Reg Eberhardt

Fair points Perrie. I was making assumptions that he could monitor inbound TPs as I really couldn't understand what else he meant by "unsolicited TPs". Yes, you may be right that someone complained despite me not being aware of anyone I chatted with being unhappy with the situation. I suppose someone who said "no, not interested" may have reported the exchange despite my gallant behaviour of respecting that no means no.

PS not sure we are talking about the same capital city place as there is certainly no adult stuff like pole dancing as far as I was aware. It is very much a newbie gateway as I understand it. Seemed pretty vibrant though with lots of dancing and non-im chat. Lots and lots of "Support" staff there though - I really think the owner has paranoia issues! one of the reasons I hung out there is because I like helping newbies if I've got nothing else to do. Pass on the wisdom of my years etc.

Hi Marigold, thanks for the info I shall check it out. In answer to had Zindra appeared last time I was using SL? I am not sure. But, I do remember that at some point out of the blue I was told I had to provide age verification, which I think was connected with Linden tightening up in response to criticism over adult content. I had the same (disappointing) experience as you upon discovering that my old haunts no longer existed Someone also told me recently that my avi and clothes were rubbish and out of date. Which got me looking at the whole mesh thing (that def did not exist when I was last there). But, no way I could change my avi - he is like an old friend!!

Once again, thank you to you all. To clarify a few things: I am English (and do vaguely remember sitting an O Level English exam too!!! That dates us!). I embraced all that SL had to offer for a few years and then took a break of about 6 years. Now that RL has given me an emotional gap to fill (!) I came back to SL a few weeks ago, and was loving it! The main thing I notice now is just how sparsely populated it is in comparison to the old days. Hence I was pleased to visit the place-that -shall-not-be-named (but is a City that happens to be the capital of England) as it is full of people!

Thanks Marigold for cheering me up! I genuinely had a sleepless night over this last night, mostly the injustice, but also an outrage that someone can set themselves up as a dictator and casually spoil my day, and laugh at me about it! I know I am getting this out of proportion and I'll get over it , but after nine years in SL this has, for the first time, made me not want to bother with it any more.

Thanks all. It is mostly the injustice that rankles me. His explanation of my alleged behaviour was a statement that I had done something and that there was no question about it. My words to him to deny this were not listened to at all. He signed off with a "LOL - bye". This is what i think is going on: He monitors tp requests into his land from adult places. Assuming that he can't listen in to IM chat then he seems to make the assumption that the tp request is unsolicited. He told me that I had "lured" someone away with an unsolicited tp request and had done it before. Now, I would never even have thought of doing that until now! As he can't listen to IM chat then he wouldn't know that boy meets girl, asks if girl wants to come to the beach, girl says yes, love to. Boy then has to go to the beach to send the TP (I suppose you could give them a landmark but it seems a bit odd). If girl says no thanks then boy says, OK have a nice day, nice meeting you... But, in the case of the "honey Trap" employee of his then he would have been able to see the IM log and would therefore see that she was happy and willing to go to the beach. So, that baffles me really! It seems that he is taking some sort of moral custodian role and not allowing residents to make their own decision. Very odd. Totally unrelated to this incident but I was once exploring there and suddenly got a pop up saying "this area is for new residents only you have been banned for 60 minutes". Is he really paranoid that us old-time SL vets are going to pervert HIS newbies?!! (In response to suggestion that someone may have been underage (or playing underage) then no, absolutely not. Not something I tolerate either. (Beach was Naturist Sunland Beach, no age rp there that I have ever been aware of). Hopefully he reads this and could give his side of the story here as I am having to make assumptions about his behaviour. EDIT PS not very likely as I notice the mods have stripped the name of the region from these posts! Not very helpful.

Thanks all. I have had a reply from the landowner. So my explanation is: met a girl, chatted with her, asked if she wanted to come and sit on a beach. She said yes so we did. His explanation is that she was "one of their accounts" and I lured her to an adult beach. So, a Honey Trap. Judge me if you like but I didn't know it was wrong to meet someone on "General" land, strike up a friendship and go to Adult land when the person in question agreed. If she had said no then I would have respected that. Oh well, we live and learn.

Thanks Nalytha, totally understand someone can do that. It just makes no sense for it to suddenly happen for no obvious reason. This is a "General" region I am talking about and I have always acted appropriately there (unlike many others I see and "hear"). This is one of the most popular areas in SL and I can understand the need to make sure there is no inappropriate behaviour ,but the right to face your accuser is universal - Certainly nothing to do with America, just common good manners! TBH I assume it is a mistake, but, as my main point says, I need to find out what has happened and why.

I have been on SL for many years, I know the rules and etiquette. I have visited a particular location many, many times. Now I find I that i am banned from it! I can honestly say that I am not aware of doing anything, anything at all wrong. I just hang out and chat. How do I find out what I am supposed to have done so as to have the right of "innocent until proved guilty".