Is everyone ready for the coming avalanche?

I just read this this afternoon after coming home from work:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9093038&intsrc=hm_list

Looks like Intel is pushing for low end, cheap computers for every one in the world. And, despite those computers being only suitable for web surfing, email, and maybe basic word processing there will undoubtedly be quite a few attempt to run SL on those machines.

I can hear the whines and cries now.......my computer won't work with SL. They will try to convince us all that they should be able to have all the sliders maxed and still be able to play with 75 fps. And the chimers in.........it's going to comical.......LOL

There's gonna be an avalanche sooner than that - The Sims Online pulls the plug soon, in August I think. (cue confusion when people join who use the word "sim" to be the avatar, not the land). OTOH I don't know how many people play TSO. Maybe there's so few we won't even notice.

The actual last day of play is 7/31/08. There are thousands of players in the game. I am not sure how many of them will come to SL as most of them are against SL. LOL. But there are many such as my self that have come over. LOL. I have not played tso since they announced the sundown of the game have been playing SL ever since and I am so addicted. Confusion and all.

just ignore and let this one die ?

I recall looking up the specs on Wal-Mart's ultra-cheap $199 US computer, and the hardware appeared to be capable of running Second Life. It's so cheap because all the software- including the Operating System- is freeware.

The cheap computer hardware already exists. It's up to consumers to Just Say No to Microsoft.

P.S.: If there is going to be sudden, large-scale propagation of these low-end computers around the world, and there will be a demand for graphic virtual worlds like Second Life, the smart business person finds a way to fill that demand.

Its going to be a factor thats for sure.......But remember there is still THERE.COM for those taht don`t like SL


As I recall SL had a invasion of TSO it was back in Late Dec 2004 to Feb 2005...Many cam over during that time era.

Cheap....... Free OS based systems have been around for years In Japan longer then that. No real News Here.....




Hehheh can it happen? Not on this forum anymore

Attempt to take that astonishing notariety away from the most posted to thread in SL foum history? NEVER!!!!

Rha lives forever..............LOL

LOL TSO had two times I can recall while there where people left en masse to come to different places.

First time everyone ran to There.com. (My main account already tried SL out when that had happened in 03) Then it was around Oct. 04 (When I came the second time) when it started up again.

TSO always seemed to have disgruntled players and the lag was horrible so it was easy for people to run off all at once. Something kept us coming back though. Had to be the people because you got bored taking your toon to the bathroom, shower, sleeping, etc over and over again.

Those eras of TSO players going in to the game indeed where intersting ones.....Then again 2004 was not one of the best times to enter second life. Lag was really bad at that stage 1.5 client wasnt one of the best clients ever done. But then again 1.6 and 1.7 were even worse ehehhe

hehehe leeto Fisher Price boxes!

omgomg That's what the big SL5B announcement is going to be 'TSO & SL Merge!'

We'll have to eat and pee and burn pizzas and can't be emo anymore!

The first thing I wondered on my first time in here was if we had to go to the bathroom, eat, etc like on TSO. That was my first MMO and I figured SL surely was the same. lol

But yeah, 04 had the worst viewer so far. Of course they are not done yet.. you never know how bad the next will be.

LD Ms ss u?

BTW.. anyone wondering what the above means it is ingredients to make pizza in the TSO pizza game.

LD = Large Dough

Ms = Medium Sauce

ss = small sauce.

Strange i ask that same questen to someone and they told me the toliet is all around you. Hheheh

Second Life was my second online game.....played another for awhile then left..

Client buildts hasnt been LLABS best foot forward at times.But as you said we are not even done yet the worse is yet to come

My online games in order:

TSO>SL>There>TSO>SL>TSO>SL>Guild Wars while playing SL too. I have not been to too many, so with all the lag of TSO and the poor graphics and loneliness in There I pretty much just sit by when SL starts to fall apart and wait for the band aid to be put on the servers. hehe

You really bounced to and from the two game.......BTW why is TSO closing?

I lasted the free trial month visiting a friend who lived in TSO.
I had only played fps online,
It took me forever to learn to stand still in SL, even now I have my Always Run moments hah

Yeah, I would get mad at one and go to the other. lol

TSO is closing because EA has decided it has run it's course. They pulled the plug on development right after opening it up to free accounts and merging the cities to one map.

Just another one of those EA moves that hurts the customers.

Played TSO for about 3 days and thought........There was worse.......PE was nothing but a UI nightmare.

LOL I still do that too. Especialy now that the up arrow activates run in the new RC. I just take off for no reason.

I followed friends to and from TSO and SL. Like a ping pong ball back and forth. TSO was incredible during the beta. The bugs were the best part! lol

Wait, wasn't some competitor in shining armour supposed to come along and pwn SL?

TSO is doing it wrong






As for the mad inrush of noobs: let's face it, we are like email users in the 1970's.

That first wave is going to be so big, when it finally comes to cyberspace it will be cresting up in the clouds...

*lays foundation of Respublica Blingtardia, for it is a given now*

LOL TSO was out first though. I think SL was supposed to be the knight in shining armor that was to pwn it. And well.. I guess it did.

i'm using my old WinME as a slave for text, emails and Sleek. if i can get a newer, faster, bigger memory puter for cheap like that, and use it as a slave and dump this ME (or is that M.F.) i'm going to. don't need graphics for a slave. just need ram.

I was there then. All that pinata bashing to take advantage of that bug. All those hours building skills; by the time I had them I was kind of bored with the whole thing. I liked making pizzas for a while...I did have a nice Morrocan hotel on an island. When it came time to pay to play I dropped out.

Oh man.. the pinata bug rocked. Also the bug where when you were coding and someone jumped off right before the pay out you got payed max everytime.

I was in Jolly Pines and played a toon named The Edge. We played for awhile after it went pay to play. I still can't believe we bought the special collector's edition game box. Boy, that was dumb. lol

Oh yeah I had forgotten about the coding thing. I'm kind of chagrined to think about how much time I spent on it. For a while I had two accounts running on side by side computers...