Comments on: Second Life’s First Virtual Millionaire

By: In Second Life, Virtually Anything Is Possible « John Chow dot Com

In Second Life, Virtually Anything Is Possible « John Chow dot Com — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:30:15 +0000

[...] Every since the story about the Second Life’s first virtual millionaire, I’ve been doing some research into the game. Many people may not know this, but Ed Lau and I were offered a preview of Second Life before it came out. We were even offered a nice big plot of land and a free account to test out the game. We said no at the time because we thought the game would go nowhere. Man, were we proven wrong! [...]

By: Ed Lau

Ed Lau — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:32:27 +0000

David, I’m sure what the post means is that she has made a million dollars US in the game (approximately $257 million Linden Dollars).

And yes, you have to buy things with real money in the game. You purchase Linden Dollars through their website. You can have like…a job and stuff…and there’s a stock market and brands and malls…it’s actually pretty cool.

…no, I don’t play.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:35:23 +0000

The concept has been around for years. I remember what’s-it-called Japanese game about 5 years ago.

By: links for 2006-11-29 por BrPoint

links for 2006-11-29 por BrPoint — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:12:30 +0000

[...] Second Life’s First Virtual Millionaire Primeiro milhionário virtual no Second Life. Já tentei este jogo, uma vez, mas não dei muita importância, acho que está na hora de testar novamente (só se fala nele). Roda bem no Linux. (tags: Games Linux MMORPG) [...]

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:05:04 +0000

Thats crazy! 50 workers! How much does her Linden money translate to in real cash?

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:56:57 +0000

So to buy the online currency with which you can buy stuff in the game, you have to pay real money?

By: Pierres Service

Pierres Service — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:28:35 +0000

[...] Based on these statistics a valuation of one million dollars in virtual assets is conservative, and the actual value may be significantly higher. Miss Graef has been able to turn Anshes online life into a real life business call Anshe …Read more: here [...]

By: Pierres Service

Pierres Service — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:15:42 +0000

[...] Anshe/Ailin achieved her fortune by beginning with small scale purchases of virtual real estate which she then subdivided and developed with landscaping and themed architectural builds for rental and resale. …Read more: here [...]

By: Matt $

Matt $ — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:22:24 +0000

Unreal! I almost joined second life about a year ago, kinda wish I had now. I have heard lots of good things about it. I think I remember reading that MIT has a virtual campus in there? In my opinion second life could eventually become another youtube or myspace.

By: StrangeProgress

StrangeProgress — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:03:55 +0000

Yeah the SecondLife money can be cashed out.

I believe they are in fact meaning that she can cash out her SecondLife dollars for the equivilent of US$1million dollars if she chose to.

I dabbled briefly in SL, using a free standard account, and found that most people involved in Secondlife act basically as consumers, running around buying things which interest them, etc - while others naturally tend to find it more engaging to create virtual products/services, and sell them in the virtual world.