tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post4381380075294879694..comments2009-10-28T11:55:17.110-04:00Madame Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536189690094235926openwallet1@yahoo.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-61724297668021651512009-10-28T11:55:17.110-04:002009-10-28T11:55:17.110-04:00I can see the lure of it. Shopping would be so much easier - no worrying about fit, or feel, or whether you have room for it. You just have to like how it looks. And if you want to completely redesign your house/wardrobe, no problem!<br /><br />That said, I don&#39;t know that I would spend real $ on virtual stuff. I would have to be a dedicated player, and even then I would probably only buy things that really added to my playing experience.Anonymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253130704832775667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-87361078457486846102009-10-28T11:33:40.988-04:002009-10-28T11:33:40.988-04:00I had to take a class in Second Life in college in 2007. We had to create avatars, create art of some kind using Second Life as the medium, etc. It was fascinating. There were people in Second Life who worked 40 hour weeks as designers for avatar &quot;clothing,&quot; and they made more actual US dollars doing that than they would have in an entry level position in the brick-and-mortar world. It was insane, but I figure if people can be that enterprising as to figure out a way to earn real money creating a virtual product, more power to them! :-)Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-37076705648883930632009-10-27T07:52:39.543-04:002009-10-27T07:52:39.543-04:00I have never spent real money on virtual world and i would never do that. It is worth less in my opinion.Highest CD Rateshttp://www.highestcdratesinfo.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-74111739553683597712009-10-26T22:15:17.554-04:002009-10-26T22:15:17.554-04:00Speaking of the crazy online second-life type phenomenon, there is a funny parody site called &quot;Get A First Life&quot; http://www.getafirstlife.comOptioned Unarmednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-731060613725352162009-10-26T19:24:11.703-04:002009-10-26T19:24:11.703-04:00How truly pathetic... virtual spending. Ranks right up there with America&#39;s obsession with reality TV.<br /><br />All I can say is get a &quot;real&quot; life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-73796864093576631272009-10-25T22:30:02.113-04:002009-10-25T22:30:02.113-04:00Bronx Chica...I used to have an avatar on there.com and virtual laguna beach from mtv.com...made money off contests and showing up to different events.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-65993957535609208012009-10-25T11:27:31.801-04:002009-10-25T11:27:31.801-04:00http://www.immediatedebtrelief.info/<br /><br />thanks for the information great food for thought, its amazing how much we don&#39;t want to account for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-36525495960858028042009-10-24T01:03:33.004-04:002009-10-24T01:03:33.004-04:00Interesting blog post by the founder of micro-lending site Kiva.org, talking about a guy in Japan who made a lot of real money by creating an automated prostitute Avatar in Second Life and then later had to shut her down after the (real) U.S. real estate market crashed and the Avatar&#39;s business dried up.<br /><br />http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/kiva-chronicles/archive/2008/11/08/contours-of-a-crisisOptioned Unarmednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-43370135530941516672009-10-23T19:27:39.415-04:002009-10-23T19:27:39.415-04:00My youngest sister (14 years old) asked me create an avatar at metaplace.com. You can earn points (money for stuff) by completing egg hunts, other quests, and buy purchasing them with real money. My sister and I are willing to spend $0 for any online world. She enjoys the egg hunts and &quot;buys&quot; her online stuff with the points earned from that.Crystalnoreply@blogger.com