Henry Blackwood

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A very brave thing to do! I don’t think I could do it somehow

"Hello everyone, I'm Henry, and I'm an alt." My avatars have always been about family and community. My first av is female, and lived in Caledon in 2006. Being a Victorian themed community, dances were a regular occurrence, and as male avs were in the minority, rather than being a wallflower Rachel acquired a brother, Rafe, and so the first alt arrived. More alts were created as need demanded, and the family spread amongst various communities. Some were little more than 'flavour' in adding to a story in a community RP, but others actually developed their characters and had time spent on them. Each of the alts had their own personality and quirks, but essentially they all held my own personal ideals. None were ever used to deceive, although one is definitely the 'black sheep' of the family, and it always amazed me just how popular he was with both my friends who knew of all my alts, and friends he made that didn't know his connection to my family. He is MUCH more outgoing than I am! As has been mentioned, the cost for establishing an alt can be substantial. After a while, I decided that one of the main ones would hold all furniture. He would buy anything that was needed and then would furnish homes for any of the others as the need arose. The others were still acquiring their own clothes and mesh body/head, but their look once established would seldom change. The last alt was made almost 6 years ago now! This furniture holding alt became very much the main av, and as I enjoy having both male and female avs, I decided to give this main one a gender neutral name to enable me to change their appearance according to my preference at any given time. They have now taken over, with us other alts now being little more than the holders of the family Linden Homes, but that is fine with us, it's all in the family afterall. Rachel with her personal guard, all of my male avs My space station crew a few years ago (I think only Rachel has a mesh body/head at that time) with all the female avs apart from the last one made, and 4 of the guys. It was like herding cats getting that picture The last 'family photo' taken at Christmas

Video is unavailable for me too. I do know what Saturday Night Live is, and it’s actually shown on one channel here, but I’ve never watched it other than seeking out a sketch many years ago with John Belushi playing Captain Kirk. As for the cowbell reference …. Not a clue.

That’s more a case of being taken for a ride rather than exploring. It is easy to explore in Bellisseria…stand out in front of your house, walk or rez your own vehicle, open the map and follow the paths, roads, railways and waterways. Move at your own pace and take in the delights of this beautiful continent.

Having seen this post, I thought it would be an ideal excursion for Aunt Rachelle on one of her night runs, especially as it is within Victoria. You can see just how delighted she is when she approaches the house! A walk around the balcony, enjoying basking in the moon's rays Must make sure to sign the visitors book, an excellent way to let the owner know just how much she enjoyed the house. Aunt Rachelle took no other internal pictures, rather wishing for you all to go and see for yourselves! Arrival back at home in plenty of time before the sunrise. And as Aunt Rachelle takes to her sleep with the rising of the sun, faithful Janus having put the car away and changing his clothes takes up his position to stand.... and wait, as he has always done.

It was mentioned in the early days that it stood for ‘Super Secret Project’.

Love your deal Raspberry! I don’t have any figures to hand to substantiate the effect, but I remember the available chalets being around 2.5k and the logs around 2k with the fantasy being in between. Having just checked the latest numbers there seems little change.

It really wasn’t that long ago that the Vics availability hovered between zero and single figures. The Trads were likewise a waiting game a few months before that, and the available figures now are quite amazing. Then again, the take up of the Ranches and Meds has been astounding, an excellent project for LL, and so the fluctuations are to be expected. The work on the Victorians on the Southern Island below Merrymount seems to have slowed since the launch of the Ranches, and with the increase of available Vics I cannot help but think that the boat has been missed with that project. With that area in mind… would it be worth considering reworking the parcels to 2048 sqm, keeping the existing building choice but thereby making another market for Premium Plus? I know it has been mentioned previously by ‘those in the know’ that reworking an area is more time consuming than developing a new area, but as an out and out fan and supporter of the Victorian theme I’d love to see the area put to good use, and who knows, maybe entice some of the prem plus lovers of Vics to come back without losing the increased prim allowance that they currently enjoy with Ranches and Meds.

Having completed his rounds of the family homes, Janus the Butler has a rest to watch the sunrise at the frog folly behind the Manor before making his way back to Aunt Rachelle's house at the seaside.

As a resident of the Victorian region I’m very happy with the East Victoria, Central Victoria (with what I’ve always referred to as Northern Isle and Southern Isle), and West Victoria terminology. It’s simple and descriptive.

As has already been mentioned, GEMC and Lusch are excellent for Bellisseria. I also use ACS scripted vehicles by CHC. She tunes them really well, and I've had no trouble with them in Bellisseria. She has a test track to demo all of her cars and makes many different types.

I agree, LL cannot just randomly change a LH region, but I wasn’t suggesting the entire theme change, just an area. With over two and half thousand unoccupied chalets you’d think there might be ‘an area’ that could be open to change. And why live there all the time? Perfect for an alt to be upgraded to premium for a month or two thus keeping the original home with the main a/c. But this isn’t something that I’m trying to push for my own ends as I’m more than happy with my Victorians, but I’ve seen people ask for it, and thought it might be a way for the spare chalets to be utilised.

With so many of the chalet themed homes being available I’m wondering whether it might be an idea to have a snow area there for those that want to have a snowy home? The theme would certainly lend itself to having snowy areas.

A friend of the family loves to play 'The Game of Homes', and it really is an excellent way to see what's around as was demonstrated by a roll that he made today. This wonderful frog pond folly is situated behind several Victorian houses that surround it and is really most delightful! An easy thing to miss unless you stumble across it. Gray is now determined to take more balloon flights over VictoriBelle in order to discover hidden gems!