Sick and tired
25 Aug 2011 8 Comments
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….
Constanza
