Comments on: The Graphics on Metaplace are Crap! Or maybe not…

By: Mrs. Ruff Ruffman

Mrs. Ruff Ruffman — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:17:06 +0000

to a shrink,

then outside, where you would be blinded by natural light and choked by fresh air before coming to the realization that you’ve turned into a lifeless pixel idiot!

By: mootykips

mootykips — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:27:04 +0000

outside

By: CronoCloud Creeggan

CronoCloud Creeggan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:49:40 +0000

Good point Alyx.

I’ve seen nothing out there that’s the equal of SL. SL has survived all comers in the virtual world space and I expect that will continue. From what I’ve seen, “There” came close, but there’s a reason there’s an SL last name of Thereian…for all the There expatriates. Kaneva, meevo, Metaplace, There, IMVU, Dotsoul, none of them come close to what SL is.

If SL was to shut down tomorrow, where would we all go?

By: Frans

Frans — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:12:12 +0000

Most of the first art in sl looked crappy too. Metaplace is still in beta and thus has a small userbase, which more enthusiasts instead of skilled game designers or artists. This also similar to the early time of SL.

By: Jumpman Lane

Jumpman Lane — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:37:28 +0000

went there (thanx tizzy for the invite) It SUX!

By: chris

chris — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:16:58 +0000

Yea. metaplace can display a jpg file from 1992…wooo wooo.

By: Alyx Stoklitsky

Alyx Stoklitsky — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:22:17 +0000

I’m not one to defend SL or anything, but does anyone remember the last wannabe SL-killer that the herald jerked off?

It was Lively.

By: Cuppycake

Cuppycake — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:52:32 +0000

The art in Metaplace is as good as the artist who created it. Since you can import anything you create in various modeling programs or Photoshop – the quality ranges greatly.

By: SusanC

SusanC — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:46:08 +0000

Most of the Metaplace screen-shots that have been released so far look pretty bad. I think this is because the builders of those example worlds were inexperienced/not artists, and I’m expecting to see better in future. (There are poor-quality builds in Second Life, too…)

As I understand it, Metaplace is designed so that anyone can write a client with extra graphics abilities, like 3D. If lots of people want a client with 3D and texture mapping, I’m sure someone will code it up.

By: Darien Caldwell

Darien Caldwell — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:48:55 +0000

looks like clipart pasted into a scene. Meh…