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Adrianna McArdle

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  1. 41 minutes ago, Dreamer Pixelmaid said:

     If you don't like what somebody is doing, do better.

    But when other groups feel pushed out by the one or two giant groups, it's hard to get there isn't it?  Doubly hard when you perceive that LL is backing them and it seems like you won't have a chance.

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  2. 1 minute ago, Marianne Little said:

    One of the 512 houses does not have doors out to the garden. That makes me so sad, especially since it was a perfect, large double to-the-floor window there, that should be swapped with doors. But what do I know... 😒

     

    Ender.  My favorite of them all and it's not even an openable window :(

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  3. 36 minutes ago, Sam1 Bellisserian said:

    Wouldn't what the BBB is entitled to and given be something that LL should address directly? I'm not sure why residents who have volunteered and given their time have to justify why? This clearly was approved by LL.

    I think most people ARE upset at LL and not BBB.  Most groups would jump at what they were given, nobody necessarily blames them for taking it.  But unless it's something other groups can somehow obtain, it's favoritism and unfair.

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  4. 1 minute ago, gizmatron77 said:

    Given the BBB has opened embassies on each of the continents, events attended by Abnor mole amongst others where the ambassadors were presented with ceremonial  keys etc by the moles

    So basically favoritism.  Why do the Hammies or Slendy not have keys?  And if they do, why do they not have headquarters that they don't have to pay for?

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  5. 8 minutes ago, Nika Talaj said:

    I'm not the world's biggest BBB fan.  However, I think that headquarters parcel could more accurately be thought of as compensation for and future investment in the countless hours of unpaid labor that BBB members have contributed to community building.  They provide reams of useful information, they run the "passport" game, and throw many events - well-attended events! - at the Fairgrounds. 

    It is my impression that no BBB member is paid for any of this, tho if anyone wishes to correct that impression, feel free.

    The problem with that is that there are tons of other people who have done same.  And tons who have felt "run out of town" so to speak by BBB events/staff.  I had my own brush with this back when I had the library going.

    I like what they do, don't get me wrong, but for LL to show any single group favoritism in such a huge way does not seem right.  Plus it's been kept very hush hush which doesn't make it feel any better.  But I guess that's a whole other topic that has nothing to do with Newbrooke add-ons.

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    You probably had to understand the "joke".  

    So what's the joke?

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  6. 14 hours ago, Evangeline Arcadia said:

    One alternative solution regarding faux businesses - it's been expressed a few times that residents do like them if tastefully done, adding to the community feel. So @Patch Linden why not have a few homes dotted here and there which residents can pay a tiny bit extra for to create a non-commercial community spot, cafe, post office, whatever. I'm not sure if LL could do that logistically.
     

    They're already doing this for the BBB and their 937 prim premium location house, so really why is it NOT available to others?

    Oh right, favoritism.

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  7. 34 minutes ago, Nika Talaj said:

     

    >> After Newbrooke was introduced, the forum blossomed with pics of RL modern homes that folks were hoping to see.   There is market for those homes, clearly.

     

    Yes, and minor modifications allow for everyone to have this without drastically changing the lovely things LL have built.

     

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    >> It would be extremely easy to convert one of the 512 Newbrook homes into a larger, FLW-style midcentury modern, with another whole story, more spread over the parcel, interesting new windows, etc.. People built great-looking modern homes before sculpties were even around, and you didn't have to be a great builder to do it.

    >>With Newbrooke, every Tom, Dick, and Harry can make an add-on that looks pretty OK, but makes it no longer a container home.

     

    These are not really container homes to begin with though.  They have container home elements, but they're really more mid century modern.  And who cares if every Tom, Dick, and Harry makes modifications, as long as they're in theme?  Isn't one of the big selling points of Second Life the creativity its users can exercise?  If someone wants a bigger house, as long as it follows what exists and looks natural it shouldn't matter.

     

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    >>There are nightmare add-ons that look like barns tacked onto Vics.  But they aren't prevalent.

    They are very prevalent.  Worse so are the houseboats.  Some of those are insane looking.  I love the houseboats but I feel like you have to a lot of de-rendering to live on one.

     

    I don't think anyone here is mad per se (or at least I'm not), but it is disheartening.  I agree that this theme in particular is more vulnerable to add-on hell than most, but the example given so far seems extremely heavy handed.  Newbrookes also have the ability to hardcore showcase community ingenuity and creativity while staying within theme, I don't feel that should be stifled.

     

     

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  8. 1 hour ago, yestothis said:

    I appreciate themes staying in theme. I hope LL starts to enforce their own covenants and keep neighborhoods from being chaos.

    I also just reread this.  I agree with this 100% where it makes sense.  Get rid of helipads on houseboats and the victori-modern abominations.  But outlawing putting a slightly different, architecturally sound and theme looking roof on a building is going too far.  As would be getting rid of things like screened in porches on the Vics or single room add-ons for the traditionals.

    If you can find it abundantly in the real world when looking at a similar design style, it's in theme imo.

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  9. 1 minute ago, Evangeline Ling said:

    When I came to Bellisseria i had 4 premium accounts

     

    @Patch Linden@Abnor Mole

    Same with premiums.  Mine grew because of Game of Homes.  SL is the only RL hobby I spend money on, and it was worth it because of how great the Belli community was and how gorgeous most of the regions were.

    Belli now feels so very different than when it first started though.  There is clear favoritism by LL to certain people/groups, and it feels icky.  Now we're going hardcore HOA on simple add-ons that are much nicer than some of the craziness in the original homes.  It makes me really sad.  I still think it's an awesome place, but I wish we could go back to how it started.

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  10. Woah.  This is surreal to me.  That is a very slight, very well done, and in-theme change in my eyes.  You can find examples of MCM houses like that anywhere in the country.  Plus people have been talking about creating similar add ons, as well as porches, and even whole other rooms SINCE THE THEME WAS REVEALED, with moles seeming to support it.  There are several examples of this in older Newbrooke posts in this forum.

    As Eva said, drive through the traditional and houseboat regions.  There are HUGE house changes, some of them barely qualifying as in-theme, and they've been there since launch.  But now we're suddenly going ultra-strict?  You guys are generally pretty awesome and applaud creativity.  That just seems like a bizarre 180 to me.

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  11. 1 minute ago, Fay Starlight said:

    We saw it going, and we actually have 5 there---one is not quite on the edge--it's the tall pink, the seamstress

    Jeez with as many people as are playing GoH right now, you guys have to have a freaking ARMY of alts lol

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  12. On 12/24/2020 at 7:30 AM, Sparkely Sugar said:

     Love my shared new stilt house I am decorating with my friend.  I really did not think stilts would be my style, but a she convinced me, to come and try it. Now I love it.  

    Dreamin

    A different Angle from my friend 

    My new Linden Home | Stilt House | Santiago

     

    This is what I was hoping the mole landscaping in those regions would be like.  You did an absolutely fantastic job!

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  13. This kinda became a dumpster fire of insults, which is not really surprising when it comes to SL.

    I guess maybe we should go back to positives.  For the people waiting for houses, keep waiting.  Your "promised land" will come up eventually, just might take a bit.  For the people mad that others have multiple paid accounts, again as Eva said, the bright side is that they're keeping SL well funded so you can play it for another 17 years (hopefully).

    Full disclosure as to where I fall in this argument as well.  I currently have 4 premium accounts, each has a plot in Belli.  I also have a spot of mainland.  All plots are decorated and used by their owner avatar (with the library being the exception, that's for the entire continent).  Oh, and last thing.  I work for the US Federal government, so your tax dollars are paying for my premium accounts and tier.  If you're that upset about my multiple accounts, I suppose you could always just stop paying taxes if you want.

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  14. 33 minutes ago, usagihara said:

    Oh, it's not that many people with premium alts in the double figures. Three or four, maybe? Except that this then adds up to 30-40 premium accounts, which is... a couple of sims. Throw in everyone who has to have five or more because they need to own a house in every style, and that's a few more. And I do know of people who routinely invest in last names for their premium alts; same as they kit them out in L$5k mesh heads and bodies, which also isn't necessary to get a home. It's just another way of showing off how much money you have. That's an integral part of the game for some, just as it's important for certain people in RL.

     

     

     

    Eva hit this one on the head a page back.  This sounds way more like pettiness and envy on your part.  I'm sorry you let a game get to you like this.

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  15. 3 hours ago, Emma Krokus said:

    I do understand the frustration of home seekers who see this happening and just wish them lots of luck in finding what they are looking for... SOON.

    Also, same.  Not judging anyone for wanting something cool, just think it's silly that people get so damn upset about not getting it RIGHT NOW.

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  16. On 9/3/2020 at 8:44 PM, usagihara said:

    There are two massive assumptions here: one, that all wealth is earned through hard work, and two, that all of us have the opportunity to go and earn more money through said hard work. Nope, and nope. People are born into money, people marry money, people win the lottery, people have disabilities, people have caring responsibilities, people are living through a global pandemic which has led to their industry shutting down.

    I don't pretend to know the individual circumstances of every premium member, but I suspect the percentage without full-time RL jobs is rather higher than the general population. Most people with well-paid RL jobs don't have the time or the inclination to invest in pixels, let alone monitoring the land page 24/7.

    1) We're not talking a ridiculous amount of money or buying a RL mansion.  Max it's what, $99 a year per account?  That's like $2 a week, or if we even if we wanted to stay within the confines of SL, less than $300Ls.  There are ALLLLLL sorts of opportunities for people to earn extra money out there, including online.  If you're that into Bellisseria/SL as a hobby, you can do it.  You don't have to be Paris Hilton or X Æ A-Xii Musk to afford multiple accounts.

    2) I work between 44-84 hours a week.  I have a special needs 5 year old and a husband, as well as community responsibilities.  I *still* pay for SL and make time for SL things.  Most of my SL friends have similar circumstances.  Hell, some of the biggest content creators and event hosts in SL also have full time jobs and families.  It's ridiculous to assume that because people have a life outside of SL that they don't make time for their life in SL.

    3) I doubt more premium account holders are income-less than not.  That makes no sense.

    I wondered if someone would go the wealth inequality route with their argument.  It seems so ridiculous in this context.  We're not talking healthcare or food or, as previously stated, actual shelter.  It's just a damn game.


    YW4MS

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  17. 1 minute ago, Mollymews said:

    and yes is not a RL home but I think a more better RL comparison is like going to the supermarket for blue top milk and finding there is only green top milk or none. And the store manager says try coming back tomorrow, we might have some blue top then. But maybe not either, so keep coming back when you can, because you never know

    Serious question.  What's the difference between blue top milk and green top milk?  My current container of milk has a clear top, should I be concerned?

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  18. 3 minutes ago, Mollymews said:

    when drill down into the complaints, is that the complaints tend to be about the number of houses in desirable locations, not so much about multiple houses in less desirable locations. Desirable is subjective, but by complaint usually means adjacent to waterways and larger openspaces. Is not new this wanting. Has always happened even on classic mainland and with the old Linden Homes. So sometimes people get a bit grumpy when they can't get one that they consider to be desirable

    Even then, nothing is stopping people from abandoning and trying again.  I had to do this to get spots I loved when switching between house types.  Took forever to get a traditional as nice as the houseboat spot I had, and in the meantime I was "homeless".  And again, it's not as if you are literally living on the street if you don't have current possession of a Linden home.  The only difference between having one and not is the ability to rez your own furniture somewhere.

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  19. Just out of curiosity, what are we considering "mega home owners"?  Three houses?  Ten?  What's the criteria?

    I understand the frustration, but at the same time, people are paying for the privilege of having more than one Belli house.  They spent actual real time in the real world working to earn the money they spent on those pixels.  So I mean we can be sad about not getting houses all we want, but at the same time we also have the opportunity to go earn the money to get a second (or third, fourth, etc) paid account.  As far as "mega" owners and GoH players, in a way that's kinda the beauty of SL.  We play however we want.  If you want to be a land baron and own an entire region of traditionals, then you go for it.  I don't personally see the attraction (since you can't rent them out), but for some people it's gotta be fun or they wouldn't be doing it.

    I feel like people tend to disassociate and forget that this is a game and not our real lives.  It's not as if you're living out on the street for real.

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  20. Yea, this is unfortunately what ruins houseboats for me.  There is just some completely ridiculous stuff out there that ruins the neighborhood for all but the plot owner.  Dunno if this quite qualifies as AR-able, but if you like the spot, definitely derender the hell out of that.  Sorry you got stuck with obtuse neighbors.

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