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    Second Life

    Anyone play this game, or know anyone who does? My local morning dj was talking about it the other day, but i missed what his point and perspective on it was other than he thinks its dumb to pay and play online games so deeply. Im interested in it because it looks like you get a lot of freedom and and customization. I want to try to get my g/f into also so any reviews?

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    It's not really a game per se. It's a virtual world where you can own property and trade goods and services using money that you buy using real currency (and you can do the exchange in the other direction as well). There's no exping, no mobs, no quests, etc. It sounds like it'd be fun to buy some property, build something cool, and then invite friends over to see it though.

    Offtopic, I used to play a MUD in the mid 90s called Federation in which you could build a planet with your own area descriptions. That was really cool, back in the day.

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    The game sounds like a precursor to the matrix.

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    Myspace + The Sims + chatroom, basically. They even run a few college classes through it if I remember right.

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    The UI in the game was terrible. I tried it once with my gf, we uninstalled it after playing for 10 mins.

    You can fly which is cool but the game is boring as hell.

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    I couldn't fucking stand this game. Aside from the terrible UI, people are actually allowed to buy and sell objects that will, for example, send your character so far up into the sky it will take so long to hit the ground you literally have to teleport to another zone, and will grant them immunity to any sort of weapon you have yourself.

    The population is 1/4 griefers, 1/4 constantly afk shops, and 1/2 furries.

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    Funny story I forgot to mention about that game. My mother's friend use to make some side cash in second life by taking in-game wedding photos for users. People would pay her 20 bucks to take screen caps of the happy couple.

    She eventually quit because it was too surreal for her. She once described a couple of the "weddings" she was at, the best one was a giant vagina getting married to goku from DBZ.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thoronas
    The UI in the game was terrible. I tried it once with my gf, we uninstalled it after playing for 10 mins.

    You can fly which is cool but the game is boring as hell.
    Agreed.

    I had to try it, just because of all the buzz. Was extremely unimpressed.

    I guess if you want to actually make a living sitting on your ass at home in front of a PC while playing a game, it's possible. I'd rather make 5 times more at a real job with benefits and then go play a game a enjoy in my off-time.

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    This game is like myspace in 3d, stay far away.

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    a giant vagina getting married to goku from DBZ
    Hahaha fucking win.

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    There was a really funny article about SL in the April issue of GQ Magazine. Basically that SL was about two things: sex and gambling. Not to mention that, even as a male character, you have to 'buy' a penis to have your virtual furry sex. (The author noted that his newb penis fell off after his first laggy sexual encounter.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elesirdur
    There was a really funny article about SL in the April issue of GQ Magazine. Basically that SL was about two things: sex and gambling. Not to mention that, even as a male character, you have to 'buy' a penis to have your virtual furry sex. (The author noted that his newb penis fell off after his first laggy sexual encounter.)
    What.... the.... fuck...

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    yeah my roommate was in a videogame class or something and it ran through SL
    He had to make some Minigame thing and yeah... lol

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    Just tried it, uninstalled after 2mins yay now im bored again..

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    Second Life is about pedophiles and furries. It's a beautiful sexually deviant universe! The UI is kind of clunky and I didnt care much for the walking animations. It is very cool how you can make your own items, skins, hair and such though. I played around with it for a while but didnt really care too much for it.

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    And its coming to PS3 :D



    as home

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    There are thousands of normal, decent people in SL. It's not a game, it's a chat community. My girlfriend runs a fairly popular clothing shop in there. In real terms she makes upwards of $300/month just by doing something she enjoys, a little digital art. It's not fast paced, and the Java client is a horrible resource whore, but if you're the patient type, you can make a few bucks and some new friends.

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    I wouldn't wish Second Life on my worst enemy. It's a complete pile of garbage that looks like it was designed by a 3rd grader in MS Paint.

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    The game itself is shit, but their marketing and pr department get the game plugged everywhere. OP might even be an employee.

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    Holy crap. I used to play Federation. I was legendary there. My planet won the Walrus award or whatever it was. My duchy pwned shit.

    DOUBLE DEATH TRAP.

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