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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:42 PM Original message |
just what is this "second life" thing i keep hearing about? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, it does help one find people more saddo than oneself |
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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. i have friends that play it and keep saying i should try it out |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Exactly |
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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. yeah, it seems the same as IM'ing but just with cartoony avatars |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I heard on NPR last year that some companies are doing job interviews there. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Wow. I hadn't heard that before now but |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's lame. |
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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. that is what i figured |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. It sounds neat but I hear everything costs money. |
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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. and i'm sure that there is gobs of advertising too |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. There are gobs of everything. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. no, you don't have to pay money to make stuff |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Umm... we're getting these ideas from Second Life itself. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. you've never had to pay a fee to make things |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. And where are people gonna display stuff if they don't have land? |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. slexchange.com, onrez.com, slshopper.com -- all free |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. you heard wrong |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's pretty weak. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. I know a couple of people who were actually supplementing their income with it |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I read one lady has made a million dollars real money there |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, that's Anshe Chung |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Just when I think I've seen everything. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The lady has made more money selling & renting than I have made in my entire life |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. she has branched out into other virtual worlds now, too |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Yeah, if I had any artistic talent I'd have tried that too. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. "it's not a game, it's a platform" |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. I've read a few interesting articles about using it for training and virtual offices |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. I assume from the name you have to have a first one in order to play |
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InternalDialogue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. Dwight Schrute: "Second Life is not a game, Jim." |
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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. i love the office |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. The Office |
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