Velk Kerang

Number of Second Life users? · June 4, 2021

On 5/24/2021 at 5:28 PM, Chic Aeon said:

When I did my "make a new alt for zero" series in March I have to say that I was overwhelmed (better put that in caps) with all the information at the Firestorm entry point. I guess you could log off and come back later, but there was just so very much stuff there to take in -- and in theory "I" already knew it so I am not sure how the typical new user copes.

I WILL say that I thought the onboarding with the sci fi bot character at Sansar was very good. You covered the very basics in a fun way like a game tutorial WITH SOMEONE THERE (well a bot but still "someone"). Then you went on quests and learned more over time. That was one thing that was very good about the OLD Realms. New folks came and learned there and made a little money-- very slowly for the folks that were really new but they did have something to show for for their time.

I still think something like that keeps more people interested and if the new folks could earn lindens or TOKENS that could be spent in a special store that would be great. As it is now I am pretty sure I would have logged off before ever getting inworld (or anyway as it was at the beginning of March).

I really wouldn't compare Sansar to SL mate because one sucks and one doesn't. lol It actually bombed due to lack of content options, not to mention zero adult content options and ridiculous high end system requirements at the time of it's release. That's not counting the bug issues and glitches it had. LL sold it due to the fact that it did so poorly. If it was a success they'd still be running the show. You really can't compare a PG VR simulator to a full on virtual world. It's basically like playing an updated version of Garry's Mod the mmo. lol Only Garry's Mod is much much better. lol I mean no offense if you like it then I love it, but it's like comparing apples and oranges is all I am really saying at the end of the day. Have a good one mate.😎

June 4, 2021

On 6/1/2021 at 9:34 PM, Drayke Newall said:

I suggest you start reading more widely away from bias sources, because clearly you dont know what you are talking about.

I was thinking the same about you mate because the reason I say the information you posted is irrelevant is because we were well aware of Covid months before that. I suggest you take your own advice and read up on it. The information is there on Google. If you don't want to read there are news clips on Youtube of President Trumper Dumper calling it a hoax and fake news. He did this for roughly 4 months or so. How you think we responded in a timely manner amazes me and it either proves you did not pay attention when the poop was hitting the fan or research all the facts or your just flat out lying to yourself. You couldn't have been living under a rock when this all happened. You seem like a smart person. I hope anyway. lol 🤦‍♂️

And as for Canada stop reading the BS articles mate. Of course they are going to say it was a mutual agreement because the U.S. is trying to save face and not look like the idiots our Present made us out to be. Make no mistake there was no choice in the matter. Canada said you are not coming in here. Period. End of story. lol So believe what you want mate. lol I get it. You wanna defend the U.S.. I been there. Done that too, but it doesn't change the facts mate. lol And for the record your comment about the U.S. only having 25 deaths by the time we closed boarders is straight out BS. I'm sorry. You can not seriously believe that. Our President screwed the pooch and he screwed it hard. And people died for it. Bottom line. End of discussion.🤦‍♂️

June 1, 2021

On 5/25/2021 at 10:51 PM, Drayke Newall said:

Um.... are you sure about what you have said?

*Snips out the irrelevant information.*

I'm a 110% sure mate. Trump dragged his ass 4 months or better at the very least before any of that ever happened. People we're already dying. And one correction I will point out for you though. The U.S. didn't close boarders with Canada. Canada closed boarders with everyone else. They were the smarts ones mate. lol😎

May 26, 2021

Right or wrong this is always my proper response to those individuals who cross the line. Depending on what they do is depending of if I stop or not. lol They better pray them cops show up real quick. lol😎

May 25, 2021

11 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said:

Very few countries locked down that early and the ones that did, there was quite an internal uproar over it. I doubt in the long run it would have or has, much effect anyway. There is still plenty of cross border transport that has to happen regardless of blocking a few tourists from coming over.

Well I can't speak for other countries. I can only speak for mine and my experience having worked for mine. This country could have been shut down long enough to assess the situation. Would it have made a difference? We'll never know. What I do know is none of it even took place. The security measures in place for situations such as this were not executed properly. The President dragged his behind. The virus as a result infected more people at a faster rate of speed then it would have had all security measures been executed properly. This did not happen though. Our President did not take it seriously at first and as a result of his negligence the virus infected citizens of our country at an accelerated rate. Trying to save lives is always preferable to seeing our President sitting around with his thumb up his behind. Had he tried he would have actually earned my respect. He didn't even try. There is no justification for that.😕

May 25, 2021

7 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said:

Politicians are by and large limited by the effectiveness of the bureaucrats that make up their governments. So in the case of the pandemic, the FDA, CDC, NIH etc. To the degree one supports the vaccines, Trump at least initiated Operation Warp Speed to get vaccines out quickly. Left to other politicians, they could well still be weighing the pros and cons of doing so, especially considering the mess of the health agencies.

Travel in and out of the country should have been locked down immediately and the threat assessed. This did not happen. As President of the United States your responsible for the lives of every single solitary citizen of your country. Trump failed in this relatively simple task. End of story.🙄

May 25, 2021

While it certainly would solve a lot of safety and security issues in regards to that debate I think it can be costly for business owners to be forced to provide them. Personally I don't have a problem with the idea myself. I just don't think people should be forced in to anything they did not freely choose to do themselves. I'm also against people being sued though as some have been over this issue for BS reasons. The simple fix though would be to provide one single unisex bathroom with a lockable door and people have to go in it separately. Kills the debate and people can stop pissing and moaning about potty issues. lol😁😎

May 25, 2021

Some times the sun does shine on a dogs ass some days. lol😁😎

May 25, 2021

Why did it take so long to accept the facts about Covid? The simple version is at least for the U.S.A. is that our country voted an idiot in to office. The reality is the man should be in prison. As someone who is retiree from Homeland Security I can say this much. Response time on a threat does not take long at all. I'm talking the time it takes for you to blink. That's how fast a response time can be. The clown who was President of the United States of America is responsible for any and all deaths incurred due to Covid. No BS cover up articles or Trump behind kissers is going to change those cold hard facts. People voted an idiot in to office and that is why we have Covid. in America now. The American people voted for it. So if you voted for Trump reap what you sow. Those people are just as responsible for it as well too. Don't like what I got to say? Go back to reading those BS articles to make yourselves feel better so you can all sleep at night. It won't change the cold hard fact that an incompetent President was voted in to office and people died for it.🤦‍♂️😒

May 16, 2021

On 5/9/2021 at 8:26 PM, Maddiiieee said:

You can IM @Maddiiieee in world for you'd like to be friends.

Ima skip the thread debate nonsense and get straight to the point mate. lol A lot of places in world is word of mouth these days last time I checked. I haven't been on the scene in a while myself personally so I'll ask around and try and put you in touch with some people if I can. Also I really wouldn't worry about that whole people playing other races thing either. I personally know a lot of people on here who play the race of the culture they are part of and base their avatars to closer symbolize that. Which at the end of the day is what you really want to connect with. I'll contact you in world when I get a chance. If you need to leave me an offline or PM me do it on the forums though. I have half of SL in my inventory and I don't get my offlines as much now days. Talk soon. Enjoy your day.😎

May 4, 2021

5 hours ago, Rat Luv said:

Yes, it's annoying 😬I won't contact to ask if I'm removed, as I don't want to hound people. And maybe I am annoying, lol. But then I don't want people to think I've removed them...actually, I haven't removed anyone in my all time on SL.

Ask. Just ask. I'd ask mate. lol If one of my mates removed me I'd hit them up and be like biznitch why did you remove me? lol If they respond with because your ahole then I'd say fair enough. Good answer. That is the right answer. lol I can respect that. lol If they respond with one of those because we didn't hold hands enough here on SL answers then I am like ya keep me off the list. Have a nice SL. Lmao!!!!👍😉😁🤣😎

May 4, 2021

On 4/15/2021 at 11:17 PM, Adrian Rowley said:

do you notice that the gay community is going invisible rl too??? sighs.

I was reading over the forums and seen this. I just want to say that I would strongly disagree with this statement mate. The gay community now days is as visible as it's ever been. I would even go so far to as to say it is over represented in fact that people are trying so hard now days to be politically correct. Take TV programming for example. Representation is in almost every single show of some type. Some shows practically force feed and cramp homosexuality down your throat to the point of being sickening. Not because of there being gay characters in the show, but because the writing is so poor many of these characters are not written in very well at all to where it feels natural or fluid to the story line. It's a strong emphasis on making the audience aware of the fact the characters are gay. On Netflix I once came across a cartoon series about a year or so a go about a group of friends running around saving the world with their gayness in the kid section of all places. lol I was like WTF? lol So invisible is not a word I would choose to describe it mate. lol In fact far from. lol So I don't think you got anything to worry about when it comes to that my friend. The world is very well aware of the gay community mate. lol Your good. lol😎

Now as for SL communities in general are suffering be it gay or otherwise. I personally would look for discussion groups and things of that sort. Last I looked though I seen no shortage on gay communities in SL. Most beaches and clubs and various other places if anything you will see that a lot of them say LGBTQ friendly on them. Some perhaps trying to be politically correct and some because that is the general audience they are catering to. I generally see a lot of places out there and I'm not even really looking at that half the time. lol🙂

Now I do want to ask are there any specific type of gay sims as to which your referring to that would interest you more over others? The reason I ask is because while I'm not personally gay myself I do have a lot of friends who are either gay and/or whatever fancy words they came up with now days. I'm one of those people I tend to go where ever when I am on based off of who I am seeing. So I don't really pay to much attention to things like that unless I get TP'ed to one of those lesbian women only sims because I always with out fail meet that one lady who hates all things men. lol So I actually have a rule in place now about not TPing me to places like that. lol🤣

Anyway my point being is I can ask around the next time I log in and if I hear of anything then I can let you know mate. lol Good luck in your search and have a good one mate.😎

April 22, 2021

7 hours ago, Orwar said:

*Snip.*

Don't ask questions if you don't want the answers mate. lol You wanted to make a thing out of it. I could care less. lol🤣

7 hours ago, LadyShad0wz Greymoon said:

*Snip.*

Starting point means exactly that. Starting point. lol Not library mate. lol Besides most people don't even bother going past the first book if they even bother at all. lol So no I don't bother offering up more because I already expected the response I got on it. lol Can't say I am surprised one bit. lol Your the expert though. I'll leave you to it. Cheers mate. lol😎

April 21, 2021

31 minutes ago, Orwar said:

Whenceforth come such a bold statement of absolutes?

Vampires are a very broad definition of creatures with influences from a great many myths around the world; a common theme that crops up is how some of these creatures may not just blindly assault anyone at a whim, but must be invited, or trade something with the living in return for their blood.

Besides, 'real vampires' don't exist, they are entirely fictional creatures. Just compare Anne Rice's vampires to Bram Stoker's vampires, and Le Fanu's vampires, and you'll find very different creatures indeed. So, who are you to declare what entails a 'real vampire'?

Well mate. Since it appears your challenging my knowledge on vampires then challenge accepted. lol For the record my original statement was in fact a well known ongoing joke poking fun at Twilight vampires. That having been said moving on. To answer both your first and second questions mate I'm someone with years of research on the topic and my statements come from that. Also I want to correct your misconceptions on the statement that real vampires don't exist. That is not entirely accurate. Don't believe the Hollywood hype. There are in fact several documented cases of historical unexplained vampire occurrences. The Highgate Vampire as one of many examples. In most lore if a vampire wants/needs to feed then a vampire feeds be it by force, manipulation, and/or any other means. I would suggest starting of with some light reading with The Vampire Book : The Encyclopedia of the Undead by J. Gordon Melton. It has a lot of facts on both actual historical and fictional vampires. It's a good starting point for anybody who's actually interested in the lore.😎

April 21, 2021

On 4/20/2021 at 11:09 AM, LittleMe Jewell said:

Or just go join that other vampire group that apparently can bite people without ever asking.

Real vampires don't ask mere mortals for their permission nor do they sparkle. lol Humans are like happy meals with legs and it's an all you can eat buffet mate. lol And the wolves most certainly and definitely don't either. Lmao!!!!😁😎

April 13, 2021

I was feeling more of a Castiel vibe after having binged watched Supernatural. I am an Angel of the Lord. Just don't ask me what I learned from the pizza man because we're not supposed to talk about it. lol😜😎

For those who don't get the pizza man reference this clip will explain it all. lol😁😎

April 2, 2021

On 3/25/2021 at 7:18 AM, Orwar said:

One of the first things one will see when opening your profile is the word 'taken'. Not sure whether to read that as that you found someone in the 7 hours since you posted, or if you refer to your RL situation, or if your profile just isn't up to date - either way, it seems a bit counter-intuitive to trying to find someone to have an SL relationship with.

I would have to say the profile hasn't been updated by the looks of it mate because ya your right it does come off as a bit contradictory having just read it over. lol That or the OP is just being selective and the profile is set up to detour the wrong type of attention when out and about. Because she is seeking an rl friendship and it clearly states in her profile don't ask no questions. lol I think a lot of people put that in general so they can choose who they wish to share that information with.

Also unlike yourself and the rest of us with actual common sense we all know not everybody in SL can read. I recall a period of my SL where I literally disgusted with socializing with idiots and told people to piss off in profile because I didn't want to be bothered and yet people still bothered me. lol I'm like did ya not see the sign mate? lol Some would be like what sign? I'd have to explain it to them. The one in the profile that clearly tells you to go get shagged and leave me alone. lol Now beat it. lol 😁

If I were the OP though I probably wouldn't assume nobody missed me just coming back. It takes time for people to notice and if you got a big friends list like I do then you ignore the online and offline notices or just simply turn them off. I think about a lot of people, but I am not going to go chase after them just because they happen to pop online. I got stuff to do. lol Going boo hoo nobody missed me only makes one look weak, needy, whinny, and full of of issues. It certainly doesn't scream let's be friends. lol 🤣

However OP all is not lost. Lots of nice blokes on here for relationship material. Your welcome to PM me on the forums for a chat if ya like. I can be friends with almost anybody. Depending on what all your in to I might be able to point you in the right direction to the non-idiot section of SL to help ya out a bit. lol Good luck. Cheers mate.😎

March 13, 2021

I don't normally mix my SL with my outside gaming unless I've known the person for some years, but your welcome to PM me for a chat. Don't currently have DBD installed, but I am addicted to some Fortnite. lol My SL wife and I play it regularly with some close friends when we have the time. 😎

January 23, 2021

3 minutes ago, Jordan Whitt said:

Gorgeous! He has no idea what he missed out on!

Awwww. Thank you. He has absolutely no idea how long it took for me to get my hair done. So inconsiderate. Men! lol🤣

January 23, 2021

21 hours ago, Jordan Whitt said:

Pics or it didn't happen!!!

I been waiting, but he never showed up. lol😜

January 22, 2021

3 hours ago, Jordan Whitt said:

I'm sure he found someone pretty.

He can always take me. I'll dress purty for him. Lmao!!!!😁🤣😂😜😎

January 21, 2021

On 1/1/2021 at 7:41 AM, Urbaainn said:

How can I take an action against someone, who knows my alt account and been using this information for his benefit?

The short answer is you can't. Block them and just keep it moving. Sorry, but that's just how it is mate. You just have to pick your friends who you trust with your information more wisely in the future. Good luck.😎

January 19, 2021

44 minutes ago, RowanMinx said:

https://wiki.firestormviewer.org/fs_amd

If you read, It's actually the newest driver update and only an issue with firestorm. Some computers have automatic updates so if her problem just started, that may be why. That screen is also not the SL webpage but the firestorm log in screen.

The link provide does tell you which driver update was the buggy one so roll to the last one that worked correctly for.her.

If she doesn't want to do that, she can try turning off Advanced Lighting in preferences/graphics log out and back in.

Well I was under the impression it links to the FS web page and not the SL one just for clarification. I've just never seen any graphical issues present themselves at a log in screen period regardless if it links to any web page or not. lol I sent her all the information you all had dropped in here and the link to this thread. From what I know she checked her application for the card and it told her the driver was up to date and didn't show that it had been updated recently. Because it was late for her she had to call it a night and so I just set her up on Singularity in the meant time while we were talking on Discord as a back up viewer until she has time to sort it out on her end. For all we know it's probably like you said and maybe Windows just updated it and didn't tell her. She usually has a message or notice or something on it. She plans on checking it out tomorrow after work. I figured I'd ask in the mean time, but best she can tell it didn't update or change on her. I'll just have to look more in to it with her later when she is off. Like I said I've never seen a log in screen have graphical issues. Realistically there is no reason it should have that I am aware of so it makes me wonder about why it did. It peeked my curiosity basically. lol Anyway thanks for the help mate. I appreciate it.😎

I do wanna say this though because it's not only FS viewer with this issue. I mean the OP seems to be having issues with more then one viewer with it. So it would seem to me more like a hot fix is in order rather then people needing to jump threw hoops hoping to fix the problem. Software should be compatible with the oldest on up to the latest drivers. Not the other way around. lol Even if someone has to roll back that's just a temporary fix. It can cause issues for them with other games requiring them to keep them up to date. That's just my opinion though.😎

January 19, 2021

If the it's a driver issue then my question is this. Why would the web page portion of it also be blue?

The reason I am asking is because my wife is having this issue right now and she's been using the same driver for a minute now and has the most updated drivers from what she can tell. I basically had her scale the settings all the way down and all it did was make me look green she said, but pretty sure she didn't have me set to always render on that one. She still had the blue tint while in game. All of the above recommendations have already been tried except rolling back the driver because she's been using the same driver for a minute now and it is the last updated one for he card. She has a Radeon RX 580 Series and I have a AMD Radeon HD5450 which is a much older card and I have had no issues with this. I had her test several other games we play and there are no graphical issues what so ever. Generally when SL suffers graphical issues it's when your actually logged in to game. So I am not understanding why the web page portion itself which should not have anything to do with your GPU would even be blue at all. I could be wrong, but it is looking to me like something is broken on server side and no real fix for it. I'm open to suggestions though. Thanks in advance.😎

November 18, 2020

Groups like this probably didn't help the clown cause any. lol Since the movie It was brought up it only felt right to drop this video down for all of you. Enjoy mates. lol😎

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