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Polenth Yue

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  1. Fantasy has switched to spring (green), though not quite when I expected. I'd assumed it'd change just past midnight, when March began. It actually changed a bit past 10pm SLT the night before. I've not been there when it's happened before, so thought that might interest people.
  2. As near as I can tell from what people have said, the pets seem to be designed to brick if they can't contact the server when they're first rezzed. So they become generic grey placeholders and unresponsive. The ones that are already out appear to be carrying on for now, but I suggest that you don't try to pick them up. I wish more breedable systems told people what would happen if the server disappeared tomorrow (and designed the system so the answer to that is permapets continue working as though nothing has happened).
  3. Active breeders will obviously know, but a lot of people drift around different games and take breaks. When it came up in groups, there were always people surprised, because they only had boxes and no active pets. The fact that word went out via notecards handed from person to person meant the news didn't exactly get to everyone. If someone refuses to take them off sale after being told they're junk, that's different. But a lot of people still don't know.
  4. There was a notecard going around the groups about them shutting down due to a dispute between the owners. I was surprised nobody was talking about it on the forums, but here we are now. The number of breedables markets listing them has been dropping in search, but not all places have figured out what's going on yet. It's possible the seller on the marketplace didn't know either (you can't list their name here either way under the forum rules, so I'd suggest editing that out).
  5. Though some themes are in higher demand and might not be available, there's always a choice of several themes. Gone are the days when giving up a house might mean you'd not be able to get another.
  6. There are some that might actually be selling the service for real, but chances are you'll be hit with delays, complications and poor communication... because these are people who struggled to get clients for a reason. Some aren't actually selling the service and will take the money and run, which is a clear scam. Some will give you phishing links instead of it being their Flickr. Some are just looking for sex. In the end, you don't need to know which category they're in, because you'd do better going to someone with a history of good service.
  7. I've had the photographer-offering-to-do-a-profile-photo people a lot longer back than a few months. It's different names, so it wouldn't help to offer the names anyway. I expect that they get banned sometimes and just start a new account. Anyone who contacts out of the blue about photos should be avoided and the links never clicked.
  8. Something that can help you plan is using the revert function in the terraforming tool. Take it all back to the original levels. Then you'll see clearly what you can raise or lower. For a slope, you will find it's best to flatten bits of it and not to attempt to flatten the whole thing. So you end up with more of a terrace effect, with some flatter areas and some slopes between them. Or you can go full terrace and make the edges of the flat bits sharp and put walls over them. Alternatively, just accept it's a slope, smooth it out, and put any buildings on stilts or a foundation.
  9. I've not needed to do it because I don't have the sort of money to pay for something on that basis. These threads are often boggling to me, because I did all the calculations, checked everything carefully (such as making sure there was a house I wanted) and considered what I could go without to afford it. The idea of paying for a whole year for something that wasn't ready yet and you might hate when it's finally revealed, it's a whole other world.
  10. People who only want the bigger houses are better off waiting to upgrade until the houses are ready. A lot of people have done just that and are waiting. The early upgrade was really for people who wanted the currently available stuff (free uploads, pick a house, more groups). Going back to regular premium is the sensible thing to do for you. Upgrading again would take only a few minutes, so can be done when the final regions are being placed prior to release.
  11. No. Your request is that ticket. You can list several choices or you can be told it's taken and pick somewhere else, but you're only getting one house from that request. Your next ticket for somewhere new is your second request. And so on.
  12. On the bright side, if you were logged in, you'd be trapped with the rest of us. We can't move, groups barely work, and everyone trapped at the shop and hop can't buy anything.
  13. Renaming continues. Starling Moss is the region at the end of the previously released channel (Wiggleroom Gardens is the released neighbour). Houseboats on the west of the newbrooke area, with a railtrack behind them, have also been renamed. Starting at Olive Branch until Dashaway (Thimble Pond Farms is a released region in this area). I checked a few other areas and didn't see anything else, but others might become apparent as the map updates. It's Friday, so I wouldn't expect much else to happen until next week, but you never know.
  14. The train did run over a few other trains and anyone who didn't get off the tracks in time. Along with all the passengers who didn't make it to the end. But it arrived at the destination on time!
  15. I was waiting to see if anyone else posted now it's happened, but to be fair, I think the trains were eating most of the passengers. So probably not around to post. Anyway, it was good fun. Got kicked from the first train at a region crossing. Managed to make it to the end on the second train. I hugged some Lindens, but failed to dunk anyone as my aim is terrible. Thank you for organising the event!
  16. I learnt how to use Blender because of Second Life. I'm better at using GIMP than I otherwise would be. That comes in handy for art and graphic design work. However, I wouldn't worry so much about things being useful life skills. Pick the thing you think will be the most fun. You'll also find that a lot of Second Life projects need a bit of several skills, rather than one skill only. You might find it better to pick a project and then learn the skills needed for that. For example, I decided I wanted to make mushrooms. I had an idea what I wanted the first one to look like. I learnt all the things I'd need to make that happen.
  17. I set up my AO so that I use swim animations if I fly underwater. Which is how I discovered how many regions with underwater areas have banned fly, so you have to walk along the bottom. But anyway, I don't think that's why some beach regions emptied out. They're no different to any other social location. If they don't put the work in with events and such, people stop visiting to hang out.
  18. These switched to "Linden Home" whilst we were all crashing trains and hugging Lindens. No claiming activity yet.
  19. Newbrooke. Includes some on the edge of streams/rivers and there's a train station in Drama Llama. A released region next to them is Collina Dolce (so you can find it on the map).
  20. They've renamed and restarted the line of regions from Ballomp to Wiggleroom Gardens. That makes them likely as this week's release. This includes Drama Llama, the region I made a joke about when people were talking about drama llamas, but it fell flat because nobody else knew there was a region with that name. Please put out popcorn machines if you get this one.
  21. Mesh models are the only upload that isn't free. People say textures, but it's the rest of the ones that otherwise cost L$10 as well. The free price also works if you use the bulk upload option. They stated that they wanted to make models free, but had issues as it's a different pricing system.
  22. There are times when the land isn't paid for by the owner, but the automatic system hasn't taken it back. Land claimed a long time back and group land sometimes ends up in this situation. A ticket might work in those cases. But most of the time, people are still paying. They're just not logging in.
  23. The majority of houses in the release were not ticketed. Some of the ticketed houses were quickly dropped and picked up by someone else. It took some days for most of the houses to fill (and looks to be getting slower with every houseboat release). So you might as well keep trying for houses in releases if you find it fun.
  24. The last party I went to was the Fallen Gods Fishmas party, where we hit each other with fish. People talked in local. This is normal for parties in my experience (talking in local, rather than the fish). It's also normal for things like DJ sessions at big events like Fantasy Faire. Which is why you get puzzlement when you ask people, because those who mainly do parties and big events are used to people talking in local. It's weird to imagine that clubs are all in IM. People who go to clubs are used to everything being in IM, so don't believe anyone talks in local. A clubber who wants to chat has the choice of either waiting for the clubs to change or trying some things outside of the clubs. I wouldn't get too hung up about local chat though. Groups are still one of the best ways to meet people, because you don't have to be in the same place and you don't have to carry the whole conversation. Groups that are very social also tend to be the ones to hold parties where people talk to each other (and possibly hit each other with fish).
  25. I have a whole bunch! Though my decor berrie nightgaunt from a previous gift has gone missing, which was sad (I still have the huggable one from that set).
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