Day: December 10, 2018

The Comedy Gladiators Colosseum, the First Live Comedy Event In Sansar, Is a Sold-Out Success!

Tonight Sansar had 93 people in-world attending a live comedy show, the Comedy Gladiators Colosseum:

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I understand that this event was split into three instances of about 30-35 avatars per instance, with broadcasting across all instances. I, unfortunately, did not hear about this event until after it was sold out. The event description states:

Join comedian and YouTube sensation Steve Hofstetter as he brings friends and fellow comedians Maz Jobrani, Ben Gleib, Alonzo Bodden, and Mary-Lynn Rajskub into Sansar for an incredibly interactive virtual comedy experience. There will be stand-up, stories, crowd Q&As, and limited edition items for sale, so make sure to reserve your spot ASAP – tickets now on sale for $9.99!

So this demonstrates that there is a paying audience for good-quality content. A promising start indeed! The organizers made almost a thousand dollars tonight!

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Photo by Bogomil Mihaylov on Unsplash

Sansar on Steam: Linden Lab May Be Fighting a Losing Battle Against the Thumbs-Down Crowd

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Well, the overall rating for Sansar on Steam has gone from “Positive ” to “Mostly Positive” to “Mixed” between its launch this past Wednesday and the following Sunday (in only 5 days).

The reviews are now 1/3 negative and 2/3 positive. Some of the thumbs-down reviews are by disgruntled SL users with an axe to grind. Some are trolls. Some have well-thought-out explanations of why they dislike Sansar. But it looks like the overall rating is not going to improve anytime soon. I was afraid this was going to happen.

Also, the all-time peak usage via the Steam statistics seems to be stuck at 76. Obviously, it’s still very early days though. We’ll have to wait at least a few more weeks to detect any trends.

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But it is starting to look like a similar situation might be developing to what happened when Linden Lab first launched their “open creator beta” on July 31st, 2017: a lot of people trooped in, kicked the tires, took a look around, declared themselves dissatisfied, and promptly trooped out again. (Note the slight downward trend in the overall usage stats since Wednesday on the chart above.)

Like I said, it’s really much, much to soon to make any observations. But it looks like Linden Lab is going to be facing a prolonged, losing battle with the negative reviewers.