[Belli 5th Anniversary - What happened to the Q&A?]

9 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:

The bear was a free avatar on the SL Marketplace made by LL in honor of one of the previous birthday celebrations. I don't know if it's still available.

@Persephone Emerald, do you know who the bear creator is?

[Bellisseria's 5th Anniversary Celebration!]

Special kudos to the team who put this event together! Very well thought out and very well executed. And loads of fun! 

I also appreciate the mixed neighborhood! Love all the different theme homes cohesively placed together. Imagine a theme where residents could choose and switch from a wide array of homes for their land! 

[How do you help noobs?]

I help them dress up for cheap or free and show them the Linden Homes they can buy with their savings. 😁

[If you could "Resurrect" any famous person as an Avatar in Second Life: 1) Who would it be/why, and 2) What "Second Life" feature would you ask them to use/leverage?]

On 3/15/2024 at 12:22 PM, Scylla Rhiadra said:

Yes, it's an utterly appalling concept. It is premised on the idea that women are naturally inferior and submissive to men: so-called "free women" are considered unfortunate because they have not yet been claimed by a man. In the novels in any case, physical punishment and even femicide are considered acceptable ways of "managing" one's women. I quote again John Norman, speaking in his own voice in an interview from 2011:

Norman actually wrote a "guide" to RL sex built on these sorts of principles.

But that's not to say that all Gorean RP need be equally appalling. There are Gorean "lifestylers" in SL, people (oddly enough, mostly men) who actually believe this crap. But there are also a great many who just RP it because they find the idea fun and sexy.

I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole, but that's me. You should ask @Amina Sopwith about it, however: she has some utterly hilarious stories about Gorean RP.

ETA: One final point: Gor is not BDSM. It lacks the fundamental focus upon consent and power-exchange upon which BDSM is premised, and, unlike BDSM, it is also fundamentally gendered.. And in fact Norman himself has said that he dislikes BDSM, because it is not "beautiful" in the way that a one-sided gendered relationship is.

Hmmm, I was wondering... How would the trans and gender fluidity movement affect GOR?  (Teehee)

[why having or beeing an alt is consider bad?]

I'm late to the thread, but I did want to announce that I only play myself. So, I am me, and I am we, and we is me. 

We were born long ago to play TE. Now most of us own Linden homes and mainland. 

It is very easy to distinguish us. I look good. They don't. In fact, every time I see an OLD avatar sporting outdated skin and clothes, I think, "Aha! ALT!" 😸

[The all-in-one Home Furnishings Topic!]

Welcome back Frigga! 😸

[SSP?]

3 hours ago, Arwyn Quandry said:

Where are you getting the content packs on the land page? Is it just for the style you have or any styles? 

For the home you just acquired.

[SSP?]

For the house you just acquired.

[SSP?]

3 minutes ago, Frigga Freidman said:

There are currently 80 Med parcels available. Sounds like you’ve been looking at the number of Styles within the theme - the number next to the blue house icon. 

Duh! Lol!

[SSP?]

I like that the home's content pack is available from the new land page, and I like the rest of the links that help especially the newer people. it's easy to use. But I don't like that there is no way to open a map to see where you are if you are not logged into SL.

[SSP?]

Hmmm... Doesn't seem the number of available homes in the Med region (and probably others) on the land page is accurate. It has said 8 homes were available since the last time I looked a couple of days ago. I've tp'd to 4 random regions and found 7 available homes before I stopped.

[It’s Winter at the Jupiter Ranch]

Nice job! xoxoxo

[More Linden Home theme ideas]

 

 

 

[Letters to Santa Patch...]

Second Try:  Dear Santa Patch, it is discouraging that there is no response from yourself or from a beloved Mole regarding the Candlelight Procession.    

Last year's final performance was lovely, though you didn't seem quite yourself. Later we found out that you indeed were not feeling well, though you braved through it anyway. After that, you stayed out for quite a while, if memory serves. Having just gotten over Covid myself back then, I wondered if it had bit you as well. 

My Christmas wish list includes a plea to continue this wonderful tradition. I suspect however that the event may not happen because it would have already been announced, and you seem busier and busier as of late.  

Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy Holiday Season!  

[Can't access SL Website]

On 12/12/2023 at 9:45 AM, Love Zhaoying said:

(Someone will "correct" me. I just know it!!)

 

Not me!

[Today, I learned something truly amazing in Second Life]

Happy Birthday @Adamburp Adamczyk! 

I don't know how you managed the Happy Birthdays you sent out all these years! At first, I thought you were a Linden with a funny name. (The Lindens should send out birthday greetings! Hint hint.) It was such a feel good!

Thank you for that. Wishing you a wonderful 17th!

[Second Life - Performance Thread]

On 2/16/2023 at 8:18 AM, Kathrine Jansma said:

A typical advice is to add a virus scanner exclusion for the Cache directory, as that helps quite a bit.

Thank you for the suggestion to whitelist cache @Kathrine Jansma. It made a big difference for me. 

[Letters to Santa Patch...]

Is Patch doing the Christmas candle light procession this year?

[Sandbox Bellisseria (Yes, Bellisseria has a Linden Demo Home sandbox area now)]

Reading this I finally got the houses to switch out. Yay! Major achievement. But I wouldn't have known how to change homes had I not read this post! I know you Moles are diligently working to fit this. Maybe add signage for now?

The second problem encountered: when I tried to change colors on the house, nothing happened. Touch and long touch did not give me control. Is this the way it will work? (hope not!)

Thank you for installing this great idea! 

 

[The Scam]

@Teresa FirelightWhere is the land page? My account home page is still connected to the old page.

[The Scam]

@Nikki2298I can understand an angry reaction to not receiving what you expected. We're Human. That's how we react at times. 

Keep in mind that Patch has made it very clear that people who are unhappy with their upgrade, for any reason, will be reimbursed. That is a generous, customer-oriented policy.

[Breedable farms?]

On 10/30/2023 at 1:46 PM, Rowan Amore said:

My confusion was why would someone keep a cat in a box if they weren't intending to sell them somehow.  It just doesn't make sense to me to have a pet of any kind still in a box UNLESS your intention is to sell it.  It seems a waste of prims to me.  

Because pictures of kitties make me happy.

Also, I have the mainland prims. If need be they can safely go into inventory (or Cattery).

[Breedable farms?]

On 10/30/2023 at 7:57 PM, Jaylinbridges said:

Boxes that are unborn and not breeding also have hovertext. That is where you must be getting confused. Many turn on the hovertext to show the traits on a box, because you cannot see all the traits from the picture only.  So, boxes with hovertext are just boxes.  Apparently a box (unborn) kittycat with the hovertext turned on is against the convenant.  Perhaps all hovertext should be banned in Belli. We need to keep the community clean and tidy.

A kittycat that is born can be shown in a 2D state, and also has hovertext, which can be turned on or off.  Some are complaining about boxes with hovertext, which are not breedables yet.  The boxes are legal, but the hovertext is not, even though hovertext visible range is limited and can be adjusted in your viewer.

There are breedable farms where the hovertext on live animals is turned off.  Many breeders just give their cat a name, one line on a tag, such as Mabel.  If you have a box or breedable with Mabel above them, that is violating the Belli covenant.  Does that really seem reasonable? 

Here are 3 boxes (unborn kittycats) on my work platform, from the recent new collection.  I turned on all the tags on the Dragon Water, and only the name tag on the other two.  None are breeders.  I will probably keep them as collectables as they increase in value, and sell them in a few years at an auction. In any case, a tag does not mean it is a live breedable.

 

 

Well, I'll be a blue nosed gopher! Never knew about box hovertext! Hmmmm... Maybe boxes ARE alive!

[Breedable farms?]

18 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

My confusion was why would someone keep a cat in a box if they weren't intending to sell them somehow.  It just doesn't make sense to me to have a pet of any kind still in a box UNLESS your intention is to sell it.  It seems a waste of prims to me.  

I can only speak for myself. It's not a cat until you birth it. I may not want a kitty birthed because I may not have a need for that fur now. They are expensive to feed and can only breed until they are 120 days. So, until I want to breed them or find the right partner, or just have them around, no sense in birthing them. Once you birth a KittyCat, past the first day, you can't put it back in the box and unbirth it.

[Breedable farms?]

On 10/27/2023 at 12:21 PM, Nika Talaj said:

If there were any way to turn off hovertext on breedable boxes, maybe they would be reported less often.  As it was, I halfway expected to hear plaintive meows from the boxes every time I walked by.

Unborn KittyCats whether stored in boxes or as images on a prim do not have hovertext. They are unborn and can stay that way indefinitely. 

However, when you see hovertext on a KittyCat, whether stored as an image or other prim-saving form, is most likely (but not always) because the cat is "alive," is eating and is likely breeding.  

See below unborn kitten box and image. No hovertext.