tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post949663611665030645..comments2009-04-14T11:31:52.020-07:00Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249063135381216090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-33602136488594308732009-03-18T07:23:00.000-07:002009-03-18T07:23:00.000-07:00great postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-84383840700760336402008-11-05T08:28:00.000-08:002008-11-05T08:28:00.000-08:00Hi, great post! <BR/><BR/>For UGC model which motivates creators with real $$, would you suggest new players to go for a Linden/SL model of buying back currency from creators? <BR/><BR/>Or the alternate model of letting third party currency resellers handle that (but then having to deal with competing in selling credits with those sites)?<BR/><BR/>Appreciate your insights..Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872704731696125886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-17076882075994865312008-10-13T11:04:00.000-07:002008-10-13T11:04:00.000-07:00Eric,<BR/>I think you forgot to mention another trade-off when it comes to UGC vs. first-party: controlling the size of the assets. That's been arguably one of the biggest challenges with UGC on imvu. WoW designers control the size of the assets, thus control the performance of the game. However, if an imvu developer makes hair assets that are too large, the performance of the virtual world suffers. And the user doesn't necessarily blame the developer of the product; instead they might blame the virtual world provider.<BR/>-spankyspankyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441831755933658731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533727264507128560.post-55380175870960788062008-10-12T19:21:00.000-07:002008-10-12T19:21:00.000-07:00Thanks so much for sharing this!<BR/><BR/>We are in the process of making these decisions for a new game we are currently developing ( http://www.herobrawl.com )...and we find ourselves bouncing around many of the very questions you point out here.<BR/><BR/>We've got a long way to go still, but it's great to see that we are at least on the right path with the things we are thinking and debating about!Kevin Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568889632677706680noreply@blogger.com