Herry Maltz

I love how this forum thread was hijacked by someone wanting a relationship.

I wouldn't say I'm as cheery as Freya, at least in regards to the status of the grid these days. Ever since the game went free to play we've become very much a quantity over quality. Sure if you have your old friends you used to hangout with that still play the game, it might be enjoyable, but most of the people I knew, whether they were from my beta days or days leading up until free to play, they've since moved on to other grids. Things development wise however have changed significantly. With the explosion of X rated goods and services, its definitely become quite an interesting atmosphere. Nonetheless, welcome back. Hopefully you enjoy Second Life more than several others including myself.

Been there and done that. Been on here since the beginning during beta in December 02 from Activeworlds. It was great up until maybe 2010 or 2011 and now I pretty much come on to see recent developments, work with clients and then jump off. Used to be fond of the environment but now days, not so much. Nothing will bring us back to the way things were before the game opened the flood gates and let in all the free users. Now we very much live in a time where its quantity over quality.

I've been investing in a lot of Second Life related business opportunities for years. Feel free to forward me a copy of any business plans you've written if you're looking for a business partner. There's nothing I won't get involved in, though I'm less likely to get involved in the adult areas of the game, unless there's a decent amount of return of said investment and a stellar business plan to go along with the project.

Feel free to drop me a copy of your business plan. I'll look it over and get back to you.

Good luck. Word of advice though and I don't mean this in a rude way. Begging will get you very few friends on Second Life. As mentioned, there's a number of quality free items and things don't cost too much these days so finding yourself some easy employment or converting real money into lindens are always options. Hope everything works out for you.

I've found personally using Singularity that they have most of the popular features that I used in Firestorm. I didn't bother trying out "Cool Viewer" as it was downloading at like 30 kb/s lol. A few graphical problems that I was having with Firestorm is resolved using Singularity so OP should give this viewer a shot. Might fix your problem with the grayness. Personally though, I think I'm going to stick with Firestorm until I have some significant problems that warrants me to switch.

Thanks for those viewer suggestions. I'm checking out both of them to see what they're like. Being a programmer and developer myself, the results will vary but if your using an outdated viewer that's communicating one language and connected to a server that speaks a slightly different language your open to variable results. Granted, I'm not talking about actual language, using it as an example, but its a realistic example that the rapid fire development that Catnip mentioned is a legit problem to some of the issues I've seen in the firestorm chat. Regardless, I hope you find something that works for you, whether you change viewers or get firestorm resolved. Its never a fun time when your having complications on Second Life.

You can try the following. Maybe it will help you. -- If your running Windows 8.1, run Firestorm under Compatability Windows 8. Now, here's some specific options to take note of and tweak if necessary. Graphics > Rendering > Check "Use HTTP for receiving textures" Alternatively, on the same tab I've disabled "Show Avatars That Haven't Finished Loading" which I have found forces the server to download necessary textures. As far as your statement, your using a beta viewer so even though the "game" has been around for ten years your using a viewer that's beta and being actively developed. If you have such a problem go back to the default viewer. Specifically for Firestorm, I'd recommend if you have further issues and my suggestions don't work you can try a few things. - Reset graphics settings to default. - Reset preferences to default. - Uninstall and reinstall the latest viewer (which your currently using the latest). Occasionally I've heard of people having issues downloading certain textures and mesh due to their internet. Though I've not had a problem with it personally, if your behind a firewall that might be restricting packetflow I'd recommend taking a look into that too. Hope one of my suggestions helps you. If it doesn't, navigate yourself in-world to the firestorm support group and see if one of the support staff and or another member of the community can assist you with the specific issue.

I don't really have any specific interests to be honest. I'm an American on the Eastern timezone but my hours vary drastically. I remember it being so much easier ten years ago finding places to visit so much easier. lol.

Gave that a shot and wasn't real interested in what was listed to be honest. Maybe the quality of new establishments has significantly taken a dive or something. I didn't really find much that was interesting to me.

So I'm not exactly new and not exactly returning to the game but I've recently been changing my focus in what I'm interested in within Second Life. I've always been more of a business type individual where really all I've been wanting to do is socialize and hang out around this massive virtual world. What are some great places to visit in world to make friends? I've been pretty stuck in my ways going to the same places for years and haven't really been out exploring too much.

Only accepting one additional client now. Will update when that spot gets filled.

Greetings! I'm looking for the following opportunities. Please read carefully as instructions may be slightly different for a few of the opportunities. - Investment Opportunities I'm looking to fund a few projects that have potential within Second Life. Send me a notecard with all details regarding your project and I will get back to you within a few days to discuss things further. - Management Opportunities I'm currently looking to get back involved with management, preferably with an estate as that's where I have several years of experience with. I haven't actively been an administrator of an estate for about two years as I've been incredibly busy with business consulting but I have some extra time on my schedule to take on additional responsibility. Due to my experience I do not work for commission and haven't in many years. Only serious positions please. - Partnership Opportunities I'm looking to come on as a partner with an existing business or brand and help make it grow. Send me a message followed by a notecard regarding what type of business your currently running and what your lacking and we can sit down and discuss things. - Web Design I'm proficient with web design. Contact me if you need a website for your business/service or brand and I will get back to you with a quote and options for you. - Consulting I have room for two additional clients in my consulting business. I will have an additional client spot opening up in May that will need to be filled. If your looking for a consultant for your business contact me and we can discuss what you need, where you need it and how you can best utilize my services. I handle a wide range of niches and various different aspects ranging from day to day operations all the way to financial. I do not get involved in staff management. I will assist with new hiring screening but cannot and will not assist with firing and or removal of existing staff. All consulting clients are confidential. Contact me for more information. Thank you and look forward to speaking with all of you.

That's quite a list of jobs there. They're all paid?