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Sister Nova

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  1. Thank you for your condescension, I should have known you’d take my participation in your thread with a genuine query, as a personal attack. Although I don’t doubt that the parcels you’ve spotted have had their claim dates revised in preparation, the case shown by Lloyd’s post would indicate that it is not always the case, and it could happen at any time with any date shown. And with that, I’m done. Have a nice day.
  2. I’ve often found the claim date on Governor Linden owned land to be inaccurate. The case above shown by @Lloyd Overland looks most odd. The map clearly shows that the parcel had been up for sale at a very hopeful price by the original owner and then abandoned when the next tier was probably due (why on Earth they didn’t scale down the price as that date approached is beyond me). But rather than showing a claim date of that day, it shows as May 10. I have seen others in the past that have had a 2005 date which I have known to also be inaccurate. I have a tiny mainland parcel in Sansara which has a lovely view courtesy of a large tract of abandoned land. I shall be watching to see what happens with that land with great interest, because if it goes, resulting in the loss of view, then my parcel will surely follow suit.
  3. There was only a chalet and camper shown when I just looked. It would appear that the abandonments have not quite begun.
  4. Don't forget the map can take quite some time to update
  5. Although I really liked the idea of it being self contained, I do think the prospect of two points of contact to be able to travel to it is a good one. Connection or not, it HAD to be placed close to Bellisseria in order to be a part of it. With Zindra (the adult continent) so far away from the rest of the mainland and Linden Homes, it really is easy to forget it’s there, and I’ve often noticed a ‘them and us’ mentality in posts relating to it from residents of both sides. That’s really not something that I’d like to see for Bellisseria.
  6. Now that the map has updated some more over the fantasy homes it seems that another water edge has appeared at Barneys Fief which COULD perhaps be a tell-tale for a link to @Lloyd Overland's favourite fantasy region lookout spot, Hanshin. Could SSPE2539 and Barneys Fief be the 'portals' in and out of the new region perhaps?
  7. All packed up with tier released ready to move in!
  8. Ha! I'm currently on my Jeogeot parcel just a few regions west of you Lloyd, and can see on the map that someone has joined you
  9. Thanks for highlighting those points Nika I love that Bellisseria is such a big part of the connection of the continents, and initially when the portal situation was first mooted I wasn't sure whether to consider it a bad thing or not. But having given it a great deal of thought, and walked through the Fantasy demo area I've come to accept the idea of its containment as good idea. So much so in fact, that I've packed my boxes and moved out of my camper in preparation to settle in a new Fantasy home. I still have my Houseboat and Victorian on my alt and original av respectively, so can still enjoy travelling around, but I'm hoping that there won't be any posts from people wanting an airport in the Fantasy area so they can land their 747
  10. I thought the Fantasy area was not going to be joined to the rest of Bellisseria? If it doesn’t connect, you’ll not be able to look into it.
  11. Looking around the area you mention there's a slightly smaller parcel for sale at a little less L$/sqm, a few regions north of the one you mention. Looking at smaller parcels though, the L$/sqm rate increases drastically it seems. There's no way to know whether you'd be able to resell a parcel at a later date and cover your initial investment, and the amounts concerned really are too high to make one want to speculate. I really would advise you to look at renting. There are several estates in and around the Blake Sea, and some mainland water access parcels that are perfectly reasonable. If you have your heart set on owning, then I'd suggest watching parcels to see if they sell, although you're not going to know how much they actually sold for. Look out for purple overlay on the map, as these are auctions. You'll see the sort of prices people pay on those as they stay on the auction page a couple of weeks after selling. It's rare to see auctions in the area you want though, but having said that, there was a cluster recently which has added to the available rentals. Overall though, I think you're in for disappointment
  12. A parcel being set for sale at a certain price is no guarantee that it will sell for that. A parcel is only ever worth what another person will pay for it. As I mentioned previously, the double-prim parcels (and others in certain locations) get set for sale at a ridiculously high price in some cases, purely to get it highlighted on the map so that people find it and MAY then rent it. The owner doesn't want to set it at the market value in case someone buys it, and so it's set high to prevent that, or to give them a massive amount of compensation if someone does buy it.
  13. I don't think that land generally has increased at all in price. I've seen quite a few areas on various continents where land has been for sale for a while, and at reasonable rates, but not shifting. Certainly the 'double prim' regions have retained their popularity, and have been creeping upwards in price. So often though they're set for sale merely as a tool to attract rental business and so set at a higher than market price. I'd suggest having a look at the auctions and seeing what sort of prices parcels have been actually selling for on there. You can get a better idea of prices from actual sales rather than the ones for sale, as they can stay for sale for quite some time if the seller has over priced it.
  14. I was wondering how you got to the figure you did @Mollymews, it seems you used the contribution plus group bonus instead of the total contribution minus group bonus, so your figures marked in red on the quote above should be: 15,230 - 6,015 = 9,215 tier contributed by other group members 15,230 - 9,215 = 6,015 tier Reduce contribution to 5,120 (1024 prem + 4096 tier) 9,215 + 5,120 = 14,335 14,335 + 10% = 15,768 sqm 15,768 - 16,752 = -984
  15. If you're not getting any sounds from off your parcel that you enjoy, then it really is much easier to hit the 'restrict sounds' tick box in your about land window, especially if as you mentioned, there is a lot of noisy stuff to find and mute from your neighbours. As I mentioned above, restricting sounds work both ways... If you tick the box on your parcel it keeps your sounds in, but also keeps your neighbours sounds out.
  16. Restricting the sounds works both ways, your noisy barking dog won’t disturb the neighbours, but as @Eowyn Southmoor pointed out, you also won’t then be able to hear all the lovely ambient sounds that the moles have placed in the community area to enhance the region. It is better to have the choice to restrict it if you feel it is necessary. I use it on mainland sometimes (particularly when in close quarters with neighbours and I don’t want my loud ticking clock to irritate them), but for Bellisseria, if a neighbour has something that irks me, I’d sooner just mute the object concerned, and keep my own ticking clock quieter.
  17. There’s something to be said for simpler regulated landscape. I’m not a lover of crowds and activities, but I do love land and exploring it. I’ve not been to the old LH in quite some time, mainland and Bellisseria meet most of my needs more than adequately, but I still feel I’m missing… something. Time to wake an alt, dress simply and take a stroll or ride around.
  18. I start by looking for the sport I want to watch and just get drawn in by the others, to the point that I spend the weeks it's on constantly 'meerkatting' over the top of my monitor at the tv. I stay on for the paralympics too!
  19. LOOK OUT! There’s one sneaking up behind you!!
  20. Goodness! I’ve never heard of this happening… could you cite the source please Rabid? I have known of instances where a person has been locked out of their account for defaulting on land payment, but never deletion.
  21. If you look at your Account - Account summary page you will be able to see when your payments are due. You will see your premium a/c subscription renewal date at the top, the middle part details your L$ balance and your US$ balance, and then the bottom shows details of your land holdings. The ‘peak square meter usage’ figure shows the level you will be charged at for the month and the bottom ‘next bill date’ will show when the payment will be taken. This day is the same every month and the day is established when you first buy land in excess of your initial 1024sqm allowance from your premium benefit. If you bought the extra land on the 20th, then you will be billed on the 20th of the following month. Be aware, if you ever buy any land that puts you into the next tier bracket, even if you only own that extra amount for even just a minute, you will be charged at the higher rate at the next bill date. You can set a radio button in the Land Manager - Land Use Fees page as to the maximum amount you would wish to hold, and then if you ever try to buy over that amount you will receive a warning that you will incur higher fees when you try to do so. If you set the button for a higher level than you currently hold you only get charged for the amount you ACTUALLY hold in that month’s period. I have never loaded money onto my US$ balance, and have always just had the monthly amount deducted from my chosen payment method on the due date each month. That date becomes ingrained in your mind, especially if your land holding level fluctuates from time to time. When considering buying land, especially if it would put my tier up, if there are only a few days before the bill is due, I’ll wait until after the payment has been made in order to save some money on that current cycle, and happily pay the higher amount for having it an entire month on the next cycle.
  22. But…but…. Tom Hanks played him in the movie ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’, he was marvellous. It was really good to see who Fred Rogers was, as to my knowledge his shows were never shown in the UK. …..and now back to our scheduled programming
  23. If you have a parcel any size, you can select an area in edit terrain and then select to divide the parcel. The area selected then becomes a separate parcel from the rest. If the area you selected ran right through the middle, from end to end of the original area, then the remaining parcel will be split in two and the parts look separate from each other, but still be the same parcel. I would think that with the region you mention the roadway was selected (if it’s an irregular shape it would have been carved out in stages and reassembled) and then the parcel that is left on either side of the road was never divided further.
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