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Hawaiian shirts and tactical gear (used by police offers, undercover drug agents, plain-clothes agents, etc) are now 'clothing of hate'. . Ok, Second Life. LMAO.

It was called Sansar but was rejected by SL users. I and 5 other people in my network did not reject Sansar.

@Blaise Glendevon @Sukubia Scarmon Ok, now what about the rest of the post?

There are other options and much simpler. 1) Contraception 2) Abstinence 3) Having children only in a committed and stable relationship (and doing all the responsible pre-marriage work before you do) Most abortions are made for convenience, and the exceptions can be dealt with appeals or other measures and judges can allow certain situations that would cause high distress to the female in question. If anything, overturning Roe Vs Wade is simply making abortion less convenient for many, and those exceptions on the ends of the Bell Curve, who don't make up the majority and have special needs - will be accommodated one way or another. A lot of time in our world spent on arguing for the 'right' to destroy another living being, and not alot about taking responsibility for one's actions and use of our bodies.

Any monies I 'cash out' to RL platforms I consider 'income' and declare it as such at tax time. If you do this you shouldn't have any problem come tax time. Keep in mind if you spent money on anything to obtain that income, you may be able to write that off against the income earned.

It wouldn't hurt to show your art no matter where you are. After all if people can't see it, then no sales can happen. It would be irrelevant how successful you can be on Second Life, or if you posted on Zazzle or RedBubble. Consider it just another venue, and if you can afford it, why not? Starting a gallery AND shop mix would be a good start, and advertise it how you would anything else I guess. That being said, it most likely won't be a money maker on its own, but if it leads to real world work or commissions, or even used as PART of your entire art portfolio, then go for it. I would say though, that if you can somehow 3D your art ( like an extra value version made for virtual worlds), including 3d elements, and even animations, or making the art come alive (basically using what SL offers you) - it can seriously add to the value and enjoyment of the piece, and protect you from people who - even if they want the piece - won't just simply screen shot it game and you get nothing. Also think of ways where your art can be integrated into something else or even on products people wouldn't expect it. Do it!

I have avatar creation experience and some rigging for (basic) avatars and relating to Bansar. SL is a bit more involved, my energies would be better spent elsewhere when it comes to avatars in SL I guess. A bit late to that game anyway.

How would a Mobile viewer work with meshes with 100,000 vertices, no lods, multiple 8 x images per linked mesh (that I have observed in my study of others work) - and how would mobile work properly if SL generally lags and chokes on an average computer?

We need documentation and updated tutorials to encourage more people to upload custom avatars with any new rig. And sorry if this offends anyone, without a Avastar prerequisite. This will open up SL and options to more creators who won't necessarily have a paywall in the way or limited to one workflow that is constantly promoted.

Yeah. Check please. 😕

I guess.. Don't say "Hi" to women in Second Life. Got it. That's not very nice.

That's very sad. I guess I'm the exception after all.

That seems like a socially anxious response and assumption, and based in fear or some assumption of ill-intent as a base belief

Nope, and probably has more to do with the social anxiety and mental state of the person receiving a simple 'hi' than any measure of ill intent of the person. I don't think the method of initiating contact with someone else is suspect, nor can any intent be assumed from a simple 'hi' as the start of that interaction. It's not weird, even if they did search through a phone book, or in the context of SL, to search through users that may have similar interests or a profile that catches their eye and want to be social and initiate contact. That's how you make friends... You'll be alright. They can't harm you. Noone said you had to. You would be the exception and not the rule.

I think this could really catch on though - I'm so into this amazing look, and my 'foot is broken, need medical strap boots' heavy duty dance sandals. Fanny packs are cool too.

You'll be alright, and it's going to happen more. (or not after people read the numerous topics about this on the forums) Your greeting is nothing special. It's normal society to ask "Hi, how are you" and they respond "Fine, how are you" and you respond "Good/Great/Fine". You're not manipulating them to 'talking about themselves' by participating in normal, average and widespread basic communication. What is actually out of the norm are many posts on this forum that try to make it like someone saying "Hi" is some unwanted action - and believe me it will be THEIR issue only, not the mass of the human civilization. If anything this behaviour is indicative of social anxiety. ----- Sending a message that a "hi" in Second life is unwanted, or a harassment or an 'attack' or any other statement that assumes or portrays ill-intent of others can actually create social anxiety in others.

Or maybe they were saying "Hello". And that's it. You answer "hello" and be done. If they stand there and not say anything, so what. They probably went afk or went back to reading. I'm not sure why I even have to explain this SIMPLE and universal interaction by Millions everywhere, even if they're passing each other while walking on the sidewalk. I saw someone in the area, maybe working on something, I say "Hi", they say "Hi" back (if you're lucky) and it either continues or it doesn't. Damn this is so weird around here... I need another project to be excited about cuz this is all ....

Yes. it's even more noticeable after being away for 4-5 years and coming back. Everything has changed, the social rules have changed, and people are far, far, far, far,far more sensitive than ever to any number of issues. Discord can destroy or severely decimate inworld participation in many virtual worlds, as most of the energy and chat and information changing happens there instead of inworld.

This is a case of adding on to what you said, and the use of 'you' should be considered 'one'. My experience remains valid.

Not sure why you're being laughed at OP, but most creators will want to do most of that design by simulating cloth in Marvelous Designer. You may be referring to "cloth simulation" Making the computer do the work for you is the first step. It looks like a complicated piece, but the methods used to get ruffles, elasticity, bunching and MOST of the wrinkle effects can be done in Marvelous Designer itself. I'm not much of an authority on Marvelous Designer probably having about 300+ hours into it, but there are many workflows and there are tons of affordable courses to teach you how to do it. My basic workflow would be to create the pattern and effects I need in MD, run a sim to get the folds and such, export a HI poly version (and a Lower Poly version - made with a sim with lower resolution), then add more details as needed (I use Blender), then take the low poly and hi into Substance Painter and texture it there. Wrinkles, creases and other effects can be added at any stage, but generally letting the computer and cloth simulations to do the work for you is best.

Only in 2022, is it such a chore and such a contested social action (as portrayed by online sources) about saying "Hi". What it means is how it was meant for centuries. It's a greeting, and you're supposed to say "Hi" back. It's called courtesy. "Hi" is not a threat. "Hi" is not unwanted attention. "Hi" isn't meant to scare you away in a Premium sandbox. "Hi" doesn't mean someone is hitting on you. "Hi" doesn't mean someone has sexual interest in you. I wouldn't say I suffer from social anxiety - but I am developing social anxiety only reading how others react to the most simplest of things - in RL a 'hi' can be met with a complete ignore, or 'taken aback' (how strange, do I look like a goblin, lol), or a pensive "hii? (Why are you speaking to me)" type reaction (strange), or any other number of strange encounters with reactions far out of the norm for what I would expect. If I said "hello" to you, or complimented you on a product or build or something else you were working on, it would have no sexual intent at all. I'm sure others would agree that if saying 'hello' has become offensive, or giving someone a compliment, or even asking a question or engaging in any way is a 'threat', it can severely damage social interaction in SL. I still say "hello" if I want or give compliments if I want, I'm not going to change - I'm just reporting the negative responses I get that are not warranted, and it is not me who needs to change but some people's response to an time-honored courtesy.

What blows me away is that there are no shortage of qualified artists to create interesting and stylized clothing and avatars - they're all over the place. Believe me as a constantly growing artist it can be discouraging, awe-inspiring then after the shock buckle down and raise one's bar for oneself and improve... Yet companies with thousands and millions of dollars still can't make avatars that are cool. Companies seemingly refuse to use a standardized base rig so that users can upload their own avatars, and use those avatars on various platforms. Everyone talks 'metaverse' and a 'universe' to explore between companies, and at the same time each platform still forces proprietary things. And no, adding stripes to suit pants and suit jacket isn't cool, isn't hip so fire the artist and hire ones that will actually make cool clothing What users want universally it seems, even if they can't create it themselves, is a unique avatar. Mixing and matching a limited set of stuff means nothing - in the long term a user will want more that represents them.

Why does it have to be 'dirty old man' rather than 'old man that is appreciating the beauty of youth'? One phrase implies an ill-intent as the default, or that there is something going wrong. I liked the start of your post which seemed positive then ended up being negative.

Yes, I am and thanks for that. Been cleaning house the last few years on that matter, both offline and online.