Comments on: Avatar of the Year, 2nd Place: The Unverified http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/avatar_of_the_y_1.html Always Fairly Unbalanced Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Seola Sassoon a.k.a Random Writer http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/avatar_of_the_y_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-38825 Seola Sassoon a.k.a Random Writer Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:39:20 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1637#comment-38825 And what Tateru fails to mention: Griefers that used paid accounts were more easily trackable. And in fact, verification wasn't payment at all. But the same griefer couldn't get 100 alts in less than a day, or an hour some some cases and repeatedly do the same thing either. As for being unverified, I've made this point in the forums: Just because you work and buy clothes as an unverified, or even rent, means nothing to LL. It's a transfer of L from one to another. That boss would still have to pay someone regardless, and the person who makes those clothes still pays thier own bills. The person who rents, still has to pay tier whether they are there or not. It's just shifting the money around. Getting verified for the LARGE majority, have at least bought some L in some form, or paid for a premium here and there to check it out.. etc. Even the great indelliable Prok... whether or not he gets rented from, he still pays tier on that land. All an unverified does is take money from an owner and give it to Prok, if nothing else, giving Prok a profit... not LL. This time last year, we didn't have 70 sorority campers, and thousands upon thousands that were ONLY camping. This time last year, the game wasn't crashing everyday. This time last year, you could move around in SL. This time last year, for the year, there was less real griefer attacks for the whole year, than there was in the month of June alone this year. This time last year, net loss for owners and sellers wasn't as high because the game was up for people to shop at. This time last year, we didn't have to wonder if the grid would stay up through the whole day everyday. This time last year, if the game was up, I could tp if I wanted to. And what Tateru fails to mention:

Griefers that used paid accounts were more easily trackable. And in fact, verification wasn’t payment at all.

But the same griefer couldn’t get 100 alts in less than a day, or an hour some some cases and repeatedly do the same thing either.

As for being unverified, I’ve made this point in the forums:

Just because you work and buy clothes as an unverified, or even rent, means nothing to LL. It’s a transfer of L from one to another. That boss would still have to pay someone regardless, and the person who makes those clothes still pays thier own bills. The person who rents, still has to pay tier whether they are there or not. It’s just shifting the money around.

Getting verified for the LARGE majority, have at least bought some L in some form, or paid for a premium here and there to check it out.. etc.

Even the great indelliable Prok… whether or not he gets rented from, he still pays tier on that land. All an unverified does is take money from an owner and give it to Prok, if nothing else, giving Prok a profit… not LL.

This time last year, we didn’t have 70 sorority campers, and thousands upon thousands that were ONLY camping.

This time last year, the game wasn’t crashing everyday.

This time last year, you could move around in SL.

This time last year, for the year, there was less real griefer attacks for the whole year, than there was in the month of June alone this year.

This time last year, net loss for owners and sellers wasn’t as high because the game was up for people to shop at.

This time last year, we didn’t have to wonder if the grid would stay up through the whole day everyday.

This time last year, if the game was up, I could tp if I wanted to.

]]> By: Andrea Gilgol http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/avatar_of_the_y_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-38824 Andrea Gilgol Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:46:35 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1637#comment-38824 I recently read the "The Value of One" article by Tateru Nino. The whole article is here: http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2006/12/21/the-value-of-one The article makes some interesting point, I will paste here an excerpt - I really agree with these ideas: "Being a paid account doesn't make you a contributor. Your own behavior may render you a net-loss to Second Life. This time last year, people paid to grief. Griefers signed up with paid, verified accounts, and launched goo attacks, orbited people and used cage-guns with wholesale abandon. Most griefers don't mind being banned, even if they paid for the account. If anything, it's like a standing ovation" I recently read the “The Value of One” article by Tateru Nino.
The whole article is here:
http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2006/12/21/the-value-of-one

The article makes some interesting point, I will paste here an excerpt – I really agree with these ideas:

“Being a paid account doesn’t make you a contributor. Your own behavior may render you a net-loss to Second Life. This time last year, people paid to grief. Griefers signed up with paid, verified accounts, and launched goo attacks, orbited people and used cage-guns with wholesale abandon. Most griefers don’t mind being banned, even if they paid for the account. If anything, it’s like a standing ovation”

]]> By: Artemis Fate http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/avatar_of_the_y_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-38823 Artemis Fate Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:54:23 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1637#comment-38823 Hehe the title "The Unverified" reminded me of "The Many" from System Shock 2, except instead of a horde of people corrupted by cancerous tumor growths and giant claws, repeating over and over "Join us..." as creepy as possible. It's a horde of people with no clothes and the miscolored, novelty-balloon shaped penis adorned newbies repeating over and over "sex plzz???" as poorly spelled as possible. Trying to think which one is scarier. Hehe the title “The Unverified” reminded me of “The Many” from System Shock 2, except instead of a horde of people corrupted by cancerous tumor growths and giant claws, repeating over and over “Join us…” as creepy as possible. It’s a horde of people with no clothes and the miscolored, novelty-balloon shaped penis adorned newbies repeating over and over “sex plzz???” as poorly spelled as possible.

Trying to think which one is scarier.

]]> By: Cocoanut Koala http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/avatar_of_the_y_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-38822 Cocoanut Koala Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:16:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1637#comment-38822 I'm in the wrong business then. I should be making guns instead of houses. coco I’m in the wrong business then. I should be making guns instead of houses.

coco

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