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.