Comments on: Spotlight On: The Home Community

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:45:01 +0000

PS Jer, great article!! And I love the idea you came up with about the HCV as well, great thinking, and another sign that this community we call Home is just that, a social community the likes of which has never been seen in the gaming world. It is much more than a game!

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:41:36 +0000

I was also one of those people that said I would never spend any money in Home when I first discovered it. But of course that has changed, a lot! I am not one of those that has money to burn either since I currently am not working, but I still will throw $5 in my account when I see a new space or (especially) clothing that I like. I see my avatar as a 3D paper doll that I can dress up in combos that no one else has, it is my form of creativity in here. I also own several spaces which I love to decorate and redecorate until I get them just right, then do it again when a new piece of exceptional furniture comes out. I also have found a creative opening in writing for this magazine, something I would have never found if it weren’t for Home, though I have been a writer for many years of different kinds of material. Thank you Sony for creating this marvelous place that we all love, and keep up the good work!

By: Terry Shanty

Terry Shanty — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:04:57 +0000

I was one of those ppl that wasn’t going to spend any money on home as well.Around the time i had made a few friends and we turned into a close-knit group this changed.I started buying apts. to have a change of scenery when we hung out,things took off from there and now that i have all the apts. i care to own i spend on furnishings and clothes.Like keara this is cash i’d be spending at the mall or somewhere else but i gladly spend it to enhance the total home experience for myself and friends.This is one of many,many examples of the social aspects of home turning into profits for sony.

By: Nos

Nos — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:03:15 +0000

One of the many benefits of being in a Collective such as Homelings, is that one need spend zero dollars to be a part of it. And because there are so many individuals, one has the opportunity to experience practically all of the private spaces without having to put forth much effort. Likewise, if one wishes to view a certain virtual item or what have you, Homelings that have it are happy to display. Likely, a simple post on our website would do it. Then again, because of Home’s awesome community members like Jersquall and many others, it’s still not too difficult (if one has the means) to be able to view stuff. That said, the preview feature on Home could be much better.

By: Nu Jin

Nu Jin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:52:40 +0000

To follow up on what Granny stated, I am also a collector. Games, comics, Strategy Guides, Systems, if it is in eye-sight, chances are I will own it. Home was something that I’ve been waiting for since the announcement and while it was a rough start, what application or game didn’t have such a feat? I mean, Home has brought me so much joy and helped with my creations beyond anything that I can imagine. The thought of consolidation on items that I’ve purchased in the past month isn’t only uncanny but baffling.

Home gives you the options to be whatever, however you want to be within reasonable limits. To be honest, I was one of the people that stated “I’m never going to spend money on this…EVER!”

Glad I took the risk to buy an outfit to enhance my look.

VERY good article, Jersquall.

By: Jersquall

Jersquall — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:46:18 +0000

It’s awesome how much we enjoy ome so much and we want to share it with others. We do what we really love with the talents that each of us have. We are fortunate to even be able to spend money on things we enjoy. Some just can’t. I honestly look at the websites, Podcast and video’s in a way that most do not. The time and money that it takes to do such things.. You just really have to appreciate these things!

Thanks for reading and special thanks to Norse for all the help.

Jers

By: Nos

Nos — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:10:48 +0000

You know it, Jers!

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By: Aeternitas33

Aeternitas33 — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:09:32 +0000

Oh noes! Jersquall beat me to the punch! Lol

Funny, I’d been planning to write an article similar to this one, and perhaps I still might. I’d just like to chime in by saying that you know you have a successful project on your hands (Home) when a community grows up around that project and begins to create its own content for it.

Star Trek anyone?

By: keara22hi

keara22hi — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:59:40 +0000

This may sound a bit odd, but, I am a “collector”. I love to buy new things each Thursday morning and then use them to rearrange the furniture in all my personal spaces, redo all my saved avatars into new outfits, play with new items and ‘companions’ and take pics of ALL of it to post in the various Forums and publications. My rationale: what you see in the stores in those tiny little thumbnail pics in the HOme Mall is frustrating and, in some cases, downright misleading. That model train set is considerably smaller than I envisioned and Singe, the dragon is a heck of a lot larger. The Butterfly costume can be broken into a bunch of new outfits not even hinted at in the store display. The Treehouse is a lot more fun than the one pic and the raft of negative comments had led me to believe. So, if pre-viewing something will help you decide if you want to buy something or not, My complete set of pics will be appearing in the Gazette pshomegazette.wordpress.com each Thursday night and some of the fashion pics will be in the HSM Forum and others in the Home Forum. It’s a hobby that costs me about $150 per month average. Which is a LOT less than I would be spending in real life in mall crawls if Home did not exist.