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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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gamesfreak wrote:
> Someone spending
> $100k on a few million pixels to let others virtually see live DJs
> and socialise; I just don't see it as the normal thing to do.
Sure, but I'm just finding it incredibly amusing that you're pointing the "sad!" finger while partaking in an online discussion on a web chat forum.
It's like a group of trainspotters calling the local line dancing club.
> Someone spending
> $100k on a few million pixels to let others virtually see live DJs
> and socialise; I just don't see it as the normal thing to do.
Sure, but I'm just finding it incredibly amusing that you're pointing the "sad!" finger while partaking in an online discussion on a web chat forum.
It's like a group of trainspotters calling the local line dancing club.
Let's face it, though - anyone who can afford to spend $100,000 on virtual property can afford to lose it.
Like the punters who gamble thousands per race at Ascot.
Like the punters who gamble thousands per race at Ascot.
~shrugs~ It's just another piece of intellectual property. We've had legislation concerning abstract ideas for decades. Why should this be any different to ownership of the expression of an idea?
I can see the point you are making.
It's just, I'm sort of oblivious to the whole MMORPG thing really, never seen the appeal of it. When you hear things like this, on such a scale, it just takes you by surprise that's all. Someone spending $100k on a few million pixels to let others virtually see live DJs and socialise; I just don't see it as the normal thing to do.
It could be just compared to tabletop roleplaying, that keeps that minority happy.
It's just, I'm sort of oblivious to the whole MMORPG thing really, never seen the appeal of it. When you hear things like this, on such a scale, it just takes you by surprise that's all. Someone spending $100k on a few million pixels to let others virtually see live DJs and socialise; I just don't see it as the normal thing to do.
It could be just compared to tabletop roleplaying, that keeps that minority happy.
Pandaemonium wrote:
> If this site was 3d, would you refuse to be
> part of it as it distracts you from RL?
Reminds me of that 3D Windows UI software, where everything is represented in a Virtual house/cabin. your music folder is a Jukebox etc.
> If this site was 3d, would you refuse to be
> part of it as it distracts you from RL?
Reminds me of that 3D Windows UI software, where everything is represented in a Virtual house/cabin. your music folder is a Jukebox etc.
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.
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.
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...
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.
There's a slight difference between paying £30 to kick a virtual ball around and paying $100k for a virtual piece of property...
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