Marigold Devin

April 13, 2011

Like Peewee says, you just never know when you are in the presence of a Linden, because they have alts too. But, when a Linden is inworld, they are represented on the minimap as a dark blue dot, which isn't as easy to see as the green dots that indicate the rest of us. If you use Phoenix built in avatar radar list, the Linden folk are much easier to spot.

A lot of the Linden people go quietly about their business, a bit like the Wombles, cleaning up the mess that thoughtless people leave behind!

I haven't gone out of my way to find any of the above Lindens; they've been there on the mainland as I've been out exploring, and my Phoenix avatar radar list has made me aware of their presence.

You can also go out of your way to meet some of the Lindens at their regular User Groups held inworld.

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:User_Groups

April 12, 2011

You cannot, except by not putting it on display at all. Even if you could have a setting that stopped people taking photographs, people can always make screenshots. If your art is so precious to you, maybe you need to consider displaying it on a website with "specimen" placed over it, so that people have to buy it.

April 12, 2011

Sorry "Uncle" Oskar :smileywink:

... and me walks away laughing uncontrollably

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April 12, 2011

"Swingers" get me. Thinking of no less than three men I have met this last couple of weeks who have an SL partner, one has a RL wife too (allegedly) and they have been going through the women in SL like they are adding notches to their bedpost. Maybe because there are no points to accumulate in SL and they need to play a game, they are not acknowledging that the women behind those avatars are real people (and hopefully some of those women with whom they are playing their game are men in RL).

It's certainly not black and white in SL is it?

Personally speaking, I do not think being single in SL is a bad thing at all, but I do assume that if someone is partnered then they are single in RL, because that's how I am. I feel really strongly (and undoubtedly in some people's eyes wrongly) that you can't be having an intimate "sexual"/secret sharing partnership in SL while being married in RL. It is a betrayal of the RL partner. Of course there are those who say their RL partner are quite happy with them being with someone else in SL, but I do think that is generally because the RL partner doesn't have a clue what is going on in SL, they just think their partner is playing dolls house!!

Anyway, I don't make the rules, the rules make themselves and it's each to their own.

My own personal experience is that I am happy to be partnered with someone who feels like a soulmate, although quite strangely we spend more time interacting in real life than in SL, and I don't feel the need to say any more than that. My partnership with my lovely Janelle is private and personal to me. I dance with guys - I dance only. If they think they're gonna get any more, then they learn very quickly that I won't be a notch on their virtual bedpost! Strangely, though, someone recently thought, because Janelle doesn't login to SL very often, and I seemed a little bothered by this at the time, that I would perhaps consider unpartnering her to partner them. I'm not like that. It's not musical partner-box for me, and I don't take being partnered to someone so lightly.

Undoubtedly my ramble is indicative of how messed up my head is about this particular topic. I just don't think the human brain is totally equipped to deal with how "living" in a virtual world can become quite all-consuming at times, feeding delusions and mental illness also.

Ohhhh tooooo heavy. :smileysad:

I'm off out for some botox now. Been frowning too much while typing this wall of text!!!!

April 12, 2011

/me passes round hard hats

(not because I foresee any problems - just because people love fetish-wear in SL :smileywink:)

April 12, 2011

Thanks, Venus,

For some reason the usual info didn't come through via SL Beta Group to me.

Fuller details of what is happening to the grid during the rolling restarts is here on Oskar's thread

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Server/Deploys-for-the-Week-of-2011-04-11/m-p/811755

I wonder what else I am missing - I'm still having problems keeping up with everything on the forums.

April 12, 2011

You can also see where people are by running your mouse over the mini map, which reveals the names of all those green dots.

April 12, 2011

Oddly enough, I was having similar issues just yesterday, and your specs are pretty similar to mine. I would suggest you check you have the latest graphics driver as this has worked for me. Today, all is working well again.

I would also suggest you come off the Beta viewer, unless you really enjoy testing. Phoenix is my viewer of choice, and gives me minimal problems.

Good luck!

April 12, 2011

Please change your password and hopefully this will update your account. It's worth a try at any rate.

There is a JIRA currently - someone with similar issue to your own - https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-25240

Please add your own comments and screenshots to this. (And note, that although the reporter is advised to consult with Phoenix Viewer support, this issue is affecting ALL viewers.)

April 12, 2011

Tinkywinky, if you are wanting to quickly locate other avatars, have you tried Phoenix viewer? The built-in radar list enables you to pull into closeup view any avatar within range.

April 11, 2011

I only know the option to view all avatars as particle clouds on my own viewer.

By going into "Advanced" menu, "debug settings" typing in "renderunloadedavatar", and setting to "false"

April 11, 2011

And a reminder - often people and things in Second Life - and on the internet generally - are not quite what they seem or claim to be.

April 11, 2011

Welcome, baron9, to Second Life and the Second Life forums. Its wonderful to hear your enthusiasm, and you will, I am sure, enjoy Second Life and learn a lot. I've been in Second Life since November 2007, and every week brings with it new experiences, some good, some bad.

Second Life - like real life - evolves all the time. The only true way to learn about it, especially for a research project, is by immersing yourself fully into it, meeting as many people as possible, and thinking outside the box. For example, the names you will become familiar with on these forums are only a very small percentage of the people who log into Second Life. Some of these also have Twitter and Facebook, youtube, Flickr, Snapzilla, etc etc etc. To some, Second Life is very much a social networking site, to others it is quite the opposite, and provides for them a place to have quiet time with little interaction.

Nothing is quite as it seems in Second Life, always be aware of that. You will not always get true answers from people, and so your final analysis will only be from your viewpoint. I hope there are others at your school who are also taking part in the same research project. Being able to compare experiences will be very interesting I am sure.

Good luck to you.

April 11, 2011

Fenn MacMoragh wrote:

So, I guess none of you people were ever noobs... you came into Second Life fully knowing all there is, BAH... and now you know why people don't stick around, instead of maybe offering to help you make fun of them and

want to blow them up.

I like cats, but even so a cartoon book about 101 uses of a dead cat was highly funny.

It's all about context.

And yes, I've been noob (in fact my tag line says still that I'm learning)

me noob.jpg

Some of my best friends are noobs. And if you take a look through the forum archives, you'll see I've helped to "rescue" several noobs who had ghosted and were locked out of Second Life.

But there are noobs, and there are noobs, and as well as blowing them up, they make great ...

pogosticks ....

noob pogo and ghost.jpg

hoverboards ...

noob hover.jpg

throwing objects...

noob thrower.jpg

Sorry for you that you couldn't get the humour.

April 11, 2011

Kascha Matova wrote:

@Mari : You know what kills me about that montage? The part that prevents me from regaining any sense of composure?

It's that the hair is STILL on the skeleton and you still had the presence of mind to hold onto the umbrella! LOLOLOL :smileyvery-happy:

Priceless!

:smileyhappy: Hey, I'm like that in real life too when I get struck by lightning !!!! :smileywink:

Glad you liked.

April 11, 2011

Mog Munster wrote:

Oh no! :smileysurprised:

Haha that is hilarious. :smileyvery-happy:

Interestingly enough, the weather system supports lightning feature.

I'm really pleased that you got a laugh out of my pictures. I certainly had a lot of fun on your land making them, and you've shown that you don't need to own a whole private sim to create something really fabulous, entertaining, interesting, and inspirational. I love the mainland. Well done, Mog.:smileyhappy:

April 11, 2011

Oscar Eldrich wrote:

This is just a regular noob, but I wish I could explode into pieces.

I'm sure I'd do it all the time. :smileyvery-happy:

Loved your photos - you "noob" haha ;-))))

But you can make your avatar explode. A friend of mine had this from xstreet/marketplace. It's really quite gruesome.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Exploding-Avatar-Animator/53522

Said friend also had these - exploding noobs

noob 1.jpg

Which are these: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SasTech-Noob-Zombie-Rezzer/88146

Extremely stress relieving it is to shoot them into pieces ;-)))))

April 11, 2011

Welcome to the Second Life forums, tinkywinky.

I'm sure the Linden people with their God tools are capable of doing this, but no, it wouldn't be possible for other people to turn other avatar's into particle clouds, except on your own viewer. That would mean changing lines of data belonging to that avatar, and only those with God tools can make that sort of adjustment. it's very doubtful anyone would want to. It's more likely that a slight interruption in connection has caused this to happen.

April 11, 2011

eatingwomen wrote:

i want to make contact with women on this site-can i do this without upgrading

I am very wary of saying welcome to Second Life and Second Life forums, simply because of the name you have chosen for yourself. It seems others in this thread are assuming you want to make contact with women on this site to "date" them, but with that awful name it looks like you are a cannibal, or perhaps advertising that you are possibly good at cunnilingus (/me rolls my head backwards and laughs a little too insanely). Either way, just your one line of dialogue has made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end - and not in a good way.

Please explain what you do mean exactly by "... without upgrading". Do you mean you do not wish to become a Premium account holder? Or is it that you wish to make contact via this website, rather than actually logging into the main world of Second Life?

Regardless of my own personal feelings towards you already, I am sure you will find exactly what you are looking for in Second Life - even a woman to eat if that is what you enjoy - all is possible in a virtual world where the only limits are your own imagination.

April 11, 2011

I don't think it's anything to do with the influx of teens, because they've always had access to the forums, but I do sometimes wonder if its Tolya doing what he did last year - remember? He created loads of newbie alts with different personalities to test the rest of us.