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"This is just taking it too far"

[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...

I'm not a MMORPROGPGPGP person, I can't see the appeal of it.

But I can see where this guy is coming from, if he can get the DJs, then he'll be able to pull in the crowds, make some money back. Then again, who says he's in this for the money? He probably loves the fame he's getting, and the notoriety he'll get for this.

I say good luck to him, but I still think he's a nutter :)

I'm actually going to download a demo of the game and see what it's all about. I'll post my findings back on here...

It's taking AGES to download.
3 1/2 hours to go at 50kb/s.

Also, all the info says that it's a "Virtual Universe NOT a game."

I believe a virtual GAME would be cool! You put on a headset or something, feel like you're actually there, interact with characters intelligently etc.

But what is the point of a virtual universe where you wander round and do all the thngs you would do in real life? Why go and spend £50 to get into a virtual concert when you could just spend 50 to get into a REAL one?

Lukeman wrote:
> But what is the point of a virtual universe where you wander round
> and do all the thngs you would do in real life? Why go and spend
> £50 to get into a virtual concert when you could just spend 50
> to get into a REAL one?

Plus you could actually be there, and eat food in the inteval.

I've got a horrible feeling I'm going to spend about 4 hours downloading this, and then be asked for my credit card details straight away. In which case I'll have wasted 4 hours, cos I'm not going to pay anything out.

Your Honour wrote:
> I've got a horrible feeling I'm going to spend about 4 hours
> downloading this, and then be asked for my credit card details
> straight away. In which case I'll have wasted 4 hours, cos I'm not
> going to pay anything out.

Hmm. "Project Entropia does the opposite! The client software is free to download over the Internet and there are no subscription fee associated whatsoever."

I might check this out. It certainly sounds interesting at least.

This is the sort of thing where someone will have a nervous breakdown and end up being stuck in the game, like the holodeck on Star Trek.

Maybe it'll allow the computer to catch your soul, like the containment tank in Ghostbusters?

Only 2 hours 50 more til the download is done.
Then I'll probably have to do it on my home PC as well. I'm tempted not to bother, but I'm also very interested to see what it's about.

It sounds quite interesting. Think, if enough people do it, they'll have an actual economy.

And the Swedish robo-lady in the promo said goodnight to me!

*tingles*