What to do than to continue about identity verification of second life residents? Not that I can offer much answers. It is up to Lindens to answer our concerns, and it is obvious that they don't want to answer, don't know the answers, that they're buying their time or just play another stupid strategy. There is one thing we can be sure about: it is not going to work.
They banned gambling explicitly. And? And nothing. We don't have big ugly camping casinos anymore. If you want to gamble you meet people who give you a landmark to the friend's place ;) And you go to gamble. Actually, I believe that atmosphere in the gambling community has radically improved after the ban. That is one of the vices that missed me (well, I do have to miss something, right?) so correct me if I'm wrong.
And it will be even harder to ban sex. Much more people are into it. Not the whole population of second life, but large percent of it is into one or another sex related practice. More important, sex is something that is considered a birth right. Couple of blog posts and bureaucracy against civil disobedience? I know where I'll put my bets.
Also, sex needs less software than gambling. Just a couple of scripts, handful of anims and opened IM window. If you want to do it and have a friend/partner/stranger with who to do it, there is not much left to think about it. Just jump into those balls and each other's pants. No way that Linden Lab can spy all the posing scripts on the grid.
Sex also doesn't need to be advertised. Big sex sims will be for verifieds only, but now they are mostly places for griefers and idiots. Specialized places will go underground, and be advertised viraly. That goes for both sims and for the shops. Shops also have flatworld solutions like OnRez and SLexchange. We'll have more semi-private places to gather. Entry to the groups will be by invitation only and once you're in, you'll think twice about who to invite next. Consequence will be raising quality of those places.
And sure, there will be private homes. We'll have to go to the sky, but we already do that. We'll have to protect our land from potential peeping toms willing to fill abuse reports, but hey! if you never tried to shoot somebody during the foreplay, it is time to try. And get that orbiter! Full pleasure guaranteed. For those that want to remain peacefull, just make your private property inaccessible to anybody but your group of friends.
For the end, here's an image that was plundered from the walls of Club Reactor. It says it all…
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