Second Life sparks diplomatic row

Second Life sparks diplomatic row

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They're not two countries you'd easily imagine having a diplomatic showdown, but Sweden and the Maldives are facing off against each other – in a virtual world.

The Scandinavian country attracted worldwide attention in January, when it announced that it would become the first country to open an embassy in the online world Second Life.

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[edit on 24-5-2007 by UM_Gazz]

this is quite funny i just can imagine the look on Swedish foreign ministry staff when they heard that they have been upstaged by a small country with a population of less than 350,000.

all kidding aside this is a great indicator that small countries are actually competing on a level footing in it sector

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ok i have held it in long in enough i got say this

TAKE THAT SWEDEN we beet ya neena neenaaaaa



lol sorry folk i had too much coffee today

Spanish protestors burn down virtual party office

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's bitter political wrangling has spread to Second Life with supporters of socialist and conservative parties trying to burn down each others' party offices in the virtual world.

"They have thrown bombs, entered the building with sub-machine guns, lit fires, everything you could imagine," an official from Spain's ruling Socialist Party, using the Second Life moniker Zeros Kuhm, told Reuters.

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Will someone puh-leeeze think of the pixels!

lets hope their isnt a full scale ware between maldives and sweden in second life starting from this diplomatic row.

Originally posted by fingapointa
Spanish protestors burn down virtual party office

"They have thrown bombs, entered the building with sub-machine guns, lit fires, everything you could imagine," an official from Spain's ruling Socialist Party, using the Second Life moniker Zeros Kuhm, told Reuters.

Hahaha sweet I didn't know you could do things like that on there! Wow that's quite specific stuff to be doing for a virtual world!

ABC Island nuked in Second Life
I love the smell of mashed banana in the morning.
Online virtual game world, Second Life, is no stranger to attacks by hackers and trouble-makers. Since its inception in 2003, it's seen more than its fair share of viruses, glitches and, er... flying-penis attacks.

However, yesterday, the madness hit closer to home, when the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's private island in the game was all but wiped off the face of the (virtual) world by an - as yet - unidentified attacker.

Head of technology for ABC innovation, Craig Preston, stated "It looks like we've had some enormous cyber-bomb set off on our site," and that "they've obliterated almost every object on the site."

Tens of thousands of dollars went into creating the ABC's island, which is apparently the third most visited commercial site in Second Life. The island was back in business yesterday, after several hours of maintenance.

wow how long before some thing like this happens to virtual embassies


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[edit on 24/5/07 by nashthegreat]

LOL I never understood this "virtual world"/game, but I do find it humorous that wars are breaking out in-game. Now, if only we could bring all of our wars into a virtual game, and only lose pixels instead of real-life civilians and families.

One could only wish, I guess. Aside from kids trying to be funny and get attention, real bloodshed shall remain the prefered method.