Comments on: Metaverse Clock Tower Glut Likely

By: urizenus

urizenus — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:54:43 +0000

You know, Larry, I was just reading your own fucking press release (http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/press-release-nmc-virtual-worlds-2008-plans.pdf) and you say this:

“the NMC will release virtually all the content it produced in 2007 into open source — buildings, meeting facilities, educational tools, avatars, clothing, equipment, scripts, and much more. The amount of material that the NMC has licensed to release in this way numbers in the thousands of objects, and the NMC is committed to adding to it throughout the year. The repository, in which everything from shoes to amphitheaters will be available for a single Linden dollar (simply to enable tracking via counts), will also include resources donated by other developers.”

So honestly, how the fuck do you get off then saying that “this story is very misleading”?

By: Common Sense?

Common Sense? — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:12:15 +0000

I sure hope Larry has gotten permission from the objects’ artists to do this. Given Larry’s poor track record with going through one developer after the next rapidly, somehow I doubt this.

By: Trudeethreedee

Trudeethreedee — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:23:19 +0000

A Herald article that wasn’t fact checked?

Say it ain’t so Joe!

This article is the first nominee and WINNER of the first 2008 “Prokofy Neva Golden Turd Award”.

By: Larry Johnson, aka Larry Pixel

Larry Johnson, aka Larry Pixel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:33:56 +0000

This story is very misleading and sadly, none of the facts were checked with anyone at NMC. What I actually said in Boston was that 2007 was a year in which campuses made their entries into Second Life in great numbers, and that as a result there is a considerable critical mass of educational institutions now existent in SL. 2008 also promises to see strong educational use of Second Life, but with a new focus. Proejcts in 2008 are much more likely to be about creating learning experiences than virtual campuses, with the result that we will likely see fewer reconstructions of real world buildings and more use of interactivity and non-traditional spaces. This is, in my view, a natural development associated with increasing skill and understanding of virtual space across the board among educators.

How that observation, made in all seriousness, led to the silly story above is anyone’s guess.

The NMC does plan an announcement Wednesday, but the story above foreshadows it very poorly. The announcement will be made at http://sl.nmc.org

By: SqueezeOne Pow

SqueezeOne Pow — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:13:42 +0000

“Exactly why people cannot sell goods and pay their tiers.”

I thought it was because people a) bite off more than they can chew with ambitious sim-wide projects and/or (b) they started SL to make money and their “goods” are shitty or otherwise not creative.

While this is a lame ass article (still better than the 3 below it) I have to say it’s this type of thing that makes SL a better place.

If you want to make a living then GO GET A REAL JOB. If you want to be creative then pull up a chair!

By: john denver

john denver — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:27:48 +0000

NMC is clueless … really

By: Kahni Poitier

Kahni Poitier — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:55:29 +0000

You really didn’t have anything to write about this week, did you?

I’m sure the hundreds of clock-tower makers will be just heartbroken.

By: Me

Me — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:59:35 +0000

Exactly why people cannot sell goods and pay their tiers. Always someone willing to come along and give it away for free. With being educated and all, you would think they would understand just how much they hurt more than help anyone in the SL economy.

Oh thank you so much.