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  1. Knowl Paine wrote:The Community Guidelines might explain why this Forum may appear less active. Slander, hate, intolerance and many other undesirable behaviors are prohibited. You must divide a people before you can conquer them; many popular website engage in this behavior for profit. People enjoy Drama, it's dramatic. if it takes slander, hatred, intollerance, etc. to make a community, that's not a community I care to be a part of... Luckily overall SL seems to be far more friendly than that.
  2. everyone I know has been getting that message a lot for the last few days, it's not just you. Makes me think it's serverside.
  3. Ann Otoole wrote: It has 4gb ram and a geforce 220. It should run SL in high mode ok but shadows and ultra would have fps issues. The SL client pretty much caps at 1.5gb mem use before crashing anyway. you really need a 560ti or better to have all the bells and whistles. I am already planning an upgrade to a 590. I own a Dell XPS17 that has (on paper at least) superior specs to this one, and it will only run sl in medium graphics or everything turns into untextured pink blobs (i5, 6GB RAM, NVidia 550). Might be the drivers of course, but afaik I've the latest production release for those.
  4. CPU and RAM (remember most laptop videoRAM is taken out of their main RAM, not dedicated) seem rather low. You should be able to run SL, but will almost certainly have to tune down the video and sound settings to (nearly) the absolute minimum.
  5. valerie Inshan wrote: The golden rule my grandma tought me when I was a kid was "never go out without wearing clean undies in case you have an accident and the rescuers see them". :smileytongue: I doubt your grannie would consider the obvious solution: no undies at all :smileytongue: For me, I wear what I like the looks of, if it breaks any "rules" so be it. And why not, irl I'm subjected to dresscodes and requirements as to how I look and I'm in sl to get away from things like that. If I visit a sim with a specific theme, I try to adhere to that theme as closely as I can without spending L$ on it (unless I plan to go there frequently), but that's for roleplaying a theme, a costume, a virtual me roleplaying someone else yet again.
  6. 2 accounts, 1 avatar on each. Second is only used rarely, usually to rescue my main from some poorly scripted rlv trap or to listen in on a lecture or speech my main can't attend (my main is a full time nudist so can't enter PG zones for example, or when there are 2 things going on at the same time I would like to listen to, send the alt to one of them and read the logs later). Maybe in time that'll change, but I doubt it as it would to me take away the main reason I'm here at all: to be what I'd be irl if I could, which is a rather well defined persona and one I've to some degree been rp'ing in online communities for over a decade (though it seems the persona can now finally get to full fruition because of the environment sl provides).
  7. I'd love to have a private wishlist, not necessarilly a public one. A place to effectively bookmark things in the marketplace so you can come back to them later. I frequently come across things that seem interesting but at the time I have no need for. Being able to bookmark those for later would be very handy indeed. I can understand the public lists having been removed because they're too easily abused for advertising purposes, but those too can be handy. Restricting them to access by friends only could help to remove that objection.
  8. in no particular order... curiosity. Kept hearing about it and slowly got curious enough to give it a try a means to be what I'd want to be irl but can't (for various reasons I won't go into except to maybe close friends who need to know to understand my sl persona) a chance to meet people, do things, that irl I can't (of course this closely fits in with the second point) a relief from the often hostile and competitive nature of other online communities. I come to virtual worlds/environments to have a good time, not to fight with others there's probably more, but that covers the basics and anything else can be distilled back to this.
  9. any sim is effectively its own chatroom (or more than one, if it's large enough for there to be several gathering places where people hang out and socialise)
  10. Don't let people belittle you for using a different viewer. For many (maybe most) people, the standard is enough. Other viewers add functionality, but a lot of it is specific to types or roleplay you may not be interested in (or even allowed to access).
  11. Found some nice stuff at Sacred Yoni. Not cheap, and certainly not for everyone (nipple chains, things like that), but looks great.
  12. 1) in principle, yes. In reality, language in especially adult zones tends to be more explicit. But nettiquette has less to do with language than manners, and being polite and considerate is in my experience pretty much universal, even if the expression of it in the A and to a degree M zones may offend some (that's why especially the A zones are shielded after all). 2) see 1) while things may go on in especially the A zones that would violate any reasonable behavioural requirements for a PG zone, that doesn't mean there's no rules that people follow, they're just different rules and may well be as set and enforced as those of the PG zones. For many activities in the A zones in fact a level of decency, trust, and understanding between the players is required that would be unheard of elsewhere (think d/s play, especially tpe). 3) If I find places where the interaction makes me uneasy, I tp out. So far that's not happened, though I have stumbled upon sims where the theme upset me enough I couldn't stay (either ended up there because of incorrectly reading the sim description or because it was not as described).
  13. Tazmrb1928 wrote: iv been in SL for 8 years now and im not going to let some **bleep** Defame me in frunt of all my frainds. evryone there was my fraind apparently they weren't or they'd have stood up for you and filed complaints about your enemies in return for them filing aganst you. So at the very least they don't support you in this, which (if they are indeed your friends as you claim) to me means the ban was probably more than called for (I know my friends would support me were I in the right, would yours?).
  14. MoiselleErin Teardrop wrote: Alright, the reason people flip a lid about child avatars is this - in real life, you are always hearing about how "predators" are hated, killed in prison, on a sex offender list, etc... In RL, it is not safe for a grown man to even be in the same room alone with a female under 18. Reason is - she could decide she wants attention and just say, for whatever sick fun, that he tried to "touch" her. It doesn't have to be proven, doesn't have to even be true, but the mere accusation and now the man is ostracized. I have seen that happen in RL. Turns out the girl was fibbing cause she had got mad about something else. Nothing really came of it except a ton of drama in that family and friend circle. So men tend to be afraid of the trouble kids can cause and women tend to worry about their male loved ones. well said. Men are afraid to even walk past schools because there might be unaccompanied children there, or even if not it might be considered a sign of them being sexual predators. I've encountered it myself, people being accused, harassed, driven from their home towns based on merely being in the vicinity of children, living in the same neighbourhood as people with children. No police ever is involved, vigilantism has reached such a level that people end up murdered based on such accusations, and many more need to change their identies, flee the country, and get plastic surgery. In such an environment, people (and men especially) are so afraid of children they won't even touch them to save their life. Is it any surprise players would flip out then over a child avatar in a zone not explicitly designed for them?
  15. Jennifer Boyle wrote: I cannot find a satisfactory solution, so I do not buy shoes with prim feet. for me they do work, but only because I only wear them with full length trousers so the seam with the legs falls at the cuffs of those trousers, the closest skin being a long way away. A small difference in colour/tint doesn't matter so much that way.
  16. PudgyPaddy wrote: jwenting wrote: It's life, not a game Define your goals, try to achieve them, if you call that winning you've won. For me, I "win" if I have a pleasant time without upsetting others, isn't that what we're all trying to have after all? Not upsetting others is a difficult task. If it's life and not a game as you say, I could not play. Everyone gets upset, and about the funniest things. If there's one thing I can't control it's keeping people from being upset. Some are posting bitter responses to the CEO about name changes. They are clearly upset with him. How do I win at second life? of course, but at least try to not upset them deliberately I'm sure my very presence (due to my looks and wardrobe selection) would upset people in a lot of sims for example, so I avoid those.
  17. JRhapsody wrote: I guess it's about where to look for what I want then. So far all I've seen in stores is stuff for women. it is true that there is more content available for women's bodies (and clothes) than men's, but it does exist. I helped a new player get set up at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Freebies%20SunLand/250/213/63 he now looks quite nice Not as good as buying commercial grade shape, skin, and clothes, but not bad for for stuff. I'm sure there are many more such places, I'm pretty new myself and must admit I've never really looked for them (the few I know I stumbled across or were shown me by others).
  18. sometimes, keep in mind, profiles (and other things) can be very slow to load. I've tried to look at peoples' profiles for updates that I know have info only to have to wait several minutes for the screen to fill.
  19. Jennifer Boyle wrote: But one can choose in viewer preferences what levels one wants to see. Even someone who is age-verified, like me, can uncheck "M" and "A.' And I think the default is "G" only. default is G only for those under 18, G+M for those 18 and over. If 18+ AND age verified, the option to unlock A becomes available in your client.
  20. JaedenDelanaire wrote: I'm curious: when you are buying clothes for your avatar, what is the main deciding factor for deciding to purchase? Is it because it is a specific style you enjoy, or is it because you feel your created avatar would specifically choose it him/herself? Do you buy something because a specific brand makes it? Does it need to be flawless quality / a fully meshed item? Brand: irrelevant. I decide purchases based on weighing price/quality/availability. What my avatar likes is what I like in sl, as in sl I AM my avatar. That may mean buying something of lower quality that's a lot cheaper and/or more to my liking than something of top quality. JaedenDelanaire wrote:Do you buy an outfit because you're trying to impress the opposite sex, or because it impresses you? What themes do you try to go for? Quirky? Cutesy? Or dark and expressive?Perhaps you just like buying a wide variety of things so you can mix and match unique setups in your inventory? I buy things to fit my role that catch my eyes. Given the life I have in sl, that's stuff that for the most part won't do discussing in a GP forum (though not too extreme, I've several outfits that won't be misplaced in GP sims, unless maybe one takes offense at seeing any skin at all, or seeing the body covered in form fitting latex) Mostly I go for things that accentuate the beauty of my avatar, and/or are simply practical for the sims I live. That does mean I spent quite a bit on my body rather than that which (somewhat, in many outfits) covers it. JaedenDelanaire wrote:Personally, I buy outfits if I feel my RP character, Jaeden will wear them--and only if. This means I've bought a lot of pastel and 'cutesy' things that I would have otherwise passed up as being too "Barbie-ish." However, there are one or two times where I've built up an OOC outfit just for pure fun out of very cheap clothes just to match up a 'Candy-goth' style. I'd buy cheapish stuff to visit sims with a completely different theme from my usual hangouts, or go to a quality freebie store and browse the shelves there. Apart from that what I own is all IC.
  21. It's life, not a game Define your goals, try to achieve them, if you call that winning you've won. For me, I "win" if I have a pleasant time without upsetting others, isn't that what we're all trying to have after all?
  22. Also check whether you have another, competing, AO active. The ZHAO I guess you mean for example conflicts with the OC subbie hud (which includes its own walking animations at a higher priority), as well as some (many?) dancing huds. First try to disable all other huds and aos, then see if the one you want works. When it does, enable the others you want one by one until it no longer works and you've found the culprit.
  23. MoiselleErin Teardrop wrote: Don't forget that this is SL, your avatar does not have to look like the RL you. Let us face it - while most SL avatars are either beautiful or buff, do you think the operators are that sexy? I know mine is way prettier than RL me. And don't remind the often excessively large breasts and other genitalia people elect to employ. Might depend on zone and time of day of course.
  24. Charolotte Caxton wrote: I would say that I love the inworld experience much more than the marketplace. However, MP does have its uses, such as if I need to specifically narrow down what I am searching for quickly. Unless I am already familiar with the store, finding a specific item inworld can take time. ig is like going to the mall to browse, mp like going to Amazon I usually end up either checking the mp when I stumble upon a store or visiting a store when I see something in the mp. Both tend to have things (even from the same vendor) that the other lacks. mp could be better though. E.g. I'd love to be able to search for much more fine grained categories, maybe some tagging system where the reseller can more closely describe that item as a gold jeweled nipple chain rather than "**bleep** and nipple jewelry" which tends to end up with a lot of things I don't want when shopping for something highly specific. But still better than having to visit a dozen stores several times while trying to remember what each item looked like before making a purchase decision
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