Comments on If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life StartedTypePad2010-07-29T19:35:36ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2010/07/sl-leaderboard/comments/atom.xml/Mark commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2d2a7b8970b2010-08-03T16:58:27Z2010-08-03T16:58:27ZMarkHamlet, You are too immersed in the virtual reality game world. Do you realize how SL is changing? I am...<p>Hamlet,</p>
<p>You are too immersed in the virtual reality game world. Do you realize how SL is changing?</p>
<p>I am inviting people to join SL who have no interest in playing a game and in fact find it ridiculous that people use avatars. They would only join because I am promoting SL as a serious place where people can do serious things. They leave fun to RL.</p>
<p>Think about this would you.</p>Mark commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485f635ff970c2010-08-03T16:48:43Z2010-08-03T16:48:43ZMarkSecond Life should be split into several worlds. Those who want fantasy and those who want reality. Those who want...<p>Second Life should be split into several worlds. Those who want fantasy and those who want reality. Those who want to play a game and those who don't.</p>
<p>Isn't there an easier way? Why not just provide a platform and let sim owners develop sims along the lines that most interest them and their target market?</p>
<p>Isn't this the existing case? LL needs to focus on improving the platform so that users can do anything they want to do with their sims.</p>
<p>I'll say it again. Hamlet, I sure hope the Lindens aren't listening to you.</p>Arcadia Codesmith commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2cc2c64970b2010-08-02T14:07:49Z2010-08-02T14:07:49ZArcadia CodesmithOn the minus side... The Sims Online had a user rating system, and it was one of the factors in...<p>On the minus side... The Sims Online had a user rating system, and it was one of the factors in that game's untimely demise. The system empowered the rise of the TSO 'mafia', gangs which extorted in-game money from residents under threat of trashing their reputations. </p>
<p>On the plus side... an achievement system doesn't have to incorporate user ratings at all, and it's probably better if it doesn't. </p>
<p>I think what we're seeing here is the age-old conflict between Bartles' old MUD archetypes, specifically the Socializer and the Achiever. </p>
<p>Socializers sneer and look down their nose at achievers, somehow thinking that their own amorphous social hierarchies are superior. </p>
<p>Achievers laugh at socializers because in gaming terms, socializers are lame noobs who never amount to anything. </p>
<p>And we who lean towards the Explorer/Creator archetype have an unattractive tendency to treat the rest of the world as slow, unruly children.</p>
<p>The fact is, you need all the archetypes (with the exception of Killers, who will show up anyway regardless of how you try to supress them) for a healthy social ecosystem. Concentrate too much on any one of them, and your virtual world is unbalanced. </p>
<p>One of the reasons I'm not actively playing Second Life at the moment is that I'm bored to tears with talking (my tolerance was never that high to begin with). The interface for making things is crippled and unrewarding, and there's no infrastructure for achieving. </p>Robert Kohut commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485eb272a970c2010-08-01T20:48:31Z2010-08-01T20:48:31ZRobert KohutOh, this is all coming back to me. Back when people could 'rate' us for appearance, building ability and kindness(or...<p>Oh, this is all coming back to me. Back when people could 'rate' us for appearance, building ability and kindness(or something), and it would all show up right in your profile - this also contributed to your weekly stipends (most likely why the system was gamed so much). Toward the end of it all a few of us actually went out of our way to get negative ratings, some even going as far as to pay other residents to give them negative ratings just to show how flawed the system really was. Good times. :)</p>Lalo Telling commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2c222c4970b2010-07-31T20:06:44Z2010-07-31T20:06:44ZLalo Tellinghttp://lalotelling.blogspot.com/@David Cartier: In my research, I have come across all those names you mention, listed in their builds which still...<p>@David Cartier: In my research, I have come across all those names you mention, listed in their builds which still exist -- and though I will probably never meet any of them, I feel somehow connected.</p>
<p>But let me ask: In those far-flung days of SL Beta, how many total Residents were there? How many online at the same time? I already know how many sims there were -- on Opening Day, there were 47.</p>
<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_eIVbYXV-0Qc/S5lNzyh9kTI/AAAAAAAAEmg/7t07huTcIis/SL%20Map%202003-06-19.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://lh6.ggpht.com/_eIVbYXV-0Qc/S5lNzyh9kTI/AAAAAAAAEmg/7t07huTcIis/SL%20Map%202003-06-19.jpg</a></p>
<p>I understand the small-town nostalgia (virtual archaeology has made me wish I had been there then), but reviving an idea abandoned years ago will not return that feeling to a world with 50,000+ concurrent users (median) spread across almost 32,000 sims.</p>
<p>To borrow a phrase we heard a lot last year, "It doesn't scale."</p>Ordinal Malaprop commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2c196ae970b2010-07-31T17:43:47Z2010-07-31T17:43:47ZOrdinal Malaprophttp://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/And there was I thinking that one levelled up in SL by making interesting creations, making friends and connections, writing...<p>And there was I thinking that one levelled up in SL by making interesting creations, making friends and connections, writing on one's experiences, giving seminars and interviews, all that sort of thing. Would I now have to kill ten wolves and bring their pelts back to someone with an exclamation mark over their head?</p>Simeon Beresford commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485e4edae970c2010-07-31T17:01:31Z2010-07-31T17:01:31ZSimeon Beresfordhttp://thebookstacks.org/i remember an old land baron complaining about the lose of her carefully cultivated reputation. over night she went from...<p>i remember an old land baron complaining about the lose of her carefully cultivated reputation. over night she went from a respected member of the community to just another suspected adfarmer/cutter/rent gouger.</p>
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Meeting people no longer engenders the wild bouts of creativity we used to know.<br />
</p>Ananda Sandgrain commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2bd3196970b2010-07-30T23:47:18Z2010-07-30T23:47:18ZAnanda SandgrainWhile I think the Hypercapitalism SL currently runs on is really its own achievement system, I do remember that two...<p>While I think the Hypercapitalism SL currently runs on is really its own achievement system, I do remember that two things about the old system really did encourage a lot more involvement with other people, namely that you could get $L cash for making friends and for running events.</p>
<p>Most effective though was the pattern of giving out weekly stipends. The amount of the stipends really set a good baseline for people to spend on various goods and services, and the price of things still hews pretty close to that to this day.</p>
<p>If you were looking to get the economy going at a fine boil again an achievement system like this could be a big help, mostly in the idea that there could be a whole set of things that would be goals that newbs could make (like joining their first groups, making friends, getting some land, creating their first objects, scripts, etc.) which would give them a nominal stipend. The whole idea would be to drop some cash on them in a way that points them to the idea of having it and displaying on the store page where they can easily spend it and get more. :p</p>
<p>caveats yada yada like diminishing returns, limiting the achievements to verified accounts, number of alts, etc., limit the number of achievements per week, you get the idea.</p>
<p>of course, then you'd have to figure out all over again how to remove $L from the economy if it got overexploited. :p</p>
<p>sounds fast easy and fun?</p>John Lopez commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b983d7970b2010-07-30T17:41:53Z2010-07-30T17:41:53ZJohn Lopezhttp://timewarptechnologies.comThere is a version of this already in SL. It is called Tiny Empires (http://www.tinyempires.com/) and gives people titles based...<p>There is a version of this already in SL. It is called Tiny Empires (<a href="http://www.tinyempires.com/)" rel="nofollow">http://www.tinyempires.com/)</a> and gives people titles based on the size of their "empire". Each person can have up to 10 direct "subjects"... and each of those can have up to 10 as well (modulo limits that apply based on rank).</p>
<p>It was great fun to socialize using the game. It was also the source of much drama. Then again, drama seems to be the main game mechanic of SL, so why fight it.</p>
<p>Of course, it was gamed: people created alts specifically to feed their down line with subjects. <br />
</p>Hazelee Haller commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b74698970b2010-07-30T09:44:50Z2010-07-30T09:44:50ZHazelee HallerA few years back, I was looking into virtual worlds/games and each one wanted me to jump through hoops, find...<p>A few years back, I was looking into virtual worlds/games and each one wanted me to jump through hoops, find this, do that, go somewhere, all to get a gold star for one reason or another.</p>
<p>Then, I found Second Life, and it promised me a new life where I could create content, run a business, sell things on line, make money, meet people, all on my own schedule, in any way I chose to do it.</p>
<p>I joined Second Life and every day I do what I want, when I want, and I love it.</p>
<p>Take the achievement/leveling system to the Teen Grid. They will love it there. The rest of us in Second Life have grown beyond that.</p>
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<p>I'm bothering cause i still have friends in SL, thats about it.</p>Ann Otoole InSL commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b63a26970b2010-07-30T04:38:50Z2010-07-30T04:38:50ZAnn Otoole InSL@L. Knoller - With LL's so-called UI team deciding customer requirements do not matter and blowing them off in a...<p>@L. Knoller - With LL's so-called UI team deciding customer requirements do not matter and blowing them off in a clear case of a mockery of logical client use case design: <a href="http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-1819" rel="nofollow">http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-1819</a></p>
<p>Tell us again why we should bother? LL will not solicit and then deliver on customer requirements. There is no hope. Not with these kind of obvious paper tigers that know nothing about human computer interaction or human factors in software interfaces calling the shots.</p>L. Knoller commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485da1cb7970c2010-07-30T04:25:35Z2010-07-30T04:25:35ZL. Knoller1)Add an Achievements/Leveling System to Second Life Like Bloodlines you mean? Yes I Love being annoyed by those people. Leveling...<p>1)Add an Achievements/Leveling System to Second Life</p>
<p>Like Bloodlines you mean? Yes I Love being annoyed by those people. Leveling system? ... like your rez day displayed in your profile? So people can suggest youre a perma-newbie if you weren't born before 2006? Cool.</p>
<p>2)Partner with a Prepaid Card Service</p>
<p>I'm not actually sure what this is, but is it, so people wouldn't need creditcards? So they would need to verify their ID through the ever so popular ID thingie on the SL website, so they could get to zindra to spend their pre-paid fun bucks?</p>
<p>3)Add an “In-World Now” Display</p>
<p>It wasnt perfect, but I do believe search worked ok till they made it worse.</p>
<p>4)Greatly Improve Text Chat</p>
<p>"In a study by two University of Michigan academics, chat was found to be the primary predictive factor for keeping new Second Life users engaged. Not making money, or exploring the world, but simple text chat with fellow SL users" </p>
<p>..... MMMmmmm so this should actually be #1 on your list of seven then?</p>
<p>Again, It wasnt perfect, but I do believe chat worked ok till they made it worse. (with viewer 2)</p>
<p>5)Point-and-Click Movement</p>
<p>And your rational for this is to make SL more like the "popular" platforms, like WoW etc, because why? There was a resent attempt to make the SL viewer more like a "popular" web thingie... it has been a failure.</p>
<p>6) Heavily Promote User-Made Machinima</p>
<p>It couldnt hurt, but you arnt going to be able to do Machinima in SL that rivals even simple programs like DazStudio for a very long time... Perhaps Just heavily promote SL (as in advertise) to a demographic they know is likely to take up SL would do. </p>
<p>7)Hire a Game Industry VP With Design Background</p>
<p>And, i would add to that, "that has been a long suffering SL resident"</p>
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Its time to stop dreaming about new features and magical fixes for SL, what the Lindens have to do is go to <a href="https://jira.secondlife.com" rel="nofollow">https://jira.secondlife.com</a> and start fixing the problems people have been pointing out for years. They also have to realise they have absolutely wasted most of the last 2 years (and wasted alot of customer good will along the way) and admit it to the world. </p>Nexus Burbclave commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b6216f970b2010-07-30T04:10:00Z2010-07-30T04:10:00ZNexus Burbclavehttp://theburbclave.net/wordpressIt seems like there is an easy way to test this theory. Find an in-world community that has implemented its...<p>It seems like there is an easy way to test this theory. Find an in-world community that has implemented its own achievement system and convince them to share their retention and growth data.</p>
<p>After all, LL gave us all of these creation tools so that they wouldn't have to do it all themselves, didn't they?</p>Hamlet Au commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b55933970b2010-07-30T00:57:07Z2010-07-30T00:57:07ZHamlet Au"The only 'fact' is that some worlds that have lots of users and growth also have l/e systems." Actually, *all*...<p>"The only 'fact' is that some worlds that have lots of users and growth also have l/e systems."</p>
<p>Actually, *all* the large MMOs/virtual worlds have some kind of 1/e system. I'm seriously not aware of a single exception. It's true that many smaller worlds have them too, but that's a slightly different conversation.</p>Dale Innis commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b53f1d970b2010-07-30T00:34:31Z2010-07-30T00:34:31ZDale Innishttp://daleinnis.wordpress.com/"But the fact remains that leveling/achievement systems generally work to grow users and user retention." In what sense is that...<p>"But the fact remains that leveling/achievement systems generally work to grow users and user retention."</p>
<p>In what sense is that a "fact"? Do you know of one single case where a world with no l/e system added one, and thereby increased retention?</p>
<p>Didn't think so.</p>
<p>The only "fact" is that some worlds that have lots of users and growth also have l/e systems. There is the contrary fact that some worlds that have l/e systems *don't* have lots of users and growth.</p>
<p>Opinion + Intuition != Fact</p>brinda allen commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485d8ece8970c2010-07-29T23:26:13Z2010-07-29T23:26:13Zbrinda allenhttp://brinda-benares.blogspot.comIn case some of you missed it...reread Lalo's comment.<p>In case some of you missed it...reread Lalo's comment.</p>Lalo Telling commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b4dc8a970b2010-07-29T22:51:57Z2010-07-29T22:51:57ZLalo Tellinghttp://lalotelling.blogspot.com/"Second Life did have a leveling system, and had one from very earliest days." "...the system was poorly implemented, and...<p>"Second Life did have a leveling system, and had one from very earliest days."</p>
<p>"...the system was poorly implemented, and so while it did encourage user activity and retention, it was also gamed from the start, and led to a lot of social conflict and drama."</p>
<p>'Nuff said (and properly in past tense, too).</p>
<p>Except to reinforce: Opt IN, not opt out. To Scree's examples above, you can add the media controls in the first iteration of Viewer 2, which not only made them opt-out but (Facebook style) hid them.</p>Scree Raymaker commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b4cfb8970b2010-07-29T22:36:05Z2010-07-29T22:36:05ZScree Raymaker"And yes, it should definitely have an easy opt-out option for those who don't want it..." Anything like this should...<p>"And yes, it should definitely have an easy opt-out option for those who don't want it..."</p>
<p>Anything like this should be opt-in not opt-out. People who don't know about the system shouldn't be included in it automatically. Look at all the problems with Bloodlines players and Facebook privacy issues for examples on why opt-out is the worse of the two options.</p>comoro Infinity commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485d8a9a2970c2010-07-29T22:10:42Z2010-07-29T22:10:42Zcomoro InfinityI don't remember how it started but I can see how irrelevant it has become. And your ideas, Hamlet, I...<p>I don't remember how it started but I can see how irrelevant it has become. And your ideas, Hamlet, I need just to read to fall asleep. Enjoying my first life!</p>Barbara Z. Johnson commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b4ad85970b2010-07-29T21:56:59Z2010-07-29T21:56:59ZBarbara Z. Johnsonhttp://bzjohnson.wordpress.com/Yes, you can still get calling card without friending someone. I remember the day of user ratings. It did encourage...<p>Yes, you can still get calling card without friending someone.</p>
<p>I remember the day of user ratings. It did encourage me to meet people and try to leave a good impression. I think the achievement system could have multiple aspects. We could rate people as builders, scripters, event planners, most helpful, best fighter, etc. </p>
<p>The RP sims have instituted their own leveling systems within the virtual world to create, basically, primitive MMOGs, which are often my major reason to be in SL these days.</p>Ann Otoole InSL commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0133f2b45d95970b2010-07-29T21:29:55Z2010-07-29T21:29:55ZAnn Otoole InSLI'm sure you will have an invite to Phillips softball question game tomorrow and you can wrap your idea up...<p>I'm sure you will have an invite to Phillips softball question game tomorrow and you can wrap your idea up in a fuzzy softball fan boy question and ask it.</p>cube3 commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485d82555970c2010-07-29T21:05:31Z2010-07-29T21:05:31Zcube3http://c3.comit WAS compatible in 2002-2003 when SL was an unused- losing money fast GAME.. and when phillip and corey were...<p>it WAS compatible in 2002-2003 when SL was an unused- losing money fast GAME.. and when phillip and corey were sitting in empty booths-chairs at macworlds(games section) trying to get "anyone " to try their game. all should READ the gamasutra posts describing the LINDEN products.... nothing about virtual economies, customers, clients/corporate partners etc. etc..</p>
<p>Then as we all know in desperation to keep their "lab" experiments going, LL - employed the "others will build it for us to own" mythos, IF we tell them they "own it or itll be good for humanity" well US humans at least.</p>
<p>hey, how else will anyone use this stuff...we certianly cant pay them to make our tech "valuable" for another larger company to buy out and for us to make bank...</p>
<p>anyhow-- that "MINOR CHANGE" made all pretence to being a GAME .. unethical... Once they took your INVESTMENT-money and time- in virtual PROPERTY ..they HAD to change .. but they didnt..</p>
<p>they decided to have your cake and eat it too.. and its only taken 4 years for the "sukers---er.. "community" to realize the full reality of the "game". and who was playing what.</p>
<p>luckily metaplaces and other user gen lies called "communities" are now clearly labeled as "BIG OLD NON META MONEY MAKING" as DISNEY and APPLE and FACEBOOK-- and their "kissing cousins Bored of Directors" addict the world to facebooks credits - farmville played on ipads, and advertised as "important" on ABC WORLD/ NEWS every night last week:)</p>
<p>The kid who "owned" the baseball going home cause he dint like to lose, or play the game "he" didnt want to... </p>
<p>and the rest of the kids were left on an empty field.</p>
<p>sound familiar?</p>
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</p>Doreen Garrigus commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485d8194d970c2010-07-29T20:53:40Z2010-07-29T20:53:40ZDoreen GarrigusI believe you can still give someone a calling card without friending them. I'll check as soon as I get...<p>I believe you can still give someone a calling card without friending them. I'll check as soon as I get inworld. </p>Zauber Paracelsus commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485d7f2b4970c2010-07-29T20:36:58Z2010-07-29T20:36:58ZZauber Paracelsushttp://lordsofmaelstrom.thecomicseries.com/So, calling cards used to be transferable at one point?<p>So, calling cards used to be transferable at one point?</p>Eggy Lippmann commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485d7c60c970c2010-07-29T20:19:33Z2010-07-29T20:19:33ZEggy LippmannDear God, I remember that ( I was once around #80 on the leaderboard). People used to fly around and...<p>Dear God, I remember that ( I was once around #80 on the leaderboard).<br />
People used to fly around and collect calling cards because they counted towards your score. I had calling cards for over 1600 people. It was so stupid :)</p>Crap Mariner commented on 'If You Think an Achievement System is Incompatible With Second Life, You Don't Remember How Second Life Started'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef013485d7b41f970c2010-07-29T20:16:23Z2010-07-29T20:16:23ZCrap Marinerhttp://firstlife.isfullofcrap.comBut aren't there 20,000,000 accounts, Hamlet? Oh. Right. Most are alts, bots, or folks who couldn't get past the achievement...<p>But aren't there 20,000,000 accounts, Hamlet?</p>
<p>Oh. Right. Most are alts, bots, or folks who couldn't get past the achievement of learning the basics.</p>
<p>*shrug*</p>
<p>-ls/cm</p>