Rufferta Mainlander

Sold.

I just reduced the price to $L2000.

I believe I fixed the slurl. Thank you for pointing it out.

Gnoma Region, 123,124,5 Parcel ID 934cdfaf-d4ee-eb2c-0bad-67a025aec6b1. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gnoma/123/119/51 Parcel has road frontage, is on a pod route, and property right behind it is abandoned.

OK - you can give a class on how to get and rehabilitate abandoned land, and I can give a class on "How Not to Buy Real Estate".

Some employees of Linden Labs have said that Bellisserian homes are considered ‘starter homes’ for new residents but it seems that a lot of folks just want to stay there. Here are some of my suggestions to encourage migration to the Mainland by making it easier for them to find new places. Establish penalties for sellers who lie in their real estate listings: I just spent several days looking for affordable 1024 plots on the Mainland. Sellers’ ads were often misleading and stated that parcels had “water access” or “protected roadside” when they did not.. Some said that the land was ‘for sale’ when in fact the fee was a rental fee. One even stated that their land was on a different continent. If I was a new resident who bought “water land with sailing access” and then found myself on a water locked prim raft with no recourse I would be angry, and my anger would extend to Second Life in general. Figure out how to get ‘how to buy land’ information to newcomers. The Second Life web page has an excellent introduction, but it doesn’t provide much information to protect against sellers who are not operating in good faith. There are many private residents who are trying to help newcomers. Feorie Frimon, for example has an excellent business, Operation Mainland Real Estate, where she sells parcels she has carved out of unclaimed land,, but I’m not sure information about this is getting out to newcomers. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bay City - Handa/14/59/27 Lindal Kidd used to give excellent lectures on “How to Buy Land” at Oxbridge University in Caledon, but I could find nothing like that currently. The Bellisserian Bureaucracy has done a wonderful job setting up Mainland embassies and tours outside Bellisseria, and their “Passport” system encourages residents to explore. Perhaps Linden Lab could also offer office space in Bellisseria to newcomer organizations where they could give lectures and offer advice? Open Land and Sea Access Figure out how to remove the private parcels on ‘water land’ to unclog navigation, or make more waterways. I don’t think Linden Lab needs to make more Mainland, but they could make better use of what is there. Build more roads and rivers. Maybe the Moles could dig out channels for rivers and freeways (suggested names “The Mighty Patch River” or “The Patch Freeway”) and then cut out 1024 parcels beside but not on top of the passages. Right now there has been some progress in clearing private parcels on rivers, and completing a highway in Satori, but it would be wonderful if every waterway was navigable and every road was connected.

What I would like is a larger tier/land allowance. I would be willing to pay up to $200 annual premium fee for 3072 or thereabouts. I would like to have a common inventory for all my alts - Since my alts were created at different times they have different inventories, and I get tired of asking myself things like "Just which one of us has the good oak tree?"

I just sold my last two parcels in Mocha because I was tired of looking at the results of some of my neighbors' +/- 40 terraforming. There are other areas of 'the color sims' that still look nice, but the area around Mocha is a mess. In my opinion, radical terraforming is only useful when you have large blocks of land to work with - when there are smaller parcels there is more risk of ending up with peaks and craters. For small parcels it is also harder to work around the edges without affecting your neighbors. I envision the base land in terraforming as a somewhat flexible horizontal sheet whose altitude points can only be moved up or down - you can terraform to make slopes or holes, but the surface can't be moved sideways. Where you see arches and caves they are the result of clever landscape add-ons. I don't know if there are computer programs that could allow you to terraform to make caves or overhangs on virtual land.

I'm doomed - the last thing I bought was N95 masks.

A Second Life Mainland Community? I like the idea. I was planning on tiering-down to 1024 before my premium accounts renew next year, but wouldn't mind paying for more just to see what happens with this experiment. Living in Bellisseria has always seemed like living in a subdivision or a condo. I would like to put up my own house, and choose my own drapes. I'm assuming that there will be some way to put a covenant on the land itself (like Horizons) but suspect that maintaining the rest of it will require lawyers. My only other concern would be the requirement that the land be flat. I like a variety of terrain.

If your land is on the Mainland, I believe you would lose the right to own land if you change to a basic account.

I had the gatcha bug for a while - Most of the time I budgeted my spending but once in a while I would find myself standing at the machines like a casino zombie - blankly pulling the lever. Like a gambler, I remembered the wins, and not the losses. I rationalized my habit by saying I would donate the items that I didn't want to one of my groups to be re-sold, but when I looked at what I was going to donate I realized most of it was a bunch of junk. For the better items, perhaps creators can sell them as "limited editions" or "collectibles"?

Do we have an assumption that successful virtual realities need to have super realistic avatar rendering to be popular? I have some expensive avatars in Second Life, but in Minecraft I am happy with the Steve-skin. In Minecraft dressing is easy, but in SL it can take hours to match outfits with bodies, and the forums are full of newbies asking questions like "Why doesn't my new head fit my new body?" Second Life has a lot to offer, but I believe we lose a lot of newcomers by making it so hard to put together a decent look. I won't even get into building....

This is the landing point for a wonderful museum in the Blake Sea. After touring the museum and picking up notecard information about subjects such as Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds, you can go out back and view a longboat on the water. Next door is a smaller museum showcasing art styles. Where am I?

This cabin is in Sheldon, 19/215/48. It was a joy to explore Bellisseria again - there are so many lovely places there. I can't wait to see what surprises the Moles will have for us in the new Fantasy regions!

I found the Open Seas Project Box - good information, and a beautiful parcel! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fudo/20/149/22

Another thought - if you have the patience, visit the parcel at different times of day and on different days of the week. (Advice based on experience - once pitched a tent without noticing the Midnight Express Train's track was a few feet away.....)

This one may be hard to find - it is a store in Jeogeot - off the Northern Spur Road but visible from it. Not far from the Old World, and in a region I cannot pronounce. Just down the road is a giant airship shaped like a cat. This is an interesting area. Business has been around for some time, specializes in everything to do with water. I was fascinated by the 'habi-domes' displaying different creatures. Here I am looking at some cute beavers. Where am I?

Pavonia Community Hall - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pavonia/179/226/120

Tilly, is that you in the front? I confess this location has me baffled. Any hint would be welcomed.

Statue of Slider Jerusalem, Hard-hitting Hippo Journalist of the Future, by Altruima Linden. This is in an obscure InfoHub in Sansara not far from the Sea of Fables. Where am I? Note: This "WTH is?" thread inspired my "Where in Second Life is this place?" exhibit for SL18B. I have moved some of the exhibit to the Moleworks floor of my Tourist Information Center, if anyone wants to see how many places they can identify. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mocha/19/192/2988

Great outfit! This is the Scenic Ambat Infohub by Osprey Therian. I wasn't able to get a photo of my avatar doing a handstand because someone else was standing there.

I'm on Route 9, between a cake shop, a graveyard, and a port to a fabulous art gallery. Where am I? (This avatar needs to be unbounced,,,,)

This is Nexus Prime and the Doomed Ship In the Gibson Region (of course)

Apparently this used to be part of the Teen Grid, but was moved here in May 2008. Where am I?