Wulfie Reanimator

But isn't that's exactly what I said? Unless you agree and are just adding an example. In which case yeah, it's the same here but they're less common and more cutesy rather than proper names.

And just like RL, it costs money to change your legal name (username), but you can always just use a nickname (display name) for free. Some people will refer to you by your legal name because they can't know your nickname, and others will use your nickname. This does lead to similar confusions.

The amount of creativity, convenience, and marketability you kill by making your products no-modify far outweighs the few people who would "mangle" the product and still want to wear it. The main thing I want to do is 1) remove scripts 2) put in my own scripts 3) make rigged mesh easily clickable by giving it a reasonably sized root prim 3) link rigged mesh together to reduce attachments 4) remove normals/specular or reduce the shine. There are more things but they're less frequent. I don't think people look at an ugly avatar and check which creators made the things they're wearing just to memorize who to never buy from. Meanwhile if someone has a really cool avatar they've created, that person can share which products to buy and how to remake it. This only adds value to your products for people who might not otherwise buy it. The furry/anime community has been a really good example of this before the no-modify trend. P.S. I'm using the general you, not you specifically.

It's been a good few years since I was an estate manager, but can't you limit the minimum age allowed for a sim without scripts? Or at least on the parcel level, so you could make your landing area its own parcel and everything outside of it age-restricted?

I'm aware that the illusion beaks a little bit if the object was in motion (as in, we were able to inspect the model by orbiting the camera), but the forums need an "amaze" reaction.

That's not an equivalent situation at all, though? What you're describing is equivalent to ransomware, which locks up (stabs) a system until the "ransom" (bandage) is paid. Ethical hacking does not involve "you stabbing people with pitchforks." It involves people asking you to stab their target-dummy in a safe environment under their supervision.

...but mainly because everything is streamed from the hard drive when needed, not constantly loaded into memory.

Given your folders look something like this, with multiple items in separate folders that you want to delete at once: You can at least hold Ctrl while selecting each item, then right-click and delete (or press the Delete key) when you're ready. It might not be automatic, but it still saves a lot of clicks.

Out of pure curiosity, what does the physics model look like? It's the one thing you didn't show!

I don't know of any groups, but I have some random thoughts to share. Based on my personal experiences from doing the same thing, first of all I feel like you might be dating the wrong kind of people if they absolutely must see the real life you in order to take the relationship (or even friendship) seriously. Secondly (and maybe even more importantly), you should stop lying. Not because "it's wrong to lie," but because when you do lie, you're putting yourself in the exact situation you've described; where you're anxious about the person finding out about it, or losing interest in you, or getting mad at you for deceiving them. It's a complicated situation and really hard to undo once you're in it. Even if the person would normally be okay with you being a girl IRL, a friendship built on false premises can really break trust. The way I used to deal with it was to just not talk about RL stuff at all. There's lots of other topics to talk about and you can get very close to people without getting into any RL stuff. These days I can talk about RL stuff as long as it doesn't relate to my physical body, so school/work/hobbies is fine but if you want to avoid the "are you really a guy" question, you should avoid talking about things that might be considered gender-specific. It's like walking on egg-shells, I know, but I've also learned to just let people come up with their own conclusions and not really correct them either way.

I don't disagree with any of that. I've just explained what the situation might be, with no value judgements (meaning whether LL's decisions are good or bad).

I don't think the problem is changing a name. I think the problem is changing a name without anything breaking, especially when this is a retroactive change. On other platforms, where the account system was created (or changed early on) in such a way that name changes were anticipated, it's not a problem. When LL added display names, that must've been relatively hassle-free because nothing relied on display names yet. User/avatar names on the other hand...

Generally speaking, LL's approach is not very different from the norm besides the price. On platforms where you can change your name for free (eg. Steam), it's just a visual alias while your underlying login name cannot be changed. In other cases (such as a lot of MMO roleplaying games), your login name cannot be changed but you can pay to have your character's name changed. For a little more relevant example, there's IMVU. Free accounts have a tacked-on name so everybody's called "Guest_username." You have to buy the VIP subscription to get it removed. Name change has to be bought separately ($13) though.

It's a derogatory term used to describe people (teens, generally) who waste their time hanging around malls doing nothing. It stems from thoughts like "Look at those troublemakers. They're so loud. They're in everybody's way. Don't they have anything better to do? They're not even shopping. They're just wasting all their money at Starbucks/McDonalds." And being teens, they usually wear whatever the current fad in fashion is. Pointlessly expensive brand names, etc. The more stereotypical the appearance (depending on the area, obviously), there more appropriate the term becomes. Edit, general definitions: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mallrats

The most pure form of being.

Of course. I wasn't implying that all the perks must be worth it for everybody. I was pointing out that exactly that different people value different perks differently. Even in my own example I said that the only reason I'll get Premium is because of a single perk, which is name changes. I don't personally value any of the other perks.

Anything that's relatively close to where the mesh appears, so that I can move the root prim (if there is one) manually to be roughly inside the mesh. That way it's much easier to right-click and select, since you'll be clicking on the prim instead of hoping that the stars align and your viewer guesses what you're trying to click on.

Poor sim performance won't have even a little bit of an effect on FPS. Things like the number of avatars / textures / etc is not something you can control in other games either, but it's true that the problem is much bigger here than anywhere else.

Could you post a screenshot of the avatar? A picture tells more than a thousand words...

I'm no Blender guru, but try moving the bones up but don't apply location, rotation, or scale. If you apply them, the object's current loc/rot/scale is considered its origin, meaning no changes.

Granted. It is now 20th of December, 2020. I wish I could get a good 8 hours of sleep every day. Edit: Wow, I didn't realize Alyona literally just asked for this. Uhh... I wish I graduated already?

What kind of item are you trying to select? If it's rigged/fitted mesh, being able to select it or not is like playing Russian roulette. I don't think there's any kind of server issue that would make it impossible for you to select something. Selecting is a viewer-side thing.

Are you joking? There are lots of benefits that have even overlapping effects depending on what you want to do in SL. Events in general are super popular, which is an experience almost all of the perks give a significant boost to. Weekly stipend. 300L might not sound like a lot, but a steady trickle of pocket money helps. The 1000L bonus is there to keep people subscribed for at least two months in a row, or buy more than one month as a bundle. Gives them more time to learn about the benefits of Premium. Priority entry to full sims. Doesn't it suck when you wanna go somewhere but "Teleport has failed because the region is full." This perk alone can sell Premium memberships. Premium Virtual Gifts & Exclusive access to Premium areas and experiences. It's another form of events, getting a steady stream of "exclusive stuff" is exciting and this tactic has become very popular in gaming. Increased cap on missed IMs. If you're on SL to socialize or you become a merchant, this too can be very valuable on its own. Increased group membership limits. This is just a universally good perk, doesn't matter if you're just an event addict or have lots of different interests. Sure, there haven't been any new perks added (before name changes), though Premium content keeps getting new stuff in the form of gifts, games, events, and homes. As someone who has never been Premium before in my 10 years of SL, and as someone who wants to change their name... as far as I know, unsubscribing from Premium makes you lose all perks immediately. I'd let my month run its course and cancel near the end, but maybe during that month I really end up liking everything you get with Premium enough (unlikely) to let the sub keep going. But for me, the reason why I don't want a subscription is unrelated to what you get in SL. I don't like any subscription models in entertainment. The only exception is Youtube Premium, because that allows me to (wait for it...) lock my phone while listening to a video. It's the most stupid thing to put behind a paywall -- but they did -- and by god do I need it. I still don't think name changes are something that are aimed towards new users. I think it specifically targets people who have already invested their time into SL and are unlikely to leave anytime soon, and entice them towards a subscription. Name changes might be a tipping point for some, and that's good enough.

You don't have to stay Premium to keep your new name.

Sure, I can easily agree with that and I have a good understanding why that discussion is helpful.