Miro Felix

Sometimes people call me crazy, but I always calculate the cost of "weird currencies" - be it in SL or in games etc., where they invariably try to conceal the actual cost of their digital wares by making you first buy a weird currency and then spend that, rather than "real" money, for whatever they peddle. It's something I will always recommend - not that you shouldn't spend whatever you want on your hobby, but it should be an informed choice rather than letting yourself get tempted into spending more than you should. I detest that companies live off this. At the very top of my "SL notes", I have the calculated cost of various amounts of L$, so I know that when I spend so-and-so many L$, I actually spend so-and-so much -actual- money. I calculate it by initiating a purchase of a realistic amount of L$ (for instance 5000), the viewer then tells me what that would cost in dollars, I ask Google what that would translate to in my currency, and then I divide it by 5 to know what 1000 L$ costs, by 10 more to know what 100 L$ costs and so on.

Nah, homestead-owning is not for me. Back when I still had a store and lots of breedables on top of that, it could have come in handy, but now? Nope. I can't see what I would use more than a few hundred prims for anyway. I guess I'm a SL-semi-minimalist? (A prim-minimalist? A priminalist? 😁)

I have 2 - but only because I didn't get my alt's premium cancelled in time. My main has a log in the best location I can imagine, so that's a keeper My alt has had some gorgeous spots, but I don't want to get attached so I'll probably just play some more Game of Homes just for the fun of it until his premium runs out. I do, however, love and adore the campers, so I'm lucky that I also get to use a friend's - my little vacation home on the cliffs

I haven't done much trick or treating, and while I had planned to do some more before the event ends, I have had no plans to compete for bears other than the participation bear. I too think it'd be unfair to hand out all bears to people like me, who barely put in any effort. However, I do like Evangeline's suggestion about a compensation bear for all participants, and I hope the Higher Trick or Treat Powers pick up on that 🙂 SO many of us would have liked to spend some more time with this event this weekend, but had no chance to - and then it ends.