Second Life Times...They Are A Changing
The last time I wrote on the topic of Second Life, was just short of a year ago.
Well, in only a year, things have changed, as was expected. Moonshine Herbst bought his own island, abandoning the mainland. I used to view him as a great example of someone who didn't need the hype of a full blown island to become a success. A sort of "See? You can do it too!" story for the rest of us without the funds to buy an island. But good luck to Moonshine. I know he will prosper wherever he hangs his virtual hat. He creates and runs fun establishments complete with games, music and free money for newbs and greeds.
Jamie Bergman was in full flight about how by the end of 2006, the Linden Dollar would hit a measly L$500 per USD. I haven't heard much from her since then, and it's no wonder. Linden Labs has grabbed control of the economy, and the $L now floats stably at L$270 per USD. Nothing left to argue there.
The Southern Continent has basically doubled in size since I was last in Second Life, and all of that land surplus that I was worried about...well, let's just say I missed an opportunity to grab as much of it up as I could as an investment. The land prices back then were pretty darn good compared to today. It seems Linden Labs dissolved the First Land program, which means that all new land is basically purchased by residents and then resold at whatever price the market dictates, instead of purchased by newbs and resold for quick cash. I think this is a very good thing, because there was a bit of a scheme going on by land barons to offer way less than the land was worth, and toss a house and a tree on it and sell it for double calling it an "improved" lot.
Back in 2006, having 6,000 simultaneous logins was a great achievement...today, 30,000 is low. How many of those folks are alts and how many are uniques is hard to tell, but I'm anxious to get a feel for that topic.
So, Delzo Delacroix has returned to Second Life. It'll be interesting to see more of what's changed underneath the surface, because I've just begun to scratch it.
Well, in only a year, things have changed, as was expected. Moonshine Herbst bought his own island, abandoning the mainland. I used to view him as a great example of someone who didn't need the hype of a full blown island to become a success. A sort of "See? You can do it too!" story for the rest of us without the funds to buy an island. But good luck to Moonshine. I know he will prosper wherever he hangs his virtual hat. He creates and runs fun establishments complete with games, music and free money for newbs and greeds.
Jamie Bergman was in full flight about how by the end of 2006, the Linden Dollar would hit a measly L$500 per USD. I haven't heard much from her since then, and it's no wonder. Linden Labs has grabbed control of the economy, and the $L now floats stably at L$270 per USD. Nothing left to argue there.
The Southern Continent has basically doubled in size since I was last in Second Life, and all of that land surplus that I was worried about...well, let's just say I missed an opportunity to grab as much of it up as I could as an investment. The land prices back then were pretty darn good compared to today. It seems Linden Labs dissolved the First Land program, which means that all new land is basically purchased by residents and then resold at whatever price the market dictates, instead of purchased by newbs and resold for quick cash. I think this is a very good thing, because there was a bit of a scheme going on by land barons to offer way less than the land was worth, and toss a house and a tree on it and sell it for double calling it an "improved" lot.
Back in 2006, having 6,000 simultaneous logins was a great achievement...today, 30,000 is low. How many of those folks are alts and how many are uniques is hard to tell, but I'm anxious to get a feel for that topic.
So, Delzo Delacroix has returned to Second Life. It'll be interesting to see more of what's changed underneath the surface, because I've just begun to scratch it.
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