well arint we all just "thrilled" For what happend to emerald. I must say, The only reason why this happend is, A) Money B) Jealously. I know they were pissed off cos alot of us used Emerald to get into Secondlife and it ran MUCH better then the V2(though anything runs better then that piece of crap. i call it the lindens vista ^^)Anyways, using Imprudence atm.(Its not emerald but it works) I hope they dont desided to take that away from us to. I bet cos of all the crap that happend with Emerald, they are going to probably make us, use the Viewer2 which i REFUSE to do and when that day comes im quiting sl completely. cos theres no way in shit im running that >_< So much for having "Dreams& And imgation" in secondlife, when the lindens just takes everything away from us. People log in sl for a reason, mine would be: to meet new people from all over the world and just to have a great secondlife. but thats not going to happend, As the greedy ass lindens continue to play god with our sl lifes, when its sudpose to be OUR lifes and what kind of world we make of it. The Damn LL's Are about to suck the life outta ALL our dreams and wants very soon... >_>:
Typical of Linden Labs as it would seem that they are about to throw the baby out with the bathwater (or even, "If you won't let me play then I'm taking my ball home!") as there are a huge amount of blogs about Emerald at present, as it is a very very popular viewer. Talk about envy!
They, LL, have put the squeeze on the "competition" big time. They know that if, or rather when(!), this closes down then people will have to use other viewers and as the majority of people in SL use Emerald, and as it has been said between 30-50% of SL users have Emerald as their viewer then that is a BIG chunk of users. So from that it then can be assumed that despite LL's "words" last week, and we all know that secretly they are laughing about this too. It has so it seems destroyed what can only be seen as the main viewer that people used. Will people stay and use other viewers? No doubt people will for now as the options are to use lesser known viewers (no offence to the other Dev's here) but it would appear that they do not have anything to match what Emerald has, or rather what it had, as now it appears to be going, otherwise why would that many people be using Emerald? Soon they, LL, will leave you no option to use Viewer Two or have you stick with V1.23 until they decide to "drop" that one and no doubt they will possibly place real stringent demands on ALL other Devs to toe the line. Devs of other TPV's may not be happy with this and could quite possibly say "sod it!" and not bother maybe, maybe not.
IF, as has been suggested elsewhere today in another blog, people "vote with their log-ins", ie don't log in at all for a while or maybe protest at LL's "over zealous"(?) actions then maybe there could be a backlash to make LL think again?
LL may even know what viewers people use too, so demands in-world could be interesting to say the least, but no doubt LL will ride this coming storm out, just like they did over hiking the prices up the other year, as that set off a mother of all protests, then I'm afraid to say this could well be the beginning of the end of SL. LL got their way over that though as they hiked the prices up over the year in two jumps!
People came in here because of the choices you could have, lifestyles etc etc, and this viewer gave people the ability to live it far more that LL's viewers ever could, or no doubt will. People also came in here to live a second life, to create things and ideas and see them "come to life" as it were as well. If it's in RL then it could be made in here too. The sheer scale of peoples ideas and dreams in here is truly amazing to see as well. LL are about to crush a lot of peoples dreams very soon too.
LL have slowly but steadily been putting the squeeze on adults inworld via "ratings", cowtowing to the pc brigade and moving adult themed places etc to Zindra. Now along with the recent developtment of the cutting of the Teen-Grid and allowing them, teens that is, access to the Main Grid, this could, no doubt, quite possibly make a lot of people leave too, so it now only remains to see how they'll police this one too.
They bought out Xstreet and radically changed that too, much to a lot of peoples annoyance, from the customer right through to vendors/merchants. Altered it to link in to SL (nothing wrong with that from some peoples point of view but it really does go against what people wanted in Xstreet too and they are charging people for placing free items in it too which is to my mind a big no no.
They now have a blog on here too.. spreading their word.. nothing wrong with that in itself but I see it as the thin end of the wedge, they possibly even have had the thought of taking this (SLP) over too I bet. Sanitise what is out there so that quite possibly the SL side of things is all there is for people to have.
They are slowly but steadily choking the life out of options and choice for ALL SL residents.
SL is based on OPEN SOURCE code.. the very name says it all. LL even tinker with it!
Basically what is happening now is summed up by a line from a the "Modfather" Paul Weller in a Jam Song from 1980 (fekk!! That makes me feel old...! ) called "Going Underground" and it is this: "The public wants what the public gets"
As I stated at the start there are a lot of blogs about Emerald at present, as it is a very very popular viewer to say the least!
Again, here's the link to the latest ModularSystems blog
This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend, the end It hurts to set you free But you’ll never follow me The end of laughter and soft lies The end of night we tried to die This is the end
Good luck to all at ModularSystems too. Here's hoping that we get a viewer we can all use and be happy with and not some cockeyed hackneyed effort that constantly give us all tons of trouble either.
Who said that jealousy gets you no where? Hmmm... it would appear to seem it gets you everywhere!
Introducing Kim Salzer, Our New VP Marketing Posted 9/2/2010 10:40:05 AM by LL Blog - [Show All My Posts]
--- Posted by communities@secondlife.com on Linden Lab Blog ---
Linden Lab recently welcomed a new addition to its executive ranks: Kim Salzer, who became our Vice President of Marketing, at the beginning of August. Kim (known as Kim Linden inworld) joins us from Activision Blizzard, where she was Vice President of Global Brand Management for properties like Guitar Hero and Call of Duty 2, among others. Kim brings a deep background in gaming (including experience at Electronic Arts working on massively multiplayer online games and hit sports franchises), and in online learning, and we’re excited to have her as part of the team. As an introduction to Residents, I asked Kim to tell us a bit about herself in her own words:
Q: What’s the one thing you bring from the gaming world that will be most useful to you in your position at Linden Lab?
A: Working in gaming taught me a lot about just how creative and passionate that audience can be, and I think the same is true for the Residents of Second Life. And SL provides so many great tools to enhance and bring out that creativity, I’m really looking forward to helping foster that as we move into the next phase of the platform’s growth. I want to see if we can make the range of what’s possible in Second Life even broader.
Q: What are your goals for your new position as VP Marketing at Linden Lab?
A: What I really want to do here is help the Lab figure out what the “X Factor” is going to be for Second Life. When I was working on games, I always tried to choose a single idea to focus on and bring out, an X Factor that helped people get into the game and helped them discover all the rest of the possibilities there. If I can help bring that kind of focus to Second Life, I’ll be happy about how I’m doing my job.
Q: What excites you most about working on a product like Second Life?
A: I’m excited about the prospect of helping to build a product that really empowers people to express what they’re about, and that can make a real difference in their lives. I think we’ve only just started to see what can be done here, and I can’t wait to see where we and our Residents can take things from here.
Well, I had thought about commenting my views about the Emerald viewer to which I may yet, but it looks like it's headed towards the sunset. So, why waste time other to say there must have been some shady dealings going on behind the scenes,
So it is official. I am a friend whore. I broke into the Top Friends list - I feel like Kelly Pickler making it onto the charts.
This honor may be short lived, so look quick before my friends start dropping off in disgust.
And thank you to all those that have accepted my friend requests. Especially those that say in their profiles they don't accept random request, but still do. And hi to everyone I have met in SL through this site!
And to those that have refused my friend request, thats OK. Not everybody likes a whore.
Im in a good place for now, everything good is happening for me, and again im excited, found out i have another interview eeps - ie i have one this tuesday coming, but once i got home this afternoon from training there was mail for me with an invite to another interview on Wednesday next *bounces across the room hehe*
Its slightly showing me that all the applications im putting in is doing the thing im supposed to be getting and that is results....
Im happy and stuff :) -
Started college last night and this lasts for 6 months, again since this is going to be viable for me to learn i really need this course as ive realised ive never used this updated Word Program, so i will be taking my time through the book, then will choose another course - ive £200 to spend for the yr and only spent 100 so im happy on that score.
Gahhhh why does everyone send out scare tactics regarding viewers all the time lol....i thought for some reason no one would be able to get inworld with Emerald, so i went and downloaded last night both the new SL Viewer 2 which had been giving me jip in the 1st place yonks ago, and just to be safe i found myself downloading Snowglobe also...which i havent tried out yet...but ive kept emerald because i was just on it around 5 mins ago and its fine, but came off and when went back on to find that there is a new update to download for Emerald...this i have done and still managed to get on,
I might add can someone explain to me what the heck is happening? Can you or can you not use Emerald? With the SL Viewer im finding it utterly confusing because ahhhh nothing is where i want it to be i check my profile and there is no picks button so how the heck do i sort that bit? just nothing was in the right place.
Honestly the best Viewer was ON REZ i used this all the time when i had issues for a long time with the main viewer, bring it back i say.
Anyhoo all im saying life hasnt ended lol but its like conflicting blogs going about Emerald...hence all the confusion with me and that doesnt become a hard thing to do :D
You're a true friend, that I want you to know, Our love for each other has helped us to grow. We've been through some tough times, but we've made it through, The only one I ever trusted was you.
You helped me through anger, you've chased away fears. You held me through sadness, and kissed away tears.
You stayed by my side when the world turned away. You helped me see joy when the skies were all gray.
You were the rainbow at the end of the storm. You help me be different when I shouldn't conform.
You held my hand when you knew we would fall. Every heartache, you saw me through it all.
I'm not sure I'm always the best friend to you, I know I'm not perfect, but this much is true.
When life gets you down, And there's nowhere to turn, I'll help you through and I'll share your concern.
I'll try my best to return every favor, When you're sure that you'll drown, then I'll be your lifesaver; Even if we both go down.
Whether we sink or swim doesn't matter at all, Just know that I'll be there whenever you call.
I'll pull you out when life pulls you under. I'll be the sun when there's lightning and thunder.
And when it's all over, And we've fought every war, There's one thing I promise, Of this I am sure, When the time comes that we're put to our rest. Be sure that you know that, My friend, you're the best.
And if there is Heaven, then I know you'll be there, That if you die first then you'll hear every prayer. And soon I'll join you, but just know until then. That I'll miss you each day 'til I see you again.
At the end of the tunnel, you'll be my guiding light, You'll lead me to heaven, away from the night.
We'll be there together, and we'll never grow old. And we'll walk hand in hand On the streets paved of gold.
i am out of excuses...i have quit smoking!!! it has been 24 hours and it's one day at a time for me...
i am NOT going to preach at anyone to quit, we all do what we need to, when we need to do it.
i do NOT have cancer....finished all the tests and doc said, quit now.....how many bullets have i dodged? how many excuses have i made to continue smoking? i already have damaged my body beyond repair.
the first 24 hours are the hardest for me, but the nicotine gum helps through the worst of it, now i hope i don't eat my way through the next week!!! LMAO
