02-07-2023, 09:07 AM
Photo Diary of my recent 1-day vacation in Decentraland, the Largest and Loniest vir
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10vtyud/photo_diary_of_my_recent_1day_vacation_in/"> <img src="https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/6durztWum42fmjbFR8UcGK75PbfvffwfsQbaAddj_dQ.jpg" alt="Photo Diary of my recent 1-day vacation in Decentraland, the Largest and Loniest virtual mall in the metaverse" title="Photo Diary of my recent 1-day vacation in Decentraland, the Largest and Loniest virtual mall in the metaverse" /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I decided to take some time off shitposting and go on vacation in Decentraland. Here are the spots I've visited, including The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.</p> <p>Overall, the user-created locations are very creative and pretty. But the game engine is just super-buggy. I hit an average of 2-5 bugs every 10 minutes. It was a dizzying and often-frustrating experience.</p> <p>Decentraland downloads locations as you visit them, so nothing is preloaded. Half of the time if I stay in a location longer than 5 minutes, some parts of that location will randomly despawn, and I'll be interacting with invisible objects. It's super annoying especially if I'm in a middle of a quest. There was one quest I had to restart 5 times because the objects kept despawning.</p> <p>Decentraland is also full of beautiful, <strong>empty</strong> buildings. Other than the starting location, you can walk around for 20 minutes without seeing a single person. I didn't expect the Metaverse to be such a lonely experience.</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/852iobag6pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71c495c667ba93a97eb8260e0cafb24615ea0f7e">Hinata Tower - One of the prettiest towers in the game. The inside of the tower are several giant transparent staircases, allowing you to climb to the top.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/hhh08tus8pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd34454ece0d600048c7e2a822439bdd8627dc0e">SOHO Plaza - One of the many community parks in the game. It exhibits many DeFi game NFTs</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/slhy4g629pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb52f2f8b94bbd19407a87f39698f0d2d9571025">Dragon Plaza - This was once a Decentraland music venue</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/nnvlexd59pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d222796a579e17849ca61ded7eb89591e738532">Asian Plaza - Another giant park in the game, this one featuring various traditional Asian buildings. Like most locations, it's completely empty.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/3kcv2ovi9pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d0fbca5dc195fa95eb9d697ef12be6cbc7861c5">Dollhouse - One of the few locations with people. The moment you enter, your avatar starts dancing to EDM.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/6kjnthnu9pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8899afb6ad78ef7c4db28837b9badf047e2d9364">Festive Road - A large road near the Genesis Plaza with beautiful arches. It would be awesome if this place existed in real life.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/jv6hn353apga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ec6167c8db4dad53c25dc4e7ffc32e02e30ce87">KB Homes - There are some actual businesses that opened up shop here. You can explore their 3 model homes.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/xb6vqwv6apga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06c38da270026301f86c54ed3d25a74d7fc23b06">KB Homes - The model homes allow you to tweak the configuration of each home</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/5kz4mcraapga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a73cad80023506414cf906b88fd6726142ed6a2b">NFT World City - They built a whole mini with a hundred store and office spaces for rental from $100-500/mo. These are absolutely ridiculous prices considered that I only noticed 1/100 spaces being occupied. This is the largest ghost town.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/5tmpvvnlapga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b92b5bd0bcecf974e7ba4fdcfbc1bd839f609bcf">AngZaar Output - Another random gigantic park</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/rw3y8rppapga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20662086e707fdd645f62159e068917049d6e60c">Genesis Plaza - There is a hot air balloon you can ride around the starting point</a></p> <p>There are so many locations featuring mini-games. I lost so many brain cells wasting time playing buggy games. Most games are similar to: Spend 10 hours collecting items around this location until you have enough to collect a free NFT worth $0.20. You're better off getting a minimum-wage job.</p> <p>There wasn't a single mini-game I found fun.</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/9h71bm6tapga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a343e33c5c2526651529cb1d3bd158a0b2f4d40">Metamine - One of the locations featuring an incredibly boring mini-game</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/balmtdqbbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31058155cc634eba27106722a99ff89dca028cf2">Random cars and girls</a></p> <p>The vast majority of DCL is empty spaces. Lot after lot of empty spaces, some of which are decorated by the DCL team.</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/9nez6ylebpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e82aa8efb806b03691cdb8023bbb42f72e508775">Empty spaces</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/04jx5d0kbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32cd93950af2d6f0882f333f627dacb3d0989315">Another empty parcel, decorated as a skate park</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/tfw1fb8mbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=999a997019d725062556d9a4586d2a87ec7265bc">One of many random locations that don't really seem to have any obvious purpose</a></p> <p>About 20% of the spaces are ads</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/c16nyx9rbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=288bf38252a47e058b3786c0c20e24650c34fbb3">Giant ads everywhere. There are so many squatters, which makes no sense since there are so many unsold plots.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/cc6aaddsbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20a2c0c5393ced10d58660607a1efa8fe5fabd66">More ads</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/v6nrbgxsbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85f3b70453b945fc655a7fc5b9fdd6edd96c921e">Reminds me of MoonPlaces with these ads and squatters. At least MoonPlaces sold out while only 25% of land in DCL is purchased.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/e851914hcpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0fc69dd3d55ca58781dcf61c19a71e7f474d78c">More squatters. This one bought many tiles around the game and decorated it with Mario themes. I'm surprised it hasn't been hit with copyright violations.</a></p> <p>Unfortunately, I've hit the image post limit, and I've only gone through 20% of my vacation pics. Until next time.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Maleficent_Plankton"> /u/Maleficent_Plankton </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10vtyud/photo_diary_of_my_recent_1day_vacation_in/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10vtyud/photo_diary_of_my_recent_1day_vacation_in/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10vtyud/photo_diary_of_my_recent_1day_vacation_in/"> <img src="https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/6durztWum42fmjbFR8UcGK75PbfvffwfsQbaAddj_dQ.jpg" alt="Photo Diary of my recent 1-day vacation in Decentraland, the Largest and Loniest virtual mall in the metaverse" title="Photo Diary of my recent 1-day vacation in Decentraland, the Largest and Loniest virtual mall in the metaverse" /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I decided to take some time off shitposting and go on vacation in Decentraland. Here are the spots I've visited, including The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.</p> <p>Overall, the user-created locations are very creative and pretty. But the game engine is just super-buggy. I hit an average of 2-5 bugs every 10 minutes. It was a dizzying and often-frustrating experience.</p> <p>Decentraland downloads locations as you visit them, so nothing is preloaded. Half of the time if I stay in a location longer than 5 minutes, some parts of that location will randomly despawn, and I'll be interacting with invisible objects. It's super annoying especially if I'm in a middle of a quest. There was one quest I had to restart 5 times because the objects kept despawning.</p> <p>Decentraland is also full of beautiful, <strong>empty</strong> buildings. Other than the starting location, you can walk around for 20 minutes without seeing a single person. I didn't expect the Metaverse to be such a lonely experience.</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/852iobag6pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71c495c667ba93a97eb8260e0cafb24615ea0f7e">Hinata Tower - One of the prettiest towers in the game. The inside of the tower are several giant transparent staircases, allowing you to climb to the top.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/hhh08tus8pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd34454ece0d600048c7e2a822439bdd8627dc0e">SOHO Plaza - One of the many community parks in the game. It exhibits many DeFi game NFTs</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/slhy4g629pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb52f2f8b94bbd19407a87f39698f0d2d9571025">Dragon Plaza - This was once a Decentraland music venue</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/nnvlexd59pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d222796a579e17849ca61ded7eb89591e738532">Asian Plaza - Another giant park in the game, this one featuring various traditional Asian buildings. Like most locations, it's completely empty.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/3kcv2ovi9pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d0fbca5dc195fa95eb9d697ef12be6cbc7861c5">Dollhouse - One of the few locations with people. The moment you enter, your avatar starts dancing to EDM.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/6kjnthnu9pga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8899afb6ad78ef7c4db28837b9badf047e2d9364">Festive Road - A large road near the Genesis Plaza with beautiful arches. It would be awesome if this place existed in real life.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/jv6hn353apga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ec6167c8db4dad53c25dc4e7ffc32e02e30ce87">KB Homes - There are some actual businesses that opened up shop here. You can explore their 3 model homes.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/xb6vqwv6apga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06c38da270026301f86c54ed3d25a74d7fc23b06">KB Homes - The model homes allow you to tweak the configuration of each home</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/5kz4mcraapga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a73cad80023506414cf906b88fd6726142ed6a2b">NFT World City - They built a whole mini with a hundred store and office spaces for rental from $100-500/mo. These are absolutely ridiculous prices considered that I only noticed 1/100 spaces being occupied. This is the largest ghost town.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/5tmpvvnlapga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b92b5bd0bcecf974e7ba4fdcfbc1bd839f609bcf">AngZaar Output - Another random gigantic park</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/rw3y8rppapga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20662086e707fdd645f62159e068917049d6e60c">Genesis Plaza - There is a hot air balloon you can ride around the starting point</a></p> <p>There are so many locations featuring mini-games. I lost so many brain cells wasting time playing buggy games. Most games are similar to: Spend 10 hours collecting items around this location until you have enough to collect a free NFT worth $0.20. You're better off getting a minimum-wage job.</p> <p>There wasn't a single mini-game I found fun.</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/9h71bm6tapga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a343e33c5c2526651529cb1d3bd158a0b2f4d40">Metamine - One of the locations featuring an incredibly boring mini-game</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/balmtdqbbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31058155cc634eba27106722a99ff89dca028cf2">Random cars and girls</a></p> <p>The vast majority of DCL is empty spaces. Lot after lot of empty spaces, some of which are decorated by the DCL team.</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/9nez6ylebpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e82aa8efb806b03691cdb8023bbb42f72e508775">Empty spaces</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/04jx5d0kbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32cd93950af2d6f0882f333f627dacb3d0989315">Another empty parcel, decorated as a skate park</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/tfw1fb8mbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=999a997019d725062556d9a4586d2a87ec7265bc">One of many random locations that don't really seem to have any obvious purpose</a></p> <p>About 20% of the spaces are ads</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/c16nyx9rbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=288bf38252a47e058b3786c0c20e24650c34fbb3">Giant ads everywhere. There are so many squatters, which makes no sense since there are so many unsold plots.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/cc6aaddsbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20a2c0c5393ced10d58660607a1efa8fe5fabd66">More ads</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/v6nrbgxsbpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85f3b70453b945fc655a7fc5b9fdd6edd96c921e">Reminds me of MoonPlaces with these ads and squatters. At least MoonPlaces sold out while only 25% of land in DCL is purchased.</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/e851914hcpga1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0fc69dd3d55ca58781dcf61c19a71e7f474d78c">More squatters. This one bought many tiles around the game and decorated it with Mario themes. I'm surprised it hasn't been hit with copyright violations.</a></p> <p>Unfortunately, I've hit the image post limit, and I've only gone through 20% of my vacation pics. Until next time.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Maleficent_Plankton"> /u/Maleficent_Plankton </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10vtyud/photo_diary_of_my_recent_1day_vacation_in/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10vtyud/photo_diary_of_my_recent_1day_vacation_in/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>