InnerCity Elf

Thanks! Yes, I don't have actual wrinkles in RL either, even though over the 30-40s range, but that's what the "aging options" 😂 I found, so I tried those. I've had decent success with "older" skin before mesh heads, but not since. As for hair, I do get more greys now RL, but in SL, I always see dark roots, light rest, and even in "blacks/whites/greys" packs, makes sense for the "dyed my hair!" look, but not for mimicing, e.g., greying brown hair... Well, I'll try my "luck" 😄 with age spots, thanks for the idea, and some more head/skin trial and error.

May I ask how you do the aging up of the Catwa head? I've tried several wrinkle/dark under-eye circles/aging add-ons that I found on marketplace, but even with high transparency, didn't really work. I'm wondering if it's maybe a "skin incompatibility" and I'd need to find a good skin/aging add-on combo (don't want a new skin but might for a really nice aged result). Yes, still Catwa, using two accounts, and my main still has the first and only Catwa head that I bought her, and no other heads. I take ages to decide on head, body, skin, and then cling to them for ages. I switch hairstyle and clothes sometimes for a change, and I have a lot of AOs and single animations. The other account, I don't actually know which brand head, I'd need to log in and check, but think it's evoX. I like the other account's head/skin/shape-fiddling combo better, actually, and was thinking about getting the same for the main account 😅 Come to think of it, my main account still has separate Slink hands and feet 🫣. It's not the money, I happily pay for other things, or tip, maybe I identify too much with my avis' general look to want to change major things.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ogham Grove/72/31/62 A quick landmark to one of the sims. Got in on first try, my FPS took a hit but bob up and down in the 50s and not too much lag, but, yes, there are definitely temptations galore, bad for not wanting to spend money...

Such a nice HQ, Paul! Hung out for a while, but at an odd hour, and the group was silent, so I went on an SL hair salon exploration after a while, need a more exploration suitable hairdo, after all 😅. I'll be back to check out the notecard giver again, or add one with an exploration idea, when I'm sure I can be somewhere at a certain time. Looking forward to an exploration with some fellow explorers in any case.

The same kind of messages, or did they seem different "in purpose"?

Looking for a height that'll work for a non-skybox project on mainland.

In case you don't find any, you could consider creating one, and or if you also enjoy roleplaying, it might work to have a character on a sim where you can rent a place as the home of your character, or, even better, a shop that you can make into a books&plants shop and thus create a meeting space for like-minded roleplayers, and maybe then make it an out-of-character thing (too), with a group and group messages discussion if members in-world at the same time. Or just enjoy it in-character, whatever works best. (Persephone's herb garden sounds wonderful, I might want to spend some time on the marketplace now to see how plants and such evolved since I was shopping last... 🫣.)

A gift card like mentioned above should be nice, or maybe "x% off on your next purchase after x purchases", but you should ask someone official, not on the forum, to make sure it's allowed. Oh, you did, well, just remember those are just random forum member suggestions, don't sue us if you try, and it's not allowed.

"If you can wait and not be tired by waiting"T This line might be the major "coping mechanism" needed, as well as the explanation of SL's bounce/retention rate. People who can wait (not (just) literally wait around, but more hang around, try this, go there) long enough for whatever to happen that they are looking for in SL to actually happen, will probably stay, others not. What do I do to cope,... not really much, I guess, just log back in another day, what dies last, is hope.

Indeed! I'll make sure to remember to add an unmodifiable T&Cs notecard that specifically lists that none of my modifiable creations may be recoloured neon green. Should I ever sell modifiable creations. Or creations, at that. Jokes aside, my guess is also not wanting to be bothered/spend more time. I'm self-employed, RL, and while some customers are absolute sweethearts, for some, usually, type micro-manager, or imagined-semi-knowledgeable in what they pay me to do, I do such a lot of not really billable additional work, explaining, that it can be a real pain and inspires 80:20 thoughts. Maybe similar for SL creators.

I haven't (apart from maybe very general and self-evident things like "don't take yourself too seriously", "don't take it too seriously", "people are often different than you think, if meeting RL, you might like those you thought you didn't, and vice versa", or such; if anything, I'd need advise myself, I tend to overthink things), but! happy belated birthday! 🎂 🦁

Elements...makes me think I want "weather" all over the mainlands. ☔

If it's something you think you might enjoy and would like to do for a longer while, read the rules before you engage. I do mostly role play, most of the role play sims have lots of rules, mythology, and whatnot. And while you might think, once you read the rules at one place, it's fine, they'll not be that different in another place, that can be true, but often isn't. I know it's annoying to read all that stuff, when you want to jump in, but if you don't know that certain things aren't allowed, because you didn't read the rules, and it's a "bannable offense", that's on you. I admit that, after having checked out dozens of roleplay sims over the years, I just skim rules, which tend to be the same or very similar, or self-evident, for the most part, and pay attention to things that might really make for trouble and can differ, like consent-sim or not, dresscode, and such. If it's a place that really seems I'd like, I'll read all the stuff. If I start playing without having checked all the info, and do something against the rules, and they'll ban me, too bad, I'll read more thoroughly next time. Might be overreacting on their part, in my opinion, but they might not want to waste their time on cretins like me who didn't read all the rules, or had a bad day, or whatever. Their sim/,game, their rules. That's nothing to down my self-esteem, however. I risked playing without reading the rules, well, sometimes, it works out, great, time saved, sometimes not, next time, I'll spend that time, one 'fail' factor dodged. Don't take it personal. Until you're somewhat of an esteemed regular (which takes time, and rule-reading, in some cases), you're just a random person. And people who read and stick to the rules, might get cross with the 'management' if others don't read and stick to the rules, and still may play, many if not most people are like that.

Yes, that's what I meant, threads like this one might be better in a sub forum there than in "General Discussion".

Perfectly reasonable. Maybe there should be a dedicated sub forum for "Hi, I'm new", "Hi, I'm back", "Bye, I'm leaving" posts in either "Make friends" or "Missing people".