Quick note regarding a [post][1] on Babbage’s weblog:
You do not, per se, need to be a content creator to be a ‘rock star,’ or for that matter to be even mildly noticed in some circles.
My appearance as an Honor Guard for the Until Uru St Pats Parade, has gone from a one-time thing to a group of volunteers who add content to an apparently ‘contentless’ environment. I’ve also been involved in other events in UU such as a Trick or Treat event, avatar hunts, and user-created puzzles. All within the restrictions of an environment that people thought had no new content.
And now, at least in the Prime (single player) game, we are beginning to have the tools to *really* create our own content.
There are many other individuals and groups within the Uru community who would agree with me that the people themselves make the environment live – no matter where that environment is. It does not matter if one uses the ‘true’ meta worlds like Second Life, There, and Eve Online, or even a semi-meta world like Until Uru or NeverWinter Nights. What matters is that the players themselves, pick up those tools before them and create their own wonders…
–Alan
[1]: http://secondlife.blogs.com/babbage/2005/11/do_you_feel_lik.html