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Title: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 11:17:38 AM
 ... comedic gold ensues (http://www.digitalalchemy.tv/2008/01/financial-crisis-in-second-life-virtual.html).  The picture included there alone is worth the click.
Title: Re: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 11:55:50 AM
haha
Title: Re: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: Antares on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 02:42:28 PM
I'm confused.  What?
Title: Re: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: Ghandi on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 03:15:21 PM
The article wasn't very informative. I assumed that since the virtual dollars in Second Life are tied to real dollars, and the value of the real dollar is sinking, there is an economic crisis in Second Life.

I didn't realize that real people controlled the banks in Second Life. That seems like an unfair advantage. Not that I give a shit about Second Life, but still.
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Post by: WindAndConfusion on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 05:07:37 PM
But how will the furries pay for their dongs if they can't get loans?
Title: Re: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: Ghandi on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 05:13:05 PM
What the hell are dongs? I'm not up on the furry terminology.
Title: Re: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: WindAndConfusion on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 06:05:31 PM
Second Life is unique in that it is the only surviving major economy that doesn't use a fiat currency. Instead, they have a commodity-backed currency, known as the "dong standard."
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Post by: beo on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 06:46:41 PM
has anyone here actually played second life? i've been hearing titbits about the seedier side of second life for a while, and have to say i'm intrigued - in a purely scientific way of course. ahem. every time i hear something about this game, my morbid curiosity gets a boost and i may just have to delve in and find out how fucked up it really is.

i remember hearing a story about a craze for getting a particular pet for your avatar - like a fashion accessory. kind of stupid, but not particularly fucked up - the fucked up thing was how you got the pet. some guy had set up some sort of virtual dungeon where female avatars could go in, excite a dragon and then watch as the dragon pinned down and raped their characters. the avatar would then become pregnant and give birth to the "pet" later.
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Post by: WindAndConfusion on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 07:10:08 PM


Godspeed, beo.

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Title: Re: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: scottws on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 07:40:26 PM
Wired talks about Second Life all the time, acting like everyone's on there.  And I see some websites talk about it.  I've yet to meet someone that says they are on there though.
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Post by: gpw11 on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 10:53:43 PM
Yeah, I've noticed that as well.  I wonder if it's just one guy at wired. Anyways, SomethingAwful used to do a weekly article about SL where a bunch of guys on the forum would pretend to be people from Star Trek or Sliders beaming into a new world and making a report on it.  It was pretty funny as they'd usually stumble on some fucked up shit.


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It's quite probable that this young girl is being controlled by a grown man
 

No fucking shit.  What a waste of time investigation.
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Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 10:56:24 PM
The first I heard of Second Life, was when it wasn't all that big. This Aussie bi chick I knew in univ., was on it all the time.
Title: Re: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 11:38:24 PM
Quote from: Pugnate on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, 10:56:24 PM
The first I heard of Second Life, was when it wasn't all that big. This Aussie bi chick I knew in univ., was on it all the time.
Haha dude I was the one who told Joanna about it :D hahaha

I just checked and apparently my account is still active after all these years! ;D
Title: Re: When the economy intrudes upon your stupid fantasy world ...
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, April 04, 2008, 11:09:23 AM
Freaks.