Sunday, September 29, 2013

Roblox B&B: Episode 1

Hello, and welcome to a new series, known as Roblox B&B, where every 2 weeks I showcase the two good and bad things that have happened around Roblox. So, here we go!


The Brilliant:

1. VIRTUAL BLOXCON! I would like to congratulate everyone who had won an award from the Virtual Bloxcon event, held on 21 September 2013. Too bad I was sleeping when the event was happening, so yeah. Anyway, the Roblox store opened too, along with a lot of virtual merch to celebrate Virtual Bloxcon. Virtual items included a Roblox Virtual Bloxcon Pass, a Limited Fedora, and a Limited ROBLOX Madness face, along with more items that I have most likely forgotten about.

2. You may have seen this somewhere before, but Roblox has a new outfits feature, allowing you to change to a certain look that you choose, with a few clicks of the mouse. This was a Google Chrome extension made by the same user who created this (Summer Intern), so those who were not using Chrome before can now rejoice with this cool feature. Enjoy.

The Bad:

1. Roblox's price floor has been set, making a large number of Robloxians go mad, especially those without Builders Club. Roblox claimed that they made this move (and I took this by the blog, by the way) to "
  1. Raise the quality of items in the catalog.
  2. Reward makers and sellers of clothing.
  3. To incentivize non-paying users to buy ROBUX."
(I am sorry for the sudden font size change. Don't kill me, pls)
And because "We think it’s better for the economy as a whole to enforce a minimum price on these goods."
I think we all understand why we hate this update, and we want it to disappear. I bet people are leaving Roblox solely on this stupid move. If Roblox insists on keeping this price floor, at least lower the price. It's bogus to make me save up for a shirt that costs more than my HAIR.

2. The Captain Underpants Book. Now, this is not here because I hate Captain Underpants, but because of the gear itself. The first pages (and i mean the cover, copyright info blah blah blah) take up most of the other pages, and they have not pulled off this stunt before. When you FINALLY get to the actual book, there are only 3 pages to flip around. At LEAST it's 1 tix, and in colour. Sorry Dave Pilkey.




So there you have it! Now let's hope that I don't run out of stuff to criticise and compliment Roblox about.