That really is unfortunate. I hope the owner of the avatar isn't really a pedophile 0.0

Earnest Cavalli:
"Nazisympathizer."

Great. As if I didn't get enough shit for my surname, now it might show up in Second Life as well? This sucks.

Derived from the analogy that a paedophile, like a rock spider, is always getting into little cracks.

Euuuuuuuuuuuuugghhhhhhhhh

So fitting, yet so very wrong.

Well that's Second Life all right.

I think they're getting used to their identity, coming out of adolescence.

ArcWinter:
Well that's Second Life all right.

I think they're getting used to their identity, coming out of adolescence.

So true.

gof22:

Lvl 64 Klutz:
Completely off topic, that is one cool looking spider.

That picture sent my arachnophobia into overdrive.

and pedophobia

Honesty, who cares? Only a couple of people who play this game to escape whatever they call life. To play life again. Even MMO's are better then second life.

Funniest thing ive ever read today

gof22:

That picture sent my arachnophobia into overdrive.

Same here.... HATES spiders...

ANYWAY... honnestly, things like this dont surprise me anymore... people try to get away with stupid stuff like this all the time, it was only a matter of time before a actuall company did it.

Hybridwolf:
Honesty, who cares? Only a couple of people who play this game to escape whatever they call life. To play life again. Even MMO's are better then second life.

Wow.... just wow XD

Not at all true, but still makes me lol. Next you're going to say IMVU is a total failure even though the makers still pull in nice hefty paychecks every week for little to no work? XD
(IMVU does suck, but, I really wish I was the creator at the moment, would love that nice big check every week for doing little to no work XD)
Hell, my friends list on second life contains over 200 unique people, not to mention 35 of those people I know in real life and hang out a lot. Also, as I said to the person who compared Fallout3 to STALKER... learn to compare by genre, not looks. Secondlife falls under an online community. not a game. That means you need to compare it to chatrooms or such. And if that is the case, then you are just as sad as the people who are on SL because at the moment, you're hanging on a large messageboard which falls under the same catergory as chatrooms and secondlife :p

GamerLuck:

gof22:

That picture sent my arachnophobia into overdrive.

Same here.... HATES spiders...

ANYWAY... honnestly, things like this dont surprise me anymore... people try to get away with stupid stuff like this all the time, it was only a matter of time before a actuall company did it.

notoriouslynx:
slow news day, huh?

I hate spiders extremely. And so what? This isn't the first time SL has done this XD

They also had the following surnames.

Hax. Haker. (discontinued) Anonymous. Anon.

If I were in the surname department, you would see such setup names as "Freely. Rack. Ran." and why? Because I would get bored and wanna get laughs out of people XD
IP Freely. I Rack. I Ran. Huge Rack. Bouncing Rack. Pee Freely. Roam Freely. (Just to give an idea XD)

And dear god I also must agree... how slow of a news day is it when someone making a silly surname is something to post as news? XD

WhiteTiger225:
snip

Personal opinion is a bitch sometimes...

You play second life so honestly, I'm taking what your saying with a pinch of salt. From my outside perspective it looks like a glorified myspace. Except it's just basicly make up your own dream life and watch it happen. Thats my opinion and that won't change. But you comparing the escapist to second life is also irrating, espically since it's not the same. Second life is a virtual world, so it'll have virtual communities. The escapist is an online magazine covering video games. The fact we're talking now is more to do with that fact that I gave my two cents on a article and you found issue with what I said.

But since I have never played second life my opinion dosen't mean much. I just said what I honestly thought and if find issue with that, feel free to not worry about it. Or do you find a need to defend your virtual world?

ArcWinter:
Well that's Second Life all right.

I think they're getting used to their identity, coming out of adolescence.

Your avatar is made of righteousness, and I agree with you.

But seriously, is this a really relevant piece of news? Second Life has always disturbed me and I'm kind of shocked this wasn't already in the game.

Lol. Something awful wrote some pieces on second life. Damn funny, and yes, made you think it was the sexual wild west.

Well, that's a curious phrase.

I don't see the problem here. Pretty much everything is bad slang these days...

dnaloiram:

gof22:

Lvl 64 Klutz:
Completely off topic, that is one cool looking spider.

That picture sent my arachnophobia into overdrive.

and pedophobia

Fear of children?

To my knowledge pretty much EVERYTHING is a negative sexual innuendo. Period. Here are some examples:

Mr. Brown. (think about it for a second.)

Mr. Priestly.

Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Gaylord (An actual name.)

So on and so forth...to be fair, pretty much every name can have a sexual stereotype associated with it.

Hybridwolf:

WhiteTiger225:
snip

Personal opinion is a bitch sometimes...

You play second life so honestly, I'm taking what your saying with a pinch of salt. From my outside perspective it looks like a glorified myspace. Except it's just basicly make up your own dream life and watch it happen. Thats my opinion and that won't change. But you comparing the escapist to second life is also irrating, espically since it's not the same. Second life is a virtual world, so it'll have virtual communities. The escapist is an online magazine covering video games. The fact we're talking now is more to do with that fact that I gave my two cents on a article and you found issue with what I said.

But since I have never played second life my opinion dosen't mean much. I just said what I honestly thought and if find issue with that, feel free to not worry about it. Or do you find a need to defend your virtual world?

So.. what your saying is, you are judging a book by it's cover, rather then actually giving it a run through and thats why you wont listen to me? lulz.. hypocrisy, gotta love it :p

And my point was, saying "An MMO is much better lololol" is meaningless unless you have something to back up the comparison of two different genres. Thats like me comparing Molerats to Diablo... Sure I like diablo more then Molerats, but, thats because I also like games more then rodents XD

And I love how you end your rant "Or do you find a need to defend your virtual world?" Even though... "But you comparing the escapist to second life is also irrating, espically since it's not the same" which is you defending the escapist from MY unfair, out there comparison XD again, hypocrisy reigns freely XD

To call one form of passtime sadder then another is a pathetic attempt to make ones own sadness feel not as sad. Being on second life and passing time having a blast on voice with some friends while building and scripting is really no sadder then hopping on Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4 multiplayer, and having a blast on voice while gunning down your friends. In contrast, it is like comparing going paintballing to sitting at home reading the works of shakesphere. Different things appease different people. My first rant was NOT at you not liking second life, it was at you labeling something someone else has fun with as "sad".

I wish my last name was Kittenstrangler, just imagine the introductions.

WhiteTiger225:
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Lets cut to the chase. I don't like Second life, You like it. Your going to defend it, until one of us leaves. I did not call it sad, at least directly. You just interpeted it in that way. I said MMO's where better because they at least present a goal in front of you. If you have fun with second life, so be it, but I guess some people enjoy that kind of thing. Finally the reason I won't listen to you is simple. Your trying to force the view onto me, that second life is worth my time and effort. Reversing the roles I'd have just left it alone, because quite frankly I have better things to do then pick holes in someones beliefs because they said something about my favorite thing. All you've done is make an arugement out of a simple statement.

So enjoy your game, I'll enjoy mine.

Now I feel like someone who's just had an yelling match in a public place...

WhiteTiger225:

with a name like whitetiger I bet you will be on Secondlife a lot furries hang out on secondlife.

a paedophile, like a rock spider, is always getting into little cracks.

Oh my...I know that isn't supposed to be funny, but I couldn't help but to laugh.

gof22:

Lvl 64 Klutz:
Completely off topic, that is one cool looking spider.

That picture sent my arachnophobia into overdrive.

I freaked out and averted my gaze immediately. You have any idea how hard it is to read an article out of your peripheral vision?

vivaldiscool:

dnaloiram:

gof22:

Lvl 64 Klutz:
Completely off topic, that is one cool looking spider.

That picture sent my arachnophobia into overdrive.

and pedophobia

Fear of children?

I meant pedophilephobia
and pedobearphobia

dnaloiram:

vivaldiscool:

dnaloiram:

gof22:

Lvl 64 Klutz:
Completely off topic, that is one cool looking spider.

That picture sent my arachnophobia into overdrive.

and pedophobia

Fear of children?

I meant pedophilephobia
and pedobearphobia

If anything "pedophobia" would be fear of feet. Fear of children would "paedophobia".

/Takes off spelling nazi hat and hides in the corner before anybody notices whatever spelling mistake he happened to make.

That's funny. I've frequented SL on and off over the years and I gotta say it doesn't surprise me in the least to hear something like this.

Also, I have to agree with a lot of what's been said. Second Life really does suck. I enjoy it in very small doses. Some of what it has to offer can be interesting on occasion, but staying with it for prolonged periods gives me an incredible headache. Also, stop whining about how Second Life isn't a real game. It isn't, we all know, stop ranting and raving about how "Real MMO's" are so much better because we ALL know that.

*shrug* There's so many nasty terms in English my theory is that anything below three syllables is an euphemism for something dirty. I'm also pretty sure that anything you can type, including random combinations of letters, is an insult in Finnish.