Rob Huntsman

Because Google treats "Virtual World" as a genre, so Secondlife is competing against other games like Minecraft, and VR. Which they are. Mine craft is a Virtual world where you can experience endless possibilities and host your own sim. 100 for a homestead? Nah, they got you covered use your own router connection and you can own a small bit of land for free. https://www.lifewire.com/best-virtual-world-games-840474

Linden Labs didn't wanna support any combat systems or categorize anything really for their players, all combat systems = roleplay, Gambling = Gaming regions, and Bots = high traffic regions. A great majority of people be wearing rose tinted glasses to think SL is booming. Anyway, this makes you wonder why you can't find anything to do in SecondLife. Anyways, with Sansar done, hopefully Linden Labs will now update SL's engine to compete with other video games. Before anyone says "SL is not a videogame" here is google.

There is only three combat systems really that are being used. ZCS ((Zone Combat System)) and WWM (Wild West Meter) ((You have to make your own scripts for these meters. Contact the creators for weapon guides)) Then there is Unity Maxim, where scripts you can buy with in the store. Out of all three, I'd say ZCS is the combat system heavily used, however it is over saturated with creators already. I'd love to see a urban meter happen... but I havnt really found one that's good. DCS2, & Vice are dead. XCS and OWMS seem to be a legit rip off of the CCS meter using a horrid scam lvling system where you'll want to leave your computer on 24/7 on that sim. Anyway, I hope that helps.

But colleges do not teach LSL....Colleges teach C++, C#, Javascript, and HTML. In addition, this next decade even more people will have college degrees knowing these modern languages. LSL is a dying language, I think its time to convert at-least do C#.

I was wondering if SecondLife will ever decide to ditch the LSL scripting method and change to C++, Javascript, or other modern scripting tools. With the scripting tweak, would probably bring in more game, and web designers for it being easier to code and not needing to learn a completely new scripting language.

Well I wouldn't want to use any of the software applications either if their all going to run up my CPU and GPU. This is perhaps where the disconnect happens as well because Video Games use CPU and GPU to run. Software Applications do not.

53% GPU is about the norm when idling in a empty area. However, again Software Applications use 0 GPU unless watching a video.

Web browsers are Software yes, but a software applications take up less resources and not using GPU while running. Whereas Second Life and Video games are Software implemented by hardware. Meaning they're running off some sort of engine to maintain data and transfer it to your PC's CPU and GPU. For example, when firestorm is running it will take up 80%-90% of your computers GPU much like other standard video games.

No, Youtube is a website. Second Life is software that you download, video games are also software. Most video games are focused on some kind of a virtual play, whereas Second Life virtual Play is focused around sex. However, other video games have virtual sex now such as Conan and GTA5. In addition, the gaming software options for PC has tripled since the past decade. Just my other 2 cents.....Most other PC software does not run at 20 FPS either...

Linden Labs can keep calling Second Life not a Game. However, Linden Labs fails to realize Second Life is being used as Entertainment. Which is exactly what other video games do. Then my guess is with the growth of the virtual market. ((More video game titles for computers.)) Is probably the main cause why they are less things to do in Second Life these days than 2006.

SL hasn't changed their Product like WoW has... Only thing that's changed in SL besides mesh, is this toxic community.. Unless.... Sims weren't 400 a month in 2006?

Sounds like it'd be a waste of money for now, I'd first try fixing the clothing and inventory system. Making it more user-friendly towards mesh. For example, the current clothing system doesn't even support signature or maitreya avatars. You'd have to use "appliers."

boobs are boobs there's no beating around the bush lol. Heck, imagine your kid walking in on one of these scenes for top 10. It's still sex. [MODERATOR EDIT: Embedded video with sexual activity removed]

To be honest, I sorta thought that whole "Nudity" thing didnt make sense for a ban. You got Grand Theft auto, and rated M guys busting out nudity. Heck, Conan even supports rape with the nuts out and everything.

It's a real shame that most animesh pieces are 30 - 40 land Impact. Now some may call me stingy for this, but I prefer most my objects around the 1-7 Land Impact range or I don't set it down. Is There any chance that Animesh is going to get an update to take up less prims/usage.

Yeah, Gacha's belong in skill gaming regions. So many "Makers" are putting the 1 item people want making them spend 4k-7k on a product. In short this is why Lootboxes became Illegal in Hawaii, and other countries.

If you wanna see some true "Gaming" visit sims using a Combat meter such as Gor or Wild West. Edit: I can even invite you to the Gorean tournament guild if you wanna try to win some $ if you're good at fist fighting.

No Not sure what any of that means.

I can fix the GREY issue when I do Edit Appearance. The grey avatar then goes away. However, my feet still sink into the ground with HOVER Being OFF.

I'ved tried clearing viewer cache, tax refresh, logging into other regions, and Avatar>Avatar HEalth >Reset Default Avatar. And Some odd reason I cannot fix this glitch... Photos down below.. My avatar also sinks half way into the ground. As you can see in the third photo my hitbox wont even grow. It's like my avatar is distorted. People also claim I'm a cloud to others. This just started today soon as I logged in.. curious if anyone else getting this glitch?

Pretty much, why I was looking into it. May be wishful thinking, but if they get sims could be around the ball park or 40 dollars, or may even be free. However, Guess I'll wait abit longer to see what appears as news.

Is there any update on this project?

Depends, I think SL could thrive for quite awhile next decade or so. However, that's if LL decide to update their engine.And quit investing so much on a dead product like Sansar. VR isn't gonna be worth money looking at until another decade.

That it confuses new players. And there is no real point in having both. It's bad enough SL has a complex inventory, then they have to worry about how "Mesh attachments" work.