Ashone Mahogany

Another possible solution (instead of creating 5 new sims, which LL would probably baulk at) - is moving Rollo/Herkja diagonally Northeast, adjacent to Valgerd/Oleg (as I understand the Grid, this might only require allocating a different X-Y location). Then Lindens would just need 2 water sims, to replace them. Preferably protected, so this can't happen again. Is unlikely that Askold will be blocked... When I double-click tp'd onto that corner, I landed in a skybox strip club (eek!) , so I'm guessing that will remain accessible to public. Strange about the group-only water though - one of my Thorlaug neighbours showed me the route through there and said owner was ok with it. Maybe she changed her mind. Her profile says IM's are overlooked, so I dropped her a notecard (suitably translated to Japanese). Hopefully there'll be a reply, one way or another. (Doesnt solve the Rollo/Herkja problem though). UPDATE: - reply came back, an unambiguous 'no' - so that route is definitely not an option.

I've had a parcel at Erik, (directly East of Arnthrud) for over 2 years and have enjoyed air/water access via Herkja. After being rudely booted by the 5-second orb, at 270m altitude (where I took off from), I appealed via IM, to the rental management, to adust the timer to something more reasonable. Typically, this request was ignored. I've heard from several others who were also ignored by the owner, who evidently doesn't care who he upsets, or inconveniences, with his growing rash of ubiquitous hearts. 5 seconds barely allows time for the "Oh, sh** !" reflex, nevermind take appropriate action and vacate the sim voluntarily. I thought there was a decree that such devices must be set 10 seconds minimum? If not, pure commonsense should tell owners, that 5 seconds allows absolutely no action to be taken, by the detected party. Whatever your standpoint on the old Orb arguments, (from both sides), a more reasonable timing should be considered. Although technically, there is a navigable route* from Loorq to Arnthrud, it isnt conveniently open to casual water traffic. Even if you make it through to Arnthrud, with Hekja blocked, that's the end of the line for many mariners. Arnthrud is now little more than an isolated lake. Makes me wonder, now that Arnthrud is effectively cut off, how long it will be before LL decided to sell the water sim and consequently make the surrounding land virtually worthless. In the more serious case of Rollo, I'm amazed the inconsiderate owner hasnt been admonished by Lindens, for preventing navigation along that solitary route from South to North. Affecting not just water traffic but aviation, too. * There is a moveable bridge (click to raise) at Northern edge of Thorlaug sim, which is kindly kept navigable by the owner. That passage leads down into the group-only channel. (the owner of that water, is happy to accommodate boating traffic, providing users don't mind the minor inconvenience of joining her group). NE corner of Askold sim is passable, with public access, so technically it is possible for boats to pass into Arnthrud from the sea at Loorq.

Those spammy Goon Squad attacks have been popping up all around SL. To stop the spam, simply mute/block the owner. (It isnt always the same name though). Hopefully your AR will be dealt with eventually. Wherever the offending boxes have appeared, LL will probably be overwhelmed with reports, so might take time to deal with them all.

I made the same assumption, because of the wording. I'm not going to moan about not having an October gift but I am willing to provide an October-themed freebie, if someone can suggest a method of detecting Premium membership, from a scripted vendor? Alternatively, if anyone wants it - and can verify premium membership - they can contact me for a copy of my BAe 'Halloween Hawk' aircraft - (bright orange, with pumpkin logo and pumpkin particle 'smoke'). Boxed item can be seen at my shop http://slurl.com/secondlife/Erik/19/35/271 Ash.

Being a group owner myself, I can point out that, during the group-creation process, it clearly states "Be aware that if nobody else joins this group within the first 48hrs, it will be disbanded and the group's name will be unavailable for future use". Maybe LL needs to clarify the limitations of group naming - uppercase/lowercase differentiation etc. ie, if the system recognizes Word1Word2 as being the same as Word1word2, then evidently the user must be careful when creating (and paying L$100 for) their group, if the appearance of the name is that important to them.. From a positive viewpoint, no other group will be able to use 'your' original chosen name for their own group. For a minor mistake such as capitalisation of 1 letter, leaving your newly formed group was the wrong course of action, because you have lost your L$100 and the option to use the name again in future. My advice would be to get over the loss of that name and think of a better one. As for the sim and 15,000 prims - go and have fun with them! - that's a resource many of us would love to play with Whatever you had in mind for building, which requires a whole sim, it will probably take much longer than a week. Get your project up and running, then think about a new group name for it. Good luck.