I need old avatars

And why do you need existing avs with DOBs for RP?

James, please have a good look at what was just posted before your last message. That's taken right from the Terms of Service. In particular:

"You may not transfer your Account to any third party without the prior written consent of Linden Lab; notwithstanding the foregoing, Linden Lab will not unreasonably withhold consent to the transfer of an Account in good standing by operation of valid written will to a single natural person, provided that proper notice and documentation are delivered as requested by Linden Lab."

So while they're not saying you absolutely can't, LL policies state that you can't do it without LL's consent - IE: You better have a pretty good reason for it. And with millions of accounts out there already, do you really think someone at LL will have the time to transfer an older account to you for just any reason?

Additionally - it's rude to post in several locations because it's spammy and generally confusing, for both the person who posted the question as well as people who are trying to answer your question. If every person who posted to these forums posted their questions to multiple forums, how much concentrated discussion do you think would occur on your topic?

Maybe they need old Avs becuase we actually could have "normal" first names.

But my guess is its to appear longer in game then you really are for some reason.

However as long as the OP is willing to go through LL channels I dont see the huge issue with the idea unles the reason is loopy.

LL could probably SELL those accounts which were created but never used ... from the other thread.


(after deleting the personal info , of course)

no... but it is creepy if you think about it.

Say you and I were once really good friends... And you hadnt been on in awhile to "chat"

You sold your av to someone else... I bump into you somewhere..

Seriously... it gives me the heebie jeebies

I doubt anyone is going to give you a really old account anyway. We all had to give our Credit Card info way back when and Linden Labs has already stated that they never delete those numbers, even if you change to a new card, and they sometimes ban by payment method, and noone is going to want to risk their current account for something like that especially on the cheap.

This whole transfer old account for RP leaves me feeling suspicious. With new accounts being free I'm getting a serious "Hi click accept to test my debit permissions" feel here.

despite what you all say you can transfer an account to another player with the mediation from Lindens Labs. A friend of mine from RL sold his account outright to another player. Linden Labs mediated the exchange and charged him (i think) $100 to do it. It is possible if done through LL

Are you Burke, or Hare?

Aki, I see all your points.

I didn't see posting more than once as a problem. But I see your point. I would take the others away if I could, but I see no delete function, so I'll just mention them as closed.

I understand that people are suspicious, but we have no bad intentions.

We are looking for accounts created on different dates. We don't mean for each person to have more than one. You can delete any payment info or whatever before giving the account to us. So it would be a clean account with a name and date on it, nothing else.

I didn't know this was illegal and I did read that post of article 2.4, so I went to find a helper but noone was there. So my question is still unanswered.

It says we can transfer with their conscent. So I'm seeking more info here.

Thanks for staying nice.

100 real dollars? That's outrageous!

We're just having fun here, we'd never pay that in real dollars. Then we'll find other ways to improve our rp.

There are some people who have basically committed character suicide by their uncontrolable drama and stabbing people in the back, who'd probably like the idea of selling their account.

Im curious-

How much did you think people were going to sell their accounts for?

I would have assumed people would probably have wanted a couple hundred US anyway.

For an empty account? Come on. A new one is free, so why should an older one be 100's of real dollars. I'd pay 1000 L yes, but no way that amount of money in real dollars is justified.

Actually... I think thats a bit cheap. But totally justified. In essence you are taking over AS that person. Assuming their identity.






Did I mention creepy yet?

Back in '04 or maybe it was early '05, Anshe bought a few accounts. She was advertising for them. She wanted accounts of content creators that were leaving SL so she could have full perms on their creations. This was back when she was starting up her massive Dreamland sims. I know of one account she did buy.
Obviously LL knew about it, everyone else did too. So I guess it can be done, but I would assume you would have to go thru LL to do it.

I'm really fuzzy on what you want them for. Is this some sort of Target Practice thing? maybe Dr SL Frankenstein?

But are there things She can do that us mere Mortals can't.?

Several people have asked, but you have not answered, the following question:

How does having an older birth date help with your role play?

Having to use somebody else's name seem to really be a strange trade-off.

Unless of course, what you are really trying to do, is give your avatar some longevity and legitimacy ... not within your own circle of friends, who will know you are new here, but with others that are not a part of your role play group.

So, can you answer that question? Why is your birth date more important to your role play than your avatar name?

And what's wrong with alts? Yeah you'd be young, but who cares?

yeah... what she said

It's an administration fee, just like it costs you hundreds of dollars to change you name of your sim etc. I think LL charge a lot to discourage people doing these sorts of things. My Friends sold his account/inv and business for $10K so paying $100 was neglegable.

I would not advise you even attempt to aquire access to another players account without Lindens permission and mediation.

I resemble that ... humphh!

It doesnt really matter what LL would charge -

I simply dont see anyone selling their pre-2007 account for 1000L.

Someone would have to find out there was even a market before worrying about the LL fee.

my accounts are all pre 2007 and i dont see any advantage in that.

It seems it would be a technical hardship. Am I correct in beliving our Avatar names are the sole link to our account, meaning that Avi is connected to whatever RL info LL has on file for us?

I can think of three, except for the names thing I dont think they matter much-

1 - since the last names actually rotated rapidly, pre-2007 accounts tend to have "Normal" names and not AOL speak.

2- Acounts before a certain date get a WHOLE 50L a week stipend for life.

3- You could pretend youve been around for a while and thus SOME people might consider you more influential/ knowledgeable.


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Of more curiousity is what would a charter memebership be worth nowadays? Id guess 1000's of US.