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Cienna Samiam
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09-12-2005 17:09
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What the heck is a Widgizmo?
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Ardith Mifflin
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09-12-2005 17:11
I think cash-money would be a bigger incentive to log in...
Satai Diaz
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09-12-2005 17:12
More like Lag-a-Thon
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Torley Linden
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09-12-2005 17:16
From: Ardith Mifflin
I think cash-money would be a bigger incentive to log in...


Maybe like some inworld games, the pot would grow with the # of people inworld!

But wait, that's gambling. :o

~represses gambling urges~
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Adam Zaius
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09-12-2005 17:20
From: Cienna Samiam
What the heck is a Widgizmo?


If I were to bet, I'd say it has something to do with this:
From: Today
Ben Linden: ok, I need a name for some in world swag that is not yet made, so I don't know what it is


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09-12-2005 17:29
It's from 6pm-7pm EDT (Eastern Dinner Time) for me, so I won't be there. I'm sure they'll give away Widgizmo's a few days later to anyone who wants one.
Torley Linden
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09-12-2005 17:31
No Lifetime account giveraway thingaroooo?
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Ben Bacon
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Hey! They do listen!
09-13-2005 02:51
There's a hell of a lot of grumble in some of the forums about Linden Labs not listening, but no-one mentions the times they do. So with that in mind:
During the last log-a-thon the times were announced as both "between 7pm and 9pm PDT" and "between 7pm and 9pm PST", which not only caused confusion for some Americans, but even more so for the rest of the world who are not always up to date on PST & PDT etc. As it turns out, I had to get up at 4am local time to log in.
Now..... times are advertised using game-time, which is always displayed on the top of my screen, and the time chosen makes it a lot easier for non-American players to get a piece of the action as well.
Thank-you for listening, Linden Labs.
Sunshine Clio
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09-13-2005 03:56
From: Ben Bacon

During the last log-a-thon the times were announced as both "between 7pm and 9pm PDT" and "between 7pm and 9pm PST", which not only caused confusion for some Americans, but even more so for the rest of the world who are not always up to date on PST & PDT etc. As it turns out, I had to get up at 4am local time to log in.
Now..... times are advertised using game-time, which is always displayed on the top of my screen, and the time chosen makes it a lot easier for non-American players to get a piece of the action as well.
Thank-you for listening, Linden Labs.



Game time IS pacific standard time. They haven't really done anything different.
:p
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Surina Skallagrimson
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09-13-2005 04:00
From: Ben Bacon
Now..... times are advertised using game-time...


Please please please.... SLT (SecondLife Time) NOT game...
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09-13-2005 04:41
  1. The First Rule of Second Life is you don't call it a game.
  2. The second rule of Second Life is you do not call it a game!
  3. There is no Rule Number 3.
  4. No Bruces!
  5. Do not taunt Benshees or Widgizmos.
  6. Game time is PST except during periods when PST is PDT.
  7. Ignore the word "Game" in Rule #6.
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Ben Bacon
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09-13-2005 05:11
From: Sunshine Clio
Game time IS pacific standard time. They haven't really done anything different.

I now know that SLT=PST except when its PDT ;) , but I still have no idea when it's PST or when it's PDT. I don't live in a daylight-savings country.
So, yeah, maybe they didn't do anything really big - but they did do what was requested, which IMO is cool enough.
And big, big apologies for violating rules 1, 2 and 7 :D
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09-13-2005 05:36
Ben, a more modern definition would be UTC-8 subject to arcane rules lobbied for by the summer recrational goods manufacturers subject to change at whim of Congress.

Using slightly older terminology, SLT is GMT-8 for most values of GMT, modulo variances in WET. Hope that reduces your confusion :D
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Till Stirling
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09-13-2005 05:41
From: Introvert Petunia
  1. The First Rule of Second Life is you don't call it a game.
  2. The second rule of Second Life is you do not call it a game!
  3. There is no Rule Number 3.
  4. No Bruces!
  5. Do not taunt Benshees or Widgizmos.
  6. Game time is PST except during periods when PST is PDT.
  7. Ignore the word "Game" in Rule #6.

You forgot one rule:

8. If you are not from the US do not expect any consideration when it comes to LL-run events. You are welcome to pay your monthly fee, but otherwise shut up.

Quite disgusted,

Till Stirling
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Ben Bacon
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09-13-2005 05:43
Intro: Ahhh! Well why didn't you just say so. See - I knew there had to be a simple, logical explanation :)

Till: but in this case, they did listen, and did afford us consideration.
Till Stirling
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09-13-2005 05:51
*grumbles under his breath* Not quite, 3pm to 4pm PST is midnight to 1 am! Admittedly that is better than 7pm tp 9pm, But on a sunday ...! Sorry!

I may be able to be there, as I usually only sleep 5 to 6 hours, but many others will not be able to login! And I am talking not only about europeans now! SecondLife has customers around the world (or should I say donators?)

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Julian Fate
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09-13-2005 10:19
From: Till Stirling
You forgot one rule:

8. If you are not from the US do not expect any consideration when it comes to LL-run events. You are welcome to pay your monthly fee, but otherwise shut up.

You forgot one rule:

9. If you are not from the US you should expect a US-based company of around fifty people to go back to work at 3:00 AM to hold events for your personal convenience.


Just kidding of course, but there isn't much they can realistically do. I've played games based in Europe and realized the only times I can play are the dead of night where the game is based, meaning few people on, not much going on. It's just a fact of living on a rotating sphere.
Dianne Mechanique
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09-13-2005 10:31
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Maybe like some inworld games, the pot would grow...
Pot?
Now *that* is an incentive :)
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09-13-2005 11:25
From: someone
... It's just a fact of living on a rotating sphere.
Aren't the alien monoliths supposed to compress Jupiter into a second star soon? That should help quite a bit.
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09-13-2005 11:26
From: Introvert Petunia
Aren't the alien monoliths supposed to compress Jupiter into a second star soon? That should help quite a bit.

Got five years to wait yet buddy.
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Ty McCoy
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09-13-2005 11:38
I still never got my Benshee. Because of this I refuse to participate. I'LL SHOW EM!
Loki Pico
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09-13-2005 11:41
I *think* most of the residents of SL are in the USA, thats why I included SF and NYC, since it is on both coasts. And, I *think* the majority of the rest of the world SL residents live in the UK and Australia, so thats why London and Sydney are included. But take a look at the time chart and decide when you would have set up the logathon, 3p - 4p SLT seems reasonable to me.

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Musicteacher Rampal
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09-13-2005 11:43
From: someone
Please please please.... SLT (SecondLife Time) NOT game...


I call it a game...it's game time to me :) It always has and always will be game time to me :) :p
Newfie Pendragon
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09-13-2005 12:01
I sure how this Wdigizmowhatzitcrapastic will be transferrable this time, so that I can at least give it away, rather than just sending it straight to the trash

- Newfie
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