Second Life Elections 2007 in Spanish
September 7, 2007 11:45 am‘… Finally, and due to a technical problem - of Linden Lab - during the count, the votes were lost without possibility of recovering them, reason why the result of the process was the one that already has commented. In any case, the reading of the note in cursiva in both letters is interesting: “This is a satire - what it means that is fictitious, not “a real” election. Has treated, then, of an experiment - of political shade, without a doubt - in “real time” within the virtual world? Of to have been thus: Directed by whom? Linden Lab? To analyze the behavior/interest of the residents in the self-government, its political tendencies… or is a previous test to possible elections in SL?‘
Is what I read when I Google Translate translated this document Dolmere pointed me to to English. Lokikn Allen, the author of ‘el metaverso político’, promised in Dolmere’s comments to translate the article in English. Although if I’m not mistaken, he says he makes that promis as a politician, so… :p
But a few things:
- This was not an actual political experiment, and no way Linden Labs was involved in this. It’s just something Myg & Alex, Wrath, I and some others came up with. We showed some ‘worst case’ scenario’s for Second Life’s future and some real good utopia ones. And we have proven that a lot of Residents do have ideas about Second Life’s future and do wish to be involved in one way or another, besides just being treathed as ‘targets for RL corporations’.
- The votes did not ‘really’ get lost. There was no voting held as there is no way for us to detrone Governor Philip Linden. We were rather sure that at that moment in time - and maybe even now, who knows - by our readers public, he would not have been reelected. As inventory loss was one of the huge grid problems we were facing at that moment in time, it was the best way to solve the problem to give him another term as Governor of Second Life. As we clearly stated: this is satire, SL political role playing.
- I had a lot of fun being ‘Candidate Vint Falken’. *grins* Eventhough Candidate Vint Falken was roleplaying too and there was a lot of satire in my campaign, I did get to ‘tackle’ one issue that I’m really worried about. And response was positive and showed that I was not the only one worrying.
- I still want to see that machinima someday, Wrath. ;) *even bigger grin*
6 Responses to “Second Life Elections 2007 in Spanish”
all the work - - - and it was satire??
paid 20 lindens to a newbie to make him scratch phil lindens primouth - for satire?
caught a photoshop allergy manipulating pics for election campaign posters - for satire?
had to be friendly to so many people asking about my targets (more lag!!!) - for satire?
O-M-G!!! why didn’t i read the whole thing???
Well, what he said about me translated fairly accurately, not too far off the mark. I was proposing a solid platform based on common-sense conservative values; I guess I was trying to be the Fred Thompson of Second Life. :-)
And yeah, it was fun putting together things like the “radio spots” for the Evans 2007 campaign. And the infamous “Vote For Erbo or I Orbit You” poster. :-)
Nuschi, I’m very sorry. I thought you knew. I would gladly compensate the 20 lindens back if you feel damaged by it. ;) I don’t see how being friendly causes more lag, though. :D
Erbo, common-sence and conservative in one sentence without a word to make sure there’s denial? :d
Radio spots: you should do them more often. I really liked it.
I think it was a good experiment, fun to participate, and maybe we pushed some ideas, who knows…
I was reading the text in spanish, yes, the author seems to take seriously the experiment… wow, maybe we pushed some minds too far… ;-P
You know, I’m pretty sure The Inside Scoop® is holding that raw video footage until you become (even more) famous or something, hehe. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets leaked before then. I’ll talk to the editors for ya. ;-) And I am certain it will be my most viewed video clip to date when that one hits the air, lol.
And I agree, Erbo’s radio spots were AWESOME!! Too freakishly real at times. You definitely need to DJ in SL, dude, if you don’t already.
And LOL Nuschi! Oops, heh.
Thank you, Wrath, I hope these editors will listen to you. You are the one in charge, after all.
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