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Raymond Figtree
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08-31-2007 09:51
From: Kira Cuddihy
/me taps her finger on her cheek and wonders what a "premium zone" is. Haven't heard about that one yet. Please explain if you care too.
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errUh Oh
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08-31-2007 09:53
From: Raymond Figtree
Can I have your helicopter?


i wouldnt give you the time of day Mister - im liquidating my assets through yardsales and cashing out :)
Raymond Figtree
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08-31-2007 09:58
From: errUh Oh
i wouldnt give you the time of day Mister - im liquidating my assets through yardsales and cashing out :)
Sorry the bullies got to you. I just complain and give them more money every month.
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Oryx Tempel
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08-31-2007 10:01
From: Ashlynn Dawn
All those returning to school this month or next have gone back to basic, who needs 300L a week when you have homework, sheesh.



Who needs homework when you've got L$300/week and hot babes all over the grid?
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Ashlynn Dawn
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08-31-2007 10:09
From: Oryx Tempel
Who needs homework when you've got L$300/week and hot babes all over the grid?



Hey, they can get those hot babes for free dunchaknow!! AND if they spend the same on premium in buying lindens instead they get MORE than 300L, just no land. So..the LL mafia is going to come gun me down for saying that out loud arent they. :eek:
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Ciaran Laval
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08-31-2007 10:14
Ashlynn Dawn sleeps with the fishes ;)
Oryx Tempel
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08-31-2007 10:22
From: Ciaran Laval
Ashlynn Dawn sleeps with the fishes ;)


With all those dead avatars from the ghost thread. So THAT'S where LL dissenters go...
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Ashlynn Dawn
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08-31-2007 10:24
*sniffles* I dun wanna sleep with the dead avs and fishes and ghost prims and crabs that wander around under water far far away from their owners.
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Raymond Figtree
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08-31-2007 10:29
From: Ashlynn Dawn
*sniffles* I dun wanna sleep with the dead avs and fishes and ghost prims and crabs that wander around under water far far away from their owners.
You had to bring up crabs, didn't you? /me starts going through the five stages of grief all over again. :(
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Wildefire Walcott
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08-31-2007 10:29
From: Uvas Umarov
Looks like the stipend payout was down 38,000,000L for the month of August. Divide that by 300L and you get 126,667 less premium accounts in August than July.

Is this just a glitch, or the beginning of the end?

Um, you remember that stipend is paid 4 times a month, right (in other words, try dividing by 1200)? Also, stipend ranges from 300-500 depending on when you started, however there are far fewer people at the 500 level.

EDIT: Also, the other poster is right, it really depends on how many Tuesdays are in a month.
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Ashlynn Dawn
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08-31-2007 10:31
From: Raymond Figtree
You had to bring up crabs, didn't you? /me starts going through the five stages of grief all over again. :(


Rutroh, as long as you dont put a hit out on me like LL surely is going to, I will go find joo wittle crab. *starts looking under ghost prims and floating land bots*
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Ashlynn Dawn
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08-31-2007 10:31
From: Wildefire Walcott
Um, you remember that stipend is paid 4 times a week, right (in other words, try dividing by 1200)? Also, stipend ranges from 300-500 depending on when you started, however there are far fewer people at the 500 level.


4 times a week?!! Holy crap I got the short end of the stipend stick! You mean month I hope!
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Brenda Connolly
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08-31-2007 10:32
From: Raymond Figtree
Sorry the bullies got to you. I just complain and give them more money every month.

Gimme your money. All of it. Or I'll give you a Pink Belly and a Noogie.
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Raymond Figtree
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08-31-2007 10:33
From: Ashlynn Dawn
4 times a week?!! Holy crap I got the short end of the stipend stick! You mean month I hope!
Be nice to Wildefire. Pointing out her typos results in extra spankings.
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Raymond Figtree
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08-31-2007 10:34
From: Brenda Connolly
Gimme your money. All of it. Or I'll give you a Pink Belly and a Noogie.
Mom! Brenda took my tier money again!
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Ashlynn Dawn
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08-31-2007 10:35
From: Raymond Figtree
Be nice to Wildefire. Pointing out her typos results in extra spankings.


Is that a bad thing? :p
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Wildefire Walcott
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08-31-2007 10:37
Anyway, they publish the number of premium accounts in the monthly key metrics (they're always released one month after the data therein... we'll have to wait til the end of September for this month's metrics).

But take a look at July's numbers! For the first time ever, premium memberships DID go down, from an all-time high of 94,607 to 88,797.

Let's see what August's numbers tell us when they're finally released.

Link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pxbDc4B2FH96kmmllbXG0Ew&gid=6
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Raymond Figtree
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08-31-2007 10:37
From: Ashlynn Dawn
Is that a bad thing? :p
Good point. /me browses Wildefire's old posts in search of typos to point out.
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Oryx Tempel
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08-31-2007 10:38
From: Ashlynn Dawn
Rutroh, as long as you dont put a hit out on me like LL surely is going to, I will go find joo wittle crab. *starts looking under ghost prims and floating land bots*


Don't crabs EAT dead people? Sheesh, Raymond, maybe if you FED Sideways, he wouldn't wander off to eat necrobots...
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Wildefire Walcott
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08-31-2007 10:38
From: Ashlynn Dawn
4 times a week?!! Holy crap I got the short end of the stipend stick! You mean month I hope!

LOL. Fixed. :P
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Wildefire Walcott
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08-31-2007 10:40
From: Raymond Figtree
Good point. /me browses Wildefire's old posts in search of typos to point out.

It's been a while since I used the spiked paddle...
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Ashlynn Dawn
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08-31-2007 10:42
From: Wildefire Walcott
LOL. Fixed. :P


Well shoot, I guess that means I shouldnt submit the ticket I was making asking where my other lindens were then huh. Draaaats! ;)
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Desmond Shang
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08-31-2007 10:43
Supply Linden is the "fine adjust" - the thing that keeps the currency at a stable value but isn't one of the big economic levers.

Coarse adjusts might be the speed at which land is printed, land tier (nothing says it will stay at a fixed value), stipends, all that stuff.

So while seeing Supply Linden decline when all else stays equal is notable, think of this too: they pulled a reeeeally big coarse lever when they increased private island prices last November.

Drop land prices overall and Supply Linden's sales will jump like a rabbit, methinks.

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As for premium signups, land rental might be impacting that in a big way.

However, indirectly, I think it's just a market shakeout. For instance, for every 20 or so people that don't need to be premium by renting from me, I'm spending 295/mo on a sim. Call that 14.75/mo on average that the Company gets.

Sure, they would make a bit more on average from Premium + mainland ownership. But also, there are many that wouldn't even bother with land unless there were places like nice rentals. A drop in Premium is telling the success story of zoned land, the way I see it.
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Oryx Tempel
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08-31-2007 10:53
I just want to take this opportunity to mention that a new sim named Oryx has come up for auction. Someone up there loves me! I haven't seen it because I'm at work, but you all will have to tell me if it's pretty.
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Brenda Connolly
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08-31-2007 10:54
From: Oryx Tempel
I just want to take this opportunity to mention that a new sim named Oryx has come up for auction. Someone up there loves me! I haven't seen it because I'm at work, but you all will have to tell me if it's pretty.

I wonder if it has snow on it?
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