[Gaming Laptop Suggestions ( ONLY ) for SECOND LIFE]

If you're not determined to get a laptop, you might want to try an M1 Mac Mini. That way you can take advantage of the processor power. Macofalltrades dot has refurbs that might do the trick. 

[Possibly Changing Your Region To Adult Due To TOS?]

I'm with Luna on this. No need for griefing / derendering from any resident, child or not.

I've been disappointed to rent land in Adult-rated regions, because my nice new home is then invaded by horny people who visited the land previously and bookmarked the spot as some sort of adult venue. I could make the space private, but then my friends can't visit (unless I start a group and add them). I end up just banning the horny visitors one by one, but it takes a long time. Luckily most people who stumble on my home are nice, just explorers. 

[Creators who stopped creating:]

I miss Alyona Su. She contributed a lot to the forums, and her shop had some fun stuff. I heard she was a Maui girl, so wondered about her after the Lahaina fire. Hope she's doing well, wherever she is.

[Poll: Do you always, sometimes, or never accept an Experience invitation when you enter a sim?]

I avoid the "experiences." I know that they may make a region look pretty, but experiences allow others an awful lot of permissions.

[Why collect the low-value crystals in Linden Realms?]

Please help me understand: I play Linden Realms occasionally and see other residents collecting far more red, yellow, and orange crystals than are needed to play the game. Some players even get aggressive about this, and others find elaborate ways to cheat the game rules. This is all confusing to me since these crystals are practically worthless. If a player spends the hours needed to amass 1000 red crystals the payout is only L20. 1,000 yellow crystals are worth just L40. And 1,000 orange crystals are worth just L100. This means that accumulating 1,000 of each amounts to a payout of only L160. At the current Linden exchange rate (L256 = $1), that L160 after spending hours in the game is worth $0.63. Yup, 63 cents. And then there's the transaction fee of $1.49, so Linden Lab wouldn't pay you, you'd end up paying them (if so small a transaction were even possible).

So why do people chase down red, yellow, and orange crystals? Why are some players combative about this or cheat, as if the crystals were diamonds in real life? I must be missing something. Like maybe people amass crystals as a way to buy inexpensive stuff inworld or pay their rent by playing with multiple alts? I don't know, it just seems like a lot of work for very little reward. To be fair, even a tiny payout is  better than the total lack of payout in all other video games. But this payout is SO small that it seems an unlikely incentive. What am I overlooking? 

[Thanks Linden Labs]

I do wish they'd replace this with some other hazard. Or at least rename it.

[Male bodies]

Thanks everyone!

[Male bodies]

Hello all. I'm looking for a male body that looks like a swimmer or gymnast, but (since Slink Physique disappeared) all the male bodies look like muscle heads. Any recommendations of bodies with a more "normally" fit look? Thanks in advance!

 

[Linden Realms Cheating]

Linden Realms

Hello Forum Folk. I normally just browse the forums and don't write much, but I feel like the time has come to say something.

I expected that as the worst of the pandemic began to fade and people began returning to their RLs, that the number of residents seen in SL would naturally fade. Instead (in my experience anyway) there seem to be even more residents in SL. Many who came during their quarantining have stayed! That's a great thing and I'm glad for it, with one sad exception: even more residents cheating in Linden Realms.

Yes, I know, cheaters have always been a problem in Linden Realms, just as they are in nearly any game. Some of us who are gamers outside of SL look for exploits in Linden Realms just as we do in other games. Problem is, exploits stay within the rules while maybe bending them; it's a different thing to blatantly break the rules. Signs both at Portal Park and within the two Linden Realms locations warn against cheating, but because there is close to zero enforcement these signs are being ignored. Spend just five minutes in Linden Realms and you are likely to see residents using speed enhancers, animations that allow long jumps, followers, and other cheats. I take Linden Lab at their word and report cheaters now and then, but as we all know either nothing appears to change, or banned residents just create new avatars and resume their cheating. Even residents who I suspect have been given a "time out" from Linden Realms are later seen back doing the same cheats.

I'm not sure why LL hasn't added coding to the LR HUD that temporarily disables all other HUDS and temporarily disables third party animations. Granted, the movements of some avatars (animals for example) might be able to move only in human ways while in game. Nevertheless, I'd rather play with walking fish than selfish cheaters.

I suspect that all available moles are working on building housing rather than monitoring cheaters in Linden Realms, and that's understood. But it sure would be nice to see an end to cheaters speeding, long jumping, and flying past us and emptying regions of the crystals we all crave. I can report and block those residents, but that doesn't change their behaviors or the wider impacts of their behaviors.

I'm not sure what answers might be feasible, but would love to hear any and all ideas.