When I first heard of Red Light Center I thought it would be a cool place to role play. It looked like the ultimate in virtual sex. While you can in fact have sex there they've got this whole profile thing going on. That makes the program feel like Myspace and there's an expectation that everybody is who they say they are. So those of us who are there to role play are made to feel like outsiders especially on the forums. This is supposed to be a virtual world and its even advertised as such. Yet the company also advertises it as if it were a virtual MySpace. This duality has created a lot of confusion and problems.
And how can I forget about RLC's server problems? Sometimes the damn thing goes down several times a day. I've gotten booted off at random times. Sometimes I've entered a room and I couldn't see the furniture. There was one time when I went into Merlin's cafe and saw only one guy sitting on mid-air. No joke. The entire room was empty of furniture and people except for this guy. There were other times when people would just randomly disappear.
All in all this program is poorly advertised and even more poorly maintained. People are made to think the point is virtual sex only to learn otherwise once they've signed up. Then they're left to deal with the constant server problems.
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