While thousands of free accounts are online....

so I am a goofy playing kiddie

and not a serious developer with a real business and a job to do?

ok *makes mental note*

I get paid to build the place, what they do with it isn't my concern.

I am not trying to flame you.. I am serious when I say this. With you being a sim owner you have lots more support then most of us. There is not much we can do to help you from here. If there were a vote on NPIOF residents being allowed in during this time I would happily join your cause. That is just fair. Possibly you could file a jira if that is allowed asking for people to vote with you on this?

Otherwise, hit up the high level support you get with your membership level. Maybe if enough of you go after them about it the chance could come that it passes. Philip was the one that insisted that all be allowed at all time and took your money in the meantime. Maybe M. Linden can change this NPIOF system some.

Good luck.

yes I have messages enabled

if the adverts cost money then I can not do it, as I said already paying out of pocket just to keep it in world, money I really should not be spending, but it is my entertainment so I keep it

I am not online at the moment so not me breaking SL

Actually, I think its you that isnt reading, bit its ok. If you had even a clue how much I once put into this world through premium and land you might understand Im not some clueless free account holding twit who is flaming. I also said if you need to feel this way, then go right on ahead and feel it. I wont feel guilty for not paying premium when I dont need land and the other 'features' that a premium account holder needs. I will go right on supporting SL and its developers my own way.

Nope nope, its things that are free. Of course, that isnt a very popular word around here so Ima just message you lol

Sounds like she'd like Non Concierge Premiums Throttled as well. Well at least she didn't use the word "Metaverse"

That's what the people who built the death camps said.

That's right! I Godwined this bitch!!

Had you suggested logging off "No Payment Info on File Accounts" only, you might have got a better response. The fact is, as I have said, Basic users with payment info on file are the ones who contribute the most to the community financially - Premium users contribute to LL's coffers instead.

What you fail to realise is that your large corporate clients rely on business from Basic accounts too; their customers are your customers - that's how business works. If you haven't learned that then your business is doomed to fail in the long run.

what if they did change it to restrict non premium members during specific times when load is high

would you then feel the need for that feature?

honestly I am surprised they have not done this yet, there are a lot of die hard SL users that would go premium just for premium access

lol sounds good thanks

Name five.

If they ever announced that I, for one, would be away off into the distance before they'd finished speaking. SL isn't sufficiently stable to warrant paying just to log on.

If wagering were legal, I would wager that ALL of the "BOT's" used to boost traffic are NPIOF. Get rid of the "BOT's" the problem goes away!!!!

I used to pay for premium and had a bit of land. When SL started tanking more then it was up awhile back I quit paying the premium. Instead I ended up with more land from an Island owner for less tier and found buying lindens when I want was a very good option. I never did get good support as a premium person and from what I see that still holds mostly true.

The value for me is on staying basic and buying lindens and renting when I need to. Other's mileage may vary.

they can name themselves
besides the userbase here on the forums is a small portion of the users in SL and I am sure there are at least 5 ppl here be they posters or lurkers that would upgrade to premium if they did do something like restrict non premium accounts during peak usage

not up to me to figure out who they are

QFT. Let the grid stay healthy for a week and then we can start talking about paying for access.

*buzzer* nope sorry. thats still not enough to entise me. I have been here for over a yr and if I was able to tell you how many exact hrs I have been here I would. but let me point this out Ive got aquired inventory that stretches back farther the 9k hrs ago I spend 14hrs or more here daily. I am a basic account that is an estate manager. so what then? still want to limit us??? and I am ranting and sorry to the rest of the people. Got to stay away from these things there addicting

She never said "non-premiums" or "basics" though, just "free accounts" and "people who don't pay or contribute".

Whenever I see someone argue against free accounts I'll just assume it's going to be about NPIOFs since they likely account for half of the active accounts and it's the obvious group to put restrictions on.

It just feels like some payment info basic account posters have a tedency to overreact when it comes to "free accounts" (not just referring to this thread, it happens whenever "free accounts" come up) and it just makes discussion impossible.

First of all I'm a Jew and I had relatives who never came out of those camps and comparing what I do to what was done by Nazi is very offensive to me.

If people can't understand paying for an account and not paying for one why should I bother with explaining it?

Oh someday I might go premium again, though I still feel bad for those that got stuck with less weekly Ls in their accounts with premium...500L was perfectly fine dagnabit. I just dont need a lot of land right now as I dont spend much time in world as it is. When I do, its supporting content creators (ok ok its supporting a shopping addiction I know) and enjoying time with friends. This is a social world, I hope people never forget that. You lose that aspect of it and what is left? Get rid of all the non premium and just who would help pay the premium users so they could pay their premium? The list goes on and on...now bots. Bots I could handle seeing gone. Bots are no fun in social settings at all!!

i used to have two paid up pre-meeeeum accounts.

LL sucks bad lately, so now they have two less paid up pre-meeeeeum accounts on the books.

/me whips off her pants and waves them in salute.

Add me to seperating NPOIF's from Basics in these discussions. It snobbery and elitism.

"Free account" means "not Premium".

Explain it to Linden. THEY are the ones who allow free accounts.

I'm focusing purely on the non personal part of this post, because personal issues shouldnt be at play (in any way, from any poster, its just not in the point of it all)

Ever think that maybe you arent quite understanding it either? You are simply seeing things from your side of the fence...a place many of us have been and decided it wasnt worth standing on. Try for a moment to imagine being a player that isnt paying premium for a multitude of reasons, no need at all for land being one of them which is the 'big perk' to premium as it was to me. However, I put just as much in as I would have when paying premium.

You dont have to bother explaining it, I think most of us understand where you are coming from but are just eager for you to understand where we are coming from as well.

Hopefully the server issues are resolved and you can get back to work soon...good luck with it.

my comment was premium and estate owners (so you would be included in that paying directly to SL group)

*shrug*

what does it matter, I do not run SL, so what I think doesn't matter