Lords and Peasants

Why didn't you check out my shop instead of writing this? I gave Enabran a landmark to my shop, and he accepted it - an hour before he wrote this.

coco

I make stuff.. I give it away.. I never ask for a penny.. Im piss poor in SL.. but Im no pesant > : (.. there are no lords, just inflated egos.. ugh I hate classism

You're a bohemian. Leave class for the small minded. Creative types are above it.

C'mon you guys, I thought Enabran and myself had successfully derailed this class-war last night and crashed it into the SL-TV train wreck.

I was going to respond w/ my own post, but Annahs post pretty much sums me up so I'll use it

There are tons of things I still have to learn, when I feel driven to do so. I doubt anyone has seen the few things I have made and have a shop for in SL, but since I just learned to do what I HAVE done, I'm quite pleased with myself. I am certainly not a 'LORD', and in no way feel like a 'peasant'.

Landmarks, like textures, auto-accept.

In any case, I was in the midst of discussions in Gibson and didn't feel like disengaging to look at houses for tinies.

I can't fit in the dam things

I dont know what all the fuss is about, I am a "Noob" and I have no problem getting my hands on money. Then again, my RL husband is one of these lords you speak of.

there is no lords!!!!

I think that's part of the charm. You have to be a tiny, you see.

Is anyone a tiny anymore?

Farking Marxists, the lot of you! Didn't we get rid of all you ivory tower, classist, pinko academics during the last purges?

Enabran, for someone who claims to be so offended by ignorance (in the sense of lack of knowledge about something), you certainly go to great lengths to remain willfully ignorant.

Not only do you scarcely know a damn thing about what I make, you actually seem to think you get to tell ME what I make. I don't only make houses for Tinies.

coco

But you do make some houses for tinies.

You failed to take into account the scheduled downtime when any thread on the first 2 pages is considered current and fair game.

If you try to be successful with an optomistic approach then your bound to get to your goal... if you dont then it just wasnt to be and at least you can say youve tried.

BUT if you always tackle things with a negative approach then you may aswell not bother. Cause i can guarantee failure rules negativity.

example.. I joined SL and had no coding/scripting experience what so ever. Less than 2 weeks into SL i started to mess with freebie scripts cos i so much wanted to be able to script. less than 4 weeks into SL i started scripting a major project which i think even the veteran scripters havnt latched onto doing. And anything script wise that people ask me to do or i decide to do myself i go to it hammer and tongs and i always feel that it can be done. Im very optimistic and that is what has driven me from being someone that says "I wish i could do that" to someone that say "I can do that... no sweat"... with a little bit o f patience and drive anything is possible. BTW im just reaching 2 months age in SL now and i feel my skill in scripting is more like 1 year. Ive learnt so much in such short time because of the want and need to be successful.

Hope that inspires you guys that are sat there whining, all curled up with your hot cup of coco and your furry slipper

Damnit, thats what I get for being at work and not knowing the status of the grid.

Maybe they should add levels.

You have defeated a Torley beast! You gain 5000XP! You have looted: Money Ball (EMPTY)

You forgot:

Your reputation shifts -10 toward Evil.

Lords and Peasants do not exist in Second Life for two reasons:

1) Social mobility: All residents are able to encounter each other.

2) Upward mobility: Nothing prevents residents from educating themselves and acquiring experience, or applying their RL education and experiences, and using this to move along an "upward" path within Second Life. How a resident wishes to measure their upward path is entirely up to them.

Jamie (James) lets not forget about "certain" people that pull the wool over peoples eyes selling junk for 2K "How do you word it, "Highway Robbery" =/

But how much would you be willing to pay for it? L$5? L$10? L$100? L$250?

I've only seen one event charge L$250 for entrance and that was the SL Linden Auction, and that was being attended by people ready to drop L$100K+ at the event.

The reason I mention this is right now simulators only hold a limited amount of people, and a lot of these people attending event do not have that kind of money.

Let's take, for example, an entrance fee of L$50. Let's even assume you manage to pack a sim full of 40 AVs

40 AVs @ L$50 a head = L$2000

In my personal opinion, L$2000 does not even begin to cover the costs of both the land you're holding your event on nor the time it was worth to organize and run the event.

At the same time, I've watched people run away from events charging L$5 for entry.

So if you're gonna charge entry, make sure you only do events that will attract the old and the wealthy, because anyone newer or poorer will gladly choose a free event over a paid one.

I dont think you know what a peasant is
Nor a lord

SL is freedom and diversity
peasants want it, lords fear it
too late

Post # 194:



Where's the part about jars?

Please don't try to diminish my point by co-opting and/or watering it down. There were many people who made a good deal of Simoleans in TSO because of tip jars.

Your response to Michi's post about charging a nominal fee for events is not the same as my point about TSO tip jars, and I am not even sure what point you were making in post 194 (who is "they" who are depending on tips?).

*Scratches head*

Pwn!

Edited to say instead: You're right; I don't need to be so officious about the whole thing.

coco