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What kind of crap idea is that?
What worries me even more though, is probably players of that game will pay to get into the 'virtual club' and spend the rest of their night making their character dance next to vaguely female looking characters while sipping on a dash of shandy.
Playing things like WoW yeah, but starting to turn it into an "alternative to real life"?
Please...
What kind of crap idea is that?
What worries me even more though, is probably players of that game will pay to get into the 'virtual club' and spend the rest of their night making their character dance next to vaguely female looking characters while sipping on a dash of shandy.
Playing things like WoW yeah, but starting to turn it into an "alternative to real life"?
Please...
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[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4385048.stm[/URL]
What kind of crap idea is that?
What worries me even more though, is probably players of that game will pay to get into the 'virtual club' and spend the rest of their night making their character dance next to vaguely female looking characters while sipping on a dash of shandy.
Playing things like WoW yeah, but starting to turn it into an "alternative to real life"?
Please...
What kind of crap idea is that?
What worries me even more though, is probably players of that game will pay to get into the 'virtual club' and spend the rest of their night making their character dance next to vaguely female looking characters while sipping on a dash of shandy.
Playing things like WoW yeah, but starting to turn it into an "alternative to real life"?
Please...
People can do what they want with it.
And the winner of this months' Saddist git on the planet award goes to the new owner of a virtual space station - dear lord, whatever next, instead of investing in a virtual nightclub, why not invest in a real life!
gamesfreak wrote:
> [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4385048.stm[/URL]
>
> What kind of crap idea is that?
The type of crap idea you'll wish you though of first, as the guy rolls around in his millions. Fact is, this type of thing can
be successful. If people want to spend cash on virtual property, I wish I was on the receiving end of it....
> [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4385048.stm[/URL]
>
> What kind of crap idea is that?
The type of crap idea you'll wish you though of first, as the guy rolls around in his millions. Fact is, this type of thing can
be successful. If people want to spend cash on virtual property, I wish I was on the receiving end of it....
I suppose it can't be an impossible concept if you think about it, because at the end of the day us gamers are prepared to spend £30 on a disk which might have cost 50p to make, package and box. Pro Evo 5 for example isn't a real football game, but people are still willing to spend a lot of money on the virtual version, just a thought.
There's a slight difference between paying £30 to kick a virtual ball around and paying $100k for a virtual piece of property...
The guy who bought it will probably reap the rewards in the future.
But, it's a club, online, a club - how can you get any enjoyment out of that? It's like detracting the player completely from the outside world.
But, it's a club, online, a club - how can you get any enjoyment out of that? It's like detracting the player completely from the outside world.
Forest Fan wrote:
> I suppose it can't be an impossible concept if you think about it,
> because at the end of the day us gamers are prepared to spend
> £30 on a disk which might have cost 50p to make.
Dont forget the millions spent to actually make the game...
> I suppose it can't be an impossible concept if you think about it,
> because at the end of the day us gamers are prepared to spend
> £30 on a disk which might have cost 50p to make.
Dont forget the millions spent to actually make the game...
gamesfreak wrote:
> But, it's a club, online, a club - how can you get any
> enjoyment out of that? It's like detracting the player completely
> from the outside world.
What are chat forums? Simplistic methods of anonymously socializing.
MMORPGS are online worlds some people already pay to be part of.
Why not virtual clubs? If this site was 3d, would you refuse to be part of it as it distracts you from RL?
Why are you in fact here in the first place? Go meet real people and share real opinions.
It’s escapism, plain and simple.
> But, it's a club, online, a club - how can you get any
> enjoyment out of that? It's like detracting the player completely
> from the outside world.
What are chat forums? Simplistic methods of anonymously socializing.
MMORPGS are online worlds some people already pay to be part of.
Why not virtual clubs? If this site was 3d, would you refuse to be part of it as it distracts you from RL?
Why are you in fact here in the first place? Go meet real people and share real opinions.
It’s escapism, plain and simple.
Bullett wrote:
> There's a slight difference between paying £30 to kick a virtual
> ball around and paying $100k for a virtual piece of property...
But yet that $100k might be seen as a suberb investment, if he makes 100 times that with advertising rights.
> There's a slight difference between paying £30 to kick a virtual
> ball around and paying $100k for a virtual piece of property...
But yet that $100k might be seen as a suberb investment, if he makes 100 times that with advertising rights.
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