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Friday Thread? Grid Hunts: Bane or Blessing?
Clarissa Lowell
Gone. G'bye.
Join date: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 3,020
03-11-2009 11:44
Sorry for the double post.

I've decided how I feel about this. Bane.

It *could* be a nice thing. But let's face it freebies abound. It leaves me assuming that this orchestrated effort to publicise a string of sims and pass out samples of their wares is therefore a *public relations exercise*.

If so - epic fail.

The purpose is to get warm pixels into the shops, right? As such they are invited guests, then, yes?

Do the shop owners involved in the sim hunts realise how some of the "ladies" running the hunts treat the guests?

Bitching at them in IM? Banning anyone who helps another hunter? Muting anyone who 'corrects' (Dares to!) an admin in the group chat? They'd rather send out the same, WRONG clue repeatedly, than be corrected. Bitching at bystanders who were not even talking to them, while in one of the shops? Because they expressed relief this location was easier? Forbidding people to help each other *in IM*? In short acting as if "all your SL are belong to us."

You can invite the guests, you can hide the prizes, but shouting at people in random sims "It's a HUNT! It's supposed to be HARD!" isn't winning any goodwill. Let alone new customers. And being 'leader of the hunt' does not make you de facto goddess of Second Life.

"Twenty minutes? That's nothing!" one said (when a guest dared to say she was exhausted and ready to quit)...Who has twenty minutes to fly around a shop looking for a freebie. Who wants to? Imposing that upon them, refusing them help from others (or you're BANNED?) is insane. Accepting an invitation to the hunt does not forfeit one's real life. That's a low budget horror film, not a relaxing pastime in an online game.

Have you forgotten, "ladies"? These are supposed to be FUN.
SweetDeb Kips
Lost in the Metaverse...
Join date: 9 May 2008
Posts: 67
03-11-2009 13:39
From: LittleMe Jewell
This - I am addicted to hunts, but hate the unpacking/sorting/etc.

Though lately I have not enjoyed the huge grid wide ones - the last few I have done, there were too many shop owners that seem to not really care about the quality of what they gave you. And there were way too many that were like finding a needle in a haystack. I do not mind having to look around the store to find something, but I do not want to search an entire sim for an itty bitty item that I have to practically be standing on to even see.


I agree 100% with this LittleMe... the last grid wide hunt was a bit tedius finding things, I got so frustrated spending time looking and never finding the prize... they were hidden too well. I got a bit disallusioned cause the quality was so awful too, I bet I only kept 10% of what I found, not sure I will do another...
Fool Follet
Registered User
Join date: 11 Mar 2009
Posts: 32
03-11-2009 13:49
Just made a group called "Hunts Suck."

It should appear in 24 hours. Its purpose is so that you CAN post hints and even prize locations in the group. It's so people can keep going not give up. It is also okay to say things in the group like if anyone has been a royal B to you.

Tired of these Bs treating hunters like three year olds all for asking for help. It's a GAME people.

So I hope anyone tired of walking on eggshells around those control freaks will join this group and feel free to get some ACTUAL help in there.
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