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Applaus for her courage to create something like this. | |
Good for them. I wish someone would make a Jewish virtual world like this. I would be on that game quicker than you can say 'Gamestop'.I suppose the experience would be too varied though. Everyone would end up fighting and complaining. Failure is almost assured. Unless it was in Israel, then all the Jews would unite to defend our homeland. If the game was realistic, that is. Think I've been thinking about the "Why all the hate on Judaism?" thread too much? | |
Good luck to them, I've heard quite a bit about muslim gamers over the last week or two... About time gaming started gettign apcepted by more people as an enjoyable medium. | |
i thought the whole point of video games was to shrug off the bordom and yoke of society. Then go and do whatever you want. Why would you play a video game that is just like what you do during the day? Because you like living in a oppressive society that tries to rule over every moment of your life, and if you do why are you playing a game? Go outside and enjoy it. | |
...and they rip off second life of all things... | |
Good for them, now they can bitch to each other instead of us. | |
Well if it's like Secondlife that's awesome, because Secondlife is quite impressive in the technical terms - with it's UGC. (though why are muslims making a game when they can't even spell "muslims" right?!) | |
Bloody foreigners, making their own country, leaving our MMO'S alone. ;) | |
This is asking for trouble. I wonder how long until they have their first, virtual public execution because of some guy registering his Avatar as "Mohammed". | |
By this logic, 99.99% of muslim males would have been executed, since Mohammed, is a common first name/middle name. Now if you are done trolling, have a nice fucking day. Interesting 'concept', but boring. World of Peacecraft ftw. | |
This is interesting. Wonder wether it has/will happen with other beliefs? Wonder what a world of atheists would be like (i'd be so there!)? Also, I can see some problems maybe occuring between sunny and shia muslims. That and massive sackboy grievers avenging the delay of their beloved game. | |
Steady on while not expressed partulary well it is a valid point. While it is pefectly reasonable for you or your children to be named Mohammed (seen as honouring the prophet etc) it is frowned upon to name anything else Mohammed. Which camp does naming your online avatar fall into I wonder. | |
Going for my Burka of Intellect, +10....Equip to bind. | |
I loled. | |
PATHETIC!!! DO NOT WANT EPIC FAIL! | |
I love bigots. I am one too. Can we be friendz? | |
Oh joy, more segregation, just what we need to promote interfaith understanding and fighting hatred between groups. | |
Sooo they're making a game where they do nothing but pray? | |
totally agree. theres enough of that in the real world and now they want to expand it to the net. A god awful idea, whats more ( im in really not being predudice in my views .. any faults i make are from the view point of the news and other things i pick up and hear.. so maybe it is me XD ) isnt this just like the old prisons of britain where people jailed for not ebing able to pay meaningless fiens would leave as criminals? The extreamist groups would expand due to this "private netowrk", young minds are easilly infulenced. | |
I'll admit to being curious as to whether the game has prayer calls as well. Used to function as my alarm call. | |
Eh...if they made a virtual world where you just live the life of some average christian, they'd think the producer was mad. But because it's muslim, then oh fine that's completely sensible. | |
Holy crap people, this is just a game aimed at the muslim gaming demographic, not "segregation". Online Game forums seem to be able to what God can do best - make something from nothing. | |
"Muxlim.com Vice President Ashar Saeed said the Muslim virtual world should attract sponsorships from companies like Coca-Cola." I seriously hope that's only a bad joke. | |
This seems like an interesting experiment. I wonder how the designers are going to deal with griefing and trolling. | |
Yay. Finally a game that rewards you for kamikaze (im sorry, couldn't resist) But lets just hope theres no vocals in the background music. <.<;;; | |
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This game is going to become a target for internet trolls who log in and spam everyone with anti-Islamic messages. Count on it. | |
Guys come on not all muslims are not terrorist. Some are good people. Even though alot of them hate us and wish we would die; I don't think I can blame all of them. I mean come on some do everyday things like sell gas and drive cabs or make really bad food. But to go straight for the "dirka dirka" thing so quick, come on guys insult people better than that. Also if you are going to hate people for religon you might as well put a swatzika on your head. | |
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he actually did comment about what I said earlier. But somehow place his comments inside of the quote. I understand what you are trying to say, but, let's face it, games developed cater to one group or multiple group of people. Let's say, CoD4 was really aimed at western gamers. But if a bunch of game dev want to build something for a specific religion or community, it's well within their rights. oh and, I would really like to join one for Agnostics too. And really ....
QFT. | |
I'm sure some annoying people will get this game and throw around religious hate. I just hope they have a good moderation service. | |
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Muslim Virtual World Coming Soon
Muxlim.com, an online social network dedicated to the Muslim community, has announced the forthcoming launch of the world's first Muslim-oriented virtual world.
Described as "not unlike Second Life," the new online world is designed to fit within the standards of the Muslim world, and is thus expected to be allowed through the IP blocks enforced by countries like the United Arab Emirates, which keep people from accessing games and content deemed objectionable to Muslim culture. The new virtual community "will allow the opportunity to wear a hijab, and go to prayer rooms," although presumably there will be more to it than that. Muxlim itself is a "standard social network offering community features, blogs and video sharing."
Muxlim.com Vice President Ashar Saeed said the Muslim virtual world should attract sponsorships from companies like Coca-Cola, which already advertise heavily in the online space, while direct revenues will be generated via VIP accounts, the sale of both virtual and physical merchandise, advertising and "branded communities." Muxlim.com, which went live in December 2006, currently attracts roughly 1.5 million unique visits per month; the new venture, which was not named, is expected to launch in 4-6 weeks.
Source: TechCrunch
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