Comments on: Is Second Life® even worse now? http://www.daikonforge.com/webtab/2007/11/10/is-second-life-even-worse-now/ News and thoughts about my adventures in Second Life, Combat: Samurai Island, and Virtual Worlds Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:11:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ugh… My blog is as broken as Second Life at Daikon Forge http://www.daikonforge.com/webtab/2007/11/10/is-second-life-even-worse-now/#comment-165 Ugh… My blog is as broken as Second Life at Daikon Forge Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:34:21 +0000 http://www.daikonforge.com/webtab/2007/11/10/is-second-life-even-worse-now/#comment-165 [...] had originally intended to post this long rant in response to comments on my post "Is Second Life even worse now?" about how Second Life has had problems nearly every day for the last week or more (yes, each [...] […] had originally intended to post this long rant in response to comments on my post "Is Second Life even worse now?" about how Second Life has had problems nearly every day for the last week or more (yes, each […]

]]> By: Takuan http://www.daikonforge.com/webtab/2007/11/10/is-second-life-even-worse-now/#comment-161 Takuan Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:19:52 +0000 http://www.daikonforge.com/webtab/2007/11/10/is-second-life-even-worse-now/#comment-161 It used to be, during the first year I was in Second Life, that I very rarely experienced a crash of *any* kind. In the last few months, however, I experience a crash 99% of the time I'm signed in, and that remaining 1% is usually because I sign in for 5 minutes and log out after completing some task like copying a script from my inventory to work on locally and then intentionally signing out. I suppose it's a good thing that many people are reporting increased rather than decreased stability overall, though I wonder what the criteria is for "increased stability" since even LL acknowledged recently that <a href="http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/09/24-of-second-li.html" rel="nofollow">25% of user sessions terminate abnormally</a>. I have to admit that some things are better in my experience, such as inventory loss, but on the whole my Second Life experience is degrading to the point where I'm rarely motivated to try signing in more than once a day. It used to be, during the first year I was in Second Life, that I very rarely experienced a crash of *any* kind. In the last few months, however, I experience a crash 99% of the time I’m signed in, and that remaining 1% is usually because I sign in for 5 minutes and log out after completing some task like copying a script from my inventory to work on locally and then intentionally signing out.

I suppose it’s a good thing that many people are reporting increased rather than decreased stability overall, though I wonder what the criteria is for “increased stability” since even LL acknowledged recently that 25% of user sessions terminate abnormally.

I have to admit that some things are better in my experience, such as inventory loss, but on the whole my Second Life experience is degrading to the point where I’m rarely motivated to try signing in more than once a day.

]]> By: Eyana Yohkoh http://www.daikonforge.com/webtab/2007/11/10/is-second-life-even-worse-now/#comment-160 Eyana Yohkoh Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:48:09 +0000 http://www.daikonforge.com/webtab/2007/11/10/is-second-life-even-worse-now/#comment-160 I've had some random crashing events since last night. I crashed several times in a row, and each time was when I was trying to close my inventory or another window. I don't know if that is coincidence or related to why I was crashing. I wondered if it was the new Dazzle interface making things difficult, but I really don't know how I would be able to tell. I haven't had any other problems since installing the test interface. I'm not sure I would go so far as to say that things are worse. Things go wrong occasionally—usually it's quite spectacular when they do—but I honestly believe things are steadily improving regardless of the bumps in the road. Maybe I'm being delusional or hopelessly optimistic. ^^ I’ve had some random crashing events since last night. I crashed several times in a row, and each time was when I was trying to close my inventory or another window. I don’t know if that is coincidence or related to why I was crashing. I wondered if it was the new Dazzle interface making things difficult, but I really don’t know how I would be able to tell. I haven’t had any other problems since installing the test interface.

I’m not sure I would go so far as to say that things are worse. Things go wrong occasionally—usually it’s quite spectacular when they do—but I honestly believe things are steadily improving regardless of the bumps in the road. Maybe I’m being delusional or hopelessly optimistic. ^^

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