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You can do that in real life too, out at Burning Man, but you probably wouldn't do it at the office. It's the same in Second Life. You would observe the social norms of the area that you are visiting, or lose your right to visit there.
I've talked to quite a few people in second life that have left the sims online for second life. Also a lot of people from "There" have moved to second life. When I was in "There" for a bit there were also a lot of people that left sims online for it. Although I've never played sims online, and no longer play "There", so how many people that go to those from second life I don't know.
Steve: You mean that it won't fade as long as you have that god awful imagination?I played SL and didn't have any trouble getting in the game, as I didn't have any trouble back in the days with the "awfully looking" games like monkey island and I don't have any trouble right now when I read a book. You know... it is funny about books, they can give you a deeper sense of immersion than any game, yet they don't need any quad geforce 9999.999GTX ULTRA.I don't say that graphics are useless, I spent 500us$ in my last card (I'm in Argentina, that's what I payed for a gforce 6800gt). But don't be a graphics whore.
Do you consider yourself to be inside "the masses"? I can only talk for myself, I don't know what "the masses" want and I don't care. The fact is that when I played SL I wasn't the only one there, there were many people. Maybe "the masses" are playing WoW... but why must all games appeal to "the masses", if you can find a niche and make money out of it then you should go for it!And then it is the Pacman argument... it is quite strange, since I believe PacMan has survived the pass of time, and it had a wide audience at that time (just google pacman and you'll find the first link to be not an historical article about the game but a flash port, that must mean PacMan still matters). Are you saying you didn't play Pac Man at that time because it wasn't exploiting the full potential of videogames? Do you consider that any game is exploiting the full potential of videogames at the moment? I know this is digg and many people here believe their personal opinion/taste are absolute facts, but give me a break.Do you think people will be bringing Gears of War to a conversation 27 years from now (like you are bringing a game like PacMan, that is 27 years old, to this conversation)? Going back to SL... that's ok, if you don't like it you don't like it... but saying that you are not going to play it because 20 years from now the genre will be more mature is a big fat fallacy.
Do you consider yourself to be inside "the masses"? I can only talk for myself, I don't know what "the masses" want and I don't care. The fact is that when I played SL I wasn't the only one there, there were many people. Maybe "the masses" are playing WoW... but why must all games appeal to "the masses", if you can find a niche and make money out of it then you should go for it!And then it is the Pacman argument... it is quite strange, since I believe PacMan has survived the pass of time, and it had a wide audience at that time (just google pacman and you'll find the first link to be not an historical article about the game but a flash port, that must mean PacMan still matters). Are you saying you didn't play Pac Man at that time because it wasn't exploiting the full potential of videogames? Do you consider that any game is exploiting the full potential of videogames at the moment?I know this is digg and many people here believe their personal opinion/taste are absolute facts, but give me a break.Do you think people will be bringing Gears of War to a conversation 27 years from now (like you are bringing a game like PacMan, that is 27 years old, to this conversation)?Going back to SL... that's ok, if you don't like it you don't like it... but saying that you are not going to play it because 20 years from now the genre will be more mature is a big fat fallacy.
Whoever is burying Azur2 either has no sense of humor or is probably one of the aftermentioned players of Second LIfe who is mortified that their pedophile furry antics are now on display for everyone to scrutinize.
"Your just narrowminded. The human body is simply an avatar for the mind. We are given our body at birth and we shape it in such a way to express our true identity, the identity given to us by our unique experiences."Now you're trying to rationalize being 30 and playing virtual dolls on the internet with people you don't know. And trying to rationalize it with some philosiphy you got from playing Metal Gear Solid 2 too much.*golfclap*
guitarsenalDec 13, 2006
You can do that in real life too, out at Burning Man, but you probably wouldn't do it at the office. It's the same in Second Life. You would observe the social norms of the area that you are visiting, or lose your right to visit there.
vrillusionsDec 13, 2006
I've talked to quite a few people in second life that have left the sims online for second life. Also a lot of people from "There" have moved to second life. When I was in "There" for a bit there were also a lot of people that left sims online for it. Although I've never played sims online, and no longer play "There", so how many people that go to those from second life I don't know.
pozzoeDec 14, 2006
Steve: You mean that it won't fade as long as you have that god awful imagination?I played SL and didn't have any trouble getting in the game, as I didn't have any trouble back in the days with the "awfully looking" games like monkey island and I don't have any trouble right now when I read a book. You know... it is funny about books, they can give you a deeper sense of immersion than any game, yet they don't need any quad geforce 9999.999GTX ULTRA.I don't say that graphics are useless, I spent 500us$ in my last card (I'm in Argentina, that's what I payed for a gforce 6800gt). But don't be a graphics whore.
qtradeDec 14, 2006
Ye,
pozzoeDec 14, 2006
Do you consider yourself to be inside "the masses"? I can only talk for myself, I don't know what "the masses" want and I don't care. The fact is that when I played SL I wasn't the only one there, there were many people. Maybe "the masses" are playing WoW... but why must all games appeal to "the masses", if you can find a niche and make money out of it then you should go for it!And then it is the Pacman argument... it is quite strange, since I believe PacMan has survived the pass of time, and it had a wide audience at that time (just google pacman and you'll find the first link to be not an historical article about the game but a flash port, that must mean PacMan still matters). Are you saying you didn't play Pac Man at that time because it wasn't exploiting the full potential of videogames? Do you consider that any game is exploiting the full potential of videogames at the moment? I know this is digg and many people here believe their personal opinion/taste are absolute facts, but give me a break.Do you think people will be bringing Gears of War to a conversation 27 years from now (like you are bringing a game like PacMan, that is 27 years old, to this conversation)? Going back to SL... that's ok, if you don't like it you don't like it... but saying that you are not going to play it because 20 years from now the genre will be more mature is a big fat fallacy.
pozzoeDec 14, 2006
Do you consider yourself to be inside "the masses"? I can only talk for myself, I don't know what "the masses" want and I don't care. The fact is that when I played SL I wasn't the only one there, there were many people. Maybe "the masses" are playing WoW... but why must all games appeal to "the masses", if you can find a niche and make money out of it then you should go for it!And then it is the Pacman argument... it is quite strange, since I believe PacMan has survived the pass of time, and it had a wide audience at that time (just google pacman and you'll find the first link to be not an historical article about the game but a flash port, that must mean PacMan still matters). Are you saying you didn't play Pac Man at that time because it wasn't exploiting the full potential of videogames? Do you consider that any game is exploiting the full potential of videogames at the moment?I know this is digg and many people here believe their personal opinion/taste are absolute facts, but give me a break.Do you think people will be bringing Gears of War to a conversation 27 years from now (like you are bringing a game like PacMan, that is 27 years old, to this conversation)?Going back to SL... that's ok, if you don't like it you don't like it... but saying that you are not going to play it because 20 years from now the genre will be more mature is a big fat fallacy.
alexmaxDec 14, 2006
Whoever is burying Azur2 either has no sense of humor or is probably one of the aftermentioned players of Second LIfe who is mortified that their pedophile furry antics are now on display for everyone to scrutinize.
alexmaxDec 14, 2006
"Your just narrowminded. The human body is simply an avatar for the mind. We are given our body at birth and we shape it in such a way to express our true identity, the identity given to us by our unique experiences."Now you're trying to rationalize being 30 and playing virtual dolls on the internet with people you don't know. And trying to rationalize it with some philosiphy you got from playing Metal Gear Solid 2 too much.*golfclap*
wiremonkeymommyDec 15, 2006
the Metaverse, you either "get it" or you "don't"... whether I get it or not, I know I want more of it!
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