Well I thought this to be an excellent idea, then I started reading all of the criticisms, and quickly thought, maybe the idea was not that simplistic! I got very lucky, I just so happened to be online as some new ranches were released, quickly ran home, abandoned mine, first roll, I got mine, second roll, I got one I close to what I had been wishing for! Yay! It was all down to luck and fluke, I am very happy though. On the flipside I have a friend who loves her log home, we have travelled the railways together and ridden horseback through the beautiful log home areas, there are many places she would love to live, many places available, but for her to role, the risk of losing what she has and being homeless until she finds another one that might just possibly be where she would love to be is a risky daunting idea, a nightmare of rolling forever just in case!

So I feel maybe in the areas where there are so many available, this idea could work well, especially for folk who cannot be online all the time and do travel around the vast areas a lot exploring, this might also give incentive to renew membership, not everyone can afford premium plus, I was blessed and feel lucky, my friend just sees empty properties she would love to landscape and decorate and rez her train nearby, but is disheartened by the rolling system.

Perhaps it could be an experiment in home areas that have many homes available, houseboats and logs? A nice incentive for basic and premium maybe?

Love this idea! The current process is so frustrating.

I wouldn't eliminate the current web system for choosing a Linden Home, but it would be great if something like the above were also available... IF it could be insulated from widespread abuse. Sadly, from what I've read, that might be difficult. If something can be abused, there's always someone out there who will do it. That's just human nature.

I agree completely

The Newcomers to SL probably wouldn't know how to even look around the map for a new home.... I think it would be much easier & fun for newcomers to keep the house selection as it is now, after all without new residents SL will cease to grow. It's important to keep things simple for those who have less experience. If you are a Premium Plus User you can go round the regions & submit a ticked for an available home you would like... That's my thoughts :)

This would allow the system to be gamed.

Given the number of regions there are in Bellisseria this proposal requires people to go looking in a very large area. Even with a notice board of available parcels for each region there is still the problem of numbers of regions, and how does one find the notice board easily? This proposal would make the whole house selection process even more tedious and time-consuming than shopping at large events, and those with a poor sense of direction are going to find it doubly trying.

I tend to disagree that this is a good idea, given the abuse this would make possible with opportunities for really good locations just getting passed around amongst small groups of people (or alts). The likelihood of that going on is good, and it would make the experience less fair for everyone. Duplicating such aspects of RL isn't always desirable. Home selection being more realistic would be depressing in this regard.

(It would be cool if this could work without the inherent unfairness, but people being people, some will exploit any such feature for the sole benefit of their own in-group. If one wants to do this type of thing in SL, there are already quite a few other places where land swapping with friends can easily be done, such as most private estates and the mainland, so there is no shortage of such opportunities—Bellisseria doesn't need to fall victim to that as well. It being more egalitarian makes sense given that a Linden Home is ostensibly a member benefit. It isn't that compelling of a benefit anymore once people can game the system in a sanctioned way to play keep-away with good locations.)

On the other hand as Miro noted, we really do need to stop getting the same house on multiple rolls. That just plain sucks and doesn't make sense. There's no fairness in that.

Personally, I don't mind the current "lottery" system as such. The problem is that you often get the same parcel twice or more in a single day, as was said here: https://feedback.secondlife.com/ldpw/p/change-linden-home-selection-process

If we had a guarantee that each parcel offered in the 5 times per 24hr period, was different, it would be fine.

Maybe, while that's being fixed, the number could be increased to maybe 7 per day?