Escort Mission
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Nala Galatea
Pink Dragon Kung-Fu
Join date: 12 Nov 2003
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04-10-2006 10:36
If I'm reposting, I'm sorry but saw this pop up on SlashDot and found it an interesting read, though it caused me to wonder if SL is going the way of other games that promote themselves in this fashion. Escort Mission: MMOs get a new Character Class - Call Girl From: someone Gowns, cars, kittens, rocket packs, lunar rovers, condominiums, turntables, couches--players make or mod scads of shop and show-off opportunities in SL's unbounded buyosphere, from personal appearance to animations to architecture. SL citizens are designers, crafters, cinematographers, engineers, civic planners, real estate agents. And prostitutes. From: someone "They take a house cut of 20 percent for every trick turned, which, on average, would be about L$150," she says. "I see stuff every several minutes, so that would add up to about L$1,500 an hour, 24/7. You do the math, but my worst estimate says that that's several tens of thousands of U.S. dollars per year." $47,608, to be precise. And bona fide tycoons traffic in more than just brothels and strip joints. As Suntzu says, "All these clients need man parts and male animations to complete the package, and the cheapest cost L$1,500. It's like selling candy in a cinema." From: someone The one thing I am not getting is why SL is such a great medium for this, as it seems that even though you can add sexy new models and stuff, there will be no real interactive animations or anything actually controllable beyond the most basic stuff (walking around, sitting, etc). So how does this equate into a non-laughable cybersex medium? I personally find the idea of cybersex to be hilarious and in the end, something of a self-parody, so how is this any different from your average #TeenChat cybersex session on IRC? Is it no less laughable, because from here it looks like someone is using static models & scenery to look at while said session is going on, but otherwise nothing is different or any less ridiculous.
Someone who plays SL, tell me, does the system allow for the interactive type animations you'd need to make this something more than just glorified, equally amusing cybersex? Or perhaps theres something else at work beyond peopls imaginations. Thoughts/comments? |
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Tikki Kerensky
Insane critter
Join date: 12 Aug 2004
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04-10-2006 10:46
Yes, question for you Nala. Do you allow lines of credit or do you demand cash up front.
*duck*
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,785
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04-10-2006 11:03
*ahem*
We HATE escort missions.
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Lorelei Patel
was here
Join date: 22 Feb 2004
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04-10-2006 11:53
Escorts are working as missionaries now? Dang. Remind me to answer the door next time and invite them in.
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Travis Lambert
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Join date: 3 Jun 2004
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04-10-2006 12:44
"Escort Mission".... isn't that an SL avatar name? 
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
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04-10-2006 12:45
From: Lorelei Patel Escorts are working as missionaries now? Dang. Remind me to answer the door next time and invite them in. I wouldn't mind a Mercy Escort Mission. If I did meet an Escort Mission in SL I'd tell him to 'run around aimlessly while I take potshots at you." |
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Sansarya Caligari
BLEH!
Join date: 25 Apr 2005
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04-10-2006 13:06
Haha, great line!From: article
Imagine it: Make a better interface, and all the [people] who now use chat programs such as MSN or AIM will arrive by the millions overnight, endlessly masturbating like Energizer Bunnies."
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Jade Steele
Midian City
Join date: 5 Dec 2004
Posts: 40
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04-10-2006 13:26
From: Nala Galatea If I'm reposting, I'm sorry but saw this pop up on SlashDot and found it an interesting read, though it caused me to wonder if SL is going the way of other games that promote themselves in this fashion. Escort Mission: MMOs get a new Character Class - Call Girl Thoughts/comments? It seems sensational to me. There is nothing new about the world's oldest profession in SL nor in MMOs in general. |
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Nala Galatea
Pink Dragon Kung-Fu
Join date: 12 Nov 2003
Posts: 335
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04-10-2006 13:36
From: Jade Steele It seems sensational to me. There is nothing new about the world's oldest profession in SL nor in MMOs in general. For us who know about SL, it is nothing new. However, for most of the outside world who has *not* heard of SL before, this might be. Kinda like the wave of all new "adult-oriented games" that are coming out in the near future, and at the bottom of most of them is, "Oh, and you can do these things in Second Life too, which is out now." Are these the kind of members that will benefit the SL community, or are we all just looking for fresh mone....fresh faces where ever we can find them? |
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Trinity Serpentine
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Join date: 1 Oct 2003
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04-10-2006 15:24
If people want to pay money to watch pretty pixelated pouty p***y take off their clothes, more power to them. 
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Trinity Serpentine
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04-10-2006 15:27
From: Tikki Kerensky Yes, question for you Nala. Do you allow lines of credit or do you demand cash up front.
*duck* 
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Tikki Kerensky
Insane critter
Join date: 12 Aug 2004
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04-10-2006 16:14
Sorry, Trin. Couldn't resist. Love ya both! *mwah*
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Trinity Serpentine
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04-10-2006 16:23
From: Tikki Kerensky Sorry, Trin. Couldn't resist. Love ya both! *mwah* The question shoulda been posed to me as I'd be her official pimp. 
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Phoenix Psaltery
Ninja Wizard
Join date: 25 Feb 2005
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04-10-2006 16:33
From: Trinity Serpentine The question shoulda been posed to me as I'd be her official pimp. Well, then... let's talk. LOL! P2 |
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Hiro Pendragon
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04-10-2006 17:03
From: Burke Prefect *ahem*
We HATE escort missions. indeed. 
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Katt Kongo
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04-10-2006 18:14
From: Travis Lambert "Escort Mission".... isn't that an SL avatar name? No, it's a sexual position.
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Tikki Kerensky
Insane critter
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04-10-2006 18:44
From: Trinity Serpentine The question shoulda been posed to me as I'd be her official pimp. How much for da both of ya!
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ZATZAi Asturias
Artificial Isle
Join date: 7 Oct 2005
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04-11-2006 03:17
What is that they say about no such thing as bad publicity?  Prepare for, yet another, wave of horney noobs. ... Heh, that CGW is "reporting" fluf like this, does not surprise me. Now does it surprise me that they are a couple of years late in reporting it. CGW: Reporting Game Fiction/Adverts & News When We Run Out Of Ads
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Cristiano Midnight
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Join date: 17 May 2003
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05-16-2006 20:56
This article about SL has also now been reprinted verbatim in the June 6th edition of PC Magazine, so a whole new group of people can read about our virtual sex trade industry - it's way in the back of the magazine under Gaming + Culture: 
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Stroker Serpentine
Unadultercated
Join date: 8 Nov 2003
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05-16-2006 21:07
I plead the 5th...and 6th..and 7th
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Huns Valen
Don't PM me here.
Join date: 3 May 2003
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05-16-2006 21:51
I don't see nothing wroooooong
with a little bump and grind
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Arken Soothsayer
Reaver
Join date: 23 Oct 2005
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05-17-2006 11:42
I think paying for sex in SL is retarded. But more power to the chicks gettin paid, I guess.
I saw "Escort Mission" and thought someone put in some kind of new MMO. But it's whores.
Or...are there whores wanting to have someone escort them through some warehouse fulla gun-toting crazies?!
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Cindy Claveau
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Join date: 16 May 2005
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05-17-2006 12:49
From: Cristiano Midnight This article about SL has also now been reprinted verbatim in the June 6th edition of PC Magazine, so a whole new group of people can read about our virtual sex trade industry - it's way in the back of the magazine under Gaming + Culture: So the next influx will not just be newbs, it will be nerd-newbs! After the Business Week coverage, we got a lot of Business major Newbs. It's about time for a change. "Hey baby, wanna see my pocket protector?" (EDIT: from the article)From: someone Amster-Dame, one of Second Life's red-light districts, can't decide what to wear. A patchwork of imported JPG porn and candy-coated graphics, it's the id-as-image series, a woody in kaleidoscopically shifting search of wank material. Someone needs to lay off the Thesaurus pills. |
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Cristiano Midnight
Evil Snapshot Baron
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05-17-2006 12:57
From: Cindy Claveau
"Hey baby, wanna see my pocket protector?"
Newbie Nerd: Hey baby, wanna see my pocket protector? Professional Trollop: You're the customer, whatever gets you off. That will be $5000L, or I take Paypal.
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Cindy Claveau
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05-17-2006 13:05
From: Cristiano Midnight Newbie Nerd: Hey baby, wanna see my pocket protector?
Professional Trollop: You're the customer, whatever gets you off. That will be $5000L, or I take Paypal. <takes money> "Oooh what a huge pocket protector! Is that an Xcite?" |
