Comments on: Pixel Clothes, Virtual Fashion Summit, IMVU, and HiPiHi

By: XP

XP — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:37:48 +0000

I got two words to say about these things in that teenchat IMPU or whatever:

UGLY

By: Brace

Brace — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:43:45 +0000

Well the derivation thinger isnt as rippy offy as all that.

Its just something for those who are getting started, or who dun wanna learn all the whatever it takes to mesh.

Its sorta like getting a full perm table or somethin in SL, then adding your own textures on it and then selling it. The mesher automatically gets part of your upload fees (or sales I forget), cuz like they MADE the table in the first place – and you get the rest of the sales.

somethin like that.

But yeah, that whole predit/fake moneh system is a big red flag if you wanna try to make any money over there. Its just not worth it at this point.

Ty on the Blender thing… I have it on my compy, but never got around to checking it out. mebbe I will someday

(And if anyone is wondering why the IMVU avies etc look like THERE avies etc:
Its cuz some folks who started THERE jumped ship and created IMVU)

By: KMeist Hax

KMeist Hax — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:02:17 +0000

Hey brace…

So basically, half the money which you’re forced to accept is effectively counterfeit. That right there I would consider a reason NOT to even start with IMVU content creation. Not to mention, the “Derivation fee” thing… what exactly are you paying these “meshers” for anyway? I mean, are they making new avatar meshes or something? Or are these people that just know how to use IMVU’s avatar map? Well considering that I actually have 3D graphics experience I should go over there sometime and enjoy ripping off other people. IMVU seems more like a scam if anything.

I do, however, like one thing about IMVU avatars, they look cartoonish by default and this has been something very annoying to try to represent in Second Life. Before sculpties it was practically impossible outside the realm of ultra-chibi tinies… but even then the body shape loves to distort if you look anything near cartoonish.

P.S. About object creation, learn to use Blender. That’s how I learned 3D graphics. I’m serious, Blender was my first program.

By: Ava Cartier

Ava Cartier — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:06:41 +0000

IMVU clothing and body parts look like what THERE had to offer in the beginning.

“What’s ‘There’?” you ask.

Exactly.

By: Brace

Brace — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:07:41 +0000

*blowkiss Celeb!*

workit gurl!

Just wanted to let folks know if you plan to use IMVU to make some cashola, might wanna take a gander at this furst:

http://brace-coral.livejournal.com/105445.html

And yes its very TEEN there and the avies are so scawy! *shudders*

By: test

test — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:54:55 +0000

Test, please delete this post.

By: Winter

Winter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:04:20 +0000

I tried IMVU for around a month, and that was 2 years ago. Looking like a Bratz doll held no appeal for me. And the speech bubble method of communication – gah, so Disney!

Keep your IMVU, kiddies. I like my SL as my Vampire’s playground.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:45:54 +0000

IMVU looks creepy

By: NEWSFLASH!

NEWSFLASH! — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:13:16 +0000

“I think Havok4 and Windlight are going to be the next major technical things coming down the pipe from Linden Lab.”

Newsflash hon… those were the PREVIOUS major technical things that ALREADY came down the pipe.

By: Ann Otoole

Ann Otoole — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:02:28 +0000

and all the hoopla over ageplay in sl? wow they really need to head over to IMVU. looks like a haven for those freaks.