Fans of the TV show Big Brother - BB in SL!!

This is great! Big Brother coming to Second Life!

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-11-06T152208Z_01_L06903282_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MEDIA-ENDEMOL-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=TechInternet-C3-Technology-3

Well, it's a good idea in theory..... but it's not going to be all that interesting....

mainly for this fact: anyone that can devote 8 hours a day for a month for a chance to win a $1250 prize isn't going to be someone fascinating enough to want to watch whatsoever.... I wouldn't want to watch a bunch of dorks with no lives in a room.

"The winner will receive a virtual island within Second Life, worth about US$1,675."

Ok, so...

8 hours x 30 days = 240 hours

240 hours / $1,675.00 = $6.98 per hour

U.S. federal minimum wage = $5.15 per hour

I agree with Doubledown for the most part. I can't imagine that the participants will be varied or interesting enough to make this work. The reward just isn't big enough to attract anyone other than the standard minimum wage / high school crowd.

A prize of $1,675 in the form of a private island...

... which will cost $3540 (more than twice the cost of the prize in the first place) in tier for the year.

I still don't see how the BB concept can work in SL - especially if the voting is done in-world when you realise how easy it is to make 1000 free accounts to vote for yourself to stay in anyway.

Lewis

but then millions worldwide do exactly that every night: big brother, x factor, celebrity come dancing, (insert countries) next super model, im a celebrity get me out of here etc etc etc

so you may not want to but the facts say that millions do

i dont like tabloids but millions get sold every day.. etc etc

wow, some folks still watch television. wow.

This whole SL BB idea is half-baked. but at least they're giving it a try.


The one reality show they should attempt in SL is "The Mole"
that show was kickass, and could work in SL

I was a member of sl big brother that was held back before the summer of 2006. We had two weeks before it folded , I had just won HOH ty

So they already had tried a SL BB? And they started and then halfway through just cancelled everything?

yep, still have the house key. I think they were a tad premature, not having worked all the logistics out to run the game in sl. Keep in mind it was just a few peoples idea and not the real BB which might have the chops to pull it off.

So far, they're doing a horrible job of promoting it.

Why would the people involved post ANYTHING about where it is or how to get there?

I can not find one single thing that tells me where it is

Ok, i made it there.. it's actually more entertaining than i thought.
They picked some good people. It'll be fun having lots of people getting involved in the popularity contest and campaigning and all. I could see that in a bit of time, these contestants will get more and more fans.