Get a First Life. Membership is FREE!
by Blake Snow 
{ Jan 22nd 2007 at 2:57PM }
Blogger Darren Barefoot has published a clever Second Life parody at Get A First Life dot com. The community boast over 6.5 billion residents (not inflated), free membership, and is the first 3D analog world sans server lag. Linden Labs, creators of Second Life, even sent the site a "Proceed and Permitted" letter (the opposite of a "Cease and Desist"). Nice to see the company appreciates a sense of humor. Now go outside and enjoy the beauty that is First Life.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LordMinogue @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:08PM
This dynamic weather mechanic sucks.
JodyAnthony @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:26PM
The only thing I really don't like about First Life is that if you die, there are no continues.
icelandman @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:37PM
I seem to experience immense lag when I ask my parents for money in First Life. Any chance that could be looked at?
~PEACE
Paul @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:30PM
brilliant!
and lord deserves a star for that.
Kestrel @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:08PM
Well it's definitely better than that Second Life crap.
unimental @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:21PM
They've gone and summed it up nicely...
WORK
REPRODUCE
PERISH
Makes me want to play games even more.
alex @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:54PM
you forgot to mention... joining is easy.
b10hazard @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:23PM
These re-spawn times suck
Jonathan Tran @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:45PM
This crap is so unfair with no support system. The player run economy is strong which is good and bad, but the divide between rich and poor is worse than in Diablo 2. It is a pain in the ass to switch servers, plus you have to take stupid planes which OF COURSE cost a ton, which means:
TOO MUCH GRIND
yeah you grind for items, levels, skills, even for guilds (called corps like in EVE). also you can respec at any time but again more grind
what first life needs is some kinda system for casual players. like if you could spawn witha a lot of money, so you don't have to grind all the time to get decent items
mandarin @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:00PM
Why cant I be a high paid hooker on this game?
HaloBreaker @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:06PM
Be careful when playing on the Earth Server PKing is extremely dangerous an not tolerated you can have you account banned for 25 to life or even have it terminated from the server.
Das @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:13PM
Nerf Warlocks!
Monito Del Monte' @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:19PM
They should really allow alts on this game.
shirizaki @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:24PM
You also forgot the viruses, the lame breast bounce physics, and the lack of intelligent NPC's.
lordroba @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:35PM
I've found this really cool cheat. When your in the school level, you can write all the answers in your graphing calculator and get a really high score. :P
w00ter @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:49PM
Decent graphics, but definitely not "Next-Gen" and also, the A.I. is
horrible...
Jacob @ Jan 23rd 2007 2:04AM
Just wait until Jack Thompson hears about the amount of glorified violence and gratuitous sexual content going on in this game...
OtakuCODE @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:52PM
Warning: Do NOT rely on the pathing code driving NPCs if you get the 'take 3 year old newphew shopping' quest!
Vimal @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:51PM
There's gonna be hell to pay when Jack Thompson hears about this First Life...
IntelliCow @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:34PM
Okay, I have to add the cheesiest possible response to that:
The best part is the multiplayer.
(Awwwwwww!)
Einhanderkiller @ Jan 22nd 2007 6:30PM
HINT: Once you hit level 18, go to a good college. You'll thank yourself in the later levels, once the game starts getting harder.
Judd @ Jan 22nd 2007 8:04PM
Wow so not only is there a Hot Coffee-esque sex minigame, but it's actually vital to the game. Apparently, in the world of First Life you can only join after this action is performed by members(pr3nts) already on your server. There's even a rumor that the game ends for everyone if it's not done often enough. Oh man, Congress is gonna get so mad at this. I can't believe this game didn't get an AO rating.
Red Viking @ Jan 22nd 2007 7:49PM
Hey, I'm level 25 and I'm grinding in the Grad School zone on the USA server. How the Hell do you make any money in this game? It's impossible!
Revo @ Jan 22nd 2007 8:26PM
I've played this one before. It's a pretty decent sandbox-style sim/RPG with fantastic graphics and sound. My main gripes with the game? It takes awhile to get used to the controls at the beginning, leveling up just feels like a chore, and it doesn't take much to kill your character.
Killer Instinct @ Jan 23rd 2007 1:06AM
second life to me just looks like some really bad 3d virtual reality graphics from the 90s
FSK405K @ Jan 23rd 2007 1:45AM
I'm impressed. Rarely is it that the comments substantially enhance the original article and write-up. Thank you all for the insightful, satirical, or otherwise interesting comments.
FSK405K @ Jan 23rd 2007 1:56AM
The site's "Developers" tab doesn't link to anywhere, unfortuantely. I wanted to know whether they wrote about God; Yahweh; Jehovah; Allah; Brahman; Waheguru; Elohim; Zues, Hera, et. al.; curious aliens with lots more biology than us; Din, Nayru, and Farore; chaos theory; or natural selection.
Harbinger @ Jan 23rd 2007 11:18AM
No manual, but here are some tips:
To keep your health meter up go on lots of mini quests, talk to as many NPCs as possible, and don't forget to just enjoy the view.
For added bonus try traveling to as many other continents in the game, it allows your awareness meter to expand over time.
Xeno @ Jan 23rd 2007 4:29PM
It costs way too much to alter your avatar's appearance...
Judd @ Jan 23rd 2007 11:50PM
Xeno: Head on over to the Los Angeles Hills. Choose a female avatar and find a Plastic Surgeon NPC. In exchange for sexual favors, he will offer you Botox. Also works well to gain entry into the movie guilds.
Fullyarmdvishnu @ Apr 18th 2007 12:16PM
31. Anti-Virus seems to be down.