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angelikiinha

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  1. I've seen the 3rd party add-on for thighs, it looks really good and it's exactly what I would like to see Maitreya itself releasing - not sure how it would make easier the work for creators, but I can assume it's a lot. Just a correction: I don't expect "constant updates". I just want to see Lara "fighting back" what other bodies are offering, like the Squish Thighs, the "juicy boobs" and other popular options from competing bodies. Like they did – SO well, by the way – with the perky add-on. I like my shapes more curvy but not so unnatural as Kupra (sorry, users, can't find a less offensive definition). If Lara can be a fit for curvy or slender figures, why not, right?
  2. It's in my first post in this thread. I hope you actually read it and didn't get upset and give up on the paragraph because my opinion was "suspicious"
  3. There is no "supposed demise". I'm pointing a fact based in what I used to see years ago: Maitreya is not that "first choice" brand as before. I'm not saying they are going away, but it's undeniable that Lara have less resources in comparison to pointed new bodies. I'm more than nothing worried about Maitreya and really wishing it could have an update with new features. The advantage is being almost half the price of Legacy (that seems terribly overpriced, but that's just my opinion so it doesn't matter) and almost universal compatibility with clothes - main reason I'm still attached to it.
  4. Numbers? I have doubt about it – if we are talking about recent selling numbers. I mean, anywhere I look, there is someone wearing Kupra, Legacy and the new eBody. Of course Maitreya is still huge because of people like me, who bought it ages ago and are still using it.
  5. Hello everyone! After a long time away, I'm amazed at new bodies like the eBody Reborn and those deformers that look so good. I was aware of Legacy and Kupra and those bodies seem to be people's choice at the moment. As a loyal Maitreya user (since buying a lot of not-so-cheap bodies isn't an option for me), I'm kind of worried about Lara's future. Do you guys know anything about a possible update like they did when BoM was released? Perhaps adding new features like thigh and breast tightening deformers? Or is Lara (and Belleza too, I think) really meant to be cheaper/poorer options?
  6. Hi Jewel, thank you. But I can't. I'm not member of the group anymore and they probably blocked me, I can't join again either, only shown as founder.
  7. Months ago my account was hacked or whatever, someone took control of it because when I tried to login after a long time, it was very different of the last time I used it. Linden Lab helped me to recover it but today I found almost by accident that the person created some really... nasty group with my account (kind of disturbing content). I'm not part of the group anymore but I still as founder. Can I open a ticket asking LL to remove those groups or at least remove me as founder, or is it waste of time? I wouldn't like to be associated with that kind of thing in any form.
  8. Maybe I said it before, but aside from the technical point (I only tested the demo and it's really beautiful, sliders work almost perfectly, etc), I don't understand how a company trying to put competition can fix their price in almost twice of main competitors. And worse: people accept to pay an absurd for a product with no Omega, horrible (until where I know reading reviews) support, etc. It amazes me. It's not "twice as better" than Maitreya or Belleza to justify. I understand a product like Genus (didn't buy one for lack of money :P), but TMP? It looks good, but incomplete. "You don't set the price", "my monies my rules", "create your own product and make it better", blabla... I know. It's my opinion.
  9. Ok, I'll start. Not "free", but Love is only $L25 to join (250 normal price), with some nice gifts and a Raffle Board running each 2 hours + random gift cards. Got one yesterday :D http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aggramar/134/55/23
  10. Sure, Belleza and new TMP are way superior. But I'm thinking of users who can't buy multiple bodies for specific looks, because you might not want to have big or small breasts all the time - that's the "magic" of SL :D Since Lara is a natural choice for so many people because of the clothes, Id love to see it a bit more flexible and the sliders "morphs" working better. Definitely a good option, but not flexible (for me, at least).
  11. Of course. Count on me if it's free 🤑
  12. I understand the person who said there were no big updates since Bento (sorry, forgot to quote and lazy to search back :p), but I mean: Lara's shape/mesh is REALLY f up in some parts. It's impossible to have big breast with her, it looks horribly artificial (Belleza is very natural). Pregnant/big belly is horrible (so as most of the sliders) and her old issue with shoulders. I think it's more than time for the team to improve her. AND of course this is not going to happen since they still selling Lara like hot cakes thanks to the sheer support of designers.
  13. Last year we shared info about the best VIP groups with "join for free"... ...so any chance of doing the same this year? Not sure if there are good groups (especially those with good VIP gifts) free to join in December, but I'm sure that would be precious information
  14. "Your inventory will—I’m afraid to say—probably explode. You know that 30-colour applier HUD you’ve got for XYZ thing? For BoM that will turn into 30 separate items. So a 30-shade lipstick HUD will become 30 individual lipstick tattoos. Get organising and filing that inventory now…" I hope creators do something like a hud to attach/dettach items (if possible), or life will be not so easy...
  15. I'm confused about bom. Last night I bought the new Akeruka bom beta head, it doesn't even have a final name, so if anyone is interested, take it now because it's L$1000 (I suppose 5K when released). I've asked many times in their chat about all other mesh heads (I have a Rachel and if they update her, why to buy another one?), but they insist to talk only about the new beta head and that "old heads will not be updated", but who knows what do they mean by that? Never? Not now but maybe in future? So can I conclude we "need" a single head to apply any visual with skins? Will all those Catwa heads be "outdated" when they release a bom-compatible head?
  16. And look how high is her armpit cut in the first model... GOD. "Once you see it you can't unsee", as the meme. I'm ruined
  17. Thank you, that's exactly what bothers me (I guess, LOL). The weird cut in her armpit. Depending on arm position, it makes a huge cut, very weird and ugly, I always do a "ughn" when that happens. I feel like her shoulders are a little slumped, or out of natural place, it's hard to explain. Maybe it's just my view. I totally agree with people saying "don't fix what is not broken", but in Lara's case, I suppose there are limitations enough to justify an update. I know I can use things like this https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Sculpted-Belly-v20-boxed/2342190 for pregnancy rp, but I tried other bodies and if I'm not wrong, Belleza gives a very acceptable belly only with the slider (I tried the new TMP too, but don't remember the result). I guess wasn't for the clothes, most people would have shift to Belleza. Maybe mysterious Miss LeShell should be worried about it? About heads: someone said about the price, and that was the main reason I was asking 2K sounds as a good price comparing to the 5K for a Catwa or 4.5 for a LAQ (plus HUD if its the first head). My friend was looking for a oriental/Japanese head and there is beautiful one there, said her to take a look. Bad to know they are kind of out of business or just making money with a dead project. And as far as I've tried Genus, seems to be the best for customization: I could change many face features with little to no deformations - seems like a very flexible head and to my taste, the more realistic. Genus and some Catwa are the only ones who tempt me to spend with another head...
  18. I guess when money matters, "reality" is relative to the point of view of who is talking. Example: I (and thousands of SL users, so it's not a personal question) live in Brazil. Many others in the same situation are in all South/Central America, Mexico, etc. In my case, 1 dollar = a little more than 4 Brazilian Real (4 reais). "Ok, so you are spending more than what 80 dollars means to me." It gets worse if you consider purchasing power and much lower average wages. R$80 reais or pesos or whatever currency is a heavier impact than US$20 for someone living in the US or €15 in Europe. "This is not of the producer business. If you can't, don't buy", someone will think. Anyway, I doubt anyone back to the US wants to throw away $20 on something they will not fully enjoy because of poor customer service and lack of support from developers in general. Way better to spend on food And I can't understand how selling a product two times more expensive than competitors can be "competition". Sounds like commercial suicide to me.
  19. The body is SO beautiful, that I feel terribly tempted to buy. Then I remember that I can't put so much money (yes, poooooor) in a body having a good one (Lara) that costed me half the price, and not having Omega or even half the offer of clothes and developers working on it. Maybe in future... *sighing*
  20. I know I should maybe ask Maitreya owner, Onyx Leshelle (I guess its her name), but maybe someone here knows. I'm kind of new to SL (my 1st year anniversary is close), and I have been using Lara for something like 8 months -- before, Altamura in free and premium versions (Jenny, Giselle). During this time, Lara didn't have a single update. I mean, it's an amazing body and I easily recommend to anyone, but there are issues with her, especially with the sliders. Have you tried to make a simply acceptable pregnant Lara? Her tummy protrudes like if raising an alien. Her shoulders bothers me, no matter what I do to adjust. Her breasts are impossible to be over around 50; above it, they just will point forward, not like a natural big breast. I'm only sticking with her because almost literally all clothes fit, it's so good after some months suffering to have decent wardrobe for Altamura. I feel tempted to shift to Belleza or even that so beautiful new TMP body. The company may not be reliable, as people told, but the body is a delight to see. But it's a real pain for me to invest in another body having a decent one. Did Maitreya had important updates along the last years? And is she still getting updates, being improved? What can we expect for her? (To get a ride here, I would ask the same about Genesis' heads. I read about the split between designers and the coder, so is it a dead project?)
  21. To be honest I don't like too much Katena bimbos and things like that, but I see no reason for a rant. Some people like big butts (good, now I'll mentally sing that "I like big BUTTS, and I can not lie... ♪" all day) barely dressed. Others like skinny girls dressed as polar bears. How does it affect my experience? Not the slightest. And yeah, sure. All the kogal fetishism is so classy. Oriental avatars dressed with skirts shorter than my salary, her underbutts exposed, and skimpy sailor shirts. Very classy. "I will never hold western SL creators who make nothing but "*****wear" " -- butthurt (is it a bad word? Sorry if yes, I'm not sure) in the most pure essence.
  22. Worst part is: creators doesn't seem to give a damn about it... After all, they are selling like those nice and heavy bodies like hot cakes...
  23. I was checking bodies and heads, and reading reviews of brands like Genus and the new TMP. They are beautiful for sure, but some users are complaining about complexity (aka abnormal complexity). Searching further, I ended up here https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/12/maitreya-belleza-and-slink-sl-skin-bad-optimization.html Long post made short, the author says the leading body makers did a **** job, so Belleza, Maitreya and Slink are products of bad design practices . A crowded sim with poorly optimized bodies (mounted by hair, clothes and jewelry equally bad optimized) and voilà: lag even with good machines. "I find more and more reasons every time to absolutely hate them. Those three are the worst ones anyway -- Belleza being at the top, followed by Maitreya and then SLINK", says NiranV, developer of Black Dragon viewer. "Maitreya starts with 80,000-100,000 — only the base body. Belleza was something like 200,000+ last time I checked. Modern games use roughly 20-40k for an entire character. A few games use more, obviously, but 20-40k is standard today. So with 100-200k you can imagine how much more straining avatars are. And they are just bodies — [not counting] clothes, no hair, nothing." But is this really "bad design" or a one way road? Can better bodies, MUCH better than Lara or Jake (enough to justify a new expense) be made reducing complexity? And obviously, the idea of the author - "boycott" - seems ludicrous.
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