ItHadToComeToThis

So here are some questions. 1. Moving to the cloud was supposed to lower the costs associated with hosting the regions and increase the level of hardware available for each sim. Sims were supposed to shut down and spin up and allocate resources depending on how many people were in the sim or whether the sim was empty, thus making them more cost effective. So, what is it that specifically requires a hike in the charges for buying linden dollars. Is this really a case of increased costs or is this the new investment group looking for ways to make extra money?. 2. In terms of premium plus, will there be a reduced transaction charge for those who purchase premium plus?. I really feel that there should be benefits to premium plus involving fees and land ownership. 3. I think a lot of us were hoping that a move to the cloud would eventually lower the cost of owning a region. Guessing this is a no go now?. 4. As much as this might annoy some people. Have you considered other avenues such as increasing the upload fee to 15 lindens to help offset some of the cost instead?.

You say that like it’s a Mac related issue that you have 2 fps. How old is your Mac?. I have both a 16” MBP and a 15” mid 2012 retina MPB and the mid 2012 one still plays SL mostly fine and the 16” puts SL to bed and tucks it in 😆. The laptop you linked will be fine and will last you a good amount of time. Ignore the overkill comments. It’s worth the extra graphics incase you ever went to play other games / graphical lastibility and 16gb of ram is kinda the standard now. If you can afford it then get it. Or, post your currents macs stats and il see if I can help you get it working more smoothly.

I would still love to see a whole new viewer coded efficiently from the ground up. Doubt it will ever happen now though.

Oh come on. Orwar OwO could be interpreted as a vampire with wide eyes

I can see the face, but I always read it as Ooohwoo xD

He should remember those words when he analyses the near college degree you need these days to start creating decent things in SL 😅

Absolutely agree with you. Second Life isn’t just a fun virtual world for people to log in and start creating. For some, it’s an escape from reality. An opportunity to live life in a way they might not have otherwise. A severely disabled person with no friends in RL can walk and find comfort in their large social group in SL. Transgender people can live their authentic gender free from persecution. People with mental health problems can find an escape from the monotony of their RL issues. You can be a rich b***c with a mansion with very little money or vagrant with a million dollars. Start a business with practically nothing but the upload fee and so so much more. I think demanding that people not hide who they are and reveal themselves to the world shows a certain level of naivety and arrogance by the OP who seems to be hell bent on dictating to others how they should or should not live their lives be it SL or RL and seems to have a real case lately of “loving to hear themselves speak syndrome” and “desperation to stay relevant syndrome”.

😅 10 points for Gryffindor!

Funnily enough. Sex isn’t something that has ever bothered me. I never crave it. Never desire it. I have been intimate with partners at times sure but....not something I particularly care about. I have been single for around 10 years now and haven’t had sec in about as long and quite honestly never even think about it. Maybe I am asexual.

After several of his posts I am now convinced he lives inside a bubble and rarely ventures out to actually see what is going on in second life or how it operates.

Pretty sure you stated this wasn’t a thing here and yet stated it is there.

But yet, it is an investment. You have stated several times it is an investment you just haven't used the specific term "Its an investment". You have clearly stated that Person A buys a mine using lindens and then sets out that mine on their land and proceeds to use the mine to collect silver. That silver can be used to purchase products in various sims and the mines can be sold to other players. The fact the silver value gets less and the mining gets harder naturally means that people will need more mines in order to realise a higher yield of silver. Thus driving up the price of mines for those selling should they become popular and the end result is that the first wave of people pay a small amount for the mine and yield a large amount of silver. Then, sell the mine on to yet another "investor" who has to repeat the process only with twice as many mines to yield the same silver returns and is twice as out of pocket as the previous player. Aka....Ponzi....Scheme. The only person who can realise a definite product is you...the creator....wave 1 will likely realise a profit....wave 10 has no hope what so ever. Their best hope is that the market is not that popular and maybe they can break even.. You can dress it up as much as you want, write as many salad-graphs as you want....but you can't change one fact. It smells like a scam. Then take any linden value out of the equation. Sell the mines for Linden and everything beneath operates solely on silver. Otherwise...it...is...an...investment. This is standard MMO stuff and in terms of programming is not all that difficult. It is not something that needs the labs approval. My only thought on this is that, if you really NEED LLs approval, then there must be something more going on than just a simple role-play game enhancing system that isn't an investment...as you state..... I have written my own currency systems for my own huds before, allowed that currency to purchase items, power upgrades, trade between players, exchanging linden for currency and not once have I needed any approval from the lab for doing so. Why do you keep throwing around these comments regarding approval from the lab, unless....there is something you are doing that you worry is considered questionable to the TOS.... *and set the price those mines are bought at once the initial supply runs out. _ __ ___ ____ _____ I believe that's called an investment.

You say a lot of things. Produce a lot of word salad. It’s not that difficult to understand what you are saying. Or your idea. It sounds like...a Ponzi Scheme. If it looks like a Ponzi, sounds like a Ponzi, walks like a Ponzi then...

Sounds like a Ponzi scheme. The only people getting rich are those at the top. Any miner that sells their mine for silver will never realise any profit from the sale so that’s never going to happen. The mining will become harder over time so any future investors will struggle to realise a profit as that profit seems to be determined by two things. Popularity and the price you feel like setting the silver at that day. There is no way for the players to exchange silver for linden unless they themselves buy a mine, from a miner and start mining themselves. However, as stated above, this will be at a higher difficulty of both mining and profit realisation. Then the vicious circle repeats itself until someone is left holding the bag. Aka a Ponzi scheme. Creator : 100% profit. Pure linden Wave 1 miners : 90% profit and lots of silver Wave 2 miners : 80% profit and a fair amount of silver Wave 3 miners : 70% profit and an amount of silver etc etc etc From everything you said the only ones profiting are those further up the tree. Ponzi, Ponzi, Ponzi, Ponzi. Keep me updated I want to be in the initial wave. I see a way to make money here and only you to take the fall 😅😅

Link to the social network presentation?.

Rant: I am bored about Covid and bored of seeing Covid everywhere and would like a place to just get away from Covid which has not only infected millions of people on Earth but every single media stream anywhere ever. Share: Can we just keep Covid out of the forums. It’s already in your face day in day out all day on tv, social media etc etc

Good luck with whatever comes next. Thank you for helping to keep this world alive all this time. You will be missed!. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎🙂🙃

Reminds me of when ghost prims were the in thing for griefers to spam sims with.

I do love how they charge you for switching back to a name you already own / paid for. At the very least it should be a reduced amount such as $5 or something

Im going to kick it down a notch further and say Drippy Kn..........you know what.....never mind

I would say @nal Aviator but that might be wandering too far into the realms of the adult side of SL

Im in on this. I call dibs on Raunchy Knickers

Improving my wall Walker. I have moving up and down, entering and exiting the wall walk extremely fluid but moving left and right has been a constant issue as you never ever hit the wall straight on. So going left or right you end up moving away from the wall, so I need to keep my distance to the wall but move left and right relative to its position and angle. I am shamefully weak when it comes to rotations. I know basic rotation but when it comes to involving more advanced stuff I am unsure what to do. And I am unsure exactly what subjects to study to get a better understanding of rotation and movement.

Would it be the same if the object was physical, or is that a whole other kettle of fish entirely?

I think is the right title for this. I have attached a helpful sketch to show what I mean. I want to have the red object, in a direction, doesn't have to be forward can be from any direction. Upon hitting the green object it then travels along the wall in the same direction as the object is angled at an equal distance from the wall. Hitting the wall and getting the objects position and rotation is easy enough, but, what do I need to look at to start working on the movement aspect of it?. It is going to have to offset the position of the red object as it moves, I know that much. But, what functions and possibly math would I need to be looking at to achieve this?