Again, I speak as if God is willing:
I thought people were allowed to post comments and blogs with their accounts on vbulletin forums? It doesn't necessarily have to be a forum, and things can be compromised to suit the rules.
Basically, there has to be some sort customization...so, if a person has a house (which, in a neighborhood, exists as a table with some displayed personal information, such as statistics and other personal stuff) and someone sees it, they should be able to decorate their table (their "lot", or "area", or "yard") somehow--to personalize it. If they can have personalized profiles and whatnot, blogs, comments, and personal messages, what's wrong with simply making things more visual and realistic, mapping everything together? I do agree, however, why vbulletin would think members having their own subforum is a breech of contract...but then again, perhaps if the hack is made, there would definitely be some way of getting around it by making also a terms and agreement(s) for this hack.
That way, before someone downloads the hack, they must agree that they will not start selling lots, neighborhoods, houses, etc. (or, sub-forums). As such, I see no reason why vbulletin would have a problem with it then...and, I am sure there are ways of doing what we need to do without losing any essence.
That being said, let me say some more ideas: there could be windows or something to people's houses (outside in their yards), so when someone is in a particular street/neighborhood, if somebody is currently working on their own house and content, posting in their personal areas/blogs/personal messages, a light will be turned on in the window, and their avatar will be visible or something...and if somebody is visiting somebody's house, then their avatar could be seen in some sort of "guest's window", or a link to their house/profile and whatnot.
Essentially, what we will do is take ordinary life and turn it into the vbulletin forums so that even a child would be able to understand...and, also, this would be educational, useful, and a big improvement...and allow for many more new, bigger, and better things.
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