2006 18:37:56
That's insane for real. shock I might actually check this out. Can I live in Scotland with your wife since you don't play? Don't worry, TSJ, I'll take over... in "Second Life". ;)
KeithA
26-10-2006 18:38:45
[quote35ea056c75="JKirk"]It's their form of the average person playing with penny stocks. They are just playing around with their spare cash.[/quote35ea056c75]
Not exactly. It's a far more functional economy than the comparison to penny stocks suggests.
Second Life has more than a million participants. As TSJ hinted, there are many reputable organizations and individuals getting involved. Some of the mainstream new bureaus have recently set up offices (either Reuters or the AP did it--can't recall which). There's a Harvard course that meets in SL. Viable politicians have also held "rallies" in SL.
There are reasonable exchange rates between USD and the currency used in Second Life. The real estate has value and people are able to charge for a wide variety of products from avatars and skins to services like guided tours.
I've never played it and don't intend to, but it's interesting to follow from a variety of angles economic, psychological, technological, sociological, etc.
theysayjump
26-10-2006 18:40:02
Everything in the game can be made from scratch, but it takes a lot of time. Check these out, it's kinda cool
http//youtube.com/watch?v=9BFBpCrvr2Y
http//youtube.com/watch?v=bQL8_HB1HtQ
The second video shows you can make anything you want to make. I've seen my wife doing that shit and it looks really difficult.
OldManWrigley
26-10-2006 18:40:38
[quote3c24ef537f="theysayjump"]The only this my wife would have to invest in becoming a DJ would be time, and no she hasn't accepted it yet.
You can buy land and then sell it on, just like real life real estate. You can also rent it out, build a shop and make things to sell for real money. There's also sponsorships and stuff.
My wife was involved in helping to get Scotland it's own land in the game, and the Scottish Tourist board are trying to get involved because of the number of people who play the game (something like 650,000), it's a good way to advertise.[/quote3c24ef537f]
Wow, maybe I'll get offered a job heh )
And how can you sell stuff? Is it like eBay, or do people literally buy like virtual soda pop?
I'm running on battery so I'm downloading at 15kb/s, so it's not done yet.....
I can't wait to open this shit up and explore, and fill out some virtual applications, lol just kidding.
JKirk
26-10-2006 18:41:36
[quote1fccb126ab="KeithA"][quote1fccb126ab="JKirk"]It's their form of the average person playing with penny stocks. They are just playing around with their spare cash.[/quote1fccb126ab]
Not exactly. It's a far more functional economy than the comparison to penny stocks suggests.
Second Life has more than a million participants. As TSJ hinted, there are many reputable organizations and individuals getting involved. Some of the mainstream new bureaus have recently set up offices (either Reuters or the AP did it--can't recall which). There's a Harvard course that meets in SL. Viable politicians have also held "rallies" in SL.
There are reasonable exchange rates between USD and the currency used in Second Life. The real estate has value and people are able to charge for a wide variety of products from avatars and skins to services like guided tours.
I've never played it and don't intend to, but it's interesting to follow from a variety of angles economic, psychological, technological, sociological, etc.[/quote1fccb126ab]
Haha, yeah I realized that wasn't an accurate assumption so I edited but that is very interesting.
OldManWrigley
26-10-2006 18:44:34
This kind of really reminds me of The Matrix
theysayjump
26-10-2006 18:46:34
[quote3ac9944c3d="KeithA"][quote3ac9944c3d="JKirk"]It's their form of the average person playing with penny stocks. They are just playing around with their spare cash.[/quote3ac9944c3d]
Not exactly. It's a far more functional economy than the comparison to penny stocks suggests.
Second Life has more than a million participants. As TSJ hinted, there are many reputable organizations and individuals getting involved. Some of the mainstream new bureaus have recently set up offices (either Reuters or the AP did it--can't recall which). There's a Harvard course that meets in SL. Viable politicians have also held "rallies" in SL.
There are reasonable exchange rates between USD and the currency used in Second Life. The real estate has value and people are able to charge for a wide variety of products from avatars and skins to services like guided tours.
I've never played it and don't intend to, but it's interesting to follow from a variety of angles economic, psychological, technological, sociological, etc.[/quote3ac9944c3d]
Yeah it was Reuters
http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6054352.stm
Also, here's the thing about the politicians
http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6065534.stm
theysayjump
26-10-2006 18:49:18
[quote2b8f8903ce="OldManWrigley"][quote2b8f8903ce="theysayjump"]The only this my wife would have to invest in becoming a DJ would be time, and no she hasn't accepted it yet.
You can buy land and then sell it on, just like real life real estate. You can also rent it out, build a shop and make things to sell for real money. There's also sponsorships and stuff.
My wife was involved in helping to get Scotland it's own land in the game, and the Scottish Tourist board are trying to get involved because of the number of people who play the game (something like 650,000), it's a good way to advertise.[/quote2b8f8903ce]
Wow, maybe I'll get offered a job heh )
And how can you sell stuff? Is it like eBay, or do people literally buy like virtual soda pop?
I'm running on battery so I'm downloading at 15kb/s, so it's not done yet.....
I can't wait to open this shit up and explore, and fill out some virtual applications, lol just kidding.[/quote2b8f8903ce]
It would be just like opening your own shop. You can build your shop from the ground up (it'll cost you Second Life money (Lindens) though), and then you can just make random shite if you want and sell it. Or you could make furniture or swimming pools or aliens, whatever you want and people will buy them for their virtual homes and friends and stuff.
I don't play it, but it seems like you can really really do a lot with it.
JKirk
26-10-2006 18:51:04
I just registered and I'm downloading the Mac version. I linked my PayPal account as well and it made me do an agreement or something which kind of made me nervous. I got L$250 for just confirming my PayPal though.
theysayjump
26-10-2006 18:53:38
Yeah that's just so that you agree for them to charge you, should you choose to buy land and have to pay monthly rent on it.
I think $5 gets you 1,000 Lindens, but I may be wrong. I think they have a converter on their site.
mnx12
26-10-2006 18:54:22
Yeah Im a little iffy about putting in any cc information, just cause I dont want to do something I dont realize im doing and end up charging $50 to my account...
theysayjump
26-10-2006 18:55:17
You can only be charged to your card through their actual site, at least I believe so. I don't think you can just be walking around the game and fuck up and be charged for something.
J4320
26-10-2006 19:03:09
I've heard of this a long time ago. It's cool to see how far it's come. Back when I heard of it, I think it was just a concept.
JKirk
26-10-2006 19:07:49
Eh, it feels like Runescape. I'm getting lag and it's kind of hard to navigate. I don't even know how to leave the Orientation Islands though. lol Anyone else playing?
theysayjump
26-10-2006 19:11:06
[quote3f6282032a="JKirk"]Eh, it feels like Runescape. I'm getting lag and it's kind of hard to navigate. I don't even know how to leave the Orientation Islands though. lol Anyone else playing?[/quote3f6282032a]
My wife. wink
No and No.
OldManWrigley
26-10-2006 19:13:07
Yeah I'm playing, I'm not lagging really, getting some sound lag but that's all.....
Jon Goldkey is my name in case you bump into me ;)
freaky1718
26-10-2006 19:15:03
omg i am sooo signing up
JKirk
26-10-2006 19:15:42
My name is John Valiant. lol Someone add me.
OldManWrigley
26-10-2006 19:19:16
Heh we're friends!
Sweet, I feel cool...
Let's go fly somewhere together lol
Just signed up, my name is The Giant
JKirk
26-10-2006 19:20:25
Teleport to where I am, guys.
YourGiftsFree
26-10-2006 19:24:35
Im YourGiftsFree Allstar in the game
JKirk
26-10-2006 19:32:10
Eh, I'm getting off that crap for now. I didn't like it very much. It was hard to navigate and kind of glitchy for me atleast. Anyone else have any luck figuring things out?
theysayjump
26-10-2006 19:33:47
My wife said you'll be lost and won't like it very much at first, but if you stick with it and try to figure things out or make friends, you'll get the hang of it in no time.
OldManWrigley
26-10-2006 19:37:22
www.secondlife.cc
doylnea
26-10-2006 19:40:52
ha. There was an article about this very game in HBR over the summer. I'll see if I can dig up a link.
http//harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0606B
HAHA - the suzanne Vega video has a...wait for it, FreePay banner add
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zdub08
26-10-2006 19:41:50
addddd meee
"Twat Rhino"
YourGiftsFree
26-10-2006 19:42:48
Ill play tommorow. TSJ ill see your wife soooooooooon ;)
20 mins later...
Im banned from here too?? ugh.
lol
JKirk
26-10-2006 19:45:18
One more TSJ-wifey comment and I'm going to go ape-shit on someone. (Don't worry, TSJ, I got your back) P
theysayjump
26-10-2006 19:46:53
wink
First one to send $30 to email==theysayjump@gmail.comtheysayjump@gmail.com=theysayjump@gmail.comtheysayjump@gmail.com/email gets my wife.
Yes she's a whore and yes she's reading this thread.
YourGiftsFree
26-10-2006 19:53:20
Hai2u wife!!11!1 I pay your bills ;)
freaky1718
26-10-2006 20:56:28
im michael steamroller
freaky1718
26-10-2006 20:57:40
wow this thing rocks sorr y but idk what to call it i got l$ 1k free from this girl and she kissed me lol
mnx12
27-10-2006 06:20:05
I am Trent Renegade. I dont really understand what the point of this is, so Ive just been running around annoying the hell out of people...
JKirk
27-10-2006 12:25:08
[quote7fa74ddbfb="freaky1718"]wow this thing rocks sorr y but idk what to call it i got l$ 1k free from this girl and she kissed me lol[/quote7fa74ddbfb]
Convert your L$ to USD and quit.
zdub08
27-10-2006 15:10:21
[quote08cb3da2dc="mnx12"]I am Trent Renegade. I dont really understand what the point of this is, so Ive just been running around annoying the hell out of people...[/quote08cb3da2dc]
same here, i went to a few strip clubs now what?
freaky1718
27-10-2006 18:14:42
[quote674650c083="JKirk"][quote674650c083="freaky1718"]wow this thing rocks sorr y but idk what to call it i got l$ 1k free from this girl and she kissed me lol[/quote674650c083]
Convert your L$ to USD and quit.[/quote674650c083]
naa went and gamble it all
Every one add me Kala Express
The funniest thing happen, some random person, (well all are random) offered to help me get myself a cock for $5, approx $1000 Linden. LOL! She's like we'll have sex afterwards...haha (now watch how many people add this person and join for the fact that you can have sex in the game...hehehe)
zdub08
27-10-2006 20:33:32
if anyone wants to join, PM me for a link..
kidd2108
27-10-2006 20:58:28
[quoted046118aa2="kala"]Every one add me Kala Express
The funniest thing happen, some random person, (well all are random) offered to help me get myself a cock for $5, approx $1000 Linden. LOL! She's like we'll have sex afterwards...haha (now watch how many people add this person and join for the fact that you can have sex in the game...hehehe)[/quoted046118aa2]
yea, theres an escort service somewhere in the game. I walked in but had no money. ( Now i cant even find it again.
mnx12
28-10-2006 06:05:47
I saw somewhere there was a field of penises flailing around like flags, haha
[quote0aedbfa096="mnx12"]I saw somewhere there was a field of penises flailing around like flags, haha[/quote0aedbfa096]
stun
bballp6699
28-10-2006 07:12:57
This thing is gay. For some reason I can't stop floating. I hit stop flying, but he goes WAAAYYY the fuck up there. I can't get down and I sure haven't found anything worth finding. Only things I see are some lame ass islands.
freaky1718
28-10-2006 09:03:53
press page down button that will bring u down
mnx12
28-10-2006 10:45:37
I found this one place that had UFO's you could fly, and it said please return them when your done because they dont belong to you. Well I ended up crashing it into a building and getting stuck, hahaha
freaky1718
28-10-2006 16:59:41
lol
zdub08
28-10-2006 17:31:56
i found a porn theater that plays full length movies with quicktime lol
freaky1718
29-10-2006 16:03:24
where lol
zdub08
29-10-2006 16:05:34
[quote99fdad8cd8="freaky1718"]where lol[/quote99fdad8cd8]
i dont know, someone teleported me there.. just use search-"porn theater"
OldManWrigley
29-10-2006 16:19:14
[quotee195c0a4d2="zdub08"]i found a porn theater that plays full length movies with quicktime lol[/quotee195c0a4d2]
Yup, I paid the L$99 that you need to, and it was worth it ;)
Damn, now I want to go back, but I'm broke lol
bballp6699
29-10-2006 16:21:04
The fuck? Now this is getting interesting. How do you do this?
Powerbook
29-10-2006 16:23:58
damn where can I find it?? )
zdub08
29-10-2006 16:32:21
[quote4cf1369a0a="OldManWrigley"][quote4cf1369a0a="zdub08"]i found a porn theater that plays full length movies with quicktime lol[/quote4cf1369a0a]
Yup, I paid the L$99 that you need to, and it was worth it ;)
Damn, now I want to go back, but I'm broke lol[/quote4cf1369a0a]
I didn't have to pay anything at all.. maybe we went to different places
OldManWrigley
29-10-2006 16:38:53
[quotece25a565c4="bballp6699"]The fuck? Now this is getting interesting. How do you do this?[/quotece25a565c4]
One of my buddies that I got hooked on this game managed to buy a discounted penis (yes, you have to buy a penis) from a hooker, and because he bought it from her, he got to have sex with her. He said that it was really sweet, and she had a nice pussy shrug
bballp6699
29-10-2006 16:40:33
I can't get off this stupid ass beginner island.
zdub08
29-10-2006 16:44:35
[quotef43bf8e427="bballp6699"]I can't get off this stupid ass beginner island.[/quotef43bf8e427]
on the bottom menu, click search... you can search for any event or place, and just click "teleport"
bballp6699
29-10-2006 16:51:12
It's been searching for like 5 minutes. Is this normal?
OldManWrigley
29-10-2006 17:01:19
No.
unknown uchiha
30-10-2006 15:36:26
I tried playing this on my Macbook. Bad idea. Lots of lag, and stuff. There's really no sense of self-accomplishment in the game. You can invest on stuff and actually make money in the game ($300 "Linden" money = $1 USD), buy land, etc. but I've heard that the government is trying to tax people on Second Life now o_O
mnx12
30-10-2006 15:42:45
Umm I found a penis for free, you guys are gettin ripped off...
Powerbook
30-10-2006 17:48:06
This game isn't really made for macs. It laggs so much. When I turn on XP on my mac it works great. Stupid n00bs(. I still don't see what is that great about the game. Maybe I didn't get to that porn cinema yet, that's probably why. lol shrug
unknown uchiha
30-10-2006 17:49:57
It's just the Myspace of MMOs.
OldManWrigley
30-10-2006 18:00:32
MMO's?
freaky1718
30-10-2006 18:16:15
lmao look at what i found penis http//www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=buy&phrase=penis&x=0&y=0
bballp6699
30-10-2006 18:20:31
Sometimes I wonder...
OldManWrigley
30-10-2006 18:27:29
[quote4e2d1478ef="bballp6699"]Sometimes I wonder...[/quote4e2d1478ef]
My economics teacher thinks this will become a 1st life for a lot of people.
bballp6699
30-10-2006 18:28:33
Well with all the penis buying, I can't imagine why it wouldn't...
freaky1718
30-10-2006 18:34:56
lmao
unknown uchiha
30-10-2006 20:41:28
[quote731929635b="JKirk"][quote731929635b="freaky1718"]wow this thing rocks sorr y but idk what to call it i got l$ 1k free from this girl and she kissed me lol[/quote731929635b]
Convert your L$ to USD and quit.[/quote731929635b]
That's a whole $3.33 USD. Good stuff.
freaky1718
31-10-2006 04:20:24
[quote59ed6da347="unknown uchiha"][quote59ed6da347="JKirk"][quote59ed6da347="freaky1718"]wow this thing rocks sorr y but idk what to call it i got l$ 1k free from this girl and she kissed me lol[/quote59ed6da347]
Convert your L$ to USD and quit.[/quote59ed6da347]
That's a whole $3.33 USD. Good stuff.[/quote59ed6da347]
naa its only 3 dollars
OldManWrigley
02-11-2006 17:05:33
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I want to buy that, and be her....it's $1,000 L
So fine.....
I'm so messed up for getting turned on by the different SL characters.
mnx12
02-11-2006 20:04:53
Yeah and once you become her you can become a whore or stripper and make some cash
MyJobIsThis
03-11-2006 14:57:01
This looks retarded seriously...Graphics look horrible there doesn't seem to be a purpose in the game besides making a few $? and then it looks like when your creating shit AutoCad.