Comments on: Cookie Cutter Crime Wave

By: shockwave yareach

shockwave yareach — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:49:56 +0000

You’d think that the sheep would have someone on the payroll who has nothing to do with the build, and is told to “try it” so the problems can be exposed early.

Yeah, that note about “THE” company was a wee bit strong to me, too.

By: Stone Culdesac

Stone Culdesac — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:14:27 +0000

The episode was very good, I thought, the handling by the sheep sucked, the sim I was on, only a few people actually showed up because they downloaded the SL viewer, the OnRez browser could not be downloaded for a good while. An hour or so later some newbies showed up and we tried to help some of them, with no ESC avatars or helpers to be found anywhere. We couldn’t download the toolbar and none of the sim, that we tried, worked properly. I would say this was a big bust compared to what they thought would happen, otherwise, someone would be trumpeting how well everything went.

By: Lewis Nerd

Lewis Nerd — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:19:15 +0000

“After all, according to the New York Times, ESC is “the company that builds the fantasy worlds that the Second Life avatars inhabit.”

“THE” company? Try telling that to the hundreds of other developers listed in the directory, like myself, who can work for a fraction of the price of ESC and, in many cases, probably provide a better end result.

Lewis

By: Prokofy Neva

Prokofy Neva — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:39:26 +0000

I don’t see how there were more than about 4,000 really at any given time, and I can’t see that they could have surpassed 20,000. In fact, it was probably really more like half that.

http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2007/10/watching-the-de.html

By: Simon Lameth

Simon Lameth — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:57:30 +0000

It was murder, *Pause, puts on big sunglasses* on the interent.

^CSI Miami reference.

By: Kalel Venkman

Kalel Venkman — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:43:52 +0000

And the next big question is, when the promotion’s over, WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE SIMS?

Now that they’re bought, will they be repurposed to whatever TV show comes along next? Or will they remain CSI sims? And who’s really the controlling interest here, Warner Brothers or CBS Television (the answer would affect what kind of content we’d expect to see).

By: DaveOner

DaveOner — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:04:03 +0000

If a RL corporation fails at using SL to it’s full potential and gets upset you guys talk shit about them. If a RL corporation actually comes up with a creative campaign you complain that it’ll bring too many people to SL and will ruin it.

If it wasn’t for the fact that you guys are definitely not hip by any stretch of the imagination I would think you were some would-be hipster douchebags that don’t shower working at coffee shops while wearing tight ass jeans.

I bet the shower part’s on the money, though.

If you were actually paying attention you’d know this could be a big help to SL as a whole. CBS not believing the “furry whore house” hype that SL has gotten? That’s a huge step in making it legitimate to the mainstream.

Now if only the advertising and new population (most of which will most likely leave once the whole thing is over) could translate into money that goes to better infrastructure for SL…

By: shockwave yareach

shockwave yareach — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:45:13 +0000

So a bunch of TV viewers will see ads for the CBS sims in SL. Assuming they have computers capable of playing the game, AND interest in gaming, AND can master the controls to do anything inworld, AND have the bandwidth necessary, we may see a surge of… what, a few hundred people? And of those coming in at CBS behest, will even 1/10 hang around for more than a week?

I’m hoping to pick up an island from CBS on the cheap when they abandon half of them. I’m pleased to see someone realize that SL is interactive and not just a static advertising sign. I think it’ll be a plus for SL in the long run. But no, I don’t believe we are about to be swamped with newbies just because CSI mentions SL.

Then again, lots of people believe everything they see in the fictional show is factual, so my last shred of hope for humanity could be misplaced.

By: Ann Otoole

Ann Otoole — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:35:30 +0000

so let’s all invade these sims and make sure all the new residents find out there is more to secondlife than CBS programming. get the right looking people going over there and there should be a lot of noobs following them out of csi land.

By: Tenshi Vielle

Tenshi Vielle — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:32:19 +0000

CSI:NY has over 6 million viewers, and if the ESC gets even half a percent of those viewers, they’re looking to shape up well.

We’ll be manning our battle stations this evening. If you want to come join us in the CSI sims, join any of the Orientations! It’s really quite neat.