The Phoenix Grid

[Chelsea Malibu]

I was recently approached by a group building what they called the Phoenix Grid (an open sim project) offering me a space for a store there.  At first I was excited as I had thought this may be the same group behind the Phoenix Viewer which impressed me however, I have since found out it has nothing to do with the Phoenix Viewer team.

Has anyone else been approached by them?

[WADE1 Jya]

I've not been approached by them, but have been approached by numerous other small grid operators.

My answer is always no.

Aside from potential reliability & trust issues (you are putting your account and all your assets in their hands) there is also the audience to consider.

No grid but Second Life has attracted a reasonable size customer base, so you are at best aiming to sell to a group of maybe 100 people?

Is the risk worth it? Not in my eyes.

If I see a parallel grid arise, with a population of 10000+ concurrency, active commerce, and a way to cash out, I will think about it.

Until that day, I remain exclusive to Second Life :matte-motes-inlove:

[Chelsea Malibu]

Thanks Wade, sort of along my thought too.  I spoke to Stroker about this and he said the same along with what you said.

I don't do this to make money, I do very well in RL already but I do like the idea of expanding my market since my stores pretty much run themselves these days.

I think for now, I really don't have time for more and am very happy in SL. Thanks!

[Tonya Souther]

Just to confirm: The Phoenix Grid is in no way associated with The Phoenix Viewer Project, Inc.

[Josh Susanto]

I hope this kind of thing doesn't give all other small grid operators a bad reputation.

I have been asked to work on archaeological grid administered by a university, and there's been nothing dodgy about it so far.

[WADE1 Jya]

Oh I should mention that Edus are an exception.

Those are typically just stand alone sims or a small cluster of set size, was thinking of them in a different category, separate from the "grids" like the one above, which I suggested approaching with caution.

If I can verify there is a genuine university, college, or institution of some reputable sort behind a grid, that is something infinitely more trustworthy & worthwhile

I am quite happy to do jobs for Edus & Non-Profits & have worked with these groups before in the past.

[Jaylin Wytchwood]

Another Minigrid with 10 Online? Not really a spot to invest even only time into.

 

We had a look at "Inworldz" to possible branch the shop to, but frankly, on a saturday 123 people on?

Whow what an audience, and "Inworldz" is one of the better known Minis.

 

So what you expect from this next new opengrid-copy? "Everyone starts his own" isnt maybe the best option to builds up something that could reach SL`s size...

 

[Maikel Ewry]

would be nice if there were a way to like teleport from grid to grid.. so you can jump to like low latency grids to kill zombies, still have a main grid server, like a grid directory server... cuz so far, from europe, your stuck with at least 150 ping on the  SL grid