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C'est La Vie #SecondLifeChallenge

 

[Decade Challenge]

Love this challenge, thank you for creating it. So much fun looking at everyone elses contributions and seeing how much they have and haven't changed .. it's like looking back through everyones photo album's ♥

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38 minutes ago, Evangeline Arcadia said:

but I would like there to be something else that I would like better (crosses fingers for a more minimalist style, big windows, open plan like the meadowbrooks were).

which is where i was hoping maybe a more urban theme blended from the suburban theme might have come into play .. like, driving out of the suburbs into the City - it would have been great to have that diversity yet continuity.

I loved your post and i'm so happy people 'get' where i was coming from. I can't pick a point in it that i would disagree with, it sums up perfectly how i felt in my OP. 

I certainly didn't want to detract from the work that LL do to provide us with these awesome homes, its really appreciated and i do really love my tradtional but like yourself, i was hoping for something a little more 'different', however reading through the thread i can also see why the 'victorian' was introduced

 

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1 minute ago, Coby Foden said:

Maybe I can convince my alt to give up her houseboat and get Victorian house? 😜 😉  Well, then I would be stuck with two similar kind of houses. Aargghh...

Hahaha i had this dilemma - which do i give up .. trailer or tradtional .. as much as i loved the trailer, it had to go. Decisions Decisions lol 

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2 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

you were using the word as an adjective to describe a home...not wallpaper, pottery or fabric.

again, it was used to describe a style of decor that correlates with that style of home. I did state this already but i'm happy to re - iterate it. 

 

3 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

Manhattan brownstones, which is New York area therefore a reference to the USA. 

Again, a description of a style of home that is seen in this area of the USA, not sure what you're implying with this. 

4 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

you knew immediately before saying what you did publicly that you might get a negative response.

absolutely and i don't have a problem with debating the issue that i raised. I'm intelligent and literate enough to be able to do that. However, i do have a problem with people nitpicking words that have different meanings based upon where you are living in the world and i have a problem with people being personally rude and insulting towards me for using them too. 

6 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

I think your first sentence kind of set the tone and invited an opposition vs insight other like minded individuals

I hoped it would, absolutely. Forum debates are fun and interesting. It didn't invite individuals to insult me or be rude towards me on a personal level though. I wasn't rude to anyone in my OP. 

8 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

Some people are very passionate about this project and you have to take that into consideration.

I understand that there are passionate feelings regarding the project but again, that doesn't give people the right to nitpick, judge, insult or be rude towards me because of an opinion that was not expressed personally towards them. I don't have to and shouldn't have to take those into consideration in my OP. 

 

10 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

I think the new homes will accommodate and excite quite a few people. 

Oh totally, yourself included and thats great ! For my own feelings though .. i'm underwhelmed by it. Simple as that. 

 

11 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

You could always just use your premium account for a vacation experience instead of your everyday home.

i already do  

12 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

at the end of the day you are entitled to your opinion

this thread makes me wonder haha, thanks though

 

12 minutes ago, Butterfli Summers said:

I hope you get something that excites you and makes you happy. 

In the future, i hope so too. For now though, i'll happily sit on my tradtional and keep my other premium account free for the next theme. 

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1 minute ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

Getting past the chintzy discussion

lol finally, thank you ❤️ 

 

1 minute ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

I do somewhat agree with the OP in that the Victorian homes are not really that much different from the Traditionals.

i hope they read this tiny thread then and maybe take something positive from it 

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3 minutes ago, Nika Talaj said:

If we want newness, we should show it to them.

i love your post, it's so positive ❤️ and thats what i was trying to do with my OP

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18 minutes ago, Layla Claven said:

Maybe advertisements like this added to making the word chintz an insult

maybe so, but again, even in that advertisment it is still defining chintz in the manner i intended it, not as some took it.

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17 minutes ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

They are nice - but are they distinct enough?

exactly, they are nice .. but same old same old, too similar to the tradtional theme imho

18 minutes ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

Meadowbrook and Tahoe are the two that most resemble each other - and that is quite an imagination stretch for me to say even that. Basically, all they have in common is 'modern designs'. Elderglen is fantasy-faerie and Shareta is medieval Japan. Radical departures. Basically... on the old homes, all four themes had more 'distance' between them than Traditional and Victorian have.

that, right there - it would have been awesome to have seen a new theme that was catered for people who enjoy other genre's of SL - ie: medieval/fantasy/fae/wildwest/ .. etc. 

 

20 minutes ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

But I also wish we had gotten something that was ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> way over here instead.

or even just a little bit over there, not a near replica of what is already out there

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3 minutes ago, Elyeah said:

if you call someone's home 'an average, everyday chintzy house', you aren't being complimentary.

I didn't realise i was meant to be complimentary when i am expressing how disappointed i was by the new style. However, it's noted for future reference. What i said was purely meant as an observation based upon the style of the homes in regards to that style of decor - nothing more, nothing less. If you're reading more into that, then thats on you. Not me. 

 

6 minutes ago, Elyeah said:

Stop being disingenuous. You meant it as a slight against the new style of homes and that is what you were pulled up for.

As i said previously, i meant it as an observation based upon the style of the homes. Simple as that. A slight against them ? No. Calling something average, isn't an insult i don't think when that is how i see something and in this case, the new homes were nothing more outstanding than what we already have - thus making them, imho, average. If the term 'average' insults you, then sorrynotsorry. Feel free to 'pull me up' for that too

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6 minutes ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

I do feel, personally, that the Victorian themed houses are too similar to the Traditional themed houses.

They really are, i think so anyway

6 minutes ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

Between the Traditional and Victorian theme - they could all easily come out of the same 'rezzer mailbox' and be side by side on a sim and not 'break theme'. It is basically 'houses without porches' vs. 'houses with porches'.

This is pretty much what i was trying to say in my OP - i feel exactly the same

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5 minutes ago, Zosah said:

They showed imagination with the cute little trailers..and they created some beautiful suburban homes.

seriously, i LOVE the trailers and the traditional homes, they're pretty gorgeous, both styles/genre's - i totally agree !

6 minutes ago, Zosah said:

HOWEVER since they already have suburban areas and trailers and boats.. they could have expanded the theme ie, a road that leads into a city type area with maybe apartments (like penthouse style) or warehouse places .. just a different feel. 

Which is where i felt underwhelmed by the reveal, disappointed even that it wasn't a 'new' theme as such. 

7 minutes ago, Zosah said:

I did not get the vibe she was trying to be rude.

absolutely not, i'm not a rude person by nature. Opinionated, yes haha, rude only when provoked and even then after i've bitten my lip and sat on my hands. I just don't think there was any juste cause to attack me personally for an opinion that didn't intentionally insult any particular person ❤️ Thanks for being reasonable and reading my OP properly as intended

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1 minute ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

  Quote

Chintz was originally glazed calico textiles, specifically those imported from India, printed with designs featuring flowers and other patterns in different colours, typically on a light plain background. (The name is derived from the Hindi chīnt, "spotted or variegated").^[1] Since the 19th century the term has also been used for the style of floral decoration developed in those calico textiles, but then used more widely, for example on chintzware pottery and wallpaper. Chintz designs are mostly European patterns loosely derived from the style of Indian designs themselves reflecting Mughal art.

that was EXACTLY where i was going with my opinion. Thank you for pointing it out and being a voice of reason

 

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2 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

Your OP and my OC are there for all to see,

 

3 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

I quoted what you wrote before.

as i said previously, you're no more right or wrong than i am and i'm too old to be doing he said she said. I 110% stand by my description on how i view the new homes with no exception or apology for the terms and words i used to describe them too, as i did so with no intention of insulting anyone. If i did insult anyone, it was by no means intended however, and that i am sorry for, but i won't ever be sorry for 1) speaking my mind and 2) using a term that is acceptable to my own culture. Take that as you will, call me ignorant, arrogant, all the above, i don't really care. I just find it sad that you nitpick my post with something so petty instead of actually reacting to the subject posted about

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5 minutes ago, Tomomi Fukai said:

I guess what I'll take from this is I will have one less person who will be fighting for one and I won't have them as a neighbor in my community. Again, I'm not seeing how that is a bad thing in this case. 

Given your attitude and reaction to something that was entirely an opinion not aimed personally at you or anyone else - i can truly say the feeling is very mutual. I'll continue to enjoy my tradtional home with add-on's that look like the new reveal homes. Good luck in trying to get one of the new ones, i wish you all the best

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Just now, Alyona Su said:

I'll just leave this here:

probably a good thing because you're obviously not reading what i wrote before 

11 minutes ago, Dreamy Lebed said:

it was/is used to describe a certain style of decor which would correlate with the style of the new houses

 as pointed out before, it might be construed that way in your society, but in mine, it's perfectly fine to describe the quoted above. If you're going to get angsty over cultural differences regarding decoration, then i can't debate that  however, please understand that what i meant, isn't what you're reading and neither of us are right or wrong

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Just now, LittleMe Jewell said:

the whole world isn't from North America .. i'm English, ergo the 'BRITISH' meaning, is where i was going

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2 minutes ago, Tomomi Fukai said:

Soooo people will get what they already have shown they want without spending their prims on such add ons. I'm not seeing how that is a bad thing.

You absolutely point out the reason for my post right there by stating they already have it. That is the point, it's already out there. Also, if they have already spent linden dollars on add-on's, doesn't that kind of make the money they've spent already, wasted ? Not a bad thing ? I personally think it is. 

 

4 minutes ago, Tomomi Fukai said:

So their goes your argument about them feeling empty once you get 19 neighbors in a sim.

I also never once said that they felt empty, at all. Please re-read my OP and stop insinuating or putting words into my mouth- per sé, thanks

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1 minute ago, Alyona Su said:

Because what you are doing is deliberately insulting other people's sense of style

Not actually sure when in society, chintzy became an insult - it was/is used to describe a certain style of decor which would correlate with the style of the new houses  'just saying'

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2 minutes ago, Vanity Fair said:

I would hardly call the new Linden Homes "chintzy". 

thats your opinion and you're as entitled to it as i am mine but if that is the only thing you can pull out of my post to criticise, then i'm good with that

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I am probably going to get roasted for what i'm about to say but i'll say it anyway. Having visited the new reveal sim, i'm slightly disappointed to say the least on the latest genre of LL homes that will become available shortly. Victorian ? They just look the same as the traditional homes that are available now but with modded add-on's. The size of the homes is also an issue i think, given that they are quite large for the prim allowance allocated, thus making it seem emptier. 

I was really pumped and excited to think that a completely new theme would be introduced - like the trailers, but i'm sadly disheartened to see the 'new' style. It would have been nice to have had something different - maybe an urban theme - manhattan brownstone houses come to mind, in a urban setting .. less 'surburbian'. Feel like a community, block parties, etc warehouse conversions .. just not your average, everyday chintzy houses. LL could have transitioned from the suburbs into the 'city', easily.

Oh well, here's hoping for the next new theme, one can only hope it's entirely new this next time and not one that feels like a rehash of whats already available