#imvu life

[simnostalgia]

Not to be biased but why is it when someone is causing trouble in the sims community it's always coming from IMVU and SL creators?? Like, this isn't JUST about the @lindasims2 thing either. It's been like this for YEARS. I try not to talk inside baseball on Simnostalgia really because I have a lot of casual players but like...

Year after year the biggest stupidest drama is always IMVU and Second Lifers coming in with their crumpled meshes, overedited photos, and cringe 'instagram baddie' fashion that ages TERRIBLY and looks like dogshit in game. Flooding the CC market with asset flips and trying to monetize content creation while giving out unsolicited advice. It's garbage and not what our hobbyist community is about.

The problem is that we don't oppress users coming from MMO social games enough.

[reyascar]

[origamipineapples]

Out in Miami

Top - Kore "Tati Tank & Bra"

Shorts - Vive Nine x Brior "Carmen Crochet Shorts"

Body - eBODY "Reborn v1.69.6" available @eBODY Mainstore

Hair - MB "Cardi Unit"

[1-800-cuupid]

speaking of imvu, can i just say how greasy it is?

[bombebabe]

I’m Really Her 💋

Outfit details

Dress & Shoes

Novey Latex Dress & Chosen Chrome Heels | 02/26 February Round @ TSA

Bag

[ZIA]-Lydie Purse Black | Marketplace

[fashiongoddis]

Good Times 🧡

[skyrimsimmer]

The reasons behind why I enjoy Writing..

I enjoy writing because it is a craft I have enjoyed for many years. My passion for writing started when I was in high school going through my trauma that I had as a child into early teen years. Writing was an outlet for me to use. I was taught it was a coping skill for my mental health but really it was a way for me to express myself. Creating my first character "Flame Girl" was a fan fictional character a mutant in Xmen movies 1-3 given up at birth to where Wolverine and Storm adopted her. She grew up in the Xmen manor where she learned about her fire powers eventually joining the team to help on missions. In 2011 I found a site called IMVU, I roleplayed as this character for a few years because roleplaying for me is an outlet to develop my characters life and history. Over the years I have roleplayed as many different characters on IMVU and on Second life. My current character is of my own original design and I'm currently developing the story to release by this fall as an eBook and paperback.

Most people ask writers why do you write? Is it an obsession? No, we write because without writing text wouldn't have been formed. Reading wouldn't have been formed. Our lives would be useless because with writing it is what we speak as well. Writing is in many different things in life and without it the human race would be boring. That is the truth.

Writing is a passion of mine that I truly enjoy in my life not as an author but as a roleplayer making my own original characters and putting them into the world for others to enjoy like myself.

It may take me a few years to publish a book because of so much time I spend on perfecting my craft for writing and that is okay. That is how I am in general.

Most people don't know my passions in life so it's time for everyone to know why I enjoy my passions of many different things that I enjoy in my life.

[oliviachandon]

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Music to my ears, but not to my husband’s knocking! 😂 Canapé headphones, you’re a game changer! AVAILABLE AT The Fifty Event

[brbgensokyo]

dudes be like “Yeah I got OCs.” and then pull up the modded FF14 screenshots

[thealmightygremm]

The Death of the Virtual World Era: A Retrospective Glance

Habbo Hotel, Club Penguin, IMVU, Gaia Online. All of these once beloved web apps have slowly faded into obscurity, either by shutting down or by a loss of player base. Growing up, I always adored online virtual world games. For all who played them, they offered, friendship, enjoyment, and escapism. You could be anything you wanted to be so long as there was a community for it. Want to roleplay as a mafia boss and run a high-end casino? Or maybe family roleplay is more your speed and you'd like to adopt or get adopted. Or maybe you just wanted to hangout and meet other people being your genuine self. These games offered that and are so treasured and yet still, they've vanished. But why?

Anyone whose even looked a little into the death of the virtual world empire that took the internet by storm in the mid 2000's-2010's knows that there's a fairly easily traced to one big factor: A lack of new players. As these games got older, so did their player bases. In turn, the virtual worlds would take one of two approaches on average to combat this: a. Lean towards a maturing audience in order to appease their existing player base.

b. Go for a hyper kid-friendly approach to attempt to draw in new, younger players.

The primary flaw with the first method mainly laid in the fact that older players are more prone to leaving the virtual worlds; either by getting bored and quitting intentionally, or by simply being an adult and having life cause the time investment into the world to sink in exchange for other demands on their time.

The second approach's flaw is a bit more complicated. A big reason many corporate execs thought that option B was the best route to take is that it by all means appears to be on the surface. New blood means new money and traffic and means that even if a player loses interest in the game, a new one will take their place. However many countries have strict laws governing businesses that are directed for children; and this ramped up in the mid-late 2010's. Companies could no longer shove advertisements at kids in the same way that they could in years prior. Children's online safety acts swept across the US, Canada, and the UK in response to parental concern over a multitude of websites and web activities.

As a result, it became increasingly more expensive to run these types of worlds while targeting kids. Heavy moderation teams were required, and advertising became a much more expensive process. This caused many great titans to fall. While some, like club penguin and webkinz, have tried their hands at re-launching their games for a mobile-centric audience, they just haven't had the pull that they used to have.

Ironically, those games who leaned into an older audience- such as IMVU, Habbo, and Gaia, all still remain in (relatively) their original state with an active- but smaller- player base. I feel as though a big player in their success lies in both the nostalgia they bring as well as the niche communities they've formed. Are any of these good by today's standards? Well... That's a rant for another day.

/End Rant

**Note: I deliberately excluded Second Life from the discussion, as it is an anomaly of it's own.

[psychedelic-charm]

Otter, or Tilly, has just uploaded a video where she explores some girly MMO's from the 2000s. Specifically, she looks into Second Life, IMVU, Stardoll, MovieStarPlanet and, most importantly (to me anyway), Imagine Town.

[pnk-bunny]

Emergency Commissions

Winter is on the horizon and the costs for heating and electricity are getting more and more expensive in germany due to the current situation between ukraine and russia. Since I am still living with my parents, im trying to help out as much as I can by helping to make ends meet. I have tons of free commission slots to sell for very cheap. 

Here are some examples of my past works:

I am also selling sketch commissions :) everything down to half body is 3€ while fullbody is 5€ 

Here are some examples of past sketch commissions:

credit:  @ladamebrunette

credit:  @scribesofcalamity

credit:  @uselessidiotsquad Just message me on here or on my instagram honey.artz Paypal only!

[origamipineapples]

Sleepin on me

Body - eBODY "Reborn v1.69.6" & "Waifus Boobs Add On" @eBODY Mainstore

Lips - BARE "Tabetha Lip" @BARE Mainstore

Outfit - Loki "Rhea Chained Set"

[bombebabe]

Daddy’s Baby 💋

Dress

YALLA ~ Sara Dress [BLACK] | Marketplace

Hair Clip

Nov-Cobra Hair Clip | Now @ Bundles of Love Event

[fashiongoddis]

City Blog. Traveling solo… 💖

[skyrimsimmer]

IMVU Display Photos

Hey everyone, I am a Display Photo Editor for on IMVU. I can do Second life photos as well. I do put in a lot of work and time into these display photos that I make. I will put some examples down of my own work I did for myself over the last couple of years.

All of these photo edits are of my own characters and works, do not steal or remove, or claim as your own.

If you are interested in a profile picture edit of your own avatar this is what I am doing for price range in Vcoin!

2,500 Vcoin is the highest I will go with which equals to $10 USD.

I can do Single photo edits and Couples edits for the same price, these are not artwork these are edits with enhancements to make the photo edits look better!

Contact myself (AP Only) My username is KaiVile.