Second Life

HanK · Post by **HanK** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:22 pm

http://secondlife.com/Not that I'm actually going to play it (probably), but it seems to be a pretty cool idea. You pay a one-time membership fee of $9.95 (plus a bit more to buy land) and you use the in-game creation tools to build everything. For instance you can make yourself a flying car, give yourself superpowers, pretty much whatever you want. Also, if you happen to build a site that becomes very popular (such as a theme park or something) then they'll give you a certain percent of their profits. Sounds interesting.

Post by **Jordan** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:56 pm

Eep!That actually sounds fun!

May consider this for fun. Or at least try the trial.

gramps · Post by **gramps** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:19 pm

holy shit. ijust went through the whole site for that, and it is insane!!!

you can literally do anything! like a Sim's Online that actually works!!!!

if i didnt love swg so much, i would definetly look into this, but it also looks complicated. i looked at a screenshot of someone "crafting" a gun, and it was hard as crap. physics and stuff actually apply!

but this looks really innovative to say the least.

i encourage everyone to look at the site.

DaikatanaGenshu · Post by **DaikatanaGenshu** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:21 pm

I read about this in CGW a while back I think. The concept of it sounds very appealing, but it also sounds pretty complicated. The learning curve on it will probably be like 10x more than SWG's.

Evangelion · Post by **Evangelion** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:07 pm

This ah...doesn't look like my type of game...

HanK · Post by **HanK** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:39 pm

I read about this in CGW a while back I think. The concept of it sounds very appealing, but it also sounds pretty complicated. The learning curve on it will probably be like 10x more than SWG's.Indeed. I think I'll try the 7-day trial thing and see how it is.On a side note, anyone ever read the book Snow Crash? In it, there's a kind of cyberworld...thing...where people who know they're way around programming and whatnot are basically in control. I know Milk has read it and said somewhere that he wished there were an MMOG that kind of played off that idea, and this seems a bit similar, which is why I brought it up.

Post by **Jordan** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:12 pm

One time fee of $10.I spend more then that on lunch in a week. Also, it does look pretty tough to learn. That's a good thing. Perhaps it will weed out the, 'omg wtf lol uber l33t!!11!'s.

GuessWho17 · Post by **GuessWho17** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:25 pm

On the site they have a 7 day free trial. I might just look into this, because even I, GW, can be very creative. I mean hell, just look at me and Viper on HL2...

GuessWho17 · Post by **GuessWho17** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:27 pm

Hell, I even made a Matrix scene 8)

DaikatanaGenshu · Post by **DaikatanaGenshu** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:33 pm

OMG Barney completely kicked the shit out of those Combine.