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Asadora Summers

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  1. I wonder what will come with this Super Shiney Premium Level membership as well... but as the Lindens say... 

    '...later in the year...'

    But they never say which year!

    However, until  it happens here is my crack pipe wish list:

    • An increased bonus tier
    • Increase on weekly stipend at least 100L more a week
    • More pick tabs in profiles
    • Better, less primmy and actually usable premium gifts - one every month or at least a different one every six months with the option to 'catch up' on the previous one that was missed
    • Return to the option of being able to purchase a quarterly membership for the super shiney premium level 

      That concludes my little crack pipe wish list:) 
      Woooo 'later in the year' whichever year that will be ;)

     

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  2. On 6/2/2019 at 3:33 PM, LittleMe Jewell said:

    As far as the fee increase, I really think their biggest mistake was removing quarterly for future folks.  I realize that it means they have to pay 4 times the credit card or PayPal processing fee, but for those that cannot afford to pay annually, it did at least give them a way to save a bit over the monthly fee.  Additionally, if those current quarterly folks decide to do an annual prepay to save some money, they get switched to the annual billing plan and may not be able to go back to quarterly.  The 'grandfathering' of that likely only applies until you move off of that plan for any reason.  

     

    The quarterly membership was their most popular plan, as stated on the premium membership page - though not sure if that lil graphic of 'most popular' is still  on there or not. 

    I had my land alt on quarterly, but I will be downgrading her back to basic, keeping my main at premium only. 

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  3. On 6/1/2019 at 6:42 PM, LittleMe Jewell said:

    There are older members that get L$400 weekly and even older ones that get L$500 weekly -- really, really old accounts.

    I get L$500 a week and I'm premium. Before I became premium, I had a stipend of L$50 a week on basic. The join window for residents getting that was very short back in 2006 and I was just lucky to have discovered SL on one of them days. 
    If LL increases the stipend from L$300 for premium memberships (the new ones ) then I would hope that they would raise the stipends across the board for all premium memberships - and maybe call the 'old old' accounts stipend 'pensions' instead of stipends - that would be cool:) 

     

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  4. 31 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

    Well, that totally depends on how much land the Premium owns.  I pay LL a whole lot more than the Premium fee of one account.

     

     

    No you don't.. They have rolled back that announcement:

     

    WOOO! I just now saw this! Yay!!! We were listened too! Woooo!!

    And out of all the things that upset us the most was the 'group thing' it shows how much we do communicate with each other, find each other, meet and socialize with each other through groups. 
    SL will be forever the social experiment that it first was all those many years ago. It may have all started with a cube; however, it will continue with the Human need to socialize and communicate with one another. 

    Thank you, LL!  

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  5. 1 hour ago, AnnetteMeadows said:

    instead of taking away something that we already had and are use to (42 groups) and making so many people leave slwhen traffic seems to be slowing anyways....heres an idea for LL to help save "resources"! why not delete anything not sold or used or rezzed in sl since before 2007? 2010? omg every time you look on mp is way outdated thiings that im pretty sure noone buys thats just taking space on servers. and with a small program searching uuids im very sure this is completely possible. instead of ruining sl and making so many just get tired of less for more

     

    Regarding outdated things - there is a fine line of preserving SL history whilst creating new SL history, in terms of grid-wide. Our virtual SL history reminds us of how it all began and how we started out and knowing where our virtual history came from adds to the appreciation factor of our virtual present. For some it may seem pointless, and others it is important. Personally, as an oldie, I enjoy being able to still see things that I first saw as a noob - it's a conversation starter for sure with other oldies as we duck walk down memory lane. And we can use that same history to show new residents just how far SL has come and be able to say, 'I was there.'

     

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  6. 2 hours ago, Selene Gregoire said:

    You have to ask a Linden for their bear these days. If they have one they will give you a copy. Some will be copy/mod some will be copy/no mod. They are all no trans though. At least the few I've acquired are. Some are very prim heavy as well but still nice to put on display once in a while when you have the LI available.

    Just today, a Linden visited my LRC hub in Tensel Moor, which needless to say I totally fangirled but was able to talk about what the Linden Road Community is about - Anyway, I was so excited that I had forgot to ask for a bear, but I had not to fear because this particular Linden did ask if I would like one of his bears to which I said 'Yes please!' 
    Also, a friend of mine recently acquired some abandoned land and through the live chat feature asked the Linden that was working with her about a bear - though they didn't have one. 
    So, sometimes a Linden will offer their bear and others you have to ask - but just take no chances - whenever you see or speak with a Linden always ask for a bear:) 
    It's one of the traditions that makes SL so very SL and it's wonderful! 
     

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  7. 58 minutes ago, ananoelle said:

    You just explained damn near everyone in sl. I laugh at the people who throw out the 'ive spent this and that' like they are the only ones.

    Sl is like a revolving door. 1 leaves and 5 more walk on in. 

    To the 5 more that walk in, are those freshly spawned noobs or alts?! haha (JK!) ;)

  8. 1 minute ago, polysail said:

    Well, think about a group like Firestorm Support English ~ it's the most popular viewer out there and there's 24/7 support for it~  a decent fraction of the entire SL population has joined that group at some point or another ~ most haven't left it.

    Mmm yes putting it that way sounds more plausible. Thank you for putting it that way :) 

  9. 8 hours ago, Selene Gregoire said:

    I honestly am not sure if you wouldn't get the 50Ls again. Just as I am not sure if I ever did get what was my premium back if I would get the 500Ls I used to get on it. I think I remember reading somewhere that you do but I'm probably wrong. Not really up to chasing that down today.

    I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't lol - 

  10. 4 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said:

    Some do depending on the age of the account.

    Mmhmm that's true - depends on when one's rezz day is. Before I went premium a few years ago, as a basic account holder, I had a stipend of 50L a week. Now with premium my stipend is 500L. However, if I downgrade back to basic account obvs, I'll lose the 500L stipend a week, but I will also not get my 50L stipend back - I will be stipend-less. 

  11. 1 hour ago, Blush Bravin said:

    Am I the only one kinda put out by this line, "as well as the introduction of an all-new membership level for those who want to get the absolute most out of their Second Life."?

    I'm tired of carrots being dangled with no real meat to grab a hold of... heck it's not even a carrot - it's a vapor of a carrot. I really would like some real information on what this is going to be. We've been hearing this rumor for well over a year now. 

    It's another '...changes later in the year' promise. 

    Though if there is ever a super duper premium level, then I hope it does include a daily wake up call from my favorite Linden - now that I would happily pay the extra for XD
    Oh and like the promise of no lag ever that'd be a top feature to pay for!
    And oh yeah... how about finally after all these years fixing the things that were supposed to be fixed years ago, but it's actually gone on far too long broke that fixing them now would be pointless as technology has changed, therefore implementing features that actually work on a consistent basis instead of a hope and a virtual prayer. 
    Roll on SL16 - I'm super excited to know what's next... either this year...
    or next year...
    or the year after that... 
    Wooo! Bring it! XD 

     

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  12. 17 minutes ago, Coolnet Ordinary said:

    This is my first time writing in the forums in here so bear with me.  lol.

    I get the reasons why the increase needs to happen.  Running a virtual world isn't cheap and can be very costly.  Being part of a virtual world that closed down and recently opened, I know it can be a struggle to make some profit to keep it going. I do have a few suggestions that could benefit from both Premiums and Non-Premium members.

    For Premium Members

    Groups:  Increase to 70.

    Weekly lindens increase from 300 to 500L.

    If you pay a yearly fee you receive a bonus of 2,000 lindens.  That will be given after 30 days.

    If you pay a quarterly fee, you get your bonus of 1,000 lindens.  That will be given after 30 days.

    Transaction Fee:  Keep at 2.5 percent or increase it to 3 percent.

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    Non - Premiums:

    Groups:  Keep it at 42.

    Transaction Fee:  Increases to 5 percent.

    Offline Messages can decrease to 15.

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    The new homes are beautiful, reducing the tier costs are great.  However; I feel that the perks of having premium haven't really changed much.  Maybe these ideas might help to boost subscription and also, to keep non-premium members happy.

     

    I do have a question though about the groups.  If they are overloading the group functionality then why increase them, to begin with?  Wouldn't it make more sense to keep them low until you find a way to not to overload them?

     

     

    Maybe the basic account holder group slots overloads more than the premium members group slots.......

    You raised a good point - if groups are a strain then they take away from one but increase the other....... 

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  13. 9 minutes ago, Grumpity Linden said:

    Whew, I'm having a hard time keeping up. Calling in reinforcements! And thank you for the overnight ponies... 

    There's still confusion about the pre-pay option.  Not surprising, because it's a bit different from how we usually do things, but here's what it will look like.  Say you're a monthly premium member today.  When you log into your account after June 3, you'll see these options:

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    imageproxy.php?img=&key=e5f5edf17e7ad1aaIf you chose to extend by one month, you will be billed $9.50 and your new billing date will be +1 mo from where it was. 

    If you want to extend by a year, you'll need to change your membership type to annual, then do the prepay flow.  You'll be billed $72 and your new billing date will be +1yr from where it was.  The next time you get billed will be at the new annual rate (unless you change your premium membership before that).  But it will also be year 2020!

    Hope this helps.  

    But what if your renew date for annual membership isn't due until like September? Does that mean that those of us with later renew dates will lose out on the grandfathered option?

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  14. LL leads us on with all these 'promises' of '...this will come later in the year!' Then two years later, that promise of something great to come hasn't arrived. 

    Also, a lot of us have been in SL for a very very long time  - so we know the pattern of when things change: LL makes a change - we complain or rejoice - when we rejoice as we did when we got an increase in group slots and now we complain because basic account holders are having their group slots slashed by 7 whilst premium members get a raise in group slots by 10. (I'm a premium member, and personally I think it is unfair to the basic account holders.) 

    Our Stipend has never been increased, yet we end up paying more on the hope that something will be introduced that will make not having a stipend increase worth it. 
    As consumers/customers/what have you - we have a right to complain - just as LL seemingly has a right to charge whatever they want too for whatever hard to grasp reasons. 

    SL is what we make it. We all have different reasons for putting money into it, having premium or choosing not too. A basic account holders lindens is just as good as a premium member's lindens. We were asked for feedback and thus we are giving it - it's how business works. 

     

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  15. Different levels of premium memberships like this:

    Bronze - You'd be lucky if the things promised works or actually is fullfilled

    Silver - Wonderful half of the things you have paid a membership for actually works - sorry about the other half

    Gold - Wooo! You are the cream of the crop! Remember those change of names we had promised you back in 2018? You'll get everything else, but not that... that's later in the year. 

     

    /me rolls eyes. 

     

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