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Re: Bot Hosting // Communitycaptain mad mikeDec 20, 2000, 11:42pm
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------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C06AC5.006E3CE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ahhh nonono. Worlds are enough as they are...and I guess companies buy = the stuff but what about people who run their own worlds and want more = objects (privately owned public building worlds). I don't own a world = anyways...but still with their prices as high as they are nobody really = can afford to spend $50 for some avatars edited in Modeler. Reminds me = of Grover and his $5 extra for using another skin texture on his SEALs = and Marines. But still I mean seriously about the "world building" if = you're gonna get a world you pretty much gotta do work on it = yourself...I mean then you're just hosting it and letting someone else = run it for you...and paying them $100, and if you can't build well then = tough luck...you gotta practice to GET good. [View Quote] Nornny [View Quote] ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C06AC5.006E3CE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ahhh nonono. Worlds are enough as they are...and I = guess=20 <U>companies </U>buy the stuff but what about people who run their own = worlds=20 and want more objects (privately owned public building worlds). I don't = own a=20 world anyways...but still with their prices as high as they are nobody = really=20 can afford to spend $50 for some avatars edited in Modeler. Reminds me = of Grover=20 and his $5 extra for using another skin texture on his SEALs and = Marines. But=20 still I mean seriously about the "world building" if you're gonna get a = world=20 you pretty much gotta do work on it yourself...I mean then you're just = hosting=20 it and letting someone else run it for you...and paying them $100, and = if you=20 can't build well then tough luck...you gotta practice to GET = good.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>nornny <<A = href=3D"mailto:Nornny at snet.net">Nornny at snet.net</A>> wrote=20 in message <A=20 = href=3D"news:3a414c44 at server1.Activeworlds.com">news:3a414c44 at server1.Act= iveworlds.com</A>...</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Then you can't own a world, obviously. :) People = make it a=20 business to sell avs and objects, and they are in demand enough from = "rich"=20 people and companies that they are willing to pay the price for that. = Face it,=20 you might as well be living in Alphaworld if you're going to spend = less than=20 $100 on a world. There's nothing you can do with that, and people are = dumb=20 enough to only save enough money for just the world hosting, = forgetting that=20 once they get the world, they have no knowledge or deep enough = knowledge to=20 create the avs and objects they need to accomplish what they're trying = to build with the world. And learning how to even make a simple = square=20 object sometimes can take months of practice, add 6 dollars or so an = hour for=20 all the time you've wasted working on one single object, and yeah, $50 = will do=20 it. :) You might as well sell it if no one is coming to your world = anyways.=20 :)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Nornny</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>"captain mad mike" <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:missioni64 at yahoo.com">missioni64 at yahoo.com</A>> = wrote in=20 message <A=20 = href=3D"news:3a413990 at server1.Activeworlds.com">news:3a413990 at server1.Act= iveworlds.com</A>...</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yeah I love your prices! Only $30 for an edited = birdbot!=20 So cheap! and $50 for a set of edited avs that have smiley face = textures and=20 other things! And man I can't wait to get a world so I can pay you = guys $100=20 to build my world when I can do it myself and get help from my = friends! And=20 wow! For the price of 2 domain names a year I can get bot hosting = for my=20 preston! In case you can't tell I'm being sarcastic. Yeesh we don't = have=20 money to burn = here.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C06AC5.006E3CE0-- |
