![]() Maybe that's your cup of tea, but I don't find it interesting and it's not worth slogging through the mediocre translation. I find myself skipping through the knight story. Translation quality aside, to be frank, the novel has become boring. the original translator at Dao was really amazing, but the novel went to MTLers who barely edited it and then a TLer who would benefit from a lot of editing help. But it has gone downhill in many ways- plot, character development, and most obviously, translation quality. There were moments that made me laugh out loud and moments that made me teary-eyed. Labor Union Protesters Converge On IBM's Metaverse Campus: Leaders Claim Success, 1850 Total Attendees (Including Giant Banana & Talking Triangle) (2007)Īll About My Avatar: The story behind amazing strange avatars (2007)įighting the Front: When fascists open an HQ in Second Life, chaos and exploding pigs ensue (2007)Ĭopying a Controversy: Copyright concerns come to the Metaverse via.I really enjoyed reading the first 80 or so chapters. The Husband That Eshi Made: Metaverse artist, grieving for her dead husband, recreates him as an avatar (2008) Linden Limit Libertarianism: Metaverse community management illustrates the problems with laissez faire governance (2008) Will be interesting to watch how this filter out over the next couple of months. ![]() I am not "there" any longer but I still sell on the Marketplace which happily sends my money to Paypal each week or so. I can't believe I am the only one that thinks this way :D.Īlso there seems to have been an exodus to Opensim already as my Kitely sales are way up from the norm. ![]() That could help the oh so very empty mainland.Īs I said, this doesn't affect me personally but that said, if I could use my vast amount of linden savings to pay premium or premium plus fees as well as tier I would be inclined to buy a mainland sim or two. Letting people pay their premium fees and their tier via lindens would most likely stop the exodus from the land - and even premium status. Since I have no idea what the cost actually are, I can't say but I do know that many 3rd party web services are pretty darn spendy. But NOW depending on the cost of third party services that they have hired, the costs might be equal or in their favor. I could see no real reason WHY they were considering the move at that at the time as they would lose the fees from Linden dollars to USD exchange. I am still hoping that LL will decide that they will accept Lindens for payment (this mentioned by Patch a few years ago - maybe three). Here is the link to that comment on the SL forum post: It suggested that we are not actually getting the whole story. Someone did research and posted finding on the SL forum thread about this move. Rentals (not all of course) seem to be coming down markedly. Some are as always ridiculously priced, but a number of them are much lower than the previous "market" value". I have noted a marked degree of lands for rent and for sale. This change will not affect me personally as I rent my sim and I am no longer a premium member (this due to Tilia's TOS and privacy statements). Late to the party but a couple of thoughts. There a whole virtual tax revolt in Second Life modeled on the original American tax revolt over this!Īnother interesting aspect of this: I believe this is the first time that the Second Life virtual world will be directly impacted by a US Supreme Court decision: And yet then again, Americans tend to be much less tolerant to paying taxes. Then again, SL users in the European Union have been paying a VAT on many Second Life services for years. ![]() Which is quite a lot! I have to think this will have a huge impact on the Second Life economy and the community culture as a whole. So as an example, if you own a private sim and you live in Seattle, where tax rates are 10.3%, your yearly sales tax hit will come out to about $283. On the very top end, major cities Los Angeles (hey that's me!), Oakland, Chicago, and Seattle charge around 10%. Sales taxes vary quite a bit across the United States, and can be extremely high. Your individual charges will be determined by your local jurisdictions. The amount of tax charged will be communicated clearly in the receipt or invoice. For the time being we will charge taxes only on recurring billings, such as premium subscriptions and land fees. As of Mawe will begin charging sales tax in the U.S. Since then, we have done our best to shield our residents from these taxes as long as possible, but we are no longer able to absorb them. The Wayfair Sales Tax case decision by the Supreme Court was when prior rules about sales tax really changed. Well this is a bit of a bombshell for Linden Lab to drop on a Monday:
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