Luna Oaks Galleria and Busy Ben’s Vehicle Lot Lottery Results!!!!
Friday, April 4th, 2008 at 12:43 PM by: Mia Linden 
Thank you to the more than 2,000 Second Life Residents who submitted their names for the Luna Oaks Galleria & Busy Ben’s Vehicle Lot Lottery!
Congratulations! Below you will find the list of winners!
| 43 SINGLE STALLS | PRIM LIMIT | TENANT NAME |
| CARS | ||
| STALL 1 | 35 prims | Winter Ventura |
| STALL 2 | 35 prims | Kasolai Nighbor |
| STALL 3 | 35 prims | chmarr walcott |
| STALL 5 | 35 prims | Tener Aeon |
| STALL 6 | 35 prims | Tiberius Laval |
| STALL 13 | 35 prims | KrazyMichy Avro |
| STALL 14 | 35 prims | Emily Hifeng |
| STALL 15 | 35 prims | rhianna demina |
| STALL 16 | 35 prims | Meat Carver |
| STALL 17 | 35 prims | chrisWY Lewsey |
| STALL 18 | 35 prims | Cyric Loon |
| FLYING CRAFT/HOVERBOARDS | ||
| STALL 7 | 35 prims | Lucian Zadeh |
| STALL 8 | 35 prims | Jillian Callahan |
| STALL 9 | 35 prims | Niki Wilder |
| STALL 10 | 35 prims | Cosmo Drago |
| STALL 11 | 35 prims | Blaccard Burks |
| STALL 12 | 35 prims | Gumby Roffo |
| STALL 19 | 35 prims | Dustin Pomeray |
| STALL 20 | 35 prims | Chitose Kaminski |
| STALL 21 | 35 prims | apolon obscure |
| STALL 22 | 35 prims | smallbutt mighty |
| STALL 23 | 35 prims | Duke Elliott |
| STALL 24 | 35 prims | Isandra Willunga |
| BOATS | ||
| STALL 31 | 35 prims | Indira Bekkers |
| STALL 32 | 35 prims | Ben Turas |
| STALL 33 | 35 prims | Griffin Halderman |
| STALL 34 | 35 prims | bella ahn |
| STALL 35 | 35 prims | marienna cortes |
| STALL 36 | 35 prims | Deborah Ewry |
| STALL 42 | 35 prims | Kornscope Komachi |
| STALL 44 | 35 prims | MichaelZ Market |
| STALL 45 | 35 prims | Rikard Bashly |
| STALL 46 | 35 prims | littlebee Humby |
| MOTORCYCLES | ||
| STALL 25 | 35 prims | wolfpr magne |
| STALL 26 | 35 prims | Bubba Bracken |
| STALL 27 | 35 prims | Yuriko Nishi |
| STALL 28 | 35 prims | Oken Hax |
| STALL 29 | 35 prims | Shaynee Xi |
| STALL 30 | 35 prims | Koose DeGroot |
| STALL 37 | 35 prims | silver12ryukio Bard |
| STALL 39 | 35 prims | Petrya Lutrova |
| STALL 40 | 35 prims | Lin Ochs |
| STALL 41 | 35 prims | UFirst Allen |
| 4 MULTI VEHICLE PLOTS | PRIM LIMIT | TENANT NAME |
| CAR SECTION LOT 4 | 105 prims | Whispering Hush |
| FLYINGCRAFT/HOVERBOARD SECT. LOT 9 | 105 prims | Drako Nagorski |
| BOATS SECTION LOT 43 | 105 prims | Balpien Hammerer |
| MOTORCYCLE SECTION LOT 38 | 105 prims | Tes Tiramisu |
| 21 TUBE KIOSKS | PRIMS | TENANT NAME |
| LOT 2 | 15 prim Limit | Menolly Riederer |
| LOT 4 | 15 prim Limit | semaj swenholt |
| LOT 6 | 15 prim Limit | Kin Ishnoo |
| LOT 8 | 15 prim Limit | Gil Druart |
| LOT 22 | 15 prim Limit | Rayden Tomsen |
| LOT 24 | 15 prim Limit | Lillian Watkins |
| LOT 26 | 15 prim Limit | Naergilien Wunderlich |
| LOT 28 | 15 prim Limit | Atiya Masala |
| LOT 30 | 15 prim Limit | Tyrr Leavitt |
| LOT 32 | 15 prim Limit | Andy2k7 Smit |
| LOT 11 | 15 prim Limit | Stan Rawley |
| LOT 13 | 15 prim Limit | Michsie Ansome |
| LOT 15 | 15 prim Limit | Elizabeth Durnan |
| LOT 17 | 15 prim Limit | Moeka Kohime |
| LOT 19 | 15 prim Limit | coryntus slade |
| LOT 35 | 15 prim Limit | Lyselle Munro |
| LOT 37 | 15 prim Limit | Blu Heron |
| LOT 39 | 15 prim Limit | Sunn Thunders |
| LOT 41 | 15 prim Limit | Doctordaffy Cure |
| LOT 43 | 15 prim Limit | Barefoot Ballinger |
| LOT 45 | 15 prim Limit | Claude Kirax |
| 10 (18prim) SHOPS | PRIMS | TENANT NAME |
| LOT 5 | 70 prim Limit | Reincaschi Reinard |
| LOT 7 | 70 prim Limit | Sinuna Falta |
| LOT 21 | 70 prim Limit | Kayk Short |
| LOT 27 | 70 prim Limit | Gordon Wendt |
| LOT 33 | 70 prim Limit | fee cuddihy |
| LOT 34 | 70 prim Limit | Lois Allen |
| LOT 40 | 70 prim Limit | Lovely Encore |
| LOT 46 | 70 prim Limit | Benski Trenkins |
| LOT 14 | 70 prim Limit | Cae Sands |
| LOT 16 | 70 prim Limit | MMarx Writer |
| 8 (11prim) SHOPS | PRIMS | TENANT NAME |
| LOT 23 | 35 prim Limit | ri rasmuson |
| LOT 25 | 35 prim Limit | AnCuDubh Docherty |
| LOT 29 | 35 prim Limit | Phedre Dumouriez |
| LOT 31 | 35 prim Limit | Amaryllis Catteneo |
| LOT 36 | 35 prim Limit | Nic Halley |
| LOT 38 | 35 prim Limit | Tamsin Ireton |
| LOT 42 | 35 prim Limit | Un4given Spoonhammer |
| LOT 44 | 35 prim Limit | Wolvie Howton |
| 4 (29prim) SHOPS | PRIMS | TENANT NAME |
| LOT 3 | 270 prim Limit | Reg Mannonen |
| LOT 9 | 270 prim Limit | kizmet Kidd |
| LOT 12 | 270 prim Limit | Cipher Ivory |
| LOT 18 | 270 prim Limit | Roger0804 Masatada |
| 2 ANCHOR STORES | PRIMS | TENANT NAME |
| Anchor Store 1 | 1535 prim Limit | WildHeart kidd |
| Anchor Store 2 | 1535 prim Limit | antique arliss |
Winners please check your Inventory later this evening for an information notecard and be sure to have a group slot available.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:00 PM
SL (c) is falling around our ears and you post about a lottery? lmao
April 4th, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Just a spoon full of sugar, eh?
April 4th, 2008 at 1:07 PM
I thought lotteries were illegal???
April 4th, 2008 at 1:08 PM
I just don’t get LL!
April 4th, 2008 at 1:09 PM
i’m a loser. as usual lol. oh well.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Congratulations to all that get a spot!!
April 4th, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Hope you can still login winners!
April 4th, 2008 at 1:15 PM
@4 — Wagering is not allowed in Second Life. LL has defined wagering, and this lottery does not fall under the category of stuff not allowed. There’s no fee to enter this contest.
I’d like to quote Jacob Silveira from an earlier blog post, who makes the point concisely (http://tinyurl.com/65mk29):
“Its actually free to enter and if you are not chosen as a winner, you lose nothing. If you win, you gain nothing more than a privilege to use someone else’s land to sell your creations for a limited time. No money involved, no risk, no loss.”
April 4th, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Yay! I won! :-))) OMG, I didn’t expect this - thank you :-)))
April 4th, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Well done the winners. But although you didnt pay to win its still gambling and it was banned. i have a better idea move the servers out of the usa and bring back gambling after all its a personal choice weather to gamble or not. Land of the free usa please. i think not. dont see them closing vagus down so let us have the casinos in sl. certainly helped the sl ecconomy
April 4th, 2008 at 1:42 PM
wait…. i got a stall? hmmmm my wife must have signed me up without tellin me
April 4th, 2008 at 1:45 PM
omg, thanks ! i won it . thank you for get my attention .
April 4th, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Congrats to all the winners. Hope you can login and rezz as the asset is rumbling again (.. our daily inworld issue give us today…)
April 4th, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Now that these lucky folks PAY linden directly for SALES SPACE for Products, Ill ASSUME LINDEN is now responsible for making sure all IP and designs are owned, or licensed properly from their actual owners.
Since were all happy to abide by Linden labs IP trademark, and copyright ownership rules, Ill assume LL will also do the same for other companies and IP owners.
Direct profit from the sales of virtual objects specific to a LL server. that sounds like a decent idea, LL- but lets play within the law or the next time you speak to congress it might not be such a photo op:)
NO more IPO TECH driven companies enriched by Stolen Content/work of others…
we’ll be watching…
hopefully only original designed vehicles will be sold at Bens….
April 4th, 2008 at 2:10 PM
lol…nice idea, but i think you should get every single LL employee to work on something more serious..^^
But anyway, i like it, good thing!
Make sure to repeat this…when the grid is stable^^
alex
April 4th, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Instead of playing with lotteries, WHAT ABOUT FIXING THAT DAMN ASSET SERVERS ? They go nuts EACH SINGLE DAY as soon as the european evening starts. FIX THEM. FIX THEM. FIX THEM. Isn’t it clear what we want ? Things working as they should, not lotteries !
April 4th, 2008 at 2:23 PM
when was this lottery even announced? I requested info on getting a lot months ago and never heard a peep.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:25 PM
There was a big announcement about it last month. http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/03/13/your-chance-for-a-shop-in-luna-oaks-galleria-or-busy-bens-vehicle-lot/
April 4th, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Uhm… didn’t there used to be a 4+ sim race-track/vehicle-sandbox attached to Busy Ben’s?
April 4th, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Yeah, hopefully Bens is a place with legal cars invented by its creators and not a place stuffed with unlicensed BMW, Mercedes, Ferraris clones.
Ice
April 4th, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Congrats to all the other winners, and commiserations to those who missed out, and thank you lindens for the opportunity to show off 18 months of scripting and building
THANK YOU!!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 2:46 PM
There’s no reason why LL can’t promote fun things like this that benefit residents AND fix problems at the same time. Congrats everyone who won!
April 4th, 2008 at 3:05 PM
great the commercialization of secondlife what next
April 4th, 2008 at 3:06 PM
lottery did someone say lottery? no gambling
April 4th, 2008 at 3:21 PM
This is great, why hasn’t anyone posted a landmark to this place?
April 4th, 2008 at 3:45 PM
the map is down and you cant even get there to check it out
LL ROCKS!
April 4th, 2008 at 3:56 PM
“SL (c) is falling around our ears and you post about a lottery? lmao” - Belial Zadeh
Thanks for the usefull comment? You’re not paying much attention are you?
Firstly, get your brain in gear? Second Life have more than one member of staff.
Secondly, Mia Linden posted this. So, all the rest of the Lidens that are on the maintenance/fixing team are all hands on, hard working to fix whats going wrong.
Don’t have a go at Liden Labs just because one member of staff was asked to give the world a updates in an event results.
I hope that made sence to you.
Because with however many braincells you have, you cant seem to understand much.
And braincells, thats a figure of speech.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:58 PM
“lottery did someone say lottery? no gambling” - richard
Lottery, it’s a draw from a hat (so to say).
April 4th, 2008 at 4:02 PM
A lottery is not gambling, as long as there is no wager involved…
Talking about gambling, I still don’t see the gambling policy reflected on the TOS??
April 4th, 2008 at 4:06 PM
@8 Holly
This may technically be legal under the TOS as you point out, but it is NOT permitted to use the word “Lottery” within the context of SL - Just try placing a classified with that word in it. It seems that LL has defined a “Lottery”, legal or not, as something that you cant promote within SL, and yet here they are running one of their very own.
They once again thumb their noses at residents, and have one set of rules for us, and another for them. I dont have a problem with the wagering ban, but at LEAST have some consistency and set a good example! If we cant promote a lottery that is within the TOS, neither should you.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:16 PM
good point 30
April 4th, 2008 at 4:37 PM
I didn’t win. This must be a scam!
April 4th, 2008 at 4:38 PM
@29: Neither are the ageplay issues.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Excuse me, but what the hell is this and why are they getting special treatment while the rest of us suffocate under the rule of the camping farms and your obsolete traffic-centric Popular Places list?
We’re dropping like flies here and this is the most important issue on your minds?
April 4th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
OMG! Thank you!!! I was so excited that I scared my husband because I started screaming & giggling! Thanks, thanks thanks!!
Lys
April 4th, 2008 at 5:04 PM
I think it doesn’t actually reopen until April 15th Steve, though I could be wrong and frequently am *L*
Congrats to all the winners!
April 4th, 2008 at 5:22 PM
And I for one have been waiting for the list to be posted, since I entered and knew the entries ended March 31st, so I’m glad they told us who won so people can plan their shops - or not as the case may be.
As someone said up above me somewhere, there was nothing lost in entering other than the 30 seconds it took to complete the form.
From what I gather by reading, the spots change out every 6 months - so if they continue the program, which they are under no obligation to do - then those of us who didn’t come out with a spot this time can still enter next time - or the next .. while 2,000 entries is quite a few it is not impossible odds.
Would it have been fun to win? Sure. Does it change anything that I didn’t? No.
I’d break out into the “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” song, but i’m thinking some people don’t want to hear it - and that’s ok too
April 4th, 2008 at 5:47 PM
would have been funny if i won. im on the teen grid and wouldnt be able to use the shop /stall untill i got there.
oh well free is free
April 4th, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Wow, I won the lottery! Thanks
April 4th, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Congrats on the people that won the lottery! I wish I would have won :/
April 4th, 2008 at 6:08 PM
@leba lusch - Good Grief!! Any game of chance that has no entry fee is not gambling. There is no gamble if you have no stake. I can make a slot machine and use it in SL all day long if there is no fee to pay. It is simply a game whether it pays out or just notes the winners. Sounds like serious sour grapes to me.
Nice job Mia. These sites fell on the back burner way too long ago. I remember another Linden was supposed to do this last Feb (07). Glad to see some of these often Noob visited places getting a refresh.
Thanks
DRD
April 4th, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Nice to have a place selling cars, now all we need is a plane to make vehicles functional for sim crossings.
And the compulsory upgrade won’t effect most of the population who are running bot viewers.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Damn my bribe wasn’t enough, so can i have my Linden dollars back please?
April 4th, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Ummm Why don’t the whiners ever shut up? OH I know why… cause if we made them shut up there would be no use for comments in the blogs let alone drama in SL.
Just because they called it a Lottery does not go against their policy. There was NO MONEY exchanged… there was NO PROFIT to be had.. as a business owner it is at MY risk that I rent anywhere because I am NOT guaranteed sales.. only eyes (traffic). Thus, if this is the case and you agree with that, you can take your argument and put it where LL puts our hair and shoes
I submitted for this and I did not get a spot. SO WHAT. If you are that hard up for a spot that you are gonna claim foul because you may think you have found a contradiction why not setup shot at the hundreds of Camping sims that LL refuses to do anything about
*gives back the soapbox*
April 4th, 2008 at 6:50 PM
@44 Tim
I somehow get the feeling that was directed at my comment in @30, but even if not, it raises some points that I should clarify, or be labelled a whiner, which is not the case. I am one of Second Life’s supporters, and promote it whenever I get the chance.
I totally get that this is within the TOS, and was Non-profit and there was no money, and all the other capitals you used. Thats all fine. we agree on those points.
What I disagree with is the inconsistency. Im not claiming foul… I didnt apply for (and miss) a spot, since I dont make vehicles, or anything else that I could sell there. I did not previously run a casino, so there is no case of sour grapes there either.
I simply believe that if there is a set of rules, it should be applicable to all. Not just those of us who dont make the rules. That is all there is to it, and as I said in @30, if we cant promote a lottery (even one that is within the TOS) then neither should they. I hope that clears it up.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
NAYSAYERS SAY NAY!!!
Let’s do some math…
45 comments as of this posting
18 positive = 40%
27 negative = 60%
Now, my question is:
Of that 60% who replied in a negative manner, how many of you are paying customers? Hmmm…
April 4th, 2008 at 8:08 PM
so SL endorsed gambling is legal? when did gambling become legal in SL again? i mean in the state i live in lotteries are illegal, does this mean that people from my state will be unable to participate and enjoy SL?
April 4th, 2008 at 8:10 PM
#22 “There’s no reason why LL can’t promote fun things like this that benefit residents AND fix problems at the same time. Congrats everyone who won!”
Apparently there is a reason, because the same damn thing (the asset server) has screwed up every day this week at least once. its friday night, its broke once again…we’re going into our usual ‘weekend, broke at least twice a day cycle’.
LL needs (even if only for appearances) to cease this bread and circuses routine aimed at rallying the fanboys and distracting the playerbase, and fix the game. What good is a spot if you
A) can’t get ingame.
B) Cannot rez inventory to set it up.
C) your customers can’t TP there,
D) if they somehow get there, transactions fail.
Congratulations to the winners, though. Hope the game works enough you can get it set up within the next couple months.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Fantastic , I first visited this place about june last year and now I get 35 prims to play with, Woot . And for those that didn’t know it was there , time to do some SL travel.
Thanks SL.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Oh, noes. They said “lottery” when they meant “drawing.” Let’s all jump down their throats and prove we have no first OR second life!
Or not. I entered. I didn’t win. I’m fine with that. This was a legal drawing within SL rules. And to the people who insist on claiming moving the servers would change the gambling rules… no, it wouldn’t. Americans are banned from using their credit cards to access online gambling. PayPal won’t support sending money to gambling sites, either, as people use their credit cards through PayPal. Even if the site’s in Hong Kong, Americans aren’t allowed to gamble using credit cards. So the Lindens would be completely unable to allow gambling unless they put in some complex nonsense that barred American IPs from gambling areas.
Now, can we all just be happy for the winners and not use this as yet another Linden-bashing thread?
April 4th, 2008 at 8:19 PM
@48: So, the Lindens are supposed to stop all other activity, including stuff that was started months ago, to jump to your orders? Two words: Spare. Me.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:37 PM
@30- get a life and go complain about something really meaningful for a change.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:42 PM
*takes back his soapbox*
@46: I am a paying customer who has been in game for well over a year.
@45:No that was not directed at “30″. It was directed at everyone who jumps up and down at the fact that they have outlawed gamlling (forced to I may add by the US Government due to anti-online gambling laws) yet they chose to use the word lottery for the spots. I mean what else are you gonna call it? I am sorry but to name it “PUT YOUR NAME IN AND IF WE DRAW IT YOU GET A SPOT” is too long. I mean come on.. Most states in the US outlaw gambling yet they hold Lotteries for parking spaces to who gets in line to buy the next ps3 @ Christmas.
Just as if you jump to another blog to do with the viewer… People are screaming bloddy murder… Goes to show who I will and wont play checkers with in here… cause I will have changed the rules some how…..but have no fear.. cause the lindens still have a place for your shoes and hair
April 4th, 2008 at 8:44 PM
I see casinos and slot machines and the like all over SL still… I used to operate them myself untill the ban came along. I closed my doors when they told us we had to stop the gambling… but others did not close shop and still operate to this day. So why is it what no one enforces the ban from LL. Now having this lottery on thier main blog page, in my opinion this clearly shows the lack of structure and resourse managment maintained by LL.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:52 PM
*sighs* ok I am gonna shup now.. cause some people just do not get it
April 4th, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Busy Ben’s Vehicle Lot was one of the first places I had ever stumbled into. I had no clue as to its significance at the time. I ended up chatting with a few people outside and learned how to fly some aircraft in the open air. Good times, good times. I’ll drop on by to check out some of the new inventory coming in.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:11 PM
To everyone having a cry about the grid being down and using this unrelated blog to vent their frustrations….
GET A LIFE!!!
GET A REAL ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second Life is an innovative concept of visual stimuli and a most amazing place, second to no other one I have experienced.
With something this complex and detailed AND with so many users all doing so many actions all at once theres bound to be hiccups along the way.
If you guys had any idea about whats needed to set up such a virtual site and monitor not only the workings of the site and servers then you would not be so hasty to place judgement.
Have any of you tried to do too many things on your computer that your system couldnt handle the pressure and simply froze or crashed???
I work for an internet company which retails internet services to domestic and commercial customers from several wholesalers so I know how complex these things can be and sometimes, contrary to best intentions, things will and do go wrong and are not always easy and quick to fix.
Its easy to be ignorant of the workings of something you dont know very much about.
Im certainly not happy about the GRID being down, but im not that pathetic that I have to destroy the happy vibe of a simple lottery with a passive agressive attack, in the wrong direction too i might add…
Take a moment to think about this maybe…
Why should you be so dependant on SL for your life or your moment to be comfortable??
Maybe the real issue lies with you!!! Like I said, GET a REAL life. If SL is all you have to focus on then the real problem doesnt lie with LL, it lies with you!!
On a happier not, congratulations to all the winners of the lottery. Well done and hope you have fun setting up your shops!!!!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 9:19 PM
might I add… you cannot put your hair and shoes where the Lindens have designed it to go… in RL that is
ok ok ok Shutting up now 
April 4th, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Some people will never be happy. I’m just annoyed I wasn’t paying attention and missed it.
Get over yourselves.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:42 PM
NO, the people that held these lotteries are the rich and famous of SL….stuff can be allowed in this commercialized B.S.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Lottery of any kind is considered to be GAMBLING …. HMMMMM LL think you need to look at all the ways of gambling , you do lottery and because it is free you say it is okay , well hate to bust your bubbles it is still ILLEGAL …..
April 4th, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Congratulations to the winners. It is unfortunate, however, that the vehicle stalls are allocated such a small number of prims. The products will almost certainly have to be sold by display vendors rather than actual display models. With some of the more complex attachment based vehicles reaching close to 250 prims there doesn’t seem to be much chance of actually seeing them displayed in an attractive sales lot setting.
Eventually, Linden Labs needs to develop a strategy ofl breaking away from this perpetual prim counting. The prim restrictions, combined with the pervasive commercialism of Second Life, is causing an ever increasing percentage of SL to be built as ‘prim stingy’ as possible.
Although this ‘economical’ construction is allowing for more products to be displayed in malls, and more skyboxes to be floated above virtual landscapes, it also is making the majority of Second Life look cheap, unattractive, and trashy.
Perhaps one day, Second Life may become so unattractive and cluttered in comparision to the competition, that users will begin leaving for literal ‘greener pastures’
April 4th, 2008 at 10:26 PM
SO SILLY you play little games while the game self destructs around us.
Tonight you blame one of your IS providers on the lack of functionality in the game. It is just one big joke after another.
The game has taken a sharp decline this week reflected in customer participation at our retail facility’s
HINT LL no sales at the user level then no sales for your middle consumer base of land owners
You continue to paint a glowing picture but in actuality it is very tarnished now
Tired of the incompetence being exhibited by your organization
At first look the recent updates seemed good but did not even last 2 days what does that tell you or are you blind to your customers input
April 4th, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Grins
I WON!!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Oh and Ohm I see you are 90 days old )) well youngster when you have been here over 3 years and see the pattern repeated to the infinite perhaps your attitude will change a little. Many of us have real lives and use this as a method of enjoyment but when it does not function as advertised and promised it becomes very frustrating. This game has more potential than any I have observed but it lacks the required foresight for a complete and successful completion. It falls on it’s face with a gentle breeze.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:46 PM
@61
It is only considered gambling if you gain from luck. These guys seem to have built and worked for their winning. Period.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:48 PM
@65
Agreed.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Congrats to the winners. Hope to see some fresh new products out of ya’ll!
April 4th, 2008 at 10:58 PM
#63 right on
SL is imploding. Its obvious they do even understand their own product or why people use it. Stability and customer service should be their prime objectives, but ther are LL hugest faults and they have many.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Great start to the weekend Linden Labs. Your great WELL OIL Machine you installed this past week is a P.O.S. Get your crap together. This is uncalled for. You are costing people thousands & thousands of DOLLARS $$$$ that you seem not to care to compensate people for their losses because of your FAULTY SOFTWARE.
Your service has been a joke this past week. We the people of Second Life deserve better treatments then this!!!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 11:07 PM
LOL LL approval rating is lower than bush’s now. lol
April 4th, 2008 at 11:10 PM
hmm turn comments back on at the top of the blog please
April 4th, 2008 at 11:18 PM
What aboout Zyngo? Is that gambling????
April 4th, 2008 at 11:18 PM
come on bigmoe, do u really like we need 150 comments on this ridiculous topic. Let us comment on something that matters. Not that they are listening. And hey if they were doing their jobs, u would never see these comments
April 4th, 2008 at 11:26 PM
The greatest threat to the further expansion of Second Life is.. at times… its own user base.
keep on keeping on, LL.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:46 PM
ignorance + arrogance = Linden Labs®
April 4th, 2008 at 11:49 PM
what about the game “deal,quince,high5″ punch a bunch, poon,and lights out ,dirt trails,hokus pokus
April 4th, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Linden Labs must have bought some used oil for their so called “WELL OILED MACHINE”!!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 12:00 AM
This sucks as usual. Here it is late friday night and cant get in. Im getting to the point im considering reverting back to RL! Its Cheaper!
April 5th, 2008 at 12:06 AM
hmm reboot of the network maybe lindens? something as to let people back in.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:06 AM
I dont have that big of a place & this past week LL has cost me at least 35,000L$. I can’t imagine what people are losing that own sims & large businesses on SL. Linden Labs are killing our business. We should be compensated for this. We need to unite & take action for what we are owed,
They keep “CLAIMING” things are fixed when they are well not fixed. They are TEMP FIXED. What Linden Labs called [RESOLVED]
Everyone please take a look at http://ProjectOpenLetter.com/ you will see these issues we had last year. Not 1 issue has been fixed by Linden Labs. We pay for this service to work correctly. It does not take a year to fix things. They keep giving us crap we don’t need.
Its time Linden :Labs refunds us for what we paid for & we can’t use anymore. We should all be credited with a month membership refunded all classified ads we purchased this past week. They can’t give us 2 pennies for our thousands & thousands of dollars we have lost, yet our tier payments are still due on the billing days to them!!!!!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 12:12 AM
@53: My comment & your reply has just left me with a BIG can of worms rezz’d in my hand. Can I hide it under the soapbox, please?
“…cause the lindens still have a place for your shoes and hair…”
Is that what that is? I thought the cushion of my chair was just lumpy.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:14 AM
When you signed up in SL, you took a gamble on whether or not you would like this game. Its a gamble weather or not sl will even be running in any given day. SL took the gamble to go ahead with using the word LOTTERY. I think they lost on that bet.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Instead of organizing a lottery, make all the residents happy.
Not just the people who win the lottery.
Fix the asset servers….
that will make us ALL happy
April 5th, 2008 at 12:20 AM
On the level of topdomain routing and ips. I couldnt help noticing that recently you changed your/added some ip-ranges.
If you propogate we check http postings from in-world for their origin, then why dont you publish the new ip-addresses requests can be posted from. Now i had to find out the hard way and still not sure i covered them all. This sooo adds to the level of obscurity, you make us bypass the security checks with this.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Those who wrote all those good reviews on secondlife weep. At this rate, i don’t think it will be very long before secondlife self destructs thanks to LL.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:22 AM
You know, I think actually they should bring gambling back! Weirdly BUT have licenses like in RL. This will stop the proliferation of a fruit machine on every corner and have places (like in RL) where gambling is allowed.
But this, this is just a great competition, instead of moaning that its gambling why don’t we just say thank you for the chance to win.
I didn’t win but I’m glad for those who did.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:23 AM
[Forgot to add this:]
Congratulations to all winners!
April 5th, 2008 at 12:25 AM
I know this is off topic, but if logins are disabled, why does my SL browser show “Grid Status : ONLINE”!
April 5th, 2008 at 12:27 AM
@86 Redmoonblade:
Maybee that could be true.
But do me a favor.
Buy yourself a big storage and thousands of servers.
Try hosting them all - without any downtimes…
Then talk again.
It’s also because of LL that Second Life even exists!!
Next time think about what you comment…
April 5th, 2008 at 12:28 AM
@ shaw1coage:
It says offline here…
April 5th, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Wonder why King Phillip has decided to step down?? Dude can’t even run a company anymore. Let alone keep SL running properly for 24 straight hours. King Phillip you owe us big compensation. You get your paycheck but we are all losing ours….. King Phillip is probably playing Halo 3 right now anyways while his whole operation is flushing down the toilet this past week.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:30 AM
April 4, 2008, 11:55 pm Logins are disabled until external routing issues are resolved.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:31 AM
can we find out what kind of problem? we have enough IT people in world right now. Plus the others who are here out of world stuck. we can help just let us.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:32 AM
April 4, 2008, 11:59 pm Linden Labs closes it’s doors. SL is [UNRESOLVED] Go back to RL.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:35 AM
SL is RL to me. you be in my shoes and see why. but yes I know off topic but congr