In an attempt to make Second Life more like Real Life, a blog post announced today that the new Release Candidate viewer would remove a number of Second Life features that Linden Lab considers "unrealistic".
"Nobody can fly in the real world," said Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon. "Second Life should mirror, as closely as possible, that real world experience."
Teleporting will also be eliminated. In its place, Linden Lab is implementing a network of virtual airlines, passenger ships, and railroads. "You'll soon be able to buy a ticket on one of these modes of transportation, and get to your destination in the same way you do every day today," Mr. Kingdon said.
Also slated for removal are the ability to control the time of day seen by the individual user, and the ability to "rez" or create new objects. Kingdon stated that residents would be able to buy pre-rezzed prims from authorized content providers, "just like going to Home Depot".
As Kingdon put it, "We want to make the Second Life experience more understandable, comfortable, and familiar to everyone".
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Lindal Kidd
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04-01-2009 09:40
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Ceera Murakami
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04-01-2009 09:42
*Smirks*
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eku Zhong
Apocalips = low prims
Join date: 27 May 2008
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04-01-2009 09:43
i hope bowel movements and passing of urine will also be added .. in the spirit of authenticity... as well as weight gain .. hair growth in various areas.. and farts with smells...
forget windlight .. give us windreal _____________________
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Aeneas Beaumont
*I* am adult content!
Join date: 11 Mar 2007
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04-01-2009 09:56
What... they forgot more realistic avatars? Beerbellies for every male?
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MortVent Charron
Can haz cuddles now?
Join date: 21 Sep 2007
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04-01-2009 09:59
i hope bowel movements and passing of urine will also be added .. in the spirit of authenticity... as well as weight gain .. hair growth in various areas.. and farts with smells... forget windlight .. give us windreal All but the smells are available in world, just have to have build permissions for some of it... You need to hit the mature filter to off on your search though to find the vendors... _____________________
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eku Zhong
Apocalips = low prims
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04-01-2009 09:59
oooh and a sofa and a remotecontrol?
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Ceera Murakami
Texture Artist / Builder
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
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04-01-2009 10:07
Oh, and don't forget that all existing accounts for any given user will be consolidated and replaced by a single account, labeled with your Real Name, with mandatory full ID verification including bodu measurements, accurate weight, and nude full-body photos from front, back and both sides, and detailed face and hand images, so the new Avatar Generation program can ensure your avatar looks JUST like the Real you, and not any different at all!
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Ceka Cianci
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Join date: 31 Jul 2006
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04-01-2009 10:34
will they be removing the name and calling it WoW also?
builders need fly..i need tp to get to my 2000 meter high in the sky home and photos are pretty much a lot nicer when you can adjust the light.. useless?? sounds like it would be a pain in the ass to get around.. _____________________
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Ceka Cianci
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04-01-2009 10:38
OK i just realized..this is april fools.. NICE TRY M!!!!!!
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Lindal Kidd
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04-01-2009 10:44
OK i just realized..this is april fools.. NICE TRY M!!!!!! Gotcha. _____________________
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Ceka Cianci
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04-01-2009 10:48
Gotcha. fool me once shame on you..fool me twice and.......................well yyu just can't get fooled twice is what i'm tryin to say _____________________
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Nika Talaj
now you see her ...
Join date: 2 Jan 2007
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04-01-2009 12:47
Dear Ms. Kidd,
*sighs* Yes, it's us again, the Lindens. Why must you constantly act out like this, forcing us to abandon our jacuzzi /////// bagels ////// er.... work! That's it, yes, WORK! Do you realize how many hours per day we spend answering stupid resident questions? We assure you, they WILL believe your ravings, and after the next RC I'm sure we will get JIRA reports that flying still works, and it should be disabled. As you know, many of us are communication-impaired, and if we can't get Torley to personally sit down with Massively to deny it, it probably will be easier for us to disable flying than put down the rumor. On the other hand, your suggestion to eliminate teleportation is a good one. Swift movement around the grid enables aggregation of avatars in sims, which is very inconvenient for our servers. So, starting with RC 1.23.1, new avatars will be randomly dropped into sims after birth, and will be restricted to the set of sims which they can reach by flying. We believe this will promote community by forcing people into closer interactions within smaller, more tightly-woven communities. Avatars who happen to be born onto isolated islands are SOL, and we will encourage residents to refer to this as being "Lindalled". It won't be all bad, though. Lindalled residents will probably create new alts, inflating subscription statistics. Mainland prices will, finally, rise as well, those being the largest land masses. So, thank you for the good idea, and we assure you that all of your accounts will be the first to lose flying abilities, should we find that necessary. Blessings on you, FeatureNazi Linden |
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Talarus Luan
Ancient Archaean Dragon
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04-01-2009 13:03
You forgot the platitudes "we're doing this to give residents more choice" and "we're giving residents more control over their Second Life experience".
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Lindal Kidd
Dances With Noobs
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04-01-2009 13:25
@ Tal: Careless of me.
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Brenda Connolly
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04-01-2009 13:33
You forgot the platitudes "we're doing this to give residents more choice" and "we're giving residents more control over their Second Life experience". You mean a "More Predictable" Second Life experience. _____________________
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Rene Erlanger
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04-01-2009 13:52
Nice April fools joke!
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Void Singer
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04-01-2009 17:25
and nude full-body photos from front, back and both sides, and detailed face and hand images, so the new Avatar Generation program can ensure your avatar looks JUST like the Real you, and not any different at all! I hope for the sake of some poor persons eyes that this process gets automated... =) _____________________
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Ponsonby Low
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04-01-2009 17:46
fool me once shame on you..fool me twice and.......................well yyu just can't get fooled twice is what i'm tryin to say Interesting. There had been that rumor that a Forums regular would be unmasked, today, as a Linden. Who'd have guessed that it wouldn't be an unmasking as a Linden, but as an ex-President! |
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Rebecca Proudhon
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04-01-2009 17:50
realistic police
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Oryx Tempel
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04-01-2009 18:01
Dear Ms. Kidd, *sighs* Yes, it's us again, the Lindens. Why must you constantly act out like this, forcing us to abandon our jacuzzi /////// bagels ////// er.... work! That's it, yes, WORK! http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index.php?module=see&lang=uk&code=9c39470632c4e7056b31941b2233ba65 |
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Ravanne Sullivan
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04-01-2009 18:54
Will we have to remove our prim shoes in teh virtual security screening lines?
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Malia Writer
Unemployed in paradise
Join date: 20 Aug 2007
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04-01-2009 20:29
The phrase "hoist by my own petard" (whatever that means) comes to mind. Ok... curiosity wins... had to look it up. Definitions of "hoist by one's own petard" on the Web: to be hurt, or destroyed by one's own plot or device, of one's own doing which one intended for another; to be "blown up by one's own bomb" en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoisted_by_my_own_petard _____________________
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