Auroralilith McMahon and friends in Norsim's reJECTED territory
When you excise sites with zombifying free money camping chairs and excessive freebie giveaways which clutter the SL software's increasingly misnamed Popular Places, what are the world's most genuinely active community areas? Continuing our search from last week, here's this week's tentative list according to today's Traffic rating. After the break, some commentary, some important disclaimers, and most important, some requests for help improving it.
- Nude Beach (shopping mall/social/sex hangout) - 102K
- NEW BRUSSEL MEGA MALL (shopping and dance club) - 106K
- Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge (PG ballroom dancing/shopping) - 92K
- NORSIM MultiSIM (Mature goth/cyberpunk RPG, multiple areas) - 78K
- Bound and Determined: A Fetish Playland (BDSM sex community) - 55K
- HEAVENLY ROSE GARDENS ROMANTIC (romance and wedding) - 54K
- Hedonistic Isle - Home of the Tiki Lounge (beach/nightclub/shopping/etc.) - 55K
- Blackhearts Cafe (80's lounge/music/dancing/romance, multiple areas) - 53K
- IceDragon's Playpen Island (casual gaming/shopping) - 53K
- LAGUNA NUDE BEACH (Clothing optional social hangout, multiple sims) – 53K
- BareRose (Japanese-themed shopping/social area, multiple locations) - 49K
- Capture Roleplay (BDSM sex community) - 46K
- City of Lost Angels (Mature Goth/Cyberpunk RPG) - 46K
- BONDAGE RANCH (BDSM sex community)- 45K
- The Lost Gardens of Apollo (romantic PG environment, multiple locations) - 45K
- Midian (Mature goth/cyberpunk RPG, Multiple locations) – 43K
- TOXIAN CITY (Mature Goth/cyberpunk RPG) - 39K
- NCI Kuula-New Citizens Incorporated (newbie help, multiple locations) - 36k
- Avilion Grove (romance/fantasy RPG community) - 35k
- City of Midgaard (BDSM/Gorean RPG) - 35K
Running on the CCS RPG/combat system, the multi-region NORSIM offers moody, post-apocalyptic roleplaying in a gorgeously squalid urban environment
A few sites from last week fell off this Top 20, due to Traffic dips; others were dropped when an on-site check revealed camping chairs.
Some obvious trends: romance/ballroom dancing/light socializing and gaming areas dominate (10 of those, by my count), followed by goth/cyberpunk RPGs (four sites) and BDSM-themed communities (four also.) Interestingly, I could find few sex-centric sites without camping chairs; most of those in Linden's Popular Place feature them prominently. By contrast, the two popular clothing-optional beaches listed above do, of course, have sex areas, but they're deeply integrated with socializing/ shopping/etc. (Indeed, when I visited those, I saw more people lounging on the beach and chatting, then having sex.)
Disclaimers to this Search List
- Due to SL's poor search function, this list doesn't necessarily reflect all the most popular places in SL.
- If you know of sites not listed here which consistently generate 25,000 or more in Traffic daily, please post in Comments.
- All effort is made to check sites for camping chairs and other excessive freebie/free money giveaways. If any on this list include those, please IM me (Hamlet Au).
- If you're the owner of a site on this list and would prefer not being on future listings, please contact me with that request. (Related note: future updates may include SLURLs.)
- Shopping-only areas excluded.
Would you like to consider this land into your stats? Thanks.
Parioli (Italy) - No camping, no free money.. etc.):
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Parioli/62/101/22
Posted by: | Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 08:02 PM