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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...

Smedlos wrote:
> Virtual World where people use real cash? Hmmmmmmm........

Indeed. It's interesting that this chap isn't questioning spending £100,000 (or whatever) on a 'virtual' space station, in a non-game with only quarter of a million players. Even the best games these days usually only last for a maximum of 5 years. Something tells me his next big investment will be to get another 'real-cash-virtual-world' game in development.

It's ultimately pretty sad for the guy, I mean personally I'd be buying something very real, and very fast with that kind of money. I guess even the nicest car in world can't stop you from being a complete geek though, poor guy.

deadman600 wrote:
> yeah safe peeps wat u up too

ignoring you

Virtual World where people use real cash? Hmmmmmmm........

yeah safe peeps wat u up too

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

eCon? O my!

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*

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.

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?

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.

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.