MALIFAX Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Beaches are less & less frequented, I wonder why, have you got any idea why ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Wild guess: Weren't there recent viewer performance problems near Linden water, at least for a while? Really no idea if that has anything to do with anything, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 My guess? Back when I started, good clothing for men was harder to find soooo, lots of men hung out where they didn't need clothes or shoes. Times have changed. Men have a ton more options and like looking good. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond Marchant Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 4 hours ago, MALIFAX said: Beaches are less & less frequented, I wonder why, have you got any idea why ? Any specific types of beaches where this is happening? Public beaches where strangers mingle? High-priced real estate? Bellisseria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchthis Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 6 hours ago, MALIFAX said: Beaches are less & less frequented, I wonder why, have you got any idea why ? Maybe because there's no swim physics or ao built in to SL...Beach time is usually reserved for crying and feeling most lonely. Don't take that away from me. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I thought beaches were mostly party and hookup places between "males and females" in Second Life. I suppose beaches can be awesome for romantic sunsets, too. What happened to Surfing? (I've got some very nice wave devices.) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animats Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 There are swim HUDs. I use Ziswim, which is OK, but not great. It phones home to some server, for no good reason. Older versions phone home to a defunct server and get errors for too many fast retries. It's surprising how few people swim in SL. Personally, I would have made "swim" standard and "fly" an option that required an accessory, on the grounds that reality works that way. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polenth Yue Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I set up my AO so that I use swim animations if I fly underwater. Which is how I discovered how many regions with underwater areas have banned fly, so you have to walk along the bottom. But anyway, I don't think that's why some beach regions emptied out. They're no different to any other social location. If they don't put the work in with events and such, people stop visiting to hang out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Are beaches deserted in general, or some beaches? SL has a majority of grown-ups. Maybe we got our own beach and stay there? I know I don't go out and dance anymore. Ugh, now I sound sad, eh? The truth is that I get much more satisfaction in gardening in solitude, than pixel dancing or other pixel- on pixel activity. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 You could look at beaches as a possible "success story". Everyone done already met their mate, hookup, side chick, etc. on the beach. So they don't need it anymore. So, until someone needs to meet someone for whatever reason, the beach will be there, waiting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond Marchant Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Marianne Little said: Maybe we got our own beach and stay there? That’s me! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorachaNicEoghain Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 5 hours ago, diamond Marchant said: That’s me! Me too 😄. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MALIFAX Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 3:50 PM, diamond Marchant said: Any specific types of beaches where this is happening? Public beaches where strangers mingle? High-priced real estate? Bellisseria? No in general, evne if famous beaches disappeares, like SECRET BEACH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MALIFAX Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 9:49 PM, Love Zhaoying said: You could look at beaches as a possible "success story". Everyone done already met their mate, hookup, side chick, etc. on the beach. So they don't need it anymore. So, until someone needs to meet someone for whatever reason, the beach will be there, waiting. Or more possibly, will close down, as no-one comes in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, MALIFAX said: On 2/15/2023 at 3:49 PM, Love Zhaoying said: You could look at beaches as a possible "success story". Everyone done already met their mate, hookup, side chick, etc. on the beach. So they don't need it anymore. So, until someone needs to meet someone for whatever reason, the beach will be there, waiting. Or more possibly, will close down, as no-one comes in... Yes, that's kind of my point. So successful, they put themselves out of business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowri Panache Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Can you link me to the SURL of any of these abandoned beaches? I will buy them poste haste lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitimo Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 10:07 AM, MALIFAX said: Beaches are less & less frequented, I wonder why, have you got any idea why ? All hangouts, not just beaches, are less & less frequented, it's just the way SL has evolved. People spend more time in shopping events and more time in their own homes, and less time in public hangout places than they used to. It seems like most SL chat and socialising happens in Discord these days. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 All the beaches I go to are pretty populated.. After restarts the other day it was so packed in one of them that people were in group saying they couldn't get in.. hehehe A lot of the time it depends on the time people are on.. Some people lul out at certain times, so there is quiet times and busy time..Some are always lots of people.. Some are always nice and quiet with just a few people.. Some beaches are on homesteads also and only allow like 20 people.. As far as Secret beach goes..Secret Beach didn't shut down for any financial things or anything like that.. The owner pretty much say's why they shut it down in their profile.. Honestly, I don't blame them one bit for it either, after reading why they did.. I really liked that beach a lot.. It was my favorite at the time.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anicha Heartsong Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 12:35 PM, Rowan Amore said: My guess? Back when I started, good clothing for men was harder to find soooo, lots of men hung out where they didn't need clothes or shoes. Times have changed. Men have a ton more options and like looking good. That's a good point. But it's also true that men's bodies have improved significantly over the years (according to my extensive but not scientifically rigorous research), so they should be less shy about showing them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingrid Ingersoll Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 5:07 AM, MALIFAX said: Beaches are less & less frequented, I wonder why, have you got any idea why ? They've all moved to grandpa's basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasterscan Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Belliseria. Lots o' private lil beaches to be snaffled up in the ongoing Game of Homes ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Ingrid Ingersoll said: On 2/15/2023 at 5:07 AM, MALIFAX said: Beaches are less & less frequented, I wonder why, have you got any idea why ? They've all moved to grandpa's basement. Also, spoiler - in the movie Beaches, the main character dies! So I guess there were no more "Beaches" after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchthis Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 You mean they don't look like this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahKB7 Koskinen Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) Theory: Mesh bodies disintegrate on contact with sand and salt water. Edited March 20, 2023 by SarahKB7 Koskinen 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumi Heartsong Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 My theory is that with so many girls running around everywhere with absolutely minimum amounts of clothing on, those that enjoy seeing lots of exposed pixel flesh no longer need to go to the public beaches to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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