Azelle's Adventures

I posted this to the Linden blog response to the chat bug, though it hasn’t appeared there yet:

First I would like to say thank you to LL for responding at last to this highly critical issue. While the carefully phrased corporate wording of the issue is unfortunate, I also understand the business-mindedness behind it and hope that, behind the shining, positive facad of the PR team, the devs themselves understand the severity of the issue and are working their best to resolve it.

I encourage the big wigs at LL to allow the devs to spend the needed amount of time and focus on this most crucial issue. Suspending further updates and additions until this issue is resolved would be the wisest course of action, in my opinion. It is mind boggling that residents need to cry out so heartily for such a feature to be fixed, when one of the core aspects of SL is and always has been communication. How is it that this feature, which I consider to be a clear cornerstone to the purpose of SL, is not given the highest priority? What purpose is there in logging on to a social virtual grid if communication within that grid is impossible? What benefit is there in a virtual landscape if restrictions of place and distance suddenly apply there just as in RL?

I am far less interested in spending time in world so long as this problem persists, and am considering canceling my premium membership until it is resolved. Due to the extreme experience-breaking nature of this bug, I am certain this feeling will snowball the longer the issue persists. Again, I encourage that this bug be placed in priority right up with grid crashes. Residents will not be excited to see new features such as shadows, flexi-sculpts, or whatever other improvements are planned until this bug is fixed, and releasing them now will only foster resentment in a large percentage of the community. This defeats the purpose of releasing improvements, does it not?

Thank you again for responding to the community regarding this very serious matter, and for welcoming and reading our comments. I look forward to further updates on the matter and to seeing it resolved quickly.

~Azelle

Right now, Second Life is having a HUGE problem with group chat and it affects the largest groups the worst. We need your help to encourage LL to fix this problem. Please vote on the JIRA (problem report)

Sick of hearing about it? Let’s make the Lindens sick of it too. The signs below are available at my shop in world (or you can IM me), and play the PING-THUNK of the error messages at random time intervals when worn or rezzed (quiet versions also included – please don’t get in trouble for sound spamming, eeps!). Bug Triage office hours are the perfect time to show the Lindens that we mean business. Grab your favorite protest sign, flaming logs, and pitchfolks, and let’s storm the place.

Noon SLT, Monday
Hippotropolis Theater, Hippotrolis (238, 27, 23)

Just added a new one to my list of important JIRAs to vote on (see blog sidebar). Parts of the Ralgan cluster were vanishing for some people and not for others this evening. Please have a look at the Vanishing Region/Sim JIRA and add your vote. Again, here is how to use JIRA. Oh yes, and don’t forget to have your alts vote too.

I’m getting seriously irked at all the worsening issues in SL. The chat bug and lack of Linden response, I must say, is just about convincing me that SL is, for lack of a better word, screwed in the long run. I plan to spend more time in other virtual grids in hopes of getting away from LL. Time for Tinies to make an appearance on OpenLife, perhaps?