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It's the Sweet's male 1L$ body. I think it has problems with a lot of heads, and in my partner's case his avatar is furry so I guess it's just incompatible with Paws heads + BOM? A lot of reviews report the same issue with many different heads, but honestly it was just a filler body while I decided on a better one for him anyways. Belleza Jake is cheaper than I thought it would be as I've often heard of that body and figured it was pricey due to popularity. The DNA ones would theoretically be great but if the head isn't detachable it wouldn't suit his avi choice. Thank you for the recommendations!

I'm looking for a budget male body for my partner. I got him a freebie one, and while it's alright, it has a weird problem with BoM on the neck, creating a giant line of demarcation that you really can't look away from. By budget I don't mean extremely cheap, just perhaps a bit cheaper than the really popular, super amazing high quality bodies? He doesn't play often and I'm not sure I want to invest in an expensive body for him if cheaper ones are on the market (but are still decent or good quality). Help much appreciated! Thank you!!

I found some gigantic chickens and instead of admiring the land I randomly stumbled upon, I had to take a picture with them. They were highly aggressive and knocked me around at least 10 times in the process of taking a picture, but it was worth it.

Your expectation is pretty accurate for alot of us. I've had a furry avatar in the past and used it often but now primarily play an anime avatar, and as an "outsider" to the norm, I have the impression that many human avatars are often unfriendly. I've played as a stereotypical human too and even struggled then... but it's worse with anime/furry for me. I have had people completely dismiss me due to my avatar. I have been mistreated by others for not fitting into a group of "normal" human avatars. That's not to say everyone is like that, definitely not, but so many are. Other misfits from the mainstream, like furries, tinies/dinkies, other anime avatars, kid avis, etc, are all friendly, perhaps because they understand not fitting in with everyone else and instead having to create their own communities.

The Blender School hadn't popped up for me in my searches somehow, so thanks! I'll check it out. I do love in-world classes. I'll also look for some lesser known mesh bodies or ones that are easier to get... Never heard of that one you listed. Seems like Maitreya is pretty strict about the person already having a shop of ~10 mesh items, and Legacy requires a mesh made with their classic body (hell, I don't even know how to get that one), so I'm out of luck with the big name bodies T_T

It's all a bit overwhelming and I've looked everywhere for guides, but there's a billion guides and I don't even know where to begin. Creating the mesh object and textures isn't the issue for me... I'm good on that front. It's more stuff like, how the heck do I rig properly? (I did rig something, but something went wrong in the process as it isn't being detected as rigged in the uploader on SL). Where do I get dev kits without having a shop already established? What is the post-rigging process? Every guide says to go get Avastar and I'd be willing to make the purchase if I knew for certain this is something I could digest, but as a starting point, man this is rough. I'm not sure what is my misunderstanding since I've been going without much guidance at all due to just how overwhelming it is to find information.. Those who learned mesh for SL all started somewhere, so I'm just wondering where people started, how they got started.. I don't expect to learn over night, and it's definitely a complicated thing to learn, but I'm at a loss for where I can even make baby steps in learning how to do all of this, especially rigging, getting model dev kits and then using those model dev kits, post-rigging fixes, etc.

Yes, unfortunately a lot of the j-fashion items here are on the trendier side.. school uniform/seifuku, general kawaii (aka pastel colors everywhere), anime-inspired stuff, etc etc. They're cute styles but I love elegant, dolly looks or just very over the top stuff. But there are definitely still creators who make high quality lolita inspired items. I would also suggest if you're willing to go through the hassle of putting outdated clothes on a mesh body (Given you're using one -- if not, you got it easy) looking into some older stuff on the Marketboard. I browse gachas or old listings for hours when bored and occasionally stumble across lolita clothing meant for old system bodies (but not so old that they're pure prim and flexi) that fit okay on my maitreya body, given it doesn't have clothing layers and is actually full mesh. Lolita doesn't show enough skin to matter, luckily, so unless the mesh body is just outrageously different in size from a regular system body, they tend to work. It actually seems like there was more available 6+ years ago than there is now, sadly, but the consequence of that is that they can look outdated.

I wear EGL in real life, and the suggestions above are all pretty good. The creator "Violent Seduction" has some lolita pieces, there are also some lolita esque items in gachas, can't pinpoint any brands tho. Other j-fashion items, like nanchatte or general kawaii items, are more common. Bare Rose has some pieces that fit the j-fashion or lolita aesthetic. I don't like the shoes that come with their outfits, but otherwise they're decent for a very niche, overly exaggerated side of j-fashion.

SL is a simulation of RL at best, so will it ever be the same? No, certainly not. But does it provide its own form of the beauty found in nature? Absolutely. I love going to nature sims and walking around because it allows me, someone who is unable to access nature easily, to feel at peace and admire the hard work someone has put into landscaping a sim. I find it very soothing just to walk around little patches of forest that I stumble across and to look at all the little details of it. I think it's particularly beneficial to those who cannot go outside into nature easily. It may not be the same, but it can still be fulfilling.

I love and adore flexi hair, but also considering how out of fashion it is, I refuse to wear it unless I have my purposely outdated inspired-by-the-2000's avatar on (the tackier the better, I say). I would assume avoiding clipping is impossible, the physics are just inherently awful... I'm not sure they can fix that. Since the body isn't considered an object with collision, the flexi prims just go all over the place. Happens with clothes too. The closest thing to the flowy movement without clipping, like others have suggested here, is mesh + flexi combos. I've purchased a few of those, but most of them still have that very outdated look. I do wish more current hair creators were more willing to include flexi elements, but I can see why they don't. I'm surprised some creators are still including it despite the flaws with it. They're a pain when long since it the clipping is so awful, and with the physics system I'm not sure many improvements can be made at all. I'd have to assume if it were fixed, more creators might make flexi hairs, but that seems like a pipe dream.

Thank you all for your input! I honestly started out with rentals, but ended up purchasing premium for land because I often heard it was better. Before I go making any investment now that my financial situation has worsened a little, even if it's as low as 8-15 dollars a month, I wanted to know if that assumption was correct or not. And while buying land has its benefits, it looks like renting right now is a pretty good option for me financially. That sounds excellent, definitely looking for the double prim ones. If it's adult that's actually preferred as I don't like to put certain pieces of furniture designed for very specific purposes up on display in Mature or General areas. Will take a look!

I guess it depends where the rental is -- really good locations are more expensive, but ugly locations or skyboxes are cheap. For example, to own a 2048 sqm land with 703 prims, it's 13.00 for the land fee... with the free 1024sqm, that's still about 7 dollars on top of the 8-ish dollars for a subscription. So, total per month, something like 15-16 dollars.. Now, let's say there's a smaller piece of land in a bad location but with a 703 prim allowance (since I'm prioritizing prims here over size), since renting is odd and the land can be sectioned differently (from my understanding), and it's 500 L$ per week, that's 2000 L$ a month, the equivalence of almost 10 dollars. So, ultimately it is cheaper to rent bad/undesirable land. The cut-off would be about 800-900 L$ per week to rent before it became the same price. However, I am concerned about the logistics of renting vs. buying in the long run, so that's more where my question comes from.

So, I know the actual, technical difference between buying & owning land (with premium) and renting land, as I have done both over the years I've bothered with having a house. I would like to own a land with more prim allowance than just 351... which is all I could afford with the free premium allowance, considering premium already costs almost 9 dollars (I am constantly on a budget... unfortunately.. and paying a 13$ sub for another game too, so purchases have to be 'worth it' so to speak). If I had more money to spend each month I'd just pay the extra for a larger prim allowance, but I'm a little limited at the moment. When looking at rentals, some go up to 700-something prims for around 10-15 dollars a month, just in L$ and not real money. Of course these cheaper lands are likely in unattractive locations or in skyboxes, but the prim allowance is double for almost the same price and that makes it a very attractive offer since I could decorate to my heart's content and not have to worry about prims (no gigantic detailed house for me, I like it small and cozy, but I also like lots of items and decor, and hate being limited looking for low prim stuff). Ownership of land has its benefits, you have full control over everything and ultimate privacy & security (no landlord can complain or rip your land away from you, can put up borders so randoms don't waltz in) -- plus payment is automatic until cancelled... but is that enough of a benefit to make it more worth it, or is renting not really a big deal for those of us who are on a budget and prefer higher prim allowance over ultimate land control or a good location? Is renting only good temporarily? My experience in owning/renting land is not as extensive as many people, even though I have done both for at least a few months at a time, so advice and experiences would be very appreciated!

Pretty close to roadside in Bennafield, very quiet and peaceful area with nice surroundings.. selling for only 2000 L$. A very nice little piece of land for home or business! Check it out here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bennafield/13/226/52

How much LI allowance does the land have, and how big is the land you're renting?