Oct 31
Which hurts SL more?
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Which is worse for our Second Life culture as a whole: LL’s OpenSpace pricing change, or hysterical rants and calls for a mass exodus?

It’s hard to deny that LL has handled this OpenSpace issue poorly. They lower prices, increase prims, then wonder why people are actually using these sims for more than just empty waterways. They really should have known that folks would squeeze in every last prim and script that they could - that’s the way it goes on every other piece of land in SL. Raising the prices without first enforcing some sort of limits was a serious blunder and a slap in the face to anyone who uses OpenSpace sims as they were intended.

Mistake? Yes. World-ending, grid-shattering mistake. No - not unless we compound the issue by overreacting.

I’m leaving. I’m never spending money in SL again. Let’s sue. You’ve shattered my dreams. Let’s all leave SL.

It seems to me that this massive outpouring of negative energy is doing more to harm SL than the OpenSpace price hike. How can people claim to be supporting the residents while urging them to leave? Abandoning our land and walking away will hurt the residents more than it hurts LL. We do have every right to be upset. But there has to be a more constructive way of letting LL know how we feel.

I have a long history of supporting most of LL’s crazy decisions, and even I am angry. I rent an OpenSpace sim that I probably can’t afford after the price hike. Shoot, I can barely afford it now. :) But i’m not going to let this ruin my Second Life. I’m going to adapt, move on, and continue to enjoy this amazing world that we’ve created.

5 Responses to “Which hurts SL more?”
 

Nice post - the best answer to the Openspaces price hike issue IMHO

Opensource Obscure wrote on October 31st, 2008 at 8:26 pm

 

I wish I had some sort of positive solution to offer rather than just a positive attitude. :) NOt really sure how we can let LL know, in a constructive pro-active way, how we feel about the issue. But there has to be something better than screaming and stomping off in a huff.

Maybe Night Flower is on to something here when she talks about a combined effort - a group of leaders to coalesce the chaos of opinion and hurt feelings.
http://www.nightflowerblossoming/typepad.com

Here’s a good idea started by, I think, Crap Mariner. A Flickr group showcasing some of the great OpenSpace builds that may be lost after the price increase.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/openspacevoid/

Vlad Bjornson wrote on November 1st, 2008 at 12:48 am

 

My thoughts exactly. I wish I had known about open sims b4 I bought some and put my house on one and my art gallery on the other. I didn’t pay an arm and a leg for either..thank heavens! So I gave up both and forked over a small fortune for a small itty bitty plot of land for a home on mainland. Sad. This was done entirely wrong and could have been executed better. Live, learn and move on. Harsh, but beats the alternative…cry! LOL

Noel Weiser wrote on November 8th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

 

Personally I just sold my SIM and ordered 4 on the openlife GRID.

I’ve been pissed on by LL for the last time too… I don’t adapt to BS and move on! I might add that is a terrible suggestion?

Don’t we all compromise enough in RL?

Can’t wait for my openlife sims!!

Departing Sim Owner wrote on November 30th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

 

I have no problem with people who have decided that they no longer want to be part of SL. What bothers me is the way some people are trying to destroy the community by calling for a mass exodus. It’s seems to me like an angry kid crying and yelling - “I’m taking my ball and I’m going home!”

LL did listen to the residents and make major changes to the OpenSpace prices. Of course the most vocal of the protesters failed to notice or give LL any credit for trying. LL is a company, but it’s also a collection of humans who make mistakes. Most of these mistakes are because they are constantly trying something new. I’m willing to give LL plenty of leeway as we all try to figure out what we can do with our virtual world.

SL is cutting edge tech rolled up with a giant social experiment. Ever wonder why there is nothing else like SL? It’s because most companies are afraid to give their resident’s so much freedom. The only worlds that allow for anything like the freedom is SL are the grids like OpenLife and LegendCity that are built on SL’s groundbreaking and open source tech.

Frankly, I think heading over to OpenLife is like time traveling backwards about 4 or 5 years. I’d be very surprised if they don’t experience all the same growing pains, mistakes, and problems that we’ve seen in SL over the years. It’ll be interesting watching how these new grids evolve, participating in the growth of a new world, but I see no reason to abandon the progress we’ve already made in SL.

Vlad Bjornson wrote on December 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pm

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