Wrath of the Land King

The things I have to say on the matter were few, because they don't directly affect me. I would rather let those whom they do affect most speak on the matter, if nothing more than as a matter of courtesy.

1) I don't own any OS sims.
2) I work for the Isle of Wyrms, we had nine OS sims, plus two more for tenants, owned by Guardians at the Isle, and though we don't like the situation any more than anyone else there at JLOH, we have chosen to adapt to the situation.
3) LL screwed up the handling of it, due to inexperience and incompetence of the staff.
4) LL screwed up again by not admitting they mishandled it, and not trying to handle it better.
5) It came as no surprise how badly it was handled, given Jack's history with the adfarmer/extortionist issue. I bet good RL money that he was shocked at the level of backlash over it.
6) I already knew that they had made their "final offer", simply by the way it was handled. A similar situation occurred when Estates went up to US$295/mo. Grandfathering in that case was more palatable to them than this time around, but the overall "up in arms" response was very familiar.
7) There's talk of suing, class actions, calling the California Attorney General's Office of Consumer Affairs, as well as getting the UK Trading Standards Office on the case. If people think they have a case, or a legitimate complaint, I ENCOURAGE them to do so. Don't just talk about it; DO it. There's an awful lot of finger-waving and threatening to seek legal redress, and it is obvious what the goal is.. to apply pressure to LL to acquiesce to everyone's demands that they leave OS sims alone. The simple fact of the matter is that they have already explored potential legal liability over it, and people should be making those calls to their lawyers and solicitors, because the threats are not going to sway anyone. Personally, I don't think many of the OS sim owners have a leg to stand on, legally, but if they do, and are willing to pursue it, I wish them the best of luck. LL needs to apologize for their screwups and, failing to do it on their own volition, they probably should be forced to do so.

I have NEVER EVER advocated OS sims being used for anything other than what LL said they were for. I warned people over and over that the performance sucked, and that building malls, event venues, home rentals, etc was not "intended use". I was just as shocked as anyone when they doubled the prims, built their own venues on OS sims (and, no, I don't buy the bullshit line about them "always being full sims, with an OS prim limit"), and otherwise encouraged the mass sale of them. I pay US$125/mo as it is on mainland. Don't you think I would rather have my own sim for my store and mall, and whatever the hell else I want to do? Sure! However, I *KNOW* what they can and can't be used for, technically, realistically, and policy-wise, regardless of their stupid double-talk and "do as I say, not as I do" pathology.

It was simply too good a deal to be true, and it wasn't. I sympathize with people who bought into them in a big way, but despite all the BS and double-speak, people should have been wary of the deal. For those who were using them as a critical part of their business, I think they failed Risk Analysis 101. Hopefully, they will pass this time.

I wish people would have had the same level of passion in helping us get rid of the mainland Blight, instead of running away from mainland to private OS sims, complaining how shitty the mainland was; maybe it would have ceased being so shitty a lot sooner.