Fauve Aeon

I think it would be a fun activity to have a series of tableau vivant scenes/backdrops of art by and of women _ and have SL women recreate their role in them as they see fit, 3 graces in a punk rock band, Mona Lisa with a Mohawk, birth of Venus covered in spicy tattoos, …or maybe recreating them as-is if that also resonates…or expressing different emotions, etc. I also think women’s Victorian Boxing would be fun. To do and to watch.

But can the Ship of Theseus sail under the bridge(s)? Peeve - after midnight & hungry. Food is downstairs. Life is hard.

Beautiful graphics, easy movement, teleport, voice & sound, easy gamma correction for iOS devices if needed (still wondering how that will work, but I hope it’s preset-easy), click-ability for things that do stuff.

They may have a protocol and guidelines in place for this type of promotion, it may be ‘by submission’ or have a series of requirements…and it may depend on who submits press material about it, when and in what form. I’m not sure how deep into automation/scheduling LL is on featuring their resident-made content like photo of the day postings etc, but for example, If there were a series of awareness-raising images inworld or an exhibition or a charity drive, I think it would be reasonable to submit press material about something residents were doing, but I don’t know that there’s anything like ‘Lab-sponsored embedded journalism’ inworld anymore. I also don’t know how their criteria is established for ‘yes this, no that’ on this kind of topic. That’s often custom tailored to each content calendar and business model. Lots feels opaque but then it’s a privately held company so that’s fine, nothing unusual. I'm sorry, I seem to be generating more questions. I’ll shh now.

Why stop there, why not commission a glorious trash ball rolling/collecting game a la Katamari Damancy? Rare trash pieces, fabulous no-trash prizes from amazing sponsors. Golden trophies. And a texture certificate pledge to reduce single use plastic use. (I’d volunteer.)

I’m sorry I was unclear, I meant ‘major sponsor of the Pride event’.

Snip quote Come to think of it, I’m not sure which (if any) charity event Linden Lab/ Linden Research actually does - as far as ‘they put it on’ levels of involvement. That would be useful to know. There always seems to be another organization that is actually in charge of these events. I looked at the Second Pride FB and website, (I'm never sure whether to post links, lol.) It seems like Second Life sponsors the event, with a donation of the 2 regions in the world and then has given a generous amount of promotional coverage, but again, I’m not 100% sure who actually assumes the responsibility, organizes and provides the work to do any of it. I do know that in real life charity event circuits, the people with the best press team and personal connections often get the ‘best coverage’ and most attractive donations, sponsorships, perks and visibility because they make it simple and attractive to donate and lend resources to. Most create a press pack that’s easy to insert with all of their timely and reading-friendly material. There’s a lot of responsibility behind an event this size. The board and committee members that are listed on the Second Pride website number 15 and I’m sure that there are many volunteers in addition to that, from the people who perform, offer items as gifts and sales steps, and all the general event scheduling & setup/breakdown etc. All the things. I would be reluctant to assemble and organize that big of a team for a single day event, and I wouldn’t expect this level of visibility right away for sure but perhaps something during women’s history month could be a good framework to base a similar-working event on, if someone were passionate about the cause and dedicated to organizing it. I guess I’d be looking to my own aligned contacts both in and out of SL for resources to actually hold the event and only then asking which Mole or Linden staff was a good contact person to start a conversation with to discuss sponsorship of it - if I was considering a project like this. It’s good to be welcomed back, Scylla, thank you! 🦋To quote… “I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” 😈

I was under the impression that Second Life is a major sponsor (as they are with many inworld charity fundraising events) but that since 2017 Second Pride was the organization actually responsible for the event itself? But please correct me if I’ve got it wrong.

Yes, I think it is a good idea and I’m actively interested in volunteering for this under the terms stated so I’m signing up today & we’ll see if I’m a good fit. The project resonates with me as a volunteer opportunity. Some perceived ‘benefits’ to me are: Immediate ability to help new people with applied & practical things right at the gate in an organized and well-supported way that aligns with LL goals with no guessing and less duplication of effort by various groups The opportunity to help build a successful 2023+era mentorship project with the others who are committed to #1, and Being available regularly to share some of the benefits I’ve experienced from being in SL for 15 years - as they may apply to what someone new would like to do in SL - maybe in the form of a quick tip from a new friend who is a bit more ‘in the know’, sometimes in helping someone to solve a problem or other times just helping someone figure something out. Maybe it can be thought of like keeping regular weekly “Office Hours” for new Residents to ‘ask a mentor anything’, but from the perspective/experience of a fellow Resident who IS a volunteer mentor both by nature and by definition. I think peer to peer learning helps builds stronger communities and applied this way can help new Residents develop a sense of belonging more quickly. I’ve had such a good time in Second Life! I’ve taken long breaks but I always come back. I’ve enjoyed doing so many wildly different things here and had so many amazing experiences and I have learned so much from so many fellow Residents, both casually in friends groups and formally in classes. I think a new LL mentor project can fill a need that neither of those 2 fully cover. (the rest is pretty rambly but tangentially related…) I first signed up for SL in 2008 via a sidebar advertisement, so I’m in that odd place of ‘never an oldbie but long past a n00b’. Even at that time there were people who felt that SL had already peaked and ‘was dying’ so I’ve literally been hearing that for 15 years…and yet when I look at the current GDP, it tells another story. ={@.~}= I wasn’t an experienced gamer, I was interested because the advertisement said something about ‘creating things in the world’. I had Poser, Bryce and Photoshop and I enjoyed making scenes and some web graphics so something in the ad resonated as ‘oh hey, this is a unique kind of creative space’. I had looked at a couple of ‘virtual spaces’ but they were solo, limited, and the bar to creation was high. I didn’t know anything about SL at all as a platform and I didn’t know anyone who was in SL. I don’t remember anyone offering to help me at the spawn point, I just remember about 5-6 other new people bumping into each other with unpleasant sounds and camera shakes, the odd magically appearing keyboards with typing animations/sounds (odd because weren’t WE humans the typists, not the avatars? hm…) toast text covering a lot of the screen and I was struggling a lot to control my camera and movements. There was a tutorial about a torch that you had to complete before you could progress and it was confusing because I hadn’t ever done anything that was remotely similar to SL - the setup and UI felt overwhelming. I logged off that night telling myself that if I didn’t ‘get it’ by the next day, I’d give up. I can think of several small but pivotal things that a mentor would have probably quickly helped me sort out much better and faster at first. After a few weeks of flailing about, I met an informal mentor who had set up an inworld parcel on a themed private estate, a place to claim a room, set home, change clothes, and rez a few decor prims. She had an associated group specifically for women new to SL and was committed to promoting it as a resource. She took me and others under her wing - she and that group helped us all so much - it was a very positive experience.

Today, all signals totally yeeted. SILLY!

We never got a pony in a premium gift? Hm…

I’ll probably upgrade to premium plus, paid yearly, ~USD$11 each in both a L$ stipend and a 2048 worth of tier monthly, then free texture, sound and animation uploads will easily account for the rest. Owning land in large chunks on popular regions? Yes, that’s ‘expensive’, but as hobbies go, not nearly as expensive as many common ones. Some people say it’s an apples to oranges comparison to bring up RL hobbies but if I compare the price of fine dining or a concert ticket, both of those are expensive experiences, ephemeral and also ‘disappear’ without leaving something tangible - so for me, it’s comparable. Handbag collectors will want a certain bag, but someone just interested in carrying their stuff might be happy with a freebie tote bag. I think it just depends on what you really want and how you choose to look at things in your disposable spending.

I like the ‘improbable in real life’ stuff & I’m not a fan of the ‘straps and belly shirts and tiny dresses’ aesthetic either, but it continues to sell strongly and be popular. Rather I love the more strange & prohibitively expensive - think Guo Pei, Iris Van Herpen. Also I collect the more unique but impractical-to-wear SL shoes (Azoury is a good example), elaborate kimono, enough gowns for the regular formal events at Angel Manor (without too much repeating), and then some of the glowing, lit, animated, shimmery and sparkling things. I follow a niche fashion in first life for some years so I collect some of that style in SL and wear it there too. Ditto for doll avatars, I’m a collector of ball jointed dolls so I like them in SL too. But you’ll probably never catch me searching ‘the perfect SL jeans, leggings, flannel shirt, sport clothes’, etc. even though there are a lot of nice examples. Flexi going ‘out of fashion’ killed a lot of both good and bad motion-dependent clothing styles in SL fashion. I can’t imaging something akin to Issey Miyake or Iris Van Herpen without movement. Even otherwise well-rigged all-mesh gowns don’t ‘dance’ as well in my eyes. I’m glad for all of the wide style variety and freedom and for so many things at every price point in SL though because it collectively helps drive the commerce aspect of Second Life. I know some creators have 2 stores and design for 2 different styles, hiring mesh makers and riggers to create and I do feel like we might have some more OOAK things or limited editions but I’m not really sure if there’s much demand for it. I wish creating and preparing meshes for all of the different body types wasn’t as difficult as it seems to currently be. I think it’s more difficult to do market research in a ‘niche of a niche’ environment like SL with the $ scale roughly L$250/USD$1, L$50-75 sales weekly, freebie/gift & discount expectations at most events and the US economy as it is.

Then the ‘age check’ gadget would probably be a thing like the ‘what is she wearing’ gadget.

Ooh, and bonus - I’m wanting do some of these color prompts, probably out of order and untimely though. For the record, this is the 3rd time this challenge has been done (to my knowledge), originated by Luna Jubilee on Flickr (and maybe in her blog?), then in 2021 here in the Challenges section of this forum by Chic Aeon, but it being now, well many of us are just all over the place with it - so it’s good here in the photo threads, in a couple of unofficial Discords, on Flickr, on Instagram, etc., etc.

But in order to understand the ins and outs, wouldn’t they first need …..okok, lol, I couldn’t resist. I’m surprised someone is not already monetizing a widely publicized SL Sex Ed course. Referencing ‘flirt, play, seduce’ implies something more than just a ‘hook-up’ to many people. That’s somehow the impression they have gotten though, that SL is a place to sign up, log in and have sex. Though many people also protest that ‘SL doesn’t have a reputation as a place for such things’, others feel that both sex and gambling/gaming are large parts of the economy of SL. I think it depends on a lot of different factors, including what people are willing or not willing to speak about openly.

To me, that’s a different situation in a special case, and if I’d been the creator, I’d have likely at least offered/proposed a gift card or store credit in the purchase amount if I felt I needed to firmly adhere to my ‘no $L refunds’ policy rather than potentially lose the patronage of 2 customers as well as probably somewhat spoiling what is usually a lovely gesture AND something I’d want to encourage my customers to be doing, buying even more gifts in the future! 🎁 I had this happen with an entire decently expensive parure one time but I kept it hush because I felt like it would diminish my partner’s joy in giving it to me, and preserving that feeling was more important than a refunding of the double purchase price. re: OP - I know you said you have made your decision already but my thinking generally goes like this: If it was under L$250, I’d think ‘meh’… and bottom line is that I do feel like double purchases that I do myself when I forgot I bought something are my own ‘oops’. Some creators are good enough to use a system that checks it for me and refunds but I don’t feel like they are obligated to do a refund in these cases either. Sounds like it was a dated piece, several years old & set out as quite discounted on weekend sale prices (max L$75 for those things, right?) so I wouldn’t bother with it, that’s USD 25 cents. It would however get me thinking about what I already have, why I forgot I even had it and also why I’m shopping for old stuff at bargain prices though. Just me? Maybe. 😎😉 I know a lot of people very much enjoy the bargain shopping though and so this isn’t a scold, rather just a personal reflection on my own habits.

…unless of course you LIKE it there! 😈

Since I don’t have the ability to change that part of UI, that’s what I’d advise a new person to do and from what I’ve read, is a common general advice from LL staff + others - ‘sort your inventory in a way that makes sense to you and keep it in good order from the start (or do it as soon as possible), nesting the folders’. So that’s what I’m doing and it’s working. We can also use rezzed prim boxes, a variety of inventory storage boxes, RLV folders, CTS Wardrobe or other purchased sorting solutions, or Catznip’s thumbnails to assist organization, sort by type, time, maker, etc - I don’t feel we lack ways to organize so much that ‘changed/added UI icons’ would significantly improve the organizational protocol for the majority of users (current or new) - but of course that’s just one person’s opinion. Personally, I don’t think adding mesh shirts to the shirt icon or making a new ‘mesh shirt icon’ would make the UI ‘cleaner’ and I wouldn’t want my mesh shirts to suddenly have the existing shirt icon, because I like being able to differentiate my mesh shirts from system or BOM layer shirts in my ‘shirts’ folder since I often layer clothing, mesh piece over BOM, as many people do. I can currently tell them apart at a glance. Should mesh shirts all have the current shirt icon? If they are tank tops, should they get the undershirt icon? Mesh bras, the undershirt icon? Mesh tights the one for socks? Should waist-tie cardigans have the jacket icon? Or should they all each have a new ‘mesh clothing item icon’, possibly doubling the number of clothing icons? For me that would not be a cleaner UI look or present a less confusing method to new people. ‘unpopular opinion section’ (probably) but true for me - what helped turn the corner on my inventory chaos (as well as improved my SL time management and put the fun back in fashion) most for me was to stop freebie/cheapie chasing. Now I spend more $L but buy less often - spending mostly on more unusual things I’m amazed by - and to cull/box up stuff I didn’t really wear much anymore. After over a decade of virtual shopping, I rarely need anything that qualifies as a ‘wardrobe basic’ unless I find something amazing to replace a piece. These days I’m happy to spend more on tipping than on shopping, to attend more social events than shopping events.

That’s a whole other can o’ worms! 😎

My region, my imagination - and therefore my rules? Why is this hard.

nope + nope = new account? maybe. I can see many advantages to having an older account but also several really good reasons for making a fresh one. I’m sure many people already have. Probably a decent number have done it more than once. Maybe if NUX is a big success it will inspire some of us to re-spawn as part-time ‘preternaturally wise noobs’ and drive a creative SL renaissance. That would be fun. I still have plenty to learn here and a plethora of ‘dumb SL questions’ that would probably be easier to ask in a newer account. I’ve spent several long periods out-of-world since I first arrived in early 2008 - I have some big knowledge gaps.

{HIME*DREAM} Ayami Outfit is the skirt, shirt and tie but unsure about the outer jacket.

Niche, singular, gorgeous textures, but not every style for every-body - you won’t see everyone wearing it due to preferences, price, style and fit - but enough of a success for those who do like it to want to drop a couple of thousand L$ in a visit. I look for SL shops like that. Sorry not sorry to be that enabler. 😉

Hm, the first masterclass is up. Hair Bases - 10 lessons - USD$200.00 https://revoul.thinkific.com/courses/hairbase preview: Edit: just providing the additional info I found when I searched, I was curious. My post is not meant as a critique, advert or endorsement for this course.