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Judy Brodie

Divinational Sweetie

Join date: 20 Apr 2004

Posts: 138

07-04-2005 16:52

I could see how it is afew propertys here or a few properties there but lately I have noticed that A LOT of land is coming up for sale like wild fire. Is there something going on? It seems everywhere i go I am seeing like half a sim or more for sale.

Buster Peel

Spat the dummy.

Join date: 7 Feb 2005

Posts: 1,242

07-04-2005 17:56

Planned changes to auctions and talk of tier formula changes.

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Ulrika Zugzwang

Magnanimous in Victory

Join date: 10 Jun 2004

Posts: 6,382

07-04-2005 18:18

It's a bad time to be a land baron.

~Ulrika~

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Ardith Mifflin

Mecha Fiend

Join date: 5 Jun 2004

Posts: 1,416

07-04-2005 19:02

I just tiered down and shed nearly 10k in land, but it wasn't motivated by the recent changes but by coincidental real life concerns. I had to begin paring down noncritical expenses, and unfortunately SL is first at the chopping block. Two of my nieghbors also tiered down or will be tiering down. One tiered down for unrelated reasons, and another is planning to tier down and get an island.

Jeska Linden

Administrator

Join date: 26 Jul 2004

Posts: 2,388

07-05-2005 10:13

Moved to "Land and the Economy" Forum for further discussion.

blaze Spinnaker

1/2 Serious

Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

07-05-2005 10:28

Zowie.

Islands are canabalizing mainland sales which is creating instability and froth (to borrow a term).

This is creating confusion in the marketplace and people are moving to the sidelines to wait it out.

Prediction: LL will put a stop to renting.

Sorry folks, but I can see no other alternative.

It's either that or they see their whole contigous mainland fall to pieces.

It's funny, though, because the island landlords are doing a better job of being LL than LL is (zoning, themed builds, land scaping, etc).

Very very interesting times.

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Alan Kiesler

Retired Resident

Join date: 29 Jun 2004

Posts: 354

07-05-2005 14:23

There are those of us who *do* rent, which do so purely to get away from the mainland. More reasons for that than there are such islands I'm sure, mine is privacy.

Also, since I've rented well before the island deeding, I'd have no problem going back to that as long as I had access to the original toolset that was available at the start. Or I'd just buy it from the person I'm renting from, but that's not happening anytime soon.

A more likely prediction is that LL may slow down or speedup the new land rollout (for auction anyway) based on the amount of sellable land available. Also perhaps they may consider released land goes toward new First Land plots, when possible (perhaps a small incentive for that would help). These two suggestions alone would free up new servers toward the rolling upgrades of the older sims (perhaps including islands, for a small fee?).

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Judy Brodie Divinational Sweetie Join date: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 138	07-04-2005 16:52 I could see how it is afew propertys here or a few properties there but lately I have noticed that A LOT of land is coming up for sale like wild fire. Is there something going on? It seems everywhere i go I am seeing like half a sim or more for sale.
Buster Peel Spat the dummy. Join date: 7 Feb 2005 Posts: 1,242	07-04-2005 17:56 Planned changes to auctions and talk of tier formula changes. /3/e4/51842/1.html /3/e9/51984/1.html
Ulrika Zugzwang Magnanimous in Victory Join date: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 6,382	07-04-2005 18:18 It's a bad time to be a land baron. ~Ulrika~ _____________________ Chik-chik-chika-ahh
Ardith Mifflin Mecha Fiend Join date: 5 Jun 2004 Posts: 1,416	07-04-2005 19:02 I just tiered down and shed nearly 10k in land, but it wasn't motivated by the recent changes but by coincidental real life concerns. I had to begin paring down noncritical expenses, and unfortunately SL is first at the chopping block. Two of my nieghbors also tiered down or will be tiering down. One tiered down for unrelated reasons, and another is planning to tier down and get an island.
Jeska Linden Administrator Join date: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 2,388	07-05-2005 10:13 Moved to "Land and the Economy" Forum for further discussion.
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	07-05-2005 10:28 Zowie. Islands are canabalizing mainland sales which is creating instability and froth (to borrow a term). This is creating confusion in the marketplace and people are moving to the sidelines to wait it out. Prediction: LL will put a stop to renting. Sorry folks, but I can see no other alternative. It's either that or they see their whole contigous mainland fall to pieces. It's funny, though, because the island landlords are doing a better job of being LL than LL is (zoning, themed builds, land scaping, etc). Very very interesting times. _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Alan Kiesler Retired Resident Join date: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 354	07-05-2005 14:23 There are those of us who do rent, which do so purely to get away from the mainland. More reasons for that than there are such islands I'm sure, mine is privacy. Also, since I've rented well before the island deeding, I'd have no problem going back to that as long as I had access to the original toolset that was available at the start. Or I'd just buy it from the person I'm renting from, but that's not happening anytime soon. A more likely prediction is that LL may slow down or speedup the new land rollout (for auction anyway) based on the amount of sellable land available. Also perhaps they may consider released land goes toward new First Land plots, when possible (perhaps a small incentive for that would help). These two suggestions alone would free up new servers toward the rolling upgrades of the older sims (perhaps including islands, for a small fee?). _____________________ Timothy S. Kimball (RL) -- aka 'Alan Kiesler' The Kind Healer -- http://sungak.net No ending is EVER written; Communities will continue on their own.