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I can give you several reason for that :
- The game is their baby. They invested time in this, it represent a big part of their life. Come on, 8 years. Why would they sell it just because some people are unhappy with it ?
- You do realize that if another company wanted to do something similar, nothing is preventing it to do so ? I mean, several people have created more complicated multiplayer game from scratch. If this game exist it's because of the creativity and the willingness of it's creator. Another company might chose to bring the game somewhere else, like making the game free but requiring you to pay for clothes, poses and such. And then the 6 to 15$ you pay each month would go to 20 to 30$ for the same exact amount of content.
I hope my answer doesn't look aggressive as it doesn't seems to be your point. Personally i'm more afraid they would end up giving up one day because i don't think anyone would make a game like this one before a really long time.

By the way, maintenance in IT isn't always something planned. It happens that a server get filled with logs file and you have to enter "maintenance mode" in emergency to make the server work again.
Why some logs can fill entirely the server ? Because there is many abnomarl connections -> DDoS
 
It's just some assumptions of course, i don't know what is actually happening, but there is plenty of examples like this one and having some unplanned maintenance happen almost more often than cautiously planned ones.

Pour résumer le forum en quelques mots :
"Ce jeu est nul, les développeurs sont nuls, ils nous volent notre argent, on veut jouer ouin ouin ouin" 

I love the work out poses 😛
There is a pretty big roleplay community on 3dx and all theses features are appreciated The way the game is designed open a lot of possibilities. Of course the sex part of the game is important but it also can be something else. I have absolutely no fun switching between poses, i don't find this interesting 😛 I have way more fun with RP and i don't use the sex poses that often, only when it fit in my character story and that it make sense
Then you could tell me it's not what the game is about but well, i guess a game is always about fun and having theses possibilities doesn't prevent the people here only for the sex poses to enjoy themself as well

The workout stuff, imho, is kinda cool, for the simple reason that the more poses we see for non-sexual things in the game, the more it makes the game seem more realistic and immersive. I appreciate more of the cuddle poses, group sitting, wall leaning stuff, and so on, and even the "Photo" poses are cool if you want to learn to be a better in game photographer. I thought that the one silly pose that somebody made with the woman handstanding on the guys pinnochio cock was functionally useless and a waste of programming time and effort. A 2 second laugh and then never used again. (Thankfully it's gone now.) The other cool thing about the workout poses is that it is starting to encourage more non sex based rooms...like Gyms, Health Clubs and so on. Yeah, you can still fuck in those places, but it creates more of a true world vibe when not every single place is a bar, club, or party island. If this game ever develops a functioning economy, it could be really cool to see real storefronts, coffee shops, clothing stores etc. Yeah, that's a whole other thread, but there ya go... 

I can give you several reason for that :
- The game is their baby. They invested time in this, it represent a big part of their life. Come on, 8 years. Why would they sell it just because some people are unhappy with it ?
- You do realize that if another company wanted to do something similar, nothing is preventing it to do so ? I mean, several people have created more complicated multiplayer game from scratch. If this game exist it's because of the creativity and the willingness of it's creator. Another company might chose to bring the game somewhere else, like making the game free but requiring you to pay for clothes, poses and such. And then the 6 to 15$ you pay each month would go to 20 to 30$ for the same exact amount of content.
I hope my answer doesn't look aggressive as it doesn't seems to be your point. Personally i'm more afraid they would end up giving up one day because i don't think anyone would make a game like this one before a really long time.

I agree with you somehow.
Though DDoS is something really hard to counter for a game. Websites can resist using cache / CDN and such, but on a game all request are dynamics and different, it's impossible to cache. If the game was restricted to one country, they could easily ban all others countries and they would be pretty safe, but then again, their game is open to the entire world.
You might heard from some others IT guys that they can work on the server architecture, they can invest in some system to prevent this, but this couldn't be compared to some companies who invest 50K per month in their hardware and IT team.
Sure they could have reworked the software before to handle DDoS like they have done with the new server, but it would have take them maybe one or two entire months to do that, and then people would have complained again for the lack of content.

While I agree that no one should attack Gizmo and Lisa on everything that is going on with the game program they have a *job* to do and a business to run. I'm sure we all appreciate the program and want to be here. However, I've been here for about 5 years and have yet to see this program run as it should. This is not like an overnight thing. This kind of situation has been happening over and over.  They really need to stop and put more money into the security and programing of this program , get it secure before allowing other people to subscribe. If this were a real-world situation, lets say a store for example.  If you loved a particular store, ordered something from that store and every time you went to go pick that order up, you would see a "Closed Sign" on the door. After a few weeks you'd get pissed and want a "Refund".  Now lets say this keeps happening to several people, not just you? Guess what people will end up shopping elsewhere and have "Already done so".  I am not complaining about the "Job" Gizmo and Lisa are doing , while I appreciate and admire what they do.  I am saying they need to look into giving people what they pay for, including a "Secure Site".

I can give you several reason for that :
- The game is their baby. They invested time in this, it represent a big part of their life. Come on, 8 years. Why would they sell it just because some people are unhappy with it ?
- You do realize that if another company wanted to do something similar, nothing is preventing it to do so ? I mean, several people have created more complicated multiplayer game from scratch. If this game exist it's because of the creativity and the willingness of it's creator. Another company might chose to bring the game somewhere else, like making the game free but requiring you to pay for clothes, poses and such. And then the 6 to 15$ you pay each month would go to 20 to 30$ for the same exact amount of content.
I hope my answer doesn't look aggressive as it doesn't seems to be your point. Personally i'm more afraid they would end up giving up one day because i don't think anyone would make a game like this one before a really long time.

I can give you several reason for that :
- The game is their baby. They invested time in this, it represent a big part of their life. Come on, 8 years. Why would they sell it just because some people are unhappy with it ?
- You do realize that if another company wanted to do something similar, nothing is preventing it to do so ? I mean, several people have created more complicated multiplayer game from scratch. If this game exist it's because of the creativity and the willingness of it's creator. Another company might chose to bring the game somewhere else, like making the game free but requiring you to pay for clothes, poses and such. And then the 6 to 15$ you pay each month would go to 20 to 30$ for the same exact amount of content.
I hope my answer doesn't look aggressive as it doesn't seems to be your point. Personally i'm more afraid they would end up giving up one day because i don't think anyone would make a game like this one before a really long time.

I can give you several reason for that :
- The game is their baby. They invested time in this, it represent a big part of their life. Come on, 8 years. Why would they sell it just because some people are unhappy with it ?
- You do realize that if another company wanted to do something similar, nothing is preventing it to do so ? I mean, several people have created more complicated multiplayer game from scratch. If this game exist it's because of the creativity and the willingness of it's creator. Another company might chose to bring the game somewhere else, like making the game free but requiring you to pay for clothes, poses and such. And then the 6 to 15$ you pay each month would go to 20 to 30$ for the same exact amount of content.
I hope my answer doesn't look aggressive as it doesn't seems to be your point. Personally i'm more afraid they would end up giving up one day because i don't think anyone would make a game like this one before a really long time.

the thing about DdoS attacks is.. there is no real defence agienst them.
 
even billion doller company's. sevices sometimes goes under from such attacks. company's like Sony an microsoft. or giant game company's like EA or Activision-blizzard.
witch have alort of experience trying to defend agienst thise attacks. yes even thise gets effected sometimes.

so people really should chill out. an stop attacking the devs i am sure they are verry stressed curently

 

here latest news 

This “game” literally costs players pennies a day, less if you buy the Christmas special 
PENNIES!!!
yes the server crashes often, it happens to me all the time. Yes the game being down for days is terrible, but you get compensated for it with free fake money to by drinks and gifts with and they add the lost days back 
instead of sitting on the fucking forum bitching why not just find something else to do for a few days  play another game if that is your thing, go ride a bike, go protest something, go outside for a while for Zeus’s sake 
 
It’s not the end of the fucking world if you can’t do the # 22 dance while others annoy you by bunny hopping all over the place for what amounts to in the grand scheme of things only a few waisted hours of your life
 
get a grip people 
P.S.  I MISS YOU LauraLee😘
ok and Guin too

I spent three weeks dealing against DDoS at work . I would help as well, but i understand why they prefer to keep players out of this.
There could be some legal issue and considering how some players already react just because they pay monthly, i can't imagine how crazy they would turn if they started to bring real help.
Sometimes the best way to help is just to wait patiently and don't harass people already in trouble.
 
Also there is no way to know how serious this is, no matter what experience you have or how much skillfull you are. It's presomptuous to think the ideas we are several to have here wasn't studied by the devs already and they are just looking at the ship as it sink because they are helpless.

Why are people still pissing and whining about no pose editor? We now have at least two or three people that are making poses for us on a more regular basis.
Instead of moaning, why not offer suggestions to the people that are now creating them instead?
Would be more constructive than dwelling on something that ain't gonna happen.
 
 

Dear SGD
You should hire everyone from the forums now!
Everyone is an expert here now!
Dont ask anyone else!
That is all.

post, bitch and gripe
check to see if game is up...no... back to forum.
post, bitch and gripe...
etc.........
I'm getting dizzy!

I spent three weeks dealing against DDoS at work . I would help as well, but i understand why they prefer to keep players out of this.
There could be some legal issue and considering how some players already react just because they pay monthly, i can't imagine how crazy they would turn if they started to bring real help.
Sometimes the best way to help is just to wait patiently and don't harass people already in trouble.
 
Also there is no way to know how serious this is, no matter what experience you have or how much skillfull you are. It's presomptuous to think the ideas we are several to have here wasn't studied by the devs already and they are just looking at the ship as it sink because they are helpless.

I spent three weeks dealing against DDoS at work . I would help as well, but i understand why they prefer to keep players out of this.
There could be some legal issue and considering how some players already react just because they pay monthly, i can't imagine how crazy they would turn if they started to bring real help.
Sometimes the best way to help is just to wait patiently and don't harass people already in trouble.
 
Also there is no way to know how serious this is, no matter what experience you have or how much skillfull you are. It's presomptuous to think the ideas we are several to have here wasn't studied by the devs already and they are just looking at the ship as it sink because they are helpless.

@laurita_peque Been there... it totally sucks and it costs for clothes and better avatars and if you go there for sex?  Forget it... find me something that is actually better than this...
So they went under attack for the past month and yeah the server keeps going down.  They are getting ready to open new servers as soon as they get it stabilized. However it's going to have it's problems that we will report as it's going to be a free test server. I've been here since Jan 2018, made a mistake before saying 1 and a half years. Time flies when you're having fun and didn't realize I've been on for 2 and a half years.  So one week of down time and a month of shutdowns is nothing compared great time I've spent here. I am a member of another Virtual World which doesn't even compare to this but it's tons better than SL and it's huge learning curve. Everyone will be compensated for the down time as is posted by Lisa.  So just chill out, sit tight and the wait instead of bitching and insulting other players and the staff. If you can do better, then go make your own game and show us how it's done.

It's the same worthless speculation when people explain how bad the programming is and how cheap the servers are.
Let me be irrelevant as well if i want. It seems to be the thing to do on this forum.

I just have to be in a proper role mood, sometimes i'm chilling but you can tell who the RP'ers are in a room, they distance themselves from the herds, they want you to read their profiles before they even come close to you, I only answer messages within talking distance anyway, so when I'm in character, I am my avatar.
A true Rp'er on the server will dress and act like they are their avatars, the way they sit, stand, prop up against a wall, you can see their moods, there are alot of talented role players on the server for sure. 

You forgot about something pretty important, and they won't answer that (and it's totally fine), but how much money do they make with the game ?
We pay something like 9$ each month (which is less, because all the people being there for a long time wait for the christmas offer to pay half the price).
So let's imagine they made 6$ per player. When i connect, most of the time there is something like 500 people connected, considering timezones varies and such, my guess is that there is ~2000 actives players. I might be wrong, but well. It's just a general idea.  That made something like 12 000 $ per month. Depending of where they are, you can almost divide this by two with taxes and once you removed the server cost, it doesn't let that much money.
If they want to hire more people, they need more money. The community isn't that big, so unless they rise the price, they aren't going to hire more people.
 
Again no serious business is going to give you detailed explanation about why the game is crashed. We are users, not investors, and the people around here are toxics and get crazy really easily. They are a small team as stated, the dev should work on the server and not spend time to communicate on the forum. They would need a community manager to do that, and again, he have to be paid.
 
I don't think at all they are that unprofessionnal. They have choice to made. Their game is running from around 8 years and have been improved a lot, no matter what some trolls might like to say. A lot of others companies have failed and had to stop. Running a business is not just about the technical stuff.

Another suggestion which is sometimes kinda hard to handle :
- When in a crowded room try to find the good balance between local channel and private message.
For example, let's say my character is in a bar with someone, and another player is sat a few seats away.
You can do all your RP in pm and then, the other player will simply feel like he is in a silence room. It won't involve him at all.
Or you can, from time to time, type stuff like : "/me is whispering with the other girl", "/me laugh softly".
When others people are able to see the scene, it's always better to use local chat, that way it make things easier for others players willing to join the RP.