tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post6416146003409619943..comments2023-03-13T08:50:05.581-05:00Comments on Ms. CC, The Virtual Fashionista: UPDATED: The Quad sims, aka Ginny, Starley, Elika, Canimal.CronoCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13837636780764302961noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-72715102749127156952007-11-11T15:08:00.000-06:002007-11-11T15:08:00.000-06:00Yikes....Yikes....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-63296658574974557182007-11-09T10:41:00.000-06:002007-11-09T10:41:00.000-06:00Shut up. Please. I'm tired of hearing about this q...Shut up. Please. I'm tired of hearing about this quad drama when it's all made up by the people of SL. No drama from the quad it's self. HMMM.. So we can blame drama on other people now? What is the world coming to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-76447159631028910612007-11-08T12:51:00.000-06:002007-11-08T12:51:00.000-06:00I would like to add to that that we do not have th...<I>I would like to add to that that we do not have the right to demand to know what the motivation behind that was. If you own a (virtual) business, you can shut it down at any time you see fit. You do not owe an explanation to anyone. We all have a right to our privacy, remember?</I><BR/><BR/>Correct, but the SL blogs are the press, and if say Macy's/Bloomies/Saks/Nordies all shut down with the same enigmatic notice, the RL press would be asking questions. That's my point in part, the Quad Four are the equivalent of the big department stores, and they need to start thinking like that.<BR/><BR/><I>Why does this touch you so badly, Crono? More importantly: why do you (and apparently some commenters here) consider this to be an interesting topic to write about?</I><BR/><BR/>Again, imagine you're a fashion reporter for say, the New York Times or the Chicago Tribune. Imagine the biggest stores in NYC or Chicago shutting down with the exact same press release with limited information. You'd start writing and commenting wouldn't you? Four of the biggest fashion houses in SL just shut down for a week, with practically no explanation why. They can do that yes, but they can't stop people from wondering why.<BR/><BR/>If they didn't want any "supposition" or wanted their privacy they could have left their stores open, not made any comment at all and still taken their hiatus. There are content creators who've done that. And if there was some tragedy why not say something because there are plenty of folks who would want to help with fundraisers, virtual vigils, whatever.<BR/><BR/>My personal theory is that they took a trip to see Willow and made the mistake of shutting down rather than using the visit as an opportunity to "honor" Willow by say, having a sale on Willow-packs.<BR/><BR/>And as Alaska said above:<BR/><BR/><I>In RL, a closure of this kind would be accompanied with a press release explaining why it happened. No one is saying anyone has to in SL, but it would have been a good idea from the customer's perspective. When you get big enough to pull out an RL income that will sustain you, there should be at least some accountabilty.</I>CronoCloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13837636780764302961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-83230664434394388162007-11-07T10:19:00.000-06:002007-11-07T10:19:00.000-06:00As someone said before me, we do not know why the ...As someone said before me, we do not know why the quad closed. I would like to add to that that we do not have the right to demand to know what the motivation behind that was. <BR/><BR/>If you own a (virtual) business, you can shut it down at any time you see fit. You do not owe an explanation to anyone. We all have a right to our privacy, remember?<BR/><BR/>It may have been inconvenient for some (I can understand that), but let's see things in perspective here, shall we? <BR/>Nobody was harmed in any way because of this. So what if you couldn't buy that skin/dress/hair you wanted. There's more to your (second) life than shopping, even if you proclaim to be a fashionista. <BR/><BR/>I personally do not care what the motivation for shutting down was; just glad the place reopened again. <BR/><BR/>Why does this touch you so badly, Crono? More importantly: why do you (and apparently some commenters here) consider this to be an interesting topic to write about?<BR/><BR/>I doubt it was an attempt to create drama, but if it would have been, you guys were sure quick to jump on the bandwagon. : D<BR/><BR/>ElisamaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-70377683291443415792007-11-06T11:32:00.000-06:002007-11-06T11:32:00.000-06:00mm they're always doing crap like this. it's calle...mm they're always doing crap like this. it's called "Lets see how many of these pathetic sheep will blog about us and devote time of their lives to talking about us!!"<BR/><BR/>Like I said, go shop elsewhere this is a pathetic need for them to feed their egos and laugh at you guys and how easily they puppet you. /=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-44992980053044145462007-11-06T09:29:00.000-06:002007-11-06T09:29:00.000-06:00Uh it's no one's business why they closed. Period....Uh it's no one's business why they closed. Period.<BR/><BR/>They are back open so I guess go shop till your heart is content.<BR/><BR/>Way to be shallow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-15491521135939334152007-11-05T20:42:00.000-06:002007-11-05T20:42:00.000-06:00I think it's hard for people operating a virtual b...I think it's hard for people operating a virtual business who may not be business people in RL to understand what is and isn't a good decision. In RL, a closure of this kind would be accompanied with a press release explaining why it happened. No one is saying anyone has to in SL, but it would have been a good idea from the customer's perspective. When you get big enough to pull out an RL income that will sustain you, there should be at least some accountabilty.<BR/><BR/>Now, of course, no one KNOWS what happened. It's not like them to disappear for no reason. I suspect the reason they haven't SAID why they left is because doing so would make one or all four of them look very bad. I really hope that isn't the case because a) I like them all, and their products, and b) it'll probably come out anyway and hurt them ten times worse than if they said it in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Just speculation on my part, of course.Alaska Metropolitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02177439825482275331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31984703.post-84680145257053127182007-11-05T06:20:00.000-06:002007-11-05T06:20:00.000-06:00Whatever, theyre attention whores, shop elsewhere....Whatever, theyre attention whores, shop elsewhere. They didnt close, they temporarily closed. im tred of them trying to cause hysteria and bring attention to themselves, im no longer shopping at any of those sims unless they return with a damn good reason for this continual BS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com