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Bunnies in Second Life will die due to their DRM'ed food being taken offline

15 points by SchizoDuckie 9y ago

CarolineW 9y ago
So many submissions. Just. So. Many. Submissions. But no discussion at all ... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14379620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14379620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14382750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14382750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14386221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14386221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14388089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14388089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14388862 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14388862
- CarolineW 9y ago
  Sorry, missed one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14382246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14382246
- squarefoot 9y ago
  No discussion at all because the similarity isn't immediate. Just swap bunnies with crop and their food with patented sterile seed.
chubasco 9y ago
I feel like the bigger story here is that Second Life is still around...
- lithos 9y ago
  I'm not, surprised it's still around. MMOs in general are very good at investment/achievement trapping users. SecondLife also is but their users will spend pretty large sums, I've seen users some 3 grand in (before land), owning small amounts of land will cost thousands up front and a few hundred a month to keep it going. It's going to be hard to leave that behind. ______ I played for a summer between highschool and college. Great fun for a student in IT or some sort of graphic design. When I cashed out for the start of the school year it was enough to cover college books (not a lot for the time spent, but better than my friends got from Warcraft). As a 19 year old it was also great for meeting older generations on equal social ground, and picking up some freelancing habits when the risks were less than $100 or so (and nothing but hobby time for both parties).

15 points by SchizoDuckie 9y ago

So many submissions. Just. So. Many. Submissions. But no discussion at all ... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14379620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14379620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14382750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14382750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14386221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14386221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14388089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14388089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14388862 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14388862

CarolineW 9y ago
Sorry, missed one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14382246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14382246
squarefoot 9y ago
No discussion at all because the similarity isn't immediate. Just swap bunnies with crop and their food with patented sterile seed.

chubasco 9y ago

I feel like the bigger story here is that Second Life is still around...

lithos 9y ago
I'm not, surprised it's still around. MMOs in general are very good at investment/achievement trapping users. SecondLife also is but their users will spend pretty large sums, I've seen users some 3 grand in (before land), owning small amounts of land will cost thousands up front and a few hundred a month to keep it going. It's going to be hard to leave that behind. ______ I played for a summer between highschool and college. Great fun for a student in IT or some sort of graphic design. When I cashed out for the start of the school year it was enough to cover college books (not a lot for the time spent, but better than my friends got from Warcraft). As a 19 year old it was also great for meeting older generations on equal social ground, and picking up some freelancing habits when the risks were less than $100 or so (and nothing but hobby time for both parties).