Comments on: Astrin Few’s Open Letter: Fix SL or I’m Out

By: jer

jer — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:53:01 +0000

Being a musician in SL takes a lot more then how long you’ve played, or if you were first or second or whatever, it takes an audience who LOVES to hear you…and that takes time.
For those that simply enjoy doing their real life passions in second life, they deserve the best SL can give them. And for those doing it as a career as I’ve seen others write, it’s a great “platform” for that…but no matter where you go “Grid Happens!” get used to it…it has no special types, it happens to anyone, of course if you are a musician, keep your computer Up to date with a good graphics card so you can converse with your audience and have a guitar on or a keyboard or what have ya. It’s not just the audience that wants to hear a good show, they want to be a Part of a good show, all musicians or anyone using SL for purposes of the platform, to network, the better you maintain your gear, the better it is for everyone listening and/or performing.
Kinda hard to ignore that!
If you have a ‘shit computer’…upgrade, thus, upgrading your audience.

By: Keaton Carling

Keaton Carling — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:40:12 +0000

hey, im a RL singer/songwriter who just made my way into SL. I dont really know what everyone else is talking about….SL is working great for my purposes. I play gigs, get new fans who check out my RL sites and what not, and then I have even had RL fans come onto SL to hear me perform live. So like I said, for my purposes SL is a great tool for marketing and promotion for my RL gig

By: Eddie Beckenbauer

Eddie Beckenbauer — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:00:51 +0000

Alas! I posted twice so many months ago. Oh the shame! The humiliation! If only I could turn back time, I’d fix my ubiquitous error that haunts me still today…

Life I fear, is full of regrets! Regrets and old folk on Segways… damn them all I say! Straight to hell!

By: Wayfinder Wishbringer

Wayfinder Wishbringer — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:17:07 +0000

I understood the quote’s intent Prima. Did you?

One doesn’t always have to “accomplish” something to make an activity worthwhile. Sometimes the experience itself is the goal… or there doesn’t even have to be a goal, just enjoyment.

But if you’re going to proclaim peace and serenity and enjoying the path for the path– hard to do while you’re mat-slamming other people who are trying to do the same thing. If you’re going to find enjoyment in your path, it follows you should allow others to do the same.

Now, it might be claimed that I’m mat-slamming Linden Lab. Interestingly enough, there’s a lot of that going on lately,from a lot of people. See, trick is… LL isn’t the “gardeners”. They’re the landlords who remt the land at excessive prices– and then fail to provide the water necessary to irrigate the gardens. Result: angry gardeners. Which is what Astrin’s post above is all about.

Many people may consider Astrin’s post to be a rant. I consider it just the opposite. It’s yet another plea from someone who loves Second Life and wishes Linden Lab would wise up. And like the corp-boys always suggest: if LL doesn’t straighten up the mess– Astrin has given notice he’s leaving. Seems like a pretty logical decision to me… and a pretty fair notice.

LL should either provide the services they promise and that people pay through the nose for… or they can expect their customers to pack up and go elsewhere. I made that decision. Some 4.1 million other people have made that decision. Astrin is thinking about making that decision. How many more will LL have to lose before it dawns on them that their platform is a mess and their business plan is flaky?

By: Erik Zorger

Erik Zorger — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:25:07 +0000

I have been in SL about 1 1/2 years. Not much has changed except SL grew fast, some more first land sims, a new continent and a huge number of personal islands. Most days SL give me no trouble at all and I got a decent “more than a year old” rig on a 5Mb connection. We should hope not to lose those that have given SL and in doing so helped it to grow. We should if we care start sending bug reports if we know how and what to send along to LL. I for one will continue to add to SL, build my business and learn how to be better at it. I will learn to cope with LL changes.

Lets cut it, each of us is individual, and therfor has our own individual way of doing things. Not one is more right or better than the other… just the individuals way of doing it.

By: Erik Zorger

Erik Zorger — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:24:01 +0000

Lets cut it, each of us is individual, and therfor has our own individual way of doing things. Not one is more right or better than the other… just the individuals way of doing it.

By: prima donna

prima donna — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:09:41 +0000

*sigh*

ok, all well and good, you accomplished building a community on an emerging technology platform – albiet expensively and finally making the smart decision that enough was enough.

If you don’t understand the quote’s intent..not much else I can say.

Try reading this for some illumination:
http://www.3pointd.com/20070313/sxsw-xcript-joi-ito-and-justin-hall/#more-1347

Good luck on your next excellent adventure.

By: Wayfinder Wishbringer

Wayfinder Wishbringer — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:35:24 +0000

Nice quote. Translated: zip.

The point here is, enjoying the nature of your garden, the peace, satisfaction and well-being of traveling your garden path, doesn’t mean standing there and insulting the accomplishments of fellow gardeners.

By: prima donna

prima donna — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:04:16 +0000

“Seek to understand what draws you to the garden. You may discover greater rewards than the blue ribbons awarded for the biggest pumpkin or the best preserves. You may find the garden becomes a teacher and crop “failures” become lessons learned. However big or small your garden is, if you allow nature to touch your spirit, gardening will bring returns of peace, satisfaction, and well-being for as long as you continue to wander the garden path.”
Norman H. Hansen
Source: The Worth of Gardening

By: Wayfinder Wishbringer

Wayfinder Wishbringer — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:09:59 +0000

Oh Prima, one more thing. The main reason I considered you to be Nacon (and still hold that as a possibility) is because you both seem to think it’s so funny to attack “Elven” things (like that’s supposed to be some kind of insult. My, my, how can I ever stand the strain of some troll badmouthing Elves. First time that’s ever happened. LOL).

Anyhow, since you apparently don’t respect me or what Elf Clan accomplished on Second Life, I’ll ask you the same questions I asked Nacon:

What awards have you won on Second Life?
Where are your accomplishments? Mind pointing them out?
How many people have you benefited? What’s the largest group you ever formed?
Where are the articles about you in Metaverse Messenger?
How many times have you been featured in the SL Herald?
How many charity organizations have you assisted on Second Life?
How many events have you hosted?
And last but not least… would anyone be saddened if YOU left Second Life? Would they even notice?

In other words “Prima”… where is your mark? You seem to be all-too-ready to belittle others. Let’s hear your wondrous accomplishments. XD

Hey, not trying to be trite here, but you kinda asked for it. I wonder if you and Nacon find it necessary to insult others to make yourselves look bigger. No? Then stop insulting others. What do you think you accomplish?

You may disrespect the theme and the accomplishments of me and Elf Clan. But in your case… there’s nothing there for me to disrespect. In short… where’s the beef? LOL

Make fun of Elven all you wish Nacon-wannabe (LOL, sorry, couldn’t resist) but at least we made a mark. Not only in Second Life, but throughout the Internet. Don’t believe me? Google Wayfinder Wishbringer and see what you come up with. Now… try your own. Oops… zero hits?

Not blowing my own horn. Un-blowing yours. Make fun of Elves all you like, but at least we accomplished something more than attacking other people’s hobbies on the net.

And for the record, psst… I’m not really an Elf. I know that may come as a shock to you… but y’know… Second Life is like… a FANTASY world… gasp! I’m back to RL and loving it– and doing even better than I did on SL. Hope your RL goes as well.

But first of course, you’ll have to get your head out of the VR fantasy clouds. I had the sense to take the red pill and leave, SL boy. XD