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| In Q3 2006 Graef announced that she had amassed one million US dollars through buying and reselling land in Second Life.<ref>http://gigaom.com/2006/11/29/anshe-chung/</ref> | In Q3 2006 Graef announced that she had amassed one million US dollars through buying and reselling land in Second Life.<ref>http://gigaom.com/2006/11/29/anshe-chung/</ref> | ||
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| In ] ], while conducting an interview for CNET on her economic assets, the virtual location of the interview was "attacked" by residents utilizing animated penises as weapons. Also employed were ] images of Graef holding a digital penis that bombarded participants in the audience. The "griefers" managed to disrupt the interview sufficiently that Graef was forced to move to another location and ultimately crashed the simulator entirely.<ref>http://news.com.com/Virtual+magnate+shares+secrets+of+success/2008-1043_3-6144967.html</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Anshe Chung is the avatar of Ailin Graef in the online world Second Life. Known as the "Rockefeller of Second Life", she has built an online business that engages in development, brokerage and arbitrage of virtual land, items and currencies, and has been featured in a number of prominent magazines such as Business Week, Fortune and Red Herring.
Background
According to Graef, she originally amassed large amounts of purely virtual currency on other MMORPGs such as Asheron's Call, Star Wars Galaxies and Shadowbane, but never converted to real tender. The name "Anshe" was originally coined in Asheron's Call in December 1999. However, this changed when she entered Second Life, where the in-game currency, "Linden Dollars" (L$), can be 'officially' exchanged for real money.
Graef, as Anshe Chung, earned an initial stake by working as an escort in the virtual world. "I started ... as a private entertainer, somebody people who are bored or lonely could seek out for company. She also used to teach a course on "virtual lovemaking" within the world. According to Graef, after she developed her skill set she began selling and creating custom animations and then used this money to buy and develop virtual "land." Graef currently owns several full servers worth of land, most of which are sold to other users as a part of her 'Dreamland' areas. Within Dreamland strict zoning rules are enforced; most other land in Second Life is unzoned, where multiple different types of business or housing are located in adjacent areas. Philip Rosedale, the CEO of Linden Lab - the company that produces Second Life - has referred to Anshe as "the government" when referring to the role she plays on her zoned continent "Dreamland".
In February 2006 Graef legally incorporated "ANSHECHUNG Studios, Ltd." in Hubei, China along with her husband and business partner, Guntram Graef, who goes by the pseudonym "Guni Greenstein" in Second Life.
In Q3 2006 Graef announced that she had amassed one million US dollars through buying and reselling land in Second Life.
References
- http://www.anshechung.com/media/media_info.htm
- http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/28/8361953/index.htm
- http://www.sluniverse.com/language/2004/11/introducing-chat-history-interview.html
- http://history.secondserver.net/index.php/Anshe_Chung
- http://gigaom.com/2006/11/29/anshe-chung/
See Also
External links
- BusinessWeek title story and magazine cover
- CNN article
- ANSHECHUNG Studios website
- CNN article (update 11/27/06)
- SomethingAwful.com coverage on CNET "attack" - Warning, contains cartoon nudity