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Three new boopies are prizes for the snowflake hunt at the Winter Wonderland (2024). Slurl for the HUD and prize board below. The HUD folder also has display shelves: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winter Wonderland 4/183/93/46

I'm not really sure where any upset is coming from here. They're working on finishing the current themes and have that new build area, so they're clearly getting stuff done. Stuff will be ready when it's ready. On festive events, I'd expect a blog post when the shop and hop goes live.

Fantasy Faire is a different system as it's a resident community event where the shops are only part of it. People who work hard for that community will get a shop. They're not going to be rotated out for new shops to keep up the product diversity, because that's not really the point of a community event. There isn't really a community around the shop and hop. The shops that get in every time are the ones being used to lure people in. It runs alongside other events sometimes, but the shops are kept separate. It's why it can be tense at times, because it's a selection of people from different communities being thrown together. Hence why someone can be at Fantasy Faire every year and not be in the shop and hop every round. The events have difference purposes and different reasoning behind who gets selected.

If they didn't make new themes until current themes had excess, stilts, ranch and mediterranean wouldn't exist. They'd have kept making traditional and houseboat regions and nothing else. There's a balance between filling out current themes and making new themes. That looks pretty solid at the moment. They've released more stilts this year as well as continuing work on the premium plus areas. They also have the planned tiki theme, which will most likely appeal to some of the current stilt owners and free up some space.

On the rail and ranch thing, it's possible they're leaving that space above the welcome hub for possible future expansion of the hub. In which case, I could see them doing as diamond suggests and finishing off the rail with a loop rather than leaving it going nowhere. We saw something similar to this with the log coast, where they held off building it until they were ready to go with the hubs. Sometimes there are other projects in the mix that aren't ready yet.

There isn't a rule saying logos are banned. If you have permission, it's probably fine, as long as it doesn't break any other rules. I understand not wanting to break the rules, but the rules are not going to state everything that is allowed. Most things that aren't mentioned are fine, as long as they aren't illegal. Even if you get it wrong or the rules change in future to ban all logos, they'd simply return the item to you.

Clubs banning non-human avatars are common enough that I don't go to clubs. Furry bans are usually bans on all non-humans. I've heard excuses, but it boils down to the fact that they just don't like people having different avatars. It's also not unusual to see clubs change the rules overnight. Not because anything happened, but just because. I also avoid regions based on real world locations unless they're doing a grid hunt or something. These are not roleplay places usually, but claim it's about realism. Except no humans are in realistic costumes for the theme, if anyone is there at all. Those would be my main places to avoid as a non-human. Most regular regions (regardless of rating) don't mind a mushroom visiting. It's not unusual for me to be the first someone has seen, which rather cuts into the excuse that bans are based on bad past experiences.

That'd be a little extreme. Keep in mind that we all get problem customers sometimes. All of mine have been for my copy items. I haven't had any customers who couldn't pick up their no copy item in years of a yard sale. Some don't understand they need to pick it up, so it goes to lost and found. But it actually goes to lost and found. It doesn't vanish. Even if there was an odd glitch, you'd expect one item to be impacted, not all of them. The good faith interpretation of what's happening would be the customer doesn't understand what's happening or any of the suggestions given. The not so good is that the items were fine and they're hoping to get the money too. Either way, after a reasonable attempt at help, I would get them to file a ticket to support saying they have inventory issues. If it's genuine, support will talk them through it. If it's not, they won't file that ticket.

I didn't see them at any of the Hallowe'en events. I checked the cancer charity ones as well. The casino boopie is unchanged, for those asking upthread. Though the party was good for getting free chips. They had a few chip rains where everyone got some and the costume contest had big prizes (I won best Elvis, so I now have #5). SocialCasino Linden also has a fun bear, if you see him around the casino.

My experience was the endless giveaway reposts couldn't be avoided. People who didn't repost those endlessly didn't stay, encouraging others who didn't to also leave. Giveaways also swamped out other reposts, like events, new releases, and stuff people might actually want to know about. It's a pity giveaways didn't have a different way of being tagged, so people could turn off seeing them in their feeds. Though in my case, I tried it and I prefer Bluesky. So I'd be unlikely to give it a second chance even if a no giveaways filter was added.

One of the birthdays, I remember someone saying they'd not been accepted, obviously the moles had something against community projects like theirs, Second Life was just in decline, everything was terrible, it's not like they really wanted to be in the birthday anyway, and so on and so forth. Except it turned out they were accepted, so they just ended up looking rather silly at best. It also turned out they did want to do the birthday, despite it being a terrible event that was worse every year and they don't know why they applied anyway. So, take the advice or leave it, but random stuff about mainland popularity and the like is irrelevant here. Invites are always late. They're never guaranteed. If you didn't want to be accepted, you wouldn't have applied, so let's not pretend otherwise.

If plain relogging doesn't work, clear the inventory cache then relog again. In Firestorm that's in Preferences - Network and Files - Directories - "Clear Inventory Cache" button. Then restart. Be patient as it'll have to reload the whole inventory. I've only had issues sometimes with items delivered by scripts getting a failed to create inventory message. Picking up no copy items, it seems to just not let you pick it up if it fails to create the copy in inventory. You should be able to see someone's full name in chat. In preferences again, go to Chat - Chat Windows. Tick "Show names in direct IMs" and then halfway down make sure the name format for IM tabs includes username. I use Display Name (Username), so I can see what the customer would like to be called as well as what the system calls them.

There are new merchants in every round of the event. They haven't announced who will be in the next round, as far as I know. Even if you aren't chosen this time, it doesn't mean anything. I was rejected the first time I applied (after they changed things around, so a wider range of shops could get in). After getting chosen for one round, I was rejected for the next. Then I was accepted again for another one. They're juggling a lot of shops, so it's not all or nothing. If you feel like lashing out about it, hit a pillow or vent to a friend, but keep it out of the public eye. It doesn't do you any favours with either event runners or customers.

Breedables are still popular, but old gacha stuff is outnumbered by the replacements. It's mainly conveyor items, limited edition, game prizes and event gifts. Regular no copy items tend to either be wearable accessories or items intended to be used for gifts. Copy is more common, but no copy hasn't gone away.

Well, as it got bumped up anyway and Quartz mentioned the Linden Homes areas, here they are to visit. These are rez zones for themes that have dirt tracks rather than paved/tarmac roads. The camping/trailer community region: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Campwich%20Forest/104/122/24 Log homes community region (rez zone is train tracks, but you can see the walking/riding path right there): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Randelsham%20Forest/141/93/69 Random fantasy rez zone for unicorn riding: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fenrir%20Forest/58/128/22 Ranch barrel race: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caribou/88/150/24 And a bonus dog park: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Verdant Falls/124/94/28