Comments on: This Week ON Tonight Live http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/2009/09/12/tonight-live-mankind-tracer-the-aftermath-ticketed-events/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kyle Edwards http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/2009/09/12/tonight-live-mankind-tracer-the-aftermath-ticketed-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1711 Kyle Edwards Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:28:58 +0000 http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/?p=794#comment-1711 Edit - Maybe once this *hypocrisy* (& illegality) is addressed, more people will be happy to put their hands in their pockets. Edit –
Maybe once this *hypocrisy* (& illegality) is addressed, more people will be happy to put their hands in their pockets.

]]> By: Kyle Edwards http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/2009/09/12/tonight-live-mankind-tracer-the-aftermath-ticketed-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1710 Kyle Edwards Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:26:58 +0000 http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/?p=794#comment-1710 "Ticketed events" are nothing new in Second Life. There have been many, over the years, which have enabled the option in land settings to sell passes for access to clubs and events. Has this been a successful way to generate revenues? I will let the distinct lack of the green ban lines, answer that! And, Tracer certainly isn't breaking any new ground with his "CCS" (Cover Charge System), which works in the same way as many security HUDs worn by bouncers all over the grid. Tracer, who admits that he once believed performances should be free, is selling the idea off the back of story that it is helping the venues. Seeing himself as an "international star" (after a trip to Amsterdam), his ego is driving him to dictate terms to the masses, plump up his bank account and even, possibly, to try and make his "CCS" the de rigueur solution to ejecting freeloaders from events. Early signs haven't looked so good for Tracer. The cover charge amounts have dropped over the last few events as the numbers of people attending appear to have fallen. It's not that I have a problem with performers (or venues) charging, per se. My issue is with people grabbing at the money, whilst forgetting they are, mostly, performing covers of tracks that they haven’t got a public performance license for. Maybe once this hierocracy (& illegality) is addressed, more people will be happy to put their hands in their pockets. “Ticketed events” are nothing new in Second Life. There have been many, over the years, which have enabled the option in land settings to sell passes for access to clubs and events. Has this been a successful way to generate revenues? I will let the distinct lack of the green ban lines, answer that! And, Tracer certainly isn’t breaking any new ground with his “CCS” (Cover Charge System), which works in the same way as many security HUDs worn by bouncers all over the grid.

Tracer, who admits that he once believed performances should be free, is selling the idea off the back of story that it is helping the venues. Seeing himself as an “international star” (after a trip to Amsterdam), his ego is driving him to dictate terms to the masses, plump up his bank account and even, possibly, to try and make his “CCS” the de rigueur solution to ejecting freeloaders from events.

Early signs haven’t looked so good for Tracer. The cover charge amounts have dropped over the last few events as the numbers of people attending appear to have fallen.

It’s not that I have a problem with performers (or venues) charging, per se. My issue is with people grabbing at the money, whilst forgetting they are, mostly, performing covers of tracks that they haven’t got a public performance license for. Maybe once this hierocracy (& illegality) is addressed, more people will be happy to put their hands in their pockets.

]]> By: Paisley Beebe http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/2009/09/12/tonight-live-mankind-tracer-the-aftermath-ticketed-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Paisley Beebe Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:52:22 +0000 http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/?p=794#comment-1685 Numbers Bud pure numbers I didn't say Best I said most popular. Might be a toss up between him and Max Kleene. Unless he has a group full of bots, I will give him and his team the benifit of the doubt. Numbers Bud pure numbers I didn’t say Best I said most popular. Might be a toss up between him and Max Kleene. Unless he has a group full of bots, I will give him and his team the benifit of the doubt.

]]> By: Bud Wheatly http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/2009/09/12/tonight-live-mankind-tracer-the-aftermath-ticketed-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1684 Bud Wheatly Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:49:36 +0000 http://tonightlivewithpaisleybeebe.com/?p=794#comment-1684 Considered by WHOM to be the "highest profile and most popular" in Second Life? That's hyperbole at its finest. Considered by WHOM to be the “highest profile and most popular” in Second Life? That’s hyperbole at its finest.

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