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I'm in a different position than some people though, I need land only to display and sell on. If I were needing land for recreation though I would definitely choose to buy in InWorldz rather than in Second Life. Virtual land in Second Life is not the greatest investment anymore, especially if you only want a sim or two. It's become increasingly harder to resell in Second Life, as I found out first hand. I just ended up giving mine back to Lindens to save from having to pay another months tier.
To buy a full region in Second Life there is a $1000.00 set up fee (15,000 prims)
To buy a full region in InWorldz there is a $75.00 set up fee (45,000 prims)
Second Life tier is $295.00 a month
InWorldz tier is $75.00 a month (I'm pretty sure this hasn't changed)
Now that InWorldz has introduced Phlox many things that were a tad bit glitchy before - operate perfectly now. I like Second Life and I would never bad mouth it at all, but right now it seems like it's just a simple matter of economics. Many people prefer Second Life because they say there is more to do. That's true, I won't argue with that. But... there will be more to do in InWorldz as people continute to come and establish themselves here. There is no right or wrong 'world' to be in... but it seems that in this bad 'real world' economy... people would gravitate towards the virtual world with the better prices. I like InWorldz just as much as I've ever liked Second Life, but admittedly I'm not the most social person, most of my time online is working. I would love to hear from other people though. Which world do you prefer and does the price matter to you?
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I'll keep my sims in Second Life as long as I'm at least breaking even. If it ever comes to where I'm taking a loss I'll definitely give them up. I'd probably try to keep doing rezzing vendors though. I don't know about how other people feel, but it seems to me that the economy in Second Life is not nearly as good as it was in past years.
For me InWorldz prices has meant I can afford land for creative and recreational purposes. I would never indulge myself in SL as the prices are too high but at InWorldz I have a region on the mainland ($60.00 per month) that means its $15 a week. That is not much on a hobby - my husband for instance does photography 2 lenses this year worked out three times what I spend in a virtual world in a year.
Being at InWorldz has meant I have really improved my building skills and the free image uploads has meant I am making a lot more (at least 70% of my own textures) This skill development could not have taken place in SL and it has re-stimulated my interest in virtual worlds.
I am not in a virtual world to make money but the price structures of InWorldz has meant personal creative development is possible whereas I was losing interest in SL because I did not want to have to start and take seriously a business to cover costs.
the second thing is that I know there are a number of people who like me build but are not worried so much about making tier.
In short yes money does count and can influence a world in subtle ways
I love building. It's really the largest reason for me to log in. Ever since I began in SL I wanted to do my own thing on my very own sim. I'd done customs, done prefabs, terraformed, even set up sim decorations. But I'd never had an opportunity to do everything top to bottom completely on my own. When I started SL, region prices where expensive. By the time I was looking into actually buying, they took another jump up. I was constantly jealous of my own customers over owning regions. *shakes fist*
Then a friend asked me to check out Inworldz. Wow, was it buggy (don't worry, most of those are gone now)! But if you stood just right..at just the right angle..it wasn't so bad that first day. Day 2 got a little better (keep in mind I was learning a new viewer for the first time ever as well). Every morning for a week, I'd stop in at the coffee shop and listen to builders coming in asking questions about bugs, providing workarounds, offering help. By day 7, I was sold. By month 2 (to my own surprise!) I was making tier on my first region ever. When I filled that one up, I got another :-)
I wish I could do that in SL too, I really do. Unfortunately, that's just too substantial of an investment to lose if something goes wrong. I'll always love it there, I'll never quit and still have my business there too. But it's really hard to compete with new sim smell.
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Well, September last year I gave up paying tier in SL. Every penny I earned went on tier. I bought 45k prims and an island for less than I was paying for 3.7k SL prims. Although the lower traffic means I am not quite covering tier every month, yet, the shortfall is not much and I feel like I am getting good value for money. Good customer service and peace of mind is worth a few dollars.
I believe in the future of Inworldz whereas I don't believe in LL. It would take a lot for LL to restore my confidence in them and, until then, I am very happy in IWz.