i just logged in for the first time in a few months. i spent a half hour going from landmark to landmark, did some map-hopping, and even browsed the showcase. SL is like a GHOST TOWN!
WTF happened?
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Broseybrose Writer
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11-17-2008 22:32
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JeanGenie Jewell
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11-17-2008 22:35
what happened? You didn't look closely! there is a lot to do...use search and type -events- then choose!
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11-17-2008 22:38
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11-17-2008 23:23
Pretend you're Will Smith in I am Legend
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11-17-2008 23:38
GHOST TOWN! As we discussed at length in another recent thread on this same subject, it's a simple question of math. SL currently has about 2 billion square meters of land in it, and an average concurrency of around 50,000 people online at any given time. That breaks down to about 1.6 people per sim. To put that in perspective, every event that attracts 30 people does it by completely draining about 18 other sims. In order for the vast majority of the land not to be a ghost town, SL needs at least 30 times or so the active population it's got now. Either that, or remove 90% of the land (which is never going to happen). If you want SL to feel more crowded, ask yourself when was the last time you signed up a friend and got them involved with it? Pretend you're Will Smith in I am Legend Oh, you mean make the first 2/3 of it really good, and then at the end go "Wait a minute. The writers are all on strike and we still need to finish this sucker. I know, anyone got a hand grenade? Yeah, that would do it right quick. Because that ending the book had, the one that actually made sense, and was intelligent and meaningful, that's apparently too difficult for our feeble Hollywood brains to handle. Explosions are cheap and easy, and they require no writing, so let's just end with that." Wait, did I say that out loud? |
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11-18-2008 01:43
Quite a lot of SL mainland is a ghost town in a different sense. Most of the land in the sim I live in belongs to absentee owners who never log in. I have not seen any of my neighbours for months, two of them I've never seen at all!
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11-18-2008 03:18
i just logged in for the first time in a few months. i spent a half hour going from landmark to landmark, did some map-hopping, and even browsed the showcase. SL is like a GHOST TOWN! WTF happened? Showcase SUx! Use places search. That atleast gives you some sort of traffic count and how busy a place is. and no, not all the busy places are bots and campers either.. _____________________
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11-18-2008 04:56
is there anything worth doing in SL anymore? Why yes, you should come spend money at my store! If you're looking for something more exciting, you could do like this guy did and push bots out of skyboxes. http://slwtf.com/2008/11/02/thank-you-bot-farmer/ _____________________
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11-18-2008 05:03
And so the great problem is revealed: places are either deserted or there are too many avatars congregated together rendering a sim so laggy it is unacceptable. Famine or feast? Or maybe that latter situation should be better described as incipient indigestion.
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11-18-2008 05:15
oooo ... what I just saw! This is a GREAT place for the old "consecutive thread titles" game. Here are the first 4 thread titles:
- "Is there anything worth doing in SL anymore???" - "Attack on the road ...." - "Bot count ... " - "Escorting and stripping in SL" wow... I sure dont' have anything to add to that. What a wonderful place this forum is! He got his answers and didn't even have to open the thread! _____________________
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11-18-2008 05:16
and the fifth was "Ignore this thread.... " which is a worthwhile endeavor as well.
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11-18-2008 05:31
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11-18-2008 05:32
i just logged in for the first time in a few months. i spent a half hour going from landmark to landmark, did some map-hopping, and even browsed the showcase. SL is like a GHOST TOWN! WTF happened? There are normally allways people in my store and I see lots of people when I visit places and events in world so I have the completely opposite experience. More likely you are just out of touch of the popular hangouts and events.. Price you pay for being a PART TIMER! |
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11-18-2008 06:12
so how does the book end? i did thing the ending was too cliché, far too trite for my liking. if there is a 'real' ending out there id love to know!
Oh, you mean make the first 2/3 of it really good, and then at the end go "Wait a minute. The writers are all on strike and we still need to finish this sucker. I know, anyone got a hand grenade? Yeah, that would do it right quick. Because that ending the book had, the one that actually made sense, and was intelligent and meaningful, that's apparently too difficult for our feeble Hollywood brains to handle. Explosions are cheap and easy, and they require no writing, so let's just end with that." Wait, did I say that out loud? _____________________
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Annabelle Babii
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11-18-2008 06:20
In order for the vast majority of the land not to be a ghost town, SL needs at least 30 times or so the active population it's got now. Either that, or remove 90% of the land (which is never going to happen). Wait - you mean like everyone abandoning their OS sims? Never say never. _____________________
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Amaranthim Talon
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11-18-2008 06:25
<snip> feeble Hollywood brains to handle. </snip>" Wait, did I say that out loud? Hollywood? Mindless? Surely you jest! Witness their edifying contribution to recent US political happenings. _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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11-18-2008 06:45
Hollywood? Mindless? Surely you jest! Witness their edifying contribution to recent US political happenings. Don't you just wish actors would just act and STFU about everything else? I do. I don't need them to shape my opinions. In one sense it's too bad their guy won. With so many of them promising to leave the country if he didn't, the air quality in LA would have improved immensely if they had. Spare me from celebrity activists. |
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11-18-2008 06:49
Don't you just wish actors would just act and STFU about everything else? I do. I don't need them to shape my opinions. In one sense it's too bad their guy won. With so many of them promising to leave the country if he didn't, the air quality in LA would have improved immensely if they had. Spare me from celebrity activists. not...gonna...bite...must...resist...urge... Oh, look! shiny! *scurries off* _____________________
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Jerboa Haystack
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11-18-2008 06:51
On the OP, I guess it depends on what you find fun.
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11-18-2008 06:54
Don't you just wish actors would just act and STFU about everything else? A bit late to complain about ex-Presidents isn't it? Pep (But was he really an actor anyway?) _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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11-18-2008 07:08
A bit late to complain about ex-Presidents isn't it? Our the current Governor of a certain Western State. Brenda (I'll be back) |
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Pserendipity Daniels
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11-18-2008 07:11
Our the current Governor of a certain Western State. Brenda (I'll be back) He *definitely* isn't an actor! Pep (As he said when asked which classical composer he would like to portray "I'll be Bach"  _____________________
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Taylor Lubezki
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11-18-2008 07:12
Simply put.. SL is what you make it.. Don't rely on others to make your SL fun.
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11-18-2008 07:12
so how does the book end? i did thing the ending was too cliché, far too trite for my liking. if there is a 'real' ending out there id love to know! i thought he died from a spear in a fountain handing over the cure to someone...but then again that was a movie called omega man..i never read the book myself but thought that was what the movie was a remake from.. i rented the old version because i love to campaire remakes hehehehe Still..i like will smith as an actor and in music..i hate to see him die at all!! they need an ending like in Hancock because Will Smith should never die!!! _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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11-18-2008 07:21
i thought he died from a spear in a fountain handing over the cure to someone...but then again that was a movie called omega man..i never read the book myself but thought that was what the movie was a remake from.. i rented the old version because i love to campaire remakes hehehehe Still..i like will smith as an actor and in music..i hate to see him die at all!! they need an ending like in Hancock because Will Smith should never die!!! The Omega Man itself is a remake of "The Last Man on Earth" starring Vincent Price which was made in the early 60's, and is the best out of all of them, in my opinion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWm7lD3V3lE |
