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141 Responses to “Evangeline: Interview with a Child cyber-Prostitute in TSO”

1. 

   Unknown
   

   Dec 13th, 2003
   

   Hehe, ur pic on realsimsonline.com gives you away 8p
2. 

   Sir Mildred Pierce
   

   Dec 14th, 2003
   

   That’s some crazy-ass-shit.
3. 

   Illuminatus
   

   Dec 15th, 2003
   

   We are all now dumber for having read that.
4. 

   John Doe
   

   Dec 15th, 2003
   

   This is way to sad that such things exist in that game. Eva either needs to grow up or have her parents beat the tar out of her.
5. 

   Alazka
   

   Dec 15th, 2003
   

   Well, if you successfully create an Alternate World, the more like IRL it is, the more likely it is that the same things will develop, right?

   It definitely seems kinda disengenuous for Maxis to act shocked that a Sim was selling sex, or to underage kids, or whatever; a lot of the success of the Sims obviously comes from the fact that it’s a lot more sexual than other games. Maxis has been selling virtual sex for years, and in SOL it was clear if not explicit that they were selling the possibility of virtual sex with other people.

   IRL the cops can bust anyone who own a building where something like this happens; doesn’t this imply Maxis is criminally liable?
6. 

   The_sprinkler
   

   Dec 15th, 2003
   

   shhhh no more talking
7. 

   TheBuilder
   

   Dec 15th, 2003
   

   Wow. Eva is the very manifestation of human deficit.
   My deepest sympathies go to her parents. It must be tough for them to consistantly be told “You still owe us for that” when the subject of their offspring is brought up.
8. 

   BlitZ
   

   Dec 15th, 2003
   

   That’s all so very very sad. It’s like mIRC all over again only with 3d models.
9. 

   shawn
   

   Dec 15th, 2003
   

   Wow that was long very very long how can that lady talk to much (ladies) crazy, and the “gehtto” the hell is that like the houses with out paint? It’s great to love a game i mean really but you need to know where to draw the line, and i think the line was drawn with the hole being an ass bite to random people but thats just me.
10. 

    Starfyre
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Um… wow. Just… wow.
    I think that I’m beginning to see why Eva doesn’t like to meet people IRL. He, or she, or whatever the hell she is, would probably get the tar beaten out of them the moment she opened her mouth.
    Coward. I’ve dealt with people like this a few times before. You corner this person IRL, and it’ll probably talk shit, and then run screaming. I haven’t seen someone act this stupid in a long time. I wonder how much Uri had to parse the text.
11. 

    Parad0x177
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Obvious commentary on the disheartening, putrid state of society aside, I have only one thing to say: if this young “lady” is an example of a “classy ho” then I find it somewhat frightening to imagine what would represent a “trashy ho”?

    If this is the best she has to offer as far as ambition, self-respect, self-discipline, and basic language skills go, I’m not sure she (or anyone like her) will ever be qualified to even collect garbage for an honest living.

    So, perhaps it is best that she stick with this line of work. After all, it does seem that the majority of blood flow in her body is directed at targets other than her under-developed, little used brain.

    I weep for the future.
12. 

    liljerk
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    are you people crazy? this shit is hilarious…
13. 

    noob
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    frickin’ tards.
    Call me naiive but i really dont get how prostitution for cash could work in the sims….
    unless it involves cyber sex, which is uber-gay.

    cant wait to get raped by a bunch of gang banging noob rapists.

    Totally retarded.
14. 

    kaisah
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    what the fucccccccck. I dont play the sims online, and after reading that, i think ive read an interview with one of the sadest people ALIVE. get a life, get a girlfriend.sad, sad person
15. 

    wangmonster
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    IT’S THE FUCKING INTERNET! YOU SHOULD ALL BE MURDERED IN THE MOST GRUESOME WAY IMAGINABLE! -POSSIBLY SOMETHING INVOLVING YOUR GENITALS AND A BLENDER. I HATE YOU. I HATE YOU. I HATE YOU.
16. 

    big5
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    OMFG that shit was funny, and no there is no legal debate on it.. there is no physical trade of sex so there is no legal issue, its the same as a chatline or whatever. As far as the guy/girl Eva is concerned.. that person seems to be very good at escaping reality.
17. 

    Waychel
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Urizenus: I wanna know if your interest in fiction and graphics arts stuff influences your game here
    Evangeline: i like fantasy
    Urizenus: examples
    Evangeline: Disney

    - – - – - – - – - -

    ROFLMAO!!

    That made me sputter my drink IRL – congratulations! =PpP

    I think the parents of this “Evangeline” girl/boy/thing seriously need to drag.. it.. out of that bedroom they clearly spend way too much time in. I can only blame the parents here for leaving their kid in a room with a computer all day 24/7. The result is their lives literally become revolved around these MMORPGs and these characters they create. I mean Christ, its almost as if she’s exhibiting multiple personality disorder or something in that interview. LOL
18. 

    Rykoshet
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Holy shit…. This is impressive… I have never been awestruck by the sheer FUCKING STUPIDITY one can exude, I mean it. Congratulations, you just set a new bar, a really fucking low one. Tard
19. 

    Garks McLebowski
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    You realize that she’s probably like 15 and making up all that stuff about being in college. This is like watered down Diablo with the selling of money on eBay and everything.

    The problem with the internet is that it’s filled with cowards. If you are faceless, you can be brave.
20. 

    duh
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I can’t believe this got linked from another site, **let alone** one of semi-respectibility, like Penny Arcade.

    How is this even worthy of commentary? Why is it that such a large site chose to highlight THIS PLACE, over any other site out there with something mildly thought-provoking to offer? Seriously, when I saw the link, I thought that perhaps an actual –article– was a mere click away.

    Any idiot can choose any other idiot to have an IM conversation with. This is exactly what happened here.

    Translating that mess into something worthy of reading is another matter altogether. Posting an IM log as an article has about as much credibility and import as Micheal Jackson’s alibi.

    I shall proudly click away from this putrid site and never come back.
21. 

    ShadowMan
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I don’t understand why people even play the sims. Why not live IRL all the time? Every second you waste bettering a fictious life is a lost chance to better you REAL life.

    Unless you are really making money off tso, in which case more power to you.
22. 

    ihatefantasy
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Yes, I don’t understand why people even waste time writing these comments as they could be better themselves in real life. Why even own computer at all as every second with it is away from your real life.
23. 

    Foci
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    How is this even worthy of commentary? Why is it that such a large site chose to highlight THIS PLACE, over any other site out there with something mildly thought-provoking to offer? Seriously, when I saw the link, I thought that perhaps an actual –article– was a mere click away.

    Because someone actually took the trouble to “interview” a “person” who was a “hooker” in “the” “sims”

    Slashdot (http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/13/221218) bit on this too. Why, I don’t know.
    If anything in this is remotely true, then please, for the sake of the world, and everyone in it, get some pills. Anything to get you back into the real world.
24. 

    Hesiod
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Okay, at first I just thought I was confused, but nope, both of the people are truly, very sorry individuals. First off, what kind of dipshit thinks this is interesting in the slightest. The only reason (other than train wreck syndrome) I kept reading was that I was waiting for the punchline, but this joke has none. The next part I liked was how this foolio brings up the idea that this might become a book. Yeah, I’m sure that’ll happen. Classy? Wow. What a misinformed person. No “classy” person ever refers to “fucking.”

    (“no don’t go ‘lol’ though..go ‘hahaha’”) While I hate “LOL” and other such crap, who the fuck is this little boy (somehow I doubt it’s a 17yr-old girl) to think he can tell someone else what to TYPE? That he’s the best at anything, ESPECIALLY some stupid game? Talk about serious egoistic delusions.

    This hack of a human needs to be beaten severely and would be best locked in a small room for many hours — they seem to be as much a “newbie” in life as the people he taunts are newbies on SOL.
25. 

    RainbowFae
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I now have one more reason to stay as far away from any ‘Sims’ games as possible. The Sims was nice, as was the expansion pack.. this is just another example that it’s gone way, way too far.

    With people like these, what a sad future we all have..
26. 

    Kamichi
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Wow… Just… Wow. I couldn’t even read that whole thing it was so stupid. That was just retarded. I don’t play the Sims Online, but after reading that I really don’t think I want to… That girl/guy/it-thing really needs to get a life, seriously. They’re just messed up..
27. 

    El_Duderino
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    okay, I’ve read the conversation, and I’m still not clear on how you can turn simoleans into rael US currency. Anybody care to explain?
28. 

    SomeoneWeAllKnow
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    what. the. fuck.

    I’ve played the sims offline, and unless this is really different, how can someone whore themselves off for something that can be sold for REAL money? i mean, how does it even work over the internet? it cant give any pleasure or anything… so how… i dont know.. just… what the fuck..
29. 

    Author's Intent?
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    So far I haven’t seen ANY journalism at this “newspaper”, just a lot of chat logs.

    I expected more from the staff here. You’ve got all kinds of publicity now, and as the waves of people come here to “see what this is”, it’s to bad we’re leaving wondering why we came.

    You know, having access to an audience this large comes along once in a lifetime if you’re lucky.

    What are you spending this opportunity on? Oh well, to late, we’re already gone.
30. 

    Dante
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Calm down peoples. Games are meant to be played, and that’s just what he/she is doing. Come on, we’ve all enjoyed a little fun at someone else’s expense in our lifetimes. From the sound of the success that this individual is having in-game, they must be doing something that a lot of people are finding entertaining…so more power to him/her. The way they hide their private life in the conversation tells me that they have a mostly clear border between IRL and in-game. What’s the big deal here? TSO is really just a overly-glorified chatroom. To talk about pressing charges over “digital sex” is like taking a huge shit on our freedom of speech. Chill out.
31. 

    The birds and the cyber-bees
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    For those that don’t understand how something like this would work (if it’s true) let me give you a numbered list. I’de draw you a picture, but I can’t do that here.

    1. John and Working girl agree to a price (in Sim currency) and a sex act.
    2. John and Working girl type the act out step by step and John touches himself.
    3. John gives WG Sim money
    4. Some party sells the Sim money on eBay for real money. The delivery here would be, the person who owns the Sim money would meet the person in game who bought it and transfer the funds. The real money would probably be transfered via-Paypal.
32. 

    El_Duderino
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Re: The birds and the cyber-bees.

    Thanks for clearing that up.
33. 

    Michaelicious
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Okay, this girl found away to make money playing a video game…Yeah that is so retarded. It seems like most people on here are suffering from “why didn’t I think of that first…itce.” That is such a hot idea it’s not even funny.
34. 

    unknown
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    the saddest thing about this article is that this 13 year old just got his every wish granted – tons of people are paying attention to all of his made up stories. obviously, this kid needs some real attention from real people, since he feels like the only way he can currently get attention is to annonymously behave agressively against others. he obviously has some serious self-esteem issues and some real problems in his life that he’s trying to make up for online.
35. 

    Ripley
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I say we nuke the place from orbit. Its the only way to be sure……
36. 

    enu
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    obviously,she suffers in real life by being a huge nerd, so escapes as a big ho in the sims. HOW SAD. I wish he/she would go outside maore. Unless she is a vampire and she would melt, I understand that. And what the hell was with the racism stuff? I bet in real life she tried to make fun of some black guy, she would get her spine snapped in half. Not like I’m black or anything.
    Thank you. I think that by reading this article, we have all become a little stupider.
37. 

    Oderus
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    First off, I’d Like to say that I dont play TSO. I have, however played a few MMORPGs before and have experienced people selling “virtual” currency for real money. Alot of games will terminate your account if you are cuaght doing this, RAGNAROK for example. I have always thought this was a bit extreem, but its not my call. Secondly, and most importantly I have this to say. IT’S A GAME PEOPLE!
    Games are meant as an escape from reality and a chance to do things youd never do in real life. This Evangeline has succeded in doing this and enjoying themselves in the process. So let it go. If it offends you moraly that someone under the age of 18 is selling cyber sex then DONT talk to her. Otherwise quit bitching. And if it does offend you, Try to remeber your new found morals the next time you mow down a bunch of cops in GTA.
38. 

    Tomo
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Wow. So if I understand this right, some kid has figured out how to make money off of a video game. I don’t know what’s sadder, that he/she probably makes more than anyone that bothered to post on this site, or that half the people that posted were potential customers. Seriously folks, its not real prostitution, just some prebucesant marketing genius who is fufilling the American dream by making money off of 20 to 40-something virginal nerds who are still leeching bandwidth off of mommy and daddy. Damn you Penny Arcade. Damn you for driving me by this car-wreck and turning me into just another rubber-necker contributing to the rush-hour traffic that is this extremely over-read “article.”
39. 

    Ender
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Why I play Real Time Strategy. No sick little girls pimping out girls on Craft games or C&C.

    Penny-Arcade pwns joo-
40. 

    xanarch
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I don’t blame the parents. I blame AOL. The internet was such a nice place before it existed. (Back when Telnet was the way to check your email and Netscape the only image browser.) To illustrate: I can’t remember ever once hearing a story about perverts soliciting minors (or minors soliciting perverts, as the case may be) before AOL was launched. (Probably because I was 14 and too busy with comics, cartoons and being innocent to think about sex or bother with the outside world.) Then, all of a sudden, millions of people too dumb to manage a regular ISP account descended and it all went to hell. And then commercial. And very swiftly stupid afterwards. Is it just conincidence that this odd little…whatever it is, uses AOL? I think not. (No offence to all the sane AOL users out there, but I think you’re the minority.)
41. 

    tony
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I dont get whos actually going on the sims to have cybersex…sounds stupid to me id rather bust a nut to soem porn
42. 

    gffgdgdsf
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    1. They are all AOL users, that says alot.
    2. They ROLEPLAY their fucking shit mmorpg characters.
    3. Its the fucking SIMs.
    4. Listening to some 15 year old talk about I pimp this pimp that fucking shit my fucking hoes is NOT anyones idea of a good time.

    Sorry, thats retarted.
43. 

    Nimnio
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I don’t really see what a lot of your guys problem is, it’s just a game. If some idiots are actually willing to pay real cash for sim money, that’s there problem. “A fool and his money are soon parted,” after all.

    “Calm down peoples. Games are meant to be played, and that’s just what he/she is doing. Come on, we’ve all enjoyed a little fun at someone else’s expense in our lifetimes. From the sound of the success that this individual is having in-game, they must be doing something that a lot of people are finding entertaining…so more power to him/her.” -Dante

    Dante said it about right.
44. 

    truant
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Christ. I knew fucktards like that existed, but I had no idea at the true depth of their naive stupidity.
    I feel violated.
45. 

    K
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    Um, I’m confused. Okay, I accept the fact some people amuse themselves with cyber sex, but that’s just a little far when you’re trying to get real money off it. If she(he?) had said something like ‘well, I did it because I thought it would be funny’ or something as simple, I would have shruged. But it’s like this is very serious to her. I agree that this person has social and personal issues.
46. 

    Taktix
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    This is why the Taliban hates us. enough said.
47. 

    L337|<!|\|6
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I am more offended by someone having the sheer, outright, audacity to call this sputtering,un-edited, unreadable piece of literary garbage an article, than by any actions of some pubescent freak on some video game.

    Though, for the record, I think that this whole thing is pretty ignorant. I wonder if this “jounalist” knows how to use a spell checker. It seems she has no real language skills at all. Her article has no flow, or continuity.
    She is also a terrble interviewer. She can’t keep the questions on topic and the subject bounces around like a pogostick riding seven year old on speed.

    I believe a few of the other posts were correct in this being a waste of my time, the only reason I am writing this post is as a sort of therapy. If I don’t get this off my chest it would probably scar me for life. I should sue for loss of time, and the subsequent massive brain cell loss.
48. 

    NoahNever
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    I don’t drink, Chris Moyles rocks!!!
49. 

    L337|<!|\|6
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    This is the first article I have ever read that, by the end of it, I felt the author should write a letter of apology to all readers. Not for any inappropriate comments or false information, but for sheer apathy in regards to the quality of her work.
    Penny-Arcade should apologize for linking it…
    It made me question my belief in a fair and just god.
50. 

    matt1freek
    

    Dec 15th, 2003
    

    woah i am so with oderus on that one..
    its just a game..not like this is news-worthy anyways..

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