Deathly Fright

Viche, I'm sorry, but I will have to "persevere that and focus on the constructive posts" solely to you. at least you get what is happening and why it's important. finding things that people will try and proposing them here in a safe environment that LL can also explore and get legal council on. I know this next bit will invite people to make fun of me... you all have to forgive me for worrying that many makers will just roll up shop and leave instead of going back to the old ways. hopefully it doesn't and maybe even new makers come in, but I don't see that happening personally. especially with the cost, in time and money, to start being a creator that can actually sell things that people want. I see events with less and less stands over the past year or so, even larger events that used to be full of well made things, for example. SL has felt to me less vibrant and more empty recently, my long friends list is looking less and less active. people logging in with feeling of being required instead of excited. granted, this might just be the people I know, but SL feels like it's dying. I'm not saying this will kill it and yes, it will go on, the sky prim is not falling. but I see SL dying slowly and this is just the next infection that pushes it along it's mortal coil. this is why trying to find a way to maybe a way that creators can still make the amounts they were making with gatchas, as well as resellers is so important to me. /me sighs, "regardless, see you all inworld maybe." 🙋‍♀️

then they tell me that it's not allowed 🤷‍♀️. I have no interest in selling or buying gatchas. I'm worried it's going to push makers away from SL

no... money...needs...to..be...spent...to...get...the...rare....just...luck and Silent talked about my reading comprehension

that's what I have been saying.. no money must be used, but can be. hell, there are other freebie schemes in SL that drive traffic that can be combined with a conveyor to allow for both winning for free and buying

people would still buy... especially if they are a reseller and want multiple items in the conveyor.

I know what the point of having a lucky chair is as well as a gatcha... what I'm saying is this, if you can get the rare item for free then the gambling part is not there. there is no "pressure" to buy to get the item

there is nothing stopping anybody from putting a good item in them. and wouldn't doing that drive traffic higher then as there is a chance of people getting the rare? also, wouldn't that also drive people to buy into the conveyor to not have to wait?

if you have a problem with this you also have a problem with lucky chairs as there is only a chance that you get the free item

also a queue can be added that allows people to be added for free, and then sent a sim-wide message when it'll be available soon

from my point of view it's you not understand what I'm saying, let me do a long post to spell out what I'm talking about in SL there are chairs that are made in a way that people can get something for free if they sit in it if their name starts with a specific letter. this letter rotates over time. they are sometimes called lucky letter chairs or lucky name chairs. there are other types of things that sell you an item that then changes the item that's for sale randomly after the person buys the listed item. this is called a conveyor. the are items that are less likely to be listed those items are called rares. in my proposal, the two ideas are fused. so there is a chair that will give people a free item to a name that starts with a certain letter in the chair, but they can also buy a listed item that is randomly generated instead. anybody with the lucky letter of the moment can sit and get any of the items listed that are in the conveyor if their name starts with the lucky letter. the odds of getting the rare are the same (or maybe more likely for paying people) if you sit or if you buy. there are many variations on this, but the base idea is the same. as there is a chance of somebody getting it for free, the rare item can be had without paying.

put them also in the observation sims? I never said it was a great alternative lol

I think I need to friend you inworld, you are my kind of person 💕

lock the vendor to one avi until they either tell it they are done or it has a timer and have multiple vendors if it's a busy event

this post is super frustrating because this is what I've been doing the whole time, but people have acted like I'm just trying to find ways to put a "toe over the line"

so you also have a problem with name chairs?

but you still have to buy to get to level 5 though which is the only time you get a super duper rare or whatever?

ok but you have to buy to level 5 right? or am I wrong? edited to add... how does the "AquaDash Arcade Game" work?

how is the chance of getting a super rare fish after getting to level 5, which you have to buy into, not gambling? though I think I'm misunderstanding the fishing, so ignore me if I'm wrong.

is there a way to buy into getting more rares when you fish? I've heard people talk about buying something that gives experience

is there a hierarchy with rarity and fishing?

the point is that there is also a conveyor, or traditional gatcha, that also sells the items in the chair. as you can get the item for free. the fishing game is the same as the chair, and that is allowed.

I generally agree with this, but it seems there are a not-insignificant number of creators that rely on the money that gatchas bring in. normal direct selling doesn't generate the same money. if that's true or not, I have no idea. there are other side benefits to having plenty of transferable cheap items like gatchas, they can be resold to people who wouldn't buy an item directly at a higher price.

all of the items, including the rare would be available to avis with the letter the chair is looking for, including rares. the odds of the rare being given for free are rare, but the chance of getting anything in the conveyer for free is there.

there are odds for normal name chairs as well, if you want to get the rare item for free you can. there isn't any money required, just like name chairs.

the "odds" here are versus getting the rare from the chair for free....