Actually I am not sure what you guys are saying, this forum is a form of 2-d SL with ''KGBMan'' and ''green_minstrey'' as your avatars and based on the number of posts you guys spend a really hefty amount of time here, same thing there only in a more interactive environment, if you want to have a concert in SL, you just build a stage, advertise, ...

I absolutely agree with KGBman.. I was beginning to play Linage 2 and have many friends who played it or  plaing it for many years. I can tell you that every single MMORPG is a life-replacement, not only Second Life, a cage for a conscious, it makes people very passive. No doubt big corporations are making huge ...

KGBMan:Why would you spend time in a make belief, virtual world, when you can see things and talk to people in real life ??? You can talk to people who you would not normally get a chance to talk to in real life. KGBMan:Some internet users who spend all their time in it are in the same category. Spending excessive amount of time engaging ...

Kostya: KGBMan: My view is that SL and similar sites are for people who has real life problems with communication or un-happy and looking for escape... same type of people use drugs or alcohol, SL is just safer.... Can you point to any evidence to support your view?  Is your view the same about people who use internet? Why would ...

_Sergey_:Kostya, where do you see opportunities for developers in SL? I will ignore actual development efforts required to build and maintain virtual world grid, users and related technologies, since these developments would be considered 'real world''.  Instead I will concentrate only on opportunities within the virtual worlds ...

Second Life has a scripting language where you can do lots of things. Lots of people have developed plug-ins that can be uploaded to your or other accounts to make them do things, like Chatbot, a program that for example if you have a bar in SL and you are not there, the program will greet the people, another example they gave is a car with ...

My view is that SL and similar sites are for people who has real life problems with communication or un-happy and looking for escape... same type of people use drugs or alcohol, SL is just safer.... Then, there are interpreneurs who prey on those people ....  

Kostya: It is a complex problems and economists are already looking into it.  And speaking of restrictions, gambling in Second Life has been made illegal to comply with federal regulations. Good. The next step is Sarbanes Oxley with army of auditors, hehe 

It is a complex problems and economists are already looking into it.  And speaking of restrictions, gambling in Second Life has been made illegal to comply with federal regulations.

Good to know congress is aware . This can be really complex problem. Let's say you are taxed but how about money transfers between physical country boundaries? Same problems with money laundering, scam etc. All the problems we face in real world now we face in virtual. Plus on top of that SL can be used as a mechanism for financial ...