Lloyd Overland

I've been super excited to explore following the recent postings in this thread and cannot believe that you can already look back at the south east coast of Satori from the new Bellisseria land. How awesome is that? Quick pic and map vew of where I am.

I thought I'd get one of my alts to come along for the boat ride but he can't access the region I am in and to him I appear to be in mid air. Second picture is how I appear to myself, sailing happily. I guess the perils of visiting regions still in development.

Thanks so much for spotting and sharing this development @Nika Talaj As I have a HB nearby I went out in my boat and thought I'd share how the mini-map looks at the moment.

Only Camper and Log at the moment, shows how much demand there still is, all good for LL's finances!

Useful information, thanks for sharing. Another option I and others have mentioned is one region to the west of the link regions that lead south to Bellisseria there is an existing protected parcel leading to the Linden road in Alcona.

Looking west from Mango Salsa where the moles are working their magic bringing new regions to life, the nearest to me is the least developed. As this SSP thread is like the unofficial Bellisseria history I thought I'd take some screenshots. If you want to explore SSPE1754 has a rez zone that works.

Sorry to follow up my own post rather than edit it but there are a few of these nearby, some are transparent and maybe it is just I haven't been in a working area before. Keeping out the way of a hard working mole I can see on ths mini map.

I haven't seen one of these before (located in SSPE1751)

Regarding the sailing posibilities if these new regions become available in there current locations (likely I'd say) then the nearest to the southern tip of Satori Muesli is two regions west of Pounce which is a Linden water region off the south east coast. I've created a quick location map: What would be needed to sail from the new regions in the south to the orange dot on my second map is 18 new Linden water or mix homes and water regions north along the Satori coast then off we could sail to Nautilus, Blake Sea, Corsica and Gaeta V. How awesome would that be! What is obvious from the pattern of the new regions is that the are clearly headed, as we have seen for some time, toward Satori as otherwise they wouldn't go north then east then north again (repeatedly).

I have been checking the map regularly from the southern tip of Satori for some time so can confirm the visible regions on the map have been there for a considerable time. The nearest, Buffalo Springs shows on Grid Survey as in existence on 4th March 2009 but status inactive so it is a bit of a mystery but I think that suggests it is not SSP as such. Today it is not possible to teleport into it, not sure if this is a region owner restriction or because it has been relocated/removed. I am excited by the possibility as I said above that the new Bellisseria regions may connect along the eastern Satori coast allowing the most amazing intercontinental sailing possibilities 😀

Thanks Daniel for sharing this news, I have been eagerly awaiting this development. When the connection is made I hope that there will be some additional regions along the south east coastline of Satori to allow onward navigation north.

Good question, the answer is homes, as my figures were the 512m home parcels and excluded the common areas "Protected Land - Park". For example using another random region Watanabe: 14 Linden Home parcels owned by Govenor Linden plus the parkland (15 parcels, 48640m² combined area) with 33 resident owned 512m home parcels.

Following up my sample in my OP I have gone to Premium South 1 and looking in a random Japanese region the occupied homes are only 6 with 50 vacant and owned by Govenor Linden so maybe use is very different in different locations. (On another random region 6 also occupied and 50 vacant.)

Interesting and in line with what I had read. It remains my view though that it would be a real shame to erase everything as while much of the old Linden continents are very 'cookie cutter' with dense housing there are some lovely features that I really hope they can relocate. Maybe a few regions could be saved and relocated next to the Linden staff regions in north east Sansara as a museum of what once was.

A topic in the Mainland forum in which I posted some interesting landmarks from the old Premium East continent got me thinking about how much space in Bellisseria will be needed to relocate everyone in one of the four old Linden Home Premium continents. Based on the first 8 regions with homes in the north east of Premium East (the largest old Linden home continent) I was surprised how many of the Linden homes are taken - 229 out of 411 (55.7%). My impression is many look empty walking past but many are still resident owned so would need relocating. Does anyone know how many old Linden home regions there are so we can setimate the overall new homes required in Bellisseria?

I should get out in my submarine more, here is a view under the water in Hiwa and nearby above the water in Hamachi:

Happy to share the landmarks I took, these are all from Premium East. Visiting again I really hope that these features and builds can be relocated to the expanding new areas in Bellisseria: Orville Airport Cape Ekim Park Canard Resevoir Racers Gulch Seaplane Ramp Tahoe Infohub Shareta Osumai Infohub

I totally agree with this. Due to lockdown in UK I've spent a lot more time in world exploring and that has included wandering round the largest old Linden homes continent. I loved the little features and unexpected finds created by the Moles and really hope many can be moved to Bellisseria.

Thanks for sharing your experience and insights. I admit, shamefully, this has reminded me why I gave up running my smaller scale rentals business. It particularly resonated that folk seem to have no concept of real life $ per day/week/month and how little reward it is for all these desired bespoke changes. Then inevitably they end the rental the following week. I have the utmost respect for those with the scale or patience to offer rentals for the many who do not want premium.

I agree with this 100%. I say this as someone who flew my avatar along the entire easily sailable connected coastline of Satori, Nautilus and Corsica a week ago. I was surprised at the low number of parcels for sale on the water and the very high cost of those I did find. Obviously sale price may not be achieved but generally as someone who spends time in SL sailing my boats and exploring I think we have a two tier mainland, masses of abandoned land away from Linden roads, rails and water and a premium market for those interesting plots with something extra like someone to rez a boat and sail far and wide.

And your dog Flycan seems to be hovering Nika, keeping an eye on things?

Action was taken and the encroachment removed. Glad I reported it and pleased with the Linden Lab response

I am sorry that I didn't change the picture to sunlight as it is less clear than it should have been. The encroaching pier was not phantom, was impassable and went right across the Linden waterway on the region edge. I have never seen a clearer encroachment and I am delighted to say that Linden Lab clearly agreed as the encroaching items have been fully removed and the channel is now passable.

Over recent days I have been bidding on a few plots up for auction and then seeing what happens next. This has prompted me to ask a couple of questions that intrigue me: 1. A 1024m plot in Nautilus - Shalim sold for L$117,030 (114.29 L$ per M²) and so my question is why, in such a high cost area, didn't the previous owner sell it rather than abandon? I assume the only other possibility is that for whatever reason the previous owner ceased to be premium and therefore no longer qualified for land ownership? 2. A 10752m plot (link and picture below) in Snout on the north east tip of Heterocera sold for L$118,312 and was divided into two plots by the winning bidder. The right became 5088m and for sale at L$9.6/m2. This has now been purchased at currently on sale L$9.6/m2. Again I wonder why the original owner didn't sell rather than abandon, I am also fascinated how long the two plots will stay on the market and if they will go for these valuations? Another enjoyment from the action process that can be very enjoyable! Snout Point Highlighted plot is currently for sale for L$300,000, the right, where the boat is for L$99,500

I agree 100% regarding void regions, anything could go there at any time. Or it may stay void forever. In this regard I am fascinated in which direction, and to what extent the continent will grow - is it north east toward Satori or who knows. I'm guessing that may drive void ocean to become something else as they create the increased landmass. All interesting stuff