Stagecoach Island defects to ActiveWorlds

That would be great, if you could go in and be both DM and player... but no, unfortunately. Which is why I'll always be bored with games like that.

It's possible for them to steal your textures direct Cubey/Torrid, not screen caps but perfect copies, so don't discount it as a possibility (It's not an exploit before anyone panics but it's do-able).

I imagine really this isn't malovent, just lazyness. Whoever got tasked with converting it probably wasn't even aware of any of the contracts or agreements, they just did their job of converting the content. Even if they had suspicious they probably aren't in any position to be asking questions of the management and will just blame it on communication ("They told me to convert everything".

What a black eye for Linden Lab.

I am not sure the markt is all that different, I would say there is a lot of cross over between various games, and SL is marketed to the gamer audience. I know with NWN you could du such things, but I don't knw about DDO. I have only preordered it, I have not played it yet lol

Forget I gave a shit Cubey.

Most 'gamers' I know are very disappointed in the 'gaming' aspect of SL. At first the freedom and flexibility have gamers thinking and drooling. Then lag, physics and other things kill their hopes. SL is like MS Works, its does alot of things but not alot of things very well.

As far as DDO, I was testing that for awhile but havent been back lately. I hope they worked on their combat system as it was a fast blurr and not exciting. It was so fast you had to scroll through your logs to see what happened. And even so fast that spell casters bitched because battles went so fast they couldnt get off alot of spell and felt uninvolved and uneffective. It will pull some people from WoW but I dont know if in the long run it can even compete. I hope it can because I was an old paper and pen D&D'er myself.

WTF? I am no more asking questions than anyone else here. Don't talk to me like this, its rude and I won't accept it.

Learn a little tolorance for other ppl's ways of getting their opinion out. It's not "drama" its an honest opinion. Just because I didn't phase it the way you thought I should you get all "dramatic" on me. Kettle Black.

I asked the questions I felt needed to be asked for clarification and I gave an opinion. We can't all be perfect so learn a little torerance. Jake talked about legal issues NOT me.

I might not always phrase things the way ppl think I should or give the raa raa LL cheerleader responces ppl think I should. But they can seriously count on my always giving ppl an honest opinion reguardless of the bs flack like this. That I might add is all to often. And should of been stopped by LL long ago. My name is not Prok. its Mar but you can also call me Cat which is no fooking secret either.

What did you expect me to do? Go cry in a corner and ask someone to hold me. Hell no you pissed me off your way out of line. Big accomplishment today Cubey; congrats I'm sure by talking down to me you scored points with some fourm bad asses. Well big deal you talked down to someone, your a big man now arn't you.

Hows that for fricken drama.

I was supporting you but somehow you felt differently. Yeah right. Fuck me when I point out the negative and fuck me when I show support. No wonder I don't post much anymore.

Have a nice Day Cubey.

The original comment about DDO came from Jake - it has nothing to do with the thread at hand, but it has ended up being a side discussion. There is no point related to the topic, it's just a sidebar thing.

Yes, thanks for the clarification and screenshots, Cubey. That's really a shame.

To echo Beryl's thoughts, I think this situation is a good lesson for all content creators. Unless you're willing to sign away your IP rights (via work-for-hire contract or the like) please protect yourself and your creations. I think in earlier days aggressively defending your rights was thought to be antithetical to the communal spirit of SL (it was a different world). But with the recent surge in both population and popularity and the interest of large corporate clients in extending their presence into the virtual world, the need to leverage a specialized talent pool (all of you) will only become greater.

You're talented and you've got good stuff. Get compensated appropriately and be aggressive in protecting your rights when providing content to a third party (or the first party as the case may be). Retain a lawyer if you can afford it, but if you can't, seek advice from someone experienced in contract negotiations (small business owners, freelancers of any sort: designer, musician, etc.). And be willing to walk away from a deal if you can't come to a suitable agreement. There will be more.

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With regards to the thread's tangent: I downloaded the DDO Beta - what server, what class, and where should i meet ya'll?

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Nicola

I'm curious too. I've hotlined it.

Nice post on the hotline, Ricky. I'll be interested in LL's response.

Well said Ricky I will be keeping an eye on that topic

Mar

'intelligent choices' Chip? Like 'not with a ten foot bargepole after the SI affair'?

*sigh* It's so damn depressing the way disaster follows crisis to be succeeded by clusterfcuk with such monotonous regularity.

I think I'll go sit in my sim and eat worms...

stop giving figures from thin air all the time. your credibility is now negative two thousand.

As that post seems to have vanished into thin air, so, too, shall this one.

coco

hehe, that would definitely be one possible choice. I think Bedazzle got a fair deal, but from what I'm hearing about what the other vendors were offered I'd probably have said no thanks even before any of this came to light.

Just a gentle reminder, please keep the conversation on-topic and civil!

So, if I'm understanding you correctly, things like the attached should be rezzed in-game and not placed on the forums? Or is this protected speech?

Q: who made the chess set? is it a copy of or use parts of Xylor's chess set? was his permission granted to use it? If not they are in violation of the GPL.

Moi?

Hmmm, what's wrong with eating wurms anyway?

You didnt fry them.

Xylors chess set is one fine piece of work.

MM

Really... I wondered why Wells Fargo bothered in the first place.

SL isn't a practical platform for what they were/are trying to accomplish.

If they were able to package their own AW client, then that would be much more suitable for their purposes.

Which is a false number anyway. Users who leave Second Life entirely are not subtracted from that number, so it never shrinks, only grows.

Um What is Active Worlds please. I am 58 and clueless. Ty for your consideration lol