Comments on: Goodbye Second Life premium membership http://www.vtoreality.com/2009/goodbye-second-life-premium-membership/2622/ VTOR - Virtual TO Reality, featuring Second Life Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:36:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Prospero http://www.vtoreality.com/2009/goodbye-second-life-premium-membership/2622/comment-page-1/#comment-11516 Prospero Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:51:27 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2009/goodbye-second-life-premium-membership/2622/#comment-11516 I am in sl for nearly two years now, started as a noob, learned fast, started clubs, small rp-sims, and so on. All with a basic account as I ever asked myself why people choose to pay as, if you want to rent land, you can do it also without a premium membership from a landlord. Now im going into business, not just as a hobby, but with some real life interests in it, also if it is also for a pocket money, or maybe more. I still think SL has great potential. The question for me now is: should I get a premium account? The only reason I have is to have more safty regarding my account and problems. Well, in these two years I never had problems.. but with a business in the back, who knows what can happen. Maybe some frustrated person makes an abuse report of me, or such things. I need to have a better status, to be able to communicate well with Linden Labs if something. Thats my concern for the premium account. However, im still thinking about the costs of it, also if it isnt that much compared to other real life expenses or online games. I searched the net for others opinion on that, other businessmen maybe. I found this Blog. I`m writting here because the poster above made the point for me, hehe! Somehow i though i get 300LD per month as a pocket money from Linden Lab with a premium account, but it is per week! thats 1200ld per month or 4,5 us dollars. Plus that I can buy 512sqm land without that i ve to pay tier for it. Well, thats not much land, but worth another 800ld per month in rent, 3 us dollars. All in all a value of 7.5 Us Dollar for a price of 6 Dollar + better support - thats very fair, more then fair! So I made my decision here, I`m going to get a premium membership, and its recomandable also for people without a business in sl if they play a little and can use a little piece of land. And to be honest, since the first time i rented a parcell in sl i wont miss to have one, even if it is small. Best wishes to all! Prospero I am in sl for nearly two years now, started as a noob, learned fast, started clubs, small rp-sims, and so on. All with a basic account as I ever asked myself why people choose to pay as, if you want to rent land, you can do it also without a premium membership from a landlord.

Now im going into business, not just as a hobby, but with some real life interests in it, also if it is also for a pocket money, or maybe more. I still think SL has great potential.
The question for me now is: should I get a premium account? The only reason I have is to have more safty regarding my account and problems. Well, in these two years I never had problems.. but with a business in the back, who knows what can happen. Maybe some frustrated person makes an abuse report of me, or such things. I need to have a better status, to be able to communicate well with Linden Labs if something. Thats my concern for the premium account.

However, im still thinking about the costs of it, also if it isnt that much compared to other real life expenses or online games.

I searched the net for others opinion on that, other businessmen maybe. I found this Blog. I`m writting here because the poster above made the point for me, hehe!

Somehow i though i get 300LD per month as a pocket money from Linden Lab with a premium account, but it is per week! thats 1200ld per month or 4,5 us dollars. Plus that I can buy 512sqm land without that i ve to pay tier for it. Well, thats not much land, but worth another 800ld per month in rent, 3 us dollars. All in all a value of 7.5 Us Dollar for a price of 6 Dollar + better support – thats very fair, more then fair!

So I made my decision here, I`m going to get a premium membership, and its recomandable also for people without a business in sl if they play a little and can use a little piece of land. And to be honest, since the first time i rented a parcell in sl i wont miss to have one, even if it is small.

Best wishes to all!

Prospero

]]> By: Mrs Madrigal http://www.vtoreality.com/2009/goodbye-second-life-premium-membership/2622/comment-page-1/#comment-11308 Mrs Madrigal Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:41:41 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2009/goodbye-second-life-premium-membership/2622/#comment-11308 Being new to Second Life I'm confused as to why you would give up $500 weekly stipend. Isn't that about $92 a year? The membership is only $72 a year. That means you were earning $20 a year from Linden Lab. Which means they benefit from you dropping your membership. Perhaps I will understand once I've been in awhile. Being new to Second Life I’m confused as to why you would give up $500 weekly stipend. Isn’t that about $92 a year? The membership is only $72 a year. That means you were earning $20 a year from Linden Lab. Which means they benefit from you dropping your membership. Perhaps I will understand once I’ve been in awhile.

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