Bree Giffen

Second Life takes a long time to figure out. It has a high learning curve. That's why the Lindens decided to remove any kind of help for new users and people leave in droves. It's a pretty unique world though and it can be very rewarding if you decide to stick around.

I wish LL would adjust the forum software so there wouldn't be so much stuff on top of the forum avatars. Nice avatar! :catvery-happy:

Is it possible to make computer controlled NPC's that walk around sims now? The whole game could be built on biting the NPC's. After getting bitten and dying, they respawn at random areas as new victims. People would want to hang out at the sims as long as possible in order to harvest all the NPC blood and the vampires can fight each other over biting right. Then you could offer a hud where people can actually play as regular humans and have to run around like an NPC and avoid getting bit. You could pay people if they stay alive for a long time.

Just log in to the main Second Life web site which will take you to a summary page for your acccount. It's called a dashboard. On the left side go to account and then to billing information. You should be able to add your card there.

1. Banning is what happens when you give a person the smallest bit of power. They sometimes use it unwisely. It's human nature to be corrupt and evil when given power over other people without apparent consequences. 2. I've never seen a mall like this but it sounds like the sim owners are trying o drum up role playing to the detriment of the casual shopper. I can't believe a store owner would put their only store in a sim like that. They must have other stores somewhere else. 3. I remember the ads. What a nightmare those were! Let's hope that LL remembers too. 4. Griefing is like banning. It's abuse of a tiny amount of power that a person has been given. We all have power to grief but we choose to not do it. It could all be due to Loki though. God of mischief. 5. I have seen some arrogance in SL but it doesn't affect me. I assume the person is an idiot and their behavior suddenly makes sense. 6. No one here can stop anyone from posting. All they can do is disagree. Only LL can ban people from here.

I think LL needs to start filling SL with NPC monsters that slowly destroy second life. Maybe giant spiders that cover unused areas of SL with spiderwebs. I think it would give residents a good indicator of areas that are active and areas that have fallen into decrepitude. Heck, they should put it into the new SL as well. No more wandering into an abandoned area and wondering when the last time someone used it. With spiders, you can barely move from all the webs and the chittering of spiders that lumber towards you with their beady little glowing eyes.

It is a skin AND shapes.

If I was living in someplace cold, I would definitely get a laptop like that.

I would recommend getting a new avatar. The sooner the better. Just re-buy things if you still need them. It boils down to being happy about your name and not having things, or being unhappy with your name and having some things. What price are you wiling to pay for happiness?

I'd suggest some prim eyes in order to be achieve the rolling eyes look. Maybe an emoter hud to give you a bored facial expression.

It looks like you are getting a moire pattern on some of your textures. I've never had that problem and I've never heard of anyone here having that problem. Reading up on this type of glitch with google says that it might be the anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing causing this. Try going to the hardware settings in the graphics tab of your preferences and try turnining those off. If that doesn't wok, try turning off all the hardware setting options. You might also want to look for your 3d card's utility program or control panel that can change the graphics settings for your video card and play with those settings.

I'm guessing you have a "mesh" avatar and not a "classic" avatar. The mesh avatars are not very changeable. You can try switching to one of the classic avatars which are fully changeable with the sliders. You can also get new skin and new clothes. Welcome!

I seriously don't want any more attachable hands, feet, heads, boobs, wieners, etc. Just make the avatar have them all and make them look good!

Is it possible that Linden Lab will use the new SL as an opportunity to create a fully PG rated world? In order to appeal to a larger customer base? It would certainly make the continued existence of the current SL more plausible.

We need a virtual world that engages all of our senses. The Oculus Rift will give us sight and sound but we need taste, smell and touch! Think of it! It would be stupendous.

Yup, teens don't have access to anything except the general sims. Ain't no way around it. :matte-motes-silly:

I actually use it for shopping in-world when trying to find places that sell certain things. I always get this feeling that there are stores in-world where the owner refuses to use the marketplace. I recently used it to look at hair stores and found several that I normally never go to.

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043 http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Renting-land-from-other-Residents/ta-p/1420695 I was about to write a reply but it got really long. Then I realized that someone probably wrote an article about it already. Check out the links above and if you have any questions just reply on this thread. I'm sure the forum has people who have gotten homes in just about every situation possible.

This new SL is going to be big. It will be put under the billion eyeball gaze of the internet and will arrive with great expectations not just by us residents, a few thousand strong but by everyone who has a computer looking for entertainment or riches. SL was to be the next evolution of the internet, a virtual reality replacement. This is the 2nd try and it will get attention by the mainstream again. LL needs to make a new SL that caters to that. The future of the internet.

You should join just so you can claim, "I was there! In the first one! The original." Then, all the reporters on the new SL will ask you what the differences are.

I thought magic boxes were completely removed but apparently the support page says they have no expiration date yet for limited quantity items. This page says to contact support: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Merchants/Magic-Box-Retirement-Starts-April-2-2013/td-p/1917883 https://support.secondlife.com/create-case/

I just love the look! When I'm around people with that look... I look better! How can I not love it.

Wow...that is news! Let's hope that Ebbe has the leadership, vision and attention to detail that will guide LL to new heights.

Agreed. Great idea. The moderators can just move any new survey to that forum.

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Skinning_How_To/The_XML_files/fonts.xml I guess you can. Per the wiki on fonts.