Ayashe Ninetails

That's what it looks like to me, unfortunately. I do think, if your body can support third-party skins, the skin itself could satisfy the requirement, but this all relies on creators changing up their store offerings to comply with the rules either way. New skins and bodies may get made, but it's a waiting game. One thing you could do in the meantime is reach out to creators you've bought from in the past to make sure they know about the changes ASAP. It'll take time for new content to start rolling out and the faster they hear of this, the better. I'm sorry you'll be losing so much content. That really is unfortunate. ❤️

As far as modesty layers go, I imagine it'd need full coverage. So, 2-piece swimwear, 1-piece swimsuit/bodysuit, bra/undies, tank top/shorts, boxers, bandeaus, camis, tube tops - any of that would likely be alright. Finding good solutions that fit under third-party swimwear might be a bit of a challenge.

Given how many people use Maitreya for teen avies, I'd actually like to see that clarified and added to the FAQ. Can adult bodies be made compliant in some way for teen avatars, are teen avatars at risk if wearing them and flat addons, etc.

I'm giving creators the benefit of the doubt here. 😆 Some will likely want to get their stores compliant as quickly as possible seeing as their existing skin lines will be entirely useless in two months.

From my understanding of it, it looks as if they don't want child avatar users to be in charge of whether or not their body is sufficiently modest. By saying the skin or body itself needs a baked-on, unremovable outfit of some sort, I don't think they'd accept someone running around with a normal skin + a BOM swimsuit under their clothes. That's a shame if whole avatars will be lost to this as a result if they aren't able to be made compliant.

Very welcome! And yeah sales do happen at Lel, but I've never actually paid much attention to when. Black Friday is the only one I remember. 😆 Also keep an eye on Akeruka. They have 50% off sales on EvoX heads here and there.

It sort of does if you take the previous sentence with it: "Residents presenting as Child Avatars shall be prohibited from the following: Being fully nude. Child avatar content creators are required to add a modesty layer which is baked into child avatar skins or bodies, is not transparent, does not match the skin tone, and may not be removed." Also from the FAQ: Q: I already have a child avatar that does not have a built in modesty layer. Can I still use that since I purchased it already? A: No. Going forward, child avatars will be prohibited from being fully nude. Edit: Oops! I see you caught that already. I'm slow, sorry!

I agree with the person who said these new rules need to be posted pretty much everywhere. Not just a general "agree to the new TOS" popup on login and more places than just the blog. Content creators for these avies really need to know ASAP that they have a limited amount of time to add new products to their lineup and change up their stores.

You have until June 30th to obtain a skin or body (?) with a built-in modesty layer, according to the FAQ. Depending on the body you use, I imagine that content will get made fairly quickly (we can hope?).

Exactly. I'll also add that some do use adult bodies + flat addons very intentionally, as there really isn't a whole lot of content specifically for teens to use otherwise. And to clarify, I'm only talking about the roleplayers who are honest and up front about their in-character age (whatever it may be) for G-rated roleplaying purposes (family, school RP, teen drama plotlines, Shakespeare plays, etc.). I'm not talking about the ones who purposefully skirt the rules with the "but I'm really 18, teeheee" profile shenanigans. If this results in more content for avatars that are too mature to be called "child avatars" and too teen to be fully adult and allows them to adequately follow the new rules without worry come June, that could be a good thing.

That's true, though I'd say presenting as 13, 14, and 15 would be a real challenge after this goes into effect if there's no dedicated teen content available (is there? My youngest avatars are like 30 so I have no idea, LOL) and they've been relying on regular adult skins/bodies all this time. This is, of course, assuming the rules apply to that same age group, which I imagine they should. This all makes me very glad I'm not a land owner with a public business. Good luck to them!

I'm very confused as to how this is going to work. I assume it would be done at the skin level? That works fine if someone's using an actual child avatar body, but if they're in a regular adult body, with a regular adult skin, but they're aged down to a teen (for school roleplay or whateva), then how does that work exactly? According to the rules, it has to be baked-in to the skin or body - not simple BOM. So now at least some adult skin makers will need to make a line with those included, orrrrr....?

No, just Jamie and...what's his face? Bob? Max? *peeks* Oh, Blake.

Jamming out to Alex doing his remix thang. I neeeeeed him to make a complete game OST immediately.

VS shut down in early March. Site's still up, but no new posts. I don't know who "they" is referring to specifically, but the subreddit has... *peeks* ...almost 19,000 members.

SL Reddit is actually really nice from what I've seen. It's very moderated, though, so it's rare to see much shenanigans. VS is gone. You forgot VVO, which is also pretty chill. Individual Discords are also nice, though there is the occasional yikes from time to time.

Very welcome. And I agree with Ceka - I like your posts!

I'm just here to point out the obvious, Gopi. I'm not trying to mess with this topic at alllllllllll, so I'll be quick. 😂 You really don't need to read or respond to anything you don't want to. Use the block feature, or just scroll past posts you don't want to engage with. That goes for every forum/social media platform. Kind of an essential skill these days across the entire Internet.

Yeah, it's very rare! There is a trend lately, though, to make backdrops verrrrrrrrrry high Li, so I absolutely need that to be mod so I can tone that ish down in a sandbox and deconstruct it a bit before I try to drop 350 prims on my plot. 😂 Yep same! I'll even go as far as saying I don't need jewelry to be mod, either. I like the rigged stuff. Unrigged necklaces drive me nuts. Fortunately, mod is very common in most of those other areas, so I haven't really seen too much of an issue personally. Awww sorry Scylla, I didn't mean to imply you were mad. That's just one of my expressions (well, technically "I ain't mad" is). Though I do know some do get pretty mad about it all. Doubt that really helps much.

I agree with the body/head/hair/clothing sentiment here, but you probably could've guessed that seeing as how I spend a good chunk of time as some random thing. I'd rather not log in at all if I had to wear only what was popular. As far as backdrops go, I'm not aware of which creators make theirs no-mod off the top of my head. I am absolutely swimming in backdrops from a bunch of different shops, and most are modify. The tiny handful I own that are no-mod can still be modified, technically, by introducing entirely new items into the scene, which is how I usually get around all that. Drop a prim and create a new floor, do the same for walls, add furniture, etc. etc. You know the drill. Like you said, though, the baked lights and shadows can be an absolute pain, but ehhhh, I manage. Sorta. As for the entire mod vs. no-mod thing, it entirely depends for me on what it is I'm buying. The only time I really dive into it is when it comes to home/garden items, landscaping, and weirdly, food. Decorating and building items, furniture, homes, skyboxes, etc. - I'll strongly favor mod. Food, either way, but I do love mod because I use plenty of it when making accessories for some of my avatars (like foodie antlers - and yes, you can grab yourself a cup of coffee by clicking on them! Imagine my surprise to find out food and drink givers still work when all linked up and attached to my head). Artwork - I buy both, but I do like mod so I can resize. I don't really worry about mod heads or bodies or anything, but the majority of my heads are modify, too. In fact, I think clothing and shoes (and maybe skins?) make up the bulk of my no-mod stuff, and I don't personally need those to be modify. Hell, even my pets are modify. I'm not mad at creators who choose the no-mod route, though. That's their choice and in most cases, it's not really a big deal to me at all and I'll still buy from them. As long as I can continue sticking weird things on my head and customizing my homes/backdrops, I'm good.

Not sure if I've seen eyes exactly like that, but my usual haunts for non-human eyes in general are Samia, ~*By Snow*~ (marketplace), VAIN (marketplace, maybe also in-world), Yoshi, Gloom, Pumec, Emotional Circus, and This Is Wrong. Madame Noir was also a favorite, but I'm not sure if she's still selling those. She moved on to clothing.

If developers worried that much about complaints from their customers (and the many who aren't), nobody would ever do anything interesting or innovative. Besides, most if not all of the ideas floated in this thread aren't even new and have been pretty standard forever. Do these videos even need a new format - nope. Would it help them on YouTube - potentially. They could run a test or two and figure that out fairly quickly. They'd probably be better off contracting that out. They've already got several good video producers who they've featured on their main SL YouTube channel.

In case you haven't peeked yet, there's lots of yummy-looking food in this round of Happy Weekend. I'm trying to ignore that fact as I can't really decorate the way I want to in-world right now (hopefully I can fix my PC next week grrr), but...but...it all looks so GOOD. I swearrrr, when I can get back in there regularly, I'm making a food cottage.

I was going to suggest Ayashi as well, but I think their textures are a bit chunkier. They do have some fluffy styles, though.

Hmmm...try some of these. This if the Christmas balls are optional If you like any of those, they're from VCO and BonBon. Yomi may have something similar. Perhaps Moon, maybe Truth. Edit: Oh, maybe Monso, as well. As for the wings, yeah, they mostly all seem to have that. Jinx does too, I believe.