Squeaky Mole

Indeed! But only on the Adult regions which will not be connected to the main Second Life Birthday regions.

Exhibitor applications have not started yet but will start very soon. I suggest checking the blog daily (weekends not included) at this point. Thank you!

Hello, I'm glad to hear you are exhibited about joining the Second Life 20th Birthday! In the previous years we had 2 parcels to select from, the 32x32 (small) and 32x64 (medium). As Qie Niangao mentioned we also had a large 64x64 parcel available, but it was not an option during signups. The selection for this was made based on the description giving on the application and us reaching out to the exhibitor to ask if they would be interested in a larger space. That said, the demand is growing for larger parcels as exhibitors get more and more ideas that they would like to add to their exhibit space. Because of this we have decided to allow 3 options during exhibitor signups. 1. Small Parcel (32x32) 2. Medium Parcel (32x64) and 3. Large Parcel (64x64). The number of parcels is limited so we cannot guarantee a parcel size until acceptance has been confirmed. However, if you would like a 32x64 parcel the chance of getting one is rather large (the sooner you signup the better chance you have) As additional note: Some parcels are 32x68 depending on if a road has been removed or not. But it's the safest to count on 32x64. As mentioned above, the selection of large parcels used to be and will remain based on the best description/idea on the application. Mischievious Mole and I make these selections and we have no access or knowledge about who has the most regions or is the most popular, so we are as fair as possible with the selections. This year we will have more larger exhibitors too! I also want to remind everyone that your exhibit does NOT need to be in theme, if anything we promote you to display a piece of yourself in your exhibit, what does Second Life mean to you? What do you enjoy doing? What kind of community are you part of? The theme shouldn't stop you or anyone else from applying as every idea is welcome! We are super excited to see everyone's idea and all the cool exhibits. So, we hope to see you soon! (Exhibitor applications open soon, stay tuned!)

Yes please! If you are, or know any tiny communities (or others) tell them to apply as an exhibitor and show the people of Second Life what you do. It's a great way to grow your community! You can even join the performers and do a role play show or information panel. Our goal is to expose what's out there in Second Life and to celebrate 19 years of residents and communities that make Second Life what it is today!

No recycled builds I promise!

Hello everyone, I would like to clarify some of the confusion about being "in theme", the last couple of years we have been strongly encouraging resident exhibitors to be "out of theme" and display what they love about Second Life. This could be their own community, their art, their story or anything they wish to display. We removed the rule of having to be in theme for exhibitors. The themes that are selected are specific to the main designs, such as the stages and decoration. Please be yourself and show everyone what you been enjoying all these years in Second Life as an exhibitor! (Applications will open soon)

You big tattletale! I was enjoying some Valentines Shop & Hop time and you had to tell everyone we weren't working! (Just kidding! .. Well, the tattletale part. I was shopping.)

We don't talk about Newbrooke, no, no, no!

I'm afraid these Rez Zones only only for 53LI.

On what region was this? We'll check it out

Well I could explain.. but if I do that, I can't focus on getting Fantasy released. I'm sure everyone would agree that the option is that I'll continue working on the regions. Just keep watching those pretty colors!

Who knows? I know! I know the building stages and color meanings!

No promises but right now your guess seems to be correct, Exhibitors will likely start to be contacted this week or next week.

Those who applied as an exhibitor will be contacted In-World by IM and Notecard before June 1st. This most likely will be done by Mischievious Mole or myself (Squeaky Mole), you'll also be contacted if your application was not accepted. Invitations will be starting this week, but please keep in mind we have over 250 applications and every application is reviewed one by one. For any SLB related questions I suggest asking your question in the in-world birthday group or contacting Mischievious Mole or myself (Squeaky Mole) by Instant Message. Hope to see you at SL18B!

Yeah. The templates get a big QA walk through, however once cloned they get another full inspection and finalizing. Nothing is more important than making sure everything is working as much as possible. This is a few hours process on each region. (and there are only 4-5 QA moles that are "certified" to do this process)

Thank you for the report I will take a look as soon as possible. However Stilt home release has piority at the moment ^^

Yup. "Occasionally" it wouldn't be a problem, sadly we know many users would Aldi just love to ride high speed non realistic and ruin it for everyone else. I'm heavily watching the tracks when I can and trying to learn from suggestions. For example we are testing new rez zones that don't require switches. But being a mole means you don't just get to do what you want, a lot of things have higher priority as people rather have new homes like Stilt Homes than railroad tracks 😛 Together we'll make it work great sooner or later! But please keep in mind we have limitations we have to work with as these regions are focused on homes so we can't do everything we want too. I'd love to have two way tracks but on Linden Homes that will never happen for example.

A lot of full time rail fans would get very annoyed by being run over while their trying to role play. As an example while building new tracks or working on fixing parts I have multiple slow down and stop in front of me role playing someone is on the tracks. Everyone sees things differently and we can't make it perfect for everyone but we aim for the best solution of both worlds. In the end the railroad is mostly build for railroad role players. Same for boat docks, roads and everything certain residents may role play. But of course it's free to use for everyone including casual explorers. Some parts of the tracks are still not working and we know about this. Fixes get made when time allows. (Send from phone so sorry for any stupid auto corrections :p)

Thank you, I'll see if I can take a look at that today.

Delay in block is correct. Though to simplify it in Second Life I rather say sections so hopefully everyone understands it. I will look at those issues this week but if you can please directly IM me in world with the slurl. It would be easier for me to jump and fix something quickly.

There are no "rules" for the railroad. However we do have some suggestions. You are correct on the matter that we recommend not to rez outside official sllr rez zones. I'll explain below why. It is also strongly recommended to not bypass red signals. Both of these are because of simple reasons. The Linden Homes railroad as you may have noticed is only one track for both directions. This is because of space and land impact limitations. What this means is that we had to create a custom SLLR system, the Linden Homes system works based on section control. The tracks detect when a section is being used and turns the signals red/unavailable. If someone bypasses the red signals or rezzes outside of the designed sections the track will not know what directions trains are coming from and it may result in you crashing head on into another person. That said, there's also safety trigger on each section so when people "cheat" it will reset within a few minutes and do no real damage. So no, there's no rules. On that note: as the railroad mole I can confirm not everything is working yet as I haven't had much time to keep up but I'm chasing the decor crew daily. You can often easily spot unfinished sections by the lights. Orange or blinking means it's not completed yet. I also noticed some older scripts have bugged out since traditional and I'm working on fixing that too. If you spot anything broken fee free to contact me directly or contact Linden Lab through support ticket and they will let me know. More railroad fixes are coming soon!

I don't think there's an official time right now. Group notices will be posted.

SL17B starts on June 19, 2020. With a soft opening for group members (free to join) on June 18th. For what's there to do, you'll have to visit to see but a few examples are 24/7 live signers and djs. Many exhibits to visit and more!

Ah yeah, I took a look at them. These "blinking" crossings are not working yet either. Once they are complete they stop constantly blinking I promise! 🙂