If you read the forums, there are a group of individuals that are intent on making sl into a real life business. So this is an informal question, is second life a game or a business. No maybes, no can you explain the question, is it a game, or business. Please post your replies in the form of game or business.
Results will be tallied at the end of the week.
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Sabre Titan
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04-12-2006 16:50
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Tyr Sartre
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04-12-2006 16:53
Can't it be both a business and a game? IF not someone better call all the Los Vegas and let them know they can't be both
(Los Vegas, a city built in the desert in the Untied States the main income for it *At least when it was first built, and for many years after, if not still* Is casino's who specialize in "Games of Chance" Both Game and Business |
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Sabre Titan
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04-12-2006 16:53
please respond in form of game or business
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Amber Lehane
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04-12-2006 16:53
Well considering you don't HAVE to make money to enjoy second life I'd say it lends itself more to a game.
So I say its a game. Oh yeah and if you didn't know, other people are making money off of the other MMOs. I'm not refering to the creators either. |
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Jillian Callahan
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04-12-2006 16:53
If you read the forums, there are a group of individuals that are intent on making sl into a real life business. So this is an informal question, is second life a game or a business. No maybes, no can you explain the question, is it a game, or business. Please post your replies in the form of game or business. Results will be tallied at the end of the week. Sabre Titan : Game The Lindens will tell you this is NOT a game. Thus is the official stance. I will tell you it's NOT a game, because it lacks built-in goals and artificial obsticals to those goals. (People will argue that, of course.) I will also tell you it's not relevant. Play or work or both, makes not a whit of difference. What you do in SL is entirely up to you. _____________________
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Dakind Pixel
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04-12-2006 17:07
please respond in form of game or business Only Sith think in absolutes....  It's a game, It's a business, It's a world, do whatever the F you want in it. |
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nimrod Yaffle
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04-12-2006 17:09
To some it's one, to others it's the other.
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Mina Firefly
Tattooist
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04-12-2006 17:13
Right now i'm in SL strictly for the BUSINESS.
After 2 years...i've seen it all...i'm busy irl. I saw SL as a game and a business. But more as a game...a giant chatroom. |
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Selene Gregoire
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04-12-2006 17:20
Neither.
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Lucifer Baphomet
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04-12-2006 17:47
SecondLife is SecondLife
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
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04-12-2006 17:52
If this is a game, I've collected a lot of powerups, I've saved the princess, but I still haven't beaten the last boss!
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Sabre Titan
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04-12-2006 20:34
This is a poll: is sl a game or is sl a business.
A poll deals in absolutes. Don't like my poll, start your own! so far 50% business, 25% game, and 25% didn't read the rules of the post. |
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Gabe Lippmann
"Phone's ringing, Dude."
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04-12-2006 20:42
This is a poll: is sl a game or is sl a business. It's neither. _____________________
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Toy LaFollette
I eat paintchips
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04-12-2006 20:54
neither
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Keiki Lemieux
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04-12-2006 22:04
Neither.
Asking whether or SL is a game or a business is like asking: Is the web a game or a business? Is IRC chat a game or a business? Is instant messaging a game or business? Besides I hear people using the word platform, not business. I don't think anyone argues its a business. It's a platform for communicating, building, learning, socializing, playing games and conducting small and micro businesses. _____________________
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Kazanture Aleixandre
Here I am.
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04-12-2006 22:15
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Enabran Templar
Capitalist Pig
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04-12-2006 22:27
SL isn't a game nor can it "be a business." Your poll sucks.
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Sabre Titan
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04-12-2006 22:37
don't like my poll, that is fine. start your own.
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Forseti Svarog
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04-12-2006 22:39
i find it amusing that you are pushing for a silly OR decision when your poll uses AND checkboxes rather than OR radio buttons.
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Kazanture Aleixandre
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04-12-2006 22:40
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Nepenthes Ixchel
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04-12-2006 23:46
I don't like either of those options. SL is a free-form environment. It comes with 7 primatives, one mesh, a few animations and the ability to edit content and upload additional content.
You can make it a game, you can make it a business, you can making it a gaming business, you can make it a way to talk to friends, you can make it a way to explore your fetishes, you can do a whole bunch of other stuff if you feel like it. |
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Maximillion Grant
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04-12-2006 23:52
Is your first life a game or a business?
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Argent Stonecutter
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04-13-2006 10:55
It's a game, platform, business, floor wax, AND dessert topping.
Asking "is SL a game or a business" is like asking "is pie a food or a dessert". |
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Ctarr Huszar
BEYOND TATTOO
Join date: 14 Oct 2005
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04-13-2006 12:09
To me, it's not a game or a business..its a slimulation.
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Enabran Templar
Capitalist Pig
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04-13-2006 12:32
i find it amusing that you are pushing for a silly OR decision when your poll uses AND checkboxes rather than OR radio buttons. Heh, yeah, I was similarly impressed. _____________________
Furthermore, as Second Life goes to the Metaverse, and this becomes an open platform, Linden Lab risks lawsuit in court and [attachment culling] will, I repeat WILL be reverse in court. Second Life Forums: Who needs Reason when you can use bold tags? |