I won't talk about how somebody has a right to make own land any way they want. That goes without saying. Freedom of choice and freedom of expression and creativity are something that makes second life beautiful and great as it is. I want to address stupidity here. Stupidity that parasites on aforementioned freedoms and makes second life as ugly as it can be.
I love Topgol for many reasons. It is beautiful, but that is the matter of taste. It is warm and cozy in red bricks and worn-out side walks. It is coherent, you can safely walk around and stay in the same mood and environment, still enough creative not to feel like in an array of prefabs. And, believe me, people are great. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to make a themed sim in the middle of the mainland that works so good. But, as Myg will tell you,
when new blingin’ neighbors came in and put up a shitty ad cube in the middle of town, we didn’t like it. I posted about it here. In addition to the ugly ass ad cube, there’s also the matter of their club and mall being extremely ugly. Their property, in the middle of the sim, seriously degrades the overall look of Topgol.
Now, there is something I really don't understand. Somebody buy some land. Doing that he see what is around. He might like it or not. But in the case like Topgol, he is buying a plot in the middle of developed and themed neighbourhood. And, one can safely assume that neighbourhood like that affects the price of the land. So, one would guess he likes it. But then, he starts building and he goes against the theme, put ugly mall and renting apartments and crown them all with rotating ad cubes.
One thing has to be cleared here. Ugliness we are speaking about is not a matter of taste. It is matter of somebody not knowing how to tile the textures. It is also a matter of lack of creativity and common sense. And a matter of being an asshole who, without any reason, cuts the street which connects the whole sim.
Having no sense for look and feel of virtual environment is not a nice thing when you think you are doing land biz in second life. Lack of building skills is not a problem when you are aware of that and leave the job to somebody with more talent. In Topgol, that usually means to meet your neighbours and things will make themselves.
But stupidity… One don't need to be an expert in virtual worlds, biz, marketing and such to see that making ugly parcel that has been seen million times all over the grid, and doing that next to the developed community with original look is bad for business. He shit on his own investment. Which is ok too, but that shit stinks out of the property lines. And that is not ok.
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