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yes...see this thread:

Well, I'm glad you asked @LittleMe Jewell, because I very much want a home on Bellisseria, and I'm not a member of the group yet, will definitely make sure that I join (and check the chat). Here's to hoping that the next announcement Patch will make will be in the same group, and not, ooooh, the Bellisseria Riding Club or the Bellisseria Senior Citizens or the Bellisseria Coast Guard or... Surely that would be a little bit too cheeky? Not that I want to give Patch ideas...

I'm sitting in front of my computer right now laughing somewhat hysterically. You know when you laugh through gritted teeth? That. Oh well, at least the demand for new homes is getting filled, one grain of sand at a time.

Yeah...OTOH, I could be entirely wrong!!! LOL

My experience is that if you use the auto refresh plus extension on Chrome, Bellisseria will appear first, even if you have named your parcel already. If you name your parcel and refresh manually, no, it won't i.e. even if Bellisseria is available, the drop down box will show Meadowbrook as the first option, but you can select Bellisseria manually when clicking on the down arrow that expands the drop down list. If you don't name your parcel and refresh manually, I'm not sure, but I believe Bellisseria appears first. At least that's how it works for me in Chrome.

I went to visit - it's absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

Could be any time during SL working hours (so 9 SLT to 18SLT or thereabouts), and it's unlikely to happen first thing in the morning or just before they go home, so personally I'd bet on any time between 10am SLT and 3pm SLT.

Just saw (and missed out on, of course) a house... 12:07...ish SLT - maybe it was your place @Saraya Starr?

Interesting... it didn't even get triggered on my computer... I'm going to try with a 1 second refresh, just for a laugh...

House @ 14:15 uk time... No idea if that's the same one as earlier (is there a way to tell?)...

Just saw a house (13:13) and a boat a few minutes later (13:17) - GMT (UK time). Missed out on both... 😢 I think this thread is a great idea, by the way...

Well, I for one welcome the new strategy - if I don't get a home in "today's" release, I can hope to get one in the one after that. Still, at the moment, it feels like it's going to take years before everybody can get a home. Especially if they keep making them as nice as they do, thereby increasing interest in them (I wasn't keen on the first campers I saw - well, I thought they were adorable, but would not have wanted to grab one to live in - but I do like the newer ones…) "And as the Second 50th Life Birthday Celebration approaches, Patch Linden is widely rumoured to announce the final 500 Linden homes! Stay tuned for more info!" Totally agree that it would be great if they were released at various times, too....

ha! Yes, I've made that mistake too... Also it took me a while to realise that once it has sounded the alert, you need to restart it, it doesn't keep going on its own. Still, I'd rather find out now... As for the name surviving a refresh, thanks, but...I'm not even sure if that's possible, but I was looking for the opposite trick. Reason for that is that - on my system at least - I used to have to manually click the arrow of the drop down choice menu to select Bellisseria even when Bellisseria WAS in the list ( so I was hoping to save ooohhh I don't know... 2 seconds... three maybe? It sounds utterly ridiculous when written like that...😃) ...all that because I had named my parcel already. But that seem to have solved itself (maybe because of auto refresh itself) so it's all good. Well, apart from missing out on a boat just now, but hey... not long till the new batch, right?

Thanks! Alas, that didn't work...

Yay… I was going to come back to this and say the sound alert doesn't work for me*, and never mind, but it does. A house came up and I got the alert. Didn't get the house but I'm pleased that I've confirmed to myself the set up works. Now I have a question (not sure if I should start a new thread?): I had pre-filled the parcel name, to gain time, which means that I had to click on the drop down arrow to select Bellisseria (it doesn't appear as the first choice when the parcel name is prefilled). Now I'm thinking that it would probably be faster altogether if the parcel name was left unfilled, because then Bellisseria would become the default option when it appears, at least that's my understanding (please somebody let me know if I'm wrong…) Is there a way to go back to the status of the page as it is when you first land on it? I'm thinking that even if I delete the parcel name now, that's not the same thing? Does anybody know? *I had tested it with "Meadowbrook", and didn't get an alert at the page reload, so that seemed a reasonable conclusion…

I was thinking this morning...I'd love to have a railway line (with working trains!) to get round Bellisseria. That would have been really cool. (Yes, yes, I know, not a realistic option, and would have been a headache to implement, but hey, one can dream...)

THANK YOU! That's incredibly useful information. I'm GMT so not that far off, timewise, so that makes it even more relevant to me. I have been refreshing the page on a semi regular basis, but so far no luck. Never mind, I can wait... I'll have a look at Auto Refresh Plus. Thanks again!

Oh, I do, I do, I'm slowly making my way through the home parade - it's wonderful! And I went sailing for the first time a few days ago, and loved it. Next - bicycles! I might even go to a party at some point, though I don't know what my computer will say to that... ☺️

Wow, that's really interesting, never heard of point-lights before- I'll have to try that in the old Linden home! And experiment with them in general, it sounds really interesting, so thanks for that! I'm learning a lot, reading these threads. I saw the pics you posted of your place - it's really impressive. Very different from what I'd do 😄, but very very impressive. I'm enjoying seeing what people do with their homes so much - thank you so much to all those who are happy to open their doors!

I like that idea. I'm thinking it would be nice to have a small monthly thing, with donations to a different small charitable organisation each month. I would think there are many many small charities out there that anybody could support (animal rescue? a charity that helps children? a charity that helps people with various health issues, like arthritis or something?), surely?

Ooooh, jumble sales - that would be so cool! On the other hand, if commercial activity is going to be allowed... well, I'm ambivalent about that, tbh.

The new ones are so much better - more prims, more manageable areas. Can't wait to be able to get one.

That's interesting - I got a house yesterday (old style - might as well wait for the next batch of new homes in relative comfort...) and the capacity is definitely 175 for me (I checked inworld). It'll be an interesting challenge, though it helps that my taste leans towards minimalism...

Ooooh, I like this. Probability is so much more fun when it's applied to something "real". I actually wish we had true numbers to play with. Of course, there's still the issue of the definition of "undesirable", but we can get around that by deciding for example - and it's somewhat arbitrary - that "desirable" means "by the water". Or "with a view". Or... whatever. I would imaginethat the probability of getting a house/boat with those criteria will dwindle faster than the probability of getting a house/boat in an area that's more surrounded by other houses/ boats. But that may be because of my own preferences...