Comments on: Wednesday Maintenance

By: William

William — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:43:23 +0000

@102, What makes you think I don`t pay money for SL?
Noone EVER sais SL was a solid platform,implied, but NOT flat our said.
I lose money Like anyone else when things get Borked.
But I don`t invest more than I`m willing and able to lose.
Just common since.
And Why do you think I was refering to you about griefers?Guilty Conciense or somethin? Just askin

By: U M

U M — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:04:40 +0000

101 you mean they using melted Gummi bears these days. This past few months have been nothign but a nightmare. What makes me laugh are the RAH RAH Linden and the kissups to llabs posting in alt names on the blog saying oh things are so wonderful and rosey. Werll If i was making 10,000.00 of REAL monies i say the if the sky was bright but really its black and dark………Nobody like depressing chats but this is cold facts. H1 is a total waste of time and energy to use anymore. We need H4 to hold a large user base and a better script running system………..3 1/2 years and this ” GAME” is getting to the point of waste of time. Dieing in the teleports is just BS as they say. 2 years ago i woul say ok. BUT NOW! Please if you have any repectabilty anymore LL fix the game. Its sad to see the game over run by under 18 years ago kids.Thats bad enough but losing objects and having people buy things over again is just bad business.

By: U M

U M — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:57:23 +0000

OMG flashbacks for dieing in the teleports and occuring again. This is getting really old!

By: Sedary Raymaker

Sedary Raymaker — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:37:15 +0000

@88: “Name calling even so fast”

Says the person who called paying customers with legitimate concerns and complaints “griefers”.

By: William

William — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:39:05 +0000

Everyone wants SL to be stable, and keep scream1in the Lindens ain`t doin nothin bout it.
HAVOK 4 IS the fix.
HAVOK 1 just can`t support the load anymore. Band-Aids and Bailing wire only go so far.
Swinder and His/Her team are bustin their rears to get it ready, because it`s THE ONLY FIX left for the physics induced Lag.
Now that the Mr. Love Machine is outta here, the REAL Lindens are runnin like Hell to get caught up up.
Just unfortunate we got stuck in the middle of all these Office Politics crap.
I cuss and holler as bad as anyone when things get borked, but thats just venting, On the Blogs, I try to be civil, Not throw a Tantrum.
Call me a Kiss-@ss if anyone cares to,Don`t realy care
My Mother always said “Opinions are like Buttholes(clean version)Everybodies got one, and most of them stink
LL, has alot to learn, and alot of work to catch up on, I think their gonna do it
But theres always the ones think a 1 and a half minutes is too long for a burrito,Never mind the fact that makin one from scratch takes a Hell of alot longer than that damned microwave

People say Companies all over are running Bigger more Complex networks than SL and doin it better!
Oh? Where these companies With virtual worlds and avatars and ACTUAL user CREATED items(not just earning enuff points to rez something pre-built by the programmers) ?
I know of a few doin this, and they can`t even Touch SL in useability and creativity.
And I mean usability as we can do SOOO many things here, when we can log on and stay on anyway
I understand frustration, I understand payin money on somethin thats Borked.
But Ya Know what…STOP PAYIN IF YA DON`T LIKE IT!
Don`t log-in…go somewhere else if it sux soo Bad
Got some Intelligent, Non-Irate suggestions..The Lindens will prolly listen and try, but it`s up to The Bosses what does and doesn`t get done.
Carry on Like a P`OD Gorrilla on Meth, their prolly gonna respond the same way I would in their place(can`t say it though )
Businesses are gettin screwd over from the Probs, Like nuthin ever goes goofy in RL business.
This is an EXPERIMETAL PLATFORM, why do ya think they call thenself Linden LABS?
Suck it up, Bitch all ya want, just don`t use up Blog space here with it
I curse the Linden name Daily, But I DO BELIEVE changes are happening, changes for the better.
And I prefer Makin my own Burrto`s, eevn if does take more than a minute and a half.
Ever hear that G&R song ” Patience”?

By: Montana Corleone

Montana Corleone — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:24:54 +0000

Actually, premiums are a lot worse. Although they go up a couple of hundred a month, look how much they give out in referral bonuses each month. At least, at L$1,000 a pop, that’s 7 to 9K a month, at worse, if it’s on a L$500 month, double that. ie in the region of 15-20% of premiums each month leave or downgrade and are replaced with new ones. That’s an awfully high churn rate. Going through your entire top end membership every five to six months. Couldn’t possibly be anything to do with the cruddy performance and disappearing customer service could it? Not exactly the internet of the future is it? Or take users: 500K regular, 12 million tried it. ie 23:1 have tried it and decided it’s not for them. No, the next internet it ain’t gonna be without some huge massive changes. Like starting off with getting rid of almost all the staff…

By: coventina dalgleish

coventina dalgleish — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:27:39 +0000

Haha I knew someone would bring up the TOS seems to me I remember it failed a court test last year as boiler plate. It does not matter that we all agreed to it as it is a non supported contract and you have no choice if you care to play them game. There is something to be said about expecting a fair value for the money expended in the game. But, then my father always had good advice on this subject, if something is not worth the price do not spend money on it. If you look at the premium subscriber count it by no means tracks the number presented as users. As the concurrence increases it does not reflect paying customers. In all truth if my businesses did not pay for the money expended in game I would not be using this platform. I spent money from my pocket for 2 years to support this game and seeing little improvement in the playability decided to make it self supporting. While I do enjoy this concept greatly I have noticed a slump in sales recently (2 months) as have many others indicating the population has begun to dis-trust the support the game receives. Also when one can not sell class 5 server land at $5 per meter it indicates that people are just tired of the excuses and apologies. Take a look at the land for sale on the map it looks like someone had bladder failure fueled by several things, the vat fiasco, the greed fiasco lets double the price of island set up in less than 3 years, the increase in tier costs by 33% in 2 years. The game has a value but it appears it has exceeded the level individuals consider fair. They speak of the economy but from what I have seen it is not a self leveling situation but a falsely inflated monopoly supported only by LL leaving little true valuation to be established by the user. In closing if you can not fix the game Lindens go hire some one who can. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance well everywhere except Slug Life where past performance is prescience .

By: U M

U M — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:26:09 +0000

OMG ahahhah ok I believe it…….Reading TOS raally makes a diff? Oh well……….
Thank you 97 for that refreshing course of why people should worry about how much they spend. If service and objects that are bough on sl Don`t either work or are lost by LL………

By: Antonio Asano

Antonio Asano — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:56:05 +0000

BTW , You all agreed to this, and also to this part of it:
1.6 Second Life is subject to scheduled and unscheduled service interruptions. All aspects of the Service are subject to change or elimination at Linden Lab’s sole discretion.

Linden Lab reserves the right to interrupt the Service with or without prior notice for any reason or no reason. You agree that Linden Lab will not be liable for any interruption of the Service, delay or failure to perform, and you understand that except as otherwise specifically provided in Linden Lab’s billing policies posted at http://secondlife.com/corporate/billing.php, you shall not be entitled to any refunds of fees for interruption of service or failure to perform. Linden Lab has the right at any time for any reason or no reason to change and/or eliminate any aspect(s) of the Service as it sees fit in its sole discretion.

By: Antonio Asano

Antonio Asano — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:51:48 +0000

@60 + @78 I think you forgot the read the TOS. I own 16 sims now, paying 4200 USD every month to LL. Am I complaining? NO
! WHY NOT ?, because I read the TOS. You all should know better.