Things Virtual People Like

Sometimes, I wander around SL, ask the same random question of people, and then speak for every avatar in the game. I have the authority to do so, as I am the Sports And Leisure Editor and because I also have a picture of myself in front of the White House press conference thingy.

Here's what people want...

- Unlimited Groups

Why is there a limit? You need to be in groups to take part in a lot of activities, so why limit it to 25 or 42? Maybe I want to join a 1000 groups. It seems like an easy enough change to make, too.

- Lower Real Estate Prices

I write for a paper, strip, amd wrestle professionally... and I really don't earn enough money to keep a residency. Real estate prices are way too high for a simple worker here to afford. You have to invest real-life money into SL in order to have a place of your own, which answers the Why question.

- Alternating Weather

This would entail a weather geek(s) taking on a project at Linden Labs, but imagine a SL where weather systems circle the Earth, producing hurricanes and blizzards now and then. Sim owners and maybe even individuals could have override abilities for their personal spaces/viewers.

- SL President

I have always advocated having a highly-publicized election to name a titular El Jefe of the avatars. I say "titular" because SL only has a few "laws," and I'm not really sure what duties our President would have to assume. For now, give the president a really cool sim and just have him/her/it make appearances and such.

- Blood Loss

An easy, heavily promoted Vampirism cure would make a lot of former-undead people happy, especially if it gets them out of Bloodlines registry. I think I may be a vampire, still... but I could personally care less. However, some are not so undaunted as I.

-SL Ghettoes

If real estate reform proves to be beyond our capabilities. SL should provide Section 8 housing on some giant ghetto sim/island/continent. Imagine the scene there if every single niche of SL was mingling in close quarters? I'd probably just sit on my doorstep and laugh, TBH.

- IRL Celebrities As Avatars

Every month, they should get a couple of desperate celebrities from the real world and have them run a sim somewhere. This should include a realistic, Linden-designed avatar for the celebrity. This almost sounds like something a really wealthyavatar could pull off if someone make s a succesful SL Las Vegas. This may sound expensive, but my brother once hired Gary Coleman to do a magazine ad for his company. It cost him $100 and lunch.

- Gambling

Zyngo just doesn't kill the Jones. Sploder balls is puppy gambling. SL Sports are still too clunky to bet on with any great confidence.I want the full Casino experience, including desperate, broken gamblers. Someone really should make a giant-sized SL Vegas... it'd pay for itself. If the right people were in charge of it, an organized crime presence on SL would liven things up and keep the SL President busy.