Breathless Praise Of 'Metaverse' Rave Draws Unfavorable Comparisons To 'Second Life'

Another day, another viral video from the crypto community getting dunked on. This time, Twitter was alerted by crypto-enthusiast Alex Moss to a "rave party" going on in the Metaverse to celebrate the drop of a new NFT.

For those who have seen a certain YouTube video, one can easily imagine Griffin McElroy running around the party screaming "I think dogs should vote!"

This is the #metaverse… A live rave happening right now in decentraland</a> for the upcoming <a href="https://twitter.com/LightbulbmanNFT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">LightbulbmanNFT release by #BjarneMelgaard. Music from feedelity</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/prins_thomas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">prins_thomas @mightbetwins #NFTdrop #rave #virtualevent #NFTCommunity pic.twitter.com/aC4WYRbgH9

— Alex Moss (@alexmoss) January 20, 2022

For many, Moss' clip of the Metaverse NFT rave did not capture the limitless potential of the Metaverse as described by its champions, but rather the blocky, janky textures of Second Life — the 2003 life simulation game that was a minor fad in the 2000s.

As more crypto-skeptics saw Moss' clip of the Metaverse in action, the jokes, dunks and yuks came in droves on Twitter.

Second Life 2008. Metaverse 2022. pic.twitter.com/dPSeWJkodW

— Andres Guadamuz (@technollama) January 20, 2022

I don’t have any great insight on this but it has always struck me how creative people envision virtual reality as expansive, beautiful, and weird, while business people envision “Second Life but with worse graphics” pic.twitter.com/VCePTzNwNC

— Sassafras (@sasugakirin) January 20, 2022

I think what makes this metaverse shit so sad is that they've had a solid 20 years to come up with something that's at least as visually interesting as second life and they can't even do that https://t.co/KmpAStfy1P

— here for the gimmies, ghosts & dims (@KetracelBlack) January 20, 2022

did you post this to make fun of it or because you actually think it looks cool

— Share The Neighborhoods 🔰 🇭🇰 (@sharethenabes) January 20, 2022

a random second life club circa 2005 at least had, like, dancing https://t.co/UPAyonyYJq pic.twitter.com/2AkD50s831

— sadie (@scaryfiction) January 20, 2022

Rave? Really?… looks like an even more boring reboot of PlayStation Home.

— David (@davidandrewt) January 20, 2022

As Moss' tweet racked up a rough 18,000 quote-tweet to 2,000 like ratio, he at least appeared to have a sense of humor about his little viral moment … or he didn't read the QRTs.

Oooo were trending guys thanks for the support x #Metaverse

— Alex Moss (@alexmoss) January 20, 2022

Moss' video joins a long list of crypto and Metaverse stories that have taken a beating on social media. Earlier this year, Walmart's Metaverse shopping simulator depressed viewers with its mundane expression of virtual reality. In late 2021, a Metaverse Wedding also drew unfavorable comparisons to Second Life as well as Final Fantasy XIV.