Two things came up this week which made me think. (O.o)<\/p>\n
One: I closed the NCI newbie mall. \u00a0Not without reason. \u00a0Applications have gone from the 2 per week I was experiencing a couple years ago to now 1 per month. \u00a0And, often, that 1 didn’t create anything yet so I’d have to turn them down. (>_<)<\/p>\n
Two: This post on the SL forum.<\/a><\/p>\n And, I really have to think. \u00a0What is the creative market in SL like these days? (o.O)<\/p>\n That is, who’s making what? \u00a0Why are my favourite stores becoming so slow to update? \u00a0Why have some stores stopped updating at all? \u00a0And how dependent on prefabs are SL creators becoming all around? (._.)<\/p>\n Even the NCI sandboxes have often been reduced to a couple oldbies trying out small builds while everyone else pretty much hovers around in IMs or some open chatting. \u00a0I remember when at least half of the crowd was trying to make something new. \u00a0Now, that just ain’t the story anymore. (T_T)<\/p>\n At the same time, I’m rebuilding my sim to be a nice haunted little spot to explore a bit and I’m not relying on prefabbed buildings this time around. \u00a0I had made some mesh walls with window and door cutouts and I’m finally putting them to use. \u00a0They’re bloody hell to align, but, when in place they match a prim build but only use 1\/3 to 1\/4 of the overall LI prims and sculpts would use. \u00a0(^_^)<\/p>\n Still, when I get updates from the store groups I’m in, they’re more often than not new ‘discounts’ as opposed to new items. \u00a0Instead of branching off and creating new things, they’re just shuffling the prices on what they’ve already had for a while. \u00a0(>_<)<\/p>\n There are exceptions, I know. \u00a0Graves has been doing new outfits lately and even working in some mesh details. \u00a0DE just released some self-made mesh cargo pants which are insanely detailed. \u00a0(^_^)<\/p>\n But, they’re not the norm now. \u00a0(>_<)<\/p>\n There are so many stores lately which haven’t updated a thing. \u00a0They just sit, idle, and maybe make something new when a fresh prefab\/template comes about. (._.)<\/p>\n There could be some argument that the creative people have moved out to open grids, but as a member of OSgrid and InWorldz and a few others, I’m yet to see anything that really shows a ‘2013’ sense of newness. (>_<)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two things came up this week which made me think. (O.o) One: I closed the NCI newbie mall. \u00a0Not without reason. \u00a0Applications have gone from the 2 per week I was experiencing a couple years ago to now 1 per … Continue reading