Rabid Cheetah

Thanks. Is there a way to sort in such a way that threads I've particpated in are at the top? Or replies to my comments are at tthe top?

cool, where's this deep water?

This sounds like a cool place, let us know the slurl when it's done. P.S. Love the sig :womanwink: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can learn to co-exist, with anything but n00bz...

Well...there's a difference between casually nudging someone and sayin' " 'cmon, you're gettin' a bit out of control, might want to tone it down..." versus screaming "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA REPROT YOU!!!!!!!!11111!!!!!eleven!!!!!" The former is a courtesy; The later is a threat.

I think both the OP, and the other folks in this thread, have made it clear that it's not always a case of engaging in activities that some might find objectionable. Sometimes there are cases where people get their feathers ruffled for personal reasons, and throw out the AR threat. Such as the example I cited, a new player getting threatened by some dude who has a documented history of flying off the hanlde at folks in a state of paranoia. AR's can, indeed, wind up in the griefer's arwsenal of weaponry. For what it's worth, I don't think the OP is under any obligation whatsoever to answer any of your questions. Our society seems to have a notion that if someone asks a question of someone, they have to answer it. Maybe she's just tired of this thread at this point, or feels things are veering way off topic at this point. I am curious, though, about these protests you've done. And these aren't against folks in public areas, like the newbie landing spot or various sandboxes, or at various events and such that someone you don't agree with happened to show up at -- You've actually gone to a given sim just to raise a ruckus for what goes on there? I know I'm opening Pandora's Box, but I can't resist: This has GOT to be an intersting tale...

"It's almost as if the current world social climate dictates that you need to rat out your neighbor for anything you can find." ***BANG!!!*** ***BANG!!!*** ***BANG!!!*** ***BANG!!!*** That's the sound of Love Leonoase hitting the nail on the head. :womanwink: Worst case I heard was a new player who IM'd me about a veteran player accusing her of being someone else, being an alt account just to move in next to him and ruin his land prices, grief him, yada yada yad I'm going to ruin you and report you blah blah blah. All this clear out of the blue, after she'd bought his land at an inflated price and befriended him, but then made the "mistake" of spurning his *ahem* advances. Poor girl IM'd me in tears, not even understanding what all his long-term player terminology meant ("What's an alt?"), and telling me she's ready to just quit SL since he's going to get her in trouble anyhow. I did a Googlwe search on trhe guy's username, and sent her the url for some sites run by OTHER FOLKS who'd had such a problem with him they'd started blogs abouot what a jerk he is. That got her calmed down, and I let her know that if anyone's going to loose their account, it will be him for filing a false report. The dude eventually moved, the girl is now one of me best friends in SL (seems I have a habit of taking newbies under my wings), and all is well. ***Connie's father from King of the Hill: "Universe in harmony!"***

One thing I don't get is why anyone would put up an adfarm in the first place. Who actually buys stuff from a stupid sign they happened to see while walking about? I would think most folks use search, go to a specific store, ask their friends, or use the Market Place. Gadzooks, it's like the SL version of spam. So how soon until we see spinning signs telling us we just inherited a million Lindens, but all that's needed is our login and password so they can give us the money?

I think you might be on to something, that maybe the abandoner didn't want the land t oever be bought again. Who knows? Long before the automation process, I needed to abandon some land due to not beign able to afford a high tier. While I could have just let the landbuying bots have it and at least get some money back, the thought of the beautiful lake I owned (Ohello region) potentially being turned into crap made me decide to take the loss and abandon the land to Linden, so that the lake remained in it's pristine state. So if I were to be in the same situation now, post-automation, I could see a reason to "swiss cheese" it to discourage anyone from actually buying the land and putting a giant statue of Bart Simpson's butt in the middle of the lake, for example. Not because I don't think he has a cute tushy, but because I prefer pretty lakes. Prior to reading this thread, I never knew you could get in trouble for how you divide your land. My feelings on the actual automation process are mixed: It's killing the market fo rselling land with all this $L1/square meter nonsense; It's great to be able to find high-quality land at a low price if you look hard enough -- I now own a sizeable lot next to the Great Wall for just twenty bucks USD, and have begun a project to get the area back to looking more Asian-themed...

Hmmm...just playing devil's advocate, or trying to figure out why someone would slice up an entire region like that. Maybe it's so potential buyers aren't stuck with having to buy a given size? They can buy as much, or as little, as their budget and/or tier allow? That's the only reason I can think of. Though I would think selling the entire region as a single parcel would have a better chance of being bought than the "swiss cheese" approach.

On the one hand, it sounds cool, to have more realistic objects in SL. But on the other hand, it will make object creation even more difficult, as buyers will begin to demand "meshies", just like they expect sculped prims these days. I'm sorry, but Linden really should stop marketing this as a game for anyone to be able to make money in. This may have been the case five years ago, but they've "upgraded" the game so much at this point that the average joe doesn't stand a chance.