Question about prim addiction

So I think I'm suffering from Prim Addiction. (much like others who can fill a sim in their spare time)

I just ended up buying another 1024 because I didn't think having 75 free prims was enough of a buffer. So my questions are:

Is it always like this? Do we just keep buying land until we hit concierge level or go bankrupt?

Is there any way to have a prim intervention? Am I just greedy or is this typical?

You can never be too rich, too thin, have too many prims, or have too much hair or poseballs.

Sorry

When your RL bank/credit card statement gives you a rude reality check, then you will decide you have enough prims. Until then...

/me walks away muttering... concierge... bankruptcy...

It's not atypical, but it is ... indulgent. I mean, how much "stuff" do you need to have? Are you not happy with your current abode?

And the more space you have, the more you will want to fill it up. That is the danger of buying large houses - unless you have the land and disposable income to fill it up, you are going to be in a quandary when it starts to pinch your wallet.

People don't seem to realize how many prims you can fit into a small space. I rent some small studios (10x20) and people routinely blow the 100 prim limit. Even though that space can hold a bedroom and a living/dining room or kitchen or all three. Double the space, expect it to be routinely blown if you fill it up.

I did a custom job for a friend and built a 30x20 2-story house. I warned him that he would need more land because he would want to fill up the space. He didn't believe me, but eventually learned! And bought more land.

You should have what you are happy with, and what you can afford. But it comes with a price. So if you want to constrain your purchases because of a budget, constrain the size of your house first, that way when it is full, you might actually get the urge to STOP.

/me denies being an addict with an 465prim fence wich could be reduced to ~24-28prims total using textures instead for an half arsed build

Cristalle, boy did I need to read that. After just posting about "kitchens and baths" and debating about going with the "house of my dreams" or the freebie I found which is a nice home, but much smaller, this is a real smack of reality for me. I'd be saving a lot of prims on the house alone by keeping it to a 2/3 room space instead of the grand 5 room plus huge wrap-around deck which I am coveting.

Still might wind up breaking down and buying it, but you really have given me something to contemplate and I'm glad I haven't gone out and done anything stupid yet.

Good thing I spent all my money on land and need to wait for some stipends to come in!

I think prims - like children - are great as long as they're not your own. I'm building a castle right now and the sky's the limit. The shell alone is over 300 prims, and there's still lots of fun to be had.

I love prims, but I'm getting to respect textures more and more.

I fed my prim addiction a big hit this weekend...I sold my 8192 island home and bought (with some partners) a half sim. Over 7,000 prims! Wheeeee!

Of course, I don't get to KEEP very many of them. We're building for the incoming hordes.

I decided instead of going broke and being obsessed with land and prims to become obsessed with making my own textures.
That how I cured myself.

Back in the early days when I was evaluating Second Life as a potential business and first life marketing tool my land usage peaked at half a Sim at $125.00 per month. That gave me 7,500 prims of which I eventually used up.

I could never convince myself to make that last leap to a complete Sim, although on one occasion I came close when I could have purchased what I thought was an attractive mainland (first continent) Sim.

But as a previous poster said, my credit card statement and first life reality dawned, nowadays I am content to roam footloose and free as they say, enjoying the virtual air.

Finally I often thought Linden Labs could have trialled another tier level somewhere between $125 and $195 per month.

Hmmm... that's not prim addiction, that's prim abuse. Have you perhaps noticed that the cam is a little sluggish around that fence? That's a hell of a lot of geometry--lots of parameters to download, surfaces to render, etc--just for a fence. Some of us would see prims used that way to make a build, well... what's a good euphemism? "Quaint", perhaps. Anyway, the point is that there's just lots more to consider about the "SL quality" of a build than how good it looks. Indeed, unless the objective is to throw it up for a quick snapshot or some machinima, appearance is almost the least of it.

I just sized down out of my 1024 (down from 1500something a month or two ago) to a 35 (yes, 35) prim rental.

It's surprisingly freeing. I don't have much space to fill and I don't need many prims to fill it. It's a place to set my home to and open my boxes in and I realized I don't really need much more than that. I keep about 10 prims free for opening boxes and my couch's pose sets- but otherwise it's nice and cozy.

Prims are surprisingly addictive. When I had over 300 it never seemed like enough!

it's too bad there isn't a way to share prims across sims. My place is pretty well furnished, save for some landscaping, I have about 700 spare prims burning a hole in my pocket

Just bought one of those handy dandy Prim Rezzer thingies - spent a little time this weekend reclaiming prims and fighting the urge for more land

I'm so glad I'm not alone in my addiction!

My first space was 512, prefab rental space from someone a friend recommended (with good reason, 'cause he's awesome) ...I think my prim limit was 200-something. I said at the time that all I could possibly ever need was a place to get dressed and open boxes, a fugly little couch to sit on, and a painting of a naked lady to hang over said couch.

Famous last words.

My second space was a skybox, 400-something prim limit, but I rationalized that because I wanted to build my own home. The box itself was 23 prims, mind you... and then I got into making furniture, and knock-knacks, and do-dads, and what-nots, and before I knew it, I was bumping up against the prim limit regularly and shopping around for a bigger spot.

At this point, I own a parcel in Caledon and a private home space, 200+ prims on the first, 900+ prims on the second, I'm at the limit of what my budget can accept, and, lawd hep me, I'm flat out of prims on both. >_<

(I could edit and budget my prims, I could... i just haven't gotten around to it yet, that's all... I can quit any time I want! I don't have a problem! Honest! )

When I bought my first 1/8 of a sim I thought there was no way I could run out of all those prims. I was wrong

When I bought enough land to own 1/4 of Federal I thought there was no way I could run out of all those prims. I was wrong.

When I bought a sim I thought there was no way I could run out of prims (15,000!) I was wrong.

/me raises hand tentatively.....Hi, I'm Sunni Jewell, and I'm a prim addict. Yes, I admit it. I started out with a cute little rental house, and had a ball furnishing it. But soon, I wanted to "own" my own land. So, I started with a 1024...only $5/month tier. But......making it as pretty as I wanted it used a lot of prims. I now own a 4068 parcel for my home and a 1024 for my little store. I've learned to conserve prims, and try to keep 100 available on my home parcel, but I really like flowers and trees and that's where a lot of my prims go. Plus, 3 waterfalls on my land, and a grotto.......well, you can see the problem, I'm sure. I'm not totally redecorating for Christmas, which is actually using less prims because I took up my house and contents until after the holidays, and am living in just my skyhouse. I'm at the limit that I'm willing to spend in tier, but having a premium alt and all group-owned land actually makes it cheaper than owning what I own without the premium alt. I can certainly sympathise with anyone who suffers from prim addiction, although I think.........think, mind you...that mine is under control with what I currently have.

I need the bigger "home" because I use it to show my art. I have too much in the way of artwork created

Hi Annabelle. I can identify. From June '07 to today (5 months) I've gone from clueless newbie to 1 and a half sims plus an Island. I didn't buy the island, though, until the mainland properties started bringing in more income than my tier expense. So, if you're running a business, you can use "meets tier" as your goal before you expand. If it's just your residence, then make sure your expansion falls within what you consider a reasonable entertainment expense. If you enjoy it, and can afford it, then do it! You can always sell it and tier back down.

I've run in the same syndrome, i ended to buy a sim... but 15k prims aren't enough at all, so: yes, it is a neverending story.

I'm sad to say I like having a 1000 or more prim buffer...I just like the idea of being able to put down a bunch more stuff if I want. I think, for most people, money constraints will eventually convince you to stop buying land....or when you figure out what you most want to do with your land. I used to use up all my prims on fancy schmancy houses and landscaping, but now I've got a quarter sim with some water , trees, my defunct biz, and room for building.....and over 2000 prims to spare. I never used my houses anyway, and I love having the free prims and space for boating, flying and the semblance of privacy.

Annabelle, I was there. But, i jsut recently sold off some land, and lost a lot of prim usage. took a bit to get used to, but i'm okay now.

if i've been addicted to anything SL related, it's those damm prims. so i know wut you mean.

or texture there is no state known called "i have to many textures" it just does not happen

Yes, prim addiction is horrible, esp. as a builder.
I still remember blowing my first real earnings on finally buying that 25000m plot and building a huge 3000 prim palace... now i'm at 30000 prims, and i'm still running out of them...

Luckily, there are some great ways to reduce prims nowadays. Sculpties for furniture, megapims for large buildings, using the right textures etc.

The trick is to learn how to 'stretch your tier'.