Constanza

Sick and tired

25 Aug 2011 8 Comments

by Constanza in Uncategorized

I just got an URL from a friend to a blog posting from someone complaining about virtual worlds. Its not really worth my time, but still i am getting a bit sick and tired of people complaining about virtual worlds in general and about other new grids/worlds.

Lets be clear on 1 thing… there is not a VW on earth and beyond that doesnt have issues and or bugs, this counts for WOW, GW, The Sims, Second Life, InWorldz, Avination and who/what ever other VW out there. Yes i see WOW, GW, EVE etc also as VW as they simply are… they have a community and for that they are a VW to me.

Now to go back to this blog posting… i hear people say that new grids are crap, buggy, unstable etc and yes in some case this is true… however these new grids also get older and the more work on these grids are being done, the stabler and better they become. This is the case with InWorldz. I find it therefor not understandable that this blog writer is saying and i quote:

With InWorldz, they remind me of SpiralMatrix or Cybernet Worlds, where the land is basement priced, the service is on par, and the technology is two generations or more behind the main company responsible for the technology to begin with. The users of that system act like a cult from Utah, and insist it is far superior to even SecondLife or any of the other grids, and always cite things like “the land is so much cheaper here!”. Hell, they even created their own currency in world called I’s or whatever. Congratulations to the hard work of the team behind InWorldz, because it does take a lot of work to run and operate a virtual world environment. However, your “grid” is doomed to obscurity in the grand scheme of things, and if SecondLife itself is a niche audience, yours is a niche within *that* niche.

Yes i agree the land is cheaper, but basement priced? compared to who or what? I dont agree with the statement that the technology is 2 generations or more behind the main company responsible for the technology… i ask myself, when is the last time you even visited IW or even worse… have you ever been there and even read any of the technical blogs, forums or press releases that have gone out? This also counts for the statement of the customer service being par…

Then the statement of a VW being aimed at a niche audience… hello! every VW, Game, Website even your own business is aiming for a niche audience……and yes i have read your business model and rest of the website.

Then the next statement made, which is not only aimed towards IW, but really to every new grid out there:

InWorldz – Put a leash on your community. It’s ok to want to grow your userbase, but not through sleazy practices like trying to get people to leave other virtual environments. I don’t hold you, as the company, at fault. I fault your community – but you can make a big difference in that perception by actually coming up with creative outlets to promote InWorldz *outside of the SL community niche* like an actual, honest to god, real company would. Right now, you (and many other grids) are giving off the perception that you’re a bunch of vultures fighting over users. That has to stop if you ever hope to be a brand and service that stands on its own merit, and not in the shadow of others – a footnote in the history of virtual worlds, if you even bother to warrant that much.

Who are you to say that Inworldz has to put a leash on their residents…. there is maybe 1% of residents or maybe even none that ask people to leave anywhere… if you indeed would understand business a little bit, you would agree with me that it is good for any VW creator to expand to as many worlds as possible…. its called expanding and is a good brand and business thing to do so. I for example have my brand in 3 worlds… The Sims ( yes thats where i started and i still make stuff for that), Second Life and Inworldz and yes i inform my friends about other worlds. However i will never ever tell anyone to leave a Virtual World as that is BAD for business.

So after reading your blog, i can only come to 1 conclusion… you have never been to another Virtual World accept SL and  you do NOT understand business or even the technical part of building and creating Virtual Worlds in general. ( that are actually 3 conclusions)

However i do wish you good luck with your business, please dont expand to other virtual worlds and please do not adjust your opinion on them eighter as god forbid, it might even do your business some good….

LMFAO

26 Jul 2011 6 Comments

by Constanza in Uncategorized

i so need to rant…. some people really have no clue about life and hold other people responsible for individual fights between 2 people.

Many people know me as a help full person in both SL and IW. I love helping new residents and older residents and i dont need a mentor tag to do that.

A while ago someone made an account in IW and joined a group known by many under the name “where can i find?” this person found it needed to accuse people of using brands from others in IW. Well i run Gurl6 which is owned by Six Kennedy in SL and i do not make a secret about that eighter. So yes i felt it as a personal attack toward me. So i responded to that.

See here the group chatlog:

[2011/07/18 07:46]  Accuser: copyrights exist here ????
[2011/07/18 07:46]  Accuser: i dont think so
[2011/07/18 07:46]  resident1: yes
[2011/07/18 07:46]  resident1: they exist everywehere
[2011/07/18 07:46]  resident1: it never changes
[2011/07/18 07:46]  Accuser: i find here people using registred marks
[2011/07/18 07:46]  resident2: YES  copyrights  anything
[2011/07/18 07:46] Accuser: no no
[2011/07/18 07:46]  resident2: everwhere
[2011/07/18 07:46]  Accuser: bulshits
[2011/07/18 07:46]  resident1: then tell the owners
[2011/07/18 07:47]  resident1: they have to file the dmca they the only ones
[2011/07/18 07:47]  Accuser: bullshits , if exist why this guys us registred marks ???
[2011/07/18 07:47]  resident1: copied items not allowed here
[2011/07/18 07:47]  resident1: he is theief then
[2011/07/18 07:47]  Accuser: i dont talk that
[2011/07/18 07:47]  resident1: tell the owner
[2011/07/18 07:47]  Accuser: i talk about this marks im see in a store
[2011/07/18 07:47]  Accuser: they are using registred marks in a store
[2011/07/18 07:48]  resident1: tell the owner
[2011/07/18 07:48]  Accuser: this is not legal
[2011/07/18 07:48]  resident1: tell the owner
[2011/07/18 07:48]  Accuser: ahhh no to the owner
[2011/07/18 07:48]  resident1: that is who can file dmca
[2011/07/18 07:48]  Accuser: i need call some one to ban this thieffes
[2011/07/18 07:48]  resident1: why do you bring it to this group then?
[2011/07/18 07:49]  resident2: thank god this isnt secondlife
[2011/07/18 07:49]  resident3: sighs
[2011/07/18 07:49]  resident4: resident1 is right it is the owners that have to file the dmca
[2011/07/18 07:49]  Accuser: to people know if i find my stuff out there or if i see original brands here be used by some one i go do all to report and ban that guys
[2011/07/18 07:50]  resident1: then do that
[2011/07/18 07:50]  resident1: tell the owners let them take care of it
[2011/07/18 07:50]  resident1: nobody else can file dmca
[2011/07/18 07:58]  Constanza Amsterdam: wow Accuser… if its that bad here.. what are you doing here then?
[2011/07/18 07:58]  resident1: awwww come on don’t make it worse!
[2011/07/18 07:58]  Accuser: i dont use registred brands
[2011/07/18 07:59]  Constanza Amsterdam: and i do…..
[2011/07/18 07:59]  resident1: Ok let’s not use this group to fight with each other
[2011/07/18 07:59]  resident1: take it to IM
[2011/07/18 07:59]  Constanza Amsterdam: <— has permission to do so… please report me now Claudia
[2011/07/18 07:59]  resident1: Constanza one more and you’re out
[2011/07/18 07:59]  Constanza Amsterdam: sorry resident1?
[2011/07/18 07:59]  resident1: stop fighting in group chat
[2011/07/18 07:59]  resident1: go to IM
[2011/07/18 08:00]  resident1: we don’t want to watch you
[2011/07/18 08:00]  Constanza Amsterdam: i aint fighting
[2011/07/18 08:00]  resident1: stop typing then
[2011/07/18 08:00]  Constanza Amsterdam: fine… have a nice day resident1

After this i went in IM with resident1 and said to her that i have a right to standup for myself as this happened in a public chat. She didnt agree with this and in the end kicked me out of the “where can i find? ” group. I later found out that the accuser in question went to IDI after this group chat and harressed our lovely Grid Goddess. The accuser ended up with a ban from the grid. ( mind to say, she is still a member of this group tho even tho she is banned from the grid)

Now my following rant. My husband also has a business in Inworldz. The Amsterdam Mall. Althought this sim is in my name and he told me to build it. It is all his. He joined the group and asked for a Merchant tag so he could advertise the Amsterdam Mall in there. He got this tag. Now 1 week later, he wanted to post a new notice about the mall and he finds himself with the notice rights. So he asked for clarification… and oh he got this… apparently being married in RL means automatically that if your wife has a fight with someone… you are also part of it and that is why his notice right were revoked.

UNBELIEVABLE!!! i am so freaking pissed off now and this is so freaking childish… i never even had this in Second Life…. please dont tell me Inworldz is changing… please???

UPDATE:

Apparently this blogpost made it that i got a notecard from the one that kicked my out of the “where can i find” group with an explanation of the word argue found on the dictionary website. This is so condescending and i do not wish to be treated as a 12 year old. Next to that she wants me to apologize… never going to happen eighter…. again i have done nothing wrong and i stand by what i have said. I have a right to defend myself just as everyone else does.

I am back

04 May 2011 2 Comments

by Constanza in Uncategorized

Last monday i had an appointment with the doctor as i had a sore spot at the top of my bum. At a 14:15 was my appointment and before i know it the doctor had called the hospital as he saw a fistula and something that looked like a boil.

30 minutes later i was in the hospital and after some investigations by the doctors there, they found out it was indeed a fistula with an abscess, which ment i had to have an operation.

60 minutes later i was admitted into hospital and last night i finally had my operation and i was released this morning. I now have a cut in my bum from about 3cm in lenght and 3cm deep aswell, which has to be cleaned with water twice a day. I am not in any pain any more after the operation, it is just not a very nice feeling as it also has a little greasy cloth in there, so that it doesnt close before it is health up.

Why i am writing this is, because there are people who know i was in hospital and i dont feel like repeating the same story over and over again to explain what happened.

So all in all i survived the operation and i am back home with my hubby who is now playing nurse for me

Thanks everyone for the nice comments on Twitter, they cheered me up while i was waiting to be operated. Thank god for internet on my mobile phone!

oh btw, my english is not perfect yet as i am still a bit dozy due to medication hahahaha

Working on the IW wiki

18 Mar 2011 1 Comment

by Constanza in Uncategorized

2 pages on the new wiki are done. Here are 2 printscreens to give you a feel