Patch Linden

Yes hehe, sorry I wasn't too chatty! I'm bouncing around as people pick up houses to make sure they look like they are working OK. 🙂

Please do NOT play GoH!

Howdy! Back with another update, and probably the last prior to the Holidays. I have restored my original release post above. We have concluded several rounds of testing region releases and have determined that we can proceed at a paced release. We will release regions on a timed frequency throughout the rest of today while monitoring systems and progress. We will pick up doing so again after the Holidays. I can not predict how many we may get through or by when, but we'll do our best to get as many out as safely possible. That said, the KVP system while fixed is probably not in an optimal place. Please do not play "Game of Homes" - that is if you get a new home, hold on to it for a few days before releasing the home to try and get another. This is for any home types. The more stress and load we place on the affected systems, the more likely it will become that we may have to stop deploying regions. Thanks again for everyone's patience and to the many of you who worked through this with us. Happy Holidays! Patch, the Moles and the Second Life Land Operations team

Hey Folks! Another quick update - the team involved in fixing up the issues is hard at work on many things, our issue preventing us from doing a large scale release is one of the many things they are working on with all things uplift. Tomorrow is another day and we're ready to release more homes as soon as they can get things fixed up for us to move forward. Again, thank you for your patience and I'll post another update as quickly as I can. -Patch

Hi Everyone! An update on where we're at with the Stilt home regions release. We tried with all of our might today to get them in to everyone's hands that wants them. Sadly our plans were thwarted by unforeseen complications. We're hoping to work through some more of this tomorrow, and I'll be back with another update as quickly as possible! Have a great evening and thank you for your patience with us as we work through these issues. -Patch, the Moles and the Second Life Land Operations team

Hello everyone! We have a new Linden Homes release, this time featuring Stilt Homes and House Boats. There are 3900 Stilt Homes, and 552 House Boats in this release. The stilt homes offer upscale living along the coasts of Bellisseria. Homes are raised on stilts, well above sea level, in the style of many shoreline homes in the Southeastern USA. Some homes are placed along or very near to the beach. Others are over water, attached to wooden piers. Others still are freestanding over water, only accessible by boat. Enjoy the luxury of a home on a full-sized 1024 sq m parcel and access to nearby shared public recreation areas. You may choose any one of the four one-story or two-story styles from your house controller, regardless of where your stilt home parcel lies. Each has a large deck, where you can enjoy an evening meal or watch the waves. (Note: some land-based parcels may still have a small amount of water within the parcel lines, while some water/pier-based parcels may have a small amount of land in them.) We hope you enjoy the new homes as we continue to grow the Bellisseria continent and community. Happy Holidays! Patch, the Moles and the Second Life Land Operations team

Heed the big huge disclaimer at the bottom of my Flickr posting: [Giant Disclaimer™ - if everything goes according to plan] I'm going to clearly warn you all now, if you leave your homes and this DOES NOT work, there's no going back potentially and you'll be homeless. I suggest you do NOT abandon your homes until we are absolutely sure the release is proceeding as planned tomorrow - we will not run out of Stilt homes for several days.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/patchlinden/50740900757

From my mowf.. ok really my fingers.

Yes, and probably not without re-working the homes from the ground up.

Yes, it's on the roadmap.

Hi Everyone! I know there is a lot of anticipation built up around the release of Stilt Homes. We have been working diligently to get them done and release ready in the midst of a tremendous larger project, known as Uplift. We've hit a huge milestone with that today, where 100% of the regions on the grid have now been uplifted. That said, we still have some work to do in our preparation along side that having happened, some of which had to be paused off and on in between things happening. Hopefully, we'll make more progress over the upcoming week, and there is a holiday we're working towards, I expect the team to take some time with their families. As you might guess that means our timeline for release is hopefully soon after the holiday. I'll post another update in-line with when we're ready to launch. 🦃

Well you beat me to it, again, but there it is, and hopefully that helps with expectations. 🙂

Sadly, not once today have I seen the group chat running. 😒

This is still the official source of information:

That was Squeaky... he fell asleep drooling all over himself.

Hand them over....

These are features. If a proper home with electricity, running water, and free of holes in the roof, mold, sparky electrical, rats, odors, and bad internet service is desired, then perhaps you have outgrown your Millbank home. I've heard there are lovely options available on the Mainland. 🙂

I'm so proud of you all finally finding my teaser image! 😁 None of you have figured it out yet though. For those of you counting the themes: Traditional Houseboats Campers Victorian Log Homes Stilt Homes The next theme The theme after the next theme The theme after after that next theme The theme that is after that The theme that is after #10 The pattern to my teasers is pretty clear. I don't tease well in advance, and the timing of my teasers is consistent with when things are due to be released. Have fun! 😉

This is the place to watch above all else. 😁

I'll have someone on the team swing by and take a look at what it going on.

Totally need to do this. ^