Stella Carver

Difficult choices! A lot depends on the location. I've gotten bland homes in every style and a few spectacular ones that made me like a style I thought I didn't care for. A lot also depends on the home controller choices too. If the Trads had the redecorating options that the Vics and Stilts have, it would be Trad for me hands down. Without considering the great resident made addons: For homes: Victorian/The Verne Stilts/Havana Traditional/Adams Chalets/Edelweiss Campers/Winchester Woodland/Overlook Houseboats/Windlass For landscapes: Stilts Victorians (Those willows & the roses) Campers Houseboats (if I can catch a lighthouse this one goes higher) Chalet (similiar to houseboats, an alt has one with a windmill on one side and the pub across the water if I increase my draw distance. She's not moving for awhile) Woodland Traditional (another qualifier- I love the one I'm currently in at Miller's Pond but it took me way more tries to get a nice location with this style than with any other.) There's also the season to consider. I kept a woodland from fall though the new year because they look so cute done up for Christmas, February had me craving the beach and then I got a yin to play with retro/mid-century modern and the Trads are perfect for that. I'm having a ball with all the themes really. Kudos to Patch and all our hardworking Moles, even if they did tear down the apartments.

That's an awesome spot. Visitors are high on my home location wish list. I like feeling like I'm part of a neighborhood. I moved to a little trad in Miller's Pond on 3/31 and logged in to see the Apartment block on April Fools' day. I hadn't even had coffee and asked about them in group chat. Patch trolled me and pretended it was an accident and that 'theme' wasn't supposed to be released yet. I apologized profusely for letting the cat out of the bag, then felt like such a doofus when I remembered what day it was and how unlikely it would be that apartments like that could be a real thing. So many people came 'round looking at the apartments- Moles, Lindens, the Slenderman, It's the most fun couple of days I've had in SL in a really long time. Unless one of the upcoming themes is sleek modern homes, I'm staying here for awhile.

I'm so psyched. I upgraded an alt and she got a chalet in Alpinecrest. I'm at work now- I can't wait to see it tonight.

You might be thinking of Collabor88, one of the early sales events that's still going strong.

Same on waiting for the sales. I wanted a Meadowbrook when they were difficult to ge and discovered GOH even back then. I tried the other styles while I waited on a Meadowbrook and finally got one on a transition border into the Shareta homes so I had a pretty view and at least one nice neighbor. I really hope one of the upcoming themes is modern. I have many 50L fridays worth of Fancy Decor that I'd like to showcase.

I will Prok! Thank you for the offer. I turned my stilt into a little yoga studio and left it public. It would be nice to know if anyone stopped by and liked it.

Hi Sid! I used to post on SLU occasionally too! I might have your 100 beat, but not by much. I looked at my history and apparently I was pretty active in 2011 which is the last time I changed my profile pic. Good to see you fellow renewbie.

I'd like functional mailboxes for Bellesaria. It would be neat to be able to drop someone a note when you looked at their open house home, let a friend know you stopped by, or send holiday or rezzday cards. Or to rp as mail carriers. I'd also like to be able to rotate a home in 90degree increments so I get the best view.

I saw something recently that sounds like it would be perfect for you. I was called 'Ontiville' -here's a link from the FabFree blog: https://fabfree.wordpress.com/page/12/

Thank you all! Great options & I really appreciate it. Now to make a decision ....

There are some newbie friendly places that allow you to set home as long as you join their group. Greylady Gardens used to do that if they're still around. Also try the group 'Carribean Homes'.

That's gorgeous! Thank you. I'll take a look at it inworld this evening!

Anyone have recommendations for makers of floral or tropical print living room furniture? I've found plenty with menus to change the accent pillows, but the main part of the sofa or chair is solid or a subtle tone on tone stripe or something. The bolder prints I've found were plaids. Great for a woodland but I'm really feeling a floral or palm print for my altie's stilt. Wicker or rattan would be a bonus but I'll take any leads I can get. Thanks in advance.

I'm surprised I have that much. I wasn't very active when I WAS active. But yeah, I think I faded out around 2011, popping back in for an hour here or there every few months just to see what was new.

I'm a 'renewbie' & I'm so pleased with most things about the new homes. I bounced around catching & releasing for a couple of days and have wound up with the sweetest houseboat with a view of a lighthouse in 'Aboat time' region. Love it.

Very nice, Nimue! Reminds me of that bit from Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell album, "The Wolf with the Red Roses". I love freeform poetry as well, e.e. cummings particularly. My brain just goes toward limericks and traditional rhymes though. ;-).

Loving everyone's creativity! Here's an SL poem I wrote a while back (you can see how long a while by some of the designer references.) In every club you'll see her, Standing tall and oh so slim. She's a hostess, maybe model, Knows the owner of the sim. And she'll get your butt ejected If you don't bend to her whims. She's the picture of perfection, From her Truth down to her Moodys, With her League jeans sitting low enough To show her Redqueen booty. She's a pixelated goddess But inside, there's something wrong, Because no one ever friends her, When her clothes are on.

I definitely notice male avatars. Aside from just looking nice, quirky or interesting details on your av are excellent ice-breakers for conversation.

Not that surprising really. Some of us consider newbie male makeovers as a sacred responsibility. ;-)

There are some very nice male outfits in the group gift areas at Ydea & at the mensstuff lounge @Maverick designs. :-) try Santo for sneakers and the lucky chairs at Deathrow Designs for boots.

Belleza has gorgeous male skins. They have two (maybe3) male skinpacks out as group gifts right now. The join fee is 250L, but they send out gifts at least a couple of times a year.

Tamara Artis wrote: Are you asking this question because you're an 'old creep' who likes to use curse or sexuall words in front of kids, so you want to be sure SL can't detect them automatically? Your account is 4 days old and allready you have your groups hidden. Are you an alt or just some really fast learning noob who allready managed to find secret groups and the option to hide them lol People said it allready, SL is for grown ups and kids should try to play RL! That would make more sense than an actual concerned parent asking those questions here. I think you're dead on, Tamara.

True, good point. Sevrer didn't give the actual age, though, and the amount of concern over him possibly hearing curse words made me think he might not be 16 or over. Of course, hovering parents will hover even over grown children. I don't know, I just dislike the influx of very young people lately & it's making me testy.

Sevrer wrote: I'm a parent, and my underage teen would like to use Second Life. Since he is underage, does Second Life Monitor chat logs, so no old creep harasses my son? If someone speaks to my son, uses curse words, or sexual words or sexual harassment, it seems like this should be reported. If my son does not report to me himself, I would at least like this to be monitored. Seems like a very simple feature. Detect sexual words or curse words, report to Linden Labs and ban... Is this possible? Question 1: Do you use SL? If not, I suggest you sign up and spend a few days here. Then decide if it's a good place for your 'underage teen' to spend his free time. Question 2: You obviously know the likelihood of your son being approached sexually by an adult. Are you also aware of the likelihood that your son may be interested in SL partly because of the readily available sexual content? Question 3: Why do you expect Linden Lab to assume your responsibilities as a parent when the platform they designed is not even remotely a platform for minors? Would you sneak your son into a strip club or a bar but expect someone to tell you if he looks at the strippers or tries to have a drink? Speaking for myself, I'm trying to have fun in here, not babysit. "Gether kid outta mah party!" This is ridiculous & I call troll. ETA: Just in case you weren't trolling, on the "seems like it would a simple curse/sexual word filter" issue. It wouldn't be. For one thing, besides the fact that 'sexual words' is kind of subjective and would differ by context. There would be the matter of whether an old creep went into a G sim, chatted up your kid and said inappropriate things, or whether your son wandered into the Old Harassing Creeps-R-Us sim and managed to overhear them while they were minding their own creepy business.

Boudicca Littlebird wrote: So we all have a vested interest in keeping SL normal and not a place like FB were people hang themselves, and that i feel will require effort by us all. The last thing I want SL to become is Facebook. The second to last is 'normal'. ;-).