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  1. Ayashe Ninetails
    Lol, as terrible as it sounds, I have no idea what I own in real life. The entire floor of my closet is a shoe graveyard because I have very obnoxious issue where I'll buy shoes and they do not feel good whatsoever to wear. Old flats for work, heels, boots, sneakers, wedges, sandals all just yeeted into the closet in the "screw that" pile because they would either kill my feets after a day or I probably fell in them ROFL. Live shot of me in every new pair of shoes: I did once manage to fish out a pair of Steve Maddens (who I mistook for John Madden and legit asked someone why a legendary football coach was making stylish sandals for women all of a sudden, lmao) and forced myself to break them in because they were too damn cute to be lost in the void and they somehow turned out to be my most comfy pair of block-heeled sandals, but no such other success stories exist, lol. As for SL, I have a mix. Tons of stiletto heels at any rate, because that's the only place I can wear those and not fall on mah face (though I have been very tempted to make an entire falling down AO for the realism).
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    That hairstyle is super cute! No.Match is very hit or miss for me, though. I adore their punk/shaved styles and I'm thinking about picking yet another one of those up this weekend, but whenever I try to get something to match my own real texture, it's...not quite great. That's not their fault, though. It's really difficult to do. I've been wanting to buy more Camo hair, as they really nail some of the braided/dread/loc styles I want to rock and the textures are so goooood, but then I'm back to "I want my head partially shaved tho!" Camo is EvoX only now I think, and I've gone back to my HDPro (it's not easy finding EvoX head tattoos), so that means scouting hairbases. It's rather difficult matching a non-Camo hairbase to a Camo hairstyle. Oh gawd...why is hair so harrrrd? PEEEEEEVE!
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    Ehhh, I dunno if there's really an appetite for a fully modernized SL. Current users seem lukewarm on that and new users are a hard sell. I could be wrong, but I'm in a lot of different life simulation (single and multiplayer) and MMO communities and SL is only ever used to compare something to (ack, that looks like SL) or ripped to shreds (oh that place where the weirdos hang out?). Occasionally, I see a few current residents chatting about it, but overall reception is not great, due to its reputation from years ago or whatever bad experiences people are still telling people about 10 years after they tried it and quit for whatever reason. If someone else made something like it - maybe. It'd wind up in development as long as Star Citizen, though. 😂 Peeve: I don't need a new SL. All I really want is Haunted Chocolatier, but that, too, is a long way out.
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    I don't consider SL to be a metaverse at all, no. Too few users (no mass adoption), not all that immersive, you don't access it the way I'd imagine you would, no deep AR or VR, etc. I log into SL the same way I log into Guild Wars 2. I'm not saying it's a game, but... 👀
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    Star Citizen? That game is never coming out, lol. Been in development longer than I've been alive I'm just saying. *gigglesnorts* The hair looks fantastic, though, HOWEVER, before he starts patting himself on the back about their "difficult" diverse hairstyles, mayyyybe he might want to tell the team to go back and study them a bit more. 👀 The braids and dreads look to be using the very same hair type the rest of their hairstyles do, and as someone who has worn braids/extensions I'll tell ya - that's not how that works. 😂 They're playing around in the 1s. They can get back to me when they can properly render the 3s and 4s.
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    Modeling realistic curly hair is an entire THING and flexi just can't come close either. That reminds me - did you ever see the mini documentary about how Disney came up with special hair software to create Tangled and how they adapted those techniques to create hair in Encanto (which is the first movie they did that represents every hair texture)? It's super interesting! But yeah, peeve, we are never getting anything even remotely close. I have wanted hair that moves naturally in games foreeever, but seeing what it takes for them to do it in movies, um...yeah...maybe in 10 more years! 😂
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    Yeaaah, that's exactly the kind of hair I'm talking about, except imagine it reaching the middle of your back or lower, so no real mesh to speak of. BOM hairbase and flexi only. It's gorgeous and they absolutely nailed the look (looks exactly the same in RL), but the way SL works, it's just hard to pull it off.
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    This an ancient trend (and meme), in general. Larian ranted a few years ago about how players took their incredibly detailed Baldur's Gate 3 character creator and made the most generic human ever, according to their analytics. That's not even that new. Players always do this. "Congratulations, you’ve basically made the default Vault Dweller," Larian continued. "What the hell guys. We gave you demon eyes, horns, and even tails. We are sorely disappointed. Go crazy. We worked hard on this!" 😂 I personally don't mind it, though. It only inspires me to push my creativity to 100 to look incredibly bizarre as often as possible (much like real life), so I'm all for it.
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    Flexi hair is absolutely horrid with all the problems and glitches, however, I kind of get why it's still a thing. I demoed some in recent history as I was curious to try some new hairstyles out. Flexi is very much still popular with those trying to create extremely long (chest to waist-length) and very thick textured and/or curly styles that simulate real-life weaves and synthetic and human hair extensions. That would probably look hideous if done with mesh. Actually, I have seen one creator attempt something like that in mesh (and other types of textured hair in general) and it was...a thing. Some texture types are doable in mesh, but we're talking like 3b/3c/4a+ (tight curls and corkscrews) and that just looks so much better in flexi. As for the pricing, I dunno what that's about, but those hairstyles are always in the 400L+ range for single colors. I haven't made hair in a bazillion years and I was solely working with prims, so I don't know how challenging something like that actually is to do. I'd imagine it's not fun with all those dang curls. The unfortunate thing is due to SL wonkiness, the hair looks absolutely GORGEOUUUUS if you're standing still or taking photos, only. Move, tho... 😭Peeve (I'd rock em if I could!).
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    Very welcome! Btw, if you want less traditional and more roleplay/futuristic/cyberpunk/stylized, your store options are probably Gabriel, Gild, REKT, and Val'More. Click the photos for Flickr/blog credits:
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    Ahhh, I gotchu! This is where Flickr comes to the rescue. It looks like most use the PFC set. Probably your best bet, unless you want something more futuristic/cyberpunk. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PFCSamurai/18524698
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    Suggestions for....?
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    They're harmless. It's like prancing around on lightweight Styrofoam. It's the New Rock boots you want to stay clear of. Especially with spikes.
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    Yeah. For daily running around, I always preferred the standard, low style of combat boot. For clubbing or nights out, it was always something like: And yes, both go with absolutely everything. And if I keep chatting in here, I'm going to need to start posting SL photos soon to stay on topic. Don't make me go in-world and put my boots on.
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    This sounds like a photo challenge in the making! Besides, there is no difference to me whatsoever between a female avatar in combat boots and a dress and a male one. That doesn't compute to my brain in the slightest. 😂
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    Dem boots, doe. I'm a "combat boots go with everything" gal myself, but...even I dunno about that pairing. I think it's the way the slit's done that's making it not work for me in this instance. Yes, I'm being picky!
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    Very nice! TwoSided also has a fancy one if you're looking for more. Oh but...you know I'm gonna get on you about those shoes, right? 😄
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    Such a long-standing peeve for me, buuuuuut: Me: Aight, time to get some work done. Me: *Digs around on YouTube for a livestreamed DJ mix to listen to before starting.* Me: Okay, here we go. Time to work. DJ: *bass drop* Me for 2 minutes: No he di'nnnnnnnnnnnt just drop Kryptic Minds into this, unh, unh, unh Oh, OHHH, and Flowdan on top? *sings for 5 minutes* 🎵COLD WHEN IT'S CRITICAL, COOL BUT CYNICAL, MAXED OUT NEVA MINIMAL, UNF, THAT'S HOW WE FUNCTION 🎶 I really need a gig in music at this point. This is ridiculous, lol. 🤣
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    Any time!
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    I've seen things that fit that description priced at 500L or above. 👀
  21. Ayashe Ninetails
    AHHHHH, that's such a cute look! Especially with the glasses. This is a guess because I haven't played with it much yet, but I'd definitely give Akeruka's Sophia a try, for sure. The Yuna and Katya heads are a somewhat close second. You'll need a new skin if your current skin is on the SLUV map. Everything BOM has to shift over to EvoX (including hairbase, eyebrows, etc.) if you want to wear EvoX makeup. Old Evo makeup appliers (the clicky HUD version) will still work in EvoX mode, however. Play around with some demos/sliders, and yell if you need more help/suggestions!
  22. Ayashe Ninetails
    I like a mix of styles depending on my mood and the avatar it's for. I'll jump from vintage 1940s to non-binary/unisex outfits to goth formal wear to futuristic couture to stuffing Lara into menswear to slapping a chandelier on my head I don't even care, LOL. But yes, I generally like tasteful yet outlandish styles of dress, mostly. Björk is one of my style icons, so you can see where this is going, lol. Those are the new sizes added and they already have a bunch of sizes they support. I honestly don't like that tail at all (or Aii's, really). It looks and feels very much like a mod, LOL, if that makes sense. Like you're wearing some kind of silicone mer-cozy - kind of like what professional real world mermaid performers use. I'm staying a Nemissa gal until something else comes along. If you do like it, though, you can get overlays from all the usual spots - Zen Child Designs, Krature, Misteria, etc.
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    I would be soooo surprised if anything I had was worth keeping. We're talking shoes made from actual blocky prims - flashy bling and all. And don't get me started on the handbags and eyewear and jewelry I was making (and selling) back then. Sure, still very cute, but they're like...40 prims or more, prob, lol. I do wish I could use my furniture - went on an antique boudoir furniture building binge once, and while the pieces came out gorgeous, I have no room to be rezzing 80+ prim vanity sets. Can't bring myself to delete them, though! I worked hard on those things (even made custom animations!) dangit. 🤣 That's more of a problem for my old main, though. She was my builder/creator, so she sits unused these days left to ponder her ancient inventory. I'm the spendy one who buys a ton of stuff, lets it sit unorganized, and then forgets what I bought months/years later and spends an hour trying to figure out if I have some random thing I vaguely remember seeing once (including TPing to a store or two and searching the entire sim for something I barely remember to see what the name of it is so I can check my inventory more "efficiently," lol). That's more topic related? 😜 Just teasing, but no but really, I can't speak for every country, but ours has a lot of music, comedy (very much appreciated by meeeee), DIY/home improvement, cooking, art, science, dance, fashion, history, literature and writing, languages, and quite a big activism/organizing scene (like for workers, environment, etc.). The dumb memes are the loudest and proudest, but there's so much good content there if you go beyond the silliness and jump into the serious hashtags. Similar to YouTube, pretty much. Sure, you could sit there and watch what Mr. Beast gets up to, or you can use it to learn Portuguese. My just-became-a-teen niece uses TikTok to stay on top of local and international current events. The little nerd knows more about what's going on in the world than I do.😄 I mostly binge fashion (styling and design), music, and comedy TikTok content, which is not much different to how I use other sites, really. I'm too news-ed out for my own good these days and keep myself busy in the creative realm.
  24. Ayashe Ninetails
    Still not seeing a compelling reason to switch yet. I have maybe 2-3 items with X sizing. Couple reasons for that: 1) I avoid buying clothing at events and steer clear of new releases entirely - whatever's currently "in" has never, ever been my style. I don't need to air out the girls, ya know? Everything I see in Lara X is stuff I wouldn't be caught dead in for one reason or another. I mostly buy from OG designers who tend to be a bit more on the slower release schedule/higher-end product side and avoid those on the fast fashion "girls out/skirts up" train, and I'm seeing a LOT of that in the X new releases groups and galleries on Flickr. The stuff I come across that is not that - still not at all my style. 2) Creator adoption is very sporadic. I can teleport to a shop that's been in business for well over a decade and has a massive inventory and find, what...3 new items rigged for X at best, but 3489283192387123 items rigged for 5.3. It'll take them years to balance that out and many are not updating older releases (understandably!), which are mostly what I'm interested in. What I'm generally seeing is a mix, where creators are releasing both for 5.3 and X, or going back to update some older popular releases for weekend sales, which is fine - I'd buy those on occasion. At that pace, I might be able to swap bodies in 4 years. 😂 3) Mod support is meh. Some big mods got an X update, like AP Feety Peets and Petrichor's Valenne mermaid tail. Other popular mods, like the Aii Riptide don't seem to be updated and not sure they will be, as Aii's new releases now exclude Maitreya entirely. My own tail won't be updated as Cynefin left SL entirely before X released. Other, lesser known mods that replace limbs or the torso - no updates and I rely on some of these for entire avatars, like my skeletal lich. Chest mod support is also looking rather grim. Not that I've been looking too hard yet, but I've only seen one outfit for Flat X, and V-Tech broke off from Maitreya entirely, which led a bunch of flat mod-supporting stores to follow suit, so I'll likely need a whole new body for non-binary fashion eventually (leaning toward Anatomy for the male/female neck options and good community support). 4) I looooove digging around for older (and sometimes newer) gachas for styling my fantasy outfits and have some favorite go-to stores for this. They're usually Lara or Lara/Legacy exclusive outfits/items/mods/accessories and there's almost no chance those will be updated. Soooo...long story short - maybe one day if I don't break down and buy Legacy and Anatomy first?
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    Yeah definitely missed all of that. I'm of the mind that if someone wants me to converse with their AI, they need to pay me. Not subjecting myself to that drivel for free. 😂 The only exception was Dr. Sbaitso, but hey, I was like...13 at the time. The bots I do chat with these days sound nothing at all like this and they're a lot more advanced. I guess we've trained out all of the cheese. 🤣
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