Major League Baseball In Second Life

Jerry23 writes "There's apparently an upcoming Home Run Derby in the world of Second Life, sponsored by Major League Baseball and created by The Electric Sheep Company. In proto-interactive TV style, fans can tune their laptops to the multi-player recreation and chat with other Second Lifers while they watch the real deal on the tube. And of course they can also pop over to the virtual souvenir shop and drop some hard-earned loot on a pixelated jersey." From the article: "[T]he virtual derby will not be a separate contest, but will be 'a real-time Second Life re-enactment' of the real thing, featuring avatars for each of the eight Derby players -- Major Leaguers competing to see who can hit the most home runs over the course of two rounds."

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[mrxak]

In other news, Electric Sheep Company writes in to slashdot to tell everyone about themselves.

Re:Wow

[Photon Ghoul]

Sort of like reading Slashdot, reading an article about 'scary' people and taking time out of your day to comment on said scary people.

Re:Hey, Windows and Linux Refugees!

[Don853]

And I'll remember to tip well the next time I'm out to dinner.

What's up next, you ask?

[SLot]

A steroid probe, of course.

Re:is virtualizing transformative?

[eln]

In the standard warning that they spout out during baseball and football games, the prohibited activities also include "depictions or accounts" of the game. I would imagine a play-by-play re-enactment like this would fall into that category.

Re:Wow-Crummy Burger.

[(A)*(B)!0_-]

"Envy? No, I'm glad I'm not a stupid (what's the average SAT/ACT score of the average baseball/basketball player?), drug-enhanced, overpaid dolt. Bitterness? Yes, because I think it's stupid that entire populations (not just America, the whole world [think of all the crazy World Cup stories, locking spouses in closet so you can watch a game or running into a burning house so you can grab your t.v. to finish watching the rest of a match is STUPID]) are so amazed by sports that they don't see a problem in paying millions to people who contribute nothing to the world (they play a fucking GAME -- kids play games for FUN!) while people that are intelligent and pour their lives into their profession (teachers, social workers, doctors, etc) are paid poorly (well, maybe not doctors)."

Teachers? I've seen plenty that are just there to get their paycheck and let their union protect them from being fired. But we'll leave that aside. Why do you care what people enjoy for entertainment purposes? And, since you care so much, what's entertaining you that is so much better and delivers so much more benefit to the world?

Re:Wow-Crummy Burger.

[drsquare]

Envy? No, I'm glad I'm not a stupid (what's the average SAT/ACT score of the average baseball/basketball player?), drug-enhanced, overpaid dolt.

You're glad you're not highly paid? I don't see what's stupid about making millions for playing a game. Seems pretty clever to me. Maybe you're the real smart one though, doing something much duller and less exciting for a tiny fraction of the money.

Yes, because I think it's stupid that entire populations (not just America, the whole world [think of all the crazy World Cup stories, locking spouses in closet so you can watch a game or running into a burning house so you can grab your t.v. to finish watching the rest of a match is STUPID])

What exactly is wrong with being entertained? Seems you're just bitter that the forms of entertainment you enjoy are different to that of the majority and you feel left out. I'm sure whatever forms of entertainment you like are pretty stupid and pointless, but maybe other people have more class than to insult your intelligence because of it.

are so amazed by sports that they don't see a problem in paying millions

I don't remember ever paying millions to a sporting event. Maybe that's in yen?

to people who contribute nothing to the world

If you consider entertainment and excitement to be unimportant, then you have no soul.

while people that are intelligent and pour their lives into their profession (teachers, social workers, doctors, etc) are paid poorly (well, maybe not doctors).

Stop being so bitter. When millions of people want to watch a social worker wipe the arse of a pensioner then they'll get paid millions. Until then stop your tiring killjoy act, you're not impressing anyone by demonstrating how mature and elitist you are.