Comments on: And they wonder why people leave Second Life /2008/04/07/and-they-wonder-why-people-leave-second-life/ Coverage of news, issues and events occurring in virtual worlds or those who create those worlds Sat, 01 Jan 2011 03:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Lowell Cremorne /2008/04/07/and-they-wonder-why-people-leave-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-135657 Lowell Cremorne Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:01:11 +0000 /?p=1073#comment-135657 Thanks for all the thoughts so far folks.<br><br>Dolmere - it was a temporary thing for a few hours but my understanding is it'll be a weekly thing until the underlying issues are resolved. Thanks for all the thoughts so far folks.

Dolmere – it was a temporary thing for a few hours but my understanding is it’ll be a weekly thing until the underlying issues are resolved.

]]> By: Dolmere Talamasca /2008/04/07/and-they-wonder-why-people-leave-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-135656 Dolmere Talamasca Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:34:24 +0000 /?p=1073#comment-135656 Did they change the text completely on the linked page? You post makes it sound like they're announcing a new policy but I read it as a (completed) temporary change.<br>"Please note that all of these effects are temporary and will return to normal behavior when we re-enable these services at approximately 4:30pm SLT. " Did they change the text completely on the linked page? You post makes it sound like they’re announcing a new policy but I read it as a (completed) temporary change.
“Please note that all of these effects are temporary and will return to normal behavior when we re-enable these services at approximately 4:30pm SLT. “

]]> By: Wolfie Rankin /2008/04/07/and-they-wonder-why-people-leave-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-135655 Wolfie Rankin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:03:00 +0000 /?p=1073#comment-135655 Some people give up too easily too.<br><br>The question is, where else do you go?<br><br>Yes I could hang out in another virtual world feeling pointless.<br>Because a lot of other places are very basic and very pointless.<br><br>I know a lot of people who look at other offerings and sneer and say "There's no furries there", and I do too.<br><br>I spend all my real life being human, I'm not spending my virtual life as one...<br>No offence to anyone, as the song goes: "Do what you wanna do, be who you wanna be, yeah".<br><br>So a few upsets in the techie side of things don't bother me much.<br><br>Wolfie! Some people give up too easily too.

The question is, where else do you go?

Yes I could hang out in another virtual world feeling pointless.
Because a lot of other places are very basic and very pointless.

I know a lot of people who look at other offerings and sneer and say “There’s no furries there”, and I do too.

I spend all my real life being human, I’m not spending my virtual life as one…
No offence to anyone, as the song goes: “Do what you wanna do, be who you wanna be, yeah”.

So a few upsets in the techie side of things don’t bother me much.

Wolfie!

]]> By: Marsoups /2008/04/07/and-they-wonder-why-people-leave-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-135654 Marsoups Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:56:17 +0000 /?p=1073#comment-135654 Teething problems....<br><br>I believe this sort of thing is inevitable... At least it's an improvement over the things just randomly going down --- it's actually showing that they know exactly what will be down and what will be able to handle, so I don't see this as a negative thing at all, in fact, I think it's a sign that they're making progress :-) Teething problems….

I believe this sort of thing is inevitable… At least it’s an improvement over the things just randomly going down — it’s actually showing that they know exactly what will be down and what will be able to handle, so I don’t see this as a negative thing at all, in fact, I think it’s a sign that they’re making progress :-)

]]> By: Marsoups /2008/04/07/and-they-wonder-why-people-leave-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-77982 Marsoups Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:56:17 +0000 /?p=1073#comment-77982 Teething problems.... I believe this sort of thing is inevitable... At least it's an improvement over the things just randomly going down --- it's actually showing that they know exactly what will be down and what will be able to handle, so I don't see this as a negative thing at all, in fact, I think it's a sign that they're making progress :-) Teething problems….

I believe this sort of thing is inevitable… At least it’s an improvement over the things just randomly going down — it’s actually showing that they know exactly what will be down and what will be able to handle, so I don’t see this as a negative thing at all, in fact, I think it’s a sign that they’re making progress :-)

]]> By: Zak Claxton /2008/04/07/and-they-wonder-why-people-leave-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-135653 Zak Claxton Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:31:19 +0000 /?p=1073#comment-135653 We ran into this today during one of my live music shows, and it was definitely annoying. Tips and other L$ transactions were also haywire as well. It's pretty typical for LL to spring this stuff while the grid is simultaneously suffering such horrible performance that it's hard to even move, much less bother checking profiles and so on. The latest update has been a nightmare. Although I'd like to have confidence in the SL platform as a whole, it's this continual "one step forward, three step back" approach that will make it easier for people to jump to another platform once a truly viable alternative comes along. We ran into this today during one of my live music shows, and it was definitely annoying. Tips and other L$ transactions were also haywire as well. It’s pretty typical for LL to spring this stuff while the grid is simultaneously suffering such horrible performance that it’s hard to even move, much less bother checking profiles and so on. The latest update has been a nightmare. Although I’d like to have confidence in the SL platform as a whole, it’s this continual “one step forward, three step back” approach that will make it easier for people to jump to another platform once a truly viable alternative comes along.

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