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Making A Living In Second Life
Wired has an article looking at folks who have dropped out of the whole 'meatspace moneymaking' thing, and are now making their living in Second Life. From the article: "Within a month, Grinnell was making more in Second Life than in her real-world job as a dispatcher. And after three months she realized she could quit her day job altogether. Now Second Life is her primary source of income, and Grinnell, whose avatar answers to the name Janie Marlowe, claims she earns more than four times her previous salary. Grinnell isn't alone. Artists and designers, landowners and currency speculators, are turning the virtual environment of Second Life into a real-world profit center." Interesting, and with a respectability lacking in gold farming.
I wonder how long it will be before real-life politicians start setting up their own virtual offices in Second Life so they can tax the in-game profits of Janie Marlowe or try to regulate her online business.
You can make a lot of money from furries. Take an established section of the web market, add the word "fur" to it, and sell it at an inflated price and you're into money.
Ask http://www.furcadia.com/ or http://www.furbid.ws/
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It really takes a while after starting Second Life before you realize the true, and staggering, implications.
The metaverse is finally here!
And it has a really, really, really low framerate!
And there really isn't anything to do there except stand around in gaudy discos and watch your avatar run through a dance animation!
Still, isn't it neat?
Until she has to go back out into the real world with this at the top of her resume:
2006 - 2008, Played Video Games
I made over 250 gold "coins/pieces" in WoW... but I don't have any gold in real life, except in my teeth (fillings). ... I wonder if I'll get rated Funny, or Troll ...
Modesty is one of life's greatest attributes
And working the drivethru at McDonalds is "sales and marketing for a Fortune 500 company." Sounds a lot better, and isn't even a lie!
And apparently you're the world's newest comer to the world's oldest profession.
No pun intended.
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