Comments on: Expensive Avatars! http://pixelscoop.net/2008/07/expensive-avatars/ News, Reviews and Complete Bulllshit from Second Life™ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: chilli http://pixelscoop.net/2008/07/expensive-avatars/comment-page-1/#comment-87 chilli Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:07:55 +0000 http://pixelscoop.net/2008/07/25/expensive-avatars/#comment-87 Witch hunt ... well, not exactly a witch hunt, but I recall a couple of "very informative" dudes in the audience of a fashion runway show when the "feature" was introduced in the RC viewer. Those guys kept commenting on the ARC score of every new person entering the scene. At one point, a lady with a score way above 5500 turned up and they started dissing her constantly... she would crash the sim, she would cause overheating of graphic cards and other nice thingies ... well, quite half of the 30 or more visitors didn't rezz way before her entry or had those lovely "Missing Texture" texture applied to them, but nevermind. So ARC has a high witch hunt potential, especially if it is paired with false information and scaremongering. On the other hand, it can give you some idea that you should consider "downgrading" your 2000+ score outfit before going to a crowded Fair sim, popular event or any place alike. As for creators ... well, I'm none of them and therefore don't have any clue ... but if one hairstyle on its own easily hits a score of 6000 or more, I think you seriously should reconsider your technique and tune it down a lil. Anyway, as long as the whole calculation is based on one guy's very own ideas and concepts, ARC should only serve as a hint tool, but not as the ultimate lag killer as some parties wish to promote it. In the end, the hardware you're running makes the difference. Witch hunt … well, not exactly a witch hunt, but I recall a couple of “very informative” dudes in the audience of a fashion runway show when the “feature” was introduced in the RC viewer. Those guys kept commenting on the ARC score of every new person entering the scene. At one point, a lady with a score way above 5500 turned up and they started dissing her constantly… she would crash the sim, she would cause overheating of graphic cards and other nice thingies … well, quite half of the 30 or more visitors didn’t rezz way before her entry or had those lovely “Missing Texture” texture applied to them, but nevermind.

So ARC has a high witch hunt potential, especially if it is paired with false information and scaremongering. On the other hand, it can give you some idea that you should consider “downgrading” your 2000+ score outfit before going to a crowded Fair sim, popular event or any place alike.

As for creators … well, I’m none of them and therefore don’t have any clue … but if one hairstyle on its own easily hits a score of 6000 or more, I think you seriously should reconsider your technique and tune it down a lil.

Anyway, as long as the whole calculation is based on one guy’s very own ideas and concepts, ARC should only serve as a hint tool, but not as the ultimate lag killer as some parties wish to promote it. In the end, the hardware you’re running makes the difference.

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