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Second Life Shuts Down Gambling

Posted by kdawson on from the more-and-more-like-first-life dept.

Tech.Luver sends us to The Inquirer, which notes the banning of all gambling in Second Life. Here is the Linden Labs blog post about the change in policy, which is, to say the least, not popular. From the article: "[T]he large chunk of users that enjoyed using in-world casinos and betting Linden Dollars on events both inside and outside the game world will now have nothing left to do. Perhaps more to the point for Linden, the move will cut off the revenues earned from those owning Casino-style islands in the game, the owners of which are some of the top contributors to the Linden coffers through currency fees and land rental."

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  1. Re:1 down... by dAzED1 · · Score: 1, Troll

    SatanicPuppy (611928) When the "Think of the Children" crowd gets 'em to ban sex, Second Life will become officially pointless.

    having "sex" in SecondLife, or any other game, is already pointless. That you would even call it sex, and not at least "sex," is very sad. You do understand the point of sex is, well, the physical touch, and the bonding from the intimacy? Neither of which is remotely possible, err, remotely. Rather, neither of which is remotely possible in a game.

    Wake me when it looks at all remotely realistic, then maybe there will be room for the deeper philosophical and psychological discussions. As it is now? Ummm...it's not even as realistic as "erotic" manga, and even that is sad.

    Yeah, sure, mod me troll and flamebait. "Sex" in SecondLife isn't "sex," it's just sex. Something so similar to the real thing, one can use the same word for it.

    Was SecondLife "pointless" when neither of these two things were the primary attractions? Because it was that way for a while...