"Second Life" is hit with a virtual bomb

[Tonks]

In an explosive display, virtual-world banes now mirror the havoc of the real one as terrorists have launched a bombing campaign in Second Life.

People controlling animated avatar members of a self-proclaimed Second Life Liberation Army (SLLA) have set off computer-code versions of atomic bombs at virtual world stores in the past six months -- with their own manifesto.

The SLLA claims to be an "in-world military wing of a national liberation movement" devoted to replacing the rule of Second Life creator Linden Labs with a democracy representing the nearly four million residents.

"As Linden Labs is functioning as an authoritarian government the only appropriate response is to fight," the SLLA said in a message on its website at http://secondlla.googlepages.com.

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It's kind of amazing, how many people can play an online game where all they do is interact with other players, simulating real life.

 

[Rad]

Wait so, what exactly happened here?

Is this all just some huge metaphorical thing?

I have a few friends who play second life, low and behold they are both girls

 

[Tonks]

Some people went around "protesting" the "government" in this video game; by editing the script and creating virtual bombs that make screens go white.

I just thought it was pretty amusing.

 

[Oninuva]

Never even heard of this "game". Sounds like an AIM with a character?

 

[DDRtists]

Never even heard of this "game". Sounds like an AIM with a character?

Not at all.

It's a 3D world, and you can build anything you please, and it has an In-game LUA style scripting so you can make your thing you built limitless with things.

Though, the game mimics real old stuff, so it's hard to get cash, and thus fails.

 

[mase]

But, you have to know Ruby (Java) to make things. I tried to play it but it was just to confusing. (I do know java, but the interface was retarded)