I really have to know, need answers.

[Moose Gant]

I'd really like to know about the looks of the population of SL and if with the new CEO if you think it might have a chance to make a recovery. SL is a great place especially if you're long distances away from family, friends, and loved ones, with a great twist on creativity and freedom. I really do not want to see this game fail. i only want to see it succeed and grow once more. Please do your best to help ease my mind, but don't spare the truth.

[Chelsea Malibu]

Recovery from what? If I may ask.  Yes it is smaller than before and a large part of this is due to the lack of corporate sims and gambling but you can also see a direct relationship in sales from the state of the economy.

IMHO, SL is smaller since there is far less to do here than there used to be. We are at 1/2 the sims where where 4 years ago and everyone I know has seen a dramatic decrease in sales and traffic.  So, one would think this is dying off and soon to collapse.

However, look at the investment in time and money that went into getting where it is today but moreover the value of this platform. Even if Linden Labs could not afford to keep this going, it would be something many other companies would acquire quickly if not for anything else, the shear numbers.

I have seen SL transcend many times in my 6 years here which is a given in a user generated system and I am sure it will change many times more in the future.  So rest assured, SL is not dead by any means as it's just changing and evolving as any society will

 

[Marigold Devin]

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Moose Gant wrote:

I'd really like to know about the looks of the population of SL and if with the new CEO if you think it might have a chance to make a recovery. SL is a great place especially if you're long distances away from family, friends, and loved ones, with a great twist on creativity and freedom. I really do not want to see this game fail. i only want to see it succeed and grow once more. Please do your best to help ease my mind, but don't spare the truth.

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Welcome to Second Life Forums, Moose.

The sky isn't falling in at all, Moose.  Login numbers look as good as ever. If they've dropped from a time before, that's only because there aren't as many 'bot' avatars logged in as there probably were when you first became a resident of Second Life.

The current CEO seems to listen to the residents, and he, along with the Linden people who have shown dedication to their respective roles in our virtual world, do not wish to see "the game" fail either.  This year alone has seen the brand new Viewer 3 (an updated and slightly more user-friendly version of Viewer 2) come into being, and the ability to create and upload using mesh. 

As for the population of Second Life, they come, they go. For every resident who decides to log out forever, there are others joining.  In fact, in this very moment, if you look at the world map for the sims called Welcome Island - of which there are many - you'll see new people arriving all the time.



[Moose Gant]

Thank you both for your reassuring replies. i enjoy this game far too much to give up on it in my year of being here and i am eager to see plans for the future. You've both been a great help.

[Marigold Devin]

Good. Glad to hear it. 

I've been here for more than four years now, and have only just scratched the surface really of what is available to participate in within Second Life.  It will continue to be in existence for as long as people show enthusiasm for it. 



[Mickey Vandeverre]

Moose?  may I call you Moose?  Good grief, man.....it is February!  The International Month of Love. 

Here's the plan.  Give me a ring inworld some evening, about this time, little bit after, maybe - is that convenient for you?  Is it evening for you now?  or day?

Let's go get you a fine looking tux at a really cool mall.   One that has a strip joint, maybe - we'll stop in for a cocktail or two, and meet some sweet people.  I'm assuming a moose would wear a tux and not a ball gown?  either way, we'll get the job done.

Then it's off to Frank's place or Sweetheart's and we're going to mingle.  yep, I'll cut and paste some really cool pick-up lines you can try out.  Some are sure-fire guarantees.

You dance for a while, while I sip cocktails at the bar, and I'll scope out the room for some really sweet sounding profiles and start lining them up for you.  You don't want to dance more than half an hour with the same woman.  Just take her number and get back to her, as you need to try out quite a few.  In fact, it's best to start your conversation with the next woman about midway through that first dance.  Of course, I realize, it might be a man....that's fine, just let me know which.

After you feel like you "own" the dance club - - LM it - come back later in the week.  Then we'll go grab some choppers at a friend's place and take a cruise through a random sim.  We'll probably run across a club you need to check out.  We'll make some friends there.

After that, maybe a boat ride around the Costa Rica sim....surfing....snorkeling.  Do you have a horse?  Let's get you a horse, dude!  is it dude?

Now, all of this will work out great .....

.....as long as they don't accidentally delete with a billing error, and purge forever, that new girlfriend that you just met at Frank's and fell in love with.  

.....and as long as we don't load a shopping cart up with 10 different color ties to test with the tux

.....and as long as we don't hit major lag and crashes on that bike ride.

.....and as long as your new girlfriend isn't a psycho chick and writes some long-winded diatribe about you in the love and relationships forum.

Ready?

 

 

 

 

[Moose Gant]

I am completely conflicted by the comment above....

[Mickey Vandeverre]

Why?

Which sentence?

[Melita Magic]

I think it is doing fine.

Have you tried some of the other virtual worlds? Grim.