Beccie

I reported him too after calling someone with dyslexia “retarded”. If he returns, just don’t rise to his comments.

Back in 2015 when I was an active player, I started the first Breast Cancer Awareness event for 3dx in October. I had nothing but unstinting support from everyone that I spoke to, and trust me I spoke to an awful lot of people. I had lots thanking me for the effort. It's just amazing that people are still taking up the cause five years later, and I thank them too for that. Breast Cancer Awareness was never about "getting people into rooms" (heck we didn't even have rooms then). It was about making people pause and think for a moment about a disease that kills far too many people every year in the world, leaving families without mothers, sisters, daughters and so on. I was supported most of all by RosemaryT who herself lost her mother when she was only 12 years old, to breast cancer. She agreed with me, that if our campaign resulted in just one person making and acting on that vital discovery of a worrying sign of cancer, then that would be reward enough. I wasn't after popularity - in fact, I did piss off a few people with my constant world chat trolling! - but so what, I can take a bit of criticism, if my intentions are good. To the OP here and anyone else involved in the campaign on 3dx or anywhere in real life, well done you! You'll hear dissenters, those who think it's attention seeking, usually because the only way of getting attention themselves is to say unpleasant things and throw unfounded accusations. Ignore them, they're not worth worrying about - little keyboard warriors who think they're important. They're not. You are, and what you are doing is amazing. Keep up the good work!

Marketing strategy? Good luck with that. This has been 3dx's problem since day 1 (apart from the crappy disconnection problems). 3dx is still pretty much at the forefront of its game - other comparables, like Achat and RLC, simply can't match it for graphics. Others, like ChatHouse, are badly designed with a user interface that's a nightmare to actually use. I had this exact conversation about marketing about 5 years ago with a player who claimed to be "close" to the developers (he certainly knew stuff that noone else would know). I told him they needed a functioning business plan, free trials, more content, and a massive marketing campaign. With the move towards AI and virtual worlds, it's a huge opportunity. Rather bizarrely, this player listened to what I had to say and said, 'Who on earth are you??' like I'd just discovered the Higgs Bosun or something. I'm (or, I was, then) simply an IT specialist who knows how to market a business. It's really not rocket science. And sex sells, though the marketplace is rather crowded, but not insofar as these types of games go. And basic principles aren't difficult to understand - invest more now to generate more customers = more revenue = more game development = more customers etc etc. I don't think the developers of 3dx will ever grasp these basic points; in any case, it's pointless until they fix the server problems. From what I hear, it's still run by a tiny team of 2 people, maybe 3. The pool of talent that almost certainly exists in the player base are not utilised properly to expand game options, even though there are probably willing contributors. Why, I don't get, unless the devs are worried about claims to ownership and intellectual property. It may simply be that 3dx is still a sideline and not their main income, which would worry me as to what the long-term future of the game is, or whether it will, at some stage, be abandoned if commitment/time diminishes.

A few months ago, a UK-based gamer was in a conversation with a US gamer when he started to experience serious health problems. She contacted 911 and, through lightning-speed enquiries, the address of the other player was identified and paramedics were sent to give life-saving aid. 3dxchat has a route to customers via the billing company, who hold personal data. I'm not saying this wasn't a genuine cry for help, or that it was. But it's a risky strategy ignoring someone who may be genuinely suffering and threatening self-harm. Maybe you don't care less, but luckily the vast majority of people in this world aren't like you.

Any update?

Really helpful comment. D*ckhead.