How about restricting access to paying customers until the stampede is over?
Yes, I cross posted. I want someone's attention.
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Steele Talon
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11-29-2006 15:36
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Steele Talon
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11-29-2006 15:54
Finally got in, but I can't teleport anywhere.
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Seifert Surface
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11-29-2006 16:34
Remember that there are many many people who are on basic accounts but who rent from someone else. They are contributing just as much to LL as some premium accounts, just not directly.
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YoDaddy Whorfin
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11-29-2006 16:36
Finally got in, but I can't teleport anywhere. Yeah same here. My Wife can also log on however she's invisible and her av wont completely load even after like 10 minutes. Plus logging in takes like twice as long. If I knew SL was gonna have soo many problems I would'nt be a paying customer. Seems to me the more $ I put into the game the more problems there are, making me lose out on my investment. |
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2k Suisei
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11-29-2006 16:49
...and christians!
Christians first! |
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Steele Talon
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11-29-2006 16:56
...and christians! Christians first! Any good Christian would be a paying customer. |
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Kitty Barnett
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11-29-2006 18:01
I doubt this would actually change anything. The login server wouldn't know whether you're premium or not until after you've logged in already.
It would reduce the load on the grid as a whole, but it wouldn't make logins go any more smoothly. |
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Steele Talon
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11-29-2006 18:16
I doubt this would actually change anything. The login server wouldn't know whether you're premium or not until after you've logged in already. It would reduce the load on the grid as a whole, but it wouldn't make logins go any more smoothly. It's moot now anyway, with all the in world problems. |
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Jopsy Pendragon
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11-29-2006 18:29
How about restricting access to paying customers until the stampede is over? Yes, I cross posted. I want someone's attention. Steele- Resident answers if for asking other residents for help... You need Linden help to accomplish this request, not much we can do to help except agree or disagree. Perhaps add it to the feature voting tool? |
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Susie Boffin
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11-29-2006 18:47
Please, everyone, give up on the unverified issue. You aren't going to change Linden Lab's stance on offering Second Life to the the entire world and I applaud them for making this bold move.
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Jesse Malthus
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11-29-2006 20:22
Please, everyone, give up on the unverified issue. You aren't going to change Linden Lab's stance on offering Second Life to the the entire world and I applaud them for making this bold move. Signed. Noone "pays" to access First Life, why should anyone have to pay to access their second? _____________________
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Seola Sassoon
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11-29-2006 20:27
Signed. Noone "pays" to access First Life, why should anyone have to pay to access their second? But you do pay rent, pay for food, pay for clothes, pay for gas, pay for entertainment, pay for medical care, pay for well... even air (taxes). You don't pay for food or water, you don't get access to first life. |
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Jopsy Pendragon
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11-30-2006 00:33
Please, everyone, give up on the unverified issue. You aren't going to change Linden Lab's stance on offering Second Life to the the entire world and I applaud them for making this bold move. This was just specific to the 'restricted login' period during the stampede to get back online... not banning unverifieds for good... |
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bilbo99 Emu
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11-30-2006 00:58
Strangely, in my nice new little house on my first land at 4.00pm PST this appeared to actually be happening. I logged in and rezzed just fine but my partner standing next to me on verified but free, couldn't even get her hair to finish rezzing. Just coincidence I'm sure. Not suggesting it's actually implimented.
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Kris Ritter
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11-30-2006 05:37
Signed. Noone "pays" to access First Life, why should anyone have to pay to access their second? Because your first life isn't entirely owned, run and maintained by a (theoretically) profit making private company? |
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2k Suisei
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11-30-2006 06:31
Because your first life isn't entirely owned, run and maintained by a (theoretically) profit making private company? Tell George Bush that! |
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bilbo99 Emu
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11-30-2006 06:35
Tell George Bush that! What's his in-game name? |
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bilbo99 Emu
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11-30-2006 06:36
Tell George Bush that! What's his in-world name? |
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Yiffy Yaffle
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11-30-2006 08:20
How about restricting access to paying customers until the stampede is over? Yes, I cross posted. I want someone's attention. This isn't a bad idea actually. Paying customers should have a higher chance at logging in during large loads but free accounts have to wait for a opening. I've played a few games online that do this. It would add some value to premium accounts and could get me to go back to having one... Theres no reason to be premium unless you own land on the mainland or need that extra linden a week. Sim owners don't need it. It needs more value.  _____________________
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Gillian Waldman
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11-30-2006 08:34
Well how would you propose distinguishing between "premiums" that pay $9.95 monthly to LL and paying customers that are "basic" but paying plenty of tier on private islands for example? This is just one example of how this is not a good idea at all IMVHO.
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Erin Talamasca
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11-30-2006 08:55
What's his in-world name? Lazarus Devi- no, wait... |
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Jopsy Pendragon
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11-30-2006 09:41
Well how would you propose distinguishing between "premiums" that pay $9.95 monthly to LL and paying customers that are "basic" but paying plenty of tier on private islands for example? This is just one example of how this is not a good idea at all IMVHO. You wouldn't. They don't pay LL.. they pay their estate manager, who in turn pays LL. It's a non-transitive privilege. Of course, there could be a layered system, depending on how many or how few residents LL wants storming through the gate:
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Jon Noble
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11-30-2006 09:44
I'm a verified free user but have purchased L$ with real US$. So what does that classify me as?
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Gillian Waldman
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11-30-2006 09:57
Jon - that would make you like many, many others in SL
 When people talk about "free" acounts, they might be meaning "unverified" accounts I am guessing. "Free" does not equal "unverified" and "basic" does not equal "free."Anyway, it's a moot point  |
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Stabby Switchblade
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11-30-2006 10:07
Because your first life isn't entirely owned, run and maintained by a (theoretically) profit making private company? And wow, I've heard of bad ideas being suggested, but... wow. _____________________
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