Category Archives: Rants

Albertsons.com – Took my money, ‘lost’ my order

NOTE: This is a personal rant, not relevant to my Second Life or Combat: Samurai Island in any way, it just gives me a way to voice my dissatisfaction with a company knowing that Google will index it and make it available to others with the same complaint, as there are apparently quite a few [...]

WTF is the ‘Release Keys’ button for, anyway?

I’ve been reading a very disturbing thread on the SL Forums (registration required) that points to a new type of inventory loss bug : VWR-6610 – Detaching a HUD could lead to the permanent loss of the detached item.
There are multiple ways to detach a HUD, of course, but far and away the most [...]

I’ve just about freaking had it (grrrr)

Okay, seriously….  For the fifth time today I’ve had to log in to Second Life to pass along a sword that didn’t get delivered in-world, and this is probably at least the twentieth time this week.
This is not because the vendors are broken, it’s even happening to the vendors that I’ve used for [...]

Flabbergasted: Why don’t users report issues?

First of all, I do know that, despite the inflammatory headline, many users do in fact report bugs, and those users are a valuable asset and are appreciated.  But without any way to know specific numbers, I’d guess that maybe 75% of the bugs that are experienced by C:SI users go unreported.
This is especially [...]

You’re Killing Me Here!!!

Just announced on the Official Second Life® Blog (emphasis mine) :
We are aware of multiple issues affecting the whole of Second Life® and are working to resolve them as quickly as possible.
Please refrain from uploading textures or making any transactions for the time being. You may notice problems with logging into Second Life® grey textures/avatars,  [...]

Proceed with caution – Second Life® Utilities

It’s a bit of old news now (in Internet time, at least), but not long ago there was quite a bit of buzz in the Second Life® blogosphere about a new program called Second Inventory, whose stated purpose is to allow a Second Life® user to create a local backup of their Second Life® inventory [...]

Why do people cheat?

That’s a question I’m sure I’ll never understand the answer to, but it’s also one that comes to my mind frequently.
Specifically, I don’t understand why people attempt to cheat at C:SI combat.  There have been quite a number of people who’ve done so, and most of the time it’s the most naive, blatantly obvious, pitiful [...]

Myth Busters – Second Life® Edition

Ever since I released the Wave Katana 2.0.3 update, I’ve been hearing rumors about it that I find somewhat disturbing.  It’s not the content of the rumors that I find most disturbing, however, but rather the fact that only a single good friend of mine is relaying them to me.
The rumors range from the new [...]

Second Life® has a damned stupid UI :(

Kind of in the spirit of Colin’s Dear Lindens post, this is a rant targeted at some anonymous Linden Lab® developer, though less funny and more verbose.
Right now, I don’t know whether I’m more pissed off at the guy that decided "Release Controls" should – completely without warning or confirmation – blow away every freaking [...]