Whats an FIC?

"Delusions." Et cetera.

And you think the forums are just fine now.

coco

What's your point?

Don't do my thinking for me, please.

Not to be constantly correcting of you today:

Feted -
1. To celebrate or honor with a festival, a feast, or an elaborate entertainment.
2. To pay honor to.

Fetid -
1. Having an offensive odor.

It was correct for him to use 'Feted Inner Core' as that means 'Honored/Celebrated Collection of People', which was his issue. 'Fetid' works as well, but it's a different sentiment. The 'Fetid' correction people presented later was in fact, an error.

Prok intended it to be "fetid". Feted happened to be a typo.

Your word vs. Prok's word vs. my word vs...

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Here is the thread which brought the term to life.

Heh, I saw that thread the day it surfaced. Maybe you should try reading it.

Prok says 'Feted', Ingrid says 'Fetid', Prok says it in double-quotes as "Fetid Inner Core" back at her, Beryl corrects Ingrid ('there's a difference between fetid and feted'), Prok later spells it 'Feted'. Your insistence of it being a typo hasn't been confirmed by that thread.

As much as I dislike Prok and openly mock them elsewhere, I'm not gonna try to score extra points off of them that aren't valid. Just a PROTIP.

Haha, that thread was awesome. I love how Prokofy sent an alt to say

"*hugs Prokofy*"

Priceless.

Here is my two cents about branding since I have been in marketing for almost 10 years. The main reason that companies either take forever to change their branding or keep it the same for what seems like an eternity is because branding is just that, branding. As a company, when you are trying to make a name for yourself, it is far better to keep the logo and branding the same for a while. It gives consumers a sense of familiarity and stability in that company when they continually see it over and over again. I am not arguing that it is bad business to change branding. In fact it is a good thing to do on ocassion. But that said I can completely understand why LL hasn't changed it. If they changed it on a daily, weekly or monthly basis you would be asking yourselves "why do they keep changing it?" or "what is going on?".

Which never existed.



They use the same methods now they always did. It is just now spelled out more clearly for those who had trouble understanding before.

Just clearing that up in case any new person mistook your opinion for fact.

y'know guys and gals... in every type of game i've ever played -- whether it be tabletop, larp or online -- there's always a group that's considered the inner circle of power and favored over others. sometimes its cause they were there earlier, sometimes its cause they are boinkin the gm, sometimes its cause they contribute significantly, and sometimes they are just lucky. whichever it may be -- get over it. i don't see how someone getting their pic on a banner affects my gameplay in the slightest... please don't argue bout this. i just wanted to know what it meant. i think i have a good idea now and its just the same ole same ole. rather a shame actually.

can't we all just get along?

Pictures of residents are not logos, or brands. They are just residents.

coco

I am certainly hoping that your consistent lack of charm is far exceeded by good looks...

With love, Baccara

OK, Pendari, I'll take you up on this - for the sake of the new people you are misleading with it who may be following along on this thread.

As if I didn't already say it in the other thread.

Previously, there was no Developer Directory. Now there is. If there's no Developer Directory, we can't possibly submit ourselves or our groups for consideration for outside contracts, and/or whatever else that directory is for. Now we can.

Previously there was no PR Suggestion Box. Now there is. Previously, if someone wanted to be considered for interview by a media person, or for any other PR purpose - or to suggest that others builds or stories might be worth attention for promoting SL, there was no official conduit for it. Now there is.

Those changes are matters of F A C T. Not opinions.

Now we also have more calls for content being posted in the Announcements forum. Previously, we didn't.

The Lindens have been sensitive to the issues of providing equal opportunity for all their residents, and they have taken these steps, and more, to ensure that. They are sensitive to accusations of favoritism, and, I believe, don't really want to play favorites. As the world grows, it is more difficult to utilize your resident talent base without the appropriate structures for doing so.

These structures and changes may seem no different to you from the way things were before, from the standpoint of someone who has been here since September of 2003. But to a player now swimming in a sea of 80k other players, they are very valuable indeed. Whenever opportunities are publicized, more people have a chance at that opportunity, and the Lindens get a much greater variety of things to choose from, and also get more new ideas.

coco

You have received honorary entry into the FIC just by using the phrase "boinkin the GM'. Welcome

/me applauds.

Sorry Coco. I mislead no one. I stated in my post that these opportunities *always* existed. Anyone could take advantage of them. Some people who could not realize this, made the lindens spell it out. Some just need more verbage as they cannot concieve of a "game" company really listening to them.

So you are wrong. As I stated. The opportunities always were there. The way to get them has not changed. There just happens to be a new way to find them for those who are too scared to IM a linden directly.

Well you know what, Pendari? I'm not going to KNOW to IM a Linden directly about an opportunity if I don't even know that opportunity EXISTS.

coco

Mmm. Maybe you should stick to writing for ladies magazines and leave the marketing people to talk about things they know about.

Maybe you should stick to . . . whatever it is in the entertainment industry you do instead of constantly passing out advice to everyone else.

Either that, or stand behind what you say.

In this case, that would mean explaining exactly how it is that you consider an individual resident to be the same thing as an SL brand or logo.

Care to explain?

And you know what, Enabran - I'm sick of you dredging up everything I'm interested in and presenting it for hopeful mass denigration. I dare you to ever be where I am in my career in your own. AND I dare you to scrapbook even a tenth as well!

coco

P.S. My portfolio is not limited to women's magazines. (What was that, a lucky guess? Or do you scrape around for gossip more than I realized?) It also includes, for example, Reader's Digest.

P.S. While I'm at it, why don't you learn to be nicer? If I can give you sincere compliments on what you have done with your life, why is it you have to make fun of my life all the time? Not that that is even POSSIBLE really. The wonderful career I envisioned for you is actually gonna turn out to suck dramatically if you don't learn a little consideration for other people. One of these days you're gonna crap on somebody you wish you hadn't.

that was a fucking cheap shot.

Not only cheap, it was stupid. Plain stupid. He really needs to grow up and out of it.

coco

nods most certainly.

Branding isn't confined to logos, text, or names. In this case, part of the SL website branding is that particular assortment of unique avatars -- including Aimee. I've seen that for... a very long time. It's one of the many non-textual symbols that tells me I'm on the SL website, at a glance, in a heartbeat. Which makes it a pretty effective website brand.

Don't like my tone? Don't tell a broad with ten years in marketing that she doesn't know what she's talking about (especially when she's absolutely right in her explanation). You can whine as much as you want about your unfounded demands for a perfect and fair cocoanut world, but don't use an ignorant foot-stamping against someone who made an especially astute observation (one I wish I'd made, in fact).