Cate Foulsbane

I figured out who got the land and flat out asked him how he did it.. Was it a bot? He claimed not and said he thought such bots were illegal "now" which led my inflamed and quite paranoid brain to suspect he had in fact used a bot. Grrrr. But anyway, I guess whoever made the highest bid was, in the last seconds, outbid at last by the guy who now owns the property I lost out of total effing stupidity. Unless I manage to forgive myself and forget the incredibly bad feelings I now have about auctions, I probably won't ever do an auction again. ....grrrrrrr!.......... P.S. Thank you, all you lovely helpful people...you really did make this easier. It might not look like it, but you did. Hugs!

If I'd not been having a tizzy, and had more time to learn, I might have figured out that bit. Thank you for explaining..it makes sense. This auction was like gambling, I guess, which is normally something I will not do when money is involved. In this case, it wasn't money but land I lost through my own stupidity and couldn't get back. Kicking myself a LOT and hope I can get past that point soon.

Apparently I made another mistake..this time, creating a new subject. Auction Bots. Either I didn't hit enter..or it got pulled. Trying to bid on a piece of property I lost by mistake, I bid 10 and before I can finish blinking somebody else had posted a bid for 11. Over and over. Either a bizarre coincidence..or maybe there is a bot reacting to auction bids. If this is true, then ordinary folks like me don't stand a chance when a bot is set in motion. I don't mind being outbid by a person.....but I do mind being manipulated by the sort who use bots. Grrrr.

Yep, the sold piece and the auction piece..big surprise to me. But situated right on the Sea of Fables, in my mind a prime spot for somebody who sails. If I get lucky, my bid will win at auction and I will have a piece that fits into what we already own. If not,, so be it. The GREAT news is that the magnificent GUY LINDEN, who has the patience of a SAINT, fixed the land mess for me a few mins ago and I have the most important pieces of land back! Yay! I now can commence rebuilding my forest...maybe make it better than the one that got away. Thanks all who helped in big ways and little ways and in between ways!

The best guess I have now is that I made my mistake sometime previous to Jan 14...that's the first hint that something was wrong but I didn't realize it was a hint (if that makes sense). And now, after I have put in the ticket and await a response, I have found one piece of my mistake already sold and another, probably the most important to me, is up for auction. Good grief...blink of an eye.

I sure hope I caught this mess in that time period. I can't remember when I did the deed and didn't realize I'd messed up til I logged on to find a ton of forest bits returned to me. Oh noooooooo! Thanks, you have given me hope..AND made it clear that I'm not the first person to make this mistake.

I have a bad memory, but I'm almost certain I've never messed up like this before. And it IS a mess. I had a large, oddly shaped property and wanted to get rid of most but not all. So, I tried subdividing it into smaller pieces and then abandoning those. Apparently, I forgot some step along the way and ended up abandoning the whole caboodle. Maybe it's karma coming for me...having to rebuild a forest is going to make me pretty cranky. Thanks for the help everybody!

I finally calmed down enough to remember how to deal with abandoned land. Submitted a ticket, fingers crossed they let me buy it back..or at least explain what in the world happened! But I still want to know about this Live Chat thing.

Live Chat? What is it, how does it work? I have no clue!

Needing to reduce my tier a bit, I abandoned SOME of my land a couple days ago. Tonight, I logged in and found a lot of my landscape items returned by Whitney because the items were on abandoned land. I checked to see why and where since I had carefully removed everything I owned from land I WANTED to abandon. Oh no! A chunk of land I wanted to keep is now showing up as abandoned. How did that happen? What did I do wrong? Can I fix it? Can I get it back? Whitney is the LL person who returned my objects...and I don't know how to reach Whitney. What do I do? Help!

Find a video of a fox's tummy being rubbed. They are anything but quiet!

If it's a Belli home, use winter birds and maybe have squirrels around. If it's a bigger parcel, whatever critters come out in winter..foxes? squirrels? bears? crows?

They let you use a bot to take care of things? Does that mean you are a really important person or a LL employee? Can we be best friends? 😙

Somebody else might have posted this before, but... When I have gone on terraforming binges (my partner calls them terrorforming), I soon find I can't rez a damned thing. Can't get dressed, can't do anything. So, I leave home, so to speak, for a few days to let the land calm down again. Have YOU been doing a lot of terraforming?

And I date myself by not knowing most of what you are all talking about. But, what the heck, I'm laughing anyway.

Felt sad reading that, Lewis. But I think I understand your situation. Being a woman, I doubt many would think of me as a predator but I am also, when aware that many around me are a lot younger, quite open about my age. People are more likely to think of me as a deranged grandma or bent auntie than as a possible predator. I guess it's more about where I am and what is going on, the environment and the vibe, that makes a difference. Still, it's a shame to ever have to worry about these things and I wish you didn't feel you have to do so.

One the absolute best items I have ever bought in SL! LOVE them!

I believe they are clusters of residents and their many many alts playing the game Tiny Empires. I have NEVER understood why they do this, come to SL stand or sit around for hours on end, but they do it all over SL. Most times, 11 or so clustered in a water sim (like Sea of Fables or other sailable areas) is not a problem. But they sure can mess things up for a sailing club on a scheduled cruise. If enough of them are gathered on the sea floor, and enough sailors up above enter the sim, it might overload things. Some of the sailors might not be able to enter or might crash. I know of one group of players who do it on land, on private property, and they disturb no one..ever. So, why don't all of them gather on land? Why do they come to SL at all? I don't get it.

Oh, I could not agree more!! Imagine my difficulty HERE? ..hahahhaha..

Hands the lovely Brit back her extra U. What I was talking about is a prim with the "texture" or photo/illustration of a flag (Ukraine flag) with two colors on it...phantom, visible on top, invisible underneath. It works, I have several in place. It's all about words and terminology, I guess. I'm just feeling a tad confused...but then, I usually do under the best of circumstances and right now it's bed time. Thank you for responding!

Are you implying that MY SL is akin to Disneyland? Harumph! And Boy Howdy! It makes me happy to think of SL as a world similar to the Earth and to suspend disbelief whenever humanly possible. ...ok, i love you anyway...

Or up at the top of our screens where it shows where we are in terms of parcel and region, add continent? Doesn't seem THAT difficult.

I don't understand. Colored prims? At the risk of outing myself as a perp, I have several "texture on a prim" Ukraine flags visible on the World Map. I like to think my Ukraine sky tags of support are more meaningful that the giant red hearts in a black box one can see all over SL. All due respect, Abnor..and I mean that. I love moles, I really really do. My life in SL is better by far because of the great things you lovely critters do for us. But...pleeeeze don't make me take down my Ukraine sky tags!

Similarly, it's your own fault dear for not leaving Florida when you could. You know, leaving for some place that has power and internet and all that good stuff?