I experienced the same things exactly. Out of 4-5 hours of frustration. I got to enjoy a few minutes of conversations.
Outside of Hivefest the avatar worked well, but inside the Hivefest it was just not usable.
I was also very disappointed with the "Wall of Fame." (shame)
I donated to have my user name (very small) on a sign, leaning against a rock?
I think it would have been great had it not been for all of the problems.
That's the thing. In every other world everything was working perfectly. As soon as I entered Hivefest one, it was crashing and I was forcer to restart whenever I wanted to change world or even load menu. I also noticed that written messages were not delivered :p I was getting them all at once after the restart.
"Microsloth Windblows," as I rarely use that bloatware O.S. these days. I have been Linux (several different distros) since 2012. None of my computers (4) have that spyware system on them.Yep, same issues. It had to have been on the AltVR side. As I even relocated to another internet source. I was reluctant to change any major settings on @pooky-jax (my wifes) work laptop and that horrible