Connect the Continents

[diamond Marchant]

Oh! Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you-oo?

"Mairzy Doats"  (mares eat oats) is a pop song written in 1943 that amuses because what is said is not immediately understood.

Similarly, sometimes we say seemingly benign things in this forum, but others may hear it as something different.

I am not speaking about violating TOS or breaking rules. I am speaking of kindness.

LDPW is expanding Bellisseria to our benefit and the new growth areas  are dynamic. I suggest that we let them work in peace and without our commentary.

Edited July 12, 2022 by diamond Marchant

[4lice Cerise]

On 6/22/2022 at 11:55 AM, SarahKB7 Koskinen said:

Cayman was Second Life's first ever private island sim region.

Oh that explains its wierd location, so close to Da Boom. Was region Edge the second? (I just commented about these two regions and the grid hole around them in a post in the SSP thread.)

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

4 hours ago, 4lice Cerise said:

Oh that explains its wierd location, so close to Da Boom. Was region Edge the second? (I just commented about these two regions and the grid hole around them in a post in the SSP thread.)

I recently had it confirmed to me that both Edge and Cayman are owned by the same owner!

The owner of Cayman and Edge was the original owner of a well-known early music/dance club in Da Boom sim called "The Edge", which left Da Boom at some point in time to go to its own private island sim region.

Edge sim region, created after Cayman, is undoubtably named after her original Da Boom dance club.

Edge, like Cayman is now rented out to tennants, who have confirmed to me that the two sims are still owned by the same person.

The owner of Cayman/Edge was also the first person to use the term "Mainland" for SL's main landmass, a quote from her profile;

" I called SL land Mainland because that is what we in Hawaii called the rest of America and so Linden Labs called their land mainland to distinguish it from private sims."

Edited July 12, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[4lice Cerise]

On 4/17/2022 at 5:20 PM, SarahKB7 Koskinen said:

Found a magnificently detailed network map of Sansara continent, drawn by the Second Life Geography Institute.

This is available at https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/slgi/images/5/5f/Sansara_Waterways.png

One detail caught my attention: At the very bottom there is a whole region island (on grid coordinates 1026,978) where nowdays we have region Marianas Trench — although this map is prior to the very first installation of Bellisseria. Anyone remembers about this region?

(This is on topic because it's about a location between Sansara and Bellisseria… 😄)

Edited July 13, 2022 by 4lice Cerise

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

@4lice CeriseThat's strange. I just did a Grid Survey search on Marianas Trench and it says no other region had shared those grid co-ordinates before 2019, yet the map was from 2015.

 http://www.gridsurvey.com/display.php?id=112883

 

Edited July 12, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[Johnny Giotto]

On 7/11/2022 at 6:17 PM, SarahKB7 Koskinen said:

Ten new regions have been added to the north of Newbrooke.

They are named:

SSPWalrus Carpenter, SSPSeaspot Run, SSPLobsta Roll, SSPMulligan, SSPMcGuffin, SSPSpearfish, SSPRingy Dinghy, SSPAhoy Matey, SSPBarge Inn, SSPBowline.

Looks like a new style of housing along the coast.
I just wish they would complete the land here 

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

Nineteen new regions became visible on the world map during 20th July 2022.

Edited July 21, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[Persephone Emerald]

Just to tease a bit more, Diamond Marchant's speculative map, with my additional speculations added:

Note there is already a thin strip of protected water at Blofeld and Klebb. My current guess is that the water passage will connect to Satori along the coast at Blofled, Khan, Orlov, Carver and Stromburg. This would create sailable water from Jeogeot to the Blake Sea, but it would be a long, twisty route. I'm not sure it would all be protected water.

 

 

[diamond Marchant]

7 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:

Note there is already a thin strip of protected water at Blofeld and Klebb. My current guess is that the water passage will connect to Satori along the coast at Blofled, Khan, Orlov, Carver and Stromburg. This would create sailable water from Jeogeot to the Blake Sea, but it would be a long, twisty route. I'm not sure it would all be protected water.

There is ZERO advantage to Linden Lab in connecting Belli to Satori anywhere south of Stromberg and north of Rathais because 100% of the coastal parcels are privately owned. The 12m strip of protected water in Blofeld/Klebb is irrelevant because it connects to nothing (so getting there doesn't get you anywhere).

The downside of connecting to these regions is that  the connected coastal parcel regions would be granted a windfall profit and LL might reasonably be charged with favoritism or scandal. Also, it would be annoying to reside in a houseboat so close to mainland. Checkout the houseboats near Jeoget or Sansara for an example of how this has been done..

The issue of connecting Bellisseria to route 8D and connecting routes was addressed by extending 8D to Chiffre.

[Persephone Emerald]

37 minutes ago, diamond Marchant said:

There is ZERO advantage to Linden Lab in connecting Belli to Satori anywhere south of Stromberg and north of Rathais because 100% of the coastal parcels are privately owned. The 12m strip of protected water in Blofeld/Klebb is irrelevant because it connects to nothing (so getting there doesn't get you anywhere).

The downside of connecting to these regions is that  the connected coastal parcel regions would be granted a windfall profit and LL might reasonably be charged with favoritism or scandal. Also, it would be annoying to reside in a houseboat so close to mainland. Checkout the houseboats near Jeoget or Sansara for an example of how this has been done..

The issue of connecting Bellisseria to route 8D and connecting routes was addressed by extending 8D to Chiffre.

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm suggesting. I'm not saying houseboats would be in a region adjacent to mainland. I'm saying Linden water would be adjacent to mainland. In all of the examples show below, there are multiple Linden Water regions adjacent to regions with private land. The beach at Chiffre is Linden Land and connects to a Linden Road, which is perfect. So far the Southern connection to Satori doesn't have a Linden beach or road connection, but we can hope for one in the future. I can hope for extensions through abandoned land for other existing roads too.

 

[diamond Marchant]

8 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:

I'm saying Linden water would be adjacent to mainland.

Sorry. I forgot to say that the Moles have said that regions have to  "produce revenue". Hence, we should NOT expect open-water regions to be created unless they are part of a geographic feature such as a lake. The attached photo is from SSPKermits Green and the blue rectangle on the right side is a 16 meter "waterway spacer", suggesting that this is the intended path of north/south travel. This is a generous width.

Edited July 25, 2022 by diamond Marchant
usual typos

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

Just finished a fun car journey from the northern coast of Satori (Alvensleben) which ended two hours later at the southern coast of Heterocera (Cecropia) .

Yes, I used seabeds too! 😜

Edited July 26, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[Persephone Emerald]

There are 20 new regions not showing on the map yet in the North- East corner of Bellisseria.

SSP Lost at Sea    -         I Sea U         -     Nether Strait     -       Dead Mans Dive

SSP Not Shore      -       Be Pacific      -     Vitamin Sea      -         No Octopation    

SSP No Rain          -       Stay Salty      -        Octopied         -            East Keys

SSP Beach Face    -      Buoy Quay     -       See Wead         -                Kale

SSP Waffle Cone   -    Indominable    -        Ten Tickles      -       Septipus Hank

The North and East edges are sharply cut, as if there could be more regions added, though they could also be smoothed out later.

p.s.

They're showing on the Map now (5 AM SLT).

Edited August 2, 2022 by Persephone Emerald
to add new Map picture

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

Twenty more regions north of SSPKermits Green!

Six more regions to Stromberg!

 

There appears to be a 20 metre deep boat channel running along the east regions edges.

Edited August 2, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[Persephone Emerald]

The current mainland continents (except Gaeta 1 and Zindra) and the northern-most old Linden Home continent.

I like this map because it shows the size of the old Linden Home continents relative to the Bellisseria subcontinents.

[Ryn Kiyori]

More added today.

[Ceka Cianci]

I hope they never connect the Heterocera Atoll to anything.. I love that huge Island feel that you have to travel over seas to get there.

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

@Ceka CianciHeterocera has been connected to Sansara since March 2005, via the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) sim and water channel. 😜

Edited August 12, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[Ceka Cianci]

2 hours ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said:

@Ceka CianciHeterocera has been connected to Sansara since March 2005, via the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) sim and water channel. 😜

Ya that's water sims and that's not taking away from it.. I was worried about land sims connecting up and taking away from it's appeal.

ETA: Also, somehow I must have ended up in the land section to even see this thread.. I started out in general section and must have thought this thread was resurrected in there..

Sorry if I ended up resurrecting this one..

 

Edited August 13, 2022 by Ceka Cianci

[Persephone Emerald]

29 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:

Ya that's water sims and that's not taking away from it.. I was worried about land sims connecting up and taking away from it's appeal.

ETA: Also, somehow I must have ended up in the land section to even see this thread.. I started out in general section and must have thought this thread was resurrected in there..

Sorry if I ended up resurrecting this one..

 

No need to apologize. This thread needed a boost up.

[diamond Marchant]

There now exists a protected water connection from Bellisseria to the Blake Sea.

The Stromberg connector regions are SSPDeep Anchor and SSPSteady On

Edited August 15, 2022 by diamond Marchant

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

I was going to keep the new connection a secret until it showed up on the SL map, but apparently the cat is already out of the bag now....

I would like to announce that I have made my first ever sea crossing from the west central coast of Satori (at Stromberg) into Bellisseria (at SSPTiedown Inlet), using two new sea regions called SSPDeep Anchor and SSPSteady On, which now link the two continents water together.

My crossing took place on Monday 15th August 2022 between 10:24 SLT (Stromberg) and 10:26 SLT (SSPTiedown Inlet), then I turned back through the new sea channel and arrived back in Stromberg at 10:28 SLT.

I had witnesses, Lloyd Overland and Abnor Mole, both who saw me turn around after entering Bellisseria and then go back to Stromberg to make the trip a both-ways event.

Edited August 16, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

BELLISSERIA to BLAKE SEA - COMPLETED BY SEA!

I would like to claim the honour of being the first ever person in SL to sail non-stop from Bellisseria to the Blake Sea - Crows Nest (arriving at the Fastnet Lighthouse)

15th August 2022 Chat Log:

[11:48:00] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Start (SSPTiedown Inlet Bellisseria)

[11:49:48] SarahKB7 Koskinen: (Stromberg)

[12:16:43] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Bingo Strait (Weerson)

[12:17:41] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Bingo Strait (Rodel Lighthouse)

[12:39:38] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Blake Sea - Crowsnest (Fastnet Lighthouse)

Total voyage time: 51 minutes, 37 seconds.

Edited August 16, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

BLAKE SEA to SANSARA, via BELLISSERIA & JEOGEOT - ALL COMPLETED BY SEA!

I would also like to claim the honour of being the first ever person in SL history to sail from the Blake Sea to Sansara continent, via Bellisseria and Jeogeot continents.

15th August 2022 (SLT) Chat log:

[13:00:00] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Start (Blake Sea Crows Nest (Fastnet Lighthouse))

[13:24:11] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Bingo Strait (Rodel Lighthouse)

[13:52:52] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Stromberg (West Satori)

^ [13:55:03] SarahKB7 Koskinen: SSPTiedown Inlet (Bellisseria Newbrooke)

[14:08:55] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Lavon (Bellisseria Chalet)

[14:20:14] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Brookside (Bellisseria Chalet)

[15:33:00] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Rigamarole (Bellisseria Log)

[16:03:27] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Yongnam (Jeogeot)

^ [16:06:30] SarahKB7 Koskinen: North Forepaw (Pyri Peaks dock, Jeogeot)

[16:27:34] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Galaxy FORWARD (SS Galaxy, Bellisseria)

*snack break*

[17:05:37] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Damiano (Bellisseria)

[17:07:46] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Norse Auk (Bellisseria)

[17:08:23] SarahKB7 Koskinen: One Way Dive (Bellisseria)

[17:09:07] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Rusted Hull (Bellisseria)

[17:10:00] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Grand Banks (SANSARA)

^ [17:11:00] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Osmium (SANSARA)

Total time: 4 hours, 11 minutes, 0 seconds !

Edited August 16, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

GAETA V to SANSARA - by boat - COMPLETED!

(Route: GAETA V, Corsica, Nautilus, Satori, Bellisseria(1), Jeogeot, Bellisseria(2), SANSARA)

FIRST!

Start Time: 02:07:07 SLT, 16th August 2022 (Giuseppe (GaetaV))

 

 

End Time: 04:50:17 SLT, 16th August 2022 (Osmium (Sansara))

Total Time: 2h:47m:10s

Sim Regions: 589 (Trip Logged)

Total Distance: 126.64 km (78.6 miles)

Edited August 16, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen