This game is so bizarre.

What is kind of funny, is that Ben Brown, the fellow who started this thread, never came back again. Starting this thread was his very first and very last post. He has not replied to any comments made by anyone. I suspect he has not gone back to Second Life either, and he possibly never will (He's probably playing WoW, right now).

HEY!! I resemble that remark!!

now there you go. thanks for the idea. i will work on something i thot of a long time ago, and forgot all about.

okay, so let's say i make this "place". i think i'll need to buy more land to make it work. no prob, some is for sale by me. but... if the only thing you had to pay for was entry into my "puzzle"... would you pay it?

if so, how much? i mean, i gotta get my tier money income somehow.

But a perfect partner for my game Make Things Go Boom! Current mission: running speedboats across sim borders at full throttle in an attempt to splode them and hurtle avs into space or the center of the earth.

i've gotten stuck in the center of the earth often so i guess i qualify for the job

REALLY!?

Okay, enough talk - let's do this! LEEROYYYYY JENNNKINNNNNS!!!!

( Non-Warcraft players, it's an "inside joke )

When I had mere L shaped 1536m2 lot I made huge 300 foot egg tower with waterfalls. Was impossible to join but hollowing and placing eggs was fun.

wut were the eggs for?

Laugha while you can, monkey-girl.

Kevyn (aka Lord John Whorfin)

Ben if you just stick around for a few months you will either have become as crazilly addicted as everyone else here or you will have retreated to the Home for the Bewildered.

Either way, it won't matter to you anymore.

Good luck - feel free to IM me if you need any help.

Just a suggestion...Read down the threads on this forum and find the one "Enjoy Boating in SL?" - then go and pay Ava a visit and see how you like things Enjoy!

There! Evil PURE AND SIMPLE by way of the Eighth Dimension!

She with the most bears wins.

First, drive the word "Game" from your mind.
SL is already much more than that, if one wants it to be.
Next, learn the basics and explore.
After exploring for long enough, the following words may reveal to you what could be on the (hopefully-not-too-distant-future) horizon, if LL can hold this baby together:

Amazon.com Island
Google Island
Warcraft (or similar) Island
Wiki Island
Myspace Island
Yahoo Island
Ebay Island
Fox Island
CBS Island
Matchmakers Island
Paramount Island
Youtube Island
Microsoft Island
Dell Island


THE possible internet hub of the future: SL (but first they must work RL$ in in a manner
pleasing to FoxGooglePfizer et alia).

This will lead to an exodus of people.

A very informative post, a nice listing of all the corporate Sims I will avoid. Thank You.

of course if they got to that point they might not CARE if theres an exodus, since they will be "Teh 3d web"

Those of us who like SL for what it is (and was) will just not like the change to RL commercialism.

Some people like their virtual world ... virtual.

There we go, being anti progress again.......

We can go hide in Squeeze's cave.

That's just it- you can avoid them if you don't like them, if LL does it well. As I see it, Sl can easily encompass both the fantasy and the business, putting the business Islands far separate from the generally individual properties.

Something for everyone... with the business end helping to keep fees on the play end low.

Personally I would love to browse an Amazon.com Island and be able to order RL products there, or go to a CartoonNetwork Island to see episodes of shows I've missed

Added: Business is already here, obviously, with places like the Illusion Factory etc.

You are correct, IF they can keep them to their side of the world. however most of those companies have a way of taking over the world where you can't avoid them, and dictating policy to all by virtue of their fat wallets. Seeing how they have infested RL, I'm not expecting much of a difference in SL, call me a pessimist.

You are right... massive piles of money can warp things. Hopefully LL will be listening to the people like you and others who helped them survive this long, and will maintain separation of business and play as much as possible. Individual creations in play should really be protected from being overwhelmed by corporate biz $$$$. It is possible LL could even build a totally separate program/server system for the RL businesses side ... that may be the way they should go.

yes errm unfortunately SL is trying to be a 3D internet so this could be around the corner hehe and I suppose in this case I am anti progress cause I dont think I can compete with huge corporations very well.

Hhmm. Fantasy Island, anyone?

(Seriously. Fantasy islands, if necessary with anti-corporate banlines, if that's your thing.)

Boss! Boss! De plane!

None of you can. A lot of you have built up successful businesses here, maybe not getting rich, but turning some profit. You are doing here what you can't do very well in RL anymore unfortunately. And now the very same entities that have monopolized RL, are coming into SL, and could quite possibly push all the small businesses out of here as well. And second life becomes nothing but another mass media outlet for their incessant advertising. I'm happy just to go to amazon.com if I want something. I don't need Amazon Island. But that's just me.