Vanity Fair

Here's what *I* heard: Conundrum Dismantled Huntsman Littlepause/Littlepaws (spelling?) Nova Ravenhurst Wumpkins Yeatley/Yeetly (spelling?)

I actually wrote a blogpost recently about how a potential coronavirus pandemic could both help and hurt virtual reality, including social VR platforms, and virtual worlds such as Second Life: https://ryanschultz.com/2020/02/16/how-a-potential-coronavirus-pandemic-will-help-and-hurt-virtual-reality-in-2020/ As a bonus, I provide a list of good, credible, authoritative sources of information about the coronavirus situation. Stay informed and stay healthy!

My main avatar (this one) is Maitreya Lara. It's still my favourite, and everybody designs for it (some designers are exclusively Maitreya). But my alt Coupon Clip has a Belleza Freya body and I like that one too. You can get a much curvier figure if that's what you're after:

Yeah, I notice I usually get this error if I abort a login halfway through. I find the error goes away if I just leave it for 10 minutes or so, and then try again.

Jumping into the discussion. I usually sign into SL every day, either as myself or one of my alts. I also do check the forums here daily, just to see what's new. And I do sign into VirtualVerse about once a week (it's been pretty quiet lately since they changed over from SLUniverse). And I'mma just gonna leave this here as a gentle reminder to some of you on this thread...

Sadly, I can confirm the neckline issue with the Legacy male mesh body (I had an alt win one in their recent contest). Here is my full review (Strawberry Linden also recently linked to it from the SL Bloggers Network Community Feed): https://ryanschultz.com/2020/01/11/review-the-legacy-male-mesh-avatar-body-by-the-ultimate-meshbody/ It's a gorgeous body, but until they find a better solution for the inevitable neckseam problem you will have, I don't recommend it. Also, at L$5,500 it is significantly more expensive than the Belleza Jake and Signature Gianni/Geralt male mesh bodies, and the Legacy does NOT have Omega support. Also, although the situation seems to be improving over time, there are still fewer designers creating clothing for the Legacy mesh bodies than for Jake/Gianni/Geralt out there. However, I can tell you that the in-store demo version of the male mesh Legacy body does give you a good indication of what the purchased version looks like.

Yeah, I doubt that. They've tried EVERYTHING to market Sansar and so far, none of it has seemed to work. The most recent Sansar pivot to be a live events platform is a last, desperate attempt to save the platform. If Linden Lab cannot find a way to bring more users into Sansar (and keep them coming back), then they might be the next platform to fold after High Fidelity (today is HiFi's final official day; they have already shut down their user forums and their website and you can no longer create new accounts in HiFi). If Sansar does fold I for one will be devastated. I really did believe they had something remarkable and compelling, but obviously a lot of other people didn't agree.

In addition to Ingenue and Belle Epoque, you could also try Sonatta Morales, who has a store in Jo Yardley's Time Portal. SHe carries clothing designs from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Second Life has, over the past decade, kept a remarkably steady level of regular monthly users (that is, people who sign in at least once a month to SL). That figure is somewhere between 500,000 and 600,000 regular monthly users. The most recent confirmation of these figures came directly from the Firestorm developers, with whom LL shared recent usage figures: https://ryanschultz.com/2019/09/18/why-second-life-still-has-600000-regular-users-after-16-years/

Yeah, it amazes me just how ancient some of the computers that access Second Life are. I understand the reason for this decision, though. If Microsoft themselves is firmly moving on from Windows 7, then LL really has no choice but to do so too.

The only problem that I have noticed about the new Frank's is that the pool of tunes that you can request from needs to be added to. But there's no way to request a song to be added, as far as I can tell. I have also noticed that certain songs get requested over and over and over again, and what appears to be an automated DJ system simply queues up the songs in request order and plays them, no matter how often they have been requested in the past few hours. (If I hear Michael Bublé's "Me and Mrs. Jones" one more time, I am going to scream....) Other than that one quibble, I quite like the new place!

The two mist popular male mesh bodies are Belleza Jake and Signature Gianni. They have the best support from clothing designers. You can use any Bento mesh head you want with them; many users prefer Catwa.

So, I am writing up a blogpost about Christmas events in social VR/virtual worlds, and I was wondering if there were any special Christmas events going on in Second Life over the next couple of weeks. This is what I have written up so far: --- As usual, there is so much happening in Second Life around Christmastime that it is impossible to compile a full list! Your best bet is to check the Events listing under Search; you can do a keyword search, or select events using the drop-down category menu in the upper right-hand corner of the Events window in Firestorm (for example, "Live Music" to catch a live performer's show). The official Second Life Destination Guide lists eight pages worth of winter attractions to visit. The Seraphim website has a list of fairs and events that you might want to check out. --- But I thought it might be good to mention a few parties and events by name (date, time, location, etc.). Anybody have a Christmas event they want me to mention?

Actually, I did upgrade one of my alts to Premium (whom I want to change the name on), and with her I did land a perfectly lovely Victorian home to decorate. So, it looks as if I am going to have to keep her at Premium now to keep that lovely home. Time to go furniture shopping! And yes, Chic and I are virtual friends 🙂

These new Victorian homes are so lovely that I am almost tempted to upgrade an alt to Premium, just to snag one. ALMOST. Just as in real life, it would take a major convulsion for me to uproot my current Traditional Linden Home to go for one of these, as lovely as they are. I'm all decorated and I can't see myself packing up and moving again.

If you are looking for plump cheeks, you could try the Kim Bento mesh head from Altamura:

On no-fly sims (like 7 Deadly S[k]ins) I make sure I am flying in the previous sim I am on BEFORE I teleport in. Then when I arrive at the no-fly sim, I can still fly straight to the Advent calendar. Much faster than walking. However, I have now been warned by the CSR that if I fly in 7 Deadly S[k]ins, I will be banned unless I land and walk. Which ticks me right off, but it's their store, and their rules. They have the right to set the rules as they see fit.

I have fallen in love with the Africa free non-Bento full-body mesh avatar from the Gifts room at Altamura. She is so strikingly beautiful and she stands out in any crowd!

Yes, let's hope there is announcement this time around. Thanks everybody!

What's the best way to keep on top of the upcoming release of the new Victorian Linden Homes in Bellisseria? Is there a thread I should be following? Thanks in advance, and apologies if this has been asked to death before.

Have you considered the Piggu June mesh avatar?

I decided to park my Victorian parlourmaid (with her 1950s vacuum cleaner!) to tidy up the new place while I listen to the tunes...she used to get kicked out of the old Frank's.

Well I went to the "Frank S Jazz Club" on the Aika Fantasy sim and it's busy in the middle of the day, with a lot of Frank's former regulars that I recognize. It just goes to show that there was a market for this kind of place, and somebody was smart enough to step in and take it when Frank's shut down. Nanceee might be upset that they took her club name, but there's not much that she can do about it. It's not like to she trademarked it or anything.

Yep, I bet Nanceee was NOT happy and let them know it.

I would hardly call the new Linden Homes "chintzy".