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Second Life “Winter” Festival – good old ethnocentrism

December 5, 2007 by Metaverse Journal Editor Leave a Comment

Linden Lab have announced their fourth annual winter festival. I can’t resist making an obvious comment – who decided that a virtual world has seasons that match the US / Europe seasonal cycle?

Ethnocentrism at its very best. Bah humbug.

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  1. Ben T. Johnson says

    December 6, 2007 at 12:54 am

    Generally, the people who make the program can do whatever they want, ’cause they’re God, y’know?
    Besides…now you’ll get to know what normal seasons are like! bwwwAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ahem…sorry…

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  2. Ben T. Johnson says

    December 5, 2007 at 9:54 am

    Generally, the people who make the program can do whatever they want, ’cause they’re God, y’know?
    Besides…now you’ll get to know what normal seasons are like! bwwwAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ahem…sorry…

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  3. Marianne McCann says

    December 6, 2007 at 3:20 am

    /me shrugs

    SF, CA, USA based company, so they’re likely going ot mirror what they see outside their door. Likewise, I’m sure the Winter festival started when SL was largely a US thing.

    Frankly, though, I’m not gonna get worked up one way or another. Genocide in Darfur or this, you know?

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  4. Marianne McCann says

    December 5, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    /me shrugs

    SF, CA, USA based company, so they’re likely going ot mirror what they see outside their door. Likewise, I’m sure the Winter festival started when SL was largely a US thing.

    Frankly, though, I’m not gonna get worked up one way or another. Genocide in Darfur or this, you know?

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  5. Illyria Illyar says

    December 6, 2007 at 4:44 am

    The reason that SL follows the European weather cycle is simple. Linden Labs is based in the United States. Nuf said.

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  6. Illyria Illyar says

    December 5, 2007 at 1:44 pm

    The reason that SL follows the European weather cycle is simple. Linden Labs is based in the United States. Nuf said.

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  7. Alyx Sands says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:48 am

    *Yawn* What a non-issue. Change it into an event in July, and the other half of the population will complain. Hobson’s, really.

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  8. Alyx Sands says

    December 5, 2007 at 4:48 pm

    *Yawn* What a non-issue. Change it into an event in July, and the other half of the population will complain. Hobson’s, really.

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  9. Banker Fride says

    December 6, 2007 at 9:12 pm

    What a load of bollocks
    Its been christmas for 2000 years
    Whats your problem?

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  10. Banker Fride says

    December 6, 2007 at 6:12 am

    What a load of bollocks
    Its been christmas for 2000 years
    Whats your problem?

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  11. Merlot Congrejo says

    December 8, 2007 at 9:43 am

    “Ok people, move along now, nothing to see here, nothing at all. Move along please”

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  12. Merlot Congrejo says

    December 7, 2007 at 6:43 pm

    “Ok people, move along now, nothing to see here, nothing at all. Move along please”

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