Comments on: Bite me! Not. Ever. Again.

By: ZenWarrior Fuosing

ZenWarrior Fuosing — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:43:40 +0000

In other words, we have to play the game in order not to play it. Wow! No wonder so many hate Bloodlines.

By: Ari Blackthorne

Ari Blackthorne — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:38:21 +0000

Funny, this necklace has been out for a couple months at least.

Sometimes I wish there were a central news outlet. That’s the problem with SL - too difficult to get news like this out.

I’m not sure, but I thought it was also on SLX and OnRez, too.

By: Afon Shepherd

Afon Shepherd — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:46:41 +0000

Bloodlines is a game specifically designed to try to force folk to play it, why should I have to opt out of a game I have no interest in playing? The group I’m with have a simple attitude, any bite requests are met with instant bans (there are plenty of ‘No Bite’ signs). We don’t ban on group association, I know some bloodlines folk and if they respect our wishes, then they are welcome.

The huds should be setup so they are only active on specified parcels/sims and not grid wide. I’ll not be putting this ‘garlic necklace’ on as I have _no_ interest in that game and have no intention of joining it (I ban/AR any bite requests I get). Would it be acceptable for Gorean men to wander the grid with a hud that asked to enslave any passing women?

By: dandellion Kimban

dandellion Kimban — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:23:06 +0000

I wouldn’t go as far as Gordon suggests, removing scan option from scanner seems enough.

By: Inara Pey

Inara Pey — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:26:25 +0000

The garlic “necklace” has been around for a while - at least since December last year, possibly prior to that. However, as Gordon points out, the issue is not only that you need to opt out to avoid spam, it’s the fact that in using the necklace, you are still allowing Liquid Designs to capture information about your avatar - information they are VERY reluctant to remove from their database, even after a direct request has been made.

Boy Lane has been down this road, and her post makes interesting reading:

http://my.opera.com/boylane/blog/bloodlines-a-pest-and-rip-off-ponzi-scheme

By: Gordon Wendt

Gordon Wendt — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:44:11 +0000

It doesn’t make sense to add your name to a database to make sure your name is not added to a database, especially since, while the opt-out isn’t public like the bite list is, there’s no guaranee that the list won’t be made public or sold unscrupulously.

They need a better way to deal with this, preferably deactivating all huds and closing up shop. They also need a way for landowners to prevent all bits on their property at the parcel and estate level for those who own estates.

By: Winter Jefferson

Winter Jefferson — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:53:33 +0000

I also get bite requests, believe it or not. But no garlic necklace option available for me. Can I just have you walk by my side with a stake, Vint?

By: Uccello Poultry

Uccello Poultry — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:42:19 +0000

Despite the annoyance I have for Bloodlines, i still find it socially interesting, as I noted on my blog (http://poultryreport.blogspot.com/2008/10/bloodlines-me.html). About the necklace, though, I find it attractive enough to wear as a semi-regular accessory. I was bitten once (I thought she asked for a hug) and that means Bloodlines players can “sense” I’m biteable until I activate my immunity. Just wearing the necklace is enough for now. If I get any more requests I might do more, but until then I’ll just be fashionable.

By: dandellion Kimban

dandellion Kimban — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:56:40 +0000

There is one thing, though, that is not “good behaviour” in the case of grid-wide games. Bloodlines HUD has a scanner for victims. That is exactly what produces all those annoying attacks. If a vampire had to really search for the victimes, it would take more time and more effort, and would reduce the amount of spam.
This way, Boodlines first gives its players a tool to spam around, then gives anti-spam tool to the rest of the world.

By: dandellion Kimban

dandellion Kimban — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:48:29 +0000

On one hand, it would be normal that the game is opt-in. But on the other, activities that spreads around virally all over the grid ARE what makes our world so interesting. Or do we want SL to be not a world but set of sims that are not connected to each other in any way other than possibility to tp from one to another?

Sure that garlic necklace is a nice thing to offer, but I’d prefer vampires to have more nice manners. It is not so hard to give a notecard to new players, right?