Comments on: The Hub: First Impressions

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:48:32 +0000

Awesome article Burbie. Great job on describing all the new spaces. I wish I could articulate like you do…

By: ted2112

ted2112 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:57:32 +0000

I was lucky enough to be a Beta for the new hub. As excited as I was to get into the new area and thought they were great, I found most of the space empty. I am happy it’s opening. It will be so much better with people!

By: XxCuteCupcakexX

XxCuteCupcakexX — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:40:58 +0000

My first impression was intense. I was quite scared to see what it was going to look like.. I said my goodbyes to Central Plaza as I cried, I know I am a wuss. Central Plaza had a lot of memories though. One very good thing that came out of the new re design was the music! It is so enjoyable to listen to, I love it so much. It’ll take some time getting used to the new things, but it’s a lot of fun!

By: MJG74

MJG74 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:05:35 +0000

I too enjoyed the new areas, Likewise yesterday was my first adventure into the new Home. The theater lobby and the addition of scribble shooter game was a cool surprise. Also NO client download, I was expecting another download/ update beofre I could Log in- I was so happy that was not the case. To jump into home and be a part of the New world is very cool.

I really enjoyed the attention to detail, and cant stop wondering ” whats behind some of these closed doors? I hope more spaces in the future find themselves attached to the new core spaces.

which brings me to my One critique: I would have preferred to have more points of entry (like the door between the sports Walk and Pier park)then teleporters -- As When I step into a elevator I would expect to only go UP or down. Or how fun would it be to ride the tran in the Hub to a new location?

All and All, the new re-imagination of Home is awesome,its good to be Home again.

By: cthulu93

cthulu93 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:55:30 +0000

Here are a couple of my 1st impressions:The R/C game is pretty good but would like to see more tracks and upgrades.The Sports Bar:the score ticker is a very good idea,the quiz I found had some rather dubious sports questions,things like how much an athelete made in salary(which in my mind would be a financial question not sports) and the computer picking which topic the questions come from almost guarentees that you won’t be getting all the rewards anytime soon.Lastly I come to poker,actually I went there 1st only saved it for last.It looks great visually and you can see the cards quite well,it also had some of the feel of the old days in the communication department but it has real problems(which I hate to even bring up because I’m glad it’s back but here we go anyways)1st anyone can walk up to the table and enter it at anytime,this means you usually end up playing against ppl with the starting max.(meaning on the low stakes game 6ppl have $800 and 1or2 have alot more) and the game doesn’t end til’ you leave at which time any cash I won was lost(hopefully that was a malfunction as the place is still a little buggy).2ndly these rewards are almost entirely luck related,a reward for bankrupting a certain # of ppl or playing a certain # of hands without a break would’ve been a good addition.This feels almost exactly like the poker table for our personal spaces except we can now play with randoms.It’s better than what we had a week ago but still not as good as what we had 18 months ago.

By: Jayson619

Jayson619 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:57:24 +0000

Asia is once again left out from this update!

Really, I don’t understand what is going on in their minds.