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“Bad weather, oppressive regimes, poor economic conditions — that’s what makes an SL user.”
Philip Linden (AKA Philip Rosedale)
Yes, he said that in an interview for Reuters, not a joke, just part of an interview.
Of course maybe Philip wanted to say Second Life is a good way for some people to have access to some kind of contents under “adverse” conditions, but the sentence is too categorical, too emphatic…
Most of the residents in Second Life have their RL residence in USA or in Western Europe, or in other countries like Brazil, and the regimes there are supposed to be democratic.
I agree some people live in countries with some rainy weather, but most of us (I mean MOST OF US) life in areas with a non-extreme weather, or even really good weather.
But, for me, the worse on Rosedale’s affirmation is the “poor economic conditions”. First, poor people can’t have a computer, and second and even more important, they can’t have the broadband Internet connection Second Life requires, specially in some continents like Africa.
I would say some other comments about this, but i just prefer to say Mr. Rosedale is, with this sentence, “not quite in touch with reality”. (Rheta Shan dixit)
Couldn’t agree more!
I’d have to agree on all counts. Strange idea of poor economics! Plus the most massively oppressive regime that I know of (China) won;t even allow full access to the Internet, let alone SL. That’s kinda what oppressive means Mr Head-In-The-Clouds Rosedale!!
Strange man. He needs to get out more and stop playing online games!
/me hums “I’m siiiiiiinging in the rain… I’m haaaaaaappy agaaaaain…”
Now i’m thinking Mr. Rosedale meant we are poorer than him, and i think he is right in this case for almost all the residents. The irony here is he is rich thanks to the “poor economic condition” people who are SL users.
@ Wolf: Now he is not CEO anymore should change his name to Head-In-The-Clouds Linden!
@ Gwyneth: Ha ha ha! The new anthem of SL residents!
A snob without culture and social understanding – that’s what makes a LL CEO…
He’s right: SL user lives in SL. So s/he have:
bad weather – with all the lag, crashes and other storms;
poor economy – ’cause all those lindens are hardly worth much;
and oppressive regime – well… you know…..
Hope the new CEO has wider views and can stop us from having storms, oppressive regime and poor economy (just loved your comment dandellion! lmao)
dandellion: that’s indeed another way to see it. Now much convinced that I have to agree with him… and thanks for the inspiration