Evangeline Ling

That's great for you that you had luck, for most people this is not going to be the case though, and check my number of posts in the forums... I have been in SL for over 12 years and never felt a need to even come to the forums before this. Why? Because LL's communication on this has been entirely poor... I only learned about the new continent & houseboats by word of mouth. You shouldn't have to comb the website for info, on big important things like this a little inworld message now and then from LL would be appreciated but its still going to end up being the folks who camp who usually get those... I'm sure you and a few others stumbled onto lucky timing or whatnot but I would be willing to guess the lion share of people who got those lots were folks who were mostly in the know cause they have 10,000 messages already in the forums and/or camp these pages for info and started hitting the refresh button on turbo to get a house. Honesty give me an old fashioned line... I'm happy to wait my turn rather then to either rely on "dumb luck" or obsessive compulsive page refreshing. I'll probably hold onto my 1024 tier a little longer, but if a piece of mainland comes up that I want and is not insanely expensive I'll probably buy that. I like the idea of having one of these lots for probably the same reasons most people want them. You get a guaranteed plot in a community that is not going to turn into some gigantic mall or gaming center. The lots are not right on top of each other and look relatively nice. Houseboats are people's favorites I would guess because of water access you just don't get that with the other houses and really there is no other advantage to getting a house without water. Most people know that and that's why there is a demand for the houseboats... if you look at mainland in general, protected water lots go for a premium while landlocked plots largely sit in an abandoned state, you cant even give them away You obviously have your opinion, I have mine too... going to just have to agree to disagree on this

What I am saying is if I am 10,000 in line (ill use your number) then i know 9,999 people come before me and I'll wait for my turn... if its always a big race to log in every new batch then if you are just a naturally slow person or maybe don't log in every heartbeat of your life to SL you will be last every single time, never get a home, never actually get closer to getting one, period... its pretty simple a waiting list puts you in an order that eventually will be completed even if its a long time... but the system right now benefits the SL campers and not the casual users... a waiting list also gives LL a better sense of which types of houses people prefer and how many of each type makes most sense... obviously when you sign up on a waiting list you choose the kind of lot you want and your queue is attached to the type you signed up for not the entire pool of people waiting for houses... just the people waiting for the houseboats for example...

It helps in that you at least begin to start moving closer to getting the lot you prefer... where as if every time a new batch comes open you can potentially be last every single time... waiting lists are far more orderly then everyone keep logging on and seeing if the Lindens threw out new houseboats yet. There is a reason why waiting lists are a thing in RL because they do eventually work.

Here are my thoughts on the Linden Homes... First off I dont have even one... I also will not settle for one of the old ones because i would rather put excess tier to mainland then have even one of those homes. Really the only home I'm even remotely interested in are the houseboats and it seems many other people feel the same. LL should realize the demand and create homes accordingly. Create more islands with nothing but houseboats... also it seems to make sense to me that any avatar that is premium should be able to sign up on a waiting list for one rather then having to camp out at weird hours of the day at the chance of snagging one... its simple LL make a waiting list you will have a lot more happy customers... in the meantime I'm holding onto my spare 1024 of unused land until maybe i get one... or maybe I wont and I'll go get some more mainland... but I will not settle for hot garbage in the form of some old house nobody wants on some old continent that looks ugly af Eva