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The Call Girl Character Class
An anonymous reader writes "And you thought stuff like WoW was addictive before? 1UP has posted a story from CGW about the new character class in MMOs: call girl. They interviewed girls who make up to thousands of dollars a week as escorts in the MMO Second Life. The article even sheds light on virtual pimps and a gentleman's club that takes a cut of the action. Said one of the escorts interviewed, 'Based on my personal convictions, which most people would find beyond offensive, I do not set boundaries in Second Life. I'll do anything, and I'll probably do it better than the client expects.'"
Methinks he meant to go here. At least, I hope he did.
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Actually, Second Life nowadays allows for user-uploaded animations. Most anything that is stored as a .bvh file can be uploaded as an animation for your avatar to do.
Some people make sets of animations that allow for almost every possible sexual position with almost as many partners as you want at one time. Some are even advanced enough to where you can sit on an animation object and switch between animations from a menu select system.
If pixel-slapping is your thing, then SL is probably one of the only "on-the-market" products that lets you have the freedom to do these things, among others.
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This article uses the in-game currency/real-world currency while RARELY being explicit about which one is being used. I guess it incites the reaction it obviously got - Holy Crap, They're making a considerable amount of money! Except that it's $5,000 in-game currency. Which, according to the exchange rate, comes out to $18.12.
Second Life has a fixed real world to Linden dollars exchange rate. Linden Labs will sell you dollars at any time, or cash them in at any time. So its *already* real money.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
18.20 lets say that is for a 30 minute session. travel time 0.
18.20 time 2 is 36.40 an hour. Lets figure on a 40 hour week or about 2080 hours per year. That's $75.712.00 The more you work the more you make.
I also don't know what the exchange rates and fees are. I also don't know if there is taxes involved. (income tax for one.) These girls are making a little less than strippers but have 0 physical risk.
Just some math
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