Peer Review.

Peer review has never really been cool in my eyes since it began. Yeah, I see the point of scanning through products to see if they are suitable for IMVU and the people on IMVU. What I don't get is why they placed the responsibility on us to do a job I feel they should be doing themselves (if they want it done right). Same reason why I think it makes sense to have a professor grade a paper: it is their profession, their job. If I was required to grade papers, do you think I would grade unbiased and correctly? Same with PR. Though it is tough to impossible to pick what you review, it is still easy to manipulate the process. For example, I reviewed a product months ago that featured swastikas. That was a red flag already in my eyes, but then the person literally wrote like a 2,000 word explanation how the swastika symbol was actually a good thing. So, I failed it saying it was discriminatory. I am actually part German. My grandma lived during Hitler's rule in Germany, including WWII. And guess what? My "Percentage Correct" went down and it passed because 4 other people said it was ok. Do I think the other 4 were pro-Nazi? No. I just think most don't take the time to actually review it. Then IMVU puts fault on you for being incorrect. If they want a certain criteria met, I am sure they can manage to find a system themselves. As long as it is "Peer" review, it will be highly flawed.

Speaking of it being a form of "Peer" Review, is it open to any IMVU user now? I am not for sure, but that is what I have heard. What I have seen and experienced is that you are paid promo credits for doing it. I can't imagine that us developers were begging for more predits to be thrown into the virtual universe, so I am thinking it is open to the public. So how is it "Peer" review of anyone can do it... Maybe it is only open to people who have their name? I dunno, I can't call it. Seems like no matter how many bells and whistles you throw on a turd (PR), it is still a turd.

The Art of "Passing".

Yo. I just wanted to quickly make a post dedicated to this before I do another one on whats been up with me.

I just want to let everyone know, so there is no confusion, I do not go to peoples' pages who come by and essentially just say "passing" or some variation of that. I am always happy to hear from anyone and everyone that comes by. I am not a person that browses home pages. I only go to pages when I need to leave a message, that is it. Even then, I usually just click "Reply". So, when someone comes by and tells me they are passing by, that is cool with me. I like that compared to the numerous "silent visits". I just want people to know, I can see that you were passing regaurdless of whether you said so or not. Meaning, if you say that, I am not going to go by your page and I am not going to respond. I am not interested in other peoples pages in general, so I do not find the urge to browse pages or track who silently visits my page by hunting them down.

Like it says on my page, if I notice the same person coming by consistently without ever leaving a message, I block them. Does it make me mad? No. Curious? slightly. But, rather than sitting here wasting my time wondering why the said person keeps coming back... I block them. Ends all of that :P

Hello September,

Yo people. Happy Labor Day. Hope ya'll were able to score some good times during the long weekend... or at least get some good rest and relaxation in!

I have a lot of new things to announce here... not so much product wise (though new products have dropped since I last posted), but just newness in Seis One Productions.

1. I have a Twitter account. It was a long internal battle on whether to create one. Then, there was another internal conflict between whether the Twitter should be for personal use or IMVU related use. What made me go for it was the fact that there is a unofficial petition on Twitter (Twitter + Petition = Twittion) to get the owner of IMVUCE and the alleged ex-owner of IMVUPay banned as a reseller of IMVU credits. I encourage everyone to sign that petition-- even though it is far from official or binding. You can find that said petition here. The other reasons that tipped the scale was the fact that all these people and companies have Twitter accounts that hold special giveaways, discounts, and more exclusively on Twitter. Many did not make their tweets public, so you had to join and follow to see them. Trust me, I have no real reason to be on more social networking sites.

But, with all that being said, my Twitter will be a hybrid mix of personal thoughts and IMVU updates. So far it is mostly IMVU related. To make it easier to view my public Twitter, I have added a (button) link to my Twitter on my badge's interface. You should all be able to see it now as I think it passed the badge review. Preview of the Twitter button in my badge is below. I am @SeisOneWilliams .



2. The blog you are currently viewing (seisone.blogspot.com) was slightly updated. It now features a new music playlist (since the old imeem one was filled with hundreds of 30sec songs!) as well as a Myspace Status widget. The widget shows my latest Myspace status as well as older ones. This is a way to keep track of my activity online. This should end up showing many of you that when the semester is in progress I am generally very inactive online, not just on IMVU. If I feel it gets a little too personal to be mixing IMVU with my personal life, I will take that widget down without warning.

3. I tried the trial period of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended Edition for a short period of time. I did not find it amazingly great, but I figured I would try it since both my laptops got infected w/ a trojan that basically disabled my laptops. I backed up many of my IMVU files and other important stuff, but I lost the majority of it all when I reformatted one's hard drive and restored the other one to factory settings. Unlike a lot of you, I ended up buying my Photoshop with my student discount. I really didn't even see a major difference between CS2 & CS3. I think I could use CS2 and develop circles around half of you who think having the latest Photoshop(Cs4) somehow makes you a better developer... Especially considering many urban developers like me illigally obatined Photoshop and somehow figure GIMP is weak. Lames.

4. Lastly, I sent some new products into peer review. They technically are a few months old, but like I said in #3, I had some computer issues and am just now really getting that shit ironed out. It's the usual when it comes to me: a fitted hat, a tee, and a pair of kicks. The inspiration of the "pack" was the Ms. Pac-Man SB Dunks. So, naturally, those are the kicks; enough said there. The tee is by Imaginary Kingdom... bka IM King. One of my all time favorite brands. The tee is cool, but I must say I dunno if it is gonna pass peer review. Peer review is spotty: sometimes stuff that should not pass passes (such as a whole bunch of Nazi themed products with swastikas) and some things that should pass, fail. Now and then sometimes things pass then get flagged! So who knows. The hat goes with the outfit. I say "goes", because it is not a direct match. But it all blends nice, at least I think. The icons are lame, I know. But, here is the preview below.



Until next time.

I'm Back.

Yo. Sorry people, I have not been around IMVU-- or the internet really-- for awhile. Normally if I knew I was going to be gone, I would have posted something on my homepage saying so. Maybe a sticker, a new header saying so, or even changing my tagline saying I am gone yadda yadda yadda...

But, in this case, I did not know I would be gone. A few things happened at once. Family from out of state came through for about a week. That in itself was distracting. Then, I came down with a sharp pain in my lower left side of my stomach. It was scary because at first we (my family and friends) thought it might have been Pancreatitis... Meaning I might have had to had surgery to remove my pancreas or risk it exploding inside me and infection spreading through my body. Then I found out it was the lower right side that was the pancreas. Then I thought I just had bad gas, so I took things like Gas X... No luck. Then thought maybe I was constipate... Took stuff for that and no luck there. Then, I began vomiting violently every half hour or so, to the point that I was not throwing up anything, just dry heaving and threw up some blood once. I did not sleep for nearly 2 days straight. I could not hold down food or water for 2 days. I went to the Emergency Room two times. Was on I.V. two times for a total of 2 and a half hours. Got 3 shots, 1 in an inappropriate area (LOL). The doctors believe I had severe food poisoning though it did not add up. So I am still being monitored and have no clear diagnosis.

For now, I am fine and just getting back to IMVU tonight. I see I have a ton of messages to reply to. So, I thought I would take the time to say sorry for the late replies (that I will begin sending on 8/12). That is not normal of me.

I hope to get back to normalcy on here; including developing soon.

Peace
- Seis One

Thank You.

The semester is officially over. As I sit here checking my messages, sales reports, groups, e-mails, social networks, etc. I just thought I should take this opportunity to thank all my customers and supporters.

Back in the day, when I first started developing to about 1 year after, I actually thanked every person that bought my product or gave my product to someone. Sadly, I do not have the time to thank each and every person who purchases my product(s) or receives my product(s) due to the fact that now I am dealing with college as well as many many many more customers.

But, none the less, I want to thank everyone. From people who buy the product(s), to people who recieve the product(s). From people who wish list the product(s), to people who add the product(s) to their gift list. From people who grabbed the badge on my page and actually rocked the badge, to people who rock the banner on their page. I appreciate all support. Developing has actually impacted my life ways I never imagined. It has especially helped in-between jobs.

Thank you.

-seis1

P-Rod III Extended Commercial

Damn, I thought the 60 sec TV commercial was clean, this version is dope. Check it out below. Check out Paul Rodriguez in the X-Games 15, which started today. All the X-Games have never failed to amaze me.

Hmm... Michael Jackson Much?

Yo. I know I am late, and some are very very very sick about hearing about Michael Jackson and his death, his issues, conspiracy theories, and the 24/7 "breaking news" on silly possible facts like if MJ was buried where, his doctor, etc.

I just had to say my thought on that, because obviously... It spread to IMVU:

I respect MJ in the sense of what he did for music. He broke down a ton of barriers for a lot of artists to this day; whether "Black or White" (ha). Same for dancing. I might not be a dancer, but I can appreciate that. Just look at how many people mimic MJ's style of dancing, that speaks for itself. But, for me, that is where the respect is dropped.

I am far from a celebrity, and I understand a celebrity of his magnitude was bound to have bad press regardless. To me, the bad press he received on a certain subject... happened too often. I do not think that many people were out to get him, including his own friends and staff, but that's just my thought. I would not call him this or that, but com'on now.

Similar to 9/11 (I know, I am not comparing MJ dying to 9/11...), after it is all said and done, many people become really supportive. I think a better example is Pimp C of UGK. Many people did not even know of Pimp C until Bun B got mainstream and hit the mixtape circuit hard talking about "Free Pimp C!". Hell, a lot of people had no clue what UGK stood for or who it was composed of. But, once Pimp C died, you see a lot of little shXts talking 'bout RIP Pimp C when they knew nothing of Pimp C, or UGK for that matter. Now, it would be stupid to say people did not know of Michael Jackson... but, all these supporters were not this forward about being fans till he died. I compared it to the 9/11 thing in the sense that after 9/11 occurred, that's when everyone had a damn American flag. Nothing wrong with that, but why does it take hundreds of deaths for you to be patriotic? Why does it take MJ dying for you to rep him so hard? I guess the saying is true: "You are not truly somebody, until you are some body."

PS: I don't rock repeatedly accused possibly child molesters on my chest, do you?

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Yet another July Update

Yo. The summer semester is over!!! Well... except for my gym class, but that is a "go when you want" deal, so the semester is over! That means possibly: More blogs, More IMVU products, and Quicker responses to messages.

I am quickly sloping this together before I head out for awhile.

1. New Products for both Male & Female Avatars

Yes, I know I said no more female products in the last post, but I couldn't help myself. When chicks do tell me about my products, many wish I made matching products so that couples could easily match up clothing-wise. I did just that. I originally was planning on making that DJ Clark Kent x Nike "112 Pack" for Male avatars and only making it available in a 5,000cr bundle, but then I wanted to make a hat and tee to match. I ended up making a Nike style "SEIS ONE KNOWS" tee, which I expect to have little to no sales on because I doubt dudes want my avatar name on them, especially that big. Then I followed that with a TRUE SF New Era Hat to match. When I was done, I dumped the Nike Air Trainer 1 because I thought it looked weak as hell. I later had wanted to do something using the DesireSucker Nike AF1 High mesh, and decided to make the Air Force 1/Jordan 5 Fusions in 3M. I then, for whatever reason, decided to go ahead and make the shoes for females. The shoes are basically the same color as everything in the 112 Pack, except they do not feature the cement look. Then, I decided to go ahead and make an EZ Scoop Tee with the same "SEIS ONE KNOWS" thing I did for males on a baggy tee. Just like the male version, I have low hopes of it selling well due to the fact it has my name literally on it, but I do not care because the male version looks dope on me. It is the first time I made a product that specialized to one person, me. The hat is exactly the same as the TRUE one I made for males. I think the female icons came out the best, but the whole project came out tight. Very few people have made AF1's-- off of either the High or Low mesh-- that do not look like the developer just colored in DesireSucker's original map, which spells weak sauce to me. Anyways, after the jump I am hoping to post the icons, then eventually the product pictures if/when I am able to do this.

2. IMVUPay Fraud: 1 Year Anniversary

It has been nearly 1 full year since IMVUPay never paid me the money I was owed (over $200) after I gave them my credits. No real progress has been made; just a lot of shitty excuses and finger pointing by the owner (thought he claims to be the "ex-owner" now). I am fully pissed and I am not going out like a punk. I am putting up a fight even if I am destined to loose this $200 to these assholes. I will update my blog on that subject often.

Copy & Paste vs. Scratch.

Yo. Something must be in the water...

More and more I am going through groups and dudes are bragging about "Not copy and pasted", "Made from scratch", etc. etc. I really have a deep appreciation for people who spend the time and effort and create things from scratch using photo editing programs and using tablets to draw custom designs. Though the "urban" products are usually far from original (making clothing free-handed), it still is something to be appreciated at minimum for the time and effort put into it. I always have liked products that were copy and pasted simply because I have never seen anyone start from scratch and make it look realistic enough for me by including shadows, inconsistent textures, and different lighting accents... That is rare to non-existent in the current IMVU Catalog (at least in the "Urban" end of it). I would not rock paper mache looking clothing in real life, why would I do that online? To each their own, that is just my opinion.

My issue is with these "urban" developers that were on a lot of people's "pole" for the longest and then do something of their own and believe they are the absolute sh*t. A lot of the "urban" developers do things like change their names and hide their old products because they know they created lame sh*t in comparison to their skills now (that they brag entirely too much about). I have been developing for almost 3 years. I have never felt the need to hide my old work, to this day I believe I made dope products with the provided meshes of the time. I also don't do these calculated speeches in groups about how "hip" I am or how great my products are/were. Now, you got either these dudes that have been here for years making homo looking wack looking, kindergarten quality poor quality, lame sh*t (to be very honest) changing their names and then making what is now hip. Before, they was lost in space when it came to fashion (even online fashion), but now all of the sudden they are hipsters and have so much "swag". I think we got enough hipsters breathing air here on earth.

Another category are developers who made the majority of their products using the "copy & paste" method and one day they make something from scratch and they begin to bag on the copy & paste method publicly, which actually comes off as a shot to the same people that were behind their products before. Dudes on here are hella condescending. Acknowledge your roots. Why are you hiding what you made in the past? Then, some go changing their avatar names and making multiple accounts because they know their name is associated with weak sh*t in comparison to what they are doing now. It will always be what it is though.

I have no problem if you learn something new, more power to you. I am referring to people that are not new to IMVU or developing. To those people: Don't loose your f*cking head in the process you simple minded kid. Just as well as I can remember people making lame sh*t, I can remember people riding other dudes d*cks for the longest and constantly either getting others to make their products entirely or have them hold the hand through the whole process. Hell, I have records of dudes riding sack, but now act as if they have been the shit since the beginning of time and no one remotely helped them or supported them. I am referring to a nice sized group of developers.

If I do not know you, odds are I am not referring to you in any way. If you felt something build up inside you, it just might be referring to you, huh? Don't like what I have to say? Go kick a door. No hating here. I just see these same people spawning replicas of them, that kills me.

Remember: You do not need to kiss up to anyone to do well here. If anything, I personally guarantee you that you will feel better at the end of the day knowing that all/any of your progress is due to YOU and only YOU.

Nah dead ass. I don't put up with that bullsh*t. Keep it moving.

First Post of July (Happy 4th of July Weekend)

Yo. First off, I hope everyone had a great (and safe) 4th of July and had a memorable good one.

I actually have a couple of new products I have made since my last update, which was not all too long ago. I guess it is a little out of the average since I seem to be pretty dormant here. I had created a whole Hellz Bellz outfit for females + the newer "Wet Floor" Nike Dunk SB's. I almost always start with the shoes when I start developing. I actually was expecting to make a matching tee & fitted hat for male avatars when I began making the kicks, but I had remembered I wanted to make this line of Hellz Bellz sh*t that could work nicely with the Dunks. I used PoppyHome's newer meshes: one is a jacket-like top that is open and comes with a bikini top/bra and the other are jeans that are open in the front, revealing a bikini bottom. It did not come out as nice as I expected, but I was pleased with the results overall, so I put them out. THIS WILL BE MY LAST FEMALE OUTFIT I MAKE UNTIL I SEE MORE SUPPORT FOR MY FEMALE PRODUCTS (i.e. Product Reviews & Higher Sales) After the jump, check the full fit + icons below.


The outfit I made before the female one was a real banger (in my opinion). Black/White/Grey colorways; simple. Features a Chicago Blackhawks fitted hat, a Two In The Shirt (aka TITS) "Self Destroyers" Tee KISS Style, and these dope ass Nike Air Hoop Structures; which is a hybrid shoe that really has not got much attention/hype (thank God...). I know the actual Hoop Structures do not have straps like that, but I wanted to test out the new AF1 High (or Mid) mesh, also by DesireSucker. I'm glad I did. To this day, it is one of the very few derived from her mesh that is NOT a damn AF1, you can check it out for yourself here. 9 times out of 10, the dudes is not even creative enough to fathom making different than a AF1 on a AF1 mesh. A lot of robots in that arena; I am not one of them. The full outfit is actually featured on the M3tro0x homepage. Check that graphic out below (I hope I don't have to remind people what my avatar looks like, but I am the one on the ground). The picture is actually animated, but you will have to check it out on the M3tr0ox page to see that version.

The outfit that came after the one above was a true summer outfit: summer colors as well as summer gear. It features a blue and white Freshjive tank top and a AF1 Low x Air Huarache in Blue/Lime/White. Again, I used the DesireSucker mesh to get familiar. I actually waas the first (and I checked) to derive from that mesh; at least from the male avatar version. I am not a AF1 Low person, but expect a few colorways I personally like. I actually planned to make a matching retro Atlanta Hawks fitted hat that had the similar colors to the Griffey's (which is basically the same colorway as the AF1 x Air Hurache), but for whatever reason, I did not submit it. It matches perfectly... but I really really really hate having my catalog look scattered. I might just make it for myself, or I might just never submit it. My bad on that. After the jump, check out the icons for the fit.


Last but most recent, I made this dope colorway series of products. It features a Philadelphia Flyers fitted hat in Cactus/Purple/Black, Robot Is The Future x Transformers "Devastator" Tee, and naturally, the Air Jordan Spiz'ike "Citron". Robot Is The Future has not been featured at all on IMVU because so many dudes are on that Kid Robot sh*t, so I thought I would kick it off. The Spiz'ikes are derived from the AF1 High even thought they do not have straps in reality (yes, I do know that). I just like the mesh, so I thought I would give it another go. And, again, dudes is so caught up in AF1s that they make nothing else... that is not me. My first attempt at Spiz'ikes. If I make the ones set to come out this year, expect better quality. After the jump, check out the icons for the fit.

Me & My IMVU Homepage

Yo. If you read my blogs or the "rules" on my page, I may come off as arrogant or an a**hole. That really depends on who you are and what you feel inside, I never tell people "I'm an ass", because I don't believe I am. When it comes to my homepage, blog, and products I have poured some thought and effort into them. So, I do have pride in what I do, and do notice when either I am disrespected for it or it itself is disrespected. But is IMVU my "life" in any way? No.

Do I pout about stuff here? No. Someone talking sh*t here does not ruin my day, usually only affects my day for the few minutes I am paying attention to IMVU at the time. I do not take IMVU so seriously that I get offended, hurt, etc. But, that does not mean I don't have an opinion about it all.

My page is a representation of me; big or small. I feel most pages represent some element of that person. If you got a 50 Cent background, odds are in some shape or form, 50 Cent represents you or what you are into (in my opinion). Maybe it took you 5 seconds to make your homepage using a random Myspace layout generator. There is nothing wrong with that, it expresses you. Just the same as the text you put on your page it probably was typed so that it can be read.

That same concept applies to me.

A lot of the same type messages and scenarios happen on my page these days. It is either: "showing love", "great products", "can you help me develop?", "passing", "thanks for the badge", "checking out new products" and a few others. I have rules on my page that help people coming to my page for requests (product related), "Developing Messages", People interested in finding a man/Flirting, People in search of Modeling Jobs, etc. To me, if you are coming to ask me for something, the least you can do is read my page. I feel if you are too lazy, ignorant, busy, or whatever to read my page and respect what is there, why do I need to respect you or your requests? I never have asked everyone to read every word of my page. Hell, I am not asking you to read all my blog entries. At least read what is in red on my page. It is in RED for a reason.

The blog is just a way to express how I am feeling at the time. It is completely optional to read and technically is not "on" my page, it is imported onto my page via my blogspot address: seisone.blogspot.com .

As for products, at least on the Male end of the products, I make them for me in mind. I tend to not make products because it is what is "hip". In rare ocassions I have to test my skills, not for mass appeal. I have been around IMVU as long as many other "big" urban developers, but I don't think I am nearly as famous, which I like. A lot of attention I get is from my Youtube videos, not my actual products. But, as I was saying, I do it for me. Whether it is for my own entertainment or for potential profit (money). If you don't like what I make, that is more than ok. Do not go thinking I will make stuff for you because my current catalog does not please you. If anything, I have noooooo problem never developing again, no skin off my back.

As for Female IMVU products I make, I am at a crossroad as I have said in other blog entries. When I make female products, it is me assuming that if I was a female, I might like that. It's hard to get into that mindset. That's why not all of the female products are as popular as others: I have a lot of hits, and a lot of misses. I am considering not developing female products until people actually rock and review those products. It is great to get females coming through saying they like my products, but they must not be "cool" enough to review. Strange how that works. Females (but a lot of b*tch-type dudes do it too) tend to only review things by big named developers or products that have been reviewed by 999,999,999 other people so that they can somehow be "hip". I am not going to invest my personal time into creating products for a group of people that seems to not appreciate it. Sorry if you do review, I am not directing that at you. I appreciate it.

A General Quick Update.

Yo. Man, my blogging stats sure have gone down. I went from blogging every day, to blogging every weekend, and now to once or twice every two months. I just am not finding the time to do so, even with the ease of audio blogging. Scratch that, there are times when I do have the time, it just feels too much like a chore. I don't think I owe it to anyone to blog, at all. I did it at first because it was fun and interesting. Things like college are what require the most time anyways. I am rarely finding time for IMVU, Facebook, Myspace, imeem, Yahoo, etc. When I am on my computer, I am usually not around it. I check e-mails, listen to music, and reply to messages here maybe 2-3 times randomly a week; sometimes evenless than that.

As for a few updates:

[M3tro0X] I am now a memeber of M3tro0x (which if I have right, is composed of: Lunchboxnerd, Jayceeb, Diiva, and I now). Seis1 will always be the most active account I am on. If you did not already know, I am also "Destinesia", which is a collaboration between my girl SoVeryNiah and I. Idk how M3tro0X will go, so far it is going ok; I guess.

[Seis Still Not Paid] If you have read my old post about IMVUPay.com, you know that that company owes me over $200 since about October 2008. Long story short, they claim that someone defrauded (bad credit cards, stolen credit cards) them for over $10,000 (keep in mind I mean dollars not credits). Then, the two owners, eXium & exchange, basically fell off the map and never paid the developers that sold their creidts on their site. Now, eXium has created a new credit reseller website, IMVUCE.com even though his old company has never paid people back. He claimes a company bought IMVUPay.com and they will pay us. That does not make sense to me that a company (that he refuses to name or give details about) bought a company that owes one developer alone $11,000. eXium has lied before and even worked on IMVUCE.com while he ran away from IMVUPay.com and the debt it was in. I personally suggest NOBODY USE IMVUCE.COM!!!

[Badge Updated] I just now updated the appearance of my actual badge. For some odd reason, a lot of people's badges (including mine) appeared with random white dots on them. Since I am (was) in that group of people, I can personally say I did NOT add those white dots. So, I finally got so tired of it that I attempted to re-do my badge. The 2nd time was unsuccessful as well because there were still white spots, just in different places and fewer of them. But, as they say, 3rd time is the charm. This time, I not onlhy attempted to remove that white, I gave it more of a crisp look by rounding the edges and adding a slight reflection glow at the top of the badge along with a black-to-white-to-black gradient border. I am not a badge person. I am not a collector, I do not make multiple badges, I do not go ask for othe peoples badge, but I figure if I am gonna have my own badge, why have a sloppy one? If you do not see the changes to my badge now, give it a few days. IMVU is notoriously slow and I believe badges also go through some type of review. I eventually plan to add something to the interface of the badge (where there is a blank spot) soon.

["The Badge Collector"] About a week ago I was in the account settings area and looked up the link on "what are badges?" (don't ask why). I came across a section at the bottom that had badge collecting tips from avatar PurpleHaze. I instantly was suspicious. His tips were good and polite, no doubt about that. But, I personally have seen that he does not practice what he preaches. He has never done any of the things he suggests other people do to me. I have revoked his badge two times now, but he keeps coming back to get it again. Collector? Seems fiendish to me... But, you be the judge. Click the graphic below to see what I mean.

[Schedule] Again, I am often busy. So I am gonna state this here so it is visible (if you choose not to read it, that is not my problem):

- I am checking messages as much as possible
- I am not here for social purposes, so friend requests get deleted
- I ignore people who do something I say not to do
- I will attempt to develop every weekend, but no promises
- I do not do custom anything
- I do not need models... Male or Female
- I do have Yahoo, I do not give it out

Sorry if that offends anyone. But, if that offends you, I am probably not sorry.

First Audio Blogs.

Yo. Yes, I know I have been gone from the blog for over a month. That was due to school and finals. It paid off to remove myself from IMVU and this blog; I did really really well on my finals... Where-as if I stuck to both, I would have dedicated less time to them.

I now have for you, Four new blogs, in audio form. I like voicing my opinion in blogs, but sometimes the typing gets annoying (not to mention I am prone to typos). I had a few reasons not to do audio blogs, but imma see how these come out then later decide if imma do more.

These audio blog entries tend to only cover one subject at a time. I try to stay on subject as much as possible, but I do stray at times. They are never going to be longer than 10mins In length. It is basically me recording myself talking over random instrumentals. It is uncensored, I say what I feel at the time. Only thing that may be considered "censored" about it is that I tend to not use other peoples names if they are the subject in the audio blog. But, that does not mean I won't use names in the pictures that go with the blogs.

To listen to the Audio Blogs w/o the music on my IMVU Homepage, Click the title "First Audio Blogs." and it will re-direct you to my blog: seisone.blogspot.com . As always, click images to enlarge them.

Audio Blog 1 - "The Jeans Master"


Audio Blog 2 - "Magenta Knock Offs"


Audio Blog 3 - "Supra Hype"


Audio Blog 4 - "New Products/Overview"

After the jump, I will update this entry w/ pictures that go along with what I am talking about in each blog if possible.

Whats Goin' on IMVU? Vol. 8 [4-26-09]

Yo. Again, skipped a weekend. Busy again as usual. On IMVU, I am still playing catch-up to most messages, forgive the slow responses. It is crunch time this time of year at my college, and I am only a human.

Rather than doing the "First off:... ... Second off:... " jazz, imma do this one and only post.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Today is me and my wifey SoVeryNiah's first year anniversary since we got re-married. Technically, we have been married way longer, but... Things happened at the time and we decided it would be best to get re-married. Love my girl, she is the reason why I am on IMVU to this day. Lets just say right when I met her here, I was on my way out the door due to lack of interest in IMVU. She is the reason why I have my name (not "Guest_seis1"), therefore she is also the reason why I have developed anything at all. I love her very much and plan to be here for her. Check out the wedding video below

Whats Goin' on IMVU? Vol. 7 [4-11-09]

Yo. Yes, I did not do a Whats Goin' on IMVU? last weekend because of various things like me having company, car issues, plus it was the beginning of Spring Break for me; chill.

Playing Catch-up Here...

First Off: Girls, Girls, Girls (Products)

New Female products are out of PR and some are on the way. The reason I am doing more and more female products is because even years ago, I was being requested to make similar products for females. I also know, just like in real life, females tend to be shopaholics. Female on IMVU seem to buy in bulk. Sometimes when I look at my IMVU Sales Reports (a page that shows all the people who have bought my product in a given amount of time, how they paid for it, profit, etc.), I see many females buy at least 2 products at a time if not upwards of 20 products. Then, they sometimes buy their male friends some of my male products... and then some even hook their girls up.

The one thing I am not quite understanding is: as much as female products by me are demanded, the demand seems to exceed the sales. I am not the type of developer to throw numbers around and brag about irrelevant things like Tier Levels and all that.. But it is very noticeable that as much as I am asked to make female products, the sales don't follow that demand. I am also not a person that forces people to review, I just simply ask on the product page to leave a review. Why? A couple reasons: 1. It lets me know that people actually like what I have made and want more. With female products, I am just throwing darts around. I am a dude, I am not in the mind of a female fashionista. My girl helps a lot, but at the end of the day, she has a different fashion style that I intend for my female products. 2. It helps others decide on whether to give my product(s) a second look. Believe it or not, people do consider the reviews provided before they buy something. 3. I put a lot of effort into all my products, but female products (in general, at least for me) require more time and precision. 4. It's easy as f*ck! It amazes me to see people leaving reviews like crazy for one thing, but not for another. Just because you don't personally know or adore the person that made it is not an excuse not to say whether you liked it or not.


Second Off: Poser Alert

Earlier last week, I (and a hand full of other people) spotted this dude who stole my avatar picture... Mine? Really? Of all people, Me? I have a basic ass picture. Not tricked out at all. Just an IMVU Snapshot of my avatar mildly posing (lol). This is the exact reason why I have my page on "right-click" disabled mode: a lot of jockers on IMVU.

This is far from my first jocker. When I say "jockers", I am referring to people who literally steal things from my page such as my default picture, animations on my page, etc. A lot on my stuff on my page is original and what is not original is renamed by me so that if I see someone else with it, I can identify it was mine by the file name (yes, most people are not even bright enough to rename the file after they steal it).

There are a few things about my avatar.

1. My avatar has looked the same for years... Literally. I made my skin. It is one of a kind. It is not in the catalog for sale, nothing. I have the same head I had since I signed up (Head 2).
2. Tattoos are also the same. If you see someone with a similar shade skin but different tattoos, it is not me.
3. I do not chat often. So it is harder to mimic exactly what I look like.

The ironic thing is that he not only stole my pic, he stole the pic of me in my 10xDeep "Death To All Posers Tee". Even more ironic, he went by my page right after he stole it. F*ckin lames, that is all the keyboard strokes I am gonna waste on that weenie.


Third Off: Sale? WTF... Where? When?

Yeah, I realize just before the last volume of Whats Goin' on IMVU? I said weekly, I would be re-pricing my products. But, like I said in the intro, I didn't find the time to do much last weekend. And this weekend, I got a Family Easter thing to handle as usual. So it may be a while before repricing, my bad.

Whats Goin' on IMVU? Vol. 6 [3-29-09]

The last Whats Goin' on IMVU? March kids.

First Off: F*ck You Pay Me!

If you don't know, I sell my credits often. When I say "often", I am not kidding. Within any given week I have been known to sell my credits 7-9 times. I had dealt with the credit reseller "IMVU Pay". Everything was going great for a few months. They have better resell rates than any reseller I have researched. Their payments back then were not instant, but less than 5 days which wasn't too bad because I sold every day.

One month, they got ripped defrauded out of over $10,000. I was not mad at that, that sh*t happens sometimes. What made me mad was they never told the members of the website. They left us hanging: they didn't pick up their phones, they didn't respond to e-mails... Nothing. Then when they did respond, they made excuses for months and promises they did not keep. They even had a sick sense a humor and joked to us that "you will get paid sometime this century." I didn't find that funny because they owe me hundreds of dollars and some people they owe thousands of dollars. I even reported them to the BBB, and they did not co-operate with them.

This week, I found out that their site's security certificate expired and they may be getting "new owners" which means we may never get our money! This is one thing I have been mad about for about a half a year now and if you wanna see what I have to say about it, look it up here in the IMVU Pay Group here on IMVU. DO NOT USE IMVUPAY.COM!!!


Second Off: AP Shoes?

Last week I submitted these Nike Dunk Hi "Tropical Breeze" for female avatars. These shoes were "created" by TWIGGY4mdaBAY and I just brought them to IMVU's Virtual Reality. They passed Peer Review with 9 Passes and 1 Fail... Keep in mind this is a pair of shoes. Then, maybe a solid 2 hours after these shoes passed PR, someone flagged them. For what? I am not sure. If you have been flagged before, you know Customer Service then checks the flagged product to see if the complaint is legit or not then decides what happens to the product. CS decided to not only mark the shoes as Access Pass Only, but they also Locked them in the catalog. "Locked" means that I cannot make them invisible in the catalog. They are stuck there as AP.

So I, for the first time ever, am challenging this rating. I think the reason I was flagged in the first place was because the picture I have in the description may not fit the minimum coverage guide. So basically: because she had no top on, the shoes are AP? That don't make sense to me. I will update on what happens when something happens.

U.N.K.L.E. "Heaven" Music Video

If you notice one thing about my IMVU Home Page, you might notice a variety of songs. Different generes, different sounds, and usually tracls you have never heard. I am always getting asked what track was plying on my page. The thing is, it is not one track on my page, its hundreds (400+) on a playlist. But I am the type to listen to almost anything that is not newage pop/stuff played on the radio (I love 80's pop music ironically).

I came across this track by U.N.K.L.E. entitled "Heaven". Now, I don't know know a lot about U.N.K.L.E., but I do know that he/they make music and possibly design clothing fashions. The song itself is pretty nice but the music video is ill. I believe I already saw the concept of the video in either a Girl Skateboard Company video or a Lakai video. The concept is dope. The website that uploaded the video has it in hi-def so it looks hella clean. Check it out below.

P.S. be on the lookout for U.N.K.L.E. SB Dunks Hi for both male and female avatars!

*NEW* Product Pricing "Round 1": Male Tops

Browsing through my catalog, I noticed hella inconsistancy in pricing for both male and female products. I do try and be fair with my pricing and, in general, I only make 185cr - 210cr per sale of anything. That means even though you may shelf out 615cr for my new tee, I only get 200cr. I am far from ripping people off.

But, for a more professional feel, I plan to roll out new pricing guidelines for my products. The plan is every weekend from now on, I work on one area of things (Male Tops, Male Shoes, Female Outfits, etc.) and post the new prices in my weekly IMVU update.

This weekend's will go through the week because I just now thought of this idea. When I go through all catagories, I will simply stick to those prices on new products. In general you will be saving credits vs. my old pricing.


Here is the plan for Male Tops:

- New Tees Der. from DesireSucker Mesh = 615cr.
- Short-Sleeve Tees Der. from sanejack Mesh = 675cr.
- Long-Sleeve Tees Der. from sanejack Mesh = 700cr.
- V-Neck Tees Der. from sanejack Mesh = 685cr.
- Jackets (1 Piece) = 825cr. max
- Jackets (SJ Tee + SJ Vest) = 2225cr.
- Baggy Hoody Der. from IMVU Mesh = 575cr.
- Baggy Tee Der. from IMVU Mesh = 545cr.

If/When I find more types of Male Tops in my catalog that do not fit under neither catagory, I will update. Give me till the next weekend to update all products in said catagory (though it should take less than an hour or two)

Whats Goin' on IMVU? Vol. 5 [3-22-09]

Yo. Doin' this entry early in the day cause I am tired and got other sh*t to do, lol.

First Off: Hella Newnessity.

I actually have put out a ton of new stuff for both male and female avatars! Cold day in hell huh? I know right.

For the male avatars, I got: Nike SB Dunks Hi "De La Soul", De La Soul Is Dead Tee, San Francisco Giants x De La Soul New Era 59Fifty Hat, Nike SB Dunks Hi "Brian Anderson", and Cleveland Indians x Brian Anderson New Era 59Fifty Hat. All of the De La Soul sh*t came out of Peer Review late Saturday Night EXCEPT the Tee... Which got 2 votes and was sent to Customer Service, smh. But do not worry, I have re-sent it through Peer Review with a paragraph-long description, so expect it to come out this week. The Brian Anderson sh*t was sent into PR late Saturday, so expect it this week.

For the female avatars, I got: Nike Dunk Hi "Aqua/Leopard", Aqua Wife Beater w/ Leopard, Nike Dunk Hi "Tropical Breeze", and Tropical Breeze Striped Polo. The shoe concept The actual shoes came from avatar TWIGGY4mdaBAY. She had designed these dunks and suggested that I make them and I personally think they came out dope. The tops, on the other hand, were my concept using her colors. I tried bibirasta's newish polo mesh for the tropical top and the normal MFD Busty top for the Aqua/Leopard top. Look forward to more urban stuff for females when I do drop new sh*t.


Second Off: Just Do It: Peer Review

It would be an understatement for me to say "A select few people do not like IMVU's Peer Review". I have not come across one person who likes peer review (even though less than a handful of people said it was made with good intentions). If you remotely know me here on IMVU, you would know that I have disliked IMVU Staff's ways for years. I have been here since about mid 2006, meaning I am almost 3 years deep on here. I have been here before Rooms with movable furniture. Been here before music: rings or IMVU music. I have seen IMVU pull thousands of products from people and the catalog because they had words like "Nike", "Baby Phat", "Gucci", "Bape", etc. and provide no refund.

I have always seen IMVU staff as lazy and contradictory. No, I do not know any staff member individually. But I do not get how they can say using "Brand Names" and copying copy written material as "illegal" while their ads on other websites show avatars wearing MLB New York Yankee Clothing, Louis Vuitton Swim Suits, etc. I don't get how IMVU can let resellers like IMVUPay.com rip off hundreds (if not thousands) of hard-working developers and just tell the developers "Oh well, they might pay up some day."... And now, IMVU expects us to grade, rate, and correct other developers work? That's crazy!

I see Peer Review was ineffective. Why? They have uneducated developers grade other developers stuff. That's like telling 4th graders to grade another 4th grade classes' work. Sure, they might get some right, but guaranteed there will be mistakes made in grading. Then, you got other factors like favoritism in the mix. Lets say Student X knows Student Y. Student X may give student Y a passing grade and Student R, Student, S, and Student T also pass Student Y because they are all friends. A paper that deserved to fail passed. I think if IMVU must insist on checking our products, they need to do so. They could easily hire and train people that solely check products. I bet that would go faster than having people who don't know how to check products check products here on IMVU. Not to mention most people do not participate in Peer Review (I don't blame those people)

As much as I don't like Peer Review, I say just do it. It's a fact it is there. If you wanna wait days, weeks, or even months for your stuff to come out of PR for sale, just sit back and do nothing or run to a group forum to call it "gay", "bullsh*t", "a b*tch", etc. (people sure don't know how to articulate opinions these days, smfh). At the end of the day, whether you like it or not, it is vital to do it. I try and at least do 500 reviews a month, February I did 1,482. Quit being a b*tch and just do it chumps.

Wale "Chillin" ft. Lady Gaga + Tabi Bonney "Rich Kids" Music Video

I swore I saw Wale performing this track back in late January or early February(?) on MTV2 on what was dubbed "DC Week". I had searched for the track and never could find it (not that i searched hella) hard. Wale has been one of my favorite newer artists since WALE D.A.N.C.E. and I was supposed to see him in concert with Blu & Exile here in Sacramento but for whatever reason, it never went down... The whole situation was shady because Wale never posted that he was gonna be doing a show in Sac on his myspace tour dates. Anyways, I think this single was supposed to have dropped hella long ago; I even heard Joe Budden mention Wale's single being late in a video he posted on Youtube where he was in studio with 9th Wonder & Wale.

I think the single is just ok, I am still not used to Lady Gaga, but she is coo... can't knock her uniqueness. Click below to listen and/or download Wale's newest single Chillin ft. Lady Gaga.

Wale - Chillin ft. Lady Gaga (prod. Cool & Dre) (CDQ)


Another DC artist, Tabi Binney, dropped his latest video Rich Kids. Tabi Bonney is another artist I have been paying attention to for a minute now. He has his own style goin on and it is definitley an artist to watch. Check out his video below.

rich kids from tabi Bonney on Vimeo.

Supra x BBQ Sauce Skytop..? WTF?

Yo. Randomly running past a few blogs and saw some new Supra Chad Muska Skytops High on a collaboration project between Supra (well, no sh*t), Spin Magazine, and.... Stubb's Bar-B-Q..?

I can't knock the actual product created by the collab. because this is one of the tightest Skytop Highs I have seen so far. I have never had Stubb's Bar-B-Q, but it must be pretty damn good and hold some kind of weight in the street wear scene to score a collab. w/ both Spin magazine and Supra. From what I have read, it is a dope bar that serves BBQ and also has live music concerts in Austin, Texas.

The shoes will be dropping in hand crafted wodea box that also contains Stubb's BBQ Sauce and an Stubb's Bar-B-Q Apron (lol) . The blog I read (which is pretty legit) says they will drop 50 boxes this Friday March 20, but I see the boxes are marked out of 100.

I don't have any hope of copping a legit pair, but I had to site this sh*t!

Happy Saint Patricks Day!

Chea, I am a minutes till the "day" is over... that's because I found my liquid pot-o-gold, lmfao! Hope y'all had a good one and celebrated however you wanted to. Peace.

-Seis One

"Its Not Jackie Chan"

I watch [adult swim] a lot since I am always up late doing something (or nothing). My favorite show is Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but I also like Tim & Eric Awesome Show, 12oz Mouse, Tom Goes To Mayor, Shin-Chan, King of the Hill, Xavier: Renegade Angel, and Look Around You. Tim & Eric Awesome Show has some really weird (borderline homo) skits, but some I find really funny. One is on the episode about Jackie Chan being in entertainment for 100 years. This skit is about a board game called "Its Not Jackie Chan", a board game that is about everything but Jackie Chan... Seems easy right? Watch the video below.

Whats Goin' on IMVU? Vol. 4 [3-15-09]

Yo. Yeah, its been a minute. More and more I am finding less time to blog, but I try and sty up with the weekly updates on weekends.


First off: Bling Blaow!

After a long period of procrastinating, I made a badge. I had the option to make a 2x1 or 1x2 sized badge, but I thought: Why waste spend more credits on an extra 20px x 20px? Not to mention I am not trying to bully ya lil' space you got to show off sh*t. I think the badge came out so-so (mysterious white dots appeared after I submitted it) but I am more happy with the layout when you click on my badge. It's a clean small interface with links to my products, my page, and this blog. I plan to eventually try and add the java link that makes my avatar's info pop up, idk if that will work properly or not. That will go in the blank space at the bottom, I purposely made it blank to later and another link... Maybe even two. Check out the look of the layout when you click my actual badge below. I am very happy to say that I have not been swamped in requests for my badge (whew!). I have a panel on my page which is a self-service station to get my badge. No, it isn't instant but you should get it by the end of the day you requested it. So far I have only got one idot leaving a message asking for one (he thought if he gave me his badge, I would send him mine, smh). The ONE rule I have for my badge is do NOT waste your time or mine messaging me for it, that's what that whole damn panel is there for! Anyways, preview below, lol.

Second off: Newer Products (Peer Review)

It wouldn't be breaking news to say that PR keeps my products from seeing life for almost 5 days on average, but lately I have had crazy experiences. On the DGK Over Ho's Tee, I was prepared to recieve a failing grade on PR because of the fact it can be seen as a deragautory term or discrimanatory towards a group of people...Thankfully DGK happened to have the text say "DGK OVER HO'S" rather than "DGK OVER HOES". So when I sent it into PR, I put a note at the bottom explaining it means Belonging to Ho and that it was not ho in the plural (hoes). I am positive for that reason, it passed; not a single fail under a GA rating! Oddly enough, the matching Philidelphia Flyers (hockey team) Hat came back with an UNCLEAR verdict and was going to Customer Service (CS) for reveiw. I was not accepting that. I sent it back to PR with a 2nd Grade explanation of what a hat was and directed it at anyone doing PR. It was passed. Embarassment is a big motivator.

So all that is out of PR. Now I have got a lot of questions on what happened to the purple outfit... It went to CS, I'm sorry. I have never had any products, until the Philly Flyers Hat, go to CS. I am working on pictures and descriptions to get it out because I know people who have had stuff go to CS and not come out after a month or longer! I won't let that happen.

This weekend, I made a complete De La Soul themed outfit including: Nike SB Dunk De La Soul Highs (PROPS to JR2PhRESH aka LunchBoxNerd who dropped the 1st De La Soul Hi SB Dunks on IMVU back when sanejack first made the feind mesh. Find his here), De La Soul Is Dead Tee, and a San Francisco Giants x De La Soul Fitted Hat. All will be hitting PR early this week; I already have the icons for all of them done.

Expect female sh*t very soon. I am thinking maybe a top or two as well as full outfits and kicks.

Whats Goin' on IMVU? Vol. 3 [3-07-09]

Yo. Another weekend, another blog entry bout' IMVU and IMVU relates sh*t goin down on this end (my end).

First Off: Back On The Grind!

This is probably the most importiant thing currently: I got my laptop back up and running again! If you didn't know, earlier this year, my laptop AC adapter (the thing you plug into the wall to keep your laptop battery charged) randomly without warning died on me. It left a lot of current IMVU projects on hold and the progress made on them were lost. LUCKILY, I still have my old PC and was able to use it. The main purpose for my laptop is school, not IMVU. My PC is very old (2003 or 2004) and runs very very very slow. It sounds like a damn vacuum and freezes often, but has a good track record of not crashing luckily. So I did homework on there 1st off, then developed a tiny bit on there. The Photoshop CS2 on there notoriously freezes and crashes w/o warning and it pops up constantly after you minimize it. I didn't do much of any developing there... That should change now that I have my laptop up and running. I say should because now it's midterm/essay/paper season (at least at my college) and I am sure that will come before developing.

It's amazing how something so simple can throw your schedule/life off huh?


Second Off: WTF @ IMVU's Example!?

Today (Saturday March 7th, 2009) I was browsing IMVU's help section trying to find out what IMVU considers profanity because I sent this new DGK Tee through Peer Review and has the potential problem of either failing PR or later getting flagged because the words on the tee. While looking around, I found this guideline I first saw when IMVU first implemented Peer Review with this random ass funny example of what developers should not have in their product description. Lets just say it involves a blue chair and "crack-cocaine" lmao. To check it out, click on the picture above and view the highlighted area.


Third Off: NEW Products in Peer Review

I am notoriously lazy when it comes to making new products and instantly sending them through Peer Review. Why? Peer review sucks hard. My products take up to a week to get through. No matter if I make an icon and quick temperary picture w/ a decent text description, it still takes forever. Most my products are made for me. I don't mind sharing, it's just easier to keep em to myself...

But, this weekend I have sent the new DGK Over Ho's Tee as well as the matching Philadelphia Flyers Fitted Hat to Peer Review. These two products will replace the Dissizit! Facial Tee and the Arizona Diamondbacks Fitted hat because I found out someone else on IMVU submitted the tee in white, though mine was in grey. Also changed it up because I was not the biggest fan of the tee and hat, the tee was high quality, but the hat was so-so quality at best. The DGK tee and Flyers hat will go way harder, trust me. Just keep your fingers crossed that IMVU lets me keep it GA and it passes Peer Review.

Next Headed to PR this weekend is the Shadow Conspiracy Tee and the matching Cal State Fitted Hat are going in PR this weekend; I promise. I have recieved a lot of messages about this fit since I wore it in HipHop's latest pose pack. I just need to make pictures for it and I will send it through.

P.S. After this week, expect an ass load of new gear including: G-Shock Watches, More dope Tees w/ Matching 59/50 New Era Fitted Hats, Kicks, and more including female products... Stay Tuned!