Caemlyn Witherspoon

Today is my 5th year rez day on SL.I rarely feel the need to air my views in any forums but wanted to make a few statements today. I tend to find an online atmosphere (I hesitate using the word ' game ' here because I do not view SL as a ' game ') I like and stay with it. I stayed 10 years at the place I came to SL from.The ones I have been on and watched as well as the majority of great idea in the world have one common flaw. People try to fix things that are not broken.SL took off like a rocket and and gained and gained popularity. In 2007 (bring back 2007!) it ws amazing in SL.I can't point my finger. I don't who to point it at, but sometime after that we started getting all these...wild ideas...and the infrastructure started to chip apart. Instead of fixing what the people liked using and making sure it was working optimally, they would give us shinies. "Chat not working? Here, have another new button you can push!" Lag unbearable, here is a new toy to use!"SL got popular for a reason. People liked it! They liked what was offered. As time went on and we had more and more shinies and less and less of what people liked that was not broken, people started to not come to SL as much. t broke my heart to watch as we were handed more and more shinies and the things that enticed people to come, fall in love with SL and stay started to crumble and fall apart.But thats ok! They gave us a new way to name avatars! The old way worked! People loved it BUT someone decided it needed changed. I have seen many many changes in Sl and few have been as ill conceived as this one. I am expecting any minute to see 1234567890John1234567890 Resident. (and yes I know that many letters would not be allowed.) Sl goofed big time on this one. IMO if people wanted their names changed, LL should charge them to change it. Marriages ceremonies are one of the most lucrative venues on SL...hardly a week goes by that I am not invited to a wedding. Jane Doe marries John Smith...charge her to change her name to Jane Smith! Next week she marries Bill Brown...more money for SL! Don't like the stupid name you gave yourself? Charge them to change it!We DO need new fresh ideas to maintain popularity and draw new people but please fix the things that made SL popular to start with THEN give us shinies!In closing, thank you for reading my ranting and who knows, maybe next rez day I'll feel the urge to air my pent up rantings again!Have a wonderful day in SL!