First, the wide open spaces that you're free to explore...there are plenty of those. What LL *doesn't* tell you, is that almost all land in SL belongs to individuals, who by virtue of owning and paying tier on the land, have the right to control acces to that land to whoever they want.
As for griefers, biggots, etc., what do you think *causes* paranoid land owners? They are not the problem, they are a symptom of other problems. You don't like dealing with griefers and biggots, etc.? Well, either do I. Which is why I own land, and when I see one, I ban them so that I don't have to see them again.
As to how if we don't open up, we're going to go under because we won't make any money...dude, I'm not making any money now. In fact, I'm *spending* over $100 a month for my land, and to participate in SL.
I should also mention that my land is *not* banned. People are free to visit my 1/3 sim, and free to explore the landscaped grounds, with the only restrictions being, that the beach is off limits when the owners are using it, and the houses, enclosed in featurless cherrywood cubes at 350m, are just plain off limits unless I'm there and invite you in.
I have a ban list, but the only people on it are people who've griefed me or my neighbors. In the house I also have a security orb, which has the same list. about 80% of the people I've out there are there because I walked up to them, said "Hello", and got shot.
The rest are there because they did the same to a neighbor, or because they wandered over to the beach when I was with my friends and refused to leave the group of half a doze topless girls out swimming sunbathing when told that it was a private beach, or because they broke into my house and started griefing, or were being peeping toms from outside of my house.
As for griefers, biggots, etc., what do you think *causes* paranoid land owners? They are not the problem, they are a symptom of other problems. You don't like dealing with griefers and biggots, etc.? Well, either do I. Which is why I own land, and when I see one, I ban them so that I don't have to see them again.
As to how if we don't open up, we're going to go under because we won't make any money...dude, I'm not making any money now. In fact, I'm *spending* over $100 a month for my land, and to participate in SL.
I should also mention that my land is *not* banned. People are free to visit my 1/3 sim, and free to explore the landscaped grounds, with the only restrictions being, that the beach is off limits when the owners are using it, and the houses, enclosed in featurless cherrywood cubes at 350m, are just plain off limits unless I'm there and invite you in.
I have a ban list, but the only people on it are people who've griefed me or my neighbors. In the house I also have a security orb, which has the same list. about 80% of the people I've out there are there because I walked up to them, said "Hello", and got shot.
The rest are there because they did the same to a neighbor, or because they wandered over to the beach when I was with my friends and refused to leave the group of half a doze topless girls out swimming sunbathing when told that it was a private beach, or because they broke into my house and started griefing, or were being peeping toms from outside of my house.
LL didn't tell me a lot!!! I've stumbled onto a multi-front war that I am not interested in becoming part of.
I ask questions, I get bull....
I didn't come here to see virtual girls frolicking on a virtual private beach, nor am I interested in some virtual nookie....
WTF?!
Did you totally miss the point of my post or what?! This place is worse than san francisco!!! Which is about the most gentrified pit I have ever experienced!
No wonder: most of the avies I have scanned for profiles seem to hail for the Bay Area, that is, if they even bother to fill out their profiles....
If you are typical of the clowns I'm going to meet in SL then I'm in the wrong virtual world.
I'm obviously not welcome on your land, since you have made it very clear that there's no reason for me to go there... wherever THERE is.
I'm sorry that you pay over $100USD/ mo. for this...
There must be some deeper layer of this shell game that totally escapes me because I cannot fathom what kind of thought goes into paying so much for so little....
Cheers,
=B-)
From a frustrated noob....
