I upgraded video cards today and while Second Life was performing well enough before that it is not a real noticeable improvement, I was able to return to Blue Mars with the hardware needed to find I hate it much less when it looks good AND moves fast.
I wish I could tell you something new, but I cannot see anything that has moved from last time. I could not find a single store or real attraction. While one area did have a welcome party recently, the pictures show them standing there surrounded by empty buildings doing all you can do in Blue Mars (minus that golf which is the shit and the bowling which is nice as well)- chatting.
I wanted to find out how the developers were coming along, so I checked out the forums. I found one really cool project announcement.
Yes, I know what you are saying. This is from a video game of some sort perhaps. So? WWLD (What Would Linden Do)? Jack. Would does Blue Mars do? Pull him aside and politely inform him of their policies.
Sike! They do their business in the forums perhaps.
Now, me? I would come back with my "Adric is Out!" line and rejoin Second Life as an alt, but this thousands of dollars making developer said the titty bars would go and other changes would be made. That is dedication. I can take lag, I can take getting jacked on Xstreet, but you take my adult content and you might as well take my life (not my real one, I mean the avatar one).
And no one is suggesting this developer is less than he claims. He does have a year old Second Life avatar and mentions achievements in his profile. They are however just as 404 on the grid when clicked as his web links.
No worry, I have to see how Second Life deals with clearly GTA stuff (same names, fonts, etc). I found more than a few of these operating and decided to see for myself how they were getting along since Second Life is a welcoming place (once you have a sidearm, automatic rifle, and scary haircut).
I arrived to the comforting sight of the most common folk Second Life has to offer (and a naked man eye molesting me). There was the spunky girl, the leech douche trying to get money for weapons from the spunky girl, and of course the naked man.
See, this is what real avatars do. They do not play really good looking golf, they make it clear they aren't handing over a damn dime of their money to you or your naked friend and who the hell is that jackass standing there listening to us? No, I have not heard of your blog, dick. Eggy who?
Hell, not just a spunky girl, a spunky girl on a spunky grid that has lands or worlds maybe not sanctioned in the technical sense, but in the spirit of 2003 they are indeed licensed. Licensed for our joy and happiness. While these are shit legal defenses, I am a Second Life avatar now and no matter what comes.
Oh snap, the old west attractions are actually pretty cool if you like restrains (and maybe we do). No we don't. We like Readers Digest and warm milk.
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BM might be good, but it's taking its sweet time to actually offer anything other than walking around empty cities. At least SL let people build whatever they ewanted when it was new – BM is just a pretty mall on a Sunday when there's a big game in town and its a national holiday as far as I can see.
I'm with you there HBA. I still find there's not a great deal to do other than walk around. It performs much better on my new desktop than on my laptop so performance isn't an issue for me now. But I do think it's high minimum requirements will alienate a LOT of potential users.
Still, it's one to keep an eye on.
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