Kamalin Bailey Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) I thought more people would be posting about their new Newbrooke homes. I scored a beautiful 1024 waterfront parcel in Fitz Inn yesterday on my first try! Edited April 8, 2022 by Kamalin Bailey 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Blakewell Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 And I rolled the same house three times today. Nowhere near the water, even a small pond. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvia Tamalyn Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 43 minutes ago, Trinity1776 said: And I rolled the same house three times today. Nowhere near the water, even a small pond. Is it that darn Bullwinkle house that I've rolled 1000000 times? 😂 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirgitBloom Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 I had posted in the Bellisseria Citizens group chat, but this seemed to be a better place to ask: An honest question for the GOH'ers - what is the reasoning behind multiple alts to grab several adjacent homes on a newly opened region? for the thrill of owning multiple spaces? the schadenfreude of preventing someone getting one home for their one premium account? I don't understand the appeal ... then you decorate ten houses in a newly opened area? they don't appear to be decorated, many times? so ... what is the point? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Jaxxon Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 I've never quite understood the reasoning either 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvia Tamalyn Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, BirgitBloom said: I had posted in the Bellisseria Citizens group chat, but this seemed to be a better place to ask: An honest question for the GOH'ers - what is the reasoning behind multiple alts to grab several adjacent homes on a newly opened region? for the thrill of owning multiple spaces? the schadenfreude of preventing someone getting one home for their one premium account? I don't understand the appeal ... then you decorate ten houses in a newly opened area? they don't appear to be decorated, many times? so ... what is the point? It seems to be all about "winning". 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frigga Freidman Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, BirgitBloom said: I had posted in the Bellisseria Citizens group chat, but this seemed to be a better place to ask: An honest question for the GOH'ers - what is the reasoning behind multiple alts to grab several adjacent homes on a newly opened region? for the thrill of owning multiple spaces? the schadenfreude of preventing someone getting one home for their one premium account? I don't understand the appeal ... then you decorate ten houses in a newly opened area? they don't appear to be decorated, many times? so ... what is the point? I don't think the intent is necessarily to grab adjacent homes, but to grab the 'best-situated' ones in a region - and those usually happen to be alongside water and near to each other. Soon afterwards, most (if not all) are abandoned once the parcels are compared with one another to identify the 'best' one... until the next especially attractive region is released. (I missed out on Judge Knott as I wasn't on my computer when it was released, and haven't checked to see if this is what happened there, but I wouldn't be surprised.) Edited April 9, 2022 by Frigga Freidman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalypsoJewel Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 16 minutes ago, BirgitBloom said: I had posted in the Bellisseria Citizens group chat, but this seemed to be a better place to ask: An honest question for the GOH'ers - what is the reasoning behind multiple alts to grab several adjacent homes on a newly opened region? for the thrill of owning multiple spaces? the schadenfreude of preventing someone getting one home for their one premium account? I don't understand the appeal ... then you decorate ten houses in a newly opened area? they don't appear to be decorated, many times? so ... what is the point? "Look at how much money I have that you don't!" Flexing is really all I see out of it. I've only really seen it done to a heavy extent once, where somebody took most of the houses in one or two regions just to toss them all back the next day. I'd understand maybe if they were doing it to get a particular house by knocking out the other houses around it, but it seems a little excessive. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nika Talaj Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 31 minutes ago, Sylvia Tamalyn said: Is it that darn Bullwinkle house that I've rolled 1000000 times? 😂 My hopping alt just told me that if she sees the words "Fitz Inn" ever again, she'll deactivate her own account. Gah! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvia Tamalyn Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, Nika Talaj said: My hopping alt just told me that if she sees the words "Fitz Inn" ever again, she'll deactivate her own account. Gah! My alt got bored and decided to go a different route, since so many themes are showing up on the LP. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvia Tamalyn Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 P.S. If anyone is hunting for a good stilt on land near water, I'm going to toss the one in my previous post in a couple of minutes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polenth Yue Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 3 hours ago, BirgitBloom said: I had posted in the Bellisseria Citizens group chat, but this seemed to be a better place to ask: An honest question for the GOH'ers - what is the reasoning behind multiple alts to grab several adjacent homes on a newly opened region? for the thrill of owning multiple spaces? the schadenfreude of preventing someone getting one home for their one premium account? I don't understand the appeal ... then you decorate ten houses in a newly opened area? they don't appear to be decorated, many times? so ... what is the point? One thing it might do is fill a region, causing people to then be assigned to the next available region. Sometimes it's that new region which is the one they're hoping to get. We're long past the days where someone won't get a home because of this, so I wouldn't worry too much. If you love your spot but hate all your neighbours being the same person, hold tight, because they'll be gone soon. The next shiny will come along and they'll leave for that one. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamara Adored Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Polenth Yue said: One thing it might do is fill a region, causing people to then be assigned to the next available region. Sometimes it's that new region which is the one they're hoping to get. We're long past the days where someone won't get a home because of this, so I wouldn't worry too much. If you love your spot but hate all your neighbours being the same person, hold tight, because they'll be gone soon. The next shiny will come along and they'll leave for that one. I've recently been watching this happening in the Stilt regions of Empty Coast, Seasnake etc. They grab nearly every house but then dump them when the next region is released. They soon move on like Polenth says. It seems to be a pathological need to be the first to ‘own’ a house as it doesn’t seem to be about the position of the property. They’ve had a lot of epic spots but then let them go. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Blakewell Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Sylvia Tamalyn said: Is it that darn Bullwinkle house that I've rolled 1000000 times? 😂 It isn’t a terrible spot, but….yes, that is the one!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Aurelia Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 8:26 PM, Trinity1776 said: Your reaction when you move to a new region, and then use "Area Search" in Firestorm to see all the crazy stuff your neighbors are rezzing... This was my reaction when I was allotted a stilt close to the row of putrid pastel houses whose owners love to have little bubbles and shiny particles floating about! 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yestothis Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Fleur Aurelia said: This was my reaction when I was allotted a stilt close to the row of putrid pastel houses whose owners love to have little bubbles and shiny particles floating about! All stilts are pastel, just saying. Maybe stilts aren’t for you if you don’t like them. I wish they would update and give us more neutral earthy tones too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nika Talaj Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Tamara Adored said: It seems to be a pathological need to be the first to ‘own’ a house as it doesn’t seem to be about the position of the property. I don't think so. 12 hours ago, Polenth Yue said: One thing it might do is fill a region, causing people to then be assigned to the next available region. Sometimes it's that new region which is the one they're hoping to get. Bingo, I think. Once a set of regions is released into the queue, I think a furious burst of new home acquisition can result in never-released homes moving to the top of the queue much quicker than they ordinarily would. The rate at which new homes are available seems to me to relate to the speed at which homes are claimed. I bet the decisions as to which regions are put into queues are made manually by Lindens, tho. In the case of the stilts, I suspect that the regions that larger GOH players are REALLY interested in have not yet been named. The larger players I know have a liking for unobstructed water views. I read their current activities as just trying to move the process along. I've come to think this is not a bad thing. Great parcels do eventually become available, big players move on fairly quickly. Without the big players, you get the situation you see in the chalets ... wonderful regions like Citadel Lake or those along the big central river that are languishing due to stagnant queues. I've never noticed any big players spending much time in the chalets. *shrugs* 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Starbrook Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 4 hours ago, yestothis said: All stilts are pastel, just saying. Maybe stilts aren’t for you if you don’t like them. I wish they would update and give us more neutral earthy tones too. I've used an outer shell to change the color of the stilts. They only add 1 prim to the parcel. I don't mind pastels, just not a fan of all of the hues that are included with the stilts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Blakewell Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 9 hours ago, Trinity1776 said: It isn’t a terrible spot, but….yes, that is the one!!!! It gets even better. I had run out of tries, and had been tracking that house all day. Had to work on my taxes IRL, so took a break. The house was "occupied" (ie assigned to a resident) for hours, and Newbrooke 1024s were showing up on the land page so I knew there were others available. Took a break from the taxes and thought I'd try again but forgot to go back and check the house again at that point. And...guess what? I rolled the house again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvia Tamalyn Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 25 minutes ago, Trinity1776 said: It gets even better. I had run out of tries, and had been tracking that house all day. Had to work on my taxes IRL, so took a break. The house was "occupied" (ie assigned to a resident) for hours, and Newbrooke 1024s were showing up on the land page so I knew there were others available. Took a break from the taxes and thought I'd try again but forgot to go back and check the house again at that point. And...guess what? I rolled the house again. I hate to laugh, but that house has stuck to me like glue for days now! I feel your pain! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Blakewell Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) I guess we have definitive proof now that abandoned houses go to the top of the queue! Or, maybe just stuck to a resident so that they will have to reconsider. Edited April 9, 2022 by Trinity1776 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nika Talaj Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 I accidentally picked up a camper! Turned out to be this really well placed sand camper in Twofer. LOTS of protected land around it, cute mole beach. At the mouth of the river up to Fourze, right near the Galaxy. Letting it go in a few minutes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleanor Anderton Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) Letting this houseboat go at 11:00 am SLT. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockingmore/146/63/22 Pretty site on the edge of Rockingmore with a sand bar on one side and a view of houseboats across the water. Letting go since I'm downsizing an alt to basic later this week. I'll miss my houseboat! Great water ways to speed around in a boat. Edit....Half an hour later, it is still sitting in Maintenance. Edited April 11, 2022 by Eleanor Anderton 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrudenceAnton Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 About to let this Traditional home location go in a little bit. If you are interested in this location, IM me in the next 10 minutes to work out release. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winters Elm/76/155/25 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrudenceAnton Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, PrudenceAnton said: About to let this Traditional home location go in a little bit. If you are interested in this location, IM me in the next 10 minutes to work out release. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winters Elm/76/155/25 Released now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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