Comments on: LL to Island Owners: Drop Dead http://evansavenue.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/ll-to-island-owners-drop-dead/ On the road of Second Life®, there are passengers and there are drivers. Erbo Evans has a Chrysler that's as big as a whale, and it's about to set sail... Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:19:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Drop Dead, Part Deux: Openspace Sim Owners, BOHICA « Evans Avenue Exit http://evansavenue.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/ll-to-island-owners-drop-dead/#comment-2967 Drop Dead, Part Deux: Openspace Sim Owners, BOHICA « Evans Avenue Exit Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:32:07 +0000 http://evansavenue.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-2967 [...] Sim Owners, BOHICA Jump to Comments Apparently it wasn’t enough for Linden Lab® to screw over owners of regular sims by dropping the price, thus pretty well ensuring that sim owners like Lexx would stand zero chance [...] [...] Sim Owners, BOHICA Jump to Comments Apparently it wasn’t enough for Linden Lab® to screw over owners of regular sims by dropping the price, thus pretty well ensuring that sim owners like Lexx would stand zero chance [...]

]]> By: Respecting Land Owners in Second Life… « Africa in Virtual Worlds http://evansavenue.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/ll-to-island-owners-drop-dead/#comment-2908 Respecting Land Owners in Second Life… « Africa in Virtual Worlds Wed, 14 May 2008 14:29:44 +0000 http://evansavenue.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-2908 [...] After all, we also used some donated funds to purchase two islands, Virtual Africa and Robben Island, to drive our project in-world - at the original prices. Landowners in Second Life (R) have been the backbone of the the virtual economy, and their investment of (very real) money ensured that the platform grew rapidly since 2003/4. However, it does seem like the devaluation of land by dropping prices of private land will take its toll on the enthusiasm and free enterprise spirit of many of those that have developed the vivid spaces for others to use. I can just imagine what it must feel like to see your investment of time, energy and money disappearing with every new announcement from Linden Lab. Second Life resident Erbo Evans is quite outspoken about the recent developments in his blog: “LL to Island Owners: Drop Dead“. [...] [...] After all, we also used some donated funds to purchase two islands, Virtual Africa and Robben Island, to drive our project in-world – at the original prices. Landowners in Second Life (R) have been the backbone of the the virtual economy, and their investment of (very real) money ensured that the platform grew rapidly since 2003/4. However, it does seem like the devaluation of land by dropping prices of private land will take its toll on the enthusiasm and free enterprise spirit of many of those that have developed the vivid spaces for others to use. I can just imagine what it must feel like to see your investment of time, energy and money disappearing with every new announcement from Linden Lab. Second Life resident Erbo Evans is quite outspoken about the recent developments in his blog: “LL to Island Owners: Drop Dead“. [...]

]]> By: Nobody Fugazi http://evansavenue.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/ll-to-island-owners-drop-dead/#comment-2888 Nobody Fugazi Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:25:19 +0000 http://evansavenue.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-2888 Yeah. Moore's Law. http://www.your2ndplace.com/node/872 What really irks me is that they didn't even give a hat tip to the secondary economy users have. Just because people buy islands does not mean that they aren't dumb enough to ignore the phrase 'Return on Investment'. I'll have to do a follow up post on this... Yeah. Moore’s Law.

http://www.your2ndplace.com/node/872

What really irks me is that they didn’t even give a hat tip to the secondary economy users have. Just because people buy islands does not mean that they aren’t dumb enough to ignore the phrase ‘Return on Investment’.

I’ll have to do a follow up post on this…

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