Filed under: Comics
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Fri 31 Aug 2007
Fri 31 Aug 2007
Filed under: Events
The more astute among you will have noticed a new ad to the right of the posts: it’s for the upcoming Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo, which runs October 10 and 11 in San Jose. All manner of industry leads will be there, with many of them speaking, including Adri Saarinen from Metaversatility; Corey Bridges from the Multiverse Network; Giff Constable from ESC; Edward Castronova; Jeska, Robin, and John Zdanowski from LL, and a bunch of other MMO players.
I plan on being there as well, so anyone in the area or already planning on going to this event, drop me a line and let’s have our own mini-SLCC right there in SJ! For those of you planning on going but without your ticket yet can take advantage of this great discount code when registering online. The code is VIPATTENDEE, and it will save you 10% on the registration rate! You can check out more information at the conference website.
I’m excited; are you excited? I can’t wait to meet representatives of MMOs that I’ve made fun of! If I don’t return from this event, you all know why!
(Thanks, Tim!)
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Fri 31 Aug 2007
Filed under: MMO Watch
Aww, lookit the li’l things! They remind me of the tarutaru from Final Fantasy XI, even though I’ve never played it. This is on MMO Watch only barely, because it’s a currently inactive world, having closed its doors in April due to lack of funds. They’re currently soliciting offers, so if you have a solid business plan that revolves around teeny, brown-nosed homunculi (and I’m not talking about your office yes-man), give these guys a call.
Gives one shudders to think of this happening to SL, doesn’t it?
(Via techcrunch)
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Fri 31 Aug 2007
Filed under: Linden Dollars, Business
Yesterday in Second Life we:
- Spent US$1,088,000 at an exchange rate of L$268.1 to US$1
- Exchanged US$210,000 at an average of US$8,800.0 per hour.
- Market buys were US$147,000
- Market sales were US$62,000
- Limit-limit buys were US$1,900
- The busiest time was at 4pm when about US$14,000 was exchanged.
- The quietest time was 3am when about US$4,000 was exchanged.
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Fri 31 Aug 2007
Filed under: Events
ConceptSL is the Interactive Communication Agency behind the upcoming ‘Rose For Life‘ event, which takes place between October 1st to the 10th at Elyseum. This will be an exhibition/Ebay auction of SL items, the proceeds of which will go toward breast cancer research. The catch is that all the items must be pink, exemplifying the pink ribbon of breast cancer awareness.
Additionally, this event coincides with a similar exhibition/auction in RL on the Champs Elysees in Paris, with items for sale donated by famous designers and luxury brands.
More details available on the website, but residents are encouraged to donate their items to the auction. Submission deadline is September 20, so act now!
(Thanks, Yohan!)
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Fri 31 Aug 2007
Filed under: Odds and Ends
Today in Second Life we had:
- 20,505 new signups bringing us to 9,182,745 signups total.
- A peak concurrency of 45,857 at 2:47PM, and a minimum concurrency of 25,787 at 1:23AM. Median concurrency for the day was 35,901.
- More friction, drama and controversy over at Burning Life today.
- Second Moscow prepares to open.
- New Scientist talks with a selection of griefers.
- More problems on the grid this-evening and this-morning.
- Dr Dobbs Journal and partners prepare for the Life2.0 Conference.
- Linden Lab releases metrics for July, only a scant few days before the August metrics are due.
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