Whereas from a psychological point-of-view, if anyone were to even taunt others at a Club due to gaining access to a VIP section could reap invaluable consequences. On Home, much would think it’s “safer” to taunt the others because they can’t spend the $9.99 for a Yacht or an Island.

The only time I would ever visit the X7 is to access the fashions (Billabong, Wrangler, Lockwood). I tried to hang there; the atmosphere is literally the same if you were to, say, at the Playground or even the Hub. A few felt the same way they feel about the Sunset Lounge: it’s an escape from the “noobs” or the “pervs”, or the Fam activists.

I maybe scattered on this comment because truthfully I’m very null on this limited-access thing that’s lain on Home. If I could sum it up into a few words on how I feel about this, it’s more along the lines of “I simply don’t care”.

Because in the end, people want it and they will pay for it. If they wish to see a difference, they have to be the ones to make that stand.

And that is the saddest thing of all.

Frankly, I wonder why we have the “gate” areas at all. Couldn’t a space check that you were qualified to enter before you even spawned? Or is the idea to let people get a glimpse of what they might have if they just bought access? Perhaps there’s even the thought that being taunted by the “in crowd” will motivate people to buy into the space. I find the whole thing very odd.

Anyway, the meat n veg of your article here is a big one. For comment’s sake I’ll try to keep this short…

I LIKE the way these things are going! Personally, I’d rather people could gain exclusive access via game score or achievement but realistically that’s open to corruption via the ISE hack. SO! Pay to access is about the only way really, and as long as there are options for it I dont see the problem really. If you’re a casual Home user and feel the money is wasted, dont buy into it -- simple. If you’re a regular (or even a daily) Homey then paying a one-time fee to severely reduce the troll-count is a pretty good deal I’d say. Not only this but you get the choice to buy (or play to win) rare items -- objects of no interest to trolls or casual users, but desirable to the core-Home users. All I see here is win/win!

However, you do get those who feel the need to do that whole “naa na nana naaaaa” thing at the gates. Which, frankly, is just ridiculous. All that does is show their lack of maturity and (probably) how little they have in their actual lives. Pity them -- they’re obviously bad at RL, just look how they behave! And if you find that kind of taunting hurts you, maybe you need to look inside yourself as to why. (BTW, just for clarity -- I dont mean YOU personally Seal -- mean anyone reading this)