The Chosen Ones Have Been Announced

That's neat.

I'd like you to accept your own premise about everyone you're talking about.

Oh right, because venue changes the entire complexion of the event...

You're right, but there's an angle you haven't considered, which is that the number of dimensions in which people can be better than others is huge.

For example, the fact that a person has a beautiful garden may mean they are good at gardening, but that does not necessarily mean that they are good at giving gardening advice. Teaching and giving advice is a skill in its own right - it requires working out what the other person's level and way of thinking is and working within it to express a point that maybe they don't understand. If you are an experienced gardener then you might be able to use their advice, but if you're a beginner you might be better going to see a gardening teacher, even if the teacher's garden isn't as good as the first person's.

Or, one example that most business types seem to clearly agree with - just because you're good at making things doesn't mean you're good at selling them.

Equally, just because a person is - for example - a superb scripter or builder does not automatically make them good at representing scripters, or builders, or indeed anyone else. That is not saying that they are not good at that, only that it remains unknown. I suppose you could point out that LL also have no representative for the non-creators who according to Philip make up 75% of the game..

WORD!!

Oh, but wait... I'm just an FIC Stooge.

And a tourist... TOURIST!

I am chosen...
























...last, usually, when it comes to sports in gym class.

Can we call this contest with all of its categories "The Godwin Awards"?

Ooh me too, but I want to be Curly.

gardening tips are for gardening. i don't screen a traffic engineer because it's highly unlikely i plan to route a four lane highway through my yard. by your logic i should not preclude that possibility. i can see exactly where you are heading. you are heading to paralysis through analysis.

Moments of clarity shoud be quoted in Arial Black, size 7, color: red.

where do i sign up?????

Damn! I would have just called it committee circle jerk. You have given me a new phrase to drop in my next extended team meeting. Wow!

Except LL have decided who they're going to use to further whatever aims they have, which are not necessarily the best for SL as a whole because they choose to pursue one narrow vision which applies to a tiny percentage of the game's playerbase, rather than thinking of ways to benefit everyone.

SL will have no economy if there are no consumers here - and those are the people that aren't being retained.

Lewis

p.s.

LEWIS WAS ROBBED!

Fucking Idiotic Conspiracy (theory)

Nolan- Of course... We don't get to vote on who runs or is hired by LL either. Are we at the point where we expect these to be nominated from the player base and elected into their positions as well? This is not a democracy.


Cocoanut- Joannah- Lewis- --
Why do I care? Because my blood boils whenever I see someone trying to deprive others of opportunities just because they don't understand or want those opportunities for themselves. (for example, same sex marriage).

--- from about 18 months ago, "VERY interesting and definitely worth keeping an eye on" ... "But far too complex to ever catch on. Seriously, they've got around 200 sliders just for personal appearance, no one is going to put up with that."

OMG ... that is so funny ... really, that is the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. ROFLMAO

if you are right, then there will be a huge demand out there for Nerd Life and you will be rich!!!

I can vouch for this. I know all of the Chosen Ones (fic loll), and can provide affidavits proving that they are not consumers. None of them have ever purchased products within SL, and all of them reject our Lord Christ and club baby seals.

I think, in short, since LL is a company interested in making a profit, they will choose whatever gets Lewis to give them more money.

If the dust in this thread is settling at all, I wanted to point one thing out: The individuals named by LL are actually in-world. They can be IM'd and might even respond to a courteous approach. The ones I spoke to last night were very gracious and open to suggestions for topics to raise once they meet with LL. I never got the idea that they were going with the intent of promoting their own personal agenda at all.

So the choice is to bitch and whine in this thread about it, or actually interact with the committee and see what their thoughts are. Of the two, I think the latter is by far the most productive but that's probably just me

Back to your regularly scheduled flame war.

Your point?

I'd still ask a gardener how to plant my clematis, and a mechanic when I should have my oil changed. Some small percent of the time they may be wrong, but overall, I think it's a safe bet to ask the guy at radio shack about single throw toggle switches.

Or, should we just cancel it all, not trust anyone, and crawl back into the ocean?

My post was focused on the future. You're still fixated on a done deal. Until we're playing Lewis Life, Linden Lab gets to choose and their the ones you have to convince.

OK.. I'm tired of beating this zombie horse.

its an art school thing.... vermillion, alizarin crimson, cadmium red medium light and dark, napthol red.... brick red... red-orange... maroon... burgundy.. etc.

Is that like British Tringo?