you can get a prepaid visa debit card at any check cashing places. they are $9.95 ( no credit check, if that is a concern ), and you load up the card with only $5. i mean i am by far not floating in cash, but sheesh you can get a prepaid debit card. you say you have no job, someone is paying your isp bill right? you gotta live of something, or perhaps consider getting a job, every even little town has gas stations and fast food places you can work at.
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i have been playing online games ” for the past 9 yrs “, i have seen swg, wow, cov, matrix and so on. i came to sl about 3 month ago, and when i signed up ( verified ), there were 300k members. now there are what, 800k members? which i assume are mainly alts or non verified members.
i, too agree – SL should be CC/Debitcard only. simply because – every game you play online
( incl the sims – you have to have a form of verification and pay monthly fees ). if you open up a paypal or ebay account – you need to be verified.
where there is a will – there is a way! and i am sure the ones that are not verified and are non griefers will find a way to play their favorite game. there are no excuses for it, i am sorry, i just don’t buy that.
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yet i do agree SL needs to tighten up their buttcheeks and do something about these “AOL like security holes” and downtimes. in the past 4 weeks the game and lag is just outragous. i run 1.5gig ram on my machine and lag like i am on a 33.6 modem.
i do expect SL to get down on that issue and fix these things ASAP. because there will be always better “games” out there and the player/ member base will tend to just those. it is fall – meaning games galore are coming out in the next 2 month.
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as for the griefers, this is all none but a script kiddie crap. most play on ” proxies” which should also be removed ASAP from the gaming options. i mean, come on SL, you are opening the doors for every ” cracker/ script/ teenage/ angsty one”. being ” nice ” to everyone, doesn’t work on the world wide wait anymore. 10 year ago – yes perhaps, but not in these days.
i would suggest to re-think your business strategys really good – or people will leave in hordes!
