Philippine President Creates Second Life Avatar

November 26, 2007
The president of the Philippines is now an official resident of Second Life.

As reported by Inquirer.net, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (left) debuted her SL persona to coincide with the launch of the Philippine National Innovation Strategy at the National Innovation Summit in Makati.

Macapagal-Arroyo's avatar will reside in IBM's Second Life Innovation Center.

Gabby Dizon, president of developer Flipside Games, said that Macapagal-Arroyo hoped to demonstrate that by joining SL she is a proponent of change and innovation.

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Submitted by MysterX (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 19:05.
Mariner, the word 'pinas' means something different in their language.

Submitted by CyberSkull (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 09:05.
OK, you joined. But what are you going to do in Second Life anyway?

Submitted by Hannah (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 09:22.
CyberSkull: I would assume that she'll just do what everyone else does -- yiff :D

Submitted by Alex (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 10:13.
Well cyber skull maybe you can go show her a good time :P.
but i want to know how is shoe going to help inovation?

Submitted by Tye The Czar (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 10:37.
Wow. Something from the Phillipines, oy. I remember that. XD

Submitted by E. Zachary Knight on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 10:58.
What is it with politicians and thinking that Second Life means anything to anyone?

"Look at my SL avatar. I support technological innovation!"

E. Zachary Knight
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Submitted by Alex (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 11:03.
politician are trying to be cool and get the attention of young ppl so that they will be supported.

Submitted by Overcast (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 11:17.
What is it with politicians and thinking that Second Life means anything to anyone?

“Look at my SL avatar. I support technological innovation!”

Yeah... 'Look at me, Look at me!'

I'd rather they stay out. Politicians bring nothing but problems.

Submitted by lumi (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 11:30.
How long do you think it will take them to figure out that instead of impressing us, they're doing nothing more than inspiring us to /facepalm and subtract a few points from our mental scorecards?

Submitted by Twin-Skies (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 12:42.
@lumi

I'll have to say that as a resident of the Philippines, our president is grasping at straws here.

Everybody here pretty much knows that Gloria's overall ratings are anything but healthy, and it does piss me off that for all the suffering and strife our country's going through...she's putting money into getting an SL account?

I want my tax money back, you BIR thieves!!!

Submitted by JustChris (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 14:25.
At least you people get female presidents before we Americans do :P

Submitted by blog free online game » Blog Archive » Philippin (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 15:48.
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Submitted by Mariner (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 16:29.
Am I the only one who noticed that the Philippine National Innovation Strategy is a really bad choice for a name? The acronym for it PNIS.......

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Submitted by Laughing Man (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 19:01.
Let the penis pelting begin.

Submitted by DarthCylon (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 20:17.
I though politicians hate games so why are they playing games now?

Submitted by Felix (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 20:24.
Everyone should donate some L$ to her so she can buy a furry avatar, and take her on a tour of SL. Fastest way to teach her about pointless political drama, right?


I keed, I keed. Please don't beat me with the clue bat.

Submitted by Shavo (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 22:34.
Next thing you know there is going to be cyber terrorism on Second life when all the world leaders have avatars

Submitted by Alex (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 23:43.
well i say bring on the cyber terrorism cause that just means need for sl body gaurds :P YAY MONEY

Submitted by cheat code for viddeo games»Blog Archive » Video (not verified) on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 18:32.
[...] The president of the Philippines is now an official resident of Second Life. As reported by Inquirer.net, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (left) debuted her SL persona to coincide with the launch of the Philippine National Innovation Strategy at the National Innovation Summit in Makati. Macapagal-Arroyo’s avatar will reside in IBM’s Second Life Innovation Center. Gabby Dizon, president of developer Flipside Games, said […] (more game news…) [...]

Submitted by dmon p (not verified) on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 02:58.
Seconding the penising comment.

Also regards to language; Phillipinos are a pretty multilingual mob. Almost like central european. Tagalog, english and spanish (or portugese or whatever the original colonialist language was).

Submitted by Barly (not verified) on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 09:53.
Filipino, not Philipino.

...and did you just refer to my people as a mob?

Submitted by Eradarus (not verified) on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 11:40.
When she gets a World of Warcraft account I'll pay attention. Second Life, as popular as it might be, is more of a social networking thing than a true game. Now if we could only get Dubya to make a WoW character.

Submitted by gs68 (not verified) on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 15:53.
@ Barly

I don't think he meant to refer to us as a mob in a bad way. After all, Philippines has two national languages (the second being English).

Submitted by Jun Malabanan (not verified) on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 22:32.
Is that the best she can do? To show support for the Filipino and international videogame community, all she has to do is to play Second Life!?

Well, that doesn't change my perception of her being a CONNIVING, CHEATING, CHEAPSKATE of a President.

Madam President, if you're reading this, let me tell you that this move of yours pales in comparison to what you did in your administration (ZTE Broadband deal, 'Hello Garci' scandal, Fertilizer Fund Scam, cash gifts, the fact the the PhP is strong but the commodity price is too damn high, among other things).

If I were you, I'd resign real quick.

Submitted by Barly (not verified) on Thu, 11/29/2007 - 04:49.
@Jun

Yes, God knows we need another power vacuum. You have any suitable replacement in mind?
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